Serving Dupont Circle, Kalorama & Logan Circle
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Dupont Current
Businesses
balk at plan
for sidewalks
Current Staff Report
A group of Adams Morgan business owners strenuously objected
last week to a suggestion to reserve
more sidewalk real estate along 18th
Street for pedestrian access.
Last Wednesday the Adams
Morgan advisory neighborhood
commission voted to recommend
that the city retain 12 feet of unobstructed sidewalk space on 18th
Street, which is now undergoing a
large-scale streetscape reconstruction project. In most parts of the city,
the Public Space Committee calls
for 10-foot-wide unobstructed sidewalks.
Many commissioners argued for
the pedestrian-safety benefits of
wider sidewalk paths, but business
owners worried that the change —
which would reduce the number of
outdoor seats they could offer —
could hurt their profits.
Commission chair Wilson
Reynolds, who eventually voted
against the proposal because of
amendments, said the time to act
was now — before streetscape construction is complete and restaurateurs begin to apply for permits to
See Sidewalks/Page 9
West End wants condo
units in library project
let ’ s motor
■ Development: EastBanc
plans mixed uses for 24th St.
By JESSICA GOULD
Current Staff Writer
As the Foggy Bottom-West End
advisory neighborhood commission
prepares to vote on a mixed-use
project at the West End
Neighborhood Library site, some
residents are emphasizing their preference for condominiums rather
than rentals.
Developer EastBanc hopes to
construct two buildings in the neighborhood: one on the library’s 1101
Matt Petros/The Current
■ Licensing: Commission
The Woodrow Wilson House is displaying a 1921 Milburn
electric car similar to models Wilson and his security guards
drove during his presidential term. The car is part of an exhibit
opening tomorrow at the Kalorama museum that highlights
Wilson’s support for innovation.
By KATIE PEARCE
Current Staff Writer
NEWS
■ New Georgetown
chocolatier gears up
for busy season. Page 19.
■ Deal’s seven-year
principal plans
departure. Page 3.
24th St. site, and one on the site of a
fire station at 2226 M St. As part of
the projects, the developer will fund
reconstruction of both the library
and the fire station, which the city
will continue to own.
The commission held a special
meeting Oct. 4 to focus on the
library, which neighbors have been
hoping to improve for years, and the
residential units that would surround it.
According to Joe Sternlieb,
EastBanc’s vice president for acquisitions, the planned-unit development will include 17,000 to 20,223
square feet for the library, 7,100 to
See Condos/Page 23
Discussions stall on accord
for Wesley Heights pizzeria
votes to protest ABC request
By BRADY HOLT
Current Staff Writer
Officials consider bus service adjustments
A package of proposed changes
to local bus service, including
rerouting of a Connecticut Avenue
line and elimination of several latenight weekend trips, is now headed
for public hearings.
The
Washington
Area
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
is looking at the adjustments as a
way to update routes, cut out redundancies and improve efficiency.
Any changes would take effect in
mid-2012, according to transit
authority spokesperson Dan Stessel.
The proposals are budget-neutral, said Steve Strauss of the D.C.
Department of Transportation.
Vol. X, No. 19
Bill Petros/The Current
Under the proposal, the L2 route
would no longer travel along the
18th Street corridor.
“WMATA is looking for places to
save money so it can add service in
other places,” he said. “The entire
package together has no net change
in cost.”
Five public hearings will take
place throughout the region this
week, including one at 6 p.m.
tomorrow at St. Margaret’s
Episcopal Church at 1830
Connecticut Ave. NW.
In Northwest D.C., one of the
more significant changes would
involve the L routes, which travel
along Connecticut Avenue from
Chevy Chase Circle to downtown.
For the L2 line, the transit
authority is considering cutting out
the majority of the route’s current
stretch in Adams Morgan, as well as
a chunk of its downtown leg.
As proposed, the new L2 would
travel directly along Connecticut
Avenue — save for one detour into
See Buses/Page 7
EVENTS
■ Portrait Gallery looks
at art’s influence on
Gertrude Stein. Page 31.
■ “Othello” opens next
week at Folger Theatre.
Page 31.
A planned Italian restaurant is
facing formal protests against its
liquor license application, though
Wesley Heights community leaders
say they’re confident Al Forno
Pizzeria and its neighbors can reach
a compromise.
The Spring Valley/Wesley
Heights advisory neighborhood
commission voted last Wednesday
to file a protest against Al Forno, at
3118 New Mexico Ave., with the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
The community’s citizens association did the same at its September
meeting.
Restaurant owner Hakan Ilhan
agreed last month to work toward a
voluntary agreement with the neighborhood commission that would
stipulate restrictions on his business,
but he subsequently withdrew from
the negotiations out of frustration
with the process.
Ilhan hopes to open Al Forno in
a shopping center haunted by neigh-
PASSAGES
Restored to its 19thcentury form, Rock
Creek Park’s historic
Peirce Mill celebrates
its reopening Saturday.
Page 15.
■
Bill Petros/The Current
Al Forno hopes to open in the
same building as Chef Geoff’s.
bors’ memories of a rowdy latenight bar — Quigley’s Restaurant
and Saloon, which closed in the late
1990s. Some residents fear that a
liquor license and affordable pizza
will attract the same noisy groups of
American University students that
soured them on Quigley’s.
“This location has a history of
having generated huge problems for
neighbors in the past, because it
became a magnet for some AU students who were looking for a partying spot,” Michael Mazzuchi of the
Spring Valley/Wesley Heights
Citizens Association wrote in an
email. “So there is reason to be quite
cautious about a new liquor license
See Restaurant/Page 25
INDEX
Business/9
Calendar/26
Classifieds/37
District Digest/4
Dupont Circle Citizen/13
Exhibits/31
In Your Neighborhood/22
Opinion/10
Passages/15
Police Report/6
Real Estate/21
School Dispatches/16
Service Directory/33
Theater/31
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After 7-year tenure, Deal principal announces plans for 2011 departure
By JESSICA GOULD
Current Staff Writer
Deal Middle School principal Melissa Kim
has announced that she plans to leave the
school in December to join the nonprofit philanthropy firm NewSchools Venture Fund.
Assistant principal and International
Baccalaureate program coordinator James
Albright will be taking the reins as interim
principal, Kim said in a note to parents.
In the note, Kim said she is proud of the
popular Ward 3 school and its achievements
during her seven-year tenure.
“With the hard work and collaboration of
our staff and families, we have added a sixth
grade, gained the city’s first International
Baccalaureate Middle Years Program certification, built a thriving team structure,
improved academic achievement of our students (as demonstrated through test scores),
won athletic championships, and become one
of the most sought-after schools in the district
for students and parents,” she wrote.
Kim said she is “confident that these
accomplishments will remain, and in fact be
eclipsed by future greatness.”
Parents and leaders are lauding Kim for
her energy and enthusiasm at Deal.
“The excellence and stellar reputation of
Alice Deal now could not have been possible
without principal Kim,” Ward 3 D.C. Council
member Mary Cheh said in an interview. “She
had spectacular energy and was completely
committed to making Alice Deal the best
middle school in the District.”
“She’s done great things for the school,”
said PTA president Diana Rojas.
But Kim did not earn the accolades easily.
In 2007, a small group of parents picketed
outside Deal saying that Kim was “targeting”
black and Latino students with unfair suspensions and abuse. Kim’s supporters, including
leaders of the school’s PTA and local school
restructuring team, vigorously disputed the
allegations, saying Kim was a fair leader.
Cheh said the experiences seemed to make
Kim stronger. “She’s an example of what she
Shaw project gets attention of White House
By KATIE PEARCE
Current Staff Writer
President Barack Obama’s
administration yesterday identified
the “City Market at O Street” development in Shaw as one of 14 projects nationwide that will be expedited through the federal steps of
their financing and permitting processes.
Roadside Development is heading the long-delayed project for the
area between O, P, 7th and 9th
streets NW, which includes the historic O Street Market and a Giant
grocery store. The announcement
from the White House “means we’ll
be able to move forward sooner and
close [on financing] sooner,”
Roadside project manager Susan
Linsky said yesterday.
Bill Petros/Current File Photo
City Market at O Street has been
in the works since 2001.
Linksy said Roadside hopes to
close on funding from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development as well as the city’s
Tax Increment Financing in mid- or
late November, before demolishing
the existing Giant building. The
Giant is slated to reopen 24 months
after the teardown, ideally in time
“for the Christmas season of 2013,”
The week ahead
Thursday, Oct. 13
The D.C. Council Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary will hold a public
hearing on emergency preparedness. The hearing will begin at 10:30 a.m. in Room
412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
■ The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will hold a public hearing on proposed bus service changes. The hearing will begin at 6 p.m. at St. Margaret’s
Episcopal Church, 1830 Connecticut Ave. NW.
Saturday, Oct. 15
The Full Democracy Freedom Rally and March will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Freedom
Plaza, 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. At 11 a.m., the march will proceed to
17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, where participants will join the National
Action Network March and head to the site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
Monday, Oct. 17
The D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board will hold a Ward 4 community meeting on plans for its iGaming DC program. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m. at the Petworth Neighborhood Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW.
Tuesday, Oct. 18
The Citizens Association of Georgetown will hold its monthly meeting, which will
feature a panel discussion on historic preservation. The meeting will begin 7:30 p.m.
at the Thos. Moser showroom, 33rd and M streets NW.
Thursday, Oct. 20
The D.C. Taxicab Commission will hold an informational public hearing on
“Passengers’ Failure to Pay.” The hearing will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
Old Council Chambers at One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW.
■ Mayor Vincent Gray will speak at the monthly meeting of the Chevy Chase Citizens
Association. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community
Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.
■ The Ward 3 Democratic Committee will hold elections to fill eight at-large delegate
vacancies in conjunction with its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. at St. Columba’s
Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle St. NW. Any Democratic Party voter registered and
residing in Ward 3 is eligible to run; only current delegates will be eligible to vote. For
details, visit dcward3dems.org.
she said.
The mixed-use development, in
the works since 2001, is also
planned to include a boutique hotel,
residential units and neighborhoodserving retail.
The Obama administration is
instructing agencies “to expedite
environmental reviews and permit
decisions” for the City Market at O
Street and 13 other projects, including one involving the Red Line rail
track in Baltimore. The selections
are considered “high priority infrastructure projects that will create a
significant number of jobs,” according to a news release from the White
House.
Starting in November, the public
will be able to track the progress of
all 14 projects on a central website,
the release says.
wants her students to be,” Cheh said. “We’re
just lucky she was there ... to take Alice Deal
to the pinnacle.”
In fact, Rojas said Kim’s success makes
her departure a little less painful. “While I’ll
miss her a lot, I’m not really worried for the
fate of Deal,” she said.
In a statement, Schools Chancellor Kaya
Henderson thanked Kim for her contributions.
“While we are saddened to see Principal Kim
go, I respect her decision and I remain confident that we will someday have the opportunity to work together again,” she said.
Henderson said the school will launch an
extensive — and inclusive — process to put
a permanent principal in place by fall 2012.
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The Current
District Digest
Pedestrian killed on
Connecticut Avenue
A 64-year-old woman was
struck and killed crossing
Connecticut Avenue in the
Woodley Park area last Thursday,
according to a release from the
Metropolitan Police Department.
An SUV turning left from
Devonshire Place onto northbound
Connecticut Avenue struck Trudith
Rishikof at about 10:59 a.m., and
she died at a hospital, according to
the release. Police are investigating
the accident, the release states.
According to Spring Valley/
Wesley Heights neighborhood
commission chair Tom Smith,
Rishikof served on the board of
Foxhall Condominiums East and
was active in community issues.
Police investigating
14th Street homicide
A Northwest man who was fatally hit by a vehicle in 16th Street
Heights may have been the victim
of a homicide, according to the
Metropolitan Police Department.
Police believe Miguel Angel
Drullard Jr., 22, was intentionally
struck by a red or burgundy Jeep
Liberty at 3:47 p.m. Thursday in
the 4400 block of 14th Street, a
news release states. The vehicle
fled the scene and likely has extensive front-end damage, according
to the release.
Police are asking anyone with
information about the case to call
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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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Wills and Trusts
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Transitional Assistance will
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Event to be held at:
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Memory Care Community
elderly homeowners. A bill introduced by Ward 4 member Muriel
Bowser on Oct. 4 would increase
the income limit, from $100,000 to
$125,000, for seniors eligible for a
50 percent tax cut.
Under current law, homeowners
65 and older can get their property
tax cut in half, but only if the total
federal adjusted gross income of
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said the higher threshold would
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“The goal is the same as it was
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seniors to stay in their homes,”
Bowser said in a statement. She
noted that rising home values in the
past two decades have “outstripped
modest income gains,” and are
especially tough on those with
fixed incomes.
The bill will be referred to the
council’s Committee on Finance
and Revenue, chaired by Ward 2
member Jack Evans, who co-introduced the legislation.
Correction
November 9th
The Metropolitan Police
Department is investigating the
fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old
found Saturday in Petworth,
according to a news release from
the department.
Police found Jamar Michael
Freeman, of Southeast, with multiple stab wounds in the 900 block of
Quincy Street at 7:25 p.m.
Saturday, the release states, and he
died at a nearby hospital.
Police are asking anyone with
information about the case to call
202-727-9099, or to submit anonymous tips at 800-673-2777 or via
text by messaging 50411.
The D.C. Council may grant a
bit more property-tax relief to
October 20th
Southeast teenager
stabbed in Petworth
Bowser bill proposes
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In the Oct. 5 issue, an article
about an Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board decision regarding
the Marrakesh Palace restaurant
and bar in Dupont Circle may have
led to confusion by referring to the
establishment as “Marrakesh” in
the headline and several times in
the story. As stated in the first paragraph of the article, the case was
about Marrakesh Palace, at 2147 P
St. NW; it is unrelated to the
Marrakesh Restaurant, located at
617 New York Ave. NW downtown.
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AU’s neighbors square off at
Zoning Commission hearing
By BRADY HOLT
Current Staff Writer
Representatives of various civic
groups each tried to persuade the
Zoning Commission last Thursday
that American University should
concentrate its planned development as far as possible from their
own homes.
“To push space back and forth to
say that it’s better suited over there
or better suited over here — I think
it’s a very difficult argument to
make,” zoning commissioner Peter
May said at one point in the threeplus-hour hearing.
That didn’t stop the groups from
trying. American University Park/
Tenleytown advisory neighborhood
commissioners testified that the
school’s plan to build 590 beds of
student housing and other buildings
on its Nebraska Avenue parking lot
is the best way to pull problematic
students out of rental homes.
Meanwhile, the Spring Valley/
Wesley Heights commissioners,
whose boundaries include that “East
Campus” site, have recommended
building some of those dormitories
on the Tenley Campus, where the
university also hopes to relocate its
Washington College of Law.
Residents of Westover Place —
which backs onto the existing parking lot — and elsewhere in Wesley
Heights are also fighting the proposed density of East Campus.
And the American University
Park commission also squared off
against the neighboring Forest Hills/
Van Ness commission, with the latter arguing that the planned law
school buildings would be too close
to residents of the section of
Tenleytown it represents.
University officials spoke little at
the Oct. 6 hearing, which also featured testimony from Ward 3 D.C.
Council member Mary Cheh, the
office of at-large Council member
Vincent Orange and the American
University Park and Forest Hills
neighborhood commissions, as well
as cross-examinations of each.
The hearing is the seventh the
Zoning Commission has held as
American University seeks approval for the development goals of its
10-year campus plan.
Cheh testified that many opponents of the plan have reached out to
her, and that the Zoning Commission
should require the university to
address community concerns.
“Residents fear an ever-expanding university encroaching on their
neighborhood, affecting their quality of life and making traffic worse,”
said Cheh.
She suggested that the university
create a greater landscape buffer
between the planned East Campus
and Westover Place, prevent students and employees from parking
on area streets, and preserve green
space on the Tenley Campus.
An Orange representative read a
letter from the council member
blaming the university’s expansion
plans on overenrollment. In the letter, Orange asks the school to seek
compromise with the community.
But at the hearing, different communities testified to different interests. The American University ParkTenleytown neighborhood commission, which includes the Tenley
Campus, opposed the plans for the
law school “at this time” because of
insufficient detail on traffic.
The commissioners also testified
in opposition to planned curb cuts,
aboveground parking, and any
future reduction of green space in
the western section of the campus
near private homes.
Tenleytown commissioner Matt
Frumin also pushed back against
testimony from the Wesley Heights
commission, delivered at a previous
hearing, that there is space on the
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Washington Harbour wins renovation nod
By BRADY HOLT
Current Staff Writer
Developers of Washington Harbour will likely be
able to move forward soon with alterations to the
complex’s lower plaza — incorporating an ice rink
and overhauling aging storefronts — following conditional approval from the Old Georgetown Board
Thursday.
The board, a subsidiary of the U.S. Commission
of Fine Arts, wants additional written details about
the plans, according to Thomas Luebke, secretary to
the commission. If MRP Realty provides sufficient
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conditional final approval, so that’s fairly supportive,” he said. “But there were so many discussions
and the documentation was so spotty.”
MRP, which bought the mixed-use waterfront
complex in the 3000 block of K Street in June 2010,
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■ forest hills / van ness
Stolen auto
■ 3700 block, Connecticut Ave.;
street; 10 p.m. Oct. 6.
Theft (below $250)
■ 4200 block, Connecticut Ave.;
university; 2 p.m. Oct. 5.
■ 4700 block, Connecticut Ave.;
residence; 6:30 p.m. Oct. 6.
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■ 2600 block, Connecticut Ave.;
unspecified premises; 1:20 a.m.
Oct. 9.
Stolen auto
■ 4000 block, Cathedral Ave.;
parking lot; 4:47 a.m. Oct. 7.
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 3500 block, Garfield St.;
school; 3 p.m. Oct. 6.
Theft (below $250)
■ 2400 block, Wisconsin Ave.;
tavern; 9:25 a.m. Oct. 4.
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Burglary
■ 1200 block, 33rd St.; residence; 10:45 a.m. Oct. 4.
■ 1200 block, 35th St.; university; 11 a.m. Oct. 8.
Theft (below $250)
■ 1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.;
store; 2:20 p.m. Oct. 5.
■ 3200 block, M St.; store; 5:15
p.m. Oct. 6.
■ 1000 block, Thomas Jefferson
St.; sidewalk; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 8.
■ 3100 block, M St.; store;
11:30 a.m. Oct. 9.
Theft from auto (below $250)
■ 1000 block, Thomas Jefferson
St.; street; 8:30 p.m. Oct. 4.
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PSA
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p.m. Oct. 6.
Burglary
■ 900 block, New Hampshire
Ave.; office building; 11:59 a.m.
Oct. 4.
■ 900 block, New Hampshire
Ave.; medical facility; 6 p.m. Oct.
4.
■ 900 block, New Hampshire
Ave.; medical facility; 6 p.m. Oct.
4.
■ 900 block, New Hampshire
Ave.; office building; 11:59 p.m.
Oct. 4.
■ 900 bock, New Hampshire
Ave.; office building; 11:59 p.m.
Oct. 4.
■ 500 block, 21st St.; residence;
noon Oct. 6.
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 2100 block, Pennsylvania Ave.;
street; 9:30 p.m. Oct. 8.
Theft (below $250)
■ 200 block, 23rd St.; sidewalk;
4:15 p.m. Oct. 4.
■ 1200 block, 25th St.; park
area; 6:15 p.m. Oct. 5.
Theft from auto (below $250)
■ 1000 block, 25th St.; street;
8:30 p.m. Oct. 2.
■ 2700 block, Virginia Ave.;
street; 10 a.m. Oct. 8.
207
■ foggy bottom / west end
Assault with a dangerous
weapon
■ 2200 block, F St.; street;
10:50 p.m. Oct. 5.
■ 2100 block, E St.; street; 2:19
Robbery (gun)
■ 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.;
office building; 4:57 a.m. Oct. 8.
Robbery (knife)
■ 1500 block, Corcoran St.;
alley; 11:47 p.m. Oct. 7.
Robbery (force and violence)
■ 21st and O streets; sidewalk;
2:40 a.m. Oct. 4.
■ 16th and T streets; sidewalk;
3:24 a.m. Oct. 9.
Robbery (pocketbook snatch)
■ 1800 block, M St.; restaurant;
3 p.m. Oct. 5.
Robbery (attempt)
■ 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.;
bank; 4:05 p.m. Oct. 7.
Assault with a dangerous
weapon
■ 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.;
sidewalk; 4:20 a.m. Oct. 9.
Burglary
■ 1600 block, Riggs Place; residence; 11:03 a.m. Oct. 3.
■ 1500 block, Q St.; residence;
10 a.m. Oct. 7.
Stolen auto
■ Unit block, Dupont Circle;
street; 6:45 a.m. Oct. 8.
■ 22nd and N streets; unspecified premises; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 9.
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 1500 block, Connecticut Ave.;
store; 11:37 a.m. Oct. 8.
Theft (below $250)
■ 1500 block, 17th St.; sidewalk;
4:45 p.m. Oct. 2.
■ 900 block, 19th St.; restaurant; 9:45 p.m. Oct. 2.
■ 1100 block, New Hampshire
Ave.; hotel; 10 a.m. Oct. 3.
■ 2100 block, K St.; store; 2:15
p.m. Oct. 3.
■ 17th Street and Rhode Island
Avenue; sidewalk; 6 p.m. Oct. 3.
■ 1800 block, S St.; residence; 8
a.m. Oct. 4.
■ 17th and P streets; drugstore;
1 p.m. Oct. 5.
■ 2000 block, P St.; restaurant;
1:30 p.m. Oct. 5.
■ 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.;
store; 4:30 p.m. Oct. 5.
■ 1700 block, Rhode Island Ave.;
office building; 1:15 p.m. Oct. 6.
■ 1700 block, I St.; tavern; 2:40
a.m. Oct. 8.
■ 1300 block, New Hampshire
Ave.; unspecified premises; 11
p.m. Oct. 8.
Theft from auto ($250 plus)
■ 1600 block, Riggs Place;
street; 9:50 a.m. Oct. 6.
■ Unspecified location; street;
12:01 a.m. Oct. 8.
■ Unspecified location; street; 1
p.m. Oct. 9.
Theft from auto (below $250)
■ 1300 block, 18th St.; street;
1:15 a.m. Oct. 3.
■ 18th and K streets; street; 8
p.m. Oct. 4.
■ 17th Street and
Massachusetts Avenue; parking
lot; 9:15 a.m. Oct. 5.
■ 1500 block, 16th St.; street;
noon Oct. 6.
■ 1600 block, Rhode Island
Ave.; hotel; 11 a.m. Oct. 7.
■ 1600 block, N St.; street; 6:30
p.m. Oct. 8.
■ 1500 block, N St.; street; 7:30
p.m. Oct. 8.
■ 1500 block, Church St.; parking lot; 8 p.m. Oct. 8.
■ 20th and K streets; street; 3
p.m. Oct. 9.
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Robbery (assault)
■ 1800 block, Adams Mill Road;
307
■ logan circle
Robbery (force and violence)
■ 1600 block, 13th St.; sidewalk; 6:55 a.m. Oct. 8.
■ 1400 block, P St.; sidewalk;
5:25 a.m. Oct. 9.
Robbery (snatch)
■ 1500 block, 14th St.; sidewalk; 4:45 p.m. Oct. 3.
Theft (below $250)
■ 900 block, O St.; alley; 3 p.m.
Oct. 2.
■ 1300 block, L St.; restaurant;
4:45 p.m. Oct. 3.
■ 1100 block, 14th St.; hotel; 10
p.m. Oct. 3.
■ 1300 block, N St.; residence;
noon Oct. 5.
■ 1400 block, Church St.; street;
1 p.m. Oct. 5.
Theft (attempt)
■ 1400 block, P St.; drugstore; 7
p.m. Oct. 3.
Theft from auto
($250 plus)
■ 900 block, O St.; street; 1 p.m.
Oct. 3.
■ 1300 block, 10th St.; street;
11 a.m. Oct. 9.
Theft from auto
(below $250)
■ 1400 block, Rhode Island
Ave.; street; 12:01 a.m. Oct. 4.
■ 1300 block, Corcoran St.;
alley; 5 p.m. Oct. 8.
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Robbery (force and violence)
■ 2700 block, Ontario Road;
sidewalk; 5:50 p.m. Oct. 8.
■ 2300 block, 17th St.; sidewalk;
9:30 p.m. Oct. 8.
■ 2300 block, Champlain St.;
residence; 4:30 a.m. Oct. 9.
Theft (below $250)
■ 2200 block, Champlain St.;
school; 5:30 p.m. Oct. 6.
■ 18th Street and Kalorama
Road; street; 9 a.m. Oct. 8.
Theft from auto ($250 plus)
■ 1800 block, Wyoming Ave.;
street; 4:30 p.m. Oct. 6.
Theft from auto (below $250)
■ 2500 block, Mozart Place;
street; 2 p.m. Oct. 2.
■ 2600 block, Adams Mill Road;
street; 11 p.m. Oct. 5.
■ 2000 block, Waterside Drive;
street; 6:30 p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 2200 block, Champlain St.;
street; 12:01 a.m. Oct. 8.
■ Florida Avenue and Ontario
Road; street; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8.
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BUSES
From Page 7
Adams Morgan via Calvert Street
and Columbia Road that would
“serve 500 riders daily,” according
to transit authority materials.
Cutting out the L2’s current path
on 18th Street wouldn’t have a
major impact, according to Strauss,
because “everything north of U
Street in Adams Morgan has a lot of
service already with the 90s buses.”
The new L2 would then travel
through Dupont Circle to make its
way to Farragut Square, and would
no longer include a stop at the
McPherson Square Metro station.
“The route would be faster, but
if you work in the western part of
downtown, you’d either have to
walk a little farther than you do
now, or you’d take the L1,” Strauss
said.
The new L2 route would follow
much of the path of the existing L4,
which would be eliminated entirely.
Meanwhile, the transit authority is
looking at minor modifications to
the rush-hour L1 route where it hits
Southwest D.C.
Elsewhere in Northwest, the
authority is looking at cutting out
late-night weekend routes for several bus lines, typically starting
around 2 a.m. “They’re expensive
to provide, and the fact is that
they’re very rarely utilized,” Stessel
said.
Affected routes would include:
• the 62, which travels between the
Takoma and Petworth Metro stations;
• the 64, which travels between the
Fort Totten and Federal Triangle
Metro stations;
• the D2, which travels between
Glover Park and the Dupont Circle
Metro station;
• the G2, which travels between
Howard
University
and
Georgetown;
• the H8, which travels between
Mount Pleasant and the Rhode
Island Avenue/Brentwood Metro
station.
The transit authority has identi-
fied alternative late-night bus service for the 62 and 64, but not the
G2 or H8. The Georgetown advisory neighborhood commission has
urged against eliminating the last
hour of service on the G2 and D2
routes; the Glover Park commission
is slated to discuss the D2 changes
at tonight’s meeting.
Meanwhile, the authority is also
proposing to improve running times
for several routes, including the D6
and G8 buses.
The D6, which travels from the
Stadium-Armory Metro stop and
across Georgetown to Sibley
Memorial Hospital, is poised to see
wait times reduced by two minutes
during peak morning hours. But
Strauss emphasized that the change
would affect only “the eastern end
of the route, toward downtown.”
For the G8, which runs through
Brookland and Shaw to the Farragut
North Metro station, adjustments
would be made to increase reliability.
All of the proposals, according
to Stessel, are meant to bring bus
service in line with demographic
realities.
“What’s happened here is that
over time, there are changes to
employment centers, changes in
where people live, and occasionally
bus service needs to be adjusted to
reflect those changes,” he said.
In addition to the public hearings
this week, the transit authority is
accepting written comments until 5
p.m. Oct. 18. Comments can be
emailed to writtentestimony@
wmata.com.
The agency plans to incorporate
the public comments into a proposal that “will likely be refined and
submitted to our board of directors
for their approval late this year or
early next year,” Stessel said.
More information about the
hearings and the proposed changes
is available at wmata.org under
“News.” The news release titled
“Public hearings on proposed bus
service improvements” includes a
link to a detailed docket about the
changes, which span the entire metropolitan region.
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From Page 5
area. The firm hopes to begin construction in the first half of 2012.
At its September meeting, the
Old Georgetown Board supported
the gist of MRP’s plans — including
the ice rink — but asked the company to remove fewer elements of
the original design.
“The general guidance was they
didn’t want to see a piecemeal
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replacement and stripping of the elements which were part of its original
design — that [board members]
were willing to consider certain
repairs and alterations where it was
truly necessary,” said Luebke.
The revised plans that the company brought forward this month
— which the Georgetown advisory
neighborhood commission also supported last week — retain the decorative base of the plaza’s tower, but
retrofit a glass enclosure and whitenoise waterfall.
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The Old Georgetown Board also
approved plans to relocate freestanding bars farther from buildings; to remove a deteriorating ornamental column near the river; and to
make a series of changes to lighting,
storefronts and landscaping.
In developing the plans, MRP
has worked extensively with residents who live in the complex’s
condominiums. At the Oct. 3 neighborhood commission meeting, a
condo board member said the group
generally supports the project.
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SIDEWALKS
promenade and prevent pedestrian
congestion.
But dissenting commissioner
From Page 1
Gabriela Mossi called the recomadd outdoor seating on 18th Street’s mendation “unfair,” pointing out
that “extra [outdoor] seats can offset
newly widened sidewalks.
“This is the only opportunity to expenses” for businesses.
do this,” he said. “We need to get in Several bar and restaurant owners at the meeting used the same
front of it.”
A resolution from commissioner argument.
Katherine Boettrich, which passed Arianne Bennett, owner of the
6-2, notes that sidewalk cafes “have Amsterdam Falafelshop, said the
city generally
encourages
patios, since
they
make
neighborhoods
more friendly
and appealing.
The 12-footwide rule would
cap the number
of seats restaurants
could
offer and thereby limit their
profitability,
Bill Petros/The Current she said.
The Adams Morgan commission voted in favor of
Another reswidening public space on 18th Street’s sidewalks.
taurant owner
said the comhistorically taken up large portions mission’s proposal could result in
of the sidewalk, preventing that lawsuits. Bill Duggan of Madam’s
space from being used by pedestri- Organ said the commission should
ans, and forcing pedestrians to walk have delivered flyers to restaurant
owners so they could have known
in the street at busy times.”
The commission suggested more about the proposal. “The extra
exceptions to the 12-foot rule for seats could be the difference
restaurants who already had public between making it or breaking it,”
space permits for sidewalk cafes he said. “It impacts everyone on that
before the 18th Street streetscape street.”
When Reynolds said the proposproject started this summer.
Commissioner Steve Lanning al had been posted on the commissaid the 12-foot-wide sidewalk sion’s listserv, Duggan answered
would allow a nice “view-shed” or that many business people don’t
regularly check out that resource.
Kristen Barden, executive director of Adams Morgan Partnership,
the local business improvement district, pointed out the minimum sidewalk width had formerly been eight
feet and that the change to 12 would
be “inherently unfair,” creating a
discrepancy between the rules for
18th Street and those for nearby
Columbia Road.
Barden noted that businesses
must pay for any public space they
rent. “This is not a giveaway,” she
said, adding that the change would
make it “more interesting” for businesses to locate elsewhere in D.C.
“Adams Morgan needs options
similar to those in other parts of the
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city,” she said.
Commissioner Olivier Kamanda
responded that the policy would not
be “a taking from any business.
They are not disadvantaged. This is
public property. It would create public space that is inviting.”
Barden said businesses are
already losing the angled parking
spaces on 18th Street in order to
make way for new widened sidewalks, and that new “bulb-outs,” or
curb extensions, would also reduce
the number of parking spots.
“Businesses are losing money to
service the streetscape. ... You are
taking away Adams Morgan’s competitive advantages,” she told the
commission.
Falafelshop’s Bennett then
argued that grandfathering in restaurants with permits was patently
unfair. “We were told to wait until
the streetscape is completed” to
apply for the public space, she said.
“Nobody brought up this issue in
advance.”
Along with Mossi, commission
chair Reynolds ended up voting
against the final motion, since it did
not allow exceptions for restaurants
located close to tree boxes, fire
hydrants or light poles. His original
resolution proposed that the Public
Space Committee should have the
authority to approve sidewalk passageways as narrow as eight feet in
such cases.
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Righting a wrong
Next week, the D.C. Council is expected to take a preliminary
vote on legislation to restore a prohibition on gasoline distributors
— known as “jobbers” — from owning and operating retail stations in the District.
The measure is needed to reverse the effects of a change made
in 2007, when the council agreed to lift the prohibition. The result
was supposed to be lower prices, according to the Federal Trade
Commission’s thinking at the time.
Instead, the legislation contributed to the consolidation of the
District’s gas stations.
Now, a single entity — Capitol Petroleum Group — owns 44
Shell and Exxon stations in the District, according to the company’s website. The company is also their sole fuel supplier.
It might not be a monopoly — yet — but it’s certainly marketplace dominance. And that’s a bad omen for retailers and customers alike. Indeed, D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan is investigating whether antitrust violations in the D.C. gasoline market have
led to unnecessarily high prices.
At a June council hearing, John Townsend of AAA Mid-Atlantic
testified that in 2007, before Capitol Petroleum got control over so
many stations, gas prices in the District were generally about five
cents higher than the national average. Now, he said, the difference
is about 28 cents.
Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh cast a key vote in support
of the 2007 measure. She now says that she made a big mistake,
and she is shepherding the new legislation, which has the attorney
general’s backing.
To us, the key issue is consumer protection.
Prices are a big part of that, but they are not the only issue. As
noted by at-large Council member Phil Mendelson, wholesaleowned stations are generally more profitable if they include a convenience store rather than a repair shop, while retailer-owned stations often have a strong financial interest in doing a good job
repairing their customers’ cars. Service stations that build a good
reputation — as has the MacArthur Boulevard station leased from
Capitol Petroleum by longtime operator Lynn Cook — have loyal
constituencies that don’t want to trade service bays for snack-filled
shelves.
We hope the D.C. Council will follow Ms. Cheh’s lead and recognize its 2007 mistake. Doing so will help put retailer and supplier on more equal footing, and encourage locally oriented station
operations.
Happy 75th
D.C.’s biggest public high school is having a banner year: First,
Wilson’s renovated facility reopened to rave reviews in August,
and this weekend the school is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
Festivities will include a sold-out gala Friday night and a free
music and arts festival Saturday. The latter, running from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. on campus, will feature an art exhibition/sale and crafts
fair, as well as performers on two stages.
Both alumni and community members are pitching in. Wilson’s
own Lori Williams, a jazz vocalist and teacher, will perform, as
will Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty, a number of school ensembles and more.
Several D.C. food trucks — each donating 20 percent of their
take to the Wilson Capital Campaign — will be on hand, providing
lobster rolls, tacos, empanadas and cupcakes to the crowds. And
Wilson alum Sarah Cohen will kick in with offerings from her
Route 11 Potato Chips company, while nearby Broad Branch
Market and Armand’s Pizza will serve their fare as well.
To learn more, visit 75wilsonhighdc.org. And don’t hesitate to
join the celebration in Tenleytown!
Do ‘local’ ethics matter … ?
Let’s be blunt.
A lot of people want to know when — or if —
prosecutors are going to bring various criminal
charges against Mayor Vincent Gray, Council
Chairman Kwame Brown and Ward 5 Council
member Harry “Tommy” Thomas.
It’s a question we get in the grocery, in line at a
retail store or during casual dinner with friends. The
question pervades the politics of our city.
In the worst-case scenario for the elected
leaders, some believe we
could end up having
special elections to fill
all three offices. But at
this point, it’s all speculation.
Last Friday, the man who sits at the pinnacle of
the real decision making sat down at WAMU 88.5
FM for “The Politics Hour” on “The Kojo Nnamdi
Show.”
We asked U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr. a
simple question: “Where does [prosecution of] public corruption fit in your office? Is this a big deal to
you?
Machen, whose office has 300 attorneys and
deals in crimes from local murders to federal contract abuse to international terrorism, didn’t skip a
beat.
“It is a big deal,” he said. “It’s a big deal to my
entire office. It’s a big deal to me personally as a
D.C. resident.”
Machen has the demeanor of most prosecutors —
cool and precise. In more casual moments, he laughs
easily. But he is wary of any reporter trying to charm
him into saying more than he should.
But he said enough.
“I have 25 assistants in that section that focus on
fraud and public corruption.”
During the program, the Notebook said some
people worry that local corruption may still get
back-burner treatment to sexier national crimes even
though everyone says local corruption is important.
“Is this front burner?” we asked.
“I can tell you we are aggressively looking at the
matters,” Machen said.
Although Council member Thomas effectively
has accepted civil liability for the $300,000 the city
accused him of misspending, his exposure to criminal liability is different.
Again, although Machen would not comment on
that specific case, he offered a legal lesson.
“These are significant matters,” he said of any
investigation. “And there’s a real difference between
potentially inappropriate or offensive conduct and
criminal conduct. And our job is to make sure if
there is criminal conduct, we get to the bottom of it
and we take appropriate action.”
Reporters and the public grouse that criminal
investigations go on so long, sometimes reaching no
clear-cut conclusion. And Machen acknowledged
that, too.
“And so, that takes time,” he said. “It’s a different
standard than the civil context. It’s the highest standard you have. We have to have evidence beyond a
reasonable doubt, and it takes time. But all of that is
to say that we understand that there’s a
sense of urgency.”
Earlier this year, we
wrote about the steady
stream of corruption
cases flowing through
the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Those defendants include
local and federal officials, many of them lower-level
bureaucrats who are caught trying to rip off the system. In most cases, they are convicted or plead
guilty, losing their careers and their liberty.
Does this conviction rate mean anything as prosecutors investigate higher-ups?
“If you learn anything,” Machen says of his public integrity conviction record, “you should learn
how seriously we take it. And the steady stream
demonstrates that if there’s a violation of public
trust, we take that very seriously. And obviously, it
goes up the scale the higher you go up in public
office. And so, I think if anything you should be
encouraged by the fact that we do have a track
record of success in these matters.”
■ A final word. In our television story last week
about Machen’s appearance on WAMU, we mistakenly referred to him as “Robert” Machen. His first
name is “Ronald.” We mention this error because we
like to be as accurate as possible when it comes to
names.
Earlier this year on the Kojo show, we also were
talking about allegations of corruption. We made the
mistake of saying “Tommy Wells” when we meant
to say “Tommy Thomas.” We corrected our error
right there on the spot, repeating the correction a
couple of times.
Tommy Wells is the Ward 6 Council member. He
was flabbergasted by the confusion with the Ward 5
member Tommy Thomas, who is facing the federal
criminal probe.
We still have the salty phone message that Wells
left us that afternoon before he heard the correction.
Suffice to say, it would not pass the “no profanity”
test reflected in a resolution the council approved
last week. We’re still waiting for the right moment
and place to replay the message publicly, maybe at a
fundraiser or something. We’ll see.
Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.
TOM SHERWOOD’s
Notebook
Letters to
the Editor
Nutrition, dietetics
offer good careers
I appreciate The Current’s Oct.
5 coverage of “School gardens
flourish in West End, elsewhere.”
School gardens are an outstanding way to expose students to an
array of fruits and vegetables,
thereby encouraging them to
make healthy food choices.
As a University of the District
of Columbia student currently
studying to become a registered
dietitian, I fully appreciate the
importance of nutrition education
programs in D.C. Public Schools.
According to first lady Michelle
Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative,
nearly one in three children are
overweight or obese. Last year,
the D.C. Council recognized the
urgency of the obesity epidemic
and passed the D.C. Healthy
Schools Act, a critical step in
improving the health, wellness
and nutrition of D.C. students.
Providing healthy lunches,
encouraging physical activity,
increasing health education and
planting school gardens are fundamental to improving the health
and well-being of D.C. children.
Educators should also share with
students the myriad career opportunities in the fields of nutrition
and food science, including pathways for becoming a registered
dietitian. Nutrition and dietetics is
an ever-growing profession with
countless career paths. As registered dietitians, my colleagues
and I will be at the forefront of
improving the nation’s health.
It is not only the responsibility
of schools and educators to keep
our children healthy, but also that
of parents and the community as
a whole. Students may receive
nutrition education, but if we as a
society do not change our behaviors, then how can future generations be expected to succeed in
practicing healthy living? It is
critical that we lead by example
and “walk the walk” to ensure a
healthier future for D.C. students.
The University of the District
of Columbia, the only urban landgrant university in the nation and
the only public university in D.C.,
is leading the way in the fight for
our children’s health through its
premier undergraduate and graduate nutrition and dietetics programs.
Brooke Zigler
Washington, D.C.
The Current
Letters to
the Editor
Pool decision doesn’t
require compromise
In the Oct. 5 editorial “Meeting
halfway,” The Current called for a
compromise solution between the
various groups that have been
advocating different uses for the
Wilson Aquatic Center. While compromise is certainly the preferred
solution in most public policy
debates, the problem in this circumstance is that all of the controversy surrounding the Wilson pool
has been manufactured by a small
group of people trying to advance
their own personal agendas. As a
result, it’s not clear there’s a real
need for “compromise” because
there’s no real problem that needs
to be solved.
Rather, the pool is currently
being used as it was originally
planned by the D.C. Department of
Parks and Recreation — as a
unique, pre-eminent aquatic facility
to be used by all D.C. residents.
The department should be congratulated for its success along these
lines. The Wilson pool is used by a
highly diverse crowd from throughout Washington, spanning all ethnicities, ages and physical capabilities. They come to the pool specifically because of the 50-meter lanes.
In contrast, much of the pro-25yard-lane position has been
advanced by a small core group of
Tenleytown residents who have
stated repeatedly that Wilson is
actually their community neighborhood pool with only secondary
benefits to other D.C. residents.
But there are many other D.C. public pools that meet their needs.
Apparently, the problem is that
these pools aren’t a few blocks
away. If thousands of other D.C.
residents are willing to travel long
distances to Wilson to meet their
swimming needs, why can’t they
do the same?
Recently, as noted in the editorial, Wilson High School has entered
the debate, arguing that a 25-yard
configuration would be most
appropriate for a range of school
uses. While this may be true, the
problem is that the Wilson pool is
not a facility intended to support
general use by D.C. Public
Schools. It is a Department of
Parks and Recreation facility for
recreational use by all D.C. residents. And so this part of the controversy is also manufactured.
In a highly conciliatory move,
the pro-50 advocates recognized
from the start that the Wilson swim
team uses a 25-yard configuration
for its swim meets and practices.
The pro-50 petition clearly states
that the pool should always be
reconfigured for those needs.
In conclusion, the only controversy over the Wilson pool is
among a handful of people in one
neighborhood of the city while a
vast, diverse constituency from
throughout D.C. uses and enjoys
the pool every day — all 50
meters. And so, there is not a compelling need for compromise.
Charles Meade
Chevy Chase
D.C. government has
unsustainable budget
The D.C. Chamber of
Commerce must object to several
tax policy decisions made recently
by both the executive and legislative branches of our local government. Some belt-tightening is
appropriate in this economy, but
proper process should be followed.
The D.C. Council decided to tax
security services, raise the income
tax on top earners, and institute
new taxes on municipal bonds —
all without public disclosure.
The government cannot keep
raising taxes without explaining its
rationale in a public forum, hearing
from those whom its actions affect
and improving efficiency in how it
delivers services so that we begin
to contract the size of this government.
Our current path is unsustainable. The District budget has
increased by $1 billion since 2008,
with two straight quarters of revenue increases due principally to
business tax generation — while
businesses themselves have had to
cut back. This government must
now show some restraint and do its
part to see business succeed. After
all, it’s D.C. business that drives
the D.C. economy.
Barbara B. Lang
President and chief executive officer,
D.C. Chamber of Commerce
Connecticut Avenue
needs better service
Metro, please take notice:
Connecticut Avenue is called
“apartment row” for a reason.
Thousands of taxpaying D.C. residents live here in condos, co-ops
and rental apartments, and we need
better bus service all day long.
I have emailed the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority more than once about the
decision last year to change the
western end of the H2 bus route
from the Van Ness Metro station to
the Tenleytown station. What officials should have done was re-route
the H2 all the way up Connecticut
Avenue to Chevy Chase Circle and
have it turn around where the L1,
L2 and L4 buses turn around.
That way, residents of “apartment row” would be able to get to
the Washington Hospital Center,
the National Rehabilitation
Hospital and the Veterans Affairs
Medical Center without having to
change buses.
Many employees of these hospitals would not drive their cars to
work if they had reliable public
transportation. But they don’t, so
they clog the streets with hundreds
of cars that would otherwise be off
the streets during rush hour. Then
there are the patients, many of
whom rely on the Washington
Elderly Handicapped
Transportation Service, costing the
city more money.
The D.C. Office on Aging is
spending more money than it
would need to if Metro would just
change the H2 bus route to go up
to Chevy Chase (Tenleytown
doesn’t need another H bus — it
already has the H2 and the H4) and
run the L1 bus all day long.
Patients with mid-day appointments at George Washington
University Hospital can’t even take
a bus because there isn’t one to
take to Foggy Bottom during those
hours. Students, staff and faculty
also need to be able to get to and
from George Washington
University and its hospital all day.
I am glad that Metro has scheduled a hearing for Thursday on the
L1, L2 and L4 bus line. At present,
the L1 bus operates only during
rush hour (southbound in the morning and northbound at night). The
L4 operates the rest of the time, but
nobody needs the L4 (which stops
near Dupont Circle) except —
maybe — during rush hour.
Operating the L1 all day long
would also mean lots of us who
don’t have a car could attend
Kennedy Center events like we
used to do ages ago when the L1
went to the Kennedy Center from
early morning to late at night.
Melba Pierce
Washington, D.C.
Not every nonprofit
group is tax-exempt
On Sept. 14, The Current ran an
interesting letter by Vic Miller, who
suggested that tax-exempt nonprofit institutions should lose their D.C.
tax exemption if their work does
not benefit the District [“D.C.
should not bear weight of tax
breaks,” Letters to the Editor].
In fact, the D.C. Court of
Appeals already reached that same
conclusion nearly a decade ago.
The court ruled that the Cato
Institute would not qualify for the
D.C. real property tax exemption
available to other nonprofits, since
the Cato Institute’s purpose was not
primarily to benefit District residents. Hence, the Cato Institute is
now liable for property taxes on its
1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW
headquarters.
Andy Patterson
Woodley Park
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October 12, 2011
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Page 15
At Peirce Mill, gears churn once again
By DEIRDRE BANNON
Current Correspondent
T
he loud whirring and pounding noises coming from
Peirce Mill these days are
music to the ears of local preservationist Steve Dryden.
To him, it signals that the restoration of the historic gristmill in
Rock Creek Park is nearly complete. “We didn’t know if this day
would ever happen, between all the
fundraising and the restoration
work, but it’s finally here,” he said.
To celebrate the grand reopening of the circa-1820 mill, which
has been dormant for almost 20
years, a “Heritage Day” festival
will take place at the site this
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The National Park Service and
Dryden’s Friends of Peirce Mill, a
nonprofit group that raised more
than $1 million for the restoration,
are jointly sponsoring the event.
The celebration will feature
tours of the mill, where visitors can
get an up-close view of the massive
gears powered by the water of
Rock Creek. Live musicians will
perform, re-enactors will demonstrate various aspects of life in the
1800s, and children can participate
in period games and crafts.
Throughout the event, which is
free and open to the public, there
will be many opportunities to learn
about the history of the mill, its
mechanics and 19th-century life in
Washington, D.C.
The chance to educate visitors is
one of the most exciting aspects of
the mill’s reopening, said Tara
Morrison, superintendent of Rock
Creek Park. “We can engage with a
whole new generation of families
and students, not only on mill operations in the 1800s but also the
social and cultural history and heritage of this region at that time —
it’s really a new beginning,” she
said.
“It’s very rewarding after 15
years of effort, starting when we
founded the Friends of Pierce Mill,
to see the wheels turning again,”
said Richard Abbot, president
emeritus of the friends group. “It
was a very exciting day last week,
to see corn and wheat being ground
again just like it used to be at
Peirce Mill.”
The history of the mill begins
with Issac Peirce, who built the
structure on his family’s land in the
1820s. During the 19th century, it
was one of eight mills lining Rock
Creek in D.C. that milled grains
including wheat, corn and rye.
Today Peirce Mill is the only one
that remains.
In 1892, the mill was incorporated into Rock Creek Park. The
building, which is listed in the
National Register of Historic
Places, survived various machinery
failures and changes in use until
1993, when a final breakdown
caused the mill to cease operation.
In 1996, the Friends of Peirce
Mill was founded and in the years
since the nonprofit has raised more
than $1 million to restore the historic building. The project was further supported by the National Park
Service, which helped secure
approximately $2 million in federal
stimulus funds. The District contributed $100,000 to the project
thanks to an initiative of Ward 3
D.C. Council member Mary Cheh.
The project involved restoring
the mill’s machinery, which incorporates three pairs of millstones;
bringing back the system that funnels water from the creek to the
mill; and shoring up the building
itself.
The landscape around the building was also restored, creating a
green space that more closely
resembles the site’s original appearance. A circular driveway to
accommodate school buses was
added to the site adjacent to Peirce
Barn, a structure that once housed
horse-drawn carriages.
“The beauty here is that we can
Bill Petros and Deirdre Bannon/The Current
Peirce Mill, built in the 1820s but inactive since in 1993, has
reopened after an extensive renovation. The Friends of Peirce Mill,
the nonprofit founded by Steve Dryden, above left, helped fund the
work, which will be feted with grand opening festivities Saturday.
bring schoolchildren to the site for
an array of educational opportunities,” said Dryden. “They can tour
the mill, but they can also learn
about basic rules of science and
agriculture that are demonstrated
here. Kids can learn about the creek
and how the ecosystem functions.”
Dryden, the author of a 2009
book “Peirce Mill: Two Hundred
Years in the Nation’s Capital,” said
his group is “really excited about
the ongoing programs and making
this a center for learning here in the
middle of the park.”
On-site Saturday, there will be
demonstrations of 19th-century
trades, including blacksmithing,
window glazing, and dry stonewall
construction. Local singers, including the Washington Revels Jubilee
Voices, Karen Ashbrook and Doug
Jimerson, will perform live period
music. Local re-enactor Corky
Hickey will take on the role of Dr.
Stonestreet, a 19th-century doctor,
to demonstrate how medicine was
practiced during that era.
Children will be invited to play
with period games and toys, and
they can learn how to make cornhusk dolls, a common craft on
farms in the 1800s.
The event will be capped off
with candlelight tours of the mill,
held every half hour between 6 and
8 p.m. The tours are free, but visitors must get tickets, which will be
available next door at Peirce Barn.
Peirce Mill is located at 2401
Tilden St. NW in Rock Creek
Park. For more information about
the mill and the Heritage Day
schedule of events, go to
peircemill-friends.org or
nps.gov/rocr. Heritage Day visitors
are encouraged to walk, bike or
carpool to Peirce Mill.
16 Wednesday, October 12, 2011The Current
Spotlight on Schools
Aidan Montessori School
To celebrate Aidan Montessori
School’s 50th anniversary, we are
going to the Omni Shoreham Hotel
on Oct. 16.
Aidan’s elementary students are
going to perform a play about
Aidan’s history. Pranav SethiOlowin, Keely Ferrando, Max
Mendelsohn, Leyu Negussie,
Jaquelin Weymouth and Isabelle
Murdock are all writing the script.
“It is fun writing the play,” thirdgrader Pranav Sethi-Olowin said.
Keely Ferrando, also a thirdgrader, said that she thinks it will be
fun creating the play and acting out
the history of her own school.
“I had a lot of fun doing the
other play, so I will have a lot of
fun doing this one,” second-grader
Charlotte Rediker said.
“It is going to be fun to sing
with my friends,” said third-grader
Sydney Wittstock-McDonald.
— Jack Nixon, fifth-grader, and
Leyu Negussie, fourth-grader
British School
of Washington
After a long and relaxing summer holiday, Year 8 Plymouth has
had a great start to the new school
year. Rehearsals for the school production of “Oliver!” and the extracurricular sports activities have
started.
There has been quite a lot of rain
this season, so for the first few
weeks there was no kayaking
because of the flooding, but now
that the water levels have lowered
the anxious kayakers are free to go
out and have fun on the Potomac
River.
Volleyball tournaments and soccer games are already on the go,
and we are making great progress.
School DISPATCHES
We are still very proud of our sports
teams for their victories last semester. Choirs have begun singing, and
our latest group, Zombie Survival
Club, should also start soon. Our
green team has been planning some
interesting projects for later this
year, which I hope will help
improve the environment. There has
been talk of planting some trees.
— Hannah von SpreckelsenSyberg, Year 8 Plymouth
(seventh-grader)
Deal Middle School
The hustle and bustle of the
beginning of the school year is
starting to die down a bit here at
Deal. Clubs have started, homeroom soccer teams and games have
been organized, and plenty of
homework and projects have been
assigned.
Every homeroom at Deal has a
soccer team. Almost every day
there is a soccer game during
recess. The first game was on Sept.
28. It was Ms. Ofodile’s Leggo
Eggos against Ms. Law’s Law
Breakers. The Law Breakers won,
3-2. Then on Sept. 30, Ms.
Clements’ team faced off against
Ms. Cruz’ team, which won 1-0. On
Oct. 3, Mr. Martini’s Martini United
(like Manchester United) played
Ms. Ofodile’s Locos (which is her
second team). Martini United won
1-0. Soccer is really loved at Deal!
Also, the Deal football team (the
Vikings) has been playing. The first
game of the season was supposed to
be on Sept. 15 against Shaw, but
Shaw forfeited, which gave us a
win. The next football game was on
Sept. 22 against Jefferson. Jefferson
won, which made us Vikings sad.
The team practiced extra hard and
won the next game, which was on
Sept. 29 against Stuart-Hobson. Go
Vikings!
— Claire Shaw, sixth-grader
Duke Ellington School
of the Arts
After school on Oct. 5, students
from the Literary Media and
Communications Department’s R
Street Collective performed at the
arts space Bloombars. The juniors
and seniors from the department
read various works. Following the
performance the collective took
questions from the audience to provide a deeper insight on the high
school lives and heroes the students
addressed in their work. The central
idea was to write about a hero in
high school and say whether they
consider themselves to be heroes.
Duke Ellington students filmed
the event alongside a production
crew representing Subway for part
of the company’s High School
Heroes project. Subway has plans
to make a short documentary based
on the R Street Collective.
At Bloombars, not only did the
students showcase their writing talents, but they also incorporated
singing and guitar. They opened and
closed the event with a rendition of
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”
About halfway through the performance, a senior sang “House of the
Rising Sun.”
— Rachel Bowanko, ninth-grader
Eaton Elementary
John Eaton’s fourth-graders are
studying Argentina this year. Our
teacher, Ms. Coti, arranged handson events and activities for us to
learn about Argentina.
“The Beginning is the Most Important Part of the Work”
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We have pen pals from
Argentina! We already got letters
from kids there, and they told us
about how their country is below
the equator so it is spring there right
now. We wrote back and asked
about their lives in Argentina.
We also had a guest speaker
from Argentina. She gave us brochures and mini Argentine flags.
We also made our own brochures
about going to Argentina. We pretended that we were travel agents
trying to convince people to go on
an educational trip to Argentina.
Our teacher made us Argentine
pancakes in front of the class, and
we got to help. Ms. Coti had a jar of
dulce de leche from Argentina,
which is a kind of caramel. We ate
the pancakes and wrote down what
we thought. Some students said that
they were the best caramel pancakes in the world! Ms. Coti played
tango music for us, and she asked
us to draw pictures of what we
imagined while we were listening.
That was fun.
— Pearl Benjamin and John
Schadegg, fourth-graders
Edmund Burke School
It is a new year at school. What
does that mean? We have new
songs to learn and practicing to do.
John Howard is the leader of this
band of 12 different musicians. As a
band, we have to become one single
musician, and that is not easy.
We have band as a class two
times a week for 45 minutes each.
This year we have chosen to work
on two songs: “Feel Good Inc.” by
the Gorillaz and “Mean” by Taylor
Swift. In class, we walk in, tune up
and then play a song from our repertoire (what we learned last year,
which includes “Kids” by MGMT,
“A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa
Carlton, “I Want the World to Stop”
by Belle and Sebastian, and “Born
Under a Bad Sign” by Cream).
We then learn or practice a new
song. First, we listen to the song
and attempt to play along with it.
Then we attempt to play the song
without the recording. This step we
have named “the leap of faith”
because no one knows how it will
sound. The teacher, John Howard,
watches and critiques us after each
song.
When it goes well, we start to
“break” that song. That means putting in dynamics, when each instrument comes in, and perfecting the
introduction, and sometimes the
outro. When the leap of faith does
not go well, John goes around the
room and helps us find what we are
doing wrong. Then, we listen to the
song one more time and try to play
it again. Then class ends for the day.
— Infinity Willner, eighth-grader
Field School
At the Field School, we have a
period right after lunch called
SHAM. SHAM stands for Study
Hall, Honors, Activities and
Meetings.
Mondays are usually when we
have school meetings, class meetings or winter internship meetings.
Tuesdays through Thursdays are the
activities and honors classes. The
activities are clubs suggested by
students who ask a faculty member
to sponsor the club. There is a wide
variety. In skateboarding club, you
bring your skateboard, watch videos
and talk about the history of skateboarding. In poker club, we play a
tournament of Texas Hold ’Em. In
lax club, you play lacrosse, shoot
around and sometimes scrimmage.
In movie club, you watch movies.
SHAM is also a time when you
can take an honors course offered
by the teachers. There are a variety
of honors courses. One popular
honors course is dog psychology. In
this course, you discuss what dogs
think about, how their minds work
and how dog minds are unlike ours.
Urban agriculture is also a good
example of an honors course. In
urban agriculture you learn about
gardening, conserving water and
recycling. In the sci-fi honors
course, you discuss alien life and
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science fiction.
If you don’t sign up for an honors course or club, then you go to a
small study hall where you can get
all your homework done or go see a
teacher for extra help.
— Colin O’Brien-Okster and
Scott Duncan, eighth-graders
Hearst Elementary
Murch Elementary
School Garden Week consists of
activities, healthy snack making and
learning about our Murch garden.
On Sept. 28, a whole bunch of
Murch parents volunteered to make
a healthy snack of bread, tomatoes,
butter, garlic, onion and herbs from
the Murch garden. Whole Foods
was really nice to donate bread and
tomatoes for almost 600 kids! The
herbs came from the Murch garden.
Principal Chris Cebrzynski was
the first one to taste it, and he loved
“We worked for two to three
weeks learning about our country’s
flag,” said Mrs. Mac, a kindergarten
teacher. The students learned what
the stars mean, what the red, white
and blue on the flag mean and why
we have a flag. They were proud of
their work.
We had our first all-school
assembly on Oct. 4. First, we said
the Lord’s Prayer. Second, the kindergartners led us in the Pledge of
Allegiance. Third, the kindergartners sang “It’s a Grand Old Flag.”
Fourth, we all sang with our buddies. Then we heard about the
Creative Cardinal, National
Presbyterian School’s creative writing publication, and said goodbye
to our buddies.
— Mika Mathurin, fifth-grader
Ross Elementary
Fall is here! Pre-k and kindergar-
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ten visited Arcadia Farm to pick
and taste vegetables and herbs.
They planted and watered seeds for
lettuce and radishes, and they met
some bees. Then they watched a
salad-making demonstration and
enjoyed some honey apple cider.
Vivianna, a pre-k student, said, “I
tasted stuff and saw worms.”
Kindergartner Sanu reported that
his favorite part “was when we got
to eat the salad at the salad bar.”
The fifth-grade class is excited
to begin working with the
Washington National Opera. We
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At Holy Trinity School we are
celebrating Hispanic Heritage
Month, which we do every year.
Third-graders are going to perform
a series of Hispanic dances. In
fourth grade we are working on a
special project in Spanish class with
Señora Ortiz. Students must represent their favorite Latino or
Spanish-speaking person, name
three Hispanic traditions, list their
three favorite Hispanic foods, name
three Hispanic dances and get the
signature of one Spanish-speaking
person. Students must also find
At Key School, after a few
weeks in session, we are in full
swing. There is a big change this
year for the fifth grade. Since there
are so many new kids in the school,
fifth-graders are now housed in
newly built “cottages” on the upper
campus.
There is one classroom for Ms.
Williams’ class and another for Ms.
Shields’ class. The rooms are about
the same size as the other classrooms, and we have a balcony.
“I think they are cozy,” said
fifth-grader Idris Hansan-Granier.
We are still getting used to the
new routine of getting the classrooms in order, and we are getting
accustomed to the new space as it is
configured differently. The upper
campus is a good idea for the fifth
grade because it gives us peace and
quiet, and we are separate from the
others. We look forward to an
enriching school year in our new
space.
— Samantha Squires and
Maurice Sibaja, fifth-graders
National Presbyterian
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Key Elementary
it. Every class really liked it. They
wanted seconds and thirds!
Basically, Garden Week teaches
us that we can make a healthy
snack just from our backyards.
— Max Wix, third-grader
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This year we have new programs and people at Hearst
Elementary. Some of the new people are Dr. B, our principal, and Ms.
Paulk, a new third-grade teacher.
We even have new students in third
grade!
We have a new Reach for the
Stars program. People get stars for
going above and beyond. We call
this star-worthy behavior. We also
have a Star of the Week in every
class. The Star of the Week is someone who does his or her best. The
star gets to eat with the principal.
Another new program is Blacktop
Tickets. Tickets are given out when
we arrive on time for school, which
starts at 8:40 a.m. You can win a
prize if you get enough tickets.
We are learning a lot in school.
We have learned about addition,
subtraction and multiplication. We
also have learned about how to use
figurative language. Our learning is
on fire!
— Third-graders
three Spanglish words. Spanglish
words are a mix of Spanish and
English, like troka for truck, textear
for text and fafu for fast food.
As you know, more and more
Hispanic or Spanish-speaking people are immigrating to the United
States. We also should realize what
wonderful contributions Hispanic
people have made to the world,
especially to life in America.
— Chiara Tartaglino and Lizzy
Mulvihill, fourth-graders
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will be watching an opera and then
using that as inspiration to write our
own. “It will be entertaining for
everyone,” said Christian. Anya
said she is excited because she has
never seen an opera before. We will
perform our opera this spring.
Classes at Ross are competing to
bring in the most Box Tops for
Education. The winning class will
get to meet meteorologist Bob Ryan
at his television studio! Thirdgrader Mim predicted her class will
win. Ro’Vaughn wondered if they
will be on TV.
Finally, Ross held an Eid-al-Fitr
celebration on the school playground. The event was hosted by
Ross families who come from
Egypt, Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Somalia and Tunisia. The families
brought in food, clothing and decorations from their countries. It was
fun and educational.
— Maisha Maliha and
Jaelen White, fifth-graders
St. Albans School
Recently, the eighth-grade
English classes went on an evening
field trip to see a theater adaptation
of Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit
451” at Bethesda’s Round House
Theatre. The play is about a futuristic society in which books are
banned and burned. Guy Montag,
the main character of the story, is a
fireman whose job is to burn books
and to prevent people from reading
them. After meeting an unusual girl
named Clarisse, Montag’s perspective of his job changes, and he ultimately has to decide whether to
keep his job and remain a member
of society or to join a group that has
opted to go outside of the boundaries of society and read books to
pass on their knowledge.
The play included many interesting and insightful variations from
Bradbury’s original novel. It also
contained many symbols, themes
and messages about our society. In
“Fahrenheit 451,” Bradbury may be
trying to say that our society is
beginning to become more stagnant
and one-dimensional.
The actors stayed true to their
characters and delivered their lines
with enthusiasm and flair. The
director’s use of special effects
made the story more up-to-date for
younger audiences. At the play’s
conclusion, it became clear that
there were diverse opinions about
messages of certain scenes and their
significance. Afterward, our teacher,
Dr. Monica Lewis, had her classes
write a reflection on the play’s
adaptations and their effectiveness.
— Theo Bates, Form II
(eighth-grader)
St. John’s College High
School
Last week at St. John’s was
Spirit Week. Students got to show
their spirit in many ways.
There were a variety of dressdown days. On Monday, the theme
was Shoes and Socks Day, where
students had to wear their uniforms
but were allowed to wear any shoes
or socks they wanted. Tuesday was
Twin Day, where students had to
dress identically to a friend. On
Wacky Wednesday, students were
able to create the craziest outfits
they could imagine. Friday was St.
John’s Spirit Day, filled with red
shirts and pants that showed students’ spirit!
Also on Friday was the pep
rally. Students cheered the football
team and other fall sports teams.
Afterward, the Students Against
Destructive Decisions club had a
dunk-tank and pie-throwing fundraiser. Students paid a few dollars
for the chance to dunk or throw a
pie in the face of some of their
favorite teachers.
All of these events led up to
Saturday’s festivities, the homecoming football game and dance.
The tailgating began around noon.
Students were able to hang out with
friends and eat. Kickoff for the
football game against Bishop
O’Connell was at 2. This was a prelude to the homecoming dance.
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New chocolatier ready for seasonal rush
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f s’mores featuring homemade
ingredients and hot cocoa crafted from both white and bittersweet chocolate sound like your
idea of a perfect afternoon, stop by
Georgetown’s newest chocolate
shop next weekend.
Ashley Hubbard and her husband Robert Ludlow opened
Fleurir at 3235 P St. in the spring,
but their Oct. 22 grand opening —
featuring the cool-weather treats for
free from noon to 6 p.m. — is
scheduled to coincide with their
busiest time of year.
“As you get into fall, dinner parties are out of control for some reason,” said Hubbard. “Just as it
cools down, you get into the chocolate season.”
Shoppers looking to put chocolates on the Thanksgiving table or
under the Christmas tree will find a
dazzling assortment at Fleurir. The
shop’s main attraction is its 18 flavors of ganache-filled goodies,
such as the Wattleseed Toffee,
Peanut Butter Banana and Ginger
Rogers (the latter inspired by
Ludlow’s favorite cocktail).
Fleurir also offers regional
chocolate bars, with ingredients
sourced to match the treat’s focus:
The Northeast bar, for instance,
features Vermont maple syrup,
while the Northwest choice
includes chai tea.
Hubbard and Ludlow get their
most important ingredient from
French chocolate processing company Valrhona, from which they
edged, “especially ’cause he takes
the dogs.”
But the perks are good: Hubbard
beth cope
said she’s able to avoid too much
request primarily Ecuadorean beans snacking because of the sheer
— appealing for their lack of teramount of chocolate she’s already
roir. “We wanted it to be just very
eaten. “You get a little bit maxed
clean because we wanted to build
out,” she said.
our own flaFleurir is
vors,” said
open 11 a.m. to
Hubbard.
7 p.m. Tuesday
The high
through
school sweetSaturday and
hearts, who
noon to 5 p.m.
married last
Sunday.
year, launched
Chocolates are
their joint operavailable indiation even
vidually or in
before tying the
boxes ranging
Bill Petros/The Current from four piecknot.
Robert Ludlow and Ashley
Ludlow had
es (pre-selecttrained as a
ed) for $8 to 50
Hubbard will hold a grand
chef, but was
pieces (selected
opening for their shop Oct. 22.
stymied by the
by the customlate hours and rancor of commerer) for $99. Regional bars cost
cial kitchens. Chocolate-making,
$7.50.
however, suited him and his wifeSibley president to retire
to-be, and in 2009 they started
The longtime president and
Fleurir, hawking their fare online
chief executive officer of Sibley
and at farmers markets and other
Memorial Hospital will step down
retailers. The sweets sold, so they
next summer, the hospital
started hunting for a storefront,
announced last Wednesday.
landing on P Street this year.
To make things work, 27-year A news release from the hospital
old Ludlow must spend weekday
credits Robert Sloan, who assumed
nights at his parents’ house in
his post in 1985, with expanding
Hartfield, Va., near his commercial
and improving Sibley’s facilities
kitchen, while 25-year-old Hubbard and bringing the hospital into the
stays at home in Arlington to run
Johns Hopkins Health System.
shop operations.
Sloan will remain an adviser to
the Health System.
It’s hard, Hubbard acknowl-
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October 12, 2011 ■ Page 21
Restoration brings Yuma Street 1923 foursquare to life
N
orthwest D.C. sports a sizable stock of 1920s homes
— good news for buyers
looking for pre-World War II
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charm, complete with hefty moldings, hardwood floors with patina
and true divided-light windows.
But with those features often
come the trials of an older home:
worn-out systems and dated kitchens, for example.
Not so with this Yuma Street
property. After more than eight
decades in the same family, this
1923 foursquare received a top-tobottom renovation and expansion
last year.
The restoration was so thorough
that the result is a bit disorienting.
Some signs — new floorboards,
new windows, recessed lighting
and an absence of the layers of
paint that signal old moldings —
point to new construction. But an
original stone fireplace surround,
vintage hardware and glass-front
cabinets place this home firmly in
the past.
On the sunny ground floor, a
living room and dining area flow
into an open kitchen that’s particularly bright — thanks in part to a
rear wall of windows and glass
door to a deck and backyard.
The kitchen is a mix of classic
and industrial chic — a blend seen
most clearly in the sink, a farmhouse behemoth rendered in stainless steel. A trio of glass-and-steel
pendants lights a granite-topped
island. The same material also tops
counters, and will get a second
look even from those who declare
granite over: The of-the-moment
gray color and appealing patterns
are reminders of why granite is so
popular.
This renovation is full of such
surprises, from the Electrolux
induction cooktop instead of the
expected gas (though a gas line
remains for induction skeptics), to
the included pots and pans suited to
the appliance, which uses magnetic
energy to heat quickly and efficiently. Another thoughtful touch in
the kitchen and dining area is a
built-in dock for an iPod.
But work didn’t stop at surfaces
and finishes: The home also features all-new electrical and plumbing systems, including a new
HVAC, water heater and basement
sump pump.
More interesting improvements
Photos courtesy of W.C. & A.N. Miller Realtors
This Tenleytown house, which was renovated and
expanded last year, is priced at $969,000.
to the home’s plumbing wait
upstairs. Two baths are classics in
marble, glass and porcelain, with a
master bath sporting a clawfoot
tub, and both spaces offering marble floors, double vanities, glass
shower enclosures and high-end
fixtures from Grohe. Improvements
also led to a first-floor powder
room — a modern must rarely
found in homes of this vintage.
The master bedroom, which
won more square footage from a
two-level rear addition, is bright
and light, thanks to windows as
well as recessed lighting — an
improvement found throughout the
home — and a ceiling fan mounted
in a tray ceiling.
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home at 3904 Yuma St. in
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rectilinear lines and good proportions.
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new oak floorboards, original
heart-pine floors have been refinished and retained in the second
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p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Mary’s
Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW.
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The commission will meet at 7
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at St.
Stephen Martyr Church, 2401
Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
Agenda items include:
■ public comments.
■ public safety report.
■ discussion of the potential closing
of the Watergate Safeway.
■ discussion of the redevelopment
of the Watergate Hotel.
■ consideration of a Board of
Zoning Adjustment application for a
variance from parking requirements
and a special exception from rearyard requirements to permit the
expansion of an existing office and
switch-gear building at 2055 L St.
through the acquisition of transferable development rights.
■ presentation by Georgetown
Washington University on its application to the Zoning Commission to
build a museum on 21st Street as a
second-stage planned-unit development under its 2007 campus plan.
For details, visit anc2a.org.
ANC 2B
ANCCircle
2B
Dupont
■ dupont circle
The commission will meet at 7
p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, in the
Brookings Institution building,
1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Agenda items include:
■ consideration of a resolution in
support of a special event by
Stonewall Kickball in Stead Park.
■ consideration of a resolution in
support of a temporary street closure
for the Right2March event on Oct.
16.
■ consideration of a resolution in
support of the 17th Street High Heel
Race on Oct. 25.
■ presentation by Art Lawson of the
Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority on the escalator
project at the south entrance to the
Dupont Circle Metro station.
■ consideration of resolutions
regarding the Embassy of the
Republic of the Congo.
■ consideration of a Board of
Zoning Adjustment application by
the International Monetary Fund for
a variance from parking requirements and a special exception from
roof-structure requirements for
redevelopment of an apartment
house at 1250 New Hampshire Ave.
■ discussion of a design concept
from the Third Church of Christ,
Scientist, for the redevelopment of
its facility at 16th and I streets.
■ consideration of an amended public-space application by several
establishments on the 1300 block of
Connecticut Avenue for valet parking.
■ consideration of Alcoholic
Beverage Control applications for
renewal of Class B retail licenses for
Metro Supermarket, 2130 P St.
(sales hours from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.);
Marbi’s Newsstand, 1730 Rhode
Island Ave. (sales hours from 9 a.m.
to 6:30 p.m.); Oasis, 2024 P St.
(sales hours from 9 a.m. to midnight); and Freedom Market, 1901
New Hampshire Ave. (sales hours
from 9 a.m. to midnight).
■ consideration of an Alcoholic
Beverage Control application by
Boqueria, 1837 M St., for a new
restaurant-class license (serving
Spanish cuisine, including tapas;
occupancy load of 129; sidewalk
cafe with 32 seats; operating hours
from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday
through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 1:45
a.m. Friday and Saturday; hours of
sales/service from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Monday through Thursday and
from 8 a.m. to 1:45 a.m. Friday and
Saturday; sidewalk cafe hours from
8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday through
Thursday and 8 a.m. to 1:45 a.m.
Friday and Saturday).
■ consideration of an Alcoholic
Beverage Control application by El
Tamarindo, 1785 Florida Ave., for a
substantial change to its restaurantclass license for a new sidewalk cafe
with 14 seats with proposed hours
from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday
through Thursday and 24 hours
Friday through Sunday.
■ committee reports.
For details, visit dupontcircleanc.
net.
ANC 2C
ANC 2C
Shaw
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The commission will meet at
6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at
the Watha T. Daniel-Shaw
Neighborhood Library, 1630 7th
St. NW.
For details, call 202-387-1596.
ANC 2D
ANC 2D
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At the commission’s Sept. 19
meeting:
■ Fred Mossally, director of the
D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Regulation
Administration, asked commissioners and the public to let his agency
know of any concerns with stores
selling beer and wine for off-premises consumption, as their renewal
licenses are now under consideration.
■ commissioner Eric Lamar said the
sewer separation project for the
Massachusetts Avenue area near
Sheridan Circle has been postponed
until June.
■ commissioner Eric Lamar said he
was a member of a team that
observed noise created by customers of various alcohol-serving establishments leaving at closing time.
The group found that customers of
FAB Lounge at the corner of Florida
and Connecticut avenues were not
responsible of most of the noise and
the misconduct. Much of the noise
appeared to come from customers of
establishments south of Dupont
Circle. The next monitoring session
will take place on a Saturday night.
■ commissioner Eric Lamar reported that the Board of Zoning
Adjustment approved the application of the Republic of Serbia to
establish a chancery at the former
home of the ambassador of
Yugoslavia.
■ commissioners voted unanimously to recommend that the borders of
their two single-member districts
remain unchanged. Commission
chair David Bender said there had
been discussions about joining
another commission, but that
“thankfully, no one wants us.”
■ commissioner Eric Lamar said an
update on an area transportation
study had found that fewer than 10
percent of the 2010 study’s recommendations had been implemented.
Speed humps and some signage
have been installed, “but not a lot
else,” Lamar said. The update says
action is badly needed to improve
four locations “where pedestrians
are most vulnerable”: Wyoming
Avenue’s intersections with
Connecticut Avenue and Kalorama
Road; Phelps Place and California
Street; Phelps Place and S Street;
and the area surrounding the Islamic
Center. While these are top priorities, Lamar said “we want everything” from the study implemented.
■ commission chair Eric Bender
reported that a design team is in the
early phases of drawing up construction documents for the Embassy
of the People’s Republic of China
living quarters at Kalorama Road
and Connecticut Avenue. Most of
the residents have vacated the building. At its October meeting, the
commission will appoint members
to a task force to work with the
embassy on the project.
■ after listening to a briefing from
Marie Drissel, commissioners voted
unanimously to recommend that the
D.C. Council immediately repeal
legislation allowing Internet gambling so the issue can be “thoroughly vetted in an open and fully transparent manner” as a stand-alone
issue.
■ several residents complained
about a recent break-in during the
early morning hours at the California
House and at California Court apartment buildings. No residents were
burglarized, but items were taken
from common areas.
The commission will meet at 7
p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at Our
Lady Queen of the Americas
Church, California Street and
Phelps Place NW.
For details, contact davidanc2d01@aol.com or visit anc2d.
org.
ANC 2F
ANCCircle
2F
Logan
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The commission will meet at 7
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at
Washington Plaza Hotel, 10
Thomas Circle NW.
For details, call 202-667-0052 or
visit anc2f.org.
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9,000 square feet of retail, and 153 to 189 residential
units.
He said the exterior of the building will undulate in a
“wave pattern,” with a cafe, bakery and neighborhoodserving retail inside.
The structure will be situated 20 feet from the adjacent Gibson condominium building. It will boast a large
green roof to prevent storm-water runoff, and it will use
exterior blinds to maximize shade in the summer and
capture sunlight in the winter.
Sternlieb said the company hopes to sell the units as
condos, but will consider renting some of them out as
apartments if necessary.
“There’s a reality to the market now that is different
from what it was in 2007,” he said. “We’re thinking the
market is going to pick up rapidly, so we’re hopeful.”
But neighbors worry apartments could attract more
undergraduates to a community already saturated with
students. Condos, neighborhood commissioner Asher
Corson said, would appeal to a base of residents who are
more committed to remaining in the community and
engaging in local issues.
“The consensus is that condos provide more benefit
to the community than rentals,” he said.
Sternlieb responded that if neighbors want to hold
off until the developer can guarantee that all the units
will sell as condos, they could be waiting for years. “Do
you all want to wait until 2020, 2025 to get the library
built?” he said. “I think the answer is no.”
But neighbors said they were also worried about the
impact of choosing apartments — rather than condos
— on library upkeep.
According to legislation passed by the D.C. Council,
85 percent of the deed and recordation taxes for the
project must be put toward maintenance of the library.
With the switch to apartments, Corson said, a large
chunk of that money would disappear.
“When you have rentals, there are no deed and recordation taxes because there are no sales,” Corson said in
an interview. “What made this project appealing to me
is that the library would be taken care of. ... What’s in it
for the neighbors?”
Sternlieb emphasized that the plan is still to sell the
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EastBanc plans to sell the new units as condos but
will lease them out as rentals if necessary.
units as condos. “We’ll put the whole project under a
condo regime,” he said. “We’re going to build the building as one building ... all to condo specs.”
And even if the project includes some rentals, he
said, there should still be plenty of condo sales to foot
the bill for library maintenance.
“We’re putting a lot of money up to endow this thing,
and there will be plenty of money to sustain it as long as
any of us will be living in the West End,” he said.
Commission chair Rebecca Coder said the community has a “preference” for condos, but understands “the
reality of the market.”
Corson, meanwhile, said he’s optimistic that
EastBanc will follow through with the plan to market
the units as condos. “Not only do I believe that they’re
high-quality developers, but I believe they’ve worked
with the community very well,” he said. “I’m hopeful
we can get past this. I’m hopeful they will revise the
project to put 100 percent condominiums above the
library.”
On another topic, commissioner David Lehrman
asked whether EastBanc has special security plans
given the co-location of a public facility with private
residences.
Sternlieb responded that the entrance to the residences will include concierge desks.
Anita Diliberto, who lives in the nearby Columbia
building and is president of the West End Friends group,
said she generally approves of the plans. “You’re not
going to please everybody,” she said. “Overall, I like the
design.”
The neighborhood commission is scheduled to vote
on the plans at its Nov. 16 meeting. The project will go
before the Zoning Commission Dec. 19.
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This year’s theme was “party like a
rock star.” The dance included a DJ,
a nacho bar and a drawing for concert tickets.
— Cailyn Gray, 12th-grader
Shepherd Elementary
On Sept. 30, Shepherd
Elementary students participated in
a recycling presentation in the auditorium. It was a magic show, too!
The presenter, Mr. McCloud, taught
us about what happens to the planet
when people do not recycle.
Mr. McCloud also taught us
about composting. Compost is
made of dead leaves, grass and leftover foods, such as fruit and vegetable scraps.
It is not recommended to use
meat. You leave the items outside.
Over time, the sun and the rain
change the mix into mulch that is
good for plants to grow.
Fellow Mustangs, I encourage
you to ask the adults you live with
to help you with recycling and composting at home so our world
becomes green.
—Sophia-Rose Herisse,
fourth-grader
Sheridan School
Recently, we went to the World
Room and met some sixth-graders
we didn’t know. The sixth-graders
are our new buddies. They are
called our buddies because we will
be together a lot during the school
year. The sixth-graders picked their
partners from the second grade, and
some second-graders picked their
partners from sixth grade. We were
not allowed to choose somebody
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On Sept. 28, Miss Dufour’s class
started our relationship with Miss
Dawkins’ pre-kindergarten class
from Hearst Elementary School. On
that day Miss Dufour’s class read
colorful picture books to the pre-k
students. Then the students drew all
sorts of beautiful pictures with each
other. Finally, Miss Dufour’s class
walked Miss Dawkins’ students
back to their school and looked at
their wonderful classroom.
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on throughout the year. The classes
will meet once a month to do activities together. Miss Dufour’s students and their Hearst buddies will
go on field trips together, bake in
the middle school kitchen, and
switch off going to each other’s
schools to read and do art.
— Ariana Warden, Eden Taff,
Emma Passmore and Thea
Bernstein, fifth-graders
Stoddert Elementary
Recently, Chris Janson of The
Washington Post came and spoke to
our class. He talked about how the
newspaper gets its news and stories.
We learned that the really important
news is on the front page, and that
news above the middle fold of the
paper, “above the fold,” is the most
important news of the day.
Did you know that there’s a first
edition, a second edition and a third
edition of The Post? The first edition has the latest news in it, but not
the last-minute news. The second
edition has news that has come in a
little later; and the third edition has
most of the news of the day.
We learned some new words
used at The Washington Post. The
“lede” answers the who, what,
where, when, why and how about a
news story.
Unlike in the earlier days, when
making up news was entertaining,
The Washington Post has to have
facts. You can get in trouble if you
don’t write facts in the paper.
Reading the newspaper gives
you facts better than the Internet or
television. TV people can turn facts
into their opinions, but make them
sound like facts.
We read a fun story about naked
mole rats, and it was written by Ima
J. Ournalist. It wasn’t a real paper
article, but it explained how news
headlines are to the point and not
exaggerated or mysterious.
— lga Ladilova, Alex Hill and
Grady Kraham, fifth-graders
Washington International
On Oct. 5, the second-grade
classes went to the National Portrait
Gallery as part of our unit of inquiry called Character Connections.
We wanted to see portraits and
sculptures so we could learn more
about the people in the portraits.
During our tour, we saw representations of important people like
Benjamin Franklin, Sequoyah, Rosa
Parks, César Chávez and George
Washington Carver. We enjoyed
seeing Chávez because the portrait
was pretty and colorful and because
he helped farm workers get treated
well. We learned that Carver invented more than 300 ways to turn peanuts into products.
We enjoyed Rosa Parks because
the sculpture showed the policemen
as flat figures and she stood out.
Her clothing was the same colors as
the American flag, and the officers
were in really plain clothes. We also
liked the old-fashioned clothes
Benjamin Franklin was wearing.
Other kids should go to the
National Portrait Gallery to learn
about people who lived a long time
ago: people who invented things,
people who fought for civil rights
and people who fought for letting
America be its own country.
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in this area.”
As planned, the 146-seat restaurant would
be open from 11:30 a.m. to midnight and
include 12 seats at a bar and 30 in an outdoor
summer garden on Al Forno’s property. Ilhan
and his attorneys said they could not disclose
the conditions neighbors — commissioner
Lee Minichiello and nearby resident Grif
Johnson — had proposed, but Ilhan said they
had added “another 30 items” on top of promises he had already made.
“There was no way that anybody can agree
to that. … If I signed that document, I’d be out
of business in two months,” Ilhan, a Wesley
Heights resident, said at last week’s meeting.
Furthermore, because the citizens association was already protesting the license, Al
Forno would need to negotiate a
D.C.-sanctioned agreement anyway, said
attorney Michael Fonseca. “We decided …
rather than negotiating what would be a significant agreement and still have a lengthy
fight ahead of us, we would withdraw at this
point,” he said.
Neighbors and commissioners had asked
publicly at last month’s commission meeting
that Al Forno close earlier in the evening,
perhaps at 10 p.m.; Ilhan had said that would
mean he couldn’t serve food much after 9
p.m., which would be too early. He had promised not to target university students or sell
discounted alcohol, among other conditions.
Resident Johnson said the draft agreement
was modeled after others negotiated by the
neighborhood commission and also included
requirements Ilhan agreed to at other restaurants he owns in the Washington area.
“Every condition we asked him to accept
would have ensured that Al Forno would
operate as a family-friendly, neighborhoodserving establishment,” Johnson said.
Although neighbors said they were disappointed that the negotiation was cut short, they
emphasized that filing a protest doesn’t mean
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they oppose Al Forno. Registering with the
alcohol board as a party in opposition guarantees a place during a formal mediation process
— a standard way of ensuring that community
concerns are addressed.
“If we want to continue to represent the
neighbors who have these concerns, the way
that we have to do it under the process … is
that we file this protest,” Minichiello said.
Ilhan, who has noted he only wants the
same hours as nearby Chef Geoff’s, said it is
unfair that that restaurant is allowed to operate
without a voluntary agreement. “Just because
we made a mistake [with Chef Geoff’s]
doesn’t mean we should perpetuate that mistake,” said commission chair Tom Smith.
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Tenley Campus — now home to
university dorms — for both the law
school and some amount of student
housing. “Compare that [density] to
what they’re willing to accept on the
East Campus; the contrast is preposterous,” he said.
The American University Park
commission also invited Van Ness
Street resident Elisabeth Leamy to
share her experience living near a
troublesome student rental home,
and said that her student neighbors
harassed her when she tried —
unsuccessfully — to encourage the
university to take action.
“I definitely want to endorse
right now that we do need to establish a viable mechanism to deal with
off-campus behavior issues,” zoning commissioner Konrad Schlater
said, as his colleagues expressed
agreement.
Neighborhood commissioner
Frumin said some of the problems
could also be solved by supporting
the university plan for new dormitories. “If you build more housing,
you have fewer kids in the neighborhood and fewer incidental
issues,” he said.
But Laurie Horvitz, an attorney
representing residents of Westover
Place and other neighbors near the
main American University campus,
suggested during cross-examination
that the American University Park
commission is trying to send student noise and traffic problems
westward across Massachusetts
Avenue.
Cathy Wiss, of the Forest Hills
neighborhood commission, also
accused the American University
Park commission of trying to divert
burdens.
“I’ve sat in on meetings where
AU said they were doing everything
they can to limit the effects on residents of Yuma Street,” said Wiss,
noting that the planned law school
library would be open 24 hours a
day right across Nebraska Avenue
from her constituents. “They’re just
shifting it over to the other side of
the campus.”
The Zoning Commission hearings will continue tomorrow with
presentations from individual neighborhood groups, including two surrounding the Tenley campus. Time
permitting, the commission will
also hear from individuals in support and in opposition to the plan.
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Class
■ A weekly workshop will offer instruction
in “Sahaja Yoga Meditation.” 7 p.m. Free.
West End Neighborhood Library, 1101 24th
St. NW. 202-724-8707.
Concerts
■ The Virginia-based group Linda Lay and
Springfield Exit will perform a mix of traditional country, blues, swing, bluegrass and folk
music. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Vocal Arts DC will present baritone
Mathias Hausmann
(shown) and pianist
Craig Rutenberg performing works by
Austrian composers
who lived and worked in
the United States. 7:30
p.m. $45. Terrace
Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
Discussions and lectures
■ Joshua Goldstein, professor emeritus
at American University, will discuss his book
“Winning the War on War: The Decline of
Armed Conflict Worldwide,” about today’s
successes in building peace. 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Free. Room 200, Mary Graydon Center,
American University, 4400 Massachusetts
Ave. NW. american.edu/calendar.
■ Ezra Vogel, professor emeritus of the
social sciences at Harvard University, will discuss “Deng’s Strategy in Handling Domestic
Politics.” 5 p.m. Free; reservations required.
Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building, Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced
International Studies, 1740 Massachusetts
Ave. NW. 202-663-5816.
■ Peter Ng Kok Song, chief investment
officer at the Government of Singapore
Investment Corp., and Sean Hagan, general
counsel of the International Monetary Fund,
will discuss the attributes of leadership and
the role of meditation in their success. 5:30
to 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.
Room 415, Hariri Building, Georgetown
University, 37th and O streets NW.
meditationcenter@georgetown.edu.
■ Artist Wolfgang Laib will discuss his
use of items such as milk, pollen, beeswax
and rice to create objects and installations. 6
p.m. $10; free for students. Reservations
required. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St.
NW. phillipscollection.org/calendar.
■ Carrie Trybulec, director of the Gandhi
Memorial Center in Washington, D.C., will discuss the basic principles of Mahatma
Gandhi’s non-violent campaign to gain Indian
independence. 6:30 p.m. Free. Watha T.
Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood Library, 1630 7th
St. NW. 202-727-1288.
■ Washington Post reporter Dana Priest
will discuss her book “Top Secret America.”
6:30 p.m. $9. International Spy Museum,
800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798.
■ Carol Hart, a horticulturist at
Wakehurst Place, Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew, will discuss “Kew in the Country: A View
of Wakehurst Place,” about the 465-acre
country estate, its conservation work and the
Millennium Seed Bank. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Conservatory
Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100
Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-1116.
■ The Lowell School Parent Education
Series will feature a talk
on “Multicultural
Education: Essential
Learning for All of Us” by
Sonia Nieto, professor
emerita at the University
of Massachusetts,
Amherst. 7 to 9 p.m.
$10. Lowell School, 1640 Kalmia Road NW.
202-253-5591.
■ Iris Krasnow will discuss her book “The
Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What It
Really Takes to Stay Married.” 7 p.m. Free.
Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave.
NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Painter Elizabeth Peyton will discuss
her work, including visually arresting portraits
of fellow artists, friends and cultural icons. 7
p.m. Free; tickets required. Smithsonian
American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW.
202-633-1000.
■ “Out of the Closet and Onto the
Screen: A Generation of Queer Film” will feature Michelle Clunie of Showtime’s “Queer as
Folk,” Ronnie Kroell of Bravo’s “Make Me a
Supermodel,” Bob Mondello of National
Public Radio and Stephen Fossell of George
Washington University. 7 p.m. $15; $10 for
students. Lisner Auditorium, George
Washington University, 730 21st St. NW.
reelaffirmations.org.
■ Chinese poets Xi Chuan and Zhou Zan
will read from their work and discuss contemporary Chinese poetry. 7 p.m. Free. Mumford
Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress,
101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5394.
■ Pattie Boyd, a British fashion model
and wife to two of
music’s greatest legends, will share images
from her marriages to
George Harrison and
Eric Clapton. 7:30 p.m.
$38. Grosvenor
Auditorium, National
Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700.
Film
■ The Lions of Czech Film series will feature Václev Havel’s 2011 film “Leaving,” an
absurdist look at the life of an ex-politician. 8
p.m. $11; $9 for students; $8.25 for seniors;
$8 for ages 12 and younger. Avalon Theatre,
5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.
Reading
■ The Visiting Writers Series will feature a
fiction reading by Pearl
Abraham, author of
“American Taliban,”
“The Romance Reader”
and “The Seventh
Beggar.” 7:30 p.m. Free.
Board Room, Butler
Pavilion, American
University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
american.edu/visitingwriters.
Special events
■ The National Park Service and partner
organizations will celebrate National Fossil
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neighbors and our entire community.
New Late Night M Street Shuttle Service
More than 5,400 students rode new M Street shuttle, connecting
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New Daily Trash Patrol
More than 69 tons of trash collected off neighborhood streets on
twice-daily trash patrols in West Georgetown and Burleith.
More MPD Officers on Neighborhood Streets
7 MPD officers on neighborhood streets Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights.
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Association will perform in the Chinese theatrical tradition. 6 p.m. Free. Terrace Theater,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ The Lark Quartet and koto player Yumi
Kurosawa will perform Daron Hagen’s new
concerto for
koto and string
quartet. 7:30
p.m. Free; tickets required.
Meyer
Auditorium,
Freer Gallery of Art, Jefferson Drive and 12th
Street SW. 202-633-1000.
Thursday, october 13
■ Performance: NSO Pops will present “Some Enchanted Evening: The
Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein,”
featuring soprano Rebecca Luker,
tenor Aaron Lazar and baritone Rod
Gilfry (shown). 7 p.m. $20 to $85.
Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600. The performance will
repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.
Day with hands-on activities, including a
chance to dig for fossil souvenirs in fossil-rich
sediment from North Carolina. 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Free. In front of the National Museum of
Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. nps.gov.
■ A prayer service celebrating the 175th
anniversary of Asbury United Methodist
Church will feature a singing and praying
band performing an African-American ritual
that started in the 19th century on the
Delmarva Peninsula. 7 p.m. Free. Asbury
United Methodist Church, 926 11th St. NW.
202-628-0009.
Sporting event
■ A bipartisan congressional team will
play the U.S. Capitol Police in a charity flag
football game to benefit nonprofit groups Our
Military Kids and the Capitol Police Memorial
Fund. 7:35 p.m. $10. RFK Memorial
Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE.
congressionalfootballgame.org.
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Benefit
■ The nonprofit program 826DC will
mark its first year in Columbia Heights with a
happy hour featuring music by DJ C. Moreno.
8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. $5. Bourbon, 2321
18th St. NW. 826dc.org.
Book signing
■ George Norfleet will sign copies of his
book “A Pilot’s Journey,” about the Tuskegee
Airmen. Noon to 5 p.m. Free admission.
Museum Store, National Museum of
American History, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000.
Children’s program
■ A park ranger will led children ages 5
and older on an exploratory hike along the
Woodland Trail. 4 p.m. Free. Rock Creek
Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202895-6070.
Concerts
■ The Fama Quartet will perform the U.S.
premiere of “Engrams for String Quartet” by
Czech composer Miroslav Srnka as part of
the “Leading European Composers” concert
series. 6 p.m. $20. Phillips Collection, 1600
21st St. NW. 202-387-2151.
■ The Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera
Discussions and lectures
■ Amira Maaty, a program officer at the
National Endowment for Democracy, will discuss “Progress and Setbacks in Egypt’s
Quest for Democracy.” 11:30 a.m. $30.
Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526
New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.
■ Naval historian Tim McGrath will discuss his book “John Barry: An American Hero
in the Age of Sail,” about one of the U.S.
Navy’s founding fathers. Noon. Free. U.S.
Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
202-737-2300.
■ Khaled Furani, assistant professor of
anthropology at Tel-Aviv University, will discuss “The Ethnographic Arriving of
Palestine.” 12:30 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Room 241, Intercultural Center,
Georgetown University, 37th and O streets
NW. eventbrite.com/event/2234088218.
■ Curatorial assistant Lauren Johnson
will discuss Tam Tran’s self-portrait. 6 to 6:30
p.m. Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F
streets NW. 202-633-1000.
■ Deborah Baker, author of “The
Convert,” will discuss “Reimagining the
Divide Between Islam and the West.” 6 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Rome Building
Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies, 1619
Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-663-5722.
■ A gallery talk will focus on “Degas in
the Dancer’s Studio,” about the artist’s attention to detail and intricate creative process. 6
and 7 p.m. $12; $10 for seniors and students; free for ages 18 and younger. Phillips
Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-3872151.
■ The D.C. Preservation League will present a talk by architect Matthew Jarvis on “A
Civil Union: Marrying the Historic and
Modern,” about the history of St. Thomas
Episcopal Church in Dupont Circle and the
congregation’s vision for its new sanctuary. 6
to 8 p.m. $10; reservations required. St.
Thomas’ Parish, 1772 Church St. NW.
dcpreservation.org.
■ The Georgetown University College
Republicans will present
a talk by Sen. Scott
Brown, R-Mass., on his
autobiography “Against
All Odds: My Life of
Hardship, Fast Breaks,
and Second Chances.”
6:30 p.m. Free.
Auditorium, Intercultural Center, Georgetown
University, 37th and O streets NW.
events.georgetown.edu.
■ The Austrian Cultural Forum
Washington and the Goethe-Institut will present a concert and lecture on the growing
importance of Gustav Mahler’s music a century after his death. 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Embassy of Austria, 3524
International Court NW. 202-895-6776.
■ Kathryn J. McGarr will discuss her book
“The Whole Damn Deal: Robert Strauss and
the Art of Politics.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.
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■ “Christianity & Politics,” a speaker
series about confusion over church and
state, will feature
Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson
(shown), Hillsdale
College history professor
Darryl Hart and Weekly
Standard publisher Terry
Eastland discussing
“The Future of Evangelicals in Politics.” 7
p.m. Free. Christ Reformed Church, 1405
15th St. NW. 202-656-1611.
Films
■ The Palisades Film Club will present
Andrea Kalin’s 2006 documentary “The
Pact,” about three friends who agree in high
school to do whatever it takes to help each
other make it through college and medical
school. 4:15 p.m. Free. Palisades
Neighborhood Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202282-3139.
■ American University’s Human Rights
Film Series will feature Daniele Anastasion
and Eric Strauss’ film “The Redemption of
General Butt
Naked,” about
an evangelical
Christian
preacher who
was formerly
one of the most
feared warlords of the 14-year Liberian civil
war. A question-and-answer session with the
filmmakers will follow. 5:30 p.m. Free.
Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts
Center, American University, 4400
Massachusetts Ave. NW.
auhumanrightsfilmseries.org.
■ The Institute for Policy Studies’ Drug
Policy Project will present the D.C. premiere
of the documentary “Leaving La Floresta,”
about the forced
displacement of
a Colombian
family because
of cocaine-eradication policies.
A post-screening
discussion will feature Sanho Tree of the
Drug Policy Project and Dan Roge and
Michael Christmas of Give Us Names. 6 to 8
p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and
Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ The 20th annual Reel Affirmations festival will open with Abe Sylvia’s 2010 film
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“Dirty Girl,” about a teenager on a crosscountry adventure in search of love, family
and identity. 7
p.m. $20 to
$40. Lisner
Auditorium,
George
Washington
University, 730
21st St. NW. reelaffirmations.org. The festival
will continue through Oct. 22 with films at
various venues.
■ The Ciné Francophone series, sponsored by the Alliance Française de
Washington, will feature David Teboul’s 2003
documentary “Yves Saint Laurent: 5 Avenue
Marceau.” 7 p.m. $9; $4 for seniors and students. Letelier Theater, 3251 Prospect St.
NW. 202-234-7911.
■ “La Cinémathèque” will present Erick
Zonca’s 1998 film “The Dreamlife of Angels.”
7 p.m. $8: $5 for seniors and students. La
Maison Française, 4101 Reservoir Road NW.
cinematheque-13oct2011.eventbrite.com.
Performances
■ Story League will present “Other
People’s Stories: A Break From Narcissism,”
featuring storytellers sharing funny or sad
tales others have told them. 9 to 11 p.m.
$10. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets,
2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ The Topaz Hotel Bar’s weekly stand-up
show will feature local comics. 8 to 10 p.m.
Free. 1733 N St. NW. 202-393-3000.
Special event
■ “We’ve Come This Far by Faith and
Hope,” a revival service celebrating the
175th anniversary of Asbury United
Methodist Church, will feature a program of
preaching, singing, liturgical dancing and
prayer. 6 to 9 p.m. Free. Asbury United
Methodist Church, 926 11th St. NW. 202628-0009.
Tour
■ A Smithsonian horticulturist will lead a
tour of the museum’s “Victory Garden” and
discuss some of the plants there. 1 p.m.
Free. Welcome desk, Constitution Avenue
entrance, National Museum of American
History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue
NW. 202-633-1000.
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Concerts
■ The Friday Morning Music Club will
McNeir Auditorium, Georgetown University,
37th and O streets NW. 202-687-3838.
■ Roy Haynes and the Fountain of Youth
Band will perform jazz selections. 7:30 and
9:30 p.m. $35. Terrace Theater, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
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■ Discussion: Anne Enright will discuss her novel “The Forgotten Waltz.”
7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015
Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
present a concert of works by Haydn,
Beethoven and Quilter. Noon. Free. Calvary
Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202-3332075.
■ Hartwig Barte-Hanssen of St.
Batholomaus-Kirke in Wilster, Germany, will
present an organ recital. 12:15 p.m. Free.
National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas
Circle NW. 202-797-0103.
■ The Friday Music Series will feature
Bryan Bowers on autoharp. 1:15 p.m. Free.
Discussions and lectures
■ U.S. Botanic Garden curator Bill
McLaughlin will discuss “Right Plant, Right
Place?” as part of a lecture series about how
home gardeners can incorporate sustainability into their personal landscapes. Noon to 1
p.m. Free; reservations required.
Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic
Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-2251116.
■ Library volunteers Marko Zlatich and
Frances Johnston will discuss literary and
graphic images of Continental Army aides-decamp Alexander Hamilton, John Lillie, James
Monroe and William North. 12:30 p.m. Free.
Society of the Cincinnati, 2118
Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040.
■ Jaliya Wickramasuriya, Sri Lankan
ambassador to the United States, will discuss
“Life After Terrorism: Reconciliation and
Redevelopment in Sri Lanka.” 12:30 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Room 806,
Rome Building, Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies,
1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-6635722.
■ A lecture series on the philosophical
thought of Martin Heidegger will feature a
talk by Theodor Kisiel, professor of philoso-
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
phy at Northern Illinois University, on “How
Heidegger Resolved the Tension Between
Technological Globalization and Indigenous
Localization: a 21st Century Retrieval.” 2
p.m. Free. Aquinas Hall Auditorium, Catholic
University, 620 Michigan Ave. NE. 202-3195259.
■ Printer and publisher Robin Price will
discuss her work. 6 p.m. Free; reservations
suggested. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th
St. NW. 202-639-1770.
■ Photographer Allen Rokach will discuss
“35 Ways to Photograph a Flower.” 6:30 to
8:30 p.m. $15; reservations required.
Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic
Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-2251116.
■ Art and fashion historian Laurent Cotta
will discuss “Yves St. Laurent, Classicism and
Transgression.” 7 p.m. $12; reservations
required. Alliance Française de Washingto,
2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. 202-234-7911.
■ “Young Explorer’s
Salon” will feature Emily
Ainsworth (shown),
Shannon Switzer and
Neil Losin, recipients of
National Geographic’s
2011 Young Explorers
grants. 7 p.m. $25 to
$30. Grosvenor Auditorium, National
Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700.
Films
■ “Power Moves: The Empress Dowager
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Onscreen” will feature Bernardo Bertolucci’s
1987 film “The Last Emperor.” 7 p.m. Free.
Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art,
Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW. 202633-1000.
■ “La Cinémathèque” will present a talk
by Jean-Michel Frodon on his book “French
Cinema: From the New Wave to Nowadays,”
followed by a showing of Arnaud
Desplechin’s 1992 film “La Sentinelle.” 7
p.m. $8: $5 for seniors and students. La
Maison Française, 4101 Reservoir Road NW.
cinematheque-14oct2011.eventbrite.com.
Gala
■ Wilson High School will hold a 75thanniversary gala featuring food by Occasions
Catering, music by Wilson’s Jazz Combo and
Concert Choir, and dancing to the sounds of
1986 graduate Jake Flack and his band King
Soul. 7 to 11 p.m. $75; reservations
required. Atrium, Wilson High School, 3950
Chesapeake St. NW. 75wilsonhighdc.org.
Performances
■ The “Arts@Midday” series will feature
Word Dance Theater performing a program
of dances by Isadora Duncan, writings of
George Sand and music of Chopin played by
virtuoso Carlos Rodriguez. 12:15 to 1 p.m.
Free. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 3001
Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-363-8286.
■ The Kids Euro Festival will feature
Slovenia’s Melita Osojnik Musical Theatre
performing a musical puppet play that
includes classical composers’ songs for children. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Wandering Souls, a nonprofit arts-outreach organization, will present “Reflections:
Plays From Saint Elizabeths Hospital,” a compilation of original short plays on the themes
of recovery, hope and overcoming adversity.
7 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Bloombars,
3222 11th St. NW. wanderingsouls.org. The
performance will repeat Oct. 21.
■ Danish/Swedish performance artist
Annika B. Lewis will present “Let’s Get
Physical.” 7:30 p.m. $15. District of Columbia
Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-4627833. The performance will repeat Oct. 15,
21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Reading
■ R. Dwayne Betts and Ta-nehisi Coates
will read from their memoirs — “A Question of
Freedom” and “The Beautiful Struggle: A
Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to
Manhood,” respectively. 7:30 p.m. $15.
Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol
17th & Rhode Island Avenue, NW | 202-872-1126
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Special event
■ Asbury United Methodist Church’s
175th-anniversary celebration will present a
Family Fun Night, featuring dinner, a puppet
show, board games, contests and a closing
prayer service. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Asbury
United Methodist Church, 926 11th St. NW.
202-628-0009.
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Book sales
■ Associates of the American Foreign
Service Worldwide will hold its 51st annual
“Art & BookFair 2011,” featuring used books,
art and collectibles. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free
admission. Diplomatic Exhibit Hall, U.S. State
Department, C Street between 21st and
23rd streets NW. 202-223-5796. The sale
will continue Oct. 16, 22 and 23 from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
■ The Columbia Heights Educational
Campus — home to Bell Multicultural High
School, Lincoln Multicultural Middle School
and the Multicultural Career Intern Program
— will hold its annual used-book sale.
Proceeds will help pay for books for the
school’s libraries. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free
admission. 3101 16th St. NW. 202-9397703.
Children’s programs
■ “Saturday Morning at the National” will
feature “Act!vated Story Theatre: World
Tales.” 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets
required. Helen Hayes Gallery, National
Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202783-3372.
■ “Spooktacular Halloween Costume
Tea” will feature a chance for children to try
on historic and modern costumes while
enjoying a traditional early-American tea. 1 to
3 p.m. $25 for children; $10 for adults. Tudor
Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st
St. NW. tudorplace.org/calendar.html.
Concerts
■ Baritone James Harkless and pianist
Richard Sogg will perform songs by
Schumann, Finci, Barber and Chopin, as well
as African-American religious folk songs.
1:30 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati,
2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-7852040.
■ The Emerson String Quartet will perform works by Mozart and Beethoven. 6 p.m.
$63. Baird Auditorium, National Museum of
Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. 202-633-3030.
■ Singer Nancy Scimone will perform jazz
selections. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Free. Blue Bar
Lounge, Henley Park Hotel, 926
Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-638-5200.
■ The Korean Concert Society will pres-
Saturday, october 15
■ Festival: The 18th annual Taste of
Georgetown will feature samples from
Georgetown restaurants; a “Pumpkin
Food Fight” competition; a wine, ale
and spirits pavilion; and jazz performances presented by Blues Alley. 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. $5 per tasting; $20 for
five tastings. Wisconsin Avenue
between M and K streets NW.
tasteofgeorgetown.com.
ent violinist Ji-Yoon Park and pianist
François Dumont performing works by
Mozart, Brahms, Chausson and Ravel. 7:30
p.m. $30. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600.
■ The U.S. Navy Concert Band, Sea
Chanters, Country Current and the Cruisers
will perform in honor of the Navy’s 236th
birthday. 8 p.m. Free; tickets required. DAR
Constitution Hall, 1776 D St. NW.
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■ Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr., Raúl
Esparza, Valarie Pettiford and the Desi Arnaz
Orchestra will present “Babalu! Celebrating
the Library’s Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
Collection.” 8 p.m. Free; tickets required.
Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building,
Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-7075502.
■ The U.S. Air Force Band will perform
jazz selections. 8 p.m. Free. Lisner
Auditorium, George Washington University,
730 21st St. NW. 202-767-5658.
Demonstration
■ Organist Rob Church will present an
organ demonstration and workshop. 3 to 4
p.m. Free. St. David’s Episcopal Church,
5150 Macomb St. NW. 202-966-2093.
Discussions and lectures
■ “Your Health, Your Way,” a forum on
women’s health, will feature experts on a
variety of topics. 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
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■ British historian
Alison Weir will discuss
“Virtue and Vice:
Katherine of Aragon and
Mary Boleyn.” A book
signing will follow. 10
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $40.
S. Dillon Ripley Center,
1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.
■ Stephen Mitchell will discuss his translation of Homer’s “The Illiad,” at 1 p.m.;
Vernon Loeb will discuss
his book “King’s
Counsel: A Memoir of
War, Espionage, and
Diplomacy in the Middle
East,” at 3:30 p.m.; and
Eli Saslow (shown) will
discuss his book “Ten
Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their
President,” at 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose,
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ The “I Love a Mystery” Book Club will
discuss “Her Fearful Symmetry” by Audrey
Niffenegger. 3 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase
Neighborhood Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave.
NW. 202-282-0021.
Fairs and festivals
■ A fall festival will feature a moon
bounce, golf and striker games, family activities, crafts and snacks. 10 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Free. Washington International Church,
4420 River Road NW. 202-895-9060.
■ St. John’s Episcopal Preschool will host
a Book Fair and day of family fun, including a
grilled lunch, face painting and more. 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. St. John’s Episcopal
Church, 3240 O St. NW. 202-338-1796.
■ Kids’ Corner Day Care Center will hold
its annual Fall Fair, which will feature pumpkin painting, a moon
bounce, toddler hay
rides, games, crafts,
face painting and performers such as The
Great Zucchini, Miss
Amy’s Music Makers
and the Georgetown
University Children’s Theater. 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Free admission. Mitchell Park, 23rd and
S streets NW. 202-797-1555.
■ The Palisades-Georgetown Lions Club
will host the fourth annual Palisades Arts
and Craft Festival, featuring demonstrations,
children’s activities and food from Rocklands
Barbeque and Grilling Co. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free admission. Palisades Community
Church, 5200 Cathedral Ave. NW. 202-9964418.
■ Rock Creek Park Fall Heritage Day at
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Peirce Mill will celebrate the rehabilitation
and reopening of Peirce Mill with tours, talks
and children’s activities. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free. Peirce Mill, Tilden Street and Beach
Drive NW. 202-895-6070. Candelight tours
will take place at 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30 and 8 p.m.;
free tickets will be available at Peirce Barn
across from the mill.
■ The Wilson Music and Arts Festival will
celebrate Wilson High School’s 75th anniversary with dramatic performances, including
an open rehearsal of the musical “Oliver!”;
juggling classes; arts and crafts displays;
tours of the newly modernized building; offerings from local restaurants and D.C. food
trucks; and live entertainment by Death Fix,
Ras Lidj Band, Peculiar People, Morrison
Brothers and Trouble Funk. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free admission. Wilson High School, 3950
Chesapeake St. NW. 75wilsonhighdc.org.
■ The Adams Morgan Main Street
Group’s “BowWow
PowWow” will feature
educational speakers,
demonstrations, contests and other activities. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free. Marie Reed
Community Learning
Center, 18th Street and Wyoming Avenue
NW. bowwowpowwow.com.
■ St. Nicholas Cathedral’s annual fall
bazaar will feature ethnic food, gourmet coffee, gifts and books, folk music and dancing,
a rummage sale and children’s activities. 11
a.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission. 3500
Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-333-5060. The
festival will continue Sunday from 11 a.m. to
5 p.m.
■ An Octoberfest celebration will feature
entertainment, games, pumpkin painting and
carving, arts and crafts and fall desserts. 2
to 5 p.m. Free admission. George
Washington University Mount Vernon
Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road NW. 202-9942552.
■ As part of the “Fall Family Day” organized by the Neighbors to the President
Consortium, the Art Museum of the Americas
will present “A Different Harvest,” featuring
craft activities, games, tours, demonstrations, scavenger hunts and marionette-making. 3 to 5 p.m. Free. 201 18th St. NW.
ntpc-dc.org. Other participating sites include
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Daughters of
the American Revolution Museum, the
Octagon House, the Renwick Gallery and the
Films
■ The National Archives will present John
Ford’s 1940 film “The Grapes of Wrath,” the
Oscar-winning adaptation of John Steinbeck’s
novel about the
journey of the
displaced Joad
family as they
travel from
Oklahoma to
California during
the Great Depression. Noon. Free. McGowan
Theater, National Archives Building,
Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th
streets NW. 202-357-5000.
■ Washington D.C. Home Movie Day will
feature old family films. Noon to 4 p.m. Free.
Letelier Theater, 3251 Prospect St. NW.
homemovieday.com/washington.html.
■ The National Gallery of Art will present
Andy Warhol’s 16 mm film “Since.” 12:30
p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National
Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ “The Met: Live in HD” will feature
Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena.” 12:55 p.m. AMC
Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
fathomevents.com. The broadcast will be
shown again Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m.
■ The Kids Euro Festival will feature the
2009 animated film “Copernicus’ Star.” 1
p.m. Free. Grosvenor Auditorium, National
Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700.
■ The National Gallery of Art will present
Karlheinz Martin’s 1920 film “From Morning
to Midnight,” with live accompaniment by the
Alloy Orchestra. 3 p.m. Free. East Building
Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
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Performances
■ Asbury United Methodist Church will
commemorate its 175th anniversary with a
performance of “Washington’s Greatest
Slave Escape: In the Spirit of the Pearl.” 5
p.m. $25. University Auditorium, University of
the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut
Ave. NW. 202-628-0009.
■ The Kids Euro Festival will feature
Greece’s Aeroplio Theatre performing “Of
Fire, of Wind and of the Road Without
Return,” a musical fairy tale. 6 p.m. Free.
Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
Special event
■ An English Afternoon Tea at St. Alban’s
Sunday, october 16
■ Festival: FRIENDS, a community
group that promotes positive dialogue
between George Washington University
and its neighbors, will hold its ninth
annual Foggy Bottom and West End
Neighborhood Block Party. 1 to 4 p.m.
Free. Eye Street Mall between 23rd
and 24th streets NW. 202-994-9132.
Episcopal Church will feature traditional tea
sandwiches and cakes, musical entertainment and guest speaker Michael McCarthy,
director of music at Washington National
Cathedral. Proceeds will support the 2012
residency of St. Alban’s Choir at Wells
Cathedral. 4 to 6 p.m. $25. Satterlee Hall, St.
Alban’s Episcopal Church, 3001 Wisconsin
Ave. NW. 202-363-8286.
Sporting events
■ The Washington Capitals will play the
Ottawa Senators. 7 p.m. $63 to $138.
Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328.
■ D.C. United will play the Chicago Fire.
7:30 p.m. $23 to $52. RFK Memorial
Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 202-3977328.
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Children’s program
■ Children ages 5 and older will listen to
a story about poet Walt Whitman and create
a special piece of art. 2 to 5 p.m. Free.
National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets
NW. 202-633-1000.
Concerts
■ The National Symphony Orchestra will
present “Peter and the Wolf Live,” a family
concert and multimedia show featuring a
performance of the Prokofiev classic alongside an Oscar-winning film by Suzie
Templeton. 1 and 3 p.m. $15 to $18.
Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
■ The Marine Chamber Ensembles will
perform works by Adams, Mozart and Barber.
2 p.m. Free. Sousa Band Hall, Marine
Barracks Annex, 7th and L streets SE. 202433-4011.
■ Soprano Emma McDermott and mezzosoprano Natalie Naudus will perform arias
from “Susannah,” “Faust,” “Romeo and
Juliette,” “Cosi fan tutte,” “La Bohème” and
other operas. 3:30 p.m. Free. Church of the
Holy City, 1611 16th St. NW. 202-462-6734.
■ The Fama Quartet, considered the
Czech Republic’s premier contemporary
music ensemble, will perform works by
Dvorák, Martinu and Husa. 4 p.m. $20.
Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202387-2151.
■ The professional Choir of Christ Church
will perform works by Herbert W. Sumsion,
Charles Gounod and William Mundy. 5 p.m.
Free. Christ Church, Georgetown, 31st and O
streets NW. 202-333-6677.
■ The Capital City Symphony and 16-yearold violinist Arec L. Jamgochian ­— winner of
the Levine School of Music Cogen Concerto
Competition — will perform works by Mahler
and Lalo. 5 p.m. $16 to $25; free for ages
16 and younger. Atlas Performing Arts Center,
1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993.
■ The National Gallery of Art and the
Washington Performing Arts Society will present “From the Top,” with host Christopher
O’Riley. 6:30 p.m. Free. East Building
Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ Swedish indie pop band You Say
France & I
Whistle will perform. 7:30 p.m.
Free; reservations required.
House of
Sweden, 2900
K St. NW. rsvp-hos@foreign.ministry.se.
Discussions and lectures
■ “Christianity & Politics,” a speaker
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Walks and tours
■ National Zoo Bird House keeper Debi
Talbott will lead a walk focusing on the resident and migratory bird species that live on
the grounds. 9 to 10 a.m. Free. Meet in front
of the Bird House, National Zoo, 3001
Connecticut Ave. NW. nationalzoo.si.edu.
■ Docents will lead tours of the Folger
Shakespeare Library’s Elizabethan Garden,
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his day. 10 and 11 a.m. Free. Folger
Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE.
202-544-7077.
■ U.S. Botanic Garden volunteer Susan
Olling will lead a tour of the National Garden,
focusing on trees and shrubs of the midAtlantic region. 1 to 2 p.m. Free. National
Garden Lawn Terrace, U.S. Botanic Garden,
100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-1116.
■ The Kreeger Museum will offer its
monthly public architecture tour, which highlights the residence of David and Carmen
Kreeger,
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1963 by
renowned architect Philip
Johnson. 1:30
to 3 p.m. $10;
$7 for seniors and students; free for ages 12
and younger. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall
Road NW. 202-337-3552.
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series about confusion over church and
state, will feature a talk by Christ Reformed
Church founding pastor Brian Lee on “Govern
Well, or Be Governed?” 11 a.m. Free. Christ
Reformed Church, 1405 15th St. NW. 202656-1611.
■ Leonard Barkan, professor of comparative literature at Princeton University, will discuss “Some Pages From Michelangelo’s
Life.” 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium,
National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ David Margolick will discuss his book
“Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little
Rock.” 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015
Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
Films
■ “American Originals Now: Lynne Sachs”
will feature three short films by the director —
2001’s “Photograph of the Wind,” 2009’s
“The Last Happy Day” and 2010’s “Wind in
Our Hair.” 4 p.m. Free. East Building
Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ “Cinema Français á Mount Vernon” will
feature Claire
Denis’ 2009
film “White
Material.” 4:30
p.m. Free.
Eckles Library
Auditorium,
George Washington University Mount Vernon
Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road NW. 202-2426673.
Performance
■ The Kids Euro Festival will feature
Slovakian comedian and clown Adrian
Ohrádka in a nonverbal show that uses pantomime, juggling and other circus skills to tell
the story of a clown who escapes from a
famous circus to become a musician. 6 p.m.
Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600.
Reading
■ “Sunday Kind of Love” will feature a
talk by Kevin Simmonds, author of “Mad for
Meat” and editor of “Collective Brightness:
LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion &
Spirituality,” as well as readings by local
poets Niki Herd, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub and
Joseph Ross. 5 to 7 p.m. $5 donation suggested. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets,
2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
Special events
■ Chado Urasenke DC Association will
presenta Japanese tea ceremony. 1:15 and
4 p.m. $15; $12 for seniors; $10 for college
students; $5 for ages 6 through 18. Hillwood
Estate, Museum & Gardens, 4155 Linnean
Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.
■ One Common Unity will host an openmic event about “War & the Military
Industrial Complex.” 8 to 10 p.m. $5 donation suggested. Cullen Room, Busboys and
Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
Walks and tours
■ A park ranger will lead ages 7 and
older on a 2.5-mile “Footsteps in Time” hike
and discuss “Victory Gardens,” eccentric
poet Joaquin Miller and the Civil War in Rock
Creek Park. 9:30 a.m. Free. Rock Creek
Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202895-6070.
■ A park ranger will lead ages 8 and
older on a hike to Fort DeRussy and discuss
what life was like for Union soldiers encamped there. 11 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature
Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-8956070.
■ The Dupont Circle Citizens Association
will hold its 44th annual house tour, which
will include everything from a palatial
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his book “At Home: A Short History of
Private Life.” 7 p.m. $10. Sixth & I
Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW.
sixthandi.org.
Parisian-style townhouse to a theater in the
former gym of Holton-Arms Academy. An
afternoon tea will be held at the Woman’s
National Democratic Club, 1526 New
Hampshire Ave. NW. Noon to 5 p.m. $30 in
advance; $35 on the day of the tour.
dupont-circle.org.
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Class
■ Yoga teacher Elizabeth Muniot will lead
a class covering postures, meditation, relaxation, breathing techniques and chanting.
5:30 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel-Shaw
Neighborhood Library, 1630 7th St. NW.
202-727-1288.
Concert
■ Fresh off the second national tour of
“Wicked,”
actress Natalie
Weiss will perform show-stopping favorites. 6
p.m. Free.
Theater Lab,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
Discussions and lectures
■ Cuban artist Kadir López Nieves will
speak with Michelle Bird, curatorial assistant
at the National Gallery of Art. 12:10 p.m.
Free. East Building Small Auditorium,
National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ Historian John Brooke will discuss
“Forging the Civil War North: Political Crisis,
Fugitive Slaves, and Liminal Rupture in
Antebellum America, 1850-1854.” 4:30 to 7
p.m. Free. Room 462, Intercultural Center,
Georgetown University, 37th and O streets
NW. events.georgetown.edu.
■ Bruce Robbins, professor at Columbia
University, will discuss “Cosmopolitanism in
Deep Time.” 5 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall,
Georgetown University, 37th and O streets
NW. schwarz@georgetown.edu.
■ In celebration of Fair Trade Month,
Divine Chocolate will host a talk by two cocoa
farmers from Ghana. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen
Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW.
202-387-7638.
■ Geoffrey Greif will discuss his book
“Buddy System: Understanding Male
Friendships.” 6 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King
Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-7270321.
■ Robert Moses will discuss his book
“Quality Education as a Constitutional Right:
Creating a Grassroots Movement to
Transform Public Schools.” 6:30 p.m. Free.
Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021
14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ Bob Edwards will discuss his book “A
Voice in the Box: My Life in Radio.” 7 p.m.
Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut
Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ As part of the Lincoln Legacy Project,
Ford’s Theatre will host
a panel discussion on
the media’s influence
on public discourse on
diversity, featuring
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson
and other members of
the press. 7 p.m. Free; tickets required.
Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW.
fordstheatre.org.
■ Wendy Lower will discuss her book
“The Diary of Samuel Golfard and the
Holocaust in Galicia.” 7:30 to 9 p.m. Free.
Butler Board Room, American University,
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-8852401.
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p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Neighborhood
Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202282-0021.
■ A film series on challenges presented
by globalization and scientific progress will
feature Andreas Teuchert’s 2007 film
“Economic Miracle” and Wiltrud Baier and
Sigrun Köhler’s 2002 film “Merry Go Round.”
6:30 p.m. $7. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St.
NW. 202-289-1200, ext. 160.
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Itch,” starring
Tom Ewell and
Marilyn Monroe.
6:30 p.m. Free;
tickets required.
Helen Hayes
Gallery, National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW. 202-783-3372.
■ “Alfred Hitchcock Filmfest” will feature
the 1958 film “Vertigo.” 6:30 p.m. Free.
Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library, 5625
Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.
Readings
■ U.S. Poet Laureate
Philip Levine will read
from his work. 7 p.m.
Free. Coolidge
Auditorium, Jefferson
Building, Library of
Congress, 10 1st St. SE.
202-707-5394.
■ Humor writer David Sedaris, author of
“Naked” and “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” will
read from his work. 8 p.m. $40 to $45.
Lisner Auditorium, George Washington
University, 720 21st St. NW. lisner.org.
Special event
■ The Ward Circle Chapter of AARP will
offer flu and pneumonia shots. Noon to 2
p.m. $30 to $60; free with Medicare Part B.
Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist
Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-3634900.
Tuesday, Oct. 18
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Class
■ Teacher and therapist Heather Ferris
will lead a weekly yoga class. Noon. Free.
Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood Library,
1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.
Concerts
■ Ethiopian-born, San Francisco-based
singer Meklit Hadero will perform. 6 p.m.
Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600.
■ The Alliance Française de Washington
will present the
jazz trio Pilc
Moutin Hoenig
in concert. 8
and 10 p.m.
$25. Blues
Alley, 1069
Wisconsin Ave. NW. bluesalley.com.
Discussions and lectures
■ Israeli photographer Sharon Ya’ari will
discuss “A Public Family Album: The
American Colony in Jerusalem, 1898-1946.”
Noon. Free. African and Middle Eastern
Division Reading Room, Jefferson Building,
Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-7073779.
■ The National Women’s History
Museum’s new lecture series on “The Past,
Present, and Future of U.S. Women’s History”
will feature a talk on “Why Latino/a History
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Exhibit shows role of art in Gertrude Stein’s life, work
“S
eeing Gertrude Stein: Five
On exhibit
Stories,” featuring more than 50
artifacts and 100 artworks that
$5 for students; it is free for ages 11 and
show the central role of visual art in the life
younger. 202-387-4062.
and work of the American expatriate writer
■ “The Landscape of Bees,” featuring closeGertrude Stein, will open Friday at the
up photography of honeybees by Rose-Lynn
National Portrait Gallery and continue
Fisher, will open Friday with an artist’s
through Jan. 22.
reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Cross
Located at 8th and F streets NW, the galMacKenzie Gallery and continue through
lery is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Nov. 11.
202-633-1000.
Located at 2026 R St.
■ “Woodrow Wilson,
NW, the gallery is open
President Electric: Harnessing
Wednesday through Saturday
the Power of Innovation in
from noon to 6 p.m. 202-333the Progressive Era,” a year7970.
long interactive exhibit that
■ “Weaving Abstraction:
explores the scientific and
Kuba Textiles and the Woven
technological advances durArt of Central Africa,” preing the Progressive Era, will
senting some 150 19th- and
open tomorrow at Woodrow Michael Francis’ paintings
Wilson House.
are on display at American early-20th-century objects
that illustrate the weaving tra Located at 2340 S St.
Painting Fine Art.
ditions of the Kuba kingdom
NW, the museum is open
and other associated areas, will open
Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4
Saturday at the Textile Museum and continp.m. Admission, which includes a guided
ue through Feb. 12.
tour, costs $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and
Located at 2320 S St. NW, the museum is
open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. A
donation of $8 is suggested. 202-667-0441.
■ Art Enables will open two shows
Saturday with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m.
“Outsider Art Inside the Beltway 2011,”
this year’s annual juried invitational for
regional outsider artists, will continue
through Oct. 28.
“A sampling from outside the Beltway,”
presenting diverse works by artists with
developmental and mental disabilities from
across the country, will continue through
Nov. 4.
Located at 2204 Rhode Island Ave. NE,
the gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. 202-554-9455.
■ “Michael Francis: Recent Work, Street
Scenes and Views,” featuring Francis’ monumental and intimate paintings, opened last
week at American Painting Fine Art,
where it will continue through Nov. 12.
Located at 5118 MacArthur Blvd. NW,
the gallery is open Wednesday through
See Exhibits/Page 38
Folger tackles Shakespeare’s study of jealousy
T
he Folger Theatre will present “Othello” Oct. 18
through Nov. 27 in the
Elizabethan Theatre.
Passions and lies run rampant in
Bachrach Studio’s 1903 image of Gertrude
Stein — part of the Therese Erhman
Papers at the University of California at
Berkeley — is on display in the National
Portrait Gallery’s exhibit about the writer.
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Performance times are generally
7:30 p.m. Tuesday through
Owiso Odera and Ian Merrill Peakes star in the Folger Shakespeare
Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and
Theatre’s production of “Othello,” opening Oct. 18.
Sunday; and 7 p.m. Sunday. Ticket
The university is located at 37th
York-based experimental theater
cost $30 to $60. The Folger is
and O streets NW. 202-687-2787;
company Mabou Mines adapted
located at 201 East Capitol St. SE.
performingarts.georgetown.edu.
Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” to
202-544-7077; folger.edu.
■ George Washington University desconstruct the mythic feminist
■ Georgetown University will
will stage Annie Baker’s “Circle
anthem. The resulting production
present “The Donn B. Murphy
physicalizes power and scale, with
One-Acts Festival” Oct. 12 through Mirror Transformation” Oct. 13
through 16 at
little men dominating and com16 in Poulton
Dorothy Betts
manding women nearly twice their
Hall.
Marvin Theatre.
size.
Headlining
In a small-town
Performance times are 7:30 p.m.
this festival of
community cen- Thursday through Saturday. Tickets
students’ original
ter in Vermont, a cost $30 to $50. 202-467-4600;
work, “Peaches
drama class forkennedy-center.org.
and Freon: A
ever changes the ■ Georgetown University will
Musical” follives of its stupresent “Visible Impact” Oct. 20
lows
“Mabou Mines DollHouse” will
dents.
through 29 at the Davis Performing
Broadway’s
run Oct. 20 through 22 at the
Performance
Arts Center.
most notorious
times are 7:30
An ensemble-created producplaywriting
Kennedy Center.
tion, “Visible Impact” weaves
p.m. Thursday
duo, invited to
monologue and memoir, scene
through Saturday and 2 p.m.
be the guests of honor at the year’s
work and Shakespeare, and poetry
hottest soiree. Also featured will be Sunday. Tickets cost $10 to $15.
and movement to explore and enact
“#Courage,” which was inspired by The Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre
is located at 800 21st St. NW. 202diverse experiences and perspecthe Arab Spring and Bertolt
994-8072; gwu.edu/~theatre.
tives from the d/Deaf and disabled
Brecht’s landmark anti-war play
■ The Kennedy Center will host
communities.
“Mother Courage and Her
“Mabou Mines DollHouse” Oct. 20 Performance times are generally
Children.”
8 p.m. Wednesday through
through 22 in the Eisenhower
Performance times are 8 p.m.
Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Wednesday through Saturday and 2 Theater.
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sor at the University of California at Irvine. 4
to 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.
Flom Auditorium, Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars, 1300
Pennsylvania Ave. NW. swinston@nwhm.org.
■ Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze
will discuss their book “Walk Out Walk On: A
Learning Journey Into Communities Daring to
Live the Future Now.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free.
Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th
St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ The National Capital Planning
Commission and the Embassy of Canada will
present a talk by Canadian architect Bing
Thom, designer of D.C.’s new Arena Stage
complex. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Embassy of Canada, 501
Pennsylvania Ave. NW. ncpc.gov/rsvp.
■ Danish architect Bjarke Ingels will discuss his firm’s work, which includes a combination ski slope and waste incineration plant
in Copenhagen and a three-dimensional
neighborhood in the shape of the number
“8.” 6:30 p.m. $20; $10 for students.
Reservations required. National Building
Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.
■ Steve Inskeep will discuss his book
“Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi.” 7
p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015
Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Dan Mathews of People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals will discuss “How PETA
Uses Film and Stars to Promote Its Cause.”
7 p.m. Free. Wechsler Theatre, Mary
Graydon Center, American University, 4400
Massachusetts Ave. NW.
environmentalfilm.org.
■ The Palisades Book Club will discuss
the DC Reads 2011 selection — “The Other
Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates” by Wes
Moore. 7 p.m. Free. Palisades Neighborhood
Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3096.
■ “Classic
Conversations” will feature actor Patrick
Stewart (shown) and
Shakespeare Theatre
Company artistic director Michael Kahn. 8
p.m. $35. Sidney
Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122.
Films
■ The Georgetown Neighborhood Library
will present the 1971 film “A Clockwork
Orange.” 6 p.m. Free. Georgetown
Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202727-0232.
■ The Goethe-Institut will present Stefan
Weinert’s film “Face the Wall,” about the
failed attempts by five people to escape East
Germany after the construction of the Berlin
Wall. A panel discussion with Weinert and
George Washington University professor
Hope M. Harrison will follow. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th
$9 for seniors and students. Washington DC
Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St.
NW. washingtondcjcc.org.
Performance
■ Playwright and documentarian Robert
Krakow will present a dramatic presentation,
“Voyage of SS St. Louis and Its Impact on
the Roosevelt Legacy.” 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Mortara Building,
Georgetown University, 37th and O streets
NW. eventbrite.com/event/2142554438/.
Wednesday, october 19
■ Concert: Violinist Riccardo Minasi
(shown), cellist Beiliang Zhu and
harpischordist Kenneth Weiss will perform works by Bonporti, Piatti, Varacini,
Leclair and Locatelli. 7:30 p.m. $25;
$20 for students. La Maison
Française, 4101 Reservoir Road NW.
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St. NW. 202-289-1200, ext. 168.
■ “WJFF Year-Round” will feature the
2009 film “The People v. Leo Frank,” about
one of the most vexing criminal cases in history. A discussion with director Ben
Loeterman and “And the Dead Shall Rise”
author Steve Oney will follow. 7:30 p.m. $10;
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■ The Washington Capitals will play the
Florida Panthers. 7 p.m. $45 to $138.
Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328.
Wine tasting
■ The “Le Studio: Wine Tasting 101”
series will present “Burgundy” with Domaine
Jean Chartron. 7 p.m. $75. La Maison
Française, 4101 Reservoir Road NW.
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Benefit
■ Friends of Hexagon’s annual fall event
will feature “A Roast & Toast of Councilman
Jack Evans” — with former U.S. Rep. Tom
Davis, NBC4 reporter and Current columnist
Tom Sherwood, and WTOP commentator
Mark Plotkin speaking about Ward 2’s longtime D.C. Council member — and an all-new
mini Hexagon performance. 6:30 p.m. $60.
Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW. 202-333-7469, ext. 8.
Book signing
■ Sloan Rogers will sign copes of her
book “And Then There Was Me: Living With a
Dying Loved One,” about her husband’s sixyear battle with deteriorating health. 5:30 to
7 p.m. Free. Soho Tea & Coffee, 2150 P St.
NW. 202-463-7646.
Concerts
■ Musician Aurelio Martinez, a native of
Honduras known for his preservation and
modernization of the Paranda musical tradition, will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium
Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Pianist Louis Lortie will perform Listz’s
“Years of Pilgrimage.” 8 p.m. Free; tickets
required. Jefferson Building, Library of
Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502.
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■ Retired U.S. Army Col. Richard G. Kurtz,
author of “Then a Soldier,” will discuss “In
the Army — A Youth Escapes From
Jewishness … and the Man Returns” in the
second of two lectures. Noon to 2 p.m. Free.
National Museum of American Jewish
Military History, 1811 R St. NW. 202-2656280.
■ Amy Stewart will discuss her book
“Wicked Bugs: The
Louse That Conquered
Napoleon’s Army &
Other Diabolical
Insects.” Noon to 1 p.m.
Free; reservations
required. Conservatory
Classroom, U.S. Botanic
Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-2251116.
■ T. Vijay Kumar will discuss “Who
Speaks for the Nation?” as part of a lecture
series on literature and social justice in India.
3:30 to 6 p.m. Free. Lannan Center, New
North 408, Georgetown University, 37th and
O streets NW. 202-687-6294.
■ Bryan J. Wolf, professor in American art
and culture at Stanford University, will dis-
cuss “Between the Lines: Philip Guston and
‘Bad Painting.’” 4:30 p.m. Free. East Building
Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ Michael Takiff (shown) will discuss his
book “A Complicated Man: The Life of Bill
Clinton as Told by Those
Who Know Him” in conversation with former
Clinton press secretary
Mike McCurry, at 4:30
p.m.; and Jill Abramson
will discuss her book
“The Puppy Diaries:
Raising a Dog Named Scout,” at 7 p.m. Free.
Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave.
NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Dr. Sudip Bose, a former U.S. Army
major and member of a medical platoon at a
forward base in Kadhimiya, will discuss leadership and service in the context of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. 5 p.m. Free; reservations required. Hariri Building, Georgetown
University, 37th and O streets NW.
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■ Members of the artist collective The
Otolith Group will discuss their work. 6 p.m.
$10; free for students. Registration required.
Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW.
phillipscollection.org/calendar.
■ Amy Stewart will discuss her book
“Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered
Napoleon’s Army & Other Diabolical Insects.”
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. $20; $7 for college students. Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens,
4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.
■ David Kennedy will discuss his book
“Don’t Shoot: One Man, a Street Fellowship,
and the End of Violence in Inner-City
America.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen Room,
Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202387-7638.
■ “A Conversation With Former White
House Chefs” will feature Roland Mesnier,
Pierre Chambrin and Frank Ruta. 7 p.m.
Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives
Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th
and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.
■ Peter Pabisch, professor of German
studies at the University of New Mexico, will
discuss “Maximilian I. of Mexico — An
Austrian Fate?” 7:30 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. Embassy of Austria, 3524
International Court NW. 202-895-6776.
■ Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger will discuss “Part Ape, Part Human: The Fossils of
Malapa.” 7:30 p.m. $20. Grosvenor
Auditorium, National Geographic, 1600 M St.
NW. 202-857-7700.
Festival
■ St. Mary Armenian Church will hold a
fall food festival. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free
admission. St. Mary Armenian Church, 4125
Fessenden St. NW. 202-363-1923. The festival will continue Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m., Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5
p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Films
■ The Goethe-Institut and the Embassy
of Switzerland will present André Vallana’s
2003 film “Auf den Spuren von Franz Liszt in
Helvetien.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Goethe-Institut,
812 7th St. NW. 202-289-1200, ext. 161.
■ The French Cinémathèque series will
feature Philippe Lioret’s 2009 film
“Welcome.” 8 p.m. $11; $9 for students;
$8.25 for seniors; $8 for ages 12 and younger. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave.
NW. 202-966-6000.
Sporting event
■ D.C. United will play the Portland
Timbers. 8 p.m. $23 to $52. RFK Memorial
Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 202-3977328.
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GUITAR LESSONS
Cheryl’s Organizing Concepts
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EXPERIENCED LADY looking for after school nanny position. Legal, reliable. Good ref’s. Own transportation.
Mon -Fri 3pm to 7pm. 301-613-9423.
EXPERIENCED NANNY with excellent housekeeping skills is seeking a
full or part-time job with family. Own
transportation. Please call Elizabeth
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NANNY AVAILABLE -Experienced
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also. Please call Sharon 202-705-5290
Cleaning Services
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Serving NW DC Since 1987
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Computer problems solved,
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upgrades, tune-up, DSL /
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LEARN PIANO
In the convenience of your home.
Patient, experiened teacher.
Beginners welcome.
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Happy to help you have fun beginning or advancing your playing. I enjoy making music with both children
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setup available. Mac experience. Call
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Cat Care Services
Providing loving, attentive care for
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• Over 15 years experience.
• Am/pm & weekend visits
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VIOLIN LESSONS
with experienced teacher
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All ages
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is now scheduling Fall shrub,
perennial and bulb planting,
end-of-season garden clean-up.
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professional gardener.
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19-20, 11a-7p: furniture, clothing,
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Please call Ann at 202.352.1235.
MULTI-HOUSEHOLD YARD sale Saturday, October 15th 9am-1pm. 7000
block of 31st St. NW (just off Western
Ave.) with additional sales on several
surrounding streets (Dogwood St.,
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NW – OCT CLEARANCE SALE
Sat. Oct. 15, 10-2pm
Selective Women’s Clothing
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THE SHOPS AT INGLESIDE
3050 Military Rd. NW
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THE COMMUNITY of Christ is having its annual multi-family Yard/Bake
Sale. Sat., Oct. 15th, 10-2, 3526
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linens, knick knacks, books, CD's,
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Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
202-244-3244.
■ “Andy Goldsworthy and David
Nash: Drawings, Photographs,
Sculpture and Prints” opened
recently in the new Georgetown
Book Hill space of Robert Brown
Gallery, where it will continue
through Oct. 22.
Located at 1662 33rd St. NW,
the gallery is open Wednesday
through Saturday from noon to 6
p.m. 202-338-0353.
■ Studio Gallery recently opened
two shows that will continue
through Oct. 22.
“Meditations, Abstractions, and
Distractions” features work by
Carolee Jakes that leads up to and
responds to her “windsock” knitting project.
“Chroma” presents diverse
works by Eugene Markowski.
Located at 2108 R St. NW, the
gallery is open Wednesday and
Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m., Friday
from 1 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from
1 to 6 p.m. 202-232-8734.
■ “Aboud Dweck: Monument
Light & Other Works,” featuring
photography by Dweck, opened
recently at Alex Gallery and will
THEATER
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Tickets cost $7 to $18. Georgetown University’s Davis
Performing Arts Center is located at 37th and O streets
NW. 202-687-2787; performingarts.georgetown.edu.
■ American University will present the rock musical
“The Who’s Tommy” Oct. 20 through 29 at the
Greenberg Theatre.
In 22 Heathfield Gardens, war takes on new meaning as a 4-year-old becomes cannon fodder in the most
horrific of ways. With nothing but a pinball machine
and a trip through the looking glass, the protagonist is
able to become a wizard of enormous proportions.
Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost $10 to $15.
The Greenberg Theatre is located at 4200 Wisconsin
Ave. NW. 202-885-2587; american.edu/auarts.
■ Constellation Theatre Company will present
George Bernard Shaw’s “Arms and the Man” Oct. 20
through Nov. 20 at Source.
A young lady fantasizes about the bravery of her
heroic fiance when the reality of war bursts into her
bedroom in the form of a fugitive enemy soldier.
Performance times generally are 8 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $20
to $40. Source is located at 1835 14th St. NW. 202204-7741; constellationtheatre.org.
■ The Apron Theatre Company will present Kyle
Encinas’ “The Continuing Adventures of John Blade,
Super Spy!” Oct. 21 through Nov. 7 at the Letelier
Theater.
For years the world has had one man to thank for
its safety, and that’s super secret agent John Blade.
Dangerous and debonair, Blade is the flawless hero,
but even he can’t see how an evil professor’s weather
machine is about to literally take the world by storm.
Performance times are 8 p.m. on Oct. 21, 28 and 29
and Nov. 4, 5 and 7. Tickets cost $16. The Letelier
Theater is located at 3251 Prospect St. NW.
theaprontheatre.com.
■ The Suzanne Farrell Ballet will present two George
Balanchine programs Oct. 12 through 16 at the
Kennedy Center.
Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
through Sunday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Tickets cost $29 to $84. 202-467-4600;
kennedy-center.org.
■ Catholic University will present Molière’s
“Tartuffe” Oct. 13 through 16 in the Hartke Theatre.
Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost
$5 to $15. Catholic University is located at 3801
Harewood Road NE. 202-319-4000; drama.cua.edu.
■ The In Series will present “Love Potion #1,” Nick
Olcott’s adaptation of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore,”
Oct. 15 through 29 at GALA Theatre.
Performance times are 8 p.m. Oct. 15, 22 and 28,
2:30 p.m. Oct. 16 and 23 and 7 p.m. Oct. 29. Tickets
cost $20 to $40. GALA Theatre is located at 3333 14th
St. NW. 202-204-7763; inseries.org.
■ The Kennedy Center will present “The Amazing
Adventures of Dr. Wonderful and Her Dog!” Oct. 15
through 29 in the Family Theater.
Performance times vary, but all shows take place
continue through Oct. 29.
Located at 2106 R St. NW, the
gallery is open Tuesday through
Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
202-667-2599.
■ International Visions Gallery
recently opened an exhibit of works
by the region’s 33 finalists in the
national “Artisan Series” competition to “be the next big name in
art.” The show will continue
through Nov. 5.
Located at 2629 Connecticut
Ave. NW, the gallery is open
Wednesday and Thursday from
noon to 5 p.m. and Friday and
Saturday from noon to 9 p.m. 202234-5112.
during the daytime on weekends. Tickets cost $18.
202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.
■ Studio Theatre will close Duncan Macmillan’s
“Lungs” Oct. 16.
Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets
cost $20. Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St.
NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.
■ Arena Stage is presenting Alice Childress’ “Trouble
in Mind” through Oct. 23 in the Kreeger Theater.
Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; along with
weekday noon matinees on Oct. 12, 18 and 19. Tickets
cost $55 to $85. Arena Stage is located at 1101 6th St.
SW. 202-488-3300; arenastage.org.
■ Shakespeare Theatre Company is presenting the
world premiere of David Ives’ “The Heir Apparent”
through Oct. 23 at the Lansburgh Theatre.
Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets
cost $39 to $95. The Lansburgh Theatre is located at
450 7th St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org.
■ Studio Theatre has extended the U.S. premiere of
Alan Bennett’s comedy “The Habit of Art” through
Oct. 23.
Performance times are 8 p.m. Wednesday through
Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; and 7 p.m.
Sunday. Tickets cost $35 to $69. Studio Theatre is
located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300;
studiotheatre.org.
■ Ford’s Theatre is presenting the Tony Awardwinning musical “Parade” through Oct. 30.
Performance times vary, but most begin at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 2 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday. Ticket prices start at $15. Ford’s Theatre
is located at 511 10th St. NW. 202-347-4833;
fordstheatre.org.
■ Cameron Mackintosh’s 25th-anniversary production
of the hit musical “Les Misérables” is at the Kennedy
Center through Oct. 30.
Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through
Sunday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and select
Wednesdays. Tickets cost $39 to $155. 202-467-4600;
kennedy-center.org.
■ Arena Stage is presenting Karen Zacarías’ “The
Book Club Play” through Nov. 6 in the Arlene and
Robert Kogod Cradle.
Performance times are at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets
cost $45 to $85. Arena Stage is located at 1101 6th St.
SW. 202-488-3300; arenastage.org.
■ Rorschach Theatre is presenting “After the Quake”
through Nov. 6 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.
Performance times are generally 8 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $15
to $25. Atlas is located at 1333 H St. NE. 202-3997993; atlasarts.org/events.
■ Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is presenting
“A Bright New Boise” through Nov. 6.
Performance times are generally 8 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m.
Sunday. Ticket prices start at $30. The theater is located
at 641 D St. NW. 202-393-3939; woollymammoth.net.
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balcony and deck. $2,375,000.
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START YOUR FALL CLEANING…FREE SHREDDING & RECYCLING EVENT!
Saturday, November 5, 2011 • 9:00 am - 12 noon
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