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INSIDE

2017in review As this messy year finally reaches its end, we look back on its highs and lows, issue some superlatives, and try to remember everything that happened since January 1.

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16 The Year in Music: City Paper’s music writers share their favorite local sounds of 2017.

17 The Year in Theater: Our theater critics reflect on their favorite plays and musicals of the year.

18 The Year in Galleries: Our art critics pick their favorite exhibitions of 2017.

19 The Year in Film: Our chief film critic’s favorite movies of 2017

7 The Year in Politics: The Wilson Building was pretty boring this year, but 2018 holds some promise.

8 The Year in Local News: Metro’s still a mess, D.C. Public Schools are dealing with a major scandal, and local media is in flux. This year’s news feels very familiar.

9 The Year in Housing: Slumlords, homelessness, waterfront development, Airbnb, and more defined D.C. real estate in 2017.

11 Unobstructed View 12 Savage Love

food 14 The Year in Food: The city’s dining scene started to show growing pains but there were still plenty of exciting things to eat this year.

City List 21 City Lights: It’s time for Wale’s 7th annual New Year’s Day show at the Fillmore on Monday.

21 Music 22 Theater 24 Film

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CHATTER

Long Live City Paper

In which everyone is nice to City Paper

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On December 21, local venture capitalist and philanthropist Mark Ein reached an agreement to purchase Washington City Paper from SouthComm, Inc. City Paper staffers are overjoyed and enter this new phase with great energy. News of our sale traveled through the D.C. mediaverse at breakneck speed. Here is a selection of the many comments we received.

Much like Tiny Tim, the Washington City Paper @wcp did NOT die.

Bountiful holiday gratitude to @Markein of the @washkastles for his plan to not just save the City Paper, but to make it thrive & innovate. Local journalism survives to fight another day, & that’s literally Good News.

—Council of DC on Twitter We DC residents owe @Markein a large debt of gratitude for buying @wcp.

This free local newspaper informs voters on critical issues, keeps our elected officials honest, and supports the arts. Thank you Mark, for taking a risk for the good of your hometown!

—Brian Chamowitz on Twitter This is such terrific news. After the loss of @DCist, we could not afford to lose another independent local news source. Congrats @wcp!

—ACLU of DC on Twitter I’ll grab a City Paper (or their equivalent) in any city I go to. I love them all, but none are better than our @wcp.

—David McNitt on Twitter In a bleak year for local media, the last-minute sale of @wcp comes as a huge relief. For selfish reasons, as someone who works in the arts & appreciates WCP’s broad local coverage, but also for the incredible staff whose standards somehow never slipped during a stressful time.

—Caroline Heaney on Twitter Whoa whoa whoa, Mark Ein bought @wcp? Federal City Council now running our alt weekly? Doesn’t feel right. At all.

—Eugene Puryear on Twitter Glad that City Paper has survived. Now if only the left wing slant will be balanced out, there will be a vast improvement.

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DistrictLine The Year in Local News

Metro’s still a mess, D.C. Public Schools are dealing with a major scandal, and local media is in flux.

This year’s news feels very familiar.

NBC4 experienced great turnover this year, with the death of longtime anchor and D.C. icon Jim Vance in July and the retirement of reporter Tom Sherwood in December.

—Caroline Jones

By Caroline Jones and Matt Cohen Looking back at D.C.’s biggest news stories from 2017 might give you a sense of déjà vu: The Metro still sucks, D.C.’s population continues to grow steadily, and it’s still trying to figure out some of the biggest issues plaguing the city, like access to affordable housing and ending chronic homelessness. But in a year marred by darkness across the nation— the largest mass shooting in national history, a string devastating natural disasters—some signs of hope emerged in D.C. as its residents braced themselves under the weight of 2017.

Most Consistent Crisis The opioid crisis that has gripped the nation continues to ravage D.C. People in the hospitality industry have been severely impacted, as have older adults in D.C., many of whom have been addicted for decades. More than three-quarters of the people enrolled in the District’s medication-assisted treatment programs are over the age of 50.

—Caroline Jones

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Biggest Shakeups in Local Media

While the world focused its attention on the national media reporting from the White House, Capitol Hill, and Mar-a-Lago, significant shakeups altered D.C.’s local media scene. Some had less to do with news and more to do with beloved local traditions. When The Washington Post announced it was doing away with its annual Peeps diorama contest, Washington City Paper renamed itself Washington City Peep-er for a week and partnered with National Harbor to keep marshmallow art alive. (Always eager to capitalize on a news event, Dan Silverman of PoPville ran a contest of his own.)

Other changes had greater consequences: When Joe Ricketts shut down DNAInfo and the Gothamist network of sites, the District lost a great source of local news in DCist.

Here at City Paper, we weren’t sure we’d survive 2017 when we went up for sale in October—thankfully, we were spared at the last second. Even a traditionally stable outlet like

Most Reliable Disaster Metro continues to be a disaster. Prices on buses and trains increased in June, while Metrorail’s hours of operation decreased.

The agency and the District fought over who would pay for late-night service when a Nats playoff game ran long and multiple shutdowns on the Red Line delayed commuters for weeks. To make up for a funding shortage, passengers won’t be able to carry negative balances on their SmarTrip cards in the new year, but leaders in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia can’t seem to agree on a long-term agreement to pay for the transportation.

—Caroline Jones Biggest Boon for Firearms Instructors An ongoing debate over whether the District would allow residents to apply for licenses to openly carry handguns came to an end in October, when a federal appeals court ruled that D.C. residents no longer needed to provide a good reason for doing so. Local firearms instructors have seen an uptick in business as residents prepare to bring their weapons everywhere they go. Illegal guns, which make their way into D.C. through traffickers, are routinely rounded up by the Metropolitan

Police Department, but those bringing the guns in aren’t often apprehended.

—Caroline Jones Most Consequential Reaction to the Inauguration January 20 was among the most polarizing days in America this year, and that polarization was felt acutely in D.C. While Donald Trump took the oath of office on the steps of the Capitol, protests in other parts of the city turned violent. At the end of the day, 234 people were arrested on charges of felony rioting. About 19 pleaded guilty to misdemeanors, and one to felonies, while charges were dropped against 20 other arrestees, leaving 194 facing significant jail time. Their case, which has been marked by allegations of unethical and illegal detainment and questioning by the Metropolitan Police Department, has been one of the most controversial cases and discussion topics in D.C. this year. Late this month, the jury voted to acquit the first six defendants on all charges—a big victory for the protesters—but there’s still 188 to go. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. indicates it is intent on following through with prosecutions.

—Matt Cohen Most Encouraging Sign that Good Still Exists President Trump’s crackdown on immigration this year sparked intense fear and anxiety among immigrants all over the country. Immigration and Customs Enforcement began raids on places that were, until now, considered off-limits, like schools, churches, and hospitals—safe spaces that undocumented immigrants could go to and not worry about being detained and deported.

In D.C., houses of worship recreated a decades-old support system to protect immigrants and created Sanctuary DMV, part of a nationwide sanctuary movement aimed at protecting the rights of local immigrants in the face of surprise ICE raids. Most recently, Sanctuary DMV launched a rapid response network to intervene in such raids.

—Matt Cohen Biggest 180 From Good to Bad News Ballou High School first made headlines this year when it announced that every member of its senior class would graduate and had been accepted to college. Months later, the school was back in the news when a WAMU and NPR report revealed that administrators pressured teachers to pass students who didn’t meet graduation requirements. This concern about forced passing was recorded

by DCPS teacher Rob Barnett in City Paper in May. Chancellor Antwan Wilson, who started his role in February, continues to deal with the aftermath of this saga.

—Caroline Jones Most Disturbing Messages and Crimes Another unfortunate sign of the Trump effect in D.C.: Hateful messages that appeared throughout the region this year. At American University, racist flyers and even nooses were found in central locations on campus.

On the campus of the University of Maryland, a young black man was stabbed to death by a white student at a bus stop. Places of worship and nonprofit organizations that work to help some of the District’s most vulnerable residents, like Casa Ruby, HIPS, and the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association’s downtown office, were also vandalized this year. If there’s one thing we hope to see less of next year, it’s these hateful messages.

—Matt Cohen

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DistrictLinE The Year in Local Politics The Wilson Building was pretty boring this year, but 2018 holds some promise.

At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds has a few challengers for her seat in a trio of freshfaced millennials: real estate acquisitions associate Marcus Goodwin, environmental organizer Jeremiah Lowery, and communications professional Aaron Holmes.

Oh, we forgot to mention, Bowser does have at least one challenger thus far: Dustin “DC” Canter, the millennial yoga teacher who plans to crowdsource policy ideas from his social media followers. Good luck, bro.

New Challengers Arise For the 2018 Election As boring as 2017 was for local politics, at least we’ve got an election to look forward to next year. It’s not clear yet who (with a fighting chance) Mayor Muriel Bowser will be up against in her campaign for a second term (Would the real Vince Gray please stand up?), but new challengers in Council races began to emerge this year. One recent curveball is a potential comeback for former Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander, who says she “most likely probably will” run against AtLarge Councilmember Elissa Silverman.

(She’d have to change her voter registraction from Democrat to Independent or Republican to do that.) But Alexander isn’t the only one eyeing Silverman’s seat: Dionne Reeder, a community service veteran and owner of Anacostia’s Cheers at the Big Chair cafe, launched an at-large campaign this year.

The Ward 1 race is also heating up, with Nadeau now facing five challengers for her seat: ANC 1A Chairman Kent Boese, former D.C. Superior Court magistrate judge Lori Parker, architectural drafter Sheika Reid, 30-yearold sign language interpreter Jamie Sycamore, and former D.C. Public Schools teacher and local Renaissance man “Beltway” Greg Boyd (who will run as an Independent). And

Karl Racine vs. Muriel Bowser Will he or won’t he? That was the question most people wondered when they talked about D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine earlier this year. Will he run for mayor against Bowser in 2018, or not? At-Large Councilmember and former Racine employee Robert White shrugged off the notion that Racine would run for mayor. “I’ve never understood the origin of that rumor,” he said. “I don’t think it’s the most healthy dose of speculation. People always assume that politicians aspire to higher office, but I don’t see him as an opportunist. I think he’s an authentically good person.” But some other D.C. political insiders also told City Paper about Racine muttering “Four years, gentleman” as Bowser was sworn into mayoral office.

What—or who—it came down to, some speculated, was Gray. A source told City Paper earlier this year that Racine sees Gray as a mentor and would not run against him, and might even lend his support if Gray decides to step into the ring for a rematch with Bowser. But now that Racine has declared he’s running for reelection as D.C. attorney general, whoever he chooses to endorse could have an impact. “I’m really happy,” Racine said when asked on the Kojo Nnamdi Show last week whether he regrets not running for

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anne Nadeau following a corruption scandal, his contributions to the city expand well beyond Ward 1. We will remember Graham for all he did for the District—and of course, the bow ties.

Vince Gray vs. Muriel Bowser And while we’re on the subject of elections, what is going to happen with Vince Gray in 2018. Thus far, now-Ward 7 Councilmember Gray has been coy about whether or not he’s going to throw his hat in the ring for mayor— which will undoubtedly be seen as a shot at redemption after his crushing defeat in 2014, amid a scandalous investigation into an alleged shadow campaign to get him elected in 2010. (And Gray’s bulldog, political consultant Chuck Thies, has gone dark on Twitter, where he appeared to get off on attacking anyone who said anything remotely resembling criticism of Gray).

By Matt Cohen During a year in which the antics of the White House and Congress seemingly, um, trumped all political conversations, you may be wondering “Wait, what the hell happened in the Wilson Building this year?”

Turns out, not a whole lot! Well, that’s not entirely true—the D.C. government did enact a (yet-unfunded) paid family leave law, approved a $13.8 billion budget with notable investments in housing efforts, and passed emergency legislation letting dog owners bring their furry friends to restaurant patios. But as we poured over the 2017 archives in an attempt to make sense of this crazy year, one thing became apparent: There wasn’t a whole lot of drama in or out of the Wilson Building this year. Even the council scandals of past years and decades seem tame compared to the current White House.

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Jim Graham, 1945-2017 The District lost one of its most colorful and hardest working former Councilmembers in June. Jim Graham, who served as the Councilmember for Ward 1 from 1999 to 2015, was best known as a fierce advocate for the District’s most vulnerable and underserved residents. During his political tenure, Graham worked tirelessly on issues like homelessness, public transportation, LGBTQ rights, and juvenile justice. Though Graham was unseated in the 2014 election by challenger Bri-

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mayor. “I’ve not endorsed the mayor—nor has she asked me to endorse her.”

Bowser’s Leadership Exodus Here’s a list of several officials of Bowser’s administration to step away since 2015: Leif Dormsjo, director of the D.C. Department of Transportation; Ana Harvey, director of the Department of Small and Local Business Development; Christopher Weaver, director of the Department of General Services; Bill Howland, director of the Department of Public Works; and Deborah Carroll, director of the Department of Employment Services.

Do they know something City Paper doesn’t?

What’s the story here?

Perhaps it’s nothing. Silverman, the atlarge councilmember, told WCP that these kinds of leadership exoduses are par for course. “People don’t stay in these jobs forever,” she said. Chances are there’s probably no mass conspiracy against Bowser—after all, these are hard jobs to do, ones that amount to great pressure (which is what, in part, led to Weaver’s resignation, after he was reportedly asked to meddle in a controversial contract award). Still, with an eye toward reelection next year, it’s not a great look for the Green Team.

Brandon Todd’s Campaign Finance Woes The biggest local campaign finance scandal of 2017 goes to Brandon Todd, Bowser’s protégée and successor in her Ward 4 Council seat, who struggled to report roughly $134,000 in campaign contributions, as well as a trio of expenditures in April of 2015 to a West Trenton, New Jersey firm called Block By Block. It’s a sketchy company with a track record for getout-the-vote services that City Paper found didn’t have a working phone number or any kind of a presence at the address listed on Todd’s expenditures.

But Todd’s campaign finance discrepancies aren’t unique; it’s a tale as old as time (time, in this instance, dates all the way back to 1973, when the Home Rule Act was passed into law and established an elected government for the city). A call for campaign finance reform has been a rallying cry for D.C. politicians running for office for years now, and campaigning on it amounts to nothing more than lip service, it seems. “We’re hoping to look at reforms more broadly,” a council staffer told City Paper this year amid the Todd controversy, “but can we get something in place in time for the next election?” Not going to happen.

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The Year in Housing

Slumlords, homelessness, waterfront development, Airbnb, and more defined D.C. real estate in 2017.

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The Wharf

By Andrew Giambrone 2017 was the year that a(n orange) real estate magnate took over the White House. It’s fitting, then, that developers who were already operating in the District continue to rake in the dough.

The local residential market may be cooling off a bit, but it’s still hot. Rents remain high despite new housing supply, and tenants — espe cially those who have lived here for years—are feeling the financial pressure. While D.C. home prices haven’t jumped as in past years, homes get sold quickly.

At the same time, many downtown office spaces remain vacant as organizations’ needs change. In light of this and scarce housing overall, some developers are weighing officeto-residential conversions.

Against that backdrop, the District government keeps touting its recent investments in affordable housing. But this year, it also limited access to emergency family homeless shelters and granted subsidies collectively worth tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to for-profit development firms.

In addition, officials slated various pieces of public land for private redevelopment, sans much fuss from the public or the D.C. Council. Affordable housing, of course, is one of the community benefits that these projects are required to provide. But experts say the current level of funding for it is not nearly enough to

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serve D.C.’s lowest-income residents, who make less than $33,000 a year for a family of four. About 43,000 families in the city fall into this income group, per a 2016 study. The shiny new apartments and condos being built on the District’s waterfront and elsewhere don’t benefit them.

Looking back on this past year, it is difficult to see how D.C. will suddenly become more of an inclusive city in 2018. Nonetheless, 2017 shows that D.C. is a vibrant city that will keep evolving.

Thirstiest D.C. Government Action D.C. and scores of other jurisdictions across North America are competing against one another for tech giant Amazon to open a new headquarters within their borders. This fall, District leaders pitched four sites to accommodate such a facility, which Amazon says would eventually span up to 8 million square feet and create 50,000 jobs. But like officials in several other jurisdictions, D.C. leaders haven’t been totally transparent with residents about what incentives they’ve offered the company. They even failed to tell Hill East residents that they were about to propose a site in their neighborhood when residents asked directly about the site’s future at a public meeting. Thankfully, the public has the Freedom of Information Act: The results of a recent FOIA request revealed that the District spent $140,000 to design and market its bid, including a video where Mayor Muriel Bowser dialogues with an Amazon Echo device about the company’s competition. Am-

azon says it will choose a winner in 2018.

Most Anticipated Ribbon-Cutting In October, after years of planning and construction, The Wharf in Southwest débuted to great fanfare. Forged by joint venture Hoffman-Madison Waterfront, the development has connected D.C. residents and visitors to a long-forgotten stretch of the Washington Channel and given them a new venue for living, eating, and concert-going. (Also: playing “Battleship” on a lifesize board.) The project required an act of Congress to transfer previously federal land to the District, which in turn leased it to the developers. The design of the development has received both praise and criticism. With a second phase planned, there’s more to come—though some neighbors around the site and labor unions are concerned about the Wharf ’s impacts and work practices. It figures: When a project costs $2.5 billion, people are bound to have questions.

Biggest Slumlord Over the past year, City Paper has chronicled the stories and sufferings of tenants—most of whom are low-income people of color—living under Bethesda-based landlord Sanford Capital. A February investigation found that Sanford systematically allowed its myriad properties to fall into serious disrepair, failed to address tenants’ maintenance requests, and, in many cases, evicted tenants and left the units vacant. In Congress Heights, the com-

pany had plans to redevelop a Metro accessible site across from the St. Elizabeths East Campus into a mixed-use project that the tenants feared they couldn’t return to. At another Southeast property called Terrace Manor, the tenants similarly worried that Sanford wanted them gone, and was letting rats, broken doors and appliances, and vagrants go unchecked.

All the while, Sanford was earning millions of dollars annually via rental vouchers that some of its tenants, including families who were recently homeless, received from the government—and from charging marketrate rents and adding various fees. In 2016, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine sued the company over Congress Heights and Terrace Manor. The latter property was sold through a related bankruptcy case to well-known real estate company WC Smith, which promises major renovations, and the former is now in the middle of purchase negotiations between the tenants and Sanford. But despite these turns of events, hundreds of Sanford tenants continue to endure unsafe living conditions as the company tries to sell off its portfolio for millions.

Shadiest Leasing Practice Troublesome rent discounts at D.C. rent-controlled buildings are finally having their day in court. In December, the District filed a lawsuit against Equity Residential, a national firm that owns and manages a building in Ward 3 where leasing agents offer so-called “rent concessions” to attract potential tenants. But when

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tenants’ leases come up for renewal, the landlord attempts to raise their rents based on higher values that the company says are the true values of the rents rather than the rents the tenants have actually been paying. This often means hundreds of dollars more per month in rent. The District and the tenants argue that this practice subverts D.C.’s rent-control laws, which restrict annual rent increases to just a few percentage points in most circumstances. Additionally, over the summer a former prospective tenant of another Ward 3 building sued its owner and management companies for similar actions, contending that he was misled about what his future rent would be. Both civil cases are pending in D.C. Superior Court.

Weirdest Planned Use of Public Property The site of one former D.C. school building —the aged and underutilized Grimke School near U Street NW—will be converted into architectural offices, space for the arts, housing, and a refurbished museum. But another, the downtown Franklin School, is to become the District’s first-ever “interactive language arts museum,” called Planet Word. Several years ago, the former school building served as a homeless shelter, and after the shelter closed, Occupy activists took it over briefly in 2011. Now D.C. officials and philanthropist Ann Friedman want to host linguistic exhibits, classes, and arts and music events there. While the longvacant building will be put to productive use again, some can’t help but wonder why affordable housing wasn’t the crux of the plan. Coming in a close second for this category: a “senior co-housing” project in Hill East.

Most Millennial Housing Policy Debate Airbnb and other short-term rental companies face a reckoning under a bill that the D.C. Council is considering. That legislation would require short-term rental hosts to register their listings with the District, and would set limits on the number and length of bookings per home.

Proponents of the legislation—including Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, who authored it—say it is meant to curb illegal hotel operations and short-term rentals in rent-controlled buildings. But the bill’s critics (above all short-term rental companies and hosts) say it would harm private property rights and make it harder for hosts to make extra income in an increasingly expensive D.C. The legislation is still pending, but some observers note that D.C. already fails to enforce such laws.

MostMixed-BagDevelopmentSuite D.C.’s longstanding New Communities Initiative to redevelop distressed public housing across four sites into mixed-income projects has started and stopped since its inception more than a decade ago. This year, the initia-

tive saw watershed moments. In Ward 1, the redevelopment of the Park Morton complex, which involves the current Bruce Monroe Park a few blocks away from it, faces a zoning challenge from neighbors who desire to preserve the park. Yet in all other respects the project is moving forward smoothly.

The same can’t be said of the Barry Farm redevelopment in Ward 8, where much of the housing stock is unlivable. Tenants there are particularly concerned about being displaced, and have sued the D.C. Housing Authority and the developers over their plans.

In Ward 6, the District last month selected a development team for the site of the former Temple Courts complex, which was razed in 2008. Their plan features more than 500 affordable units.

Greatest Changes for Homeless Families In December, the D.C. Council passed a law proposed by Mayor Bowser that could make it even more difficult for families to access emergency shelter. That’s because the law requires families to prove District residency through a stringent list of documents, and gives the administration expanded power to redetermine families’ eligibility for services. Many homeless advocates lambasted the legislation as it made its way through the Council process, and were astounded when lawmakers approved $82 million in tax subsidies for Union Market developers on the same days as the votes on the homeless services reforms.

The law’s backers say it will ensure that D.C.’s shelters serve as a crisis response system and that, since D.C. has a right-to-shelter law during extreme weather, it will benefit District residents. As part of these changes, the Council narrowly declined to modify D.C.’s rapid rehousing program, which advocates have also criticized for setting homeless families up to fail when their rental vouchers expire. In signs of progress, however, overall homelessness fell 10.5 percent between 2016 and 2017 and Ward 1 finally has viable plans for a new family homeless shelter.

Most Bemoaned District Agency DCRA. Need we say more? The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs—which has many responsibilities, from issuing business licenses to inspecting rental housing—has undergone scrutiny this year from the D.C. Council, the D.C. Inspector General, and the D.C. Auditor in a series of public hearings and independent reports on the agency’s performance. The auditor found, for example, that the District may be losing millions of dollars a year in tax revenue from DCRA’s shortcomings in overseeing vacant properties. The inspector general found remarkably similar deficiencies in DCRA’s enforcement against illegal construction. Such issues have a few officials pondering leadership and cultural changes at the agency.

Maybe they’ll happen in 2018.

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By Matt Terl We Were lucky enough, when I was a kid, to have season tickets to see the football games at RFK. (In those days, tickets to see the Washington NFL team were a coveted possession.) We only had two seats, so getting to go to any game was a treat, but the best game, back before I fully followed standings or strength of opponent, was whichever one fell closest to Christmas.

It didn’t matter that, as a Jewish kid, I never believed Santa was anything other than some dude in a red velvet suit. I wanted to see how they worked him into the halftime show, and to be at the game with all the trappings of the holiday season.

The team was good in those days, which contributed to the jolly feelings, but it worked both ways: The holiday season made good football seasons better.

I went to the home finale at FedEx Field this year. It was a chance to see high-school friends in town for the holidays, which is the only reason I made the trip. It’s the first time I’ve been to a game in a non-working (either for the team or as press), non-parenting capacity in nearly a decade, and since I got to the stadium ahead of my friends, I was able to spend some time walking the parking lots and soaking up the vibe.

The vibe, in this case, mainly consisted of people trying to give me free tickets to the game. There was an air of resignation about the whole endeavor, a feeling that these diehard fans were going through the motions ahead of their other Christmas Eve plans—that they wouldn’t dream of missing the game, but they weren’t really looking forward to watching it, either.

This lack of enthusiasm is understandable, given the team’s frustrating, injury-ravaged season and its future of quarterback uncertainty. I’m not here to criticize that attitude in any way.

I’m also not here to criticize the play on the field, really. It started out lackluster, but eventually the team warmed up and annihilated a lesser opponent—a small but significant change from their traditional approach of playing down to the competition.

I can’t even criticize the usual things about the stadium: the remote location and the traffic to get in and out and the lines for concessions. Most of those weren’t a problem this

time—one positive outcome of attendance being down.

It was other elements of the experience that left me more sad than frustrated.

Since it was the holiday game, Santa was there at halftime, gyrating along with the cheerleaders in their sexy Santa outfits. Then the team’s marching band played, another long-standing tradition.

The NFL has changed since the RFK days, and absolutely nothing about this halftime show felt like it belonged in the modern, multibillion dollar NFL. Maybe if the team weren’t mired in a two-and-a-half-decade-long slog of mediocrity, they could sell this as a deliberate throwback. But in the current circumstance, it felt dated, tawdry, and cheap.

I’m not criticizing the cheerleaders, who were enthusiastic and professional. And I’m loath to criticize the marching band as an institution, given that the folks who play in it do so almost entirely out of love for the team and pride in their work.

But it was depressing to see how often the team aired snippets of the Super Bowl from 30 years ago, when Washington trounced the same opponent, the Denver Broncos. These clips felt like cruel, toxic nostalgia—a parent showing pictures of their underachieving nowadult kid back when he was an honors student in high school.

I’ve written before about the intersection of football and nostalgia and Star Wars, probably because, despite my best intentions, those three things comprise roughly 85% of my interests. But this year’s divisive installment in the space franchise feels instructive regarding the local football team: Its recurring theme, instory and in the metatext, is about letting the past go. Killing it, if you have to, as one character says.

This was a daring thing for a multi-billiondollar franchise to attempt, and there has been definite blowback. It will be interesting to see if Lucasfilm has the patience to see it through.

At a minimum, they tried.

The football team hasn’t. And it’s only so long that you can show old Super Bowl clips, roll out the same elements of the halftime show, and just generally put out a game day experience that feels like it hasn’t changed since the 1980s. It might still work for an eight-yearold, but this football team has already chased most of the eight-year-olds away.

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—Can’t Unicorn Man Up? If that’s the only thing he won’t do—if every toy on the market is on the table, along with threesomes, foursomes, BDSM, etc.—then he’s pretty adventurous. But if kissing after you’ve swallowed is the only mildly kinky thing you’ve attempted with him and it was a no, he may not be adventurous enough to deserve unicorn status. I will say this in his defense: Kissing someone who has just swallowed your load (or snowballing with someone who wants you to swallow your own load) presents a challenge for many men. Some silly straight men worry that tasting their own come will turn them gay or make them look gay—I’ve gotten letters from girlfriends who thought their boyfriends were gay because they were too willing to kiss them after a blowjob. But there are gay men out there who don’t want to deep-kiss the guy who just blew them—and they’re obviously not worried about turning gay (already are) or seeming gay (ditto). So what gives?

Blame what’s known as the “refractory period,” CUMU. Immediately after a man ejaculates, his dick starts to go soft and he loses all interest in sex—hormones have been released into his bloodstream that short-circuit sexual arousal. Bodily fluids and orifices a man was happily lapping up or at a minute ago are suddenly repulsive, not because the dude is necessarily inhibited or insecure, CUMU, but because he’s having his period—his refractory period.

—Dan Savage I’ve been seeing this guy who keeps making D/s-ish jokes and moves—he smacks my butt a lot, for example. When I let him know I like it, he’s suddenly not into it. He says it’s “disturbing” that I like what he’s been doing. Two questions: (1) Smacking my butt is okay so long as I don’t want it? (2) Enjoying what he’s doing makes me a freak?

—Joking About Consensual Kinks Two options: (1) He goes in for domineering head games and “playful” violence because he’s abusive and controlling. (2) He’s got kinks, but he hasn’t managed to incorporate his kinks into his sex life in a healthy, consensual manner—and now that he knows you enjoy the same things he does (but you’re health-

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ier about them than he is), he’s projecting his self-loathing onto you. Either way, JACK, you’re going to need to DTMFA. —DS

I’m going to continue giving advice to straight people despite not being straight, to lesbians despite not being a lesbian, to bisexuals despite not being bi, to trans people despite not being trans, to monogamous people despite not being monogamous.

Hell, I sometimes give advice to Republicans despite not being a heartless idiot.

You recently said it’s okay to fantasize about other people so long as we keep it to ourselves. Social media and dating apps have given us access to tons of spank material, from that new crush on OkCupid to the (monogamously) married neighbor you always wanted to bang. In this era, we can see actual pictures of the people we’re fantasizing about more often than not. Facebook stalking for spank bank purposes is fine—we all do it—but does it cross a line to actually download the pictures for later? I feel like it’s at least a little creepy to be taking screenshots of people’s photos. But as long as you’re the only one using your phone, what’s the practical difference between looking at Facebook and looking at saved screenshots?

—Screenshot Porn As New Kontent Keep whatever you want on your phone, SPANK, so long as you keep it to yourself and your phone is password protected.

—DS I am a 29-year-old straight woman on the West Coast in a new relationship. My boyfriend and I have just begun exploring anal sex. Question: HOW DO I AVOID POOP LEAKAGE?!? The first time we had anal sex, my boyfriend came in my ass and then pulled out. Then we decided to go for a run. (We didn’t think it through, CLEARLY.) A few minutes in, I was leaking all over my pants.

In short, GROSS. Obviously it wasn’t a good idea to go for a run afterward (NOTED!), but what can I do in the future immediately after anal to

avoid poopy come from leaking out of my butt?

—Anal Newbie Avoiding Leakage

Yeah, don’t go for a run immediately after anal.

Spend a few minutes on the toilet instead— bring your phone, post something to Instagram, let gravity do its thing. And that wasn’t poop leaking out of you on that run, ANAL, it was santorum—“the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.”

—DS My boyfriend complains that our sex life is too vanilla. I want him to be satisfied, but he won’t tell me what else he wants to do. Recently, he suggested an open relationship. I don’t want to be in an open relationship and I told him as much. But I’m fully open to being more kinky or whatever else he needs. I’ve tried mixing it up, but he just looks at me strangely and asks me to stop whatever I’m doing. Can I do anything to fix this? Any insight would be appreciated.

—I’m Not Good At Acronyms He knows what he wants, and he can’t or won’t tell you. Either he can’t because he’s so sexually repressed that he’s incapable of pushing the words out of his mouth, or he won’t because his non-vanilla desires are so extreme as to be deal-breaker-level repulsive to anyone who doesn’t share them. But complaining about your sex life without elaborating or giving you any constructive feedback at all is disqualifying assholery, INGAA. You’ll also have to DTMFA. —DS I just read your reply to a woman who wrote to you regarding her partner’s lack of libido. Although I found the article somewhat interesting, I would have preferred that a woman who was an actual lesbian was rendering advice to other lesbians. As a man, you are not qualified to deal out sex advice to women—especially to lesbians.

—Stating This Obvious Point Take it away, Free Dictionary: “ad•vice: opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem.” The only qualification you need to give someone your opinion?

Someone asked you for it. Full stop, STOP. So I’m going to continue giving advice to straight people despite not being straight, to lesbians despite not being a lesbian, to bisexuals despite not being bi, to trans people despite not being trans, to monogamous people despite not being monogamous. Hell, I sometimes give advice to Republicans despite not being a heartless idiot.

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what we ate this week: Croquetas de Jamón y Trufa (creamy Spanish ham fritters) with truffle alioli, $15, Del Mar. Satisfaction level: 5 out of 5. what we’ll eat next week: Duck consomme with duck broth, aromatic oil, meatballs, and fresh noodles, $14, Brothers and Sisters.

Excitement level: 4 out of 5.

The Year in Food Beef brisket bowl at ChiKo

Radishes at Bresca

Photos by Laura Hayes

Sushi jo at Sushi Taro

By Laura Hayes If 2016 was the year of dramatic ascension for the D.C. dining community in the eyes of the nation, 2017 brought us back to earth. Industry insiders and diners took turns weighing in on the exact moment the D.C. restaurant industry started to split at the seams.

Growing pains showed themselves in myriad ways. Frequent complaints about the quality of service suggests hospitality has taken a hit. The pipeline providing quality servers, cooks, and managers was sucked dry with the opening of mega dining developments like The Wharf. That will only continue with the ascension of food halls like Isabella Eatery at Tysons Galleria and Quarter Market food hall in Ballston.

Other critics raised their pitchforks over perceived price-gouging. Mirabelle’s $26 ham and butter sandwich launched a special type of ire, and fresh calls about the bubble bursting.

Unconventional Diner, which opened this month, won’t even post its prices online. (Spoiler alert: the chicken noodle soup costs $15.)

But if you’re looking for someone to blame for the lion’s share of price hikes, it’s landlords.

When a restaurant is paying more than $100 per square foot, restaurateurs have little choice but to charge more than $20 for a burger if they want to pay the staff and the purveyors who deliver the grass-fed beef diners have come to expect.

We may not have reached the point of reckoning, but it’s coming at the behest of landlords who dramatically raise rents when tenants’ five-year and ten-year leases expire. They

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know they can get more than asking price, just not from the independent local operators that make D.C. one of the most exciting places to dine in the nation. Chains like Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams from Ohio and JINYA Ramen from California have already come to 14th Street NW. The stakes have always been high in the restaurant industry but that’s been compounded by our thrust into the national spotlight thanks to accolades from Bon Appetit and the presence of the Michelin guide. Critics review restaurants after one or two nights. Every diner with an iPhone can write a mid-meal Yelp review. Staff are being poached. Pennies are being pinched.

In this atmosphere, it should come as little surprise that addiction continues to disproportionately affect restaurant and bar professionals while the opioid crisis continues in America. More than ever, specific resources are required for this group and right now there simply aren’t enough.

At the same time, increased competition can also bring welcome change. One of the best trends to emerge in the current market is the rise of fast-casual or fine-casual restaurants that serve fresh, flavorful food for busy Washingtonians at surprisingly low price points. Places like ChiKo on Barracks Row, Little Sesame in Dupont Circle, and RASA in Navy Yard capitalized on the fact that the average D.C. diner wants not only a good value but a flavorful, fast meal that’s more adventurous than Chipotle.

D.C. also saw a meteoric rise in pop-ups.

Maybe you’re sick of reading about them. Maybe I’m sick of writing about them. But they’re a good thing for the city. In the long run, aspir-

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ing chefs who take feedback from pop-up attendees in earnest are better prepared to succeed in a breakneck industry when they open a brick and mortar restaurant.

This year, D.C.’s already broad array of cuisines got even more robust. We now have Uyghur food in Cleveland Park (Dolan Uyghur), a Burmese bodega inside Union Market (from Toli Moli), a full-scale Georgian restaurant (Supra), and Tibetan nomad cuisine (Dorjee Momo), to name just a few forays. These restaurants that draw from a chef or owner’s personal history or culture have blossomed.

And finally, in the face of heightened competition and pressure, the District’s hospitality industry retained its collaborative, kickass spirit. Restaurants and bars hosted many fundraisers in the wakes of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. None of the regions impacted are within driving distance of the District, but the people of D.C. nevertheless banded together.

Local hero José Andrés was the epitome of this movement—he almost single-handedly fed the people of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria with the help of his organization World Central Kitchen. His efforts will inspire how disaster relief is handled well into the future.

To recap things further, Young & Hungry presents its annual year-end shout outs.

Cuisine That Had The Biggest Year: Japanese Many new Japanese restaurants opened in 2017 including Sushi Gakyu, Sushi Hachi, Hando-Medo, JINYA Ramen, Nobu, and Mirai. Sushi Taro maintained its Michelin star and across the river, Northern Virginia

magazine named a Japanese restaurant, Nasime, its number one restaurant of 2017.

Still missing? A proper udon shop.

Most Troubling Food Trend: Cashless Restaurants Homegrown fast-casual restaurant Sweetgreen set things in motion by announcing late in 2016 that all its restaurants would go cashless this year. Others followed suit including Jetties and Surfside, citing similar reasons of staff safety, quicker lines, and the fact that cashless restaurants don’t have to have a manager on duty at closing time to count bills. But the decision to go cashless should be implemented on a city by city basis and in D.C., the practice is particularly exclusionary. Close to 12 percent of households here are unbanked and another 24.8 percent are underbanked, so more than a third of all D.C. households might have trouble swiping a card at a register.

Best Food Trend: Wine Bars It was a banner year for wine bars as D.C.’s young, creative sommeliers branched out on their own. Brent Kroll’s Maxwell lets patrons draw on the bar with chalk while they learn about less familiar wines in a judgement-free environment. Stacey Khoury-Diaz showcases natural wines at Dio, her cubbyhole of a wine bar on H Street NE. La Jambe is an easy place to have a conversation over French wine.

Primrose captures the feel of Paris with funky wines to boot, including one produced by coowner Sebastian Zutant. And The Dabney Cellar brings the feel of Charleston to D.C. with its raw bar and ham spread that’s a perfect match with Alex Zink’s intriguing collection of wines.

DCFEED Best Mishap: Succotash’s Not So Covert Operative At my first meal at Succotash, the hostess accidentally left a slip of paper face down on top of my stack of menus. I flipped it over thinking it was a list of specials for the evening when really it was a note giving staff a heads up that I was a “possible food writer for Washington City Paper.”

Restaurant That Deserved More Hype: Stable Swiss food isn’t the sexiest of cuisines—you’re likely to leave a meal with strings of of stinky cheese on your chin—but it’s oh-so-satisfying this time of year. Stable brings something special to H Street NE and its back room

Paris gnocchi at Requin in particular feels like dining in a fancy barn.

Fondue and raclette don’t dominate the menu, though they’re available for groups. Don’t skip the schnapps menu or cheese spätzli.

Most Overhyped Restaurant: Mirabelle They had a dream team in pastry Chef Aggie Chin and Chef Frank Ruta, a prime location, and a clear concept. So when meals at Mirabelle wound up being less than impressive,

the city collectively made a shrug emoji.

Biggest D.C. Food Milestone: The Wharf This landmark development has changed dining in D.C. Only a handful of the restaurants are open this late in 2017 including Requin, Kith & Kin, and Del Mar, so it’s up to the next wave of eateries to make the area feel like a more complete neighborhood. It remains to be seen whether these restaurants will be able to fill hundreds of seats when it’s sleeting in February and the Foo Fighters aren’t playing at The Anthem.

Best Dishes I Ate This Year: Buckwheat pancakes with parsley root ice cream, and trout roe at Bresca; uni on buttered brioche at Himitsu; croqueta preparada sandwich with ham and Swiss cheese at Colada Shop; fried chicken wing tacos at Espita; peanut butter stew at Sumah’s; aged-duck bomba rice at Arroz; “Chinatown” chirashi at Del Campo; coddies at The Salt Line; spaghetti nero with raw tuna cubes at Centrolina; rib eye and rice cakes at ChiKo; Paris gnocchi in mushroom consommé at Requin; the bara chirashi at Sushi Taro; the spice bag at Lucky Buns; and the condiments at Maydan.

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The Social Media Platform That’s Trying to Destroy Dining: Instagram Some chefs and bartenders are building dishes and drinks that focus more on how they look on Instagram as opposed to how they taste.

Some cocktail vessels have gotten outlandish: I’ve sipped out of bumble bees, juice boxes, tin cans, honeydew melons, and gnomes.

Restaurants must believe these posts bring in customers because they’re offering rewards in exchange for your ’grams.

Worst Dishes I Ate This Year: Every component of dinner at Medieval Times; dry pulled pork and flat beer at DCity Smokehouse; the saddest, tiniest, avocado toast at Ladurée in Georgetown; khinkali dumplings at Supra; a soggy cheesesteak from Taylor Gourmet; an aggressively salty mushroom kathi roll at Bindaas; and a $19, two-bite dish at District Winery consisting of pig shoulder confit the size of a credit card, a single pickled shrimp, and a teaspoon of rice grits.

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The Year in Music

City Paper’s music writers share their favorite local sounds of 2017.

GoldLink, At What Cost GoldLink scored his first platinum hit with the syruppy “Crew,” teaming with fellow locals Shy Glizzy and Brent Faiyaz. That collaborative, DMV-first spirit animates At What Cost, an album that celebrates the past, present, and future of D.C. with a hook from Mya, Wale’s best verse in ages, and plenty of GoldLink’s dance-floor flow.

—Chris Kelly

hardcore bands Void and United Mutation should welcome this worthy successor to the canon.

—Dan Trombly

the solo spotlight, she reckons with a descending darkness while trying to find hope.

—Justin Weber

Rashomon, Demo That one of the year’s most acclaimed Japanese-language hardcore releases emerged from D.C. is a testament to this band’s talent and the continuing dynamism of the D.C. hardcore scene. These four tracks of raging, raw hardcore fully justify their immediate vinyl repress.

—Dan Trombly

3ohBlack, “Legg Walk” 3ohBlack remixed “Walk” by Yung Gleesh, put his personal “Leggin” touch on the track, and scored a hit underground single that showed the entire world how to do the “Legg Walk.”

—Sidney Thomas

Shy Glizzy, Quiet Storm This was a great year for Shy Glizzy. His collaboration with GoldLink (“Crew”) received a Grammy nomination, and his new Quiet Storm mixtape showed off a more polished sound and keeps him on the fast track towards superstardom.

—Sidney Thomas

Priests, Nothing Feels Natural Arriving just weeks into 2017, Nothing Feels Natural has been a source of strength and catalyst for catharsis for many in a tumultuous year. But make no mistake, the expertly-crafted songs, bringing together post-punk, funk, new wave, and instantly memorable lyrics of Priests’ first full-length a standout record in its own right.

—Dan Trombly

Q Da Fool, 100 Round Goon Q Da Fool is currently the DMV’s hottest unsigned rapper. He released four mixtapes in 2017, but 100 Round Goon was the first, the best, and the one that kicked his flourishing career into overdrive.

—Sidney Thomas

Kombat, In Death We Are All The Same Kombat’s final 7-inch delivers caustic guitar, howling vocals, and pummeling rhythms straight from the most furious moshpits of the new wave of D.C. hardcore. Though Kombat played their last show, fans of seminal D.C.

Br’er, Brunch is for A$$holes Brunch is for A$$holes isn’t the best Br’er album, but it might be the quartet’s most fun offering. Thoughtful and introspective tracks pair nicely with songs coated in a delicious layer of sleaze, and with three versions of the title track, there’s more than enough brunch to go around.

—Keith Mathias Darkest Hour, Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora D.C. metal stalwarts Darkest Hour put out their best album in a decade this year. A lot has changed for the band in 22 years, but one thing that’s remained consistent is that, when they’re firing on all cylinders, they write one hell of a heavy album.

—Keith Mathias

Den-Mate, Entropii As Den-Mate, Jules Hale found order in the chaos of Entropii, a darkly-hued EP of brittle, fractured synth-pop on which Hale’s icy vocals cut through industrial noise and serve as a deceptively seductive counterpoint to all the menace on display.

—Chris Kelly Rico Nasty, Tales of Tacobella DMV rapper Rico Nasty broke out in 2017 with her self-described “sugar trap” sound, mixing the guns-and-drugs shit-talking of trap music with saccharine melodies and video game synths. Tales of Tacobella is a half-hour introduction to her world, anchored by the infectious “Block List.”

—Chris Kelly

Park Snakes , S/T (Delux Edition) By re-releasing their debut EP with a B-side of remixes from some of D.C.’s best experimental electronic musicians, Park Snakes not only elevated their own promising dark rock, they created something that feels only possible in the District. The swirling repetition of “I am an alien. I am a ghost” on Br’er’s remix of “Alien” is one of the more intense local music moments of 2017.

—Justin Weber

Nappy Nappa, New Balance What does the future of Washington sound like?

Nappy Nappa’s Davonte Squire and his partners—Black Moses and Mr. Dickerson among others—puts Southeast D.C. on the cutting edge with an EP that blends fractured beats, a dayin-the-life perspective, and undeniable hooks together with an Afrofuturist sound that never feels forced.

—Justin Weber Mellow Diamond, American God From coaching Girls Rock to playing with a number of bands, Janel Leppin is one of the tendons who holds the D.C. music community together. On the striking and formidable American God, her latest venture into

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Sickdeer, The Wretched of the Earth Unrefined, deliciously raw black metal with just enough twists thrown in to make it their own.

—Keith Mathias Irreversible Entanglements, S/T I feel like it’s a bit of a cheat to put Irreversible Entanglements’ self-titled debut on this list, since the ensemble only features one local member, bassist Luke Stewart. But considering City Paper curated their performance over the summer at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, it counts. Quite simply, Irreversible Entanglements’ fiery free jazz, which recalls the explosiveness of Archie Shepp and the cosmic wisdom of Sun

Ra—all anchored by vocalist Camae Ayewa’s searing spoken word—is the most urgent and essential music released in 2017, full stop.

—Matt Cohen

Brother Ah, Divine Music It’s funny that three of the best local albums released this year were actually recorded in the ’70s and ’80s. Funny because, for a year marked by unrelenting anguish, frustration, devastation, and pain, jazz legend Brother Ah’s three albums—The Sea, Meditation, and Searching—were perhaps the most calming, transcendental, and centering things I heard all year. Listening to this gorgeous box set is something of a spiritual journey, one that will land you in the chillest of moods by the end.

—Matt Cohen Kris Funn, CornerStore The ace bassist’s first album with his own band is one of the year’s best, and certainly D.C. jazz’s best. It’s the rare musical autobiography that is actually as deep and wide-ranging as the best written memoirs.

—Michael J. West Kung Fu Bastard, S/T Saxophonist Bobby Muncy and guitarist Anthony Pirog are the leaders, but drummer Larry Ferguson is the motor on this free-thinking, determinedly strange quartet record (which also features superlative work from bassist Nathan Kawaller).

—Michael J. West Shannon Gunn, What It Takes Shannon Gunn has pressed hard, and on multiple fronts, to articulate a nuanced and unique musical vision. What It Takes is where the trombonist’s quest comes together.

—Michael J. West

TheaTer

The Year in Musicals Because regional TheaTers plan their seasons years in advance, artistic directors don’t know exactly how relevant their shows will seem when they’re finally performed for D.C. audiences. Some productions can be forgiven for poor timing—who could have known that Arena Stage would open The Pajama Game, a lighthearted musical about the fraught relationship between a factory worker and union leader and the factory’s hunky new superintendent, just as women began to share their experiences with workplace harassment and hold powerful men accountable for their actions—but two other shows that dealt with significant political and historical issues landed with grace on D.C. stages.

Caroline, Or Change, Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s musical about a black maid working for a Jewish family in 1963 Louisiana, has an ambiguous ending—the title character is pretty much in the same place at the end of the musical as she is at the beginning. But in the days following the presidential inauguration, its imperfect conclusion and the characters’ reckoning with injustice in large and small ways felt acutely relevant. (Caroline, Or Change would feel even more relevant over the summer when activists started removing Confederate monuments nationwide.) Nova Y. Payton brought out Caroline’s weariness and tenacity—neither performer nor character suffers fools and she conveyed that without belittling the 10-year-old boy she played opposite.

Payton brought that same sense of humanity to Ford’s Theatre’s production of Ragtime.

Based on E.L. Doctorow’s novel about three Ragtime at Ford’s Theatre

families whose lives connect in New York in the early 20th century, the musical is filled with soaring anthems that tend to describe life as it should be as opposed to how it is. That hasn’t stopped me from thinking repeatedly of Payton and Kevin McAllister singing “Wheels of a Dream” or McAllister closing the show with a goosebumpgiving rendition of “Make Them Hear You.” Thanks, Ford’s marketing department, for making the latter available on YouTube.

D.C.’s theater scene also got a plentiful dose of national recognition in 2017. Lynn Nottage’s Sweat, performed at Arena Stage in 2016, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for three Tony Awards.

Two musicals that developed in D.C. also got the attention of Tony voters. Come From Away, which ran at Ford’s in 2016 before moving to Broadway, received 7 nominations, winning one award, and Dear Evan Hansen, which premiered at Arena Stage in 2015, won six awards, including Best Musical.

And with the eyes of theater watchers around the world on D.C., the most anticipated musical of 2018 opened on Pennsylvania Avenue NW this fall. Mean Girls, with a book by Tina Fey, music by Jeff Richmond, and lyrics

by Nell Benjamin, played to sold out crowds at the National Theatre. Like the movie on which it is based, the musical takes you back to the most miserable parts of high school, where you happily spend 2.5 hours vicariously taking in all that adolescent madness. While it will likely evolve before it opens in New York, it has the potential to be D.C.’s next great theatrical export.

—Caroline Jones

No Sisters at Studio Theatre

The Year in Plays The Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen began with 2.6 million Americans marching in support of women the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration. It ended with a wave of exposures of decades of predatory behavior by powerful men in media and politics. In between, stories (mostly) by and about women ruled Washington’s stages: Lisa Loomer’s Roe, which was came to Arena Stage in January following its world premiere at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival nine months earlier, was a shamelessly didactic wiki-play about the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision and its aftermath that probably wouldn’t feel half as powerful had Hillary Clinton won the presidency. But it was true to the complex life story of Norma “Jane Dry Land at Roe” McCorvey (played by Forum Theatre Sara Bruner), whom after a brief career as a reproductive rights activist, switched sides and became active in the anti-abortion movement. Loomer dug deep into the inconsistencies among McCorvey’s oftrevised tellings of her own story, creating a rich, compelling exploration of the inhumanity of turning a person into a symbol.

In March, at Studio Theatre, playwright and director Aaron Posner offered the third and most daring of his postmodern Chekhov rewrites, No Sisters, and upped the ante

by staffing it with (much of ) the same cast who performed Jackson Gay’s production of Three Sisters simultaneously. That meant ringers like Kimberly Gilbert and Todd Scofield were running up and down the stairs from Studio’s Milton Theatre to the Mead, and sometimes doing crowd work to fill time (in No Sisters) when the two shows fell slightly out of sync.

Finally, Forum Theatre’s Nasty Women rep featured a talented crew performing both Ruby Rae Spiegel’s Dry Land and Monica Byrne’s What Every Girl Should Know, two harrowing plays about unplanned pregnancies set a century apart. Emily Whitworth’s performance as a high schooler who resorts to increasingly desperate means to be rid of her baby stuck with me all year, as did Matty Griffiths’ near-silent role as a janitor at her school.

—Chris Klimek

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The Year in Galleries Our art critics pick their favorite exhibitions of 2017.

Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography at the Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography showcased the work of ten Latino photographers, focusing mainly on their work from the 1960s to the early 1980s. Camilo José Vergara contributed one of his signature time-lapse series in color that tracked architectural changes in a single spot over time. Another standout was Anthony Hernandez, who documented the isolation of urban bus commuters in Los Angeles by situating his subjects rigorously within a single, repetitive landscape format.

—Louis Jacobson “Construction of Rock and Basin Dam, L.W. 1891” by Henry Peter Bossee (1891)

East of the Mississippi: NineteenthCentury American Landscape Photography at the National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art’s sprawling exhibit, East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography, sought to elevate the oft-forgotten photographic documentation of the eastern United States. While many of the images aren’t as dramatic as the more familiar nineteenth-century images of the western frontier, the exhibit included some beauties, including works made using the cyanotype process—a technique that produces bold, blue prints. Cyanotypes by Henry Peter Bosse, in particular, were stunning for their deep blues and bold, oval design.

—Louis Jacobson For a Love of His People: The Photography of Horace Poolaw at the National Museum of the American Indian Similarly obscure is the work of Horace Poolaw, whose twentiethcentury photography received a large and uncrowded retrospective at the National Museum of the American Indian, For a Love of His People: The Photography of Horace Poolaw. Poolaw’s most intimate and revelatory images documented the daily lives of Native Americans and the whites who were their neighbors in Oklahoma. Some of

the most moving photographs were taken at funerals, including an image depicting several men straining to lay a coffin into a freshly dug grave, leaning heroically in a way reminiscent of the soldiers in Joe Rosenthal’s “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.”

—Louis Jacobson

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’s mesmerizing hall of mirrors pushed annual attendance over the 1 million mark for the first time in the museum’s history. You knew that already, because you saw at least that many selfies on Instagram. This is one of those rare shows that will stand out as a cultural milemarker for residents for years to come.

—Kriston Capps

Tim Doud: Parthenogenesis at Curator’s Office Tim Doud: Parthenogenesis at Curator’s Office was a playful exercise in abstraction and repetition: interesting for a guy who was a 2016 Outwin Boochever Prize finalist. With such virtuosity, he’s easily one of D.C.’s best painters.

—John Anderson June Schwarcz: Invention and Variation at the Renwick Gallery June Schwarcz: Invention and Variation was a quiet exhibition at the Renwick, but one of intense study, with groundbreaking techniques of etching and electroplating applied to enameling.

—John Anderson

Linling Lu at Hemphill Fine Arts Linling Lu’s circular paintings at Hemphill Fine Arts was a refreshing take on an old

“Infinity Mirrored Room—Love Forever” by Yayoi Kusama (1966/1994)

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Washington theme, with concentric bands of color creating the illusion of deep space, that energetically pulsated from a certain distance.

—John Anderson Arlington Arts’ Full-Dome Projections The best show of 2016 was Brandon Morse’s In This Convex Hull, a throbbing, iterative, apocalyptic cycle projected on the full dome inside the David M. Brown Planetarium in Arlington.

This year, curator Paul Shortt followed it up with two animations—”Babel” by Kelley Bell and “Nova” by Shannon Collis—establishing the full-dome projection series as one of the best and most innovative projects in the region.

—Kriston Capps

Before the 45th at the Mexican Cultural Center Before the 45th at the Mexican Cultural Center celebrates the beauty, struggles and resilience of Mexican-Americans. This important and vast exhibit spans generations through the resilient truths of those who lived it. It is an authentic, strong and beautiful biography of the true history of the USA. —Laura Irene Cultural Platforms for Resistance at VisArts A show of both politically radical and community-oriented art curated by Ashley DeHoyos, Cultural Platforms was the timely Resistance show in a year short on them. It was one of many 2017 highlights for Rockville’s VisArts: The best and outermost satellite in D.C.’s art scene also featured strong showings by Anahita Bradberry, Alex Braden, Katie Macyshyn, and Jenna Wright.

—Kriston Capps

“The Closing of Whittier Boulevard” by Frank Romero (1984)

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The Year in Film

pression as she befriends the government experiment that’s jailed in the building she cleans every night. Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer, and an especially fabulous Richard Jenkins co-star, meaning the talent both in front of and behind the camera is first-rate.

Our chief film critic’s favorite movies of 2017

always listening to music to distract from his tinnitus is wholly original: Baby’s iPods supply the soundtrack, and the movements onscreen are often timed to that soundtrack’s tempo.

The result thrills your ears as well as your eyes, with the music spanning decades and genres and the car chases fresher than anything involving furious fastness.

By Tricia Olszewski From an inauguration that sank many people’s stomachs to the sudden ground swell of #MeToo, 2017 wasn’t exactly a feelgood year. We experienced the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, took a giant leap backward in climate change proactiveness, and learned to watch the news out of the corners of our eyes, horror-movie style. Others opted to turtle.

But there remained screens, often found at movie theaters, that offered joy, not sorrow, even if their popularity has increasingly dwindled. Among the best were love stories, action flicks, a look at life on the other side of the tracks, and—thank God for ’em—superhero stories. As cinema has always supplied, they were a means to escape.

Here are my favorites of the year, in no particular order.

Dunkirk Directed by Christopher Nolan Christopher Nolan shot this ambitious World War II drama with IMAX cameras on 72mm film. Regardless of how you saw it presented—IMAX, 72mm, both, or plain ol’ regular—the visuals were spectacular. Equally impressive was how Nolan seamlessly wove together three perspectives (land, sea, air) despite that events in each setting took place within radically different time frames.

The kiddos who came for star and One Directioner Harry Styles got a history lesson, while Nolan diehards got a laugh from Tom Hardy once again having his dialogue obscured by something covering his mouth.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Directed by Martin McDonagh If you’ve seen In Bruges, you know that writer/diThe Shape of Water rector Martin McDonagh has a gift for lighting up the darkest parts of the human condition with huThe Florida Project mor. So it’s not surprising that he managed to Directed by Sean Baker Sean Baker’s story about a wild child and her make a story about a woman seeking justice wilder young mother traffics in compassion, for her daughter’s rape and murder entertainescape, and making the best out of a seem- ing. Frances McDormand is terrific as that fiingly hopeless situation. Brooklynn Prince’s ery woman who rents the titular billboards in impressive performance as the tiny trouble- her small town to question why the chief of pomaker who lives with Mom in a motel just lice (Woody Harrelson) hasn’t found the girl’s outside of Walt Disney World is matched by murderer yet. But Sam Rockwell nearly steals Willem Dafoe’s subtle turn as the sympathet- the show as a dimwit cop who first provides ic motel manager forever caught between en- laughs and then, shockingly, heart. forcing the rules and giving the small family a break. It’s sometimes hard to watch: The Logan daughter constantly misbehaves, often in ap- Directed by James Mangold palling ways, and her mother’s temper is easi- Professor Xavier is declining in his twilight ly tripped, especially when she’s in the wrong. years, and the titular X-Man isn’t doing so But ultimately you can’t look away. well himself. But the erstwhile Wolverine still has some fighting to do, this time on behalf of a little girl who bears adamantium instead of Call Me By Your Name bone as well as battle skills much like his own.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino This is a love story that sneaks up on you. The The first X-Men movie to be rated R, Logan alspark between Armie Hammer and Timothée lows Hugh Jackman to fully exhibit the characChalamet’s characters is engaging enough ter’s inner badass, with him cursing from the (hugely aided by the indulgent languor en- film’s start, unafraid to behead a thug or two, couraged by the Northern Italian setting). and not exactly warming to Laura, the equalBut it’s a bittersweet monologue near the film’s ly violent pipsqueak who may be his daughter. end that will wrench your heart in good ways (“I am fucked up,” he tells her.) It’s all hugely and bad, with an ensuing surprise phone call entertaining, and more than enough justificaacting as the final nail. The last moments com- tion to avoid another reboot. prise just the camera and Chalamet’s far-off stare, capturing the entirety of the emotional The Shape of Water heft that came before.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro Call it Beauty and the Amphibian. Guillermo del Toro’s transfixing fairy tale about a mute Baby Driver woman and the fishman she loves comes close Directed by Edgar Wright It isn’t a musical, but it’s still got a beat. Ed- to Pan’s Labyrinth in its sumptuous visuals and gar Wright’s actioner, the first film he’s writ- imagination. Sally Hawkins’ character may be ten solo, about a young getaway driver who’s silent, but her face offers an abundance of ex-

Lady Bird Directed by Greta Gerwig Timothée Chalamet also co-stars in Greta Gerwig’s hit directorial debut, but the film belongs to Laurie Metcalf and Saoirse Ronan. They play a Sacramento mother and her 17-year-old daughter, respectively, with the latter struggling to break loose from her home and Catholic school rules and the former typically playing bad cop in a misguided attempt to grip her girl more tightly.

Gerwig also wrote the script, which is often funny (“Six inches for the Holy Spirit!” will bring a flood of school-dance memories to Catholic school alums) and sometimes heartbreaking (when mom stops talking to the self-christened Lady Bird because she applied to East Coast colleges behind her back, Lady Bird begs, “I’m so sorry for wanting more.”) It’s the rare coming-of-age tale that doesn’t feel old.

The LEGO Batman Movie Directed by Chris McKay Granted, it’s not as perfect as its predecessor. But thanks to Will Arnett’s ace turn as the Caped Crusader and a fusillade of jokes from its five (!) scripters, it’s close enough. Batman’s not in the best state of mind: He’s lonely but fears commitment. So he microwaves his lobster thermidor for one and tells the Joker (Zach Galifianakis) that he “doesn’t do ’ships.”

But then he adopts a fellow orphan (an equally good Michael Cera) and melts a little when the kid, whom he calls Robin, wants to be just like him. With the film’s studio, Warner Bros., allowing its catalog to be mocked on top of all the quips between mentor and puppyish mentee, The LEGO Batman Movie ends up just as hilarious as Justice League.

Escapes Directed by Michael Almereyda You probably don’t know who Hampton Fancher is, but here’s some trivia: He’s the cowriter of Blade Runner as well as Blade Runner 2049. I call it trivia because the more deeply you get into this documentary, the more of an afterthought these sci-fi movies seem. Before becoming a screenwriter, Fancher was a TV star, and director Michael Almereyda peppers the film with Fancher’s old clips as the actor tells one amusing story after another like a garrulous party guest. His favorite topic is his romantic conquests, even when they don’t reflect so favorably on him (such as dating Teri Garr while he was broke and she was famous).

But it seems that nothing is off-limits to Fancher, and between his sense of humor and the entertaining visuals that Almereyda perfectly matches to each yarn, this is one Hollywood blowhard you won’t mind meeting.

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herMajesty & Honest Haloway w/ Greenland ................................Sa JAN 13 Alex Aiono w/ Trinidad Cardona ........... Sa 20 Cuco + Helado Negro w/ Lido Pimienta ................................... Tu 23 Rostam w/ Joy Again ......................Th FEB 1 Flint Eastwood w/ NYDGE .....................F 2 Anna Meredith ................................... Sa 3 Mod Sun w/ Karizma .............................. M 5 Why? w/ Open Mike Eagle ........................F 9

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FUNk & R&B

Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Pieces of a Dream. 7:30 p.m. $39.50. birchmere.com. mGm NatioNal harBor 101 MGM National Ave., Oxon Hill. Maze. 8 p.m. $150–$685.80. mgmnationalharbor.com.

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

Rakim. 9 p.m. $26.50–$55. thehowardtheatre.com.

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Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Cyrus Chestnut Trio. midnight; 10 p.m. $47–$52. bluesalley.com.

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the aNthem 901 Wharf St. SW. SOJA. 8 p.m. $40-$60. theanthemdc.com.

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music ceNter at strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Salute to Vienna. 3 p.m. $49-125. strathmore.org.

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echostaGe 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE. (202) 503-2330. Armin van Buuren. 9 p.m. $35–$50. echostage.com.

Fillmore silver spriNG 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. The White Panda. 9 p.m. $27.50. fillmoresilverspring.com.

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dar coNstitutioN hall 1776 D St. NW. (202) 6284780. Charlie Wilson. 8 p.m. $75. dar.org.

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

Mya and Sisqo. 11 p.m. $35. thehowardtheatre.com.

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Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Cyrus Chestnut Trio. midnight; 10 p.m. $47–$52. bluesalley.com.

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echostaGe 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE. (202) 503-2330. Eric Prydz. 8 p.m. $50–$70. echostage. com.

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Bethesda Blues & Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Doc Scantlin & His Imperial Palms Orchestra. 9 p.m. $75–$150. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

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MURDER IS HER HOBBY: FRANCES GLESSNER LEE AND THE NUTSHELL STUDIES OF UNEXPLAINED DEATH

Before Jessica Fletcher, there was Frances Glessner Lee. Instead of pen and paper, Lee—the “mother of forensic science” and the first female police captain in the U.S.—parses with stuffed figures and twine the reality of a hanged woman or a family splayed over a bedroom, bullets in their back. Murder wasn’t just her hobby, it was a way to the truth. The Renwick Gallery’s Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death displays her works in cases or single columns, but when you look beyond the glass case, you can almost see Lee holding her tools, bent over a man with a broken neck and tinkering in her mind with the unsolved murders she portrayed in miniature form. You can see in her work a focus on every excruciating detail: tiny teacups broken across a floor, a chair broken and overturned. Lee’s detailed construction of miniature crime scenes wasn’t solely for the crime scenes themselves, but the field of forensics. Modeling a crime scene was an art at the time, and Lee’s displays taught investigators how to transform the facts of an unsolved case into vivid scenes. For spectators, the exhibit is an excuse to indulge in nonfiction macabre. The exhibit is on view daily 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., to Jan. 28, at the Renwick Gallery, Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW. Free. (202) 633-7970. americanart.si.edu.

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Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. New Years Eve with Cyrus Chestnut. 6:30 p.m.; 10 p.m. $110–$160. bluesalley.com.

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Fillmore silver spriNG 8656 Colesville Road, Sil-

KeNNedy ceNter terrace theater 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Dee Dee Bridgewater. 7 p.m.; 9 p.m. $79. kennedy-center.org.

503-2330. Flux Pavilion. 9 p.m. $20–$40. echostage.com.

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ver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Wale. 8 p.m. $35. fillmoresilverspring.com.

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MýA AND SISqó

Remember when thongs were in fashion? In fact, they were so en vogue there was an entire song dedicated to them. It included the genius simile “dumps like a truck, truck, truck.” Also remember that killer hook on “Ghetto Supastar”? Or when four badass chicks from the Moulin Rouge tore it up with their take on “Lady Marmalade”? Whether all this sounds foreign or wonderfully familiar, get educated or celebrate the late ’90s hip-hop powerhouses that are SisQó and D.C.’s hometown heroine Mýa at their throwback party at the Howard Theatre. Though it may sound daunting to go out the night before New Year’s Eve, this one is not to be missed. With an open bar, doors at 11 p.m., and the show at 1 a.m., you’re going to be partying like it’s 1999 right before you party like it’s 2018. The party begins at 11 p.m. at the Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. $35.

(202) 803-2899. thehowardtheatre.com.

—Diana Metzger

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Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Rik Emmett. 7:30 p.m. $35. birchmere.com.

Bossa Bistro 2463 18th St. NW. 202-667-0088.

Anbessa Orchestra. 9:30 p.m. $10. bossadc.com.

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Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Tempest Storm Thomas. 8 p.m. $22. bluesalley.com.

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Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Chris Thomas King. 8 p.m. $25. bluesalley.com.

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aN americaN iN paris The stage adaptation of the classic musical about a former soldier who falls in love with Paris and an attractive Parisian woman while making his way as an artist comes to the Kennedy Center for the first time. Featuring classic Gershwin tunes like “Stairway to Paradise” and “S Wonderful,” this production is directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. Kennedy Center Opera House. 2700 F St. NW. To Jan. 7. $92–$122. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org. aNNie The family-favorite musical about a redhaired orphan and the rich businessman she charms fills Olney’s mainstage during the holiday season.

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You have just a couple more days to see dissident artist Ai Weiwei’s latest exhibit, originally created as a site-specific takeover of the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay. Trace depicts 176 free speech advocates and civil rights activists in portraits made out of thousands of plastic LEGO bricks, assembled by hand. The work honors the struggle of fellow dissidents and human rights activists persecuted for their actions, beliefs, and affiliations, from Shiva Nazar Ahari to Mohammad Seifzadeh. But the pixelated portraits, based on images found online, suggest an indictment of social media trends that turn causes into superficial memes.

Unafraid to deliver scathing critiques of the commodification of art, the provocateur remains as potent as ever with this bright, multi-colored exhibition. He has struck again with a political conscience and a wicked sense of humor. The exhibit is on view daily 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., to Jan. 1, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue and 7th Street SW. Free.

(202) 633-4674. hirshhorn.si.edu.

—Pat Padua

Featuring favorite songs like “Tomorrow” and “It’s a Hard Knock Life,” this production is directed by Jason King Jones. Olney Theatre Center. 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. To Dec. 31. $37–$84. (301) 9243400. olneytheatre.org. a christmas carol Veteran local actor Craig Wallace takes on the role of Scrooge in this popular musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ tale about kindness and holiday cheer. Celebrating more than 35 years as a Ford’s holiday tradition, Michael Wilson’s adaptation is directed by Michael Baron. Ford’s Theatre. 511 10th St. NW. To Dec. 31. $22–$92. (202) 3474833. fords.org. crazy For you The songs of George and Ira Gershwin are reimagined by playwright Ken Ludwig in this musical about a banker, assigned to shut down a small-town theater, who decides to revive it instead.

Featuring favorite songs like “I’ve Got Rhythm,” “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” and “Someone to Watch Over Me,” this musical, arriving at Signature in time for the holidays, is directed by Matthew Gardiner. Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To Jan. 14. $40–$108. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org. curve oF departure As family members come together for a funeral, they meet in a New Mexico hotel to discuss their futures and what they owe each other. Mike Donahue directs this story about relationships and the ways we learn from each other. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To Jan. 7. $20–$85. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org.

aN irish carol Keegan Theatre’s annual holiday tradition continues with its presentation of this Christmas Carol adaptation set in a Dublin pub. When its owner loses touch with humanity, a series of ghosts visit to remind him about the important things in life. Keegan Theatre at Church Street Theater. 1742 Church St. NW. To Dec. 31. $35–$45. (202) 265-3767. keegantheatre.com. the last NiGht oF Ballyhoo The year is 1939 and Atlanta’s posh German Jews are preparing for Ballyhoo, their annual lavish country club ball. The Freitag family hopes that the party of the year will be the chance for their daughters to meet their future husbands—but when their uncle brings home his new employee, a handsome Eastern European bachelor from Brooklyn, everyone must confront their own prejudices, desires, and beliefs. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, The Last Night of Ballyhoo is an achingly beautiful, comedic, and enthralling romance by the writer of Driving Miss Daisy. Directed by Amber McGinnis. Theater J. 1529 16th St. NW. To Dec. 31. $24–$69. (202) 777-3210. theaterj.org.

NothiNG to lose (But our chaiNs) Second City performer Felonius Monk mines his own life for experience in this comedy show that chronicles his journey from incarcerated criminal to corporate drone to comedian and actor. He’s joined on stage by a company of Second City comedians. Woolly Mammoth Theatre. 641 D St. NW. To Dec. 31. $20–$69. (202) 3933939. woollymammoth.net.

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the secoNd city’s twist your dicKeNs Celebrate the holiday season with the acclaimed Chicago comedy troupe’s take on A Christmas Carol. Combining improvised portions with rehearsed sketches, this comedic revue features appearances from favorite characters like Ebenezer Scrooge and Bob Cratchit.

Kennedy Center Theater Lab. 2700 F St. NW. To Dec. 31. $49–$59. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

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In 2018, Wale will celebrate the tenth anniversary of The Mixtape About Nothing, the irreverent and introspective record that riffed about Seinfeld over beats borrowed from go-go and put him on the map as the quintessential D.C. rapper. Ten years is a long time in music—an especially long time in the rap world—and the Wale that broke through on that tape is long gone (2015’s The Album About Nothing was a head fake, not a true return to form). When he debuted, he was making songs for D.C. Since allying himself with Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group in 2011, he’s been making songs for the world, with mixed results. That’s the case on his latest album, Shine, as Wale trades money dreams with Lil Wayne, parties with fellow Nigerian Wizkid, and speaks Spanglish with J Balvin, among other things, as he tries to please all comers. But Wale is still the yardstick by which D.C. rappers are measured, and as he prepares for his seventh annual New Year’s Day show at the Fillmore, he knows it. “Yeah, the DMV on the map,” he raps on Shine. “...So whenever I go, know I’m runnin’ back.” Wale performs at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Silver Spring, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $35. (301) 960-9999. fillmoresilverspring.com.

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dowNsiziNG Matt Damon stars as a man who decides life would be better if he shrunk himself. Costarring Kristen Wiig and Christoph Waltz. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) Father FiGures Fraternal twin brothers hit the road to discover the identity of their biological father. Starring Owen Wilson, Ed Helms, and Christopher Walken. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) the Greatest showmaN Hugh Jackman stars as P.T. Barnum in this musical biopic about the man who would create the popular traveling circus. Co-starring Michelle Williams and Zendaya. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) JumaNJi: welcome to the JuNGle Four teenagers are transported inside the jungle world of an old video game console. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, and Kevin Hart. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) molly’s Game Molly Bloom goes from Olympiclevel skier to FBI target who runs an exclusive highstakes poker game. Starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, and Kevin Costner. (See washingtoncitypaper. com for venue information) pitch perFect 3 The Bellas reunite for one last singing contest, but face stiff competition in this last installment of the Pitch Perfect franchise. Starring Anna Kendrick, Ruby Rose, and Brittany Snow. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) the post The country’s first female major newspaper publisher races to expose a massive government cover-up. Starring Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Sarah Paulson. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

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LES MISéRABLES

Forget everything you know about the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables: Anne Hathaway’s Oscar speech, Russell Crowe’s breathy singing, all the fake dirt smeared on the faces of extras. The musical, based on a massive tome by Victor Hugo, was done no favors by director Tom Hooper, especially because more than three decades after it debuted in London, many people in the audience are diehard fans who can sing along with every song and may have even read the novel in its entirety. They know what they want to see. Those in the audience at the National Theatre for the first time will encounter a pared-down production that still presents plenty of ethical questions, memorable characters, and soaring anthems.

Les Misérables has always been about more than French politics and weepy love songs anyway. Do you hear the people sing? Head to Pennsylvania Avenue NW this week and you will.

The musical runs through Jan. 7 at the National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. $73.75– $118.75. (202) 628-6161. thenationaldc.org.

—Caroline Jones

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Photographer Jacques Lowe stored his priceless Kennedy family photos in a vault inside of 5 World Trade Center. As John F. Kennedy’s personal photographer in the early years of his political career, Lowe had captured painfully intimate images of the president and his family. When the towers fell, those photos were buried with them. But all was not lost. Lowe’s old contact sheets were safe in another part of New York City, and in 2013, the Newseum got a hold of them and planned a showcase. Using the sheets, the staff restored many of the photos, rescuing them from the ashes of forgotten history. Nearing the end of its limited run, the Newseum’s Creating Camelot: The Kennedy Photography of Jacques Lowe has brought these photos back to the public consciousness. Set against a fiery red backdrop, the exhibit presents a wealth of precious Kennedy family photos so personal that just looking at them feels like being whispered a secret. Gems abound, from Lowe’s very first shoot with them in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts in July 1958 where an infant Caroline Kennedy mouths a fistful of her mother’s pearls as her dad holds her on his lap, to a striking candid shot of then-senator John at a 1959 press conference in Omaha that wound up widely used on his presidential campaign materials. At its heart, Creating Camelot paints a full portrait of a family. It happens to be one of the country’s most iconic first families. And with every twinkly-eyed shot, you’ll understand why. The exhibit is on view to Jan. 7 at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. $14.95–$24.95. (202) 292-6100. newseum.org.

—Kayla Randall

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Look, 2017 was a shit year. All we can do is work on harnessing our own mental energy into positive vibes for 2018.

Luckily, there’s an opportunity to help you center your inner self: Glide, D.C.’s premier— and only—annual new age DJ night returns to U Street Music Hall.

Hosted by Washington Post pop music critic Chris Richards, Glide isn’t your traditional DJ night. U Street Music Hall is transformed into a dimly lit sanctuary, with a custom light installation created by the Edit Lab at Streetsense. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own yoga mats, blankets, or whatever is needed to bliss-out to the ambient, ethereal sounds Richards spins on his decks. In these trying times, it’s hard to achieve nirvana, but Glide is here to help you capture whatever inner peace you may find.

Namaste. Glide begins at 9 p.m. at U Street Music Hall, 1115 U St. NW. Free. (202) 588-1889. ustreetmusichall.com.

—Matt Cohen

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