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Last week’s “Give It Up” guide—our annual list of smaller, D.C.-based charities vetted by the Catalogue for Philanthropy—earned a lot of praise. @ZoeGenova called it a “Great way to find local orgs to give to!” for this week’s online push, while Jennifer Lichty noted, rightly, that these organizations need help beyond the holidays. But, inevitably, some folks noted the absence of their favorites. @natwass said “Upsetting to not see any (or many) food access programs like @dc_greens or #communityfoodworks.” @ FoodForAllDC chimed in that there are “a whole bunch not in the @wcp including @foodforalldc.” We agree. The list is not exhaustive and requires charities to participate in a rigorous, months-long vetting process. Aline Newman, the Catalogue’s director of marketing and communications, says that this is an “annual phenomenon.” Our guide has spurred organizations to reach out to the CFP in the past, and we hope more do the same next year. Catalogue Editor Barbara Newman added, “We have 76 charities in this year’s Catalogue, and 368 on our website... Since 2003, the Catalogue has connected thousands of donors and volunteers with hundreds of community-based charities, raising over $29 million to support their work.” Good stuff.

Schooled. If there’s one thing that creates chatter, it’s the District’s schools. After education supremo Kaya Henderson called D.C.’s performance on the latest PARCC test “sobering,” many of you weighed in, including nomorefraud: “Henderson, former mayor Gray, Bowser and other decision makers have admitted by omission that they are not truly concerned about DC students. … Henderson finds it easy to get [rid] of school staff but looks the other way when It is really important.” Guy Brandenburg added: “Please remind me why she still has a job? She and several other speakers said that the PARCC results were more ‘honest’ than the old DC-CAS results, probably because the new ‘passing’ scores are lower than the old ones. I guess that means that it’s more ‘honest’ to say that students are doing worse than we were previously led to believe, under the current regime of all-testing-all-the-time and turn-half-the-students-over-to—Steve Cavendish unregulated charters?” Ouch.

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DISTRICTLINE Families Matter

D.C.’s child welfare agency is making steady improvements, but it still needs to implement significant reforms.

By Sarah Anne Hughes William Miles (far right) has adopted two of his foster kids.

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William Miles had just turned 30 when he decided to skip happy hour and attend an information session on becoming a foster parent in D.C. Miles grew up in a large family outside Pittsburgh and wanted to serve as a foster parent to give a child “as close to what” he had growing up. What came next—the certification process—was “extremely grueling.”

“Next to my mortgage, I don’t think I’ve ever had to do as much paperwork,” he says.

“And rightfully so. You’re dealing with lives.”

D.C.’s Child and Family Services Agency finalized Miles’ certification in spring 2009, about a year after he started the process. After he didn’t hear from CFSA—“oftentimes you won’t hear from the agency for weeks or months” after becoming certified—Miles contacted them to ensure he was on the foster vacancy list. He got a call in July about a young child with “challenges” who had been in foster care for half a year. Jovan, then three, arrived at Miles’ home in August of that year.

While the agency still faces significant challenges, the D.C. child welfare system that served Jovan is vastly improved—nearly unrecognizable—from the one that served the city’s kids two decades ago.

In 1989, Children’s Rights (then part of the ACLU) sued D.C. alleging numerous violations of federal and District child welfare laws. LaShawn A. v. Barry, as the case was then known, was “about the failures of an ineptly managed child welfare system, the indifference of the [Barry] administration... and the resultant tragedies for District children relegated to entire childhoods spent in foster care drift,” District Judge Thomas F. Hogan wrote in the 1991 ruling. “Unfortunately, it is about a lost generation of children whose tragic plight is being repeated every day.”

The case put in motion a sweeping set of reforms to CFSA through an implementation and

exit plan the city is still working to complete.

The Center for the Study of Social Policy serves as CFSA’s court-appointed monitor and issues periodic reports on the agency’s progress in achieving the plan’s benchmarks. According to CSSP’s May report, which covered July through December of 2014, CFSA met 72 of the 88 standards required. Improvements included “better use of data to assess performance, improved coordination with other city agencies, adoption of child welfare best practices, and enhancements to its crisis response and work

with foster parents,” CSSP Deputy Director Judith Meltzer wrote at the time.

Thursday afternoon, CSSP is set to release a report on January through June of this year.

Mindy Good, a spokeswoman for CFSA, says the agency is “undergoing a big shift... from being a system that primarily supports foster care to primarily supporting families.”

That’s reflected in the data: The number of D.C. children in out-of-home placements declined from 2,588 in 2005 to 1,068 in 2014, according to CSSP. Good says the biggest change on this front has “been in investing in a net-

work of evidence-based services in the community to help families with various issues that they have.” With the loosening of federal spending requirements, CFSA has been able to invest more in its Healthy Families/Thriving Communities Collaborative Council, five nonprofit hubs across the city that offer direct services to vulnerable families.

Judith Sandalow, executive director of the Children’s Law Center, says the organization believes the decline in out-of-home placements “is a good thing.” Five years ago, CLC looked at the data, “and there was clear evidence that children were coming into foster care who shouldn’t, who were being returned—some within a week, some in three months—and where they had relatives or family available,” she says.

On the flip side, the city has to provide enough support services to ensure that a child kept in the home is safe, Sandalow says. “It took a lot of work to make good decisions about which children should be removed and which should be left at home, and that’s a big success,” she says. “But... it’s not clear what kind of supports and services [are available], and how those children are faring at home.”

The issue is one the “city as a whole” needs to address, she adds.

“I have seen an improvement in the services and the support that child and family services provides for children,” says Judge Hiram E. Puig-Lugo, who has presided over D.C. Superior Court’s family division since December 2013. “There has been a change in the philosophy. That change is consistent with change in the law.”

But Puig-Lugo, appointed to the court in 1999, also points to CFSA’s goal to “narrow the front door”—or keep children with their biological families and remove them only when their safety is at risk—as an “area of concern.”

“Sometimes we question whether the door has been narrowed too tightly,” PuigLugo says. “The agency tries to divert cases down other roads to implement a strategy of bringing in as few cases as possible into the court system, because bringing them into the court system is a more invasive response. I understand that they are trying to avoid triggering that invasive response, but our concern is, in some situations, are they waiting too long?”

If a child enters the foster care system, CFSA now puts an emphasis on placing him or her with a relative. In the third quarter of

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DISTRICTLINE fiscal year 2015 (April to June of this year), 21 percent of children in the foster care system were in a kinship situation, up from 17 percent three years ago.

By law, the agency has 30 days to attempt to find and contact all adult relatives and notify them of the child’s removal; according to CSSP, CFSA made good-faith efforts to do this in 96 percent of the cases reviewed in the second half of 2014.

“We are looking at [the child’s] extended family first,” Good says, and “doing everything to find a family placement and to support those relatives.”

The rise in kinship placement rate is another “great success,” Sandalow says. But just like children left in the home and the adults who care for them, relatives of children in kinship care need more support.

The agency has also significantly reduced the number of children for whom the ultimate goal is adoption. Of the 1,074 D.C. children placed in foster care in FY15, CFSA sought adoptive homes for just 86.

“I remember when I first came here: We had over 1,000 kids with a goal of adoption.

Why? Because they were languishing. There’s no other way to put it,” says Good, who has been with the agency for 13 years.

As a foster parent, Miles understands that reuniting a child with his birth family is usually the first goal—even if it’s painful.

“How can the agency, how can the foster parent help to reunify this family?—I think that’s what people need to understand about foster care,” he says. “Your first mandate is build the child up, help him reconnect to his family while the agency helps build mom and dad up.”

CFSA is also placing children back into their homes or into a permanent situation at a faster pace, although one that is still far from the ultimate goal. In fiscal year 2014, children went home after 14 months on average. As of Q3 of FY15, the average time decreased to 12 months. In FY14, it took an average of 43 months for a child with a goal of adoption to be placed into a home; that number was down to 31 months as of Q3 FY15. (Good points out that the numbers include all children and youth, including teens “who are much much more difficult

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It took four years for Jovan, now 11 and enrolled in sports and dance classes, to become a permanent member of Miles’ family. The original goal for Jovan was reunification, but that eventually changed to a kinship placement and later guardianship. Finally, in September 2013, Jovan legally became Miles’ son.

“I’m just realizing with my current adoption... how much that uncertainty can weigh on you,” Miles says. “Once Jovan had been there for so long and we were both bonded and attached, that level of uncertainty stresses you out… That child who your whole life centers around could be gone in 24 hours.

There’s a possibility that you could never see him again.”

In total, Miles has served as a foster parent for six children, three of whom have been reunified with their families. On this year’s Adoption Day, which took place at D.C. Superior Court earlier this month, Miles adopted his second son, Tennyson, who came into Miles’ care in summer of 2014, when he was 18 days old.

He felt a similar level of uncertainty with Tennyson, and the same sort of stress. “As soon as the judge ruled, I just felt so much lighter,” he says of the closure of Tennyson’s case. “I don’t have to lay there at night, like, ‘Oh my god, how am I going to pack this child up... and get him ready for the next transition?’”

Miles has also cared for Tennyson’s biological sister since August. It’s not yet clear what

her ultimate goal will be, and while Miles hopes she will become part of his family, he says she’s prepared for the alternative.

“Reunification is the goal,” he says. “You have to man up and deal with that.”

As a D.C. resident, Miles is exactly the kind of foster parent CFSA hopes to recruit through its DC Families for DC Kids program.

“Foster care is not something that you hear about once and say, ‘Sign me up!’ It’s a huge change in your life,” Good says. She’s encouraged by the “lively” conversation the campaign, started in February, has sparked on social media. “We have done a huge job to raise awareness.”

While keeping children in D.C. has its benefits, CFSA struggles to find quick placements for high-needs children and youth.

CFSA ended a contract with a third-party agency that placed a number of these children in foster homes “without making sure they had other foster families” lined up first, Sandalow says.

And if CFSA wants to recruit more D.C. families to serve these children, Sandalow says it needs to offer them—and all foster families—the tools they need to deal with children suffering from significant trauma.

Despite being told he’s the model foster parent, Miles says it’s unlikely he’ll take on another child. Should CFSA determine that Miles’ home is the best place for Tennyson’s sister, his family will be complete.

“I’ve asked the Lord for one blessing and CP he sent me three angels.”

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Tomorrow’s history today: This was the week that D.C. schools chief Kaya Henderson was forced to call the District’s performance on the PARCC exam “sobering.”

Loose Lips

Less Than Fresh

Muriel Bowser’s campaign finance woes aren’t limited to FreshPAC. A year after winning on the promise of a“fresh start” after the Vince Gray administration, Muriel Bowser’s touted ethics are looking a little stale.

Last month, Bowser pals shuttered FreshPAC, her political action committee, after criticism from the D.C. Council and media.

FreshPAC, Bowser conceded, was becoming a “distraction.”

But Bowser’s campaign finance problems aren’t just about future campaigns she’ll be involved in. According to LL’s review of Bowser’s mayoral finances, her 2014 campaign accepted nearly $15,000 worth of contributions that exceeded legal limits.

The contributions, all of which exceed the $2,000 limit for donors, come from 16 different donors, ranging from corporations to individuals.

In a statement, Bowser mayoral campaign manager Bo Shuff tells LL that the campaign reviewed the contribution records.

“All of our campaign records have been subject to close internal review as well as thorough audit by the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance,” Shuff writes in an email. “To the best of our knowledge all contributions (and, where necessary, refunds) were handled totally properly and in full compliance with the law.”

The number of total over-the-limit contributions could be larger, since LL left out several over-the-limit contributions that shared the same name, but couldn’t be tied to the same person. It also doesn’t include multiple contributions from linked LLCs, which were still legal in 2014 before the Council closed the LLC loophole this year.

While accidental over-contributions are common in District campaigns, they’re usually fixed by reimbursements to the donors.

Instead, more than a year after Bowser won the mayoralty in the general election, Office of Campaign Finance files don’t show reimbursements to these donors.

The 16 donors with over-the-limit contributions include the usual deep-pocketed types: law firms, developers, and a parking

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business. The list includes developer Blue Skye Development, whose sister company Blue Skye Construction was a $3,000 FreshPAC donor.

2014’s unusually competitive general election could also have contributed towards illicit contributions. LL counted several donors who gave Bowser the maximum ahead of her competitive primary with Gray, and then gave some more ahead of the general election. (Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans has introduced legislation that would reset the $2,000 maximum after a primary.)

It’s unlikely that Bowser or her campaign staff will face any legal trouble over the contributions, since OCF has proved reluctant

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to punish more grievous campaign finance violations. Currently, the agency only levels fines against the committees, not the people involved in them.

Besides, it’s unlikely the extra money, which amounts to less than one percent of Bowser’s more than $3.5 million fundraising haul, had much of an effect on the election.

Additional reporting by Cuneyt Dil Roll Out the Carol You didn’t think you could get rid of Carol Schwartz that easily, did you? After making an unlikely and ill-fated mayoral run last year, the idiosyncratic former coun-

cilmember is getting back in District government with the help of her onetime mayoral foe, Muriel Bowser.

After ditching her longtime affiliation with the Republican party, Schwartz came in a distant third in last year’s mayoral general election with seven percent of the vote. Now Bowser has nominated Schwartz for the open spot on the District’s Board of Ethics and Government Accountability.

Bowser making nice with her one-time rival might seem strange, but it’s really not.

Schwartz spent most of the 2014 general election exercising her murky mutual grudge with fellow ex-Republican David Catania, who once backed the successful effort to oust Schwartz in Republican primary. Rather than take on Bowser, Schwartz spent the race relitigating 2008-era D.C. Republican intrigues, letting Bowser walk into the mayoral suite in the process.

In a Schwartzian twist, Schwartz tells LL that Bowser aides initially wanted her for what Schwartz considers to be a lesser city government board. Schwartz declined, but hinted that she might take something weightier like BEGA. The next day—voilà—a phone call about the ethics board.

“I was pleased,” Schwartz says. “I can’t say ‘surprised.’”

In 2013, BEGA disciplined two sitting councilmembers, Marion Barry and Vincent Orange. Things have been a little sleepier since then, with the board focused on shady gift deals and conflicts of interest with city bureaucrats.

Between Schwartz’s yellow Pontiac Firebird and the obvious pleasure she takes in being herself, Schwartz promises to bring some flair to the comparatively sedate ethics board, lead by chairman and former District Attorney General Bob Spagnoletti. Schwartz says she won’t hold back reprimanding on her former Council colleagues if they do the city wrong.

“I believe in rewarding good behavior and punishing bad behavior,” Schwartz says. CP Got a tip for LL? Send suggestions to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. Or call (202) 650-6925.

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—Seriously Considering Abandoning Niceties Dear SCAN: What a horror it must be for you to invest your time, effort, and expertise in providing consistently thoughtful and correct bike advice only to be repeatedly rebuffed by those who sought it in the first place. GP can only imagine.

You shouldn’t stop “helping,” regardless of whether one of your looky-loo friends ever deigns to follow up on your recommendation.

You like spending the hours online searching for deals, and if you didn’t spend the time browser-window shopping for bikes, you’d either have to get back to real work (boring), or you’d fritter away the time some other way (high-stakes mahjong, porn, cat videos, etc.).

And if, in the course of your searches, a few wayward clicks lead you to further investigate your own next bike purchase, what a happy coincidence that would be. Don’t want all those hours to go to waste, right?

For a lot of people, buying a bike over the Internet is hard. So much of the shopping experience is tactile and most would-be purchasers want to examine the bike up close, touch the tubing, and maybe surreptitiously sniff it when they think no one’s looking.

It’s much harder to a sniff an online posting.

A bike shop also allows you to compare multiple bikes (both brands and sizes) at once, which is a key factor for the inexperienced or less decisive. Unless your friend is very price sensitive, supremely patient, or extremely covetous of a particular rare make, it’s no surprise that store shopping wins the day, even if the bike isn’t as objectively good as the one you found.

So, hedge. Every time you send a link, throw in a recommendation for your favorite local bike shop that stocks something similar. That way if they end up buying at the shop, you’ll at least know they did it somewhere you trust. Then you can still take cred—GP it for helping.

Gear Prudence is Brian McEntee, who tweets @sharrowsDC. Got a question about bicycling?

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UNOBSTRUCTEDVIEW When Do We Revise Our Expectations?

By Matt Terl The more I think about sports, as I consume season after season and move closer and closer to decrepitude, the more I keep coming back to the idea of expectations.

Maybe more than objective results, our expectations are what lead to determinations of success and failure. They’re also what tells us when it’s OK to hope and believe, and what leads to us rolling our eyes and dismissing onfield results.

With the Wizards mired in a disastrous stretch, coming off of four straight losses with the season in jeopardy, Marcin Gortat put out a simple-sounding request: “We got to cut the negativity we have coming from players, coaches, staff, [and] media.”

In some years—too many, recently—the Wizards losing four straight games in heartbreaking ways would be completely normal, because that’s just what the Wizards did. But expectations were higher entering this season, not only for more victories but for a revamped offensive approach.

(Note that there’s a difference here between amorphous fan expectations, which were high, and analytics-based expectations, which were much more muted—and much closer to what’s actually been happening. Good thing we can confidently dismiss analytics as nerd stuff made by nerds in their nerd basements!)

In practice, injuries have hampered the team, the victories haven’t materialized, and the small-ball approach remains a work in progress at best. Even John Wall struggled before taking steps toward last year’s form in a streak-breaking road win over the Cavaliers.

And nothing leads to negativity quite like curdled expectations.

On the flipside, nothing leads to optimism quite like exceeding expectations, which is where the local NFL team now finds themselves: sitting at a division-leading 5-6 following a gutty, convincing win over the Giants, a rival who has dominated them for three years.

Not for one second did I think they were going to pull it off. Going into the game, I expected them to lose. When they intercepted Eli Manning twice in the first quarter and walked away with just three points, I figured they had squandered the only

breaks they were going to get. Even when they went into halftime up 17-0, I was absolutely, positively, put-money-on-it sure that it was going to go south, that Kirk Cousins was going to revert to form and throw a backbreaking interception.

I didn’t believe these things because I’m negative; I believed them because it’s what I’ve come to expect based on what I’ve seen, again and again, over two decades.

When the Browns lost to the Ravens on Monday night on a blocked kick returned for a touchdown as time expired, nearly everyone said the same thing: same old Cleveland.

Things here aren’t quite as bad, but they’ve been trending that way, and I—like so many other observers and fans of the team—have no idea quite when to believe that the slide has been corrected.

Every time this squad does something good, I can feel myself mentally moving the goalposts on what constitutes success. (Currently, I’m at “Yeah, well, let’s see you win on the road.”) They’ve firmly anchored my expectations at “horrifically soul-crushing,” and I’m still trying to figure out what it’ll take to move them.

On ice, the Capitals are off to a scorching start, arguably the best they’ve been since the Backstrom/Ovechkin core was put in place. They’re still scoring like they have been for years, but now they’re defending better as a team, and goaltender Braden Holtby has been spectacular.

Yet there seems to be no real buzz around them. Partially this is because football constantly sucks the oxygen out of the room. But it’s also, yet again, down to expectations. The Caps have conditioned people to expect some regular season success, to the point where fans are somewhat inured to it.

If you’re expecting quality regular season play, all the Caps are doing right now is not disappointing you. It’s easy to say that the real test will be if things go bad in the playoffs— which misses just how dominant this Caps team may be.

The performance has not gone unnoticed at the sports books, which have shifted their own expectations accordingly: As of Dec. 1, the Caps have moved up four spots to become the favorites to win the Stanley Cup.

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SAVAGELOVE I’m a straight female in my mid 20s. I’ve been dating a wonderful guy for two years—but I recently found something that has put me on edge. Before we met, he was in a relationship with a terrible, alcoholic, and mentally unstable woman. They got pregnant early in the relationship and stayed together for about five years. We met a year after they broke up. I felt like I’d come to terms with the ugliness of his past, with his trying to stay in a bad relationship for the sake of his child and the rest of it.

But recently, thanks to the vastness of the internet, I came across a suggestive photo of my boyfriend with his ex’s sister. I asked him about it, and he admitted to sleeping with her while he was with his ex.

He says it was during a particularly bad period, he was very drunk, she made the first move, etc., but I’m just so grossed out. Cheating is one thing, but fucking your girlfriend’s sister? And it’s not like this was a 19-year-old’s mistake; he was near 30 and the father of a child. He also fudged a little about whether it was just one time or a few times. I feel like now I’m questioning his integrity. This is something that I wouldn’t have thought him capable of —All Twisted Up doing. What do I do?

What do you do? You ask yourself if you believe your boyfriend when he says fucking his thengirlfriend’s sister was a mistake, ATU, one he deeply regrets, and one he never intends to repeat. If you can’t be romantically involved with someone capable of doing such a terrible sisterfucking thing, the question is a rhetorical one.

You’ll have to end the relationship regardless of the answer. But if you could stay with someone capable of doing such a terrible sister-fucking thing, and if you believe your boyfriend when he says it was a mistake, one he regrets, and won’t happen again, then you stay in the relationship.

And when your find yourself feeling squicked out by the knowledge that your boyfriend fucked around on his previous girlfriend with her own sister, you remind yourself that good and decent people sometimes do shitty, indecent, sister-fucking-ish things—and then you pause to consider all the shitty and/or indecent things you’ve done in your life, ATU,

some, most, or all of which your boyfriend presumably remains blissfully unaware.

It’s too bad that suggestive/incriminating photo is rattling around out there in the vastness of the internet, ATU, but I’m curious about how exactly you “came across” it in the first place. If you went looking for dirt—if you were snooping—you found it. Congrats. I’m not against snooping in all instances. People often find out shit they had both a right and an urgent need to know: the BF/GF/NBF*/fiancé/ spouse is cheating in a way that puts you at risk, they’re running up ruinous debts, they’re hiding a secret second family, they’re attending Donald Trump rallies, etc. But just as often, we find out shit we didn’t need to know—something in the BF/GF/NBF’s past, something they regret, something they’ll never do again (do you even have a sister?)—and can never unknow.

You learned that your boyfriend did something pretty fucked up. Whether you decide to stay or go, ATU, remember that you snoop at your own risk—sorry, remember that you explore “the vastness of the internet” at your —Dan Savage own risk. * Nonbinary friend.

I’m a 37-year-old straight male in a relationship with a slightly older woman. I have a GGG girlfriend, and I am completely GGG—until we talk about having a MMF threesome. We have great sex and have experimented together. We tried playing with a couple to give her the “twodick experience” she wanted, but the other man was of “average” size and she was not into it. I’m of average stature, and she made such a fuss of having someone extra large join in that it threw my hang-up about my size into overdrive. It’s paralyzed me sexually. I’m afraid she’ll leave me or run off looking to fulfill her need on her own.

—Average Nerdy Guy Shunning Threesomes If leaving you is the only way this woman can ever experience an above-average cock again,

ANGST, then she might leave you. Depending on how important sitting on an above-average cock now and then is to her, your insecurities may create an incentive for her to leave you or cheat on you. But if she can have you and all the good times and the great GGG sex you two have together—if she can continue to enjoy your cock and the things it and you can do for her along with the occasional ride on an aboveaverage cock—then you’ve created a massive —Dan incentive for her to stay.

She called to tell me that my late grandfather liked to be tied up and spanked, too.

How bad is chlamydia? My gynecologist left me a voice mail, and I am absolutely terrified. A quick Google search told me that it can cause infertility if left untreated—what it didn’t tell me is how long when left untreated before it causes infertility? I told my boyfriend of 10 months, and he seems very sane about it.

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Is your reproductive system already harmed?

You’ll have to discuss that with your gynecologist, STD, who is in a far better position than I am to have a look inside you. As for your boyfriend: He needs to get tested and treated too, and if his last STI screening was more than a year ago, it’s possible he infected you and not the other way around. If your boyfriend leaves you over this—if he blames you for something he may be responsible for—then he’s not someone you want in your life or in your twat.

—Dan My younger brother outed me to our parents, our siblings, and our only living grandparent. I’m a straight woman and into bondage, SM, and kinky swinging—nothing outrageous—and I tried to keep this aspect of my sexuality (and my marriage) hidden. Things are fine now: Mom and Dad are mad at my brother, not me, and my siblings (save the fundamentalist) are over it. But I wanted to share my grandmother’s reaction: She called to tell me that my late grandfather liked to be tied up and spanked, too, and that their marriage (47 years!) was more fun for it. —Kink Isn’t New, Kiddo That’s wonderful—and so true! Thanks —Dan for sharing.

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With high overhead and infrequent purchases, how are they around? (This question was inspired —Not Bethany by a friend, Bethany.)

I see your query, NB, and raise you. To my mind, it’s not just about how these stores manage to stay in business: The question is, moreover, how are there so goddamn many of them—particularly right now? Where I live, in Chicago, entire blocks are all but overrun with the places, which frankly don’t do much for a street’s aesthetics. In June, a Texas Monthly article described the worrisome proliferation of mattress stores in Houston, where the venerably groovy Montrose neighborhood has become known as “the Mattrose” on account of all the new sleep shops.

An April headline in the Northwest Indiana Times asked, apropos the town of Schererville, “Why the heck are so many mattress stores opening?” So: You and I aren’t the only ones wondering. What gives?

One thing that jars about this state of affairs is that, in the age of Amazon, there’s something very old-economy about mattress stores, beyond their relentlessly cheesy look.

No one goes to bookstores to buy books anymore, right? Well, not exactly. A 2014 report by the consulting firm A.T. Kearney found that despite the digital hype, overall a full 90 percent of retail transactions still take place in physical stores. And according to an investor presentation by industry giant Mattress Firm, dedicated mattress stores account for 46 percent of total mattress sales, handily beating out furniture stores (35 percent) and department stores (5 percent) for the largest share of the market.

So mattress delivery by drone is still a ways off. But again, these stores aren’t just surviving, they’re flourishing—that market share has more than doubled in the last 20 years.

Why open a mattress store when there’s another just down the street? Turns out the economics make perfect sense: Running a mattress store doesn’t cost much.

Since each store is essentially a showroom, with the product delivered to your home from a warehouse, sellers don’t keep a lot of inventory around. And the salespeople generally work on commission. So contrary to your assumption, overhead is actually pretty low.

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The markup is stupendous. This is the big one. Mattress markups are notably higher than for other furniture items: Consumer Reports puts gross profit margins on mattresses at 30 to 40 percent, both for wholesalers and for retailers, and up to 50 percent for makers of super-luxe products. One estimate (from a boutique mattress upstart, so take this with a grain of salt) claimed that mainstream retailers can charge $3,000 for a mattress (after wholesale and retail markups, marketing costs, and commissions) that actually cost only $300 to produce. What accounts for this?

It’s your classic oligopoly, where the market is dominated by just a few makers—think familiar names like Serta, Sealy, et al. More on this below.

On the principle of Chekhov’s gun, if I use a loaded term like “old economy” in the first act, we’ll be talking about “disruption” here in the third. And lo: Some not-exactly-disinterested observers say it’s high time to disrupt the mattress industry, which has been described variously as a “scam,” a “racket,” and, as suggested above, an “oligopoly.” Critics are galled by a system wherein retailers charge exorbitant, and wildly variable, prices for products whose differences from one another are often (a) slight, and (b) described in nonsensical language—e.g., “ComforPedic iQ” with “Ultra Cool Memory Foam” and optional “AirCool Memory Foam with Micro GelTouch.” (Lots of product labeling is similarly nuts, of course; on the other hand, you’re not dropping $2,000 on a razor blade.) They point to the eyewear business, which has similarly been called oligopolistic, where the entrepreneurial upstart Warby Parker found success selling cheap glasses to hipsters. Whence the white knight of mattress sales? I found an article profiling one contender whose cofounders show the right credentials—both have Silicon Valley backgrounds, one’s got a great beard—but if I were a mattress seller, I wouldn’t be losing —Cecil Adams any sleep just yet.

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local the case for buying close to home this holiday season Not so long ago, a small business would think of competition in terms of a new store that opened down the block. Now, competition can be summarized in one word: Amazon.

Think of this common scenario: You walk into a local store and find an interesting book. The small business is selling it at the list price. You think to yourself, “I bet I can get this cheaper.” So, you take out your phone, open the Amazon app, and find the book for $5 less.

What do you do?

Logic (and your bank account) would dictate that you go for the lower price, right? But if you think in terms of spending dollars as a “vote” for a store, what is the cost of voting for Amazon or a chain store versus something that’s independent?

D.C. is already seeing the effects. Looking at a May 2014 list of “D.C.’s 38 Best Independent Boutiques” on the website Racked finds that nine of those stores have since closed. Local businesses are not only fighting online retailers, but are also sweating out rent increases and thinner margins. In the meantime, some larger chain stores—especially high end (Dior! Gucci! Hermès!)—have moved in, giving the illusion of a city bustling with retail.

But the bottom line is that your dollars go back into the local economy when spent at small businesses. A report from the American Indepen-

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dent Business Alliance is unequivocal: “Independent retailers return more than three times as much money per dollar of sales than chain competitors.” That means you can have a direct impact on D.C., your neighbors, and even your block when you shop at non-chain stores.

The not-so-secret news is that shopping local means paying a little more. The local Mom & Pop Shop isn’t buying in bulk. It has to cover the cost of a lease, insurance, products, product loss, employees, maintenance, technology, packaging, and postage. But they still decide to give it a go. They still decide to keep a store running in a market that is attempting, at many turns, to push them out.

Supporting an independent store means competition for big box chains. It means in-depth product knowledge and the possibility that someone will know your name when you walk through the door. It means money will stay in your community. It means that the District won’t turn into one giant shopping mall.

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Salt & Sundry. Union Market, 1309 5th St. NE. (202) 556-1866.

8. Fleece Navidad Dutchess REFUSES to be cold this winter? Make sure she stays warm on her walk with this cozy sweater.

Wheel locks, $64.99. The Bike Rack. 716 Monroe St. NE. (202) 832-2453.

Dog sweater, $45. Cheeky Puppy. 1709 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 621-8868.

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These camo leggings are made with an antibacterial fabric that wicks moisture. It means you can work up a sweat while looking fabulous.

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Combat leggings, $125. S3 Active. 1270 5th St. NE. (202) 215-8820

This eco-friendly toy is for heavy chewers. As your dog plays, it naturally frays and works like doggie dental floss.

Large Brontosaurus chew toy, $18. Cheeky Puppy. 1709 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 621-8868.

Athletic

10. I Shih Tzu Not This gift may not be glam, but it’s absolutely necessary for an urban dog owner.

Gifts

Poop bag dispenser, $4.99.

Doggie Style. 1825 18th St. NW. (202) 667-0595.

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A ThunderShirt is designed to provide constant, gentle pressure on your pet’s torso. The result is a calming effect that will soothe your scaredy cat during times of high anxiety.

ThunderShirt, $45.49. Metro Mutts. 407 8th St. SE. (202) 546-7387.

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11. Back in a Flash LOCAL MAKER

Artist Danamarie Hosler created a flash card game to help teach your little one the unusual creatures of the animal kingdom.

Under-Appreciated Animals flash cards, $20.

Analog. 716 Monroe St. NE, Studio #5.

12. Writer’s Blocks Learning Mandarin becomes a game with these simplified Chinese character blocks.

Uncle Goose Chinese character blocks, $46. Salt & Sundry.

Union Market, 1309 5th St. NE. (202) 556-1866.

Imagine Dragons This strategy game gives kids eight and older the chance to imagine themselves in the mythical forest of Dragonwood where they encounter ogres, trolls, and (of course) dragons!

Dragonwood, $14.99. Labyrinth. 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 544-1059.

20th Century Fox This family-friendly game lets players become a Manhattan real estate tycoon at the turn of the 20th century by building skyscrapers.

New York 1901, $49.99.

Labyrinth. 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 544-1059.

13. Poker Face Go all-in with this stylish Texas Hold’em set which includes 200 poker chips, two decks of 52 cards, and detailed instructions.

Texas Hold’em set, $59.

American Holiday. 1319 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 684-2790.

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14. Katniss If You Can Next time you kiki, bring out snacks and these cheese markers.

Arrow cheese markers, $24.

Hudson & Crane. 1781 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 436-1223

15. Basket Case LOCAL MAKER

Bring a basket of goodies from Righteous Cheese and you’ll be the belle of the house party. It features tasty edibles from local vendors in D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

The Locavore, $69.99. Righteous Cheese. Union Market, 1309 5th St. NE. (202) 716-3320.

The District Eats Tonight Hill’s Kitchen had napkins designed and produced specifically to delight D.C. locals.

D.C. napkins, $4.99. Hill’s Kitchen. 713 D St. SE. (202) 543-1997.

Get Your Serve On Bring out refreshments on a beautiful floral tray. The vivid red hue of the amaryllis is perfect for the holiday season, but the tray can be displayed year-round.

Red amaryllis tray, $85.

Homebody/Forecast.

218 7th St. SE. (202) 544-8445.

Slow Your Roe Chef and restaurant luminary José Andrés wants you to sample his caviar at your next holiday gathering. It’s hand-collected by divers off of the Galician coast in Spain.

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José Andrés sea urchin caviar, $39.95. The Mediterranean Way Gourmet Market. 1717 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 560-5715.

Signature Piece Want to remember your favorite soireés? Gift a Giving Plate. Guests sign and date it on the back, then it is passed on to someone else in your group to do the same.

Giving Plate, $18. Gossip on 23rd. 570 23rd St., Arlington.

(703) 920-1498.

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Jewelry

At Any Price

have a stunning price tag.

This piece showcases the deep, mysterious color of winter turquoise.

Winter turquoise necklace, $28. Bloom. 1719 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 621-9049.

17. Fellowship of the Bling LOCAL MAKER

Alexander Calder was jeweler Dani Keith’s inspiration for this elegant ring handcrafted in fine silver.

Calders ghost ring #3, $65. {Dani Keith Designs}. danikeithdesigns.com.

Pretty in Pink LOCAL MAKER

Jeweller Rachel Pfeffer created a necklace that is less like an everyday accessory and more like a piece of wearable art.

Quartz with pink tourmaline and rose gold druzy necklace, $124. Rachel Pfeffer Design Studio. 716 Monroe St. NE, Studio #13. (413) 522-2900.

16. Stone Cold Stunner

Chew on This Your teething child can gnaw on this babysafe bauble. It’s also dishwasher safe.

Chewbeads, $36.50. hunnybunny boutique. 311 8th St. NE. (202) 792-5209.

18. Pick Your Pocket

cally ups a wearer’s dapper factor. This Omega Winding Pocket timepiece is the ideal gift for your most dashing associate.

Vintage pocket watch, $228.

Junction. 1510 U St. NW. (202) 483-0261.

Oh My Goddess!

Getting dressed up is twice the fun with a doublebanded bracelet.

Double-banded goddess bracelet, $15. Rosies and Rockers. 2001 13th St. NW. (202) 328-7625.

19. Wooden It be Nice?

This wooden ring hails from Tanzania. Its minimalist design means your outfit can change from day to night, but the ring can stay firmly on your finger.

20. Turn Down for What?

Elevate the luxury factor in any room with a 100-percent cowhide pillow that has a goose feather insert.

Saddle-leather pillow, $262.

Nomad Yard Collectiv. 411 New York Ave. NE. (929) 322-3397.

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Gifts

21. Force of Nature Ceramic artist Jennifer McCurdy is inspired by perfect forms in nature.

Jennifer McCurdy vortex vessel, $1199.99. Renwick Gallery. 1700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. (202) 633-6856.

Suit Up Treat someone to the fantastic luxury of a custommade suit.

Custom-made suit, $750.

Blank Label. 1518 K St. NW., Suite 306. (781) 236-3559.

22. State of the Art LOCAL MAKER

D.C.-based artist John Brendan Guinan’s “Dark Life” is part of his Art of Mourning series.

“Dark Life,” by John Brendan Guinan, $1150. Homme.

Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Road SE. (202) 601-0885.

Upogoupogo ring, $30. Nubian Hueman. Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Road SE. (202) 394-3386.

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Best Suds Forever LOCAL MAKER

hunnybunny boutique handcrafts bath and beauty products using all-natural ingredients.

This lush soap is made with French rose clay and apricot kernel oil.

Rose clay soap, $5. hunnybunny boutique. 311 8th St. NE. (202) 792-5209.

23. You Have to Be Kitten Me Right Meow A line of captivating cats will make office work a little more adorable and appealing.

Cute cat clips, $8. Analog.

716 Monroe St. NE, Studio #5.

little things

The average person will spend a third of her life sleeping. Indulge in organic cotton sheets to ensure a comfortable night.

and stockinG

StuffWish You Were Hair

This leave-in product will moisturize and soften your bestie’s beard.

Beard balm, $28. Nomad Yard Collectiv. 411 New York Ave. NE. (929) 322-3397.

What a Hoot!

Everyone could use a pair of darling animal socks.

Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Owl socks, $10. Willow. 843 Upshur St. NW. (202) 643-2323.

These candles represent neighborhoods in D.C., and each has its own alluring fragrance.

24. Light Bright

D.C. neighborhood candles, $34 (large) or $18 (small).

Hudson & Crane pop-up at The Shay. 1924 8th St. NW, Suite #135. (202) 436-1223.

28. Wrap Sheet

Clip this small light to a dog collar, running shoe, or backpack. One setting will keep the light burning bright while the other will create a strobe effect.

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Strobe light, $10. Pacers Running. 300 Tingey St. SE. (202) 554-1216.

25. It’s In Your Jeans LOCAL MAKER

A Crystal City–based inventor created these clever clips. Attach them to your cuffed jeans and it will keep pants tucked securely into boots (no more baggy knees!).

Stiruppz, $18. Gossip on 23rd. 570 23rd St., Arlington.

(703) 920-1498.

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26. It’s a Cinch Lotus Blooms offers a dazzling selection of corsets from sizes XXS through 4X and larger. Make an appointment or just walk in, and staff members can help you find the best fit.

Silk road corset, $209. Lotus Blooms. 2408 18th St. NW. (202) 836-4474.

27. Better Chocolate Than Never LOCAL MAKER

Enjoy a decadent treat by the D.C. area’s first beanto-bar chocolate maker.

The product is handcrafted in Woodbridge, Va., using exceptional ingredients.

Potomac chocolate, $6.99.

Glen’s Garden Market. 2001 S St. NW. (202) 588-5698.

Sheet set, $109 (queen). Evo Furniture. 301 Tingey St. SE. (202) 488-6298.

Kiss and Makeup LOCAL MAKER

Before going out on the town, treat your loved one to a session with one of D.C.’s premier beauty gurus.

In-studio makeup application, $125. Fyubi Makeup & Brow Studio. 1522 U St. NW. (202) 986-1000.

Two Can Play at This Game Anyone can plan a sexy weekend, but 52 weeks of romance? That’s something special. Wow your partner with an entire year’s worth of flirty games.

A year of creative games for lovers, $27. Secret Pleasures Boutique. 1510 U St. NW. (202) 664-1476.

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LOCAL MAKER

The Washington Ballet presents a stunning version of the Nutcracker that evokes our nation’s history with George Washington as the Nutcracker and King George III as the Rat King.

The Washington Ballet’s Nutcracker, ticket prices vary.

Performed at the Warner Theater. 513 13th St. NW. washingtonballet.org.

All About that Vase

32. Tech Support

Artist Santodio Paz Juarez employs an ancient technique that uses a wooden paddle and a stone (instead of a potter’s wheel) to create his stunning vases.

This handmade laptop bag will support your workaholic friend as he or she dashes to and from meetings in the District.

LOCAL MAKER

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Curvas vase, $85. Toro Mata.

2410 18th St. NW. (202) 232-3890.

31. Walk Up to the Club Like ‘What Up, I’m a Peacock’

Felt and leather laptop sleeve, $132 (13-inch) or $142 (15-inch). Stitch & Rivet. 716 Monroe St. NE, Studio #3.

(202) 340-3581.

33. This is Our Click

Artist Ben Ross started designing bowties when he needed groomsman’s gifts for his wedding. The feathers are sustainably sourced in the U.S. and the bowties are handcrafted in South Carolina.

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In one of the most brilliant moves in accessory history, this belt is one size fits all, making it an easy gift for anyone on your list. It doesn’t have holes, but instead “clicks” into place Slide belt, $53. Avenue Jack.

1301 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 887-5225.

Peacock and pheasant bow tie, $200. Renwick Gallery.

1700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. (202) 633-6856.

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The Daily Grind LOCAL MAKER

Local artist and journalism veteran Kevin Cobb handmakes letterpress posters based on quotes overheard in D.C. newsrooms.

Soldier, Spy

"Deadlines and coffee," $12.

Overheard in the Newsroom. etsy.com/shop/OHnewsroom.

with a homemade gin kit.

The set includes the correct tools to ensure your friend’s kitchen is the best gin joint in town.

Gin kit, $52. Hudson & Crane. 1781 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 436-1223.

34. Tug of War In this award-winning novel, Phil Klay explores the lives of soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and the effects of PTSD on returning soldiers.

Redeployment, by Phil Klay. Kramerbooks. 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 387-1400.

Hanky Panky A handkerchief is both classy and functional.

Philadelphia’s Forage Haberdashery handcrafts their kerchiefs in limited numbers using new, vintage, and deadstock fabrics.

Forage Haberdashery handkerchief, $32. Salt & Sundry.

Union Market, 1309 5th St NE. (202) 556-1866.

Nauti Buoy Sailors originally wore the pea coat, and it remains a classic piece of apparel.

This one was created with a wool-blend fabric and was designed in Britain.

Pea coat, $149. Whiskey Ginger. 1603 U St. NW. (202) 791-0851.

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LOCAL MAKER

This hand-thrown bowl set was inspired by functionality and beautiful simplicity.

This Eisner Award–winning international espionage series will introduce you to field agent Tara Chase as she serves her queen and country.

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Bowl set, $45. Kuzeh Pottery.

716 Monroe St. NE. Studio #18.

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Queen & Country: The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1,

by Greg Rucka, $19.99. Big Planet Comics. 1520 U St. NW. (202) 342-1961.

experience Gifts

Snapwatch, $12.99. Bloom.

1719 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 621-9049.

Elephantastic Kids will delight in tracing and coloring eight different styles of elephants with Indian folk and tribal art traditions.

Per-Suede You to Take This LOCAL MAKER

Business owner Katie Stack will teach your craftiest pal how to finish and dye a leather belt. She’ll learn about edge beveling, burnishing, mixing dye colors, and applying finish.

8 Ways to Draw an Elephant, by Paola Ferrarotti, $7.95. Upshur Street Books.

827 Upshur St. NW. (202) 762-0380.

Leather belt–making workshop (next class is Jan.13), $75. Stitch & Rivet. 716 Monroe St. NE, Studio #3.

(202) 340-3581.

Mask of ZZZs LOCAL MAKER

Local artisan Auggie Froggy created a stuffed animal that is ready for sweet dreams and slumber parties.

36. Free Fallin’ Your partner swears jumping out of a plane is on her bucket list. Make that adrenaline-fueled dream come true with a tandem skydive.

Raccoon with Matryoshka sleeping bag, $29. Willow.

843 Upshur St. NW. (202) 643-2323.

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Tandem skydive package, $255. Skydive Orange. 11339 Bloomsbury Road, Orange, Va. (703) 759-3483.

38. You Spin Me Right Round, Baby

Penne For Your Thoughts

Spin Again toy, $25. Labyrinth. 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 544-1059.

This stacking and twirling toy helps develop a baby’s hand-eye coordination.

LOCAL MAKER

Give the gift of pasta to that friend who’s always wanted to open a restaurant. She’ll learn how to make tortellini en brodo, cannelloni with fennel sausage, and braised veal cheeks Milanese.

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Italian-style comfort food class (next class is Jan. 9), $45. Urbana. 2121 P St. NW. (202) 956-6650.

Swing Both Ways A trapeze class combines novelty, skill-based sport, core workout, and pure fun.

Flying trapeze class, Trapeze School New York (D.C. location), $49–$55. washingtondc.trapezeschool.com.

(410) 459-6839.

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Alexandria-based artist Erica Deputy designs tents that encourage imagination and hours of play.

Play tent, tent frame from $90; tent cover $45. conflictedpixie.com.

Snailed It! If you were a ’90s kid, you’ll love this watch. Slap it on and it wraps around your wrist.

Fussy kids may be more inclined to wear a hat this winter if it means dressing up like a fox.

Knit fox hat, $34. Little Birdies Boutique. 1526 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 333-1059.

Give ’Em The Boot These waterproof boots are made in Spain, hold up to the rain and snow, and are lined so little feet don’t get cold.

Snow boots, $62. Little Birdies Boutique. 1526 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 333-1059.

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YOUNG & HUNGRY

World Class

Darrow Montgomery

Celebrity chefs aren’t the only global do-gooders.

Maketto, I was clearly heavily influenced by Seda’s family and Cambodia.”

That’s why the couple now sends their chefs abroad. While D.C. diners may recognize Maketto for dishes like Taiwanese fried chicken or Cambodian-style sausage, Nak says she wants the restaurant to also be a platform for cultural exchange and service.

This is just one example of how chefs travel the world in culinary exchanges. There are other programs, like the Diplomatic Culinary Partnership (run by The James Beard Foundation and the U.S. State Department) and Chefs’ Table (run by CARE). Last year, CARE sent three D.C. chefs—Victor Albisu, Mike Isabella, and Spike Mendelsohn—on a trip to Peru to meet with farmers growing quinoa and potatoes and raising guinea pigs to fight hunger in their communities.

“A lot of it is shining a light on the issue,” Albisu says. “Obviously, there are some who will say I’m doing this for the travel experience or publicity, but that’s a misconception. I do this because we have things to say as chefs, and people are listening.”

Chefs playing the role of diplomats is a relatively new phenomena. While some celebrity chefs now use their elevated status to advocate on larger issues, there’s also a corps of lesser-known chefs who are teaching culinary skills abroad.

“I’ll be the first to admit that I’m using my husband a little [to support her family’s home country],” Nak says. “But with his restaurant, we’ve been able to fundraise and send other staff to Cambodia.”

Most recently, they paid the way for Walter Lainez, a sous chef from Toki Underground, to travel to Siem Reap, in Northwest Cambodia. He taught nutritional cooking classes to mothers of preschool students, where congee (rice porridge) is a breakfast staple. Typically, it’s served with lots of sugar and MSG. Lainez, who has diabetes, taught the mothers to flavor the congee with healthier alternatives, like herbs and small amounts of salt.

The work is similar to that of Doctors Without Borders, but focused on food health.

Bruner-Yang and Nak started their own project through Food For Thought, a program run by the nonprofit Caring for Cambodia. Bruner-Yang says he’s planning to send staff abroad twice yearly and maybe even start a chef exchange program at Maketto.

“We see this as a way to connect the dots,” he says. “And we’re sending our staff so that they understand and respect the food.”

While Nak and Bruner-Yang have sent chefs abroad largely under the radar, there’s a more vocal chef championing the idea.

“I want to be with my people!” yells José Andrés at

Maketto chef Erik Bruner-Yang and his wife Seda Nak send chefs to Cambodia.

By Tim Ebner It all started when Seda Nak took her fiancé on a trip to Cambodia in 2012. It was the first time that her now-husband, Erik Bruner-Yang, would meet the extended family, including Nak’s grandmother, who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

It was a high-stakes trip for the Toki Underground chef.

Not only was he meeting the family for the first time, but Nak says the visit helped to define Maketto, the Cambodian and Taiwanese-inspired restaurant on H Street NE. Nak says she now keeps one foot in D.C. and the other in

Cambodia. Her family escaped the country following a period of civil war and conflict in the 1960s and ’70s. They resettled temporarily in a Thai refugee camp, where her older sister was born, then moved permanently to Arlington in 1981.

Cambodia and its poverty were a bit of a culture shock for Bruner-Yang, who was more accustomed to the “modern Asia” of his home country, Taiwan.

“Taipei, where I’m from, is so drastically different.

Asians, specifically in America, get lumped into one big category, but culturally and food-wise, the countries are just so diverse,” Bruner-Yang says. “When we started working on

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his media handlers at the inaugural Landmark Music Festival for the National Mall, which featured food from his restaurant, Beefsteak. Andrés escapes and is quickly surrounded by young people demanding a José selfie. As he walks to find a beer, his groupies follow.

One woman from the crowd stops him in his tracks: “Thank you for all that you do at the kitchen,” she says. “I’m not talking about your restaurants. I’m talking about D.C. Central Kitchen.” It takes a second for the words to sink in, then Andrés responds with a slightly aggressive hug.

It’s this kind of attention that celebrity chef Andrés seems to be seeking.

He’s been a longtime supporter of D.C. Central Kitchen, a nonprofit which aims to fight hunger and supply culinary job training in D.C. That work ultimately led him to start his own nonprofit, World Central Kitchen, in 2011. Andrés admits it’s ambitious, but he says he’s serious about ending world hunger.

He’s setting up clean kitchens, small businesses, and teaching culinary skills as a way to empower people through food.

Almost four years in, the organization has only two full-time staff based in D.C. and two part-time staff based in Haiti. World Central Kitchen is partnering with several NGOs in countries like Haiti, Zambia, the Dominican Republic, and with Dog Tag Bakery in Georgetown. In the next few years, Andrés wants to expand to more countries, like Nicaragua and Cuba. Eventually, he says the organization will stand on its own as a nonprofit that manages food service contracts for NGOs. Right now, World Central Kitchen serves as a small partner contributing funding, supplies, and culinary training.

Haiti is where the organization’s biggest impact has been felt so far, says World Central Kitchen Executive Director Brian MacNair. It’s also a second home of sorts for Andrés. In November, he premiered a travel documentary advocating for tourism inside the country (Undiscovered Haiti with José Andrés aired on PBS). He also spent Thanksgiving there with his family, working and visiting World Central Kitchen projects, including the construction of a new seafood restaurant, Pwason Beni, which is located near and run by an orphanage.

World Central Kitchen is set apart by its ability to connect chefs to projects quickly, says MacNair. He’s built a volunteer network of more than 50 chefs, many of whom are from D.C. and travel with World Central Kitchen to teach culinary and food-safety skills. The organization funds the trips but requires network members to fundraise and donate their time.

There are a few celebrity chefs, like Anthony Bourdain, Carla Hall, and Andrew

Zimmern, who advocate for World Central Kitchen, but MacNair says that many lesserknown chefs inside the network simply want to be put to work.

Erica Skolnik is one of them. She’s the founder of Frenchie’s, a bakery housed inside Bruner-Yang’s Maketto. Her day-today work focuses on making pastries, but for a week in August, she taught women how to bake bread in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital.

The opportunity to travel was a “fly by the seat of your pants” moment, she says. Initially, World Central Kitchen emailed the entire chef network in search of a lead baker for the project. Bruner-Yang forwarded the email to Skolnik, and a few weeks later, she was helping design a bakery, which has two gas stoves and a deck oven.

“Going into this project, I didn’t know a whole lot about Zambia,” Skolnik says.

“The country is currently experiencing power shedding [mandatory and routine power outages], so they’re only guaranteed eight hours of power a day.”

The rolling power outages made it tough to teach the women how to bake three different kinds of bread in just five days, Skolnik says. “There were a few times when we used the mixer and the power shutdown. I freaked out,” she says. “But, the women improvised... They said, ‘Who cares if it’s 30 pounds of dough? We’ll mix it by hand.’”

But not all chefs can make the trip abroad.

Casey Patten, co-founder of Taylor Gourmet, says he didn’t have the time to travel to Haiti but wanted to find a way to contribute as a member of the chef network.

“We’ve got ten stores to run, and I really don’t have the time to travel,” Patten says.

“We wanted to figure out a way to contribute that also included my entire staff.”

So his team developed a Haitian hoagie and put it on the menu to raise funds for World Central Kitchen. In total, almost 2,000 hoagies were sold and $5,000 raised.

Patten adapted a Haitian stew and served it on a roll. The Taylor Gourmet team had two weeks to design a sandwich, using ingredients largely not found on their menu.

They also had to train staff to make griot and pikliz, a marinated braised pork shoulder that’s fried and served alongside a vinegar-based slaw.

It’s this kind of food challenge that Andrés says he wants to offer to more chefs.

“Food is at the heart of everything we do,” Andrés says. “With food, we are challenging and asking our chefs to make a global impact. And in the process, we’re living out a mission to expand food to everyone, CP everywhere.”

Eatery tips? Food pursuits? Send suggestions to jsidman@washingtoncitypaper.com.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 AT 8 P.M. Experience the season in the celestial voices of the Vienna Boys Choir returning with an idyllic Christmas concert, truly one of the great pleasures of the holidays. The choir performs a broad range of music from hymns and carols to holiday pop favorites and folk songs from across the globe.

“The angelic voices of this most famous vocal group are ageless.” (Salt Lake Tribune) $54, $46, $32 ff

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 AT 8 P.M. In a performance bursting with good cheer, tap prodigy and preeminent choreographer Savion Glover, whose footwork is nothing short of miraculous, returns to our stage – this time for the holidays! – bringing an unforgettable evening of bright lights, joyous sounds, and dance! Come see one of the great tap dancers of all time in this one-of-a-kind holiday performance! $54, $46, $32 ff

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The Band of the Royal Marines Featuring the Pipes, Drums, and Highland Dancers of the Scots Guards SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 AT 2 P.M. & 8 P.M. All of the pomp and grandeur that characterize centuries of British military tradition are on display when these military bands take the stage in their full regalia. Bring the family to enjoy the bagpipes, the brass, and the regimental marches and Scottish Highland dancing that are a special part of the British military, both past and present. $52, $44, $31 ff

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Eleven years ago, the DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) and Diverse Markets Management (DMM) joined forces to create a holiday gathering place for the community in DowntownDC. Since 2005, DowntownDC has transformed in many ways to become a retail and tourist destination and this market is at the heart of it all. Today, the market welcomes over 300,000 people for its 27-day run.

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 several public transportation methods including Metrorail, Metrobus and Capital Bikeshare.

In addition to gifts, the Downtown Holiday Market also features live music daily, holiday treats and more. The Market runs from Nov. 27–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 (#DHM15), 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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Art Inca Native #9, Nov 27(F)–Dec 23(W) Baby Alpaca #45, Nov 27(F)–Dec 23(W) Dorjebajra Tibet Shop #28, Nov 27(F)–Dec 8(T) mytibetshop.com

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American Princess #54, Dec 10(Th)–Dec 17(Th) Andrea Haffner #29, Dec 18(F)–Dec 23(W) andreahaffner.com

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Moya Gallery #25, Dec 16(W)–Dec 23(W) moya-gallery.com

Nikki’s Jewelry Box #20, Nov 27(F)–Dec 3(Th), #57, Dec 21(M)–Dec 23(W) NikkisJewelryBox.com

August Nine Designs #30, Nov 27(F)–Dec 3(Th)

InBloom Jewelry #24, Dec 9(W)–Dec 15(T)

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Karen Coston Jewelry #22, Dec 12(S)–Dec 23(W)

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Courtney Gillen #54, Dec 18(F)–Dec 23(W) D Collections #3, Nov 27(F)–Dec 23(W) David Conroy Art #31, Nov 27(F)–Dec 9(W) davidconroyart.com

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Evelyn Brooks Designs #24, Dec 19(Su)–Dec 23(W) ebrooksdesigns.com

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Kiwi Exquisite #52, Dec 21(M)–Dec 23(W) kiwikathy.blogspot.com

La Contessa by Mary DeMarco #52, Dec 16(W)–Dec 20(Su) lacontessa.com

Laura Moore Designs #26, Nov 27(F)–Dec 3(Th) lauramooredesigns.com

Leah Staley Designs #33, Dec 18(F)–Dec 23(W) leahstaley.com

Ofina #22, Dec 8(T)–Dec 11(F) ofina.net

Poppi #27, Dec 10(Th)–Dec 23(W) poppishop.com

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Stio Design #54, Nov 27(F)–Dec 9(W), #28, Dec 21(M)–Dec 23(W) ancientcoindesigns.com

Leah Sturgis Jewelry Art #44, Nov 27 (F)–Dec 23 (W)

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PAINTING A & M Goldfarb #24, Dec 1(T)–Dec 8(T) Artmonger Inc. #12, Dec 11(F)–Dec 13(Su) artmonger.net

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Quest Skinner #41, Nov 27(F)–Dec 10(Th) questskinner.com

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PHOTOGRAPHY Avner Ofer Photography #33, Nov 27(F)–Dec 17(Th) avnerofer.com

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Chandler Art and Images #23, Dec 19(Su)–Dec 23(W)

Jonathan Blum #26, Dec 11(F)–Dec 23(W)

Tanoory Studios #17, Nov 30(M)–Dec 8(T)

Drew Smith Photography #5, Dec 4(F)–Dec 23(W)

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Chocotenango #57, Dec 13(Su)–Dec 20(Su) chocotenango.com

Choquette #15, Dec 18(F)–Dec 23(W)

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TEXTILES Janice’s Table #24, Nov 27(F)–Nov 30(M) janicetable.com

Jen-A-Fusion Fashion Accesories #56, Dec 4(F)–Dec 10(Th) jenafusion.blogspot.com

Naked Decor #37, Nov 27(F)–Dec 16(W) nakeddecor.com

The Mouse Works #61, Nov 27(F)–Dec 6(Su) themouseworks.com

Wise Owl Shop #16, Dec 17(Th)–Dec 23(W) wiseowlshop.com

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J. Chocolatier #60, Dec 14(M)–Dec 20(Su)

Mistura Timepieces #10, Nov 27(F)–Dec 23(W)

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The Taste of Germany #46, Nov 27(F)–Dec 10(Th)

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Sweet Hearts Patisserie #41, Dec 14(M)–Dec 19(S) sweetheartspatisserie.com

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Pipers #12, Dec 14(M)–Dec 23(W) goodturnsartshop.com

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 27, 2015 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Patty Reese Jackson & Oziel Billy Thompson with Eric Selby

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015 Acoustic Roots Blues Soul-Infused Gumbo

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2015 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Big Lunch Cooking With Gas Ian Walters & Friends Les Deux The Bubbas Junior Cline Duo Gina DeSimone & Pat Quinn JEM Jazz

Bassappella Kiss and Ride

World Music Blues, Jazz, Soul

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Billy Coulter Duo Judge Smith

Acoustic Rock, Americana Classic Rock

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Jim Stephanson Seth Kibel & Sean Lane

American Songbook Jazzy Holiday

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Nina Casey Jonny Grave Afro Nuevo

Blues, Jazz Acoustic Blues Latin Jazz, Jazz

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2015 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Karen Collins & Backroads Band Ian Walters & Friends Project Natale

Vintage Country Updated Classics Jazz

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Denyse Pearson & Her Men of Distinction Blue Panamuse Los Caribbeat Dave Chappell & Dave Hartge Runakuna The 19th Street Band JEM Jazz

Jim Stephanson Alpha Dog Acoustic Blues Patty Reese Bill Baker Band

Denyse Pearson & Her Men of Distinction Lilt The Lovejoy Group

12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Dave Chappell & Dave Hartge Wylder

Jazz Standards Irish, Step Dancers Holiday Jazz Guitar Roots Folk Pop

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Patty Reese Ian Walters & Friends

Acoustic Roots Updated Classics

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

21 Gessford Court Bill Baker Band

Jazz, Light Rock Country Blues

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2015 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Flo Anito Snakehead Run

Jazzy Pop Jug Band

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2015 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Billy Coulter Duo Andra Faye & Scott Ballantine The Sweater Set

Acoustic Rock, Americana Blues, Roots, Jazz Folk Pop

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2015 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

King Street Bluegrass Fast Eddie & the Slowpokes DuPont Brass

12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Music Pilgrim Trio Chrystylez Bacon Andra Faye & Scott Ballantine Abigail Palmer Group Ready, Set, Go! Surf Jaguars

12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Folk Rock, Americana Hot Jazz, Blues, Country Swing

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2015

American Songbook Blues, Jazz

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2015 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Jazzy Pop Swing, Blues Vintage Americana

Bluegrass Blue-Eyed Soul Holiday, Classical, Contemporary Klezmer, Jazz, World Progressive Hip Hop Blues, Roots, Jazz

MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2015

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Guitar Roots Andean Traditions

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2015 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Flo Anito Esther Haynes & JC VeVe Hot Buttered Nuggets

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2015 Jazz Standards Blues, Swing Caribbean

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015 Swing, Blues Hot Jazz, Bues, Country Swing

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2015 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

Jazz, R&B Appalachian Folk, Bues Acoustic Rock

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2015 Jazz Acoustic Folk Rock R&B, Soul

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015 12:00–2:00 5:00–7:00

John Lewis & ElectroKoustic Bruce Hutton Janine Wilson & Max Evans

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2015 Americana Blues, Swing, Jazz Updated Classics

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2015 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Acoustic Roots Country Blues

12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

Dave Chappell & Dave Hartge Jonny Grave Sub-Radio Standard

Celtic, Jazz, Fusion Jazz Surf, Classic Rock Guitar Roots Slide Guitar Pop Rock Acoustic

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2015 12:00–2:00 2:30–4:30 5:00–7:00

DuPont Brass John Lewis & ElectroKoustic Ian Walters & Friends

Downtown Holiday Holiday Market Market Guide Guide Downtown

Jazz, Classical, Holiday Jazz, R&B Updated Classics

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what we ate last week:

Duck egg beignets, $9, Convivial, Satisfaction level: 4.5 out of 5 what we’ll eat next week:

Hot chicken, $13, Crisp Kitchen + Bar, Excitement level: 4 out of 5

Grazer

Bring Down the house 1

Bar Deco = 16

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Homemade dressing (One would hope Newman’s Own is not in the walk-in.)

Homemade mayo (The cooks can combine three ingredients.)

1

Dino’s Grotto = 11

20

House pickle (Everyone and their mom is doing it.)

House quick-cured, unsmoked pork belly (TMI)

1

Housemade guacamole (Groundbreaking?)

Housemade beef and lamb bolognese (One would hope.)

1

20

Nopa Kitchen + Bar = 8

Housemade pimento cheese “whiz” (OK, this is kind of cool.)

Spicy house-roasted fresh almonds (What is a not-fresh almond?)

1

20

Boundary Stone = 7

Housemade chili (Would you trust any other chili?)

Housemade hummus (No Sabra here.)

1

20

Bistro Bohem = 6

House-grilled veggies (Come on.)

House dressing (Again, come on.)

The Dish: Smore’s Rito Where to Get It: Rito Loco, 606 Florida Ave. NW; (202) 836-4270; ritoloco.com Price: $4 What It Is: Mini marshmallows, a few pieces of Hershey’s milk chocolate, and broken bits of graham cracker added to the center of a flour tortilla, which is then folded and heated on a burrito press.

What It Tastes Like: There’s no need to freak out. This burrito is much like your standard s’more—if not slightly better because the flour tortilla adds an extra layer of crunchiness.

Are you gonnA eAt that?

Underserved The best cocktail you’re not ordering

What: The Word of Mouth with mezcal, Green Chartreuse, orange bitters, lime, and vanilla syrup Where: Tico, 1926 14th St. NW

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Driftwood Kitchen = 8

Photo by Laura Hayes

D.C. restaurants like to brag that everything from their baguettes to barbecue sauce is made in house. Never mind that nearly every restaurant makes its food from scratch these days, the menu one-upping suggests we have a housemade arms race on our hands. While some chefs impressively produce their own cheese and charcuterie, others are stamping menu items like guacamole with the made-in-house tag. We scoured about 75 online menus to find the most egregious overstatements and counted up how many times the offending D.C. restaurant used the term housemade (and its synonyms) among their dinner and brunch offerings. Not counting duplicates, these six restaurants led the pack, starting with Bar Deco, —Laura Hayes which describes its menu as “homemade.”

The Story: This burrito was dreamed up by Louie Hankins and Danny Diaz, co-founders of Shaw burrito joint and food truck Rito Loco, and it’s one of the newest additions to their menu. The guys wanted to add a dessert option in addition to another sweet burrito filled with fruit. “Really, a burrito is a vehicle to put any type of dish inside your mouth,” Hankins says. “This just kind of works because the flour tortilla keeps the melted marshmallow and chocolate contained.” One thing’s for certain, this burrito is a whole heck of a lot easier to eat than a graham cracker s’more. There’s hardly any risk of crumbs or melted marshmallow and chocolate ending up on your lap.

—Tim Ebner

Price: $14 What You Should Be Drinking Tico’s lead bartender, Christine Kim, used to sneak mezcal, the spirit she has a crush on, into classic cocktails like old fashioneds and negronis when the restaurant opened. Today, the smoky agave spirit has its own dedicated drink: the Word of Mouth. It’s a play on the gin-based classic, the Last Word. Kim stirs and shakes El Silencio Espadin Mezcal with Green Chartreuse, orange bitters, lime, and housemade vanilla syrup. The black speckles in the finished product denote that she scraped her way through real vanilla beans. “Instead of the maraschino in the Last Word, we introduced vanilla because it has softer notes and it wouldn’t fight with the Chartreuse or mezcal,” she says.

Why You Should be Drinking It “People need to stop being scared of mezcal. It’s cool, everyone’s doing it, and they need to get on board,” Kim says. Ordering the Word of Mouth is a good start. “If you don’t like smoke, it’s not smoked like a peated Scotch, but it has nice, subtle dry smoke notes,” she says. Indeed the smoke is subtle and even overpowered by lime. The prominence of the citrus fruit tricks your brain into thinking you’re drinking a margarita, especially because the Green Chartreuse is a ghost in the drink—you can hardly taste it.

The Word of Mouth is above all else refreshing. That’s why Kim recommends timing your order so the drink arrives between appetizers and entrees. “You know how people have sorbets as palate-cleansers, this could be one of those cocktails that wipes your palate clean and reboots you.”

—Laura Hayes

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6 Film Screening: Stretch and Bobbito:

Radio That Changed Lives

#MSTAGE365

DECEMBER 3 Razvan Popovici, Diana Ketler,

and Alissa Margulis

Celebrate the National Day of Romania with Romanian violist Popovici and pianist Ketler, along with violinist Margulis as they play works

by Mozart, Enescu, Ravel, and Bruch.

Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Romania and the Romanian Cultural Institute.

4 Zan McLeod and Friends

An Irish Christmas features traditional Irish music, as well as four dancers from the Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance.

5

James A. Johnson Young Artist Series:BradLindeExpandedEnsemble

The group performs Miho Hazama’s new big band arrangements of Herbie Hancock’s masterpiece, Maiden Voyage, in celebration of the album’s 50th anniversary.

Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan.

IN THE TERRACE THEATER

6 Film Screening: Stretch and Bobbito:

Radio That Changed Lives*

Enjoy a documentary screening followed by Q&A with radio DJs Adrian “Stretch Armstrong” Bartos and Roberto “Bobbito” Garcia, who introduced the world to a host of unsigned artists such as Nas, Biggie, Jay-Z, Eminem, the Fugees, and others. Capacity audience anticipated. Patrons requested to take Hall of States elevators to roof Terrace level.

IN THE THEATER LAB

7 Peace Ringers and Carol Ringers*

An evening of holiday music performed on hand bells.

14 Ramzailech

8 Opera Preview: Hansel and Gretel

Members of Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program offer a preview performance of its holiday family opera, along with a selection of holiday pieces.

9

Family Night: Family Ties

Join us for a special concert that features local musical families, in the tradition of the von Trapps, performing classical holiday repertoire.

Presented in collaboration with NEWorks Productions, as part of the Music: A Force for Mending performance series.

10 NSO Youth Fellows

This recital features three solo performances— violinists Tavifa Cojocari and Juliana Lu-Yang, and horn player Gaby Pho—as well as violinist Yukino Takehara and harpist Kai-Lan Olson in a duo.

11 Zvjezdice

This renowned Croatian Girls’ Choir is accompanied by treasured harpist Dijana Grubišic´ C´ikovic´, and soprano Antonia Dunjko.

Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Croatia.

12 A Salute to Sinatra

Celebrate Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday with musicians and singers from the D.C. area singing reimagined versions of his most famous hits.

*Unless noted otherwise

31 Michael Mwenso & The Shakes featuring Brianna Thomas

16 MERRY TUBACHRISTMAS!

This year marks the 42nd anniversary of this holiday tradition founded by Harvey Phillips in which hundreds of local tuba, sousaphone, and euphonium players perform traditional Christmas music. Grab your instrument and arrive for rehearsal at 3 p.m.

17 Coral Cantigas

The choir sings a spirited array of songs that celebrate the diverse Christmas traditions from Latin America.

13 QuinTango

The acclaimed chamber ensemble performs traditional and holiday favorites in their unique tango style. Free tango dance lessons begin at 5 p.m.

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The hardcore Klezmer pioneers from Tel Aviv blend the ancient roots and traditions with a new, raw punk sound, delivering the gospel of peace, love, and rock.

15 Singapore Youth Choir Ensemble

The acclaimed international musician ensnares the hearts of his audience with his rebab (bowed string instrument), and stories of life as an Afghan refugee in America.

19 U.S. Army Chorus

One of the nation’s only professional men’s choruses celebrates the season and salutes our troops with holiday favorites for the entire family.

20 Innov Gnawa

The Moroccan group celebrates the ancient spiritual music of North Africa with an innovative, hypnotic, and ecstatic take on a trance-inducing folk tradition.

The group celebrates Singapore’s golden jubilee with works by Singaporean composers, as well as arrangements and re-interpretations of traditional songs.

21 The 9 Songwriters Series:

Nine of DMV’s most talented songwriters and musicians collaborate to create a show full of seasonal cheer for the entire family.

Presented in collaboration with Listen Local First D.C.

22 Sweet Heaven Kings

Anacostia’s acclaimed 16-member gospel brass and percussion band performs a joyful holiday program.

The dynamic ensemble made up of musicians over the age of 55, performs crowd-pleasing holiday music.

Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Singapore.

DAILY FOOD AND DRINK SPECIALS 5–6 P.M. NIGHTLY • GRAND FOYER BARS FREE TOURS

are given daily by the Friends of the Kennedy Center tour guides. Tour hours: M–F, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., and Sa./Su. from 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

For information, call (202) 416-8340.

PLEASE NOTE: There is no free parking for free performances.

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TAKE METRO to the Foggy Bottom/

GWU station and ride the free Kennedy Center shuttle departing every 15 minutes until midnight.

(Performance at 12 noon)

The project group led by Zachary Smith of the Dixie Power Trio performs jazzy and cheerful arrangements of holiday favorites.

25 All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam

The 17th annual event features, host/vibraphonist Chuck Redd, drummer Lenny Robinson, trumpeter Tom Williams, bassist James King, and vocalist Delores Williams.

The Richmond-based gospel group presents an evening of gospel and holiday-related music.

27 & 28 Holiday Vaudeville

Cajun cellist Sean Grissom returns to host the two evenings of holiday music and laughs featuring magician Mark Mitton and the Alexandria Kleztet.

29 Holocaust Survivor Klezmer Band

The duo, drummer Saul Dreier and accordionist Reuwen (“Ruby”) Sosnowicz, strives to preserve and share Jewish music and culture. The two Holocaust survivors honor life and healing through music.

30 Comedy at the Kennedy Center:

D.C. Holiday Extravaganza

23 Encore Chorale

24 Beltway Brass Quintet

26 Family of Praise

18 Qais Essar

Presented in collaboration with The Circus Life podcast.

FOR DETAILS OR TO WATCH ONLINE, VISIT KENNEDY-CENTER.ORG/MILLENNIUM.

EVERY DAY AT 6 P.M. NO TICKETS REQUIRED*

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Nate Bargatze

The stand-up comedian has appeared on Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan, and is a recurring guest on @midnight. His debut comedy album Yelled at by a Clown was released to much success and acclaim. Brian Parise opens.

31 Michael Mwenso & The Shakes

featuring Brianna Thomas

The young soulful singers were recently featured on Christian McBride’s Jazz Night in America on NPR.

*

Free general admission tickets will be distributed in the States Gallery starting at approximately 5:30 p.m., up to 2 tickets per person.

The Millennium Stage was created and underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs to make the performing arts accessible to everyone in fulfillment of the Kennedy Center’s mission to its community and the nation.

GET CONNECTED!

Additional funding for the Millennium Stage is provided by Bernstein Family Foundation, The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation, Inc., The Meredith Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Dr. Deborah Rose and Dr. Jan A.J. Stolwijk, U.S. Department of Education, and the Millennium Stage Endowment Fund.

The Kennedy Center welcomes persons with disabilities.

The Millennium Stage Endowment Fund was made possible by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs, Fannie Mae Foundation, James V. Kimsey, Gilbert† and Jaylee† Mead, Mortgage Bankers Association of America and other anonymous gifts to secure the future of the Millennium Stage.

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ALL PERFORMANCES AND PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is also made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts and the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts.

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Ho ho holy shit, The Sleigher—our annual evaluation of new holiday music—is back. washingtoncitypaper.com/go/sleigher2015

Film

Living Large

Two new documentaries capture the grand lifestyles of Janis Joplin and Peggy Guggenheim.

Janis: Little Girl Blue

Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland Janis: Little Girl Blue Directed by Amy Berg

By Tricia Olszewski When Janis Joplin was a teenager, she got kicked out of choir. Neither pretty nor popular, this black sheep chose to cause trouble for the herd instead of trying to run with it. Re-

gardless, as a friend says in Amy Berg’s Janis: Little Girl Blue, Joplin’s status as an outcast during that time caused her “profound hurt.” Even after she moved out of her Texas hometown to Austin and then San Francisco to become a singer, Joplin wasn’t at peace: “Jesus fucking Christ, I want to be happy so fucking bad,” she wrote to her then-boyfriend when she returned home to detox from meth, heroin, alcohol, and whatever else she experimented with on the West Coast.

Joplin found her happiness once her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, started gaining recognition. She’d also found her style after watching Otis Redding perform, an

electrifying clip of which is included in this film, seamlessly blended in with the copious footage of Joplin commanding the stage, her wails apparent attempts to exorcise her demons.

Little Girl Blue is a departure for Berg, the Prophet’s Prey and West of Memphis director who thus far has focused on criminal injustice and buried scandals. Though Joplin’s death at age 27 from a heroin overdose certainly counted as a sad scandal in 1970, it’s now very old news—particularly when held up to Amy, the similarly arced documentary about Amy Winehouse that’s one of the year’s best.

Berg follows the hard-to-escape Behind the Music formula, with one distinctive exception: The film includes letters that Joplin wrote to her family over the years, which are read by an off-screen Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power. Her excitement in most of these missives is endearing; you can imagine her FDR-era parents not quite knowing what to make of news such as record label deals and band relations. But proclamations such as “I’m so happy” likely rang clear in the midst of her music-industry foreign language.

In addition to footage of performances, studio sessions, and candid moments, Joplin is shown giving interviews (many with Dick Cavett, who hints that they may have been lovers). And in contrast to her screaming-siren onstage personality, Joplin is rather polite, gentle-voiced, and—dare I say—ladylike.

It was also only toward the end of her brief career that she gained confidence and accepted that perhaps she was a worthy peer to the musical elite. When Joplin started out, she’d admit to things she didn’t yet know (“Maybe if I keep singing…?”) and kept her idols above her (when a reporter mentions that she shares a manager with Bob Dylan, Joplin says, “Yeah. He’s better.”)

Despite Berg’s odd choice to use a railroad-tracks motif throughout the film—way too often—Little Girl Blue is largely a well-crafted, privileged peek into the personal life and rise of a powerhouse singer gone too soon. (Though one detail, Joplin’s bisexuality, is mentioned only in passing, in favor of highlighting her heterosexual dalliances.)

Viewers of a certain age will want to break out their vinyl after the film breaks their hearts: Cavett reveals one conversation he had with Joplin during which he asked if she were using again. Her answer: “Who would care?” Joplin’s periods of happiness were, evidently, fleeting. As one of her girlfriends, Jae Whitaker, says early on in the doc: “She definitely felt the blues.”

“I’ve had a very sad life, I think,” says the titular art collector in Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict. Like Joplin, Guggenheim knew that her “lack of beauty”—as a commenter not-sodelicately phrases it—would keep her from a debutante’s life; she found herself becoming the enfant terrible of her prestigious family and broke away from their mold. Whereas Joplin bloomed once she threw herself into music, Guggenheim chose a different creative medium to find her place in society. As art historian John Richardson says here, Guggenheim “used art to turn herself into a personality, into a star.”

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earthed tapes that provide much of the film’s narrative. Even though Weld says that “Peggy’s aunts and uncles were all famously off their rockers,” Guggenheim remembers her home life as “very bourgeois, very dull.” But the family was also a target for tragedy: Her father went down with the Titanic, one of her sisters died in childbirth, and another killed her two children. Her daughter, Pegeen, committed suicide.

Guggenheim never sounds distraught in these recordings; in fact, she’s quite casual about serious matters, including abortions: “I’ve had so many abortions, my goodness,” she remarks. Art, as the doc’s title states, became an addiction, but so did romance, with Guggenheim becoming intimate with nearly anyone who intrigued her (women included) or from whom she could learn—or benefit. She slept with one artist, Constantin Brâncuși, hoping that doing so would get him to lower the price of a sculpture. “I think I was sort of a nymphomaniac,” Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Guggenheim says, adding that a book she published “was all about fucking.” museum in New York. (Not that museum, which is named for Guggenheim was a champion of then-unknown modern art- her uncle, Solomon R. Guggenheim.) Called The Art of This ists such as Jackson Pollock and Marcel Duchamp, and when the Century, the gallery showcased both American and European gallery she opened in London lost money, she decided to open a art, and displayed the work in a manner that allowed audiences

to touch and interact with the pieces.

Throughout her life, as the film’s studio synopsis says, Guggenheim “collected not only art, but artists,” bringing to mind Andy Warhol and his Factory, where he kept company with the hippest of creative types. She supported her artistic friends and kept them close, projecting a bon vivant lifestyle even though she thought of herself as a “lone wolf.” After years of embracing art in different ways, her legacy is The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, housed in a Venetian palazzo.

The recordings of the collector herself aren’t the only highlight of Art Addict; viewers are also treated to a virtual tour of great works that are displayed, black-boxed, onscreen. Guggenheim might have followed an odd path with an independence and hedonism her family have tsk-tsked, but you can’t deny CP the beauty of her results.

Janis: Little Girl Blue opens Friday at the Angelika Pop-Up. Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict opens Friday at Landmark E Street Cinema.

Celebrate the holidays at Sauf Haus with seasonal bier, glühwein (mulled wine), schnapps and of course, pretzels and sausages!

We have heaters and a retractable roof so the biergarten will be cozy all season long!

Tickets to “Prost! A New Year’s Eve Party”are up at prostnyeparty.eventbrite.com

Interested in throwing a holiday party at Sauf Haus?

Email events@saufhausdc.com!

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Dawit Eklund

Big Hush

Listen to ’s latest EP, Who’s Smoking Your Spirit? washingtoncitypaper.com/go/bighush

TinSeled Town

’Tis the season, but what for exactly?

Ice skating? Immodest Christmas light displays? Faux outrage over Starbucks’ new crimson cups? Sure, but above all else, ’tis the season to hunker down and watch your favorite holiday-themed movies. With the temperatures dropping, it can be hard to muster up the energy to pry yourself off the couch—especially when all your favorite holiday flicks are (mostly) readily available at the click of a remote. But nothing compares to watching your favorite films on the big screen. Luckily, a number of D.C.-area theaters are getting into —Matt Cohen the holiday spirit with screenings of classic and contemporary seasonal favorites.

“Lies Are Chic”

AFI Silver Theatre. 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. afi.com/silver When? Dec. 4–24 What films? The classics, mostly: A Christmas Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, and White Christmas. But there are also some oft-forgotten older holiday flicks like The Shop Around the Corner, Remember The Night, and Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Quai des Orfèvres.

Must-See: It’s been less than a year since Sean Baker’s queer comedy-drama Tangerine was warmly received at the Sundance Film Festival, but critics are already calling it a new Christmas classic.

Standout Track: No. 3, “Lies Are Chic.”

1432 R label co-founder Dawit Eklund is crafting a steady following with sounds that bridge techno and Afro-house, and his latest groove is the infectious closer on the new Ourobos EP. According to the Ethiopian-born D.C. resident, the track was inspired by legendary musician Herbie Hancock’s fall from pop expectations and the discovery of a creative liberty that followed.

Musical Motivation: “I was listening to a lot of Herbie Hancock at the time, specifically his [lightly-regarded, creatively diverse] album Sextant,” Eklund says. Inspired by the “atmospherics” of it, Eklund then revamped an older song that he made in 2014, with “4/4 kicks and Tony Allen-inspired Afrobeat snares” to become “Lies Are Chic.”

Bust-A-Move: Growing up going to dance parties in Ethiopia “where popular Nigerian, Ivorian, and Tanzanian music was prevalent,” Eklund has always had an affinity for grooves. In eighth grade, Eklund began messing around with recording and music production, while being introduced to Afrobeat rhythms and dance that would go on to inspire the music he makes now.

“Everyone knows Africans can dance,” he says, “but specifically it was always the South African kids who had the most expressive moves and it was a distinct rhythmic flow that got them going.”

—Marcus K. Dowling Listen to “Lies Are Chic” at washingtoncitypaper.com/go/dawiteklund.

E Street Cinema. 555 11th St. NW. landmarktheatres.com/washington-d-c/e-street-cinema When? Dec. 18–19 What films? Die Hard.

Must-See: If you have not seen Die Hard on the big screen, see Die Hard on the big screen. Trust me.

Alamo Drafthouse. 20575 East Hampton Plaza, Ashburn, Va. drafthouse.com/winchester/theater/one-loudoun When? Dec. 1–16 What films? Before Star Wars: The Force Awakens consumes the Alamo Drafthouse in Ashburn, Va., holiday programming takes over with screenings of contemporary favorites like Elf, Home Alone, and Christmas Vacation.

Must-See: Rare Exports, a 2010 Finnish movie that portrays Santa as a nefarious mythological being that’s a lot more nasty than nice.

Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse. 2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington. arlingtondrafthouse.com When? Dec. 16 What films? Get all your cinematic holiday offerings in one epic feast at Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse’s annual Christmas Movie Festival, during which they’ll screen eight holiday classics in a row: two screenings of TV classics How The Grinch Stole Christmas and A Charlie Brown Christmas; plus Elf, A Christmas Story, Scrooged, and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

Must-See: All of them, not that you have a choice.

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Handout photo by Scott Suchman

Shakespeare Theatre Company rolls out a red-hot production of the classic Kiss Me, Kate.

Kiss Me, Kate Music and lyrics by Cole Porter Directed by Alan Paul Choreographed by Michelle Lynch At Sidney Harman Hall through Jan. 3 The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s mission may be to stage canonical classics, but Kiss Me Kate, their latest flirtation with song-and-dance classics, is outstanding. And as long as the dancing is this Darn Hot, the sound is better than at the Kennedy Center, and the sets are as jaw-dropping as anything you’d see on Broadway, who is going to complain?

That said, it’s still a matter of taste whether you actually like Cole Porter’s 1949 winner of the first-ever Tony for Best Musical, or whether you prefer shows written in the ensuing 66 years. If you like Kiss Me, Kate, then you’ll love it even more after seeing Alan Paul’s cheeky, speedy new production.

As Michael Kahn’s current young lieutenant at STC, Paul seems to have gotten his job in part for his facility with musicals. Since 2011, the theater has given its holiday slot either to a musical directed by Paul or a Shakespeare hit-parade play directed by Ethan McSweeny: Much Ado in 2011, Midsummer in 2012, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in 2013, The Tempest last year, and now Kate.

Technically, this is Paul’s second well-directed production at STC this year, since last season the musical was pushed forward to the

This Oliver! production is not the heartwarming holiday musical you are looking for.

Handout photo by Margot Schulman

Kate the Great

spring. (He also helmed Silence! The Musical at Studio over the summer.) Paul did the best he could with Man of La Mancha, but casual rape plots and overzealous knights are tough sells, even in a solid production. A strongwilled woman flirting with a stubborn ex who quotes Shakespeare, on the other hand? That plot has timeless appeal.

Paul expertly helms a Kate that’s a sweet homage not only to Porter’s score, but to the 1953 film. The basic plot of both is the same: Impresario Fred Graham wants to write, direct and star in a new musical version of The Taming of the Shrew, and he casts his ex-wife, film star Lilli Vanessi, to star opposite him.

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the show-within-the-show; others occur spontaneously in rehearsal, backstage, or—as with Act II showstopper “Too Darn Hot”— in the alley behind the theater.

As is often the case at STC, stars Douglas Sills and Christine Sherrill are considerably older than their characters. (Fred is 32 in the musical; Sills is 55 if Internet Broadway Database is to be believed.) Thankfully, the two-decade bump isn’t as problematic here as it is in some other productions, because they otherwise seem so suited for the roles.

Earlier this fall, Sherrill had the misfortune of starring as a bitchy matriarch in the political musical The Fix. She’s also a tough broad in Kate, but she has much more to do then

bark orders. Her Lilli holds court with Hepburn-esque grace while trading barbs with an ex she still loves and loves to hate. (Hence the classic anthem, “I Hate Men.”) As the secondary lovers Lois Lane and Bill Calhoun, Robyn Hurder and Clyde Alves are a bit more caricatured, but fully invested in their footwork. Alves is fresh off of a Broadway run of the dance-heavy On the Town, while Hurder has fan kicks to spare.

The ensemble can tap and turn with flare, and that’s especially crucial given that a very young Bob Fosse did the choreography (and appeared in the film). Now-famous pianist/ conductor André Previn served as the movie studio’s music director, and the arrangement still sounds great at STC as conducted by James Cunningham. James Noone designed the sets, which are cartoonishly colorful for the showwithin-a-show, yet nostalgically dulled when the action returns to 1948. It’s like watching a grand old Technicolor movie, live.

Kiss Me, Kate was not the first musical about show-biz shenanigans, but it does predate many, including A Chorus Line, Follies, and Curtains. The genre representative on Broadway at the moment is Something Rotten!, which bills itself as a musical about the first musical. Brian D’Arcy James stars as a struggling Elizabethan impresario who, in a bid to out-do his rival Shakespeare, puts on a musical called Omelet and pisses off a bunch of closeted gay Puritans in the process.

Really, all you have to read is that plot synopsis to acknowledge that Porter and his cowriters Sam and Bella Spewack were working on more sophisticated level of literary humor.

Care to brush up your Shakespeare? See a 60year-old show, and you’ll be ready to start —Rebecca Ritzel quoting him now.

610 F St. NW. $20–$108. (202) 547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org.

Gruel and unusual Punishment Oliver!

Music, lyrics, and book by Lionel Bart Directed by Molly Smith At Arena Stage to Jan. 6 There’s a certain Charles Dickens story that has a habit of turning up on stages all over the Western world this time of year, and it isn’t Oliver Twist. Adaptations of A Christmas Carol are free-range and artisanal; we’ve had 170 years of them, with no single version dominant. That’s not the case with Oliver!, the unaccountably cheerful 1960 musical that Lionel Bart wrung out of Twist, replacing the protagonist’s family name with an exclamation point.

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PSYCHOANALYSIS IS BACK RICHARD SELDIN

“This compelling novel will hold you in its grip from beginning to end. Part mystery, part psychological thriller, Below the Line in Beijing is a terrific read and an auspicious debut by a gifted writer.”

—Dr. Theodore Jacobs, psychoanalyst, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and author.

“Readers of Saul Bellow’s literary classics of middle age and diminished powers will quickly appreciate the setting and concerns of this novel. The action in Below the Line in Beijing is largely internal and observational, but excels in its tone and approach. Steeped in the cultural atmosphere of China, the special circumstances of the Olympics, and the unique struggles of an aging man, Below the Line in Beijing is a solid recommendation for any who want a novel packed with introspection and cultural analysis.”

—D. Donovan, Senior eBook Reviewer, Midwest Book Review.

The novel’s plot line is fairly simple, though its structure, which includes dreams and fascinating footnotes, is atypical. When the book begins the narrator, a 61-year old, Federal Government attorney, awakens next to his wife, Sheryl, with an erection pressed against her thigh. Though initially pleased by his desire—he’s had little sexual interest in her for some time—he discovers it comes packaged with an inability to speak. This peculiarity further confounds him when he finds that, while mute in English, he can communicate in the foreign languages he knows. Although he can only guess at it, he connects the muteness to three unrelated matters: a quirky stuttering problem; powerful fantasies about hooking-up with young women; and fortuitously running into his friend, Jim, a philanderer and fashionista, after not having seen him for forty years.

As Freud’s talking cure requires talking and the narrator’s psychoanalyst, Isaac Lutansky, only speaks English, they agree to suspend their work. Soon thereafter the narrator and Jim travel to Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. While the narrator, a proficient Mandarin speaker and expert on things Chinese, expects to dominate their relationship in Beijing, Jim immediately takes over and leads them on a quest for young women.

Richard Seldin packs a lot into his well-written, fast-paced, novel about psychoanalysis, marital love and declining male sexuality. The book’s psychoanalytic orientation teems with unusual mental states—psychological muteness, an imagined playmate, a womanizing double and mind/body disturbances. In fact, this is one of the best novels about psychoanalysis I’ve ever read, and offers readers the pleasure of following a protagonist who thinks in a psychoanalytic way.

I won’t give the ending away, but will say that it is marvelously written. While the book’s most poignant erotic scenes might bring to mind Nabokov’s Lolita, its larger influence clearly is Freud. And right out of the Freudian book, the narrator’s story is one of a not-too abnormal mind gone awry and attempting to heal itself, both with and without Lutansky’s help.

For more of the review, see Richard Seldin’s website blog at www.richardseldin.blogspot.com Below the Line in Beijing was published by International Psychoanalytic Books - 256 pp. $19.95, paper; $7.99, Kindle. The book can be purchased at Politics and Prose, www.IPBooks.net, www.amazon.com and most retail bookstores. washingtoncitypaper.com december 4, 2015 45

Sons of the Prophet manages to earn laughs despite Sturm und Drang subject matter.

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Songs! So less specific, but louder.

Bart’s musical is surely more familiar to contemporary audiences than Dickens’ serialized novel, if only for the way its numbers have been endlessly parodied and/or co-opted for ad campaigns. I know I encountered the 1987 TV jingle “Cheese, Glorious Cheese” years before I discovered it was a riff on Bart’s show-opener, “Food, Glorious Food.”

But “cheese” represents “food” to roughly the same extent that Oliver! covers Oliver Twist. Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith’s impulse to restore the grit Bart scrubbed away is admirable—especially since we’re talking about Arena’s holidayseason books-balancer rather than one of its experiments, like this summer’s genuinely surprising and original Dear Evan Hansen, which was deservedly a major hit. But Dickens’ social critique and Bart’s “Oom-PahPah” (a song title, lest you forget) can’t be easily reconciled.

Smith tries. She updates the Victorian setting to the present day, only it feels more like “2015 London” as foreseen by the makers of dystopian 1980s sci-fi movies, right down to the crisscrossing catwalks suspended from the ceiling and the midnight-blue lighting palette.

The cops wear contemporary uniforms, but costume designer Wade Laboissonniere puts everyone else in unholy Rococo combinations of plaid pants and stocking caps and leather vests. The fingerless gloves presumably make it easier to handle the iPhones distributed among the cast, who use them to snap pictures of each other to no clear purpose— the truest-to-life thing that happens, actually.

(There are surreptitious drug deals, too.)

This all feels like a desperate layering-on.

The same goes for the music: Several of the familiar numbers are tricked out with hip-hopderived rhythmic additives that only serve to remind you of how much less energetic this is than Hamilton, even if that one doesn’t have a sprig of punctuation in the title.

None of the show or the production’s faults can be assigned to the players, who range from not-bad to terrific. Jake Heston Miller, the towheaded fourth grader who plays Oliver, needs a little help navigating the in-theround Fichandler Stage with so many bodies in the cast, but he’s a fine singer. As that master pickpocket the Artful Dodger, Kyle Coffman is the best exponent of Parker Esse’s athletic choreography, getting a particularly vigorous showcase in the middle of “Consider Yourself.” Jeff McCarthy’s Fagin, ringleader of this gang of innocent criminals, is exuberant and commanding. And as Nancy, the goldhearted hooker who protects Oliver from her violent (and here, Beretta-packing) boyfriend, Eleasha Gamble has empathy to burn. She sings the Dickensian shit out of the show’s best number, the slow-burner “As Long as He Needs Me.” What a waste of resources.

I’m aware of at least three different A

Christmas Carols opening locally; I haven’t seen any of them yet and I recommend them all. No one is talented enough to screw that —Chris Klimek story up.

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ProPhet (over)sharinG Sons of the Prophet

By Stephen Karam Directed by Gregg Henry At Theater J to Dec. 20 The Douaihy family, around which Stephen Karam’s dark comedy Sons of the Prophet revolves, is in the midst of a long streak of bad luck: They’re “like the Kenne-

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dys, without the sex appeal,” as one character observes. The line is just one of many to garner laughs—especially surprising for a play that’s so explicitly about human suffering. Yet Theater J’s production of Karam’s script earns each of those laughs and more, in large part because of the efforts of director Gregg Henry and his excellent cast and crew.

Joseph (Chris Dinolfo), a former marathoner whose career has been cut short by a mysterious ailment, is—ironically—the Douaihy facing the least amount of physical impairment. His younger brother, Charles (Tony Strowd Hamilton), was born with one ear; an uncle, Bill (Michael Willis), uses a wheelchair due to a respiratory condition. And that’s not even mentioning Joseph’s mother, dead for years, and father, dead after the first scene. As the play progresses, Joseph’s physical maladies intensify in concert with his personal issues and troubled relationships: High school foot-

ball star Vin (Jaysen Wright) seeks the family’s absolution for Vin’s role in the Douaihy father’s accidental death (so that he can play in the big game with a clear conscience). Reporter Timothy (Sam Ludwig) coincidentally develops a connection with Joseph as he covers the tragedy for the local news. Gloria (a fantastic Brigid Cleary), Joseph’s publisher boss, seeks to mine the Douaihys’ family history for a book, while consistently over-sharing about her depression and her husband’s suicide.

At almost two hours with no intermission, Prophet covers a lot of ground. It’s a meditation on suffering, first and foremost, but it’s also about fate, chance, forgiveness, guilt, homosexuality, health insurance, selling out, the unique struggles of first-generation immigrants, the entitlement of young globetrotting hipsters, and the annoying trend of people writing memoirs before they turn 30. (It also features “chapter headings” taken from Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, from which the play draws its title and yet more thematic material.) The play’s early scenes are devastatingly effective, as Karam skillfully reveals his characters to us both by what they say and what they try so desperately to avoid saying. But toward the end, it feels like Karam is less a playwright and more a plate spinner, frantically trying to maintain the emotional resonance of each plot thread.

However, Henry’s ability to accommodate all of those threads (even if they don’t completely coalesce in the end) is the production’s major triumph. (Both the lighting and set design, by Kyle Grant and Luciana Stecconi, respectively, deserve a great deal of credit for deftly focusing audience attention.) The cast members handle their difficult roles with aplomb, capturing the characters’ deep emotional trauma while easily throwing around Karam’s clever banter. In particular, Dinolfo evokes just the right blend of exasperation and sorrow as Joseph mourns the loss of both his father and his running career, while weathering the insanity around him. But Cleary steals the show, imbuing her flashy part with perfect comic timing and genuine pathos. When all the characters gather for the climactic scene, set at a public school meeting to determine Vin’s football future, the excitement is tangible.

Still another subject of interest to Karam is Saint Rafka, a nun from the Douaihys’ native Lebanon, who, as one character explains, “asked for suffering to be closer to God.” God obliged. At times, it feels like Karam is treating his characters in the same way that God treated Rafka, and the tone takes on an unnecessary heaviness. Indeed, in the wrong hands one could imagine a misbegotten, clunky production of Sons of the Prophet that would make Saint Rafka’s suffering feel like a walk in the park. But in Henry’s hands, to paraphrase Gibran’s original Prophet, its joy is —John Krizel its sorrow unmasked.

1529 16th St. NW. $15–$67. (202) 777-3210. washingtondcjcc.org.

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FAMILY HOLIDAY

DECEMBER 10–12 | CONCERT HALL Sing along to your favorite carols!

CharaCter Study James White Directed by Josh Mond

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Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with Christmas classics like “Deck the Halls” and “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” plus new holiday tunes.

You may even get a glimpse of Santa!

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A great film expresses its themes and meaning not just once but continuously in every scene or exchange. James White makes its greatness clear by showing you everything in its very first shot: a close-up of James (Christopher Abbott), a young, disheveled Manhattanite partying at a local club, sweating profusely and cradling a cocktail. The shaky, handheld camera is inches from his soft, stubbled face, which seems ready to crack open from exhaustion. His sweat could pass for tears. We follow him as he exits the club into the gray streets of New York. It’s morning, and he’s been partying all night. He gets into a cab and arrives late to his father’s funeral.

In these bold, efficient terms, writer/director Josh Mond informs us that James White is about James White and little else.

It’s an emotionally intense, refreshingly internal story that sets a new standard for character-driven drama. This isn’t a film about a character—it’s one of the purest representations of a character American cinema has offered in years.

The details of James’ life fill out the portrait. For the last four years, James has been living with his mother (Cynthia Nixon) in her Upper West Side apartment as she slowly dies of cancer. He runs her errands during the day, and runs from his responsibilities at night. He drinks until he’s loose enough to interact with other people, or to hurt them.

Behind the back of his teenage girlfriend (MacKenzie Leigh), he has one-night stands with strange women. He frequently gets into

fights alongside his childhood friend Nick (Scott Mescudi), who has the unenviable task of supporting James without enabling him.

Through this specificity, James White achieves the universal. James’ situation is not unlike that of other aging adolescents trying to hold onto the privileges of childhood.

When his father dies, his mother reluctantly gives him money and time to go to Mexico to unwind; although James promises to live clean there, he immediately starts taking psychedelic drugs and sleeping with minors.

On the page, it might look like James lives a split existence, but Abbott, in a star-making turn, creates a rich, compelling whole.

At once physically imposing and emotionally tender, Abbott exudes a dangerously raw masculinity, an archetype that has been out of fashion since the great performances of Harvey Keitel, Jack Nicholson, and Al Pacino in the 1970s.

That’s high praise, but the film earns the comparison. Especially in contrast to the slick, politically-driven films of this Oscar season, James White keeps its focus on what matters. As James’ mother gets sicker, the ancillary figures in his life fade away, and he’s forced to confront the relationship he’s been seeking to avoid. In the end, it becomes a two-person show, with James condensing all his once-scattered energy into a single purpose, caring for her during her final days.

But James White isn’t just about overcoming grief, nor is it merely a coming-ofage story. There are no overt lessons for the characters to learn here; Mond’s deep focus precludes such perspective. And so the final shot of the film mirrors the first one, tight on James’ face, bracing against the wind, leaving us to question whether he—or any of us— —Noah Gittell ever really change.

James White opens Friday at Arclight Bethesda.

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CITYLIST Friday Rock

9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Dark Star Orchestra. 8 p.m. $29. 930.com. birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Blood Sweat, and Tears, Bo Bice.

7:30 p.m. (Sold out) birchmere.com. blaCk Cat baCkstage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Kingsley Flood, The North Country. 7 p.m. $16. blackcatdc.com.

DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Teen Liver, The Mystery Lights, The Whips. 6:30 p.m. $10. dcnine.com.

Funk & R&B bossa bistro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

DUBWISE featuring Dutty Bookman and guests. 10 p.m. $5. bossadc.com.

ElEctRonic u street musiC hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Maribou State, Caleb L’Etoile, Ypset. 10:30 p.m. $12. ustreetmusichall.com.

Jazz atlas Performing arts Center 1333 H St. NE. (202) 399-7993. Brad Linde Ensemble: A Post-Cool Yule. 8 p.m. $20–$28. atlasarts.org. blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 337-4141. Arturo Sandoval. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $50. bluesalley.com. howarD theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

John Scofield and Jon Cleary Duo. 7:30 p.m. $30–$60. thehowardtheatre.com. kenneDy Center terraCe theater 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. A Jazz Piano Christmas. 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. $49. kennedy-center.org.

CITY LIGHTS: FRIDAY

DEBORAH EISENBERG This past March, short story author Deborah Eisenberg launched a spirited debate about the nature of freed expression following the announcement that the PEN America Center would give its annual Freedom of Expression Courage Award to Charlie Hebdo. Describing herself as a “Jew and athiest,” Eisenberg explained, in no uncertain terms, that while the attack on the French journalists was tragic, their work was not necessarily heroic. Eisenberg brings the same politically impassioned thought to her stories, particularly those in the 1992 collection Under the 82nd Airborne. The impact of Eisenberg’s work has earned her a bevy of awards, among them an O. Henry Award, a MacArthur Grant, and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The PEN/Faulkner Foundation awards Eisenberg yet again this month, this time with the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. When she reads and accepts the prize, expect more spirited dialogue about the role of open expression in society. Deborah Eisenberg reads at 7 p.m. at the Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. $25. (202) 898-9063. penfaulkner.org.

—Caroline Jones

mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Dial 251. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com.

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musiC Center at strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane, Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Dave Koz. 8 p.m. $48–$88. strathmore.org.

barns at wolf traP 1645 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. Over the Rhine. 8 p.m. $25–$28. wolftrap.org.

kenneDy Center ConCert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra, Ben Folds. 9 p.m. (Sold out). kennedy-center.org.

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Zoo bar 3000 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 2324225. Still Standing. 9 p.m. Free. zoobardc.com.

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

The Moonshine Society. 10:30 p.m. Free. thehamiltondc.com. hylton Performing arts Center 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas. (703) 993-7759. Lee Greenwood. 8 p.m. $33–$55. hyltoncenter.org.

hill Center at the olD naval hosPital 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 549-4172. Innov Gnawa.

7 p.m. $12–$15.

Hip-Hop howarD theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

The Mardi Gras Experience with Juvenile and Backyard Band. 11:30 p.m. $25–$65. thehowardtheatre.com.

dJ nigHts DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Discnotheque with DJs Sean Morris and Bill Spieler. 10:30 p.m. $2–$5. dcnine.com. marx Café 3203 Mt. Pleasant St. NW. (202) 5187600. We Fought the Big One. 10 p.m. Free. marxcafemtp.com.

Holiday kenneDy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. An Irish Christmas with Zan

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CITY LIGHTS: SATURDAY

SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS WALK PARADE If the National Christmas Tree Lighting is my version of holiday hell (nothing says “Christmas cheer” like a competitive ticket lottery and Fall Out Boy!) then the Scottish Christmas Walk Parade in Old Town Alexandria must be heaven—where “Scotland the Brave” is always playing and Scottish terriers are wearing sweaters. The parade, now in its 45th year, features clans displaying their tartans and crests, Darth Vader in a kilt, pups wearing plaid, and bagpipers playing in the streets and town square. It’s part of a three-day celebration of all things Scottish, which kicks off Friday with the Heather and Greens Sale and Taste of Scotland; continues Saturday with the parade, house tours, and Holiday Marketplace; and ends Sunday with the kid-friendly Deck the Halls events featuring Santa. The parade has all the small-town charm of a snow globe scene in a Metro-accessible setting. Did I mention there will be dogs in sweaters? The parade begins at 11 a.m. at St. Asaph and Wolfe streets, Alexandria. Free. (703) 549-0111.

—Sarah Anne Hughes campagnacenter.org/scottishwalkweekend.

McLeod and Friends. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

saturday Rock DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Magnificent Intentions Music Festival with Middle Distance Runner, Title Tracks, and Alex Vans and the Hideaway.

6:15 p.m. $15–$18. dcnine.com. the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Justin Trawick and the Common Good. 10:30 p.m.

Free. thehamiltondc.com.

ElEctRonic u street musiC hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Tokimonsta, Anderson Two Fresh, Ayes Cold.

10 p.m. $18. ustreetmusichall.com.

Jazz blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 337-4141. Arturo Sandoval. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $50. bluesalley.com. kenneDy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. The Brad Linde Expanded Ensemble. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

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mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Tacha Coleman Parr. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com.

BluEs Zoo bar 3000 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 2324225. The Big Boy Little Band. 9 p.m. Free. zoobardc.com.

Folk birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Cheryl Wheeler, John Gorka. 7:30 p.m. $35. birchmere.com.

classical atlas Performing arts Center 1333 H St. NE. (202) 399-7993. Great Noise Ensemble. 8 p.m. $20–$30. atlasarts.org. kenneDy Center ConCert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra: Sarah Hicks, conductor, and Cameron Carpenter, organ. 8 p.m. $15–$89. kennedy-center.org.

dJ nigHts blaCk Cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. 6th Annual Eighties Mayhem with DJs Steve EP, Killa K, Missguided, and Krasty McNasty. 9 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com.

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bossa bistro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

Engine 54 Dance Party. 10 p.m. $5. bossadc.com.

opERa

Holiday

kenneDy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Washington National Opera Preview: Hansel and Gretel. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

ChurCh of the ePiPhany 1317 G St. NW. (202) 347-2635. Choralis presents a Classic Brass Christmas. 8 p.m. $5–$50. epiphanydc.org.

DECEMBER TH 3 F4

SHAYNA STEELE W/ TAMARA WELLONS LEONARD, COLEMAN, & BLUNT

SA 5 JOE CLAIR COMEDY

SHOW

SU 6

VMA HOLIDAY SHOW 1:30PM

sunday Rock

birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Difford and Tilbrook. 7:30 p.m.

(Sold out) $45. birchmere.com.

Jazz bossa bistro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

The Fourth Stream. 8:30 p.m. Free. bossadc.com.

Wednesday Rock

9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. The Academy Is..., Party Baby. 7 p.m. $25. 930.com. blaCk Cat baCkstage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Darwin Deez, Charly Bliss. 7:30 p.m. $15. blackcatdc.com. the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Bronze Radio Return, Brothers McCann. 7:30 p.m. $15–$20. thehamiltondc.com.

twins JaZZ 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Bobby Muncy. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.

musiC Center at strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane, Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Matisyahu. 8 p.m. $28–$48. strathmore.org.

WoRld

ElEctRonic

THE CHRIS GRASSO TRIO W/ SHARÓN CLARK & PAUL CARR

george mason university Center for the arts 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. (703) 993-2787.

Danú. 4 p.m. $32–$54. cfa.gmu.edu.

M7

DARYL DAVIS PRESENTS: CATHY PONTON KING

national gallery of art west garDen Court 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. (202) 8426941. Mark O’Connor. 3:30 p.m. Free. nga.gov.

mansion at strathmore 10701 Rockville Pike, Rockville. (301) 581-5100. Seth Kibel & Friends.

7:30 p.m. $25. strathmore.org.

T8

THE JAM W/ GARY GRAINGER & FRIENDS

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FRANK SINATRA’S 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FEAT. LANDAU MURPHY JR (FROM AMERICA’S GOT TALENT)

SUNDAY DECEMBER 13

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classical

u street musiC hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Luke Solomon, thatmanmonkz. N’Dinga Gaba. 9 p.m. $10. ustreetmusichall.com.

Jazz

barns at wolf traP 1645 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. Calmus. 7:30 p.m. $35. wolftrap.org.

birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Roseanne Cash, John Leventhal.

7:30 p.m. (Sold out) birchmere.com.

gospEl

maDam’s organ 2461 18th St. NW. (202) 6675370. The Human Country Jukebox Band. 9 p.m.

Free. madamsorgan.com.

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

Harlem Gospel Choir. 12:30 p.m. $35. thehowardtheatre.com.

Monday Rock

9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Corrosion Of Conformity, Brant Bjork and The Low Desert Punk Band, Saviours, Mothership. 7 p.m. $20.

930.com.

DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Car Seat Headrest, NE-HI, The Duskwhales. 8:30 p.m. $12. dcnine.com.

Holiday birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. David Benoit, Jane Monheit.

7:30 p.m. $39.50. birchmere.com. kenneDy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. The Peace Ringers and Carol Ringers. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

tuesday Jazz

birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

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

Folk blaCk Cat baCkstage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Luray, The End of America. 7:30 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com.

Folk DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. River Whyless, Crow Moses. 9 p.m. $12. dcnine.com.

WoRld bossa bistro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

Orchester Praževica. 10 p.m. Free. bossadc.com.

thursday Rock

9:30 Club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Ex Hex, Mac McCaughan + the Non Believers, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat. 7 p.m. $18. 930.com. blaCk Cat baCkstage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Black Pistol Fire, Emily Wolfe. 7:30 p.m. $12. blackcatdc.com.

Funk & R&B bossa bistro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

Mind Over Matter (MOM²). 7:30 p.m. $10. bossadc. com. Christos DC and Honest Music Ensemble.

9 p.m. $10. bossadc.com.

ElEctRonic u street musiC hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Jody Wisternoff and Cubicolor with Yotto.

10 p.m. $15. ustreetmusichall.com.

Jazz twins JaZZ 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Jeff Weintraub. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.

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DECEMBER SHOWS THU 3 FRI 4

SUPER ART FIGHT

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KRAMPUS-ESQUE

SAT 5

EIGHTIES MAYHEM

SAT 5

DANCE PARTY NAUGHTY & NICE

Nathan East, Bob James, Harvey Mason, Chuck Loeb

THE DAN BAND Ari 11&12 JUDY COLLINS Hest JEANNE 16 ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL JOLLY “Merry Texas Xmas Y’all!”

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CITY LIGHTS: SUNDAY

STRETCH AND BOBBITO: RADIO THAT CHANGED LIVES A 1990s hip-hop radio program that aired on Columbia University’s WKCR in the wee hours on Fridays was “the most important show in the world,” says rapper Nas. In the documentary Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives, that claim is supported by noting how, in that largely pre-Internet era, DJs Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia used their show to first showcase then-unsigned, now-iconic artists like Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan, and a little-known performer called Jay Z. Directed by Garcia, this hiphop head’s labor of love is an audio-visual autobiography, though he wisely includes a variety of voices, including those calling out the program for its misogyny and juvenile humor. While the movie doesn’t always make clear how this limited-reach oasis related to the music mainstream of the time, it nicely captures, through old video footage, the importance and excitement of the poetic freestyling and verbal battles that guest word slingers brought to the show. The film also documents how homemade cassettes of the show spread its message and the genre’s cultural role, and depicts Stretch and Bobbito as beacons for locked-up prisoners, graffiti taggers, and home-based fanatics of the evolving sound. The film shows at 6 p.m. at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, 2700 F St. NW. Free.

—Steve Kiviat 9202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

classical kenneDy Center ConCert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Pops: The von Trapps and Stephanie J. Block. 7 p.m. $20–$88. kennedy-center.org. kenneDy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Youth Fellows. 6 p.m.

Free. kennedy-center.org.

Vocal DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. A People’s Choir DC. 7:30 p.m. Free. dcnine.com.

Holiday birChmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. The Dan Band. 7:30 p.m. $29.50. birchmere.com.

Books

linDa gregerson The acclaimed poet, scholar, and classically trained actress reads at the Folger’s annual celebration of Emily Dickinson’s birthday.

Folger Elizabethan Theatre. 201 E. Capitol St. SE. Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. $15. (202) 544-7077. ray lewis The former Baltimore Ravens linebacker and current ESPN talking head signs copies of his memoir, I Feel Like Going On: Life, Game, and Glory.

Politics & Prose. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Dec. 8, 12 p.m. Free. (202) 364-1919. the Pen/malamuD awarD for exCellenCe in the short story: honoring Deborah eisenberg The author of four acclaimed short story collections is honored with this award that honors writers who specialize in short fiction. Folger Elizabethan Theatre. 201 E. Capitol St. SE. Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m. $25. (202) 544-7077. b.a. shaPiro The author of The Art Forger reads from his latest novel, The Muralist, about a missing woman and the great niece who uses art to determine what happened. Busboys and Poets Takoma.

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featuring Robin & Linda Williams, Robbie Fulks, Cathy Fink &

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BURLESQUE REVUE (21+)

END OF AMERICA LURAY

DARWIN DEEZ

BLACK PISTOL FIRE CHURCH NIGHT(21+)

MIXTAPE

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SUN 13

THE GET UP KIDS

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BILL KIRCHEN & TOO MUCH FUN WITH COMMANDER CODY KENTUCKY 8&9 RICKY SKAGGS & THUNDER 10 MACEO PARKER 12 TRAVIS TRITT

SUN 20

20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

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Galleries

arlington arts Center 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 248-6800. arlingtonartscenter.org.

OngOing: “2015 Fall SOLOS.” New works by local artists are presented in this year-end show.

Oct. 24–Dec. 21.

FRI DECEMBER 4TH

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JILL NEWMAN PRODUCTIONS & PM7 ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

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the athenaeum 201 Prince St., Alexandria. (703) 548-0035. nvfaa.org. OngOing: “Mike McConnell.”

New works by McConnell, who worked for many years as a commercial illustrator before turning his attention to fine art. Oct. 29–Dec. 13.

ership and homogeneity, Maggie Evans presents detailed drawings of hundreds of chairs that are then recreated in plastic. Dec. 5–Jan. 9. greater reston arts Center 12001 Market St., Ste. 103, Reston. (703) 471-9242. restonarts.org.

OngOing: “Continuum.” Abstract sculptures and paintings inspired by the work of scientists by artist Rebecca Kamen. Dec. 1–Feb. 13. hemPhill 1515 14th St. NW. (202) 234-5601. hemphillfinearts.com. OngOing: “Wild World.”

Artist Renee Strout creates handmade machines powered by spiritual energy and invites viewers to interact with them in her fifth Hemphill exhibition.

Sept. 26–Dec. 19.

Cross maCkenZie gallery 2026 R St. NW. (202) 333-7970. crossmackenzie.com. OngOing: “Nicole Gunning.” Large-scale figurative sculptures from the D.C.-based ceramic artist. Dec. 2–Dec. 27.

hillyer art sPaCe 9 Hillyer Court NW. (202) 3380680. hillyerartspace.org. Opening: “Adam Bradley.” Sculptures inspired by the idea of collecting by the local artist. Dec. 4–Dec. 23. Opening: “Michael Corigliano.” New works by the photographer, sculptor, and teacher. Dec. 4–Dec. 23. Opening: “Chee-Keong Kung.” Gestural paintings by the Singapore-born artist who now works in McLean.

Dec. 4–Dec. 23.

flashPoint gallery 916 G St. NW. (202) 3151305. culturaldc.org. Opening: “Human Hierarchies.” In a new installation that comments on lead-

honfleur gallery 1241 Good Hope Road SE. (202) 365-8392. honfleurgallery.com. OngOing: “Icons: Las Virgincitas.” In this series of twelve paint-

CaPitol hill arts workshoP 545 7th St. SE. (202) 547-6839. chaw.org. ClOsing: “CHAL Small Works Show.” Members of the Art League present pieces that are small in size but not in impact at this group show. Nov. 14–Dec. 5.

ings, Dariana Arias depicts women from around the world as the Virgin Mary. Nov. 13–Jan. 8. montPelier arts Center 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel. (301) 377-7800. arts.pgparks.com. OngOing: “Sushama Parikh.” Studies of horses and bulls, ceramic tiles, and plates by Indian-born artist Sushama Parikh. Nov. 7–Dec. 27. OngOing: “Menagerie.” Paintings of animals by artist Caroline Thorington. Nov. 7–Dec. 27. OngOing: “All Hung Open Exhibition: Gratitude.” Participants are invited to post individual pieces based around the theme of gratitude in this collaborative community exhibition.

Nov. 7–Dec. 27. Opening: “Annual Holiday Group Show.” New works by Montpelier’s resident artists are featured in this year-end show. Dec. 5–Dec. 27. visarts 155 Gibbs St., Rockville. (301) 315-8200. visartsatrockville.org. OngOing: “Project 837, Part 2.” This exhibition, the first part of which was displayed in Baltimore earlier this year, comments on the ideas of home and homelessness and asks artists, curators, and community members to contribute their thoughts. Oct. 28–Dec. 13. viviD solutions gallery 1231 Good Hope Road SE. (202) 365-8392. vividsolutionsdc.com. OngOing: “Pink, Part 1.” A new and colorful multimedia installation by local visual artist Carolina Mayorga.

Nov. 13–Jan. 8.

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CITY LIGHTS: MONDAY

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY If you’re reading this, you’re on the fence about seeing Corrosion of Conformity play the 9:30 Club tonight. On the fence is a pretty bad place to be when it comes to this band—you’re either going to love the combination of mid-’90s nostalgia and faint throbbing in your brain stem that their classic-rock-tinged metal induces, or you’re going to hate your life for a couple of hours. And make no mistake: This tour is being touted as a live revisit of their classic 1994 album Deliverance—the tour flyer features that album’s cover, plus the “hint,” in all-caps at the top: DELIVERANCE * REVIVAL * THROWDOWN * NORTH AMERICA 2015. It’s about as subtle as the band’s loud, sludgy sound. Lead singer and guitarist Pepper Keenan is back with group for the first time since 2006, and it’s the first time the original lineup has been together since 2001. Brant Bjork and The Low Desert Punk Band, Saviours, and Mothership open, but you’re there to see and hear Deliverance. Leather wrist cuffs, cutoff black T-shirt, and lank hair optional. How does it feel to be off the fence and swinging around the pit? Corrosion of Conformity performs with Brant Bjork and The Low Desert Punk Band, Saviours, and Mothership at 7 p.m. at 9:30 Club, —Emily Q. Hazzard 815 V St. NW. $20. (202) 265-0930. 930.com.

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CITY LIGHTS: TUESDAY

WASHINGTON SERBIAN FILM FESTIVAL

The Republic of Serbia may not be particularly known for its films, but the first Washington Serbian Film Fest seeks to change that by introducing D.C. audiences to the best of the young nation’s contemporary cinema. The two-night, four-film festival is in fact a traveling version of the Chicago Serbian Film Fest—the Windy City is home to the largest concentration of Serbians in the U.S. Of particular interest is the award-winning No One’s Child (Ničije dete), Vuk Ršumović’s compelling debut film, based on real events, about a boy found living among wolves in the Bosnian mountains in the late 1980s. A historical drama by Serbian actor-turned-director Radoš Bajić, For King and Homeland (Za kralja i otadžbinu), revolves around an elderly Serbian-American immigrant who returns to Serbia 70 years after having fought in the resistance against the German occupation during World War II. For sports fans, We Will Be the World Champions (Bićemo prvaci sveta) explores the development of basketball in Yugoslavia and a pivotal game in which the nation beat the U.S. in the 1970 World Championship. Despite its political turmoil and small size, Serbia’s film exports are refreshingly diverse. The films show at 7 p.m. Dec. 8 and 9 at Landmark E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. $25. (202) 783-9494. serbianfilmfest.com.

—Vanessa H. Larson

$10 BURGER & BEER MON-FRI 4 P M -7 P M

TRIVIA EVERY M O N D AY & W E D N E S D AY

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Downstairs: good food, great beer: $3 PBR & Natty Boh’s all day every day *all shows 21+ T H U R S D AY, DECEMBER 3RD

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HOT NIGHT PRODUCTIONS

DOORS AT 8PM SHOW AT 10PM S A T U R D AY, DECEMBER 5TH

CYN FACTORY PRESENTS

DOORS AT 8PM SHOW AT 9PM washington Printmakers gallery 1641 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 669-1497. washingtonprintmakers.com. OngOing: “Matina Marki Tillman.”

Hand-pulled prints by the Greek-born artist.

Dec. 1–Dec. 27. washington ProJeCt for the arts 2124 8th St. NW. (202) 234-7103. wpadc.org. OngOing: “Washington Produced Artists.” In honor of its 40th anniversary, the Washington Project for the Arts presents this exhibition of work by D.C.-based artists who’ve been involved with the organization, including William Christenberry, Jim Sanborn, Joyce J. Scott, and Dan Steinhilber. Nov. 14–Dec. 19.

dance

Chris aiken anD angie hauser This Massachusetts-based duo presents their acrobatic routines that combine musicality with poetry and theater.

Dance Place. 3225 8th St. NE. Dec. 5, 8 p.m.; Dec. 6, 4 p.m. $15–$30. (202) 269-1600. danceplace.org. fielDwork for mixeD DisCiPlines Performers and artists from a variety of disciplines present works in progress at this performance for participants in the Fieldwork artist workshop. Dance Place.

3225 8th St. NE. Dec. 9, 7 p.m. $10. (202) 269-1600. danceplace.org. mason DanCe ComPany Mason dance students present another program of innovative works for local audiences. George Mason University Center for the Arts. 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. Dec. 7, 8 p.m.; Dec. 10, 8 p.m. $10–$15. (703) 993-2787. cfa.gmu.edu.

new DanCes Members of the University of Maryland’s dance community present works they’ve created over the course of the semester. Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park. Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. Free. (301) 405-2787. claricesmithcenter.umd.edu. steP afrika! The area’s acclaimed percussive dance troupe returns with its annual holiday show featuring dancing tin soldiers, furry creatures, and an appearance by DJ Frosty the Snowman. Atlas Performing Arts Center. 1333 H St. NE. Dec. 10. $15–$39.50. (202) 399-7993. atlasarts.org. washington ballet’s nutCraCker The local ballet company brings its historical interpretation of this holiday favorite, set in Georgetown and featuring cameo appearances by local VIPs, back to the Warner Theatre for a month of shows. Warner Theatre. 513 13th St. NW. Dec. 4; Dec. 5; Dec. 6; Dec. 7; Dec. 8; Dec. 9; Dec. 10. $30–$120. (202) 783-4000. warnertheatre.com.

theater

akeelah anD the bee A young girl growing up in Chicago challenges herself to succeed and winds up competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but will she be prepared enough to beat competitors from around the country? Charles Randolph-Wright directs the world premiere of this play adapted from the popular film of the same name. Arena Stage.

1101 6th St. SW. To Dec. 27. $55–$90. (202) 4883300. arenastage.org. the aPPle family CyCle Two years after Studio presented the first two plays in Richard Nelson’s

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series about a family experiencing changes in contemporary America, the company presents the final two plays. In Sorry, set on Election Day 2012, the siblings come together to move their uncle into an assisted living facility and discuss their reactions to the political and personal changes in their lives. In Regular Singing, as the siblings hold a vigil for one of their own, they remember the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination and reflect on the past halfcentury of American history. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To Dec. 13. $20–$71. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org. baD Jews Three cousins—one secular, one nonsecular, and one somewhere in the middle—fight over a family heirloom following the death of their grandfather in this comedy that blends family and faith. After an acclaimed run last winter, Studio brings this spirited production back for another round. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To Jan. 3. $20–$81. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org.

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LIVE

blaCk nativity Theatre Alliance again presents their production of this Langston Hughes play that retells the Christmas story from an African-American perspective and features a lively gospel soundtrack.

Anacostia Playhouse. 2020 Shannon Place SE. To Jan. 3. $10–$35. (202) 544-0703. anacostiaplayhouse.com. bright star Steve Martin and Edie Brickell collaborate on this new musical, a love story set in the American South in the 1920s and 1940s about the powerful relationship between an editor and a recently returned soldier. Kennedy Center

Eisenhower Theater. 2700 F St. NW. To Jan. 10. $45–$175. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org. a broaDway Christmas Carol This seasonal favorite, which sets Dickens’ tale of holiday reflection to the tune of favorite showtunes, returns to MetroStage for a fifth go-round. MetroStage. 1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria. To Dec. 27. $50. (703) 5489044. metrostage.org. a Christmas Carol For more than 30 years, Ford’s Theatre has welcomed the holiday season with a production of Dickens’ tale of cheer and forgiveness. Local actor Edward Gero returns to play everyone’s favorite miser, Ebenezer Scrooge. Ford’s Theatre. 511 10th St. NW. To Dec. 31. $44–$91.

(202) 347-4833. fordstheatre.org. entertaining mr. sloane Edge of the Universe Players 2 present this dark comedy by Joe Orton about a man and woman looking for love and the violence their liason leads to. The Writer’s Center.

4508 Walsh St., Bethesda. To Dec. 13. $25. (301) 654-8664. writer.org. guys anD Dolls Gamblers, evangelists, musicians, and dancers come together in this classic musical based on stories by Damon Runyon. Among this production’s memorable songs are “Luck Be a Lady,” “I’ll Know,” and “A Bushel and a Peck.”

Olney Theatre Center. 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. To Dec. 27. $30–$75. (301) 924-3400. olneytheatre.org. harvey A man insists on including his best friend, an enormous invisible rabbit, in all his activities, forcing his friends and family to deal with the aftermath

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RIVER WHYLESS Great folk rock bands are remembered for their gorgeous harmonies, haunting melodies, and stirring lyrics. While listening to River Whyless, the percussion is just as likely to leave an impression. Drummer Alex McWalters elevates the songs of the Asheville, N.C., quartet, as he experiments with rhythms to make simple song structures sound intricate. His combinations of drums, shakers, and a multitude of metallic tones keep the group sounding fresh and modern. With McWalters opening up the listener’s ears, it’s easier to appreciate how the rest of the band weaves together distinct styles. The twang of Appalachia guitar and the lilt of Celtic fiddle mesh with the occasional drone or classically inspired solo for a sound that’s familiar but unattached to any particular place or time. The band’s new eponymous EP released earlier this year—its first since 2012—blends these styles more seamlessly and confidently than ever before. River Whyless performs with Crow Moses at 9 —Justin Weber p.m. at DC9, 1940 9th St. NW. $12. (202) 483-5000. dcnine.com.

in this lively, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Mary Chase. 1st Stage. 1524 Spring Hill Road, McLean. To Dec. 20. $15–$30. (703) 854-1856.

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holiDay memories In this play adapted from short stories by Truman Capote, a younger version of the author, growing up in Depression-era Alabama, connects with his adult self and together, they reflect on memories from holidays gone by.

Tom Prewitt directs this edgy and heartwarming tale. Theatre on the Run. 3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington. To Dec. 20. $10–$35. (703) 2281850. arlingtonarts.org.

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an irish Carol The Keegan gang revives its popular Irish adaptation of Dickens’ holiday tale, featuring a pub owner called David instead of a banker called Scrooge. Keegan Theatre at Church Street Theater. 1742 Church St. NW. To Dec. 31. $20–$40.

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it’s a wonDerful life: a live raDio Play The classic holiday tale about hard work and forgiveness is transformed into a 1940s radio play in this holiday production. Actors collaborate with a sound effects man to tell the story of George Bailey, his family, and his guardian angel, Clarence. Washington Stage Guild at Undercroft Theatre. 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW. To Dec. 6. $40–$50. (240) 582-0050. stageguild.org. kiss me, kate Cole Porter looks to Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew for inspiration in this joyful musical about a leading man who winds up co-starring alongside his ex-wife and the fellow castmembers whose lives revolve around them. Among the popular songs from this musical are “Another Op’nin’, Another Show,” “Tom, Dick, or Harry,” and “Too Darn Hot.” Sidney Harman Hall. 610 F St. NW. To Jan. 3. $20–$108. (202) 547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org. motown: the musiCal The story of a small music label that changed the sound of America in the 1960s and 1970s is told in this lively and historical musical. National Theatre. 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. To Jan. 3. $48–$98. (202) 628-6161. nationaltheatre.org. oliver! Arena’s artistic director Molly Smith directs this musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel about an industrious orphan and the friends he meets in London. Classic songs from this show include “Consider Yourself,” “Where is Love?” and “Food, Glorious Food.” Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To Jan. 3. $64–$99. (202) 488-3300. arenastage.org.

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Around the time Kid Cudi released his debut studio album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, my college friends and I made the record’s closing track, “Up Up & Away,” our pre-gaming anthem. With a message that boils down to “screw the haters,” Cudi’s upbeat song pairs perfectly with rail vodka and Sprite. In the intervening years, our liquor tastes have matured in much the same way Cudi’s music has. On “Wedding Tux,” from his upcoming release Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven, he channels grunge master Eddie Vedder and comments on his ongoing struggle with mental illness. He’s moved away from the lighter work of his early career, but don’t expect a dull show when he appears at Echostage. As the new bandleader on IFC’s Comedy Bang Bang, Kid Cudi remains a fan of the silly and the absurd. Kid Cudi performs at 9 p.m. at Echostage, 2135 Queens Chapel Road —Caroline Jones NE. $55. (202) 503-2330. echostage.com.

PeriCles Joseph Haj, known for directing the Folger’s 2010 production of Hamlet, returns to tell the tale of the prince who gets washed out to sea, chased by a wicked king, and meets the love of his life, only to lose her again. Celebrated Shakespearean actor Wayne T. Carr stars in the title character.

Folger Elizabethan Theatre. 201 E. Capitol St. SE. To Dec. 20. $35–$75. (202) 544-7077. folger.edu.

west siDe story This tragic tale of warring gangs and devoted lovers comes to Signature for the first time. Featuring classic songs like “Tonight,” “America,” and “I Feel Pretty,” this production is directed

by Signature regular Matthew Gardiner. Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To Jan. 24. $40–$96. (703) 820-9771. signature-theatre.org.

sons of the ProPhet In this dark comedy by Stephen Karam, a man is forced to deal with his father’s death in a freak accident involving a plastic deer, an event that sends his life into a tailspin. From incompetent insurance providers to eccentric co-workers, he’s forced to take on all these tasks while holding on to his own sanity. Theater J. 1529 16th St. NW. To Dec. 20. $15–$67. (202) 518-9400. theaterj.org.

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stage kiss Two actors with a romantic past are forced to play the leads in an emotional melodrama and the line between their real lives and their characters blur in this play that considers what it means when two people touch their lips together.

Aaron Posner directs Sarah Ruhl’s charming comedy.

Round House Theatre Bethesda. 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. To Dec. 27. $36–$61. (240) 6441100. roundhousetheatre.org.

Director Spike Lee adapts the Greek n Chi-raq comedy Lysistrata, about women who with-

too muCh light makes the baby go blinD Just in time for the holidays, this Chicago-based theater group that promises to deliver 30 plays in 60 minutes returns to Woolly Mammoth for a spontaneous and interactive night of theater. Woolly Mammoth Theatre. 641 D St. NW. To Jan. 3. $35–$68. (202) 393-3939. woollymammoth.net.

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Based on the novel by Colm Tóibín, n brooklyn this film follows an Irish immigrant as she makes a new life and falls in love in 1950s New York.

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hold affection from their partners as a consequence of entering a war, into a satire set on Chicago’s south side amid gang violence and feuds. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) CreeD Michael B. Jordan stars as Adonis Creed, the son of the late Apollo Creed, in this spin-off of Rocky. Sylvester Stallone resumes his role as Rocky Balboa, whom Adonis seeks out and asks to train him. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) the gooD Dinosaur Humans live alongside dinosaurs and even befriend them in this latest collaboration between Pixar Animation Studios and Walt

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(See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) a royal night out To mark the end of World n War II, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret hit the town and explore London as commoners in this drama loosely based on real events. Directed by Julian Jarrold. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) viCtor frankenstein James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe star in this reimagining of Mary Shelley’s Gothic tale, told from the perspective of Frankenstein’s assistant Igor. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

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IN THE INTEREST OF: Minor child born in 2014 Minor(s) Under the Age of 18 TO: RONNIE THOMAS & ROLAND FORD, JR. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint for termination of parental rights in and to the minor children in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Dorchester County Offi ce of the Clerk of Court at 212 Deming Way, Summerville, SC 29483, on September 11, 2015 a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff at Dorchester County Department of Social Services, 216 Orangeburg Road, Summerville, SC 29483, within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, the plaintiff will apply for judgment by default against the defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint.

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