ANC sidesteps Evermay zoning case

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Vol. XVII, No. 50
Serving Burleith, Foxhall, Georgetown, Georgetown Reservoir & Glover Park
THE GEORGETOWN CURRENT
ANC sidesteps Evermay zoning case
GRACES
■ Zoning: Owner seeks OK
to operate estate as nonprofit
By CAROL BUCKLEY
Current Staff Writer
No clear winner emerged from
last week’s contentious discussion
that pitted supporters of the
Evermay Society’s quest for a special zoning exception against neighbors who cited disruptions from the
historic estate’s private events.
After extensive testimony from
both sides, the Georgetown advisory
neighborhood commission refrained
from deciding whether Evermay’s
owner Harry Belin had met requirements for the special exception.
The D.C. Board of Zoning
Adjustment will hear the case next
Tuesday. A hearing scheduled for
May was postponed when neighborhood commissioners requested
more time to review documents
from Belin before making a recommendation to the zoning board.
Belin, whose family has owned
the circa-1802 home since the
1920s, was informed in fall 2007
that he needed the zoning exception
to hold events at the estate. Belin
was allowed by the city to hold previously scheduled activities, including a Fourth of July celebration, but
was prohibited from scheduling
additional events until the zoning
See Evermay/Page 22
Prospect complex faces license limits
By CAROL BUCKLEY
Bill Petros/The Current
During a Fourth of July celebration at Fletcher’s Cove, U.S. Park
Ranger Abby McCarthy raises her dowel rods high in the air
upon catching a pair of ribbon-decorated hoops as part of an
18th-century game known as graces.
The Georgetown advisory neighborhood commission voted last week to include the complex at 3251
Prospect St. in the Georgetown moratorium on new
liquor licenses for restaurants, taverns and nightclubs.
Like other commercial complexes and hotels in
Georgetown, the Prospect Street property is currently
exempt from the moratorium. If the D.C. Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board agrees with the neighborhood commissioners, the 10,000-square-foot complex
that includes five restaurants, as well as retail and residential spaces, will be added to the moratorium zone.
The motion to extend the moratorium includes an
unusual stipulation to limit the number of seats at the
complex that includes Morton’s The Steakhouse and
Cafe Milano. Citizens Association of Georgetown
board member Karen Cruse said that the beverage
control board itself suggested this addendum. “When
Proposed additional seating at Morton’s prompted
neighbors to ask the city to extend the moratorium.
we protested additional seats at Morton’s Steakhouse,
the ABC Board granted the seats but told us we had
credible testimony and would entertain a moratorium
See Licenses/Page 24
Scientist tells origins
of Fort Reno closure
Legislators may look again
at ban on retail fireworks
■ Arsenic: Use of experimental techniques
By JILLIAN BERMAN
Current Correspondent
draws criticism from Norton, area residents
By IAN THOMS
A U.S. Geological Survey employee’s doctoral
research led to the false reports of high arsenic that
closed Fort Reno Park in May, the scientist reported last
week during a meeting convened by D.C. Del. Eleanor
Holmes Norton.
Terry Slonecker, the Geological Survey scientist,
gave a step-by-step explanation of how his research,
dating as far back as 2000, set off a chain of events that
culminated in the park’s two-week closure.
In 2000, Slonecker, while working for the U.S.
NEWS
New study aims to
improve bus service on
16th Street. Page 5.
■ Agency presses
Verizon on high-speed
service. Page 12.
■
Bill Petros/Current File Photo
A federal scientist says he felt it was his duty to
warn of a potential arsenic danger uncovered in his
initial research.
Environmental Protection Agency, had a high-altitude
photograph taken of Spring Valley — acting on his theory that such a photograph could be used to identify
areas contaminated with high levels of arsenic.
See Park/Page 34
SPORTS
■ Baseball showcase
highlights D.C. youth
programs. Page 11.
■ Softball team heads
to Ohio tournament.
Page 11.
Although the Fourth of July
weekend has passed, some D.C.
Council members still have fireworks on their minds.
In May, Ward 1 Council member
Jim Graham introduced emergency
legislation to ban fireworks due to
safety worries and noise complaints.
He said he wanted the council to act
before June 21, when firework vendors were due to receive their
licenses.
“The impending licensing of
fireworks dealers was a major fac-
PA S S A G E S
■ Capital Fringe Festival
makes its 2008 debut.
Page 13.
■ Architectural adviser
knows D.C. homes. Page
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tor,” Graham said in an interview.
Despite the mayor’s backing, the
legislation failed 11-2, but Graham
said this week that the June effort
achieved minor success by eliciting
a public hearing. When Graham
introduced legislation last July to
ban fireworks, he could not get the
council’s Committee on Public
Safety and the Judiciary to hold a
hearing.
But this year, at-large Council
member Phil Mendelson, who
heads the safety committee, has
scheduled a Sept. 24 hearing. He
said the issue has attracted more
See Fireworks/Page 27
INDEX
Business/10
Calendar/14
Classifieds/40
District Digest/4
Exhibits/19
In Your Neighborhood/28
Opinion/8
Passages/13
Police Report/6
Real Estate/21
Service Directory/35
Sports/11
Theater/18
The Week Ahead/3
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2008
THE CURRENT
Discussions continue on MLK library’s fate
By AMANDA ABRAMS
Despite recent reports that the
mayorKs administration is pushing
to relocate the DistrictKs main
library to the historic Carnegie
building on Mount Xernon SSuare,
debates are under way over whether
that building can adeSuately serve
as a main library.
So far, neither the D.C. Council
nor the library system has scheduled
public hearings addressing the
libraryKs future, despite officialsK
stated interest in holding hearings
soon.
Critics have long derided the
stark architecture and dreary interior
of the Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Library at 901 G St.,
located on prime downtown real
estate between two of the cityKs
busiest Metro stations.
Before the King library opened
in 1972, the Carnegie building
served as the DistrictKs central
library for almost 70 years. The
King library was built in an effort to
modernize and greatly expand
books and services — but many
officials and advocates agree that
the building currently does not meet
citizensK needs.
Neil Albert, the deputy mayor for
planning and economic development, initiated talks in May about
phasing out the CarnegieKs current
occupant, the Historical Society of
Washington, D.C., and bringing in
the library. !thers have proposed
renovating the King building
instead.
Some advocates fear, however,
that the city is making decisions
about the library without adeSuate
public input.
“So far, thereKs no clarity as to
how the library will serve citizens in
the future, no document regarding
whatKs needed,” said ?ichard
Huffine, president of the Federation
of Friends of the D.C. Public
Library. “IKd like to see an evaluation of how many people we can
serve at the current location, how
See Library/Page 29
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!rganizers of a fast-growing foreign language program at Murch 7lementary School are asking for donations to keep their program going in the fall.
Started a year and a half ago by Murch parent Cinzia
?oveta, the program offers after-school classes in
Italian, French and Spanish at three levels of instruction.
The program has grown to include up to 120 students —
an expansion that has strained its resources, said Murch
parent Mike Siegel.
“ItKs sort of a victim of its own success,” Siegel said.
He said ?oveta is running “a small school” that has
“gotten bigger than something one person can operate
and administer.”
The program offers beginner, intermediate and
advanced classes in each language once or twice a week
for up to an hour and a half.
“This is true language instruction,” said Siegel. The
program is important because “thereKs such a deficiency
of language instruction in DCPS at this level,” he said,
adding that the public school system thinks “the time to
introduce foreign language is at junior high and high
school.” But early learning is important for foreign language education, he said.
Siegel, ?oveta and other volunteers hope to
“strengthen the program by giving it some institutional
backing,” organizing it as a nonprofit and buying insurance. They also hope to continue offering and expanding scholarship opportunities for families who otherwise cannot pay for the classes. The per-student cost is
around $20 an hour, and how much a student pays per
trimester varies depending on the freSuency of instruction.
To help pay for these changes, Siegel said the organization needs about $12,000 in donations. He said Ward
3 Council member Mary Cheh has promised $1,000
from her discretionary fund.
The Forest Hills-Tenleytown advisory neighborhood
commission has also approved a grant of up to $4,000,
contingent on a few conditions.
Chair Jane Solomon said her commission, which has
a fairly low operating cost, receives nearly $20,000
from the city each year. The commission would like to
give out more money to the community than it has in the
past, she said.
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Council gives initial nod
to bill to cut energy use
By ELIZABETH WIENER
and DAVID ISCOE
Current Staff Writers
Ward 3 Council member Mary
Cheh is burnishing her environmental record with a sweeping bill to
reduce energy use and encourage
use of renewable sources such as
solar. Her “Clean and Affordable
Energy Act” passed first reading
unanimously July 1 and appears to
be headed for final passage July 15.
The bill could spell big changes
in the way District customers get,
save and even produce energy. A
new entity called a “sustainable
energy utility” would oversee much
of the work, including developing
programs to reduce energy use,
encouraging more renewable
sources and distributing grants to
homeowners to install solar panels.
Other states, including Vermont,
Delaware and New Jersey, have
taken a similar approach, setting up
a sort of “one-stop shop” for their
energy-reduction programs. In D.C.,
the city would select a private con-
tractor to run the new utility.
The programs do not come without a cost. The new utility would be
funded in part by surcharges on gas
and electric bills that would rise
from 0.11 cents to 0.2 cents per kilowatt hour of electric use, and from
0.55 cents to 1.7 cents per therm for
gas. Customers receiving utility
subsidies from the city would be
exempt from the charges.
But the new “sustainable” utility,
Cheh insists, not only will reduce
energy costs, but also reduce “our
reliance on polluting forms of energy production.”
Cheh has already established a
record as one of the council’s
“greenest” members since she took
office in January 2007. She has
pushed new laws to tighten emission standards for cars, increase
energy-efficiency standards for
commercial appliances and reduce
the city’s electricity use.
But the energy act is perhaps her
most ambitious environmental initiative. It would require that 20 perSee Energy/Page 23
Council sold on stadium spots for vendors
By ELIZABETH WIENER
and to give preference to vendors who have been
hawking hot dogs and other wares outside the
Nationals’ temporary home at RFK Stadium.
But at a meeting in late June, they learned the regulatory agency had authorized only 21 spaces, none
directly outside the new stadium and some as far as
six blocks away.
Meanwhile, the vendors still outside RFK who
operated during the three years the Nationals played
there are finding foot traffic pretty slow, except on
the occasional days when D.C. United plays soccer.
The upshot, said Ward 1 Council member Jim
Graham, is “a cruel joke.” Vending spots around the
new stadium are “blocks away from where people
go,” he said. “The vendors might as well stay at
RFK, where there’s nobody except soccer fans. Our
will as a council has been thwarted.”
Both Graham and Ward 8 Council member
Marion Barry alleged the regulatory agency had
caved to the owners of the Nationals and their preference that fans buy food inside the stadium. “The
Lerners don’t want vending anywhere near the staSee Stadium/Page 32
Late in a legislative session that tackled gun control, school construction and other weighty matters,
the D.C. Council took some time last week to
address a more mundane concern: whether street
vendors should be able to sell their wares outside the
new Nationals baseball stadium.
The council spent a half-hour July 1 debating
whether it should dictate precise locations for the
vendors and which vendors should get the spots. It
eventually passed emergency legislation requiring
14 new vendor spots, some as close to the stadium as
Half Street SE, where fans throng by on the way to
and from the Navy Yard Metro.
It’s not the first time the council has waded into
the stadium vending issue.
In early April, council members noted that no
vending spots had been authorized outside the new
stadium. Then in emergency legislation, they
ordered the Department of Consumer and
Regulatory Affairs to find at least 40 vendor sites
Everyone has a story.
The week ahead
We really listen.
Wednesday, July 9
She danced at Radio City Music Hall.
The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a meeting to obtain public
comment on the D.C. Pedestrian Master Plan. The meeting will be held from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. at the Columbia Heights Recreation Center, 1480 Girard St. NW.
Thursday, July 10
The National Capital Planning Commission will hold its monthly meeting. The
agenda will include consideration of the final site and building plans for the
Georgetown Waterfront Park from the Wisconsin Avenue terminus to 31st Street
and review of a final master plan from the Armed Forces Retirement Home at Rock
Creek Church Road and Upshur Street NW. The meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. in
Suite 500 at 401 9th St. NW.
■ The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will host a community meeting on
the Hearst Playground project. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at Hearst
Recreation Center, 3950 37th St. NW. For details, call Jackie Stanley at 202-6710420.
Saturday, July 12
Casey Trees will hold a tree stewardship event that will feature demonstrations
on the proper use of watering devices, proper weeding and mulching techniques,
re-staking or removal of tree stakes, and general care of area trees. Volunteers
with no previous experience will be teamed with Citizen Foresters, interns and participating partners to care for trees. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at
the Ward 3 Memorial Grove, 36th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW. For
details, visit caseytrees.org.
Tuesday, July 15
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and the D.C. Department
of Transportation will hold a public meeting to discuss potential improvements to
the transit service along Metrobus routes S1, S2 and S4, known collectively as
the 16th Street Line. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at St.
Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 16th and Newton streets NW.
Thursday, July 17
Friends of the Earth, Global Green and the DC Environmental Network will present a forum on “Buried Chemical Weapons, Public Health and Spring Valley.”
Speakers will include Thomas A. Burke, professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and author of a
study of potential community health risks in Spring Valley. The forum will be held
from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Friends of the Earth, Suite 600, 1717 Massachusetts
Ave. NW. Reservations are requested; call Chris Weiss at 202-222-0746 or Paul F.
Walker at 202-222-0700.
■ Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh and Ward 4 Council member Muriel Bowser
will host a community meeting on non-HMO CareFirst/BlueCross BlueShield
issues, such as denial of coverage, rates and open enrollment. The meeting will
be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601
Connecticut Ave. NW.
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Carter’s job secure,
police officials say
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier
is denying rumors that acting
Cmdr. Mark Carter will be
removed as head of the 2nd
District, which serves upper
Northwest, the Dupont Circle area
and Georgetown.
“That’s blatantly false,” police
spokesperson Traci Hughes said
Monday. “I talked to Chief Lanier.
There’ve been no changes made,
and nothing planned.”
Carter, a 25-year veteran of the
department, was named acting head
of the 2nd District in April, after
Lanier made Cmdr. Andy Solberg a
“field commander” in the department’s patrol division.
The Washington Examiner
reported Monday that Carter would
be removed later this week and
replaced by Christopher LoJacono,
who was in turn ousted from his
job as chief of the police’s mobile
crime squad in April. LoJacono had
been criticized for delays in a longplanned effort to create a crime lab.
At-large D.C. Council member
Phil Mendelson, whose committee
oversees the police department,
said Lanier told him Monday that
the rumored staff changes “weren’t
true.” He said he contacted Lanier,
and she said “there was no story S
the rumors are all false.”
Constant shuffling of personnel
is not good for the department,
unless someone is doing “a really
bad job,” he said. “Community
policing is all about stability.”
One observer noted that
Lanier’s vehement denial of the
rumor that Carter is being replaced
provides a sort of backhanded
assurance that he will keep the job
S at least for the immediate future.
Reached by cell phone Tuesday,
Carter said he did not have any
comment. “I’m still the acting commander. I’m still here,” he said.
— Elizabeth Wiener
Trash-truck collision
kills cyclist in Dupont
A D.C. bicyclist traveling westbound on the 1900 block of R
Street was fatally injured yesterday
morning in a collision with a
garbage truck, according to the
Metropolitan Police Department.
The bicyclist was Alice
Swanson, 22, of the 1600 block of
Park Road. She and the truck were
traveling in the same direction
when the truck attempted to make a
right turn onto 20th Street, and
struck the cyclist, according to a
news release from the police
Armed robbery brings
70-month sentence
A Southeast D.C. man was sentenced July 1 to 70 months in
prison after he was found guilty of
a 2007 armed robbery in
Georgetown and a related weapons
offense, according to the U.S.
Attorney’s Office.
Anthony R. Greene, 39, was
found guilty in April of one count
of armed robbery and carrying a
dangerous weapon in connection
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On Sept. 10, 2007, Greene
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the store manager with a box cutter,
according to the release. Greene
escaped but was found with the
box cutter by police officers.
Authorities find body
beneath Taft Bridge
The Metropolitan Police
Department is investigating the
death of a man whose body was
recovered July 1 beneath Taft
Bridge.
Police officers and Fire and
Emergency Medical Services personnel responded to a 4b30 a.m.
report of a man who had descended
from the bridge. The man was
deceased when authorities arrived,
according to a news release from
the police department.
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the man.
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Correction
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Peirce Mill stated incorrectly that
the Friends of Peirce Mill hired
contractor John O’Rourke to
restore the mill. In fact, Stephen
Ortado of the contracting firm
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mill structured O’Rourke will
restore the mill’s machinery.
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Diner owner plans his fourth ‘third place’
By KATIE PEARCE
By next spring, the dead zone at
1840 14th St. could become one of
the corridor’s major hubs — a combination restaurant, comedy club,
yoga studio and dance center.
Constantine
Stavropoulos,
founder of Tryst, The Diner and
Open City, plans to open his fourth
restaurant on the building’s ground
floor. Above that will be Riot Act, a
comedy club run by a former DC
Improv owner. Boundless Yoga and
City Dance will take over the rest of
the four-story historic building,
which has sat vacant since 2004.
The building — an auto assembly warehouse in the 1920s and previous home to the Church of the
Rapture — was once slated for a
condominium/retail project. “But in
the past year or so we’ve refocused
our intent,” said Steve Cassell, vice
president of Four Points LLC, the
building’s owner and prospective
developer.
“We were hoping we could identify a set of users who could add to
the fabric of 14th Street as an arts
destination,” Cassell said.
The new tenants, who have nicknamed the building “The Hub,” said
leases should be signed this week.
For his new restaurant,
Stavropoulos hopes to seize upon
the same trend as his past creations
in Adams Morgan and Woodley
Park. The concept is called “Third
Place”: It’s not home, it’s not the
office; it’s the other place where you
spend the bulk of your time.
“It’s been a social experiment for
the last 10 years,” he said. “It’s kind
of like ‘Cheers’ meets ‘Friends’ at
Central Perk.”
Stavropoulos called the planned
and currently unnamed 14th Street
venue “the biggest project we’ve
had to date.” The new place will be
a “quintessential American diner,”
he said, a hybrid of Tryst and The
See Hub/Page 26
Study aims to improve 16th Street bus service
. . . a COOL Destination!
By ABBY SPEGMAN
For frustrated riders of the 16th Street Metrobus line,
service improvements may be just around the corner.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority, in partnership with the D.C. Department of
Transportation, has commissioned a four-month study
to survey traffic on the route, as well as frequent detours
and points of delay, bus stop conditions and factors that
cause “bus bunching” — when multiple buses arrive at
once. The goal is to determine what causes delays and
ways to prevent them.
The 16th Street line, which includes the S1, S2 and
S4 routes, runs between the Silver Spring Metro Station
and downtown. It has the third-highest ridership in the
bus system.
“The study is basically wanting to solicit rider input,
community input, business input,” said Candace Smith,
a Metro spokesperson. Passengers were surveyed on
June 18, and forms also are available on Metro’s Web
site. Metro personnel are also taking surveys.
The first of two public meetings on the route is
scheduled for Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at St. Stephen and
the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 16th and Newton
streets NW.
The study is part of an overall effort to add express
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bus service to 24 routes in the system over the next six
years, with six new express lines already running.
Improving service increases bus ridership, Smith said,
which is crucial — Metro planners are predicting several rail lines will reach capacity in the next 15 years.
“Rail can’t handle all the passengers,” Smith said.
Mindy Moretti, an Adams Morgan advisory neighborhood commissioner, agreed. “I think people tend to
forget that people do actually ride the bus as well
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THE CURRENT
Police Report
This is a listing of reports
taken from June 30 through
July 6 by the Metropolitan
Police Department in the 2nd
District and parts of the 3rd
District.
PSA 201
PSA 201
■ CHEVY CHASE
Burglary
■ 3200 block, McKinley St.;
storage facility; July 1.
Stolen auto
■ 3300 block, Runnymede
Place; street; July 3.
Theft (bicycle)
■ 6300 block, 33rd St.; residence; July 3.
Theft from auto ($250 plus)
■ 3500 block, Rittenhouse
St.; parking lot; July 3.
Theft from auto (below
$250)
■ 3500 block, Runnymede
■ 3300 block, Stephenson
■ 3300 block, Stephenson
■ 6000 block, 34th Place;
street; July 2.
■ 5400 block, Connecticut
Ave.; parking lot; July 3.
Ave.; parking lot; July 3.
■ 6200 block, 32nd Place;
street; July 3.
■ 3800 block, Jocelyn St.;
street; July 4.
■ 3800 block, Livingston St.;
street; July 4.
■ 5500 block, Nebraska Ave.;
street; July 5.
PSA 202
■ FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS
PSA
202
TENLEYTOWN/ AU PARK
Burglary
■ 4600 block, Asbury Place;
residence; July 3.
■ 4800 block, 47th St.; residence; July 4.
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 5300 block, Wisconsin
Ave.; store; July 30.
■ 4700 block, 45th St.; residence; July 3.
Theft (below $250)
Ave.; restaurant; June 30.
Ave.; restaurant; July 1.
Theft (bicycle)
■ 4500 block, Chesapeake
St.; restaurant; July 2.
Theft (shoplifting)
PSA
PSA
203 203
■ FOREST HILLS / VAN NESS
Burglary (attempt)
Theft ($250 plus)
Ave.; school; July 2.
Theft (below $250)
Ave.; unspecified premises;
July 6.
Theft (bicycle)
■ 2800 block, Brandywine St.;
residence; July 2.
PSA 204
■ MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
HEIGHTS/ CLEVELAND PARK
WOODLEY PARK / GLOVER
PSA
204
PARK / CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS
Theft (below $250)
Ave.; school; July 3.
Ave.; grocery store; July 5.
Theft (bicycle)
■ 3800 block, Porter St.; residence; June 30.
■ 4100 block, Davis Place;
residence; July 1.
Ave.; street; July 6.
$250)
Ave.; church; July 1.
PSA 205
■ PALISADES
/ SPRING VALLEY
PSA
205
WESLEY HEIGHTS/ FOXHALL
Burglary
■ 5100 block, MacArthur
Blvd.; store; July 1.
Theft (below $250)
■ 4400 block, Massachusetts
Ave.; university; June 30.
$250)
■ 3100 block, 45th St.;
street; June 30.
PSA
PSA
206 206
■ GEORGETOWN / BURLEITH
Theft (below $250)
■ 3000 block, M St.; restaurant; June 30.
■ 3700 block, R St.; unspecified premises; July 1.
■ 3200 block, K St.; restaurant; July 3.
■ 3300 block, Volta Place;
residence; July 5.
Theft (shoplifting)
■ 3100 block, M St.; store;
July 5.
$250)
■ 3900 block, Reservoir
Road; street; July 4.
PSA
PSA
207 207
■ FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END
Burglary
■ 2500 block, Pennsylvania
Ave.; construction site; July 1.
■ 2100 block, F St.; construction site; July 2.
Theft (below $250)
■ 1200 block, 24th St.; hotel;
June 30.
Ave.; bank; July 2.
Theft (bicycle)
■ 25th and N streets; sidewalk; July 3.
■ 25th and N streets; unspecified premises; July 3.
PSA 208
■ SHERIDAN-KALORAMA
PSA
208
DUPONT CIRCLE
Robbery (force and violence)
■ 1900 block, 19th St.; sidewalk; July 5.
Robbery (pickpocket)
■ 1600 block, 17th St.; sidewalk; July 2.
Assault (knife)
■ 1800 block, K St.; store;
June 30.
Ave.; bus stop; July 3.
Burglary
■ 1200 block, New Hampshire
Ave.; residence; July 5.
Stolen auto
■ 1700 block, H St.; parking
lot; July 2.
■ 2200 block, M St.; street;
July 3.
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 2000 block, M St.; sidewalk; June 30.
■ 900 block, 17th St.; bank;
July 2.
■ 1800 block, K St.; office
building; July 3.
■ 1100 block, 20th St.;
unspecified premises; July 5.
Theft (below $250)
Ave.; restaurant; June 30.
■ 1500 block, 19th St.; park
area; July 2.
■ 22nd and K streets; sidewalk; July 2.
■ Unit block, Dupont Circle;
drugstore; July 6.
■ 1700 block, I St.; restaurant; July 6.
Theft (bicycle)
■ 1700 block, H St.; sidewalk;
July 1.
June 30.
■ 1000 block, 15th St.;
street; July 2.
■ 1500 block, Caroline St.;
street; July 3.
■ 1700 block, 16th St.;
street; July 3.
■ 1800 block, Corcoran St.;
street; July 3.
Theft from auto (below $250)
■ 1300 block, New Hampshire
Ave.; street; June 30.
■ 1000 block, 17th St.;
street; July 3.
July 3.
■ 1500 block, 18th St.; alley;
July 3.
■ 1100 block, 20th St.;
street; July 4.
■ 1800 block, 15th St.;
street; July 4.
■ 1900 block, 14th St.;
street; July 5.
■ 1700 block, Q St.; street;
July 5.
Theft from auto (attempt)
■ 2500 block, Belmont Road;
street; July 3.
PSA
PSA
303 303
■ ADAMS MORGAN
Robbery (gun)
■ 1700 block, Euclid St.;
street; July 6.
■ 2200 block, Ontario Road;
sidewalk; July 6.
Assault (gun)
■ 1600 block, Euclid St.; sidewalk; July 2.
Assault (other)
■ 18th and California streets;
sidewalk; June 30.
Burglary
■ 1700 block, Columbia
Road; restaurant; July 2.
Stolen auto
■ 2100 block, 18th St.;
street; July 1.
■ 2800 block, Ontario Road;
street; July 2.
■ 1700 block, Florida Ave.;
street; July 4.
Stolen auto (attempt)
■ 2000 block, 19th St.; alley;
July 3.
$250)
■ 1900 block, Biltmore St.;
street; July 4.
PSA
PSA
307 307
■ LOGAN CIRCLE
Robbery (gun)
■ 1400 block, R St.; sidewalk; July 6.
Robbery (fear)
■ 1700 block, Johnson Ave.;
sidewalk; July 1.
Robbery (snatch)
■ 14th and P streets; sidewalk; July 3.
Assault (knife)
■ 900 block, P St.; sidewalk;
June 30.
Assault (other)
■ Unit block, Thomas Circle;
sidewalk; June 30.
Burglary
■ 900 block, P St.; residence;
July 3.
Stolen auto
■ 1500 block, Kingman Place;
street; June 30.
■ 1100 block, O St.; street;
June 30.
July 1.
■ 1400 block, Rhode Island
Ave.; sidewalk; July 3.
■ 1300 block, Riggs St.;
street; July 4.
Theft (below $250)
■ 1500 block, Vermont Ave.;
residence; July 4.
■ 1700 block, 14th St.;
restaurant; July 5.
■ 1100 block, 11th St.;
street; July 1.
■ 1400 block, Corcoran St.;
park area; July 2.
■ 1100 block, Vermont Ave.;
street; July 5.
$250)
■ 1500 block, 13th St.;
street; June 30.
■ 1200 block, Rhode Island
Ave.; street; July 1.
■ 1400 block, Q St.; street;
July 3.
THE CURRENT
City to debut 5-year cycle
for housing inspections
By ABBY SPEGMAN
City officials will begin regular
inspections of the 5istrict6s 11,999
rental properties this fall, the latest
of a series of moves aimed at
cracking down on landlords of
deteriorating buildings.
Mayor Adrian Fenty made the
announcement last month, charging that some landlords have
manipulated gaps in the enforcement process to evade inspectors.
Fenty was joined by interim
Attorney General Peter Fickles
and 5epartment of Consumer and
Regulatory Affairs director Hinda
Argo.
Inder the city6s current system,
the regulatory department conducts
inspections only in response to resident complaints. Jhile the complaint-based system has worked for
most cases, some landlords in the
city have ignored the city6s citations and allowed buildings to
decay further, regulatory department spokesperson Michael Rupert
said in an interview.
KThe small minority that we6re
talking about completely disregarded complaints from tenants,
complaints from us,M Rupert said.
The regulatory department
never received complaints about
many of the most decrepit properties, he said, because of Klandlord
intimidationM and fears of eviction,
particularly common among lowincome renters. Jith regular
inspections, he said, Kthey won6t
have to complain.M
Inder the new system, the number of past violations and complaints will determine the frequency of inspections, said Rupert. Any
building with three or more rental
units will be inspected at least once
every five years, with the worst
offenders to be visited repeatedly
until landlords correct the deficiencies. KJe6ll be there every two
weeksM until the violations are
addressed, he said.
The regulatory department will
issue details of its new policy by
Aug. 1 and expects to have an
inspection schedule in place by the
end of the year.
The Apartment and Office
Building Association, a trade association for landlords, supports the
move to regular inspections, said
Shaun Pharr, senior vice president
of government affairs. KJe6ve
always said responsible housing
providers have nothing to fear from
vigorous code enforcement.M
Pharr said the change does not
target association members.
KJe6re not the ones causing these
problems,M he said, adding, KOur
view is, SMore power to the city in
dealing with those slumlords.6M
Tven with regular inspections,
Pharr said, the city must prioritiUe
which properties to inspect most
often, and not waste time on buildings with little history of code violations or complaints. KOur hope is
that the city will be using its
resources in the wisest fashion,
which we think means focusing on
the problem properties first.M
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By JESSICA GOULD
On a typical Adams Morgan afternoon, vendors
line the street selling mango slices, chunks of cheese,
music and movies. The makeshift market has
become a fixture on Columbia Road, where the
stream of customers is nearly constant and the
sounds of Spanish fill the air.
But according to George Tscobar, policy development coordinator for the Mayor6s Office on
Hatino Affairs, not all of Adams Morgan6s vendors
are legally licensed to be there. As the city finaliUes
its new set of vending regulations, he is seeking creative ways to help aspiring business owners move
into the legal structure.
In 1998, 5.C. placed a moratorium on vending
licenses, citing pre-dawn scuffles as vendors competed — and sometimes fought — for the most
lucrative vending spots. KMy understanding is there
were a lot of fights in the morning,M Tscobar said.
In 2997, the city lifted the moratorium, and earlier this year, the 5.C. Council passed emergency legislation to empower the 5epartment of Consumer
and Regulatory Affairs to create new regulations
governing 5.C.6s street-vending businesses.
Although the department is still ironing out the
details, vending and special events licensing coordinator Sam Jilliams said the new regulations will
represent a Kparadigm shiftM and a Knew approach to
vending.M
For the first time, the city will issue permits for
vendors to operate in a designated location. KTach
vendor will be locked down to a site,M Jilliams said.
KJe can start to treat street vendors the way we treat
every other license in the city.M
Agency spokesperson Michael Rupert said the
new regulations and site-specific permitting aim to
create order in a previously chaotic industry. KBefore
See Vendors/Page 26
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Time for action
During last year’s debate over school governance, not-so-fond
recollections of skirmishes among administrators, school board
members and other officials proved one of the most persuasive factors in building support for the mayor’s takeover plan.
The appointment of a mayorally backed chancellor and a separate
facilities czar to oversee fast-paced modernization efforts weren’t
necessarily touted as a miracle drug that would eliminate all policy
disputes over public education. But officials did say the new system
would allow the city to replicate the management improvements visible in other cities that had instituted mayoral control.
In the ensuing year, Mayor Adrian Fenty and the D.C. Council
have had a few skirmishes, over everything from access to the city’s
seats at Nationals Park to the frequent inability of top city officials to
make themselves available for council hearings. Some of the battles
have even focused on education, starting with complaints about a
lack of input into the selection of Michelle Rhee as chancellor.
But the current tussle over facilities work ranks as one of the most
momentous of the past year. Not only does it involve at least $52
million in contracts that are still awaiting approval, but it also affects
the pace of long-promised — and long-overdue — renovations.
We do not blame the D.C. Council and its chairman, Vincent
Gray, for asking questions and insisting on time to review the 13
contracts presented in mid-June. Initial doubts about fees in two of
the contracts resulted in renegotiation that saved D.C. $1 million.
Mr. Gray is also right to insist on a role for the council in evaluating
the apparent policy switch in favor of pre-kindergarten-througheighth-grade schools, though legislators ought to have raised the
issue when the matter first came up during the school-closing debate.
But it is vital that the council act on the seven remaining contracts
at the July 15 meeting, when members will have had the contracts
and related budget requests for four to five weeks. Mr. Gray and Mr.
Fenty should work mightily to reach an accord by then, for the benefit of D.C. schoolchildren — and their own political standing.
Speedier service
For decades, many in the District have complained that officials
have lavished attention on Metrorail while ignoring or even cutting
back Metrobus service. Thankfully, two new policy initiatives —
one on Wisconsin Avenue, the other on 16th Street — provide strong
evidence that officials recognize the importance of reliable, frequent
bus service in meeting the transit needs of D.C. residents and its
potential in easing congestion and improving quality of life.
First came a careful study of the 30s bus line, which links
Friendship Heights to Southeast D.C., via Georgetown, Foggy
Bottom and downtown. The routes carry some 20,000 riders per
weekday. But riders complained that the buses were unpredictable,
slow and crowded. They often arrived in bunches after long gaps.
Last week, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
overhauled the line, with route adjustments and supervisory changes.
Among the changes is a rush-hour express route that bypasses congested Georgetown. A McLean Gardens resident reported that her
commute had dropped from 45 to 11 minutes. That’s enough of a
time savings to convince some motorists to take the bus.
Now under way is a similar planning effort for the heavily traversed 16th Street Metrobus line from the Silver Spring Metro station to downtown. A primary goal is to avoid the factors that cause
“bus bunching,” a persistent complaint. Another is to create express
service and draw even more riders.
Given the number of studies and plans undertaken by District
agencies with little obvious effect, beleaguered riders might have
reason to sit out the 16th Street study. But the prompt, thorough
implementation of promised restructuring of the 30s line gives us
every reason to expect swift improvements on the S routes.
THE CURRENT
Clean and green … and ignored …
M
ove over, Pepco and Washington Gas. The
D.C. Council has passed legislation to create a new utility that will focus on sustainable energy and consumer education.
Exactly how it all will work is unclear, but environmentalists are ecstatic.
“The climate crisis is a global problem,” wrote
Chris Weiss of the Friends of the Earth, “but the
actions of even one city
can make an important
difference.” The Friends
of the Earth group says
the nation’s capital “has
a special obligation” to
lead the way.
However the details get sorted out, the new utility
will have a twofold mission — to clean the environment and provide new technology jobs.
■ Green and clean II. We’re hearing some grousing that summer youth workers are not being paid
on time, being paid for little work or are not being
directed to meaningful jobs. But the complaints are
way down from previous years as the mayor tries to
boost the number of summer jobs past 18,000.
Of the jobs, Department of the Environment
director George Hawkins is most excited by the 400
youths enrolled in the Green Summer Job Corps.
The youths are “cleaning and greening” their neighborhoods and city parks while learning about greencollar jobs.
Last week, Hawkins said he came upon a group
of youths clearing sidewalks and storm drains. He
says he stopped to congratulate the young people,
but as he approached he heard only the most vile
cussing and cursing.
Hawkins is not endorsing the bad language, but
he was glad to learn that the angry kids were complaining not about their jobs, but about people trashing their neighborhood and being environmentally
ignorant.
Now, if Hawkins can just get those kids to clean
up their language ... !
■ Flag waving for all. If you were on the National
Mall for the July Fourth fireworks, you might have
noticed something different at the base of the
Washington Monument.
In a burst of, we guess, patriotism, the Interior
Department ordered that the flags of the 50 states be
flown along with the usual impressive display of
American flags that encircle the monument.
Very nice image, except that the flag of the
nation’s capital was conspicuously missing. And it
was done on purpose. The Interior Department says
it wanted only the state flags.
That didn’t sit well with D.C. Del. Eleanor
Holmes Norton, who learned about the insult from
NBC4, too late to make a change this year.
While Norton was walking in the 42nd annual
Palisades Parade (preceded, we might point out, by
Scouts carrying the U.S. flag and the District flag),
we asked her about the Washington Monument
slight.
“Will there be no end to heaping insults on taxpaying residents of the District of Columbia? How
can they overlook us — we’re right here!” Norton
said she will investigate
the action to keep it
from happening again.
“I’m working on this
to find out why this
year and for all time,”
she told NBC4. “Why
do we need an executive order that says whenever
you are doing anything to remember the people of
the United States, don’t forget the people of the
District of Columbia. Maybe that’s what we need.”
■ Final words on the Fourth. The National Park
Service has begun taking down miles of flimsy snow
fencing that encircles the National Mall. Every year,
the Park Service spends weeks and weeks putting up
the fencing and then weeks taking it down.
And for what, we ask? The fencing steers celebrants to established “entry points” on the Mall
where Americans dutifully go through metal detectors “for security” to celebrate the freedom
enshrined in the Fourth of July.
But think about it for a moment.
Say you’re either a terrorist or a deranged person
intent on causing harm at this event. The terrorist
loads a car or small truck with explosives and drives
toward the Mall. He comes upon the flimsy fencing
and says, “Whoa, I’ve got to rethink my strategy”?
Of course, that wouldn’t happen. A terrorist would
smash through the fencing in a second.
A deranged person in an agitated state might not
even see such fencing, or simply could walk up to it
and begin firing. It’s horrific to contemplate, but it
could happen.
So why is the fencing put up? It seems like a
huge waste of time, energy and money.
Of course, the section of the Mall that serves as
the staging area for the fireworks must be cordoned
off to protect people from innocently walking into
the blast zone.
But all that snow fencing elsewhere, along with
closed streets, is at odds with the very reason people
gather on the Mall in the first place, to celebrate
freedom.
The Park Service might remember the stirring
words of President Reagan. “Open this gate ... tear
down this wall.”
And we might add, let freedom ring.
Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.
TOM SHERWOOD’S
NOTEBOOK
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Garden vandals hurt
area’s beautification
The blighted triangle park just
east of Dupont Circle and
between Massachusetts Avenue
and P Street was for years covered with trash and weeds. It
bothered me that thousands
walked by every day and thousands more drove by every day.
So years ago, I started cleaning
and weeding the space.
One day, Steve Aupperle
stopped and offered to help. Steve
since then has returned to teaching, but at the time he had his
own landscaping company. Steve
knows gardening. It always helps
to have someone who knows
what he is doing. Steve should
get most of the credit for how
good the garden looks.
Steve provided plants and
flowers that otherwise would
have been thrown away, and I
recycled them into our garden triangle park. With much work and
lots of our own money, Steve and
I created a beautiful garden for
everyone to enjoy.
This past weekend the garden
was vandalized. While not the
first vandalism, this is the worst
damage in years. My very conservative estimate is that there was
way over $1,000 in damage done.
Some plants are irreplaceable
because Steve brought them back
from a friend in Ohio. Those specialized plants were priceless.
They are gone now.
Years ago, someone was seen
picking all of our tiger lilies. This
weekend all but one tiger lily
were simply ripped out.
The garden bench is gone. The
60-pound seat and one support
are gone. Benches don’t work too
well without two supports, so it is
obvious that this wasn’t about
theft. This was just more vandalism. I suppose I could replace the
bench and replace many of the
plants and flowers, but why
should I keep spending my limited income, time and energy when
the only result is inevitable wanton destruction?
It always bothers me when
someone argues that it is pointless
to try to beautify D.C. because
nobody cares and anything you
do eventually will be destroyed. It
really upsets me when that attitude is validated.
Phil Carney
Commissioner, ANC 2B07
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Supreme Court ruling gets it right on guns
VIEWPOINT
SHELDON RICHMAN
A
dvocates of freedom dodged a bullet last
month when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-H
that the right to keep and bear arms, the subject of the Second Amendment, is an individual, not a
collective, right. Opponents of gun ownership have
long maintained that the amendment’s reference to the
militia indicates that the right does not apply to private
persons.
Thankfully, most of the justices saw this for the
nonsense it is. Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin
Scalia said the amendment’s preface — “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free
State” — “announces the purpose for which the right
was codified: to prevent elimination of the militia.” It
should not, Scalia went on, be seen as limiting the
right specified in its main clause: “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Scalia’s opinion goes to the heart of the matter. The
Second Amendment recognizes an inherent right that
precedes government. It does not purport to create one.
In his dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens said that
since the explicit purpose of the Second Amendment
does not include hunting and self-defense, those uses
of firearms couldn’t have been intended by the
Framers.
Those Framers clearly understood the principle of
rights better than Stevens does. If one has a right, one
may exercise it for any purpose consistent with the
rights of others. Neeping and bearing arms for selfdefense or hunting violates no one else’s right. So it is
entirely consistent with the Second Amendment.
Stevens’ conclusion implies that government creates
rights and thus can create a right that could be exercised for one purpose (the militia) but not for others
(self-defense). That would amount to a wholesale
rejection of the Jeffersonian philosophy found in the
Declaration of Independence and a repudiation of the
American Revolution.
The misunderstanding of the nature of rights runs
deep. After the decision, the Chicago Tribune called
for repeal of the Second Amendment. But if rights are
inherent in human nature, repeal would make no dif-
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City’s $500,000 grant
required greater care
“I didn’t have the experience.
And I didn’t know how to make it
work.” These words were attributed to four-month restaurateur
Rodney English, principal of the
defunct Meridian Restaurant and
Bar F“Restaurant-shy Ward H loses
two favorites,” July 2K.
So many hopes and dreams of
Ward H residents were riding on the
success of Meridian, and that’s ON,
except for one little “minor” detail.
Rodney English, for all his nonexperience and his own admitted
failures to make it work, received
O500,000 in D.C. tax dollars to
know absolutely no more at the end
of his four-month ordeal than he
knew at the beginning. Four
months is hardly enough time to
learn or establish anything.
I own a 3,200-square-foot glassand-brick building in Ward H.
Including its purchase, I have over
O500,000 of my money invested in
it. I hope for it to become a restaurant; it even has a 1,800-squarefoot side yard for outdoor seating.
ference. A right would not disappear merely because a
government document ceased to say it shall not be
infringed. Do the Tribune editors seriously believe that
had the Bill of Rights never been added to the
Constitution, the people would have no right to keep
and bear arms] That is ridiculous.
Scalia’s opinion is fine as far as it goes. The case
resulted from a challenge to a District of Columbia law
that bans handguns from private homes. The law also
requires that shotguns and rifles be kept disassembled
and trigger-locked. In Scalia’s words, “The enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain
policy choices off the table. These include the absolute
prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense
in the home. Undoubtedly some think that the Second
Amendment is outmoded in a society where our standing army is the pride of our Nation, where well-trained
police forces provide personal security, and where gun
violence is a serious problem. That is perhaps debatable, but what is not debatable is that it is not the role
of this Court to pronounce the Second Amendment
extinct.”
Unfortunately, the majority opinion allows for gun
regulations that fall short of outright bans. Existing
regulations will now be tested in court. In the end, the
ruling may have little effect on most gun laws, but the
declaration that gun rights are individual rights is
important. Think what we would have witnessed had
the case gone the other way.
In a second dissenting opinion, Justice Stephen
Breyer said, “Far more important are the unfortunate
consequences that today’s decision is likely to spawn.
Not least of these, as I have said, is the fact that the
decision threatens to throw into doubt the constitutionality of gun laws throughout the United States. I can
find no sound legal basis for launching the courts on so
formidable and potentially dangerous a mission.”
Well, excuse me, Justice Breyer, if protection of our
freedoms imposes a formidable and potentially dangerous mission on the courts. Talk about the tail’s wagging the doge It would be far more dangerous — to the
people — if firearms were banned. Criminals would
get them anyway. But the law-abiding among us would
be left vulnerable.
Sheldon Richman is senior fellow at the 3uture of
3reedom 3oundation.
But, in the words of my late father,
I couldn’t get a “plug nickel” from
the District government to do anything like what Mr. English did in
four months — and I know what
I’m doing.
A restaurant at Georgia and
Missouri avenues will never work.
Georgia Avenue will always be a
thoroughfare. It’s the same road
that farmers used for cattle drives
to the O Street Market. Missouri
Avenue has been a sore spot for
D.C. officials who have tried for H0
years or more to resolve horrendous traffic patterns. Pedestrian
safety is virtually nonexistent. Why
didn’t Meridian offer valet parking]
Further, how do you invest
O500,000 in building out a whitelinen establishment and spend less
than O1,000 on a flimsy, rinky-dink
sign that flaps in the wind and just
says “Meridian.” If you’re going to
spend that kind of money on furniture, fixtures, equipment and supplies, you need an equal sum, or
thereabout, to let people know
you’re open for business. It’s called
advertising.
The inspector general’s office
needs to determine who it was that
the owner knew in the upper levels
of D.C. government to garner
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The clinic at 5138 MacArthur
Blvd., which is slated to open at
the end of the month, features skylights, glass block and brand-new
equipment for everything from
routine examinations to orthopedic
surgery for your furry friend.
But the space, which was occupied by Ross Veterinary Hospital
from 1954 until 2006, wasn’t
always a state-of-the-art facility.
Jann Elliott, the co-owner and
veterinarian at Palisades, said her
former boss at the Dupont
Veterinary Clinic, Bruce Herwald,
was approached by the owner of
Ross, who was contemplating
retirement. Elliott said her boss
didn’t want to see the space go to
waste because it was already
zoned for use as a veterinary clinic.
“He bought the practice from
him knowing that the inside of the
clinic was in need of repair. I
came on after that as a business
opportunity,” said Elliott.
For their part, former patrons of
the Ross Hospital have some fond
recollections of the former facility
and owner. A Northwest resident
who took her pets to the Ross
facility said Dr. Joung Sik Yu, the
owner of and veterinarian at the
hospital, was a very “good” and
ON THE STREET
JILLIAN BERMAN
“humane” vet. She said that Yu
seemed to understand the needs of
pets and their owners.
The work to renovate the space
started about a year ago, Elliott
said, and after all the construction,
the only vestige of the old clinic is
the X-ray machine.
“Basically there’s no trace of
the old vet clinic, which is unfortunate because it was very quaint
and very cute, but for modern
medicine it wasn’t really appropriate,” Elliott said.
Her facility is bright and looks
to be extremely modern. Each
examination room features a skylight and an accent wall, and the
surgery suite has large windows
that provide natural light to the
entire room. Elliott said the prevalence of natural light is important
to her for a number of reasons.
“If I hadn’t done skylights, it
would’ve depended more on electricity\ it’s more energy-efficient,”
she said. “It is important in a medical setting and in an everyday
workplace setting to have natural
light.”
In addition to the three examination rooms and surgery suite,
the clinic has a lab for running
tests, ample space to house sick
patients that have to stay overnight
and an isolated area for animals
that must be quarantined, Elliott
said.
The space will feature artwork
by local artist Betsy Karasik, who
takes her cats to see Elliott.
Having local artwork will help to
give the clinic a more neighborhood feeling, Elliott said.
Elliott, who has been a veterinarian since 2003, said she has
always dreamed of opening up her
own clinic, and designing the interior has been the first step in the
process of making the place her
own.
“I’ve always wanted to be able
to have input on the atmosphere,”
she said. “It’s more gratifying to
try to build something from the
ground up and make it a place that
people can trust.”
Elliott moved to D.C. from
Charlottesville, Va., in 2005 and
lives in Logan Circle. She said she
and her husband “like it here a
lot.” Although she was not familiar with the Palisades neighborhood before construction began on
the clinic, she said it’s a great
place for a vet to work.
“There’s a good vibe in this
area,” she said. “Everyone has
dogs, and there are lots of trees.”
The only animal visiting the
clinic right now is Elliott’s dog,
Madison, whom she adopted as a
rescue on Sunday. But the clinic
should be up and running in a couple of weeks, Elliott said.
“We’ve taken our time because
we want everything to be perfect
and in place,” she said.
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July 9, 2008 ■ Page 11
Fifth of July event aims at providing spark to D.C. youth baseball
By DAVID ISCOE
T
he day after the Fourth of July, there
was another all-day celebration for
many young baseball, softball and teeball players in D.C. From 9 a.m. to 9:30 at
night, young athletes played in the inaugural
Stars and Strikes baseball showcase at Fort
Lincoln Recreation Center in Northeast,
which included entertainment and support
provided by the city and several baseball
leagues and businesses.
Teams came from all over D.C. and
beyond to play 11 games on Fort Lincoln’s
two fields, in an event designed to raise interest in baseball throughout the District. While
the young ball players competed or enjoyed
the free food, coaches and league representatives talked to parents in a recruitment drive.
Coaches from three summer programs — DC
Dynasty, Home Run Baseball Camp and
Headfirst Baseball — put on free skills clinics
for the young players.
Ward 5 Council member Harry Thomas Jr.
served as the master of ceremonies and
worked the crowd during the event.
D.C. has a lot of potential to be a better
baseball city, Thomas said. “We have some
great facilities.” He pointed to the wellgroomed Fort Lincoln field, complete with
Courtesy of the Office of Ward 5 Council member Harry Thomas
Council members Harry Thomas and Carol Schwartz award medals to participants at
Saturday’s Stars and Strikes event at Fort Lincoln Recreation Center.
flood lights for night games, as an example.
Thomas said the city government “understands how important baseball is for our
young people” and that the event can raise
awareness for a sport that sometimes lacks
sufficient interest from residents.
“Kids tend to get away from this,” he said.
Thomas played baseball at Wilson High
but took a scholarship for football, which he
said was “not my best sport.” He said that getting kids to play fall baseball, recruiting more
inner-city participants and enhancing softball
and girls baseball programs are important
goals.
Girls at the July 5 event got inspiration
from professional figures. On hand were the
Washington Glory, D.C.’s representatives in
the new National Pro Fastpitch League and
last year’s league champions. Shortstop
Amber Jackson and center fielder LaDonia
Hughes showed up to meet the young girls
and signed boxes of Hot Tamales candy distributed by the WPGC radio station.
At-large D.C. Council member Carol
Schwartz and D.C. Council Chairman
Vincent Gray were also special guests. Gray,
a former Dunbar High School ball player,
tossed out the first pitch for one of the afternoon’s 12-and-under games.
Behind the scenes, Paris Inman and
London Hitchman took care of much of the
event’s organizing. Inman is the district manager for all of D.C.’s Little Leagues, and
Hitchman is involved with the fledgling
Foggy Bottom Youth Baseball Foundation
and also manages the D.C. Gnats, an independent travel team.
Inman said that travel baseball, a version of
the game where youth play using major
league base-running rules — including leading and stealing — might help attract better
athletes. “Some of the more athletic kids who
See Baseball/Page 34
D.C. softball team bound for championship tourney
By DAVID ISCOE
W
hen Stan Kolbe started
the
Washington
Senators girls softball
team in 1998, he said, the Capitol
Hill playing field they used was in
a bad state. He recalled long grass,
broken glass and hours spent cleaning up the fields before the games.
Just as bad, there was no infrastructure for softball, and girls skilled at
baseball had to relearn parts of the
game, particularly pitching.
In the last 10 years, Kolbe said,
there has “been an unbelievable
transformation.” With the help of
local businesses and involved parents, the team now travels to fields
across the Eastern United States,
playing tournaments against top
programs and holding their own.
This year, the older Senators
team, which plays 18-and-under
fastpitch ball, is headed for the 18and-under PONY Nationals, a tournament in Vienna, Ohio, with more
than 100 teams from around the
nation and even a few from overseas.
Last year, the team placed 17th
in the tournament, despite “terrible
injuries” that sidelined three
Senators pitchers, Kolbe said. This
year, they hope to place in the top
10. He pointed to past successes
against high-level opponents,
including a 0-0 tie against last
year’s eventual champion.
The 18-and-under fastpitch softball is a highly competitive form of
the game, said Kolbe.
The Senators — a team of players from D.C. high schools such as
National Cathedral, Maret, St.
John’s and Georgetown Visitation,
as well as schools in Virginia and
Maryland — play exclusively tournament ball, often against competitive teams that include college
players who are still 18.
After a year of college training,
Kolbe said, “they’re so physically
fit it’s amazing.” Still, the Senators
manage to succeed. Last year,
along with their 17th-place finish at
the PONY tournament, they placed
second in the USSSA Elite World
Series, a smaller softball tournament.
Although Kolbe runs a competitive team and wants to win games,
he said that winning isn’t everything. “Now I’m more about winning a battle to get these kids where
they want to go,” Kolbe said. He
said that this goal involves getting
everyone a fair share of playing
time in front of representatives
from college programs. “Mainly,
our goal is to develop players who,
when they go on
to college, if they
play softball, will
be credible in the
eyes of these
coaches,”
he
said.
This weekend, Kolbe said
he will take the
team to a showcase tournament
Courtesy of Washington Senators
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where they will Softball’s Washington Senators are headed
play in front of to a high-level tournament in Ohio.
coaches
from
across the country. He hopes a the park when she was 7,” he said.
Webb, a catcher who is now in
good showing there will help some
of his players get into top pro- her last year with the team, is a senior at National Cathedral School
grams.
“Every girl in our program at along with Kolbe’s daughter Alie.
the 18-and-under level, who is Alie Kolbe, a standout pitcher, was
moving on, has been either recruit- recently named D.C.’s Gatorade
ed or committed,” Kolbe said, but Player of the Year for the second
some players still have not decided year in a row.
Next school year, Webb will
on a program and may end up with
play for Trinity College in
additional options.
When this year’s high school Connecticut, while Kolbe will play
seniors move on, Kolbe said, it will for Brown University. Several
be the first time in years they will other players are also going on to
not be playing in a Senators uni- college. Jordan Reid, Bree
Hanafin, Meg Krasne, Angelica
form.
When Kolbe started his team, he Appold and Haley Steuckler have
found girls who were excelling in already signed up for college ball,
Little League Baseball. “Vicki with Delaware State University,
Webb was crushing the ball out of Baylor University, the University
of Pennsylvania, Wilmington
University and the University of
Maryland, respectively.
“We won’t be seeing them in
their Senators uniforms anymore,
which is kind of sad, since that’s
the uniform they played in” since
they were young, said Kolbe.
But for now, they still have a lot
of work as Senators. Beyond the
showcase in New York, they have
tournaments in Pennsylvania and
Delaware before the championship
in Ohio, which will start July 18.
Although Kolbe said winning
isn’t his ultimate goal, he still
wants the team to do as well as it
can.
“I feel pretty good about our
chances,” he said.
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Events Entertainment
Compiled by Julio Argüello Jr.
Wednesday,
July 9JULY 9
Wednesday
Concerts
■ Bruce Ewan and Bobby Radcliff will
perform blues selections. 6 p.m. Free.
Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.
■ “Music on the Green” will feature the
Mystic Warriors performing Andean music.
6:30 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Historical Society of Washington, D.C.,
801 K St. NW. 202-383-1828.
■ The U.S. Marine Band will perform
works by Schuman, Nelson, Lovreglio and
Tchaikovsky. 8 p.m. Free. West Terrace,
U.S. Capitol. 202-433-4011.
Discussions and lectures
■ Richard Weitz, senior fellow and director of program management at the Hudson
Institute, will discuss “Kazakhstan in Its
Neighborhood.” 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Rome Building Auditorium,
Johns Hopkins University School of
Advanced International Studies, 1619
Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-663-7721.
■ Rep. Robert
Wexler, D-Fla., will discuss his book “FireBreathing Liberal: How
I Learned To Survive
(and Thrive) in the
Contact Sport of
Congress.” 6:30 p.m.
Free. Borders, 18th and L streets NW. 202466-4999.
■ Dr. Keith Lampel of the Food and
Drug Administration will lead a two-part discussion on “Bacteria Lab: What’s Growing
in Your Home?” 7 to 8:30 p.m. $15 for
both nights; $10 for the first session only.
Reservations suggested. Koshland Science
Museum, 500 5th St. NW. 202-334-1201.
The discussion will continue July 16.
■ Willy Vlautin will discuss his novel
“Northline,” about a woman’s rebuilding of
her life, and Ross Raisin will discuss his
novel “Out Backward,” in which a troubled
young Yorkshire farmer’s carefully constructed reality is threatened after a rebellious teenage girl from London moves in
next door. 7 p.m. Free. Olsson’s Books &
Records, 1307 19th St. NW. 202-7851133.
■ David Maraniss
will discuss his book
“Rome 1960: The
Olympics That Changed
the World.” 7 p.m.
Free. Politics & Prose,
5015 Connecticut Ave.
NW. 202-364-1919.
Films
■ The “Voices of Palestine” series will
feature Line Halvorsen’s 2007 documentary “USA vs.
Al-Arian,” about
a family’s desperate attempt
to fight terrorism charges
leveled by the
U.S. government. 6:30 p.m. Free.
Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW.
[email protected].
■ The “China in Cine Americas” series
will feature Lu Chuan’s 2004 film “Kekexili”
(in Chinese with English subtitles). 6:30
p.m. Free; reservations required. Art
Museum of the Americas, 201 18th St.
NW. 202-458-3752.
■ The “Lions of Czech Film” series will
feature Dan
Wlodarczyk’s 2006 film
“The Indian and the
Nurse,” about two
young people from a
small South Bohemian
town whose very different worlds intersect
when they fall in love (in Czech with English
subtitles). 8 p.m. $9.75. Avalon Theatre,
5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.
Performances
■ The Hip-Hop Theater Fest will feature
four shorts — “Southside,” performed by
Dream City Theater Group; “Crouching BBoy, Hidden Dreadlocks,” performed by
Morganics; “The 6th Vowel,” written and
performed by Nicole Klaymoon; and “Boom
Bap Meditations,” written and performed
by Baba Israel. 7 p.m. Free; reservations
suggested. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St.
NW. hhtf.org. The performance will repeat
Thursday at 9:30 p.m.
“Elegies in the Key of Funk,” a spokenword play of regret performed by the Sol
& Soul ensemble, and “The SpokenWord
With Marc
Bamuthi
Joseph,” featuring an internationally
renowned spoken-word artist
who uses theater, dance, poetry and live
music to stretch the bounds of hip-hop.
9:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested.
Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW.
hhtf.org. The performance will repeat
Saturday at 7 p.m.
Reading
■ “Nine on the Ninth,” hosted by poet
Derrick Weston Brown, will feature openmic poetry readings. 9 p.m. Free. Langston
Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St.
NW. 202-387-7638.
Sporting event
■ The Washington Nationals will play
the Arizona Diamondbacks. 7:10 p.m. $5
to $58. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol
St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will continue Thursday at 7:10 p.m.
Thursday,
July 10JULY 10
Thursday
Children’s activity
■ A park ranger will teach ages 7 and
will lead a class on “Decorating Elegantly
on a Budget.” 7 to 9 p.m. $39. First Class
Inc., 1726 20th St. NW. 202-797-5102.
Wednesday, JULY 9
■ Lecture: Dr. Lucy Spelman, former
director of the National Zoo and now
the Africa-based regional manager of
the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary
Project, will discuss “The Rhino With
Glue-on Shoes,” a collection of stories about the work of zoo veterinarians. 7 p.m. Free. Borders, 5333
Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-686-8270.
older about Rock Creek Park’s newest animal inhabitant, the coyote. 4 p.m. Free.
Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover
Road NW. 202-895-6070.
Classes
■ Naturopathic physician Daemon
Jones will lead a “Healthy Cooking at
Home” class, focusing
on healthy ways to prepare comfort foods with
organic, vegetarian
ingredients. 1 to 2:30
p.m. Free; reservations
required. Smith Farm
Center for Healing and
the Arts, 1632 U St. NW. 202-483-8600.
The class will continue July 17 and 24 at 1
p.m.
■ D.C.-based consultant Tim DeVenney
Concerts
■ C. Huff will perform R&B favorites.
Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Old Post Office
Pavilion, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202289-4224.
■ Student participants from the
Stageworks Festival will perform. 6 p.m.
Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600.
■ The “Sunset Serenades” concert
series will feature The Sharon Thomas
Experience performing jazz. 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Free. Lion/Tiger Hill, National Zoo, 3001
Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-633-3040.
■ The Fort
Reno concert
series will feature performances by Black
& White
Jacksons, John
Wayne Hero and Friends of the Library
(shown). 7:15 p.m. Free. Fort Reno Park,
40th and Chesapeake streets NW.
fortreno.com.
■ The U.S. Marine Band will perform. 8
p.m. Free. Sylvan Theater, Washington
Monument grounds, 15th Street and
Independence Avenue SW. 202-433-4011.
■ The Hip-Hop Theater Fest will present
a roundtable discussion of “Race & Class
in Hip-Hop Theater.” Noon. Free; reservations suggested. Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW.
hhtf.org.
■ The “Artful Evenings” series will feature a talk about how the golden light of
the Mediterranean climate invigorated the
works of Vincent van Gogh and Pierre
Bonnard. 6 and 7 p.m. $12; $10 for seniors and students; free for ages 18 and
younger. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St.
NW. 202-387-2151.
■ Researcher Warren Perry will discuss
the portrait of Leopold Stokowski by
Edward Steichen. 6 to 6:30 p.m. Free.
Reynolds Center for American Art and
Portraiture, 8th and F streets NW. 202-6331000.
■ Curator Stephen Bennett Phillips will
discuss photographer Brett Weston’s long
and prolific career. 6:30 p.m. $12; $10 for
seniors and students; free for ages 18 and
NW. 202-387-2151.
■ Author Naomi
Klein will discuss her
book “The Shock
Doctrine: The Rise of
Disaster Capitalism.”
6:30 to 8 p.m. Free.
Langston Room,
Busboys and Poets,
2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ Mark Krikorian, executive director of
the Center for Immigration Studies, will discuss his book “The New Case Against
Immigration: Both Legal and Illegal.” 6:30
p.m. Free. Borders, 18th and L streets NW.
202-466-4999.
■ Washington Post reporter Michael
Dobbs, author of “One Minute to Midnight:
Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the
Brink of Nuclear War,” will join former U.S.
Navy pilot James Curry and former CIA analyst Dino Bruigioni to discuss “Five Hundred
Feet Over Cuba: Secret of the Cuban
Missile Crisis.” 7 to 9 p.m. $35. S. Dillon
Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW.
202-633-3030.
■ Dr. Michael E. Kerr, director of the
Bowen Center for the Study of the Family,
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will discuss “Updating the Unidisease
Concept.” 7:30 p.m. Free. Bowen Center
for the Study of the Family, Suite 103,
4400 MacArthur Blvd. NW. 202-965-4400.
Films
The NoMa Business Improvement
District’s James Bond film festival will feature an outdoor screening of the 1977 film
“The Spy Who Loved Me.” 8 p.m. Free. Site
of the future Washington Gateway project,
Florida and New York avenues NE. 202289-0111.
■ The Petworth Recreation Center will
host an outdoor film screening as part of
the D.C. Department of Parks and
Recreation’s “Fun Family Films Under the
Stars” series. 8:45 p.m. Free. 801 Taylor
St. NW. dpr.dc.gov.
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Performances
■ “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza” will
feature a poetry reading as part of the HipHop Theater Festival. Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Free. Wilson Plaza, Reagan Building and
International Trade Center, 1300
Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.
“The Word
Begins,” featuring Sekou (tha
Misfit) and
Steve Connell
and their take
on race relations, religion, sexuality, love and the power
of mass communication. 7 p.m. Free;
reservations suggested. Studio Theatre,
1501 14th St. NW. hhtf.org. The performance will repeat Friday at 7 p.m.
■ The Minwa-za Company of Tokyo will
re-create the Japanese magic lantern spectacle known as “utsuhi-e,” a precursor to
cinema. 7 p.m. Free; tickets required.
Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art,
Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW. 202633-1000.
Tour
■ The D.C. Preservation League will
host a walking tour of the Potomac Annex
on Observatory Hill, the site of the historic
Old Naval Observatory and the original
Washington Naval Hospital. 6 to 8 p.m.
$20; registration required. 23rd and E
streets NW. 202-783-5144.
Wine tasting
■ “Good Libations: A Wine Festival” will
feature selections from around the world,
along with food pairings and live music.
Proceeds will benefit the Capital Area Food
Bank. 5 to 8 p.m. $10 donation suggested.
Whole Foods Market, 2323 Wisconsin Ave.
NW. 202-333-5393.
Friday,
July 11
Friday
JULY 11
Celebration
■ A Bastille Day celebration will feature
crêpes, Champagne, a DJ playing traditional
French music and offbeat tunes, and a live
performance by the band Gibraltar, inspired
by ethnic groups native to Algeria and
Morocco. 7 to 10 p.m. $45; reservations
required. Alliance Française de Washington,
2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. 202-234-7911.
Concerts
■ Duo pianists Bradford Gowen and
Maribeth Gowen will perform David Burge’s
“Liana’s Song.” Noon. Free. Arts Club of
Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-3317282.
■ The “Jazz in the Garden” series will
feature the Joshua Bayer Quartet. 5 to
8:30 p.m. Free. National Gallery of Art
Sculpture Garden, 7th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ “Indian Summer Showcase 2008”
will feature The
Plateros performing rock
and blues.
5:30 p.m. Free.
National
Museum of the
American Indian, 4th Street and
■ The Donato
Soviero Quartet, led by
guitarist and composer
Soviero, will perform
jazz selections. 6 p.m.
Free. Millennium Stage,
Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.
■ “Kirtin With Kristin Luna Ray” will feature a form of call-and-response singing
that originated in India more than 500
years ago. 7 to 9 p.m. $20; registration
required. Circle Yoga, 3838 Northampton
St. NW. 202-686-1104.
Dancing
■ The band JP McDermott and Western
Bop will perform at a swing dance. 8:30
p.m. to midnight. $15. Chevy Chase
Ballroom, 5207 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 703359-9882.
■ The National Wildlife Federation’s
Craig Tufts will discuss “Beginner’s Citizen
Science: Putting Your Garden and Nature
Observations to Work.” Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Conservatory
Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100
Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-1116.
■ Bill Patten will discuss his memoir
“My Three Fathers: And the Elegant
Deceptions of My Mother, Susan Mary
Alsop.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics & Prose, 5015
■ Erin Hartigan, editor of the D.C. edition of the online newsletter DailyCandy, will
discuss the new book “The DailyCandy
Lexicon: Words That Don’t Exist but
Should.” 7 p.m. Free. Olsson’s Books &
Records, 1307 19th St. NW. 202-7851133.
Films
■ The “Envisioning Russia: Mosfilm
Studio” series will feature Marlen
Khutsiyev’s 1966 film “July Rain,” a look at
Moscow in the 1960s, and Karen
Shakhnazarov’s 1986 film “Courier,” one of
the first films to examine daily life during
the perestroika period. 2:30 p.m. Free.
East Building Auditorium, National Gallery
of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue
NW. 202-737-4215.
■ The “Foreign Policy in Focus” film
series will feature Anthony Giacchino’s documentary “The
Camden 28,”
about the aftermath of a 1971
raid on a
Camden, N.J.,
draft board
office by “Catholic Left” activists protesting
the Vietnam War and its effects on urban
America. A post-screening discussion will
feature Marcus Raskin, co-founder and distinguished fellow at the Institute for Policy
Studies. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Langston
Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St.
NW. 202-387-7638.
■ The 13th annual “Made in Hong
Kong” film festival will feature Johnny To’s
“Exiled,” about four hitmen who resolve to
team up for one final big score before the
Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. 202-638-2367.
The tour will repeat July 18 at 7 p.m.
Saturday,
July 12
Saturday
JULY 12
Celebration
■ The Embassy of France will host a
Bastille Day celebration featuring dance,
food and music. Proceeds will benefit the
Comité Tricolore, a nonprofit group that provides health-care support to the sick and
elderly in the local French and FrenchAmerican community. 7 p.m. to midnight.
$85 to $500; reservations required. La
Maison Française, 4101 Reservoir Road
NW. bastille-day.org.
Saturday, JULY 12
■ Discussion: To commemorate the
144th anniversary of the Battle of
Fort Stevens, a park ranger will share
the stories of bravery and sacrifice of
the Civil War soldiers who fought and
died during the battle. 11:30 a.m.
and 3:30 p.m. Free. Fort Stevens,
13th Street and Piney Branch Road
NW. 202-895-6070.
Portuguese colony of Macau is handed over
to Chinese rule. 7 p.m. Free; tickets
required. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of
Art, Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW.
202-633-1000. The film will be shown
again Sunday at 2 p.m.
Performances
feature a dance performance as part of the
Hip-Hop Theater Festival. Noon to 1:30
p.m. Free. Wilson Plaza, Reagan Building
and International Trade Center, 1300
■ The Hip-Hop Theater Festival will feature Words Beats & Life’s “The Freshest of
All Times: B-Boy Jam,” featuring b-boy
crews from throughout the United States
competing for cash and prizes. 3 to 10
p.m. Free. St. Stephen and the Incarnation
Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St. NW.
hhtf.org.
■ The Hip-Hop Theater Festival and
Mason Rhynes Productions will present the
Jack Ya Body Dance Series, featuring
Boogie Bots, Maia Maiden Works, Urban
Impact, Aysha Upchurch, DJ 2-Tone Jones
and other performers. 8 p.m. Free; tickets
required. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE.
202-269-1600.
Classes
■ Anthony F. LoPresti, associate professor of religious studies at Salve Regina
University, will discuss “St. Augustine and
the Moral Life.” 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
$120. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100
Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.
■ Sumru Belger Krody, associate curator for Eastern Hemisphere collections at
the Textile Museum, and Wendel Swan, an
international lecturer and consultant, will
discuss “Oriental Rugs: Taking a Magic
Carpet Ride.” 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
■ B.J. Rudell will lead a class on
“Improvisational Comedy for Beginners.”
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $39. First Class Inc.,
1726 20th St. NW. 202-797-5102.
■ The Smithsonian Associates will host
a seminar on “Bhutan — Exploring the Last
Himalayan Kingdom.” 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
■ Nicole Wells will discuss “Impromptu
Speaking: How To Think on Your Feet.” 10
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $120. S. Dillon Ripley
Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030.
Craft activity
■ A craft circle will feature an exchange
of ideas and tips about knitting, crocheting,
needlepoint, quilting and beading. 1 to
2:30 p.m. Free. West End Neighborhood
Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-724-8706.
Concerts
■ The Plateros, a family band from the
Tohajiilee Navajo Reservation in New
Mexico, will perform blues and rock selections. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Lakeside will perform with the BarKays and Clones of Funk. 7:30 p.m. $23.
Carter Barron Amphitheatre, 16th Street
and Colorado Avenue NW. 202-397-7328.
Demonstration
■ Lindsay Lambert, Canada’s leading
contemporary lanternist, will lead a “Magic
Lantern” demonstration followed by a video
made by students at the Edmund Burke
School. 9:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Historical Society of
Washington, D.C., 801 K St. NW. 202-3831828.
■ Alvin Felzenberg will discuss his book
“The Leaders We Deserved (And a Few We
Didn’t): Rethinking the Presidential Rating
Game,” at 1 p.m.; and Edward Dolnick will
discuss his book “The Forger’s Spell: A
True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the
Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth
Century,” at 6 p.m. Free. Politics & Prose,
■ A park ranger will
share the personal stories of the men who
died saving Washington
from Confederate
attack during the Battle
of Fort Stevens. 1:30
p.m. Free. Battleground
National Cemetery, 6625 Georgia Ave. NW.
202-895-6070.
Films
■ “Artistic Journeys,” for ages 4 and
older, will feature an international lineup of
short films, including “Walking Man,”
“Seven Blind Mice,” “Aston’s Stones” and
“Mary Cassatt.” 10:30 and 11:30 a.m.
Free. East Building Auditorium, National
Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. The films will
be shown again Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and
June 16 and 23 at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m.
■ The “This Land Is Me” series will
present the
2008 documentary “Passing
Poston: An
American
Story,” about a
World War II
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■ A “Supreme Teens Night Out” will feature various activities. 7 to 11:45 p.m.
Free. Hearst Recreation Center, 3950 37th
St. NW. 202-671-0451.
Sporting event
■ The Washington
Nationals will play the
Houston Astros. 7:35
p.m. $5 to $58.
Nationals Park, 1500
South Capitol St. SE.
888-632-6287. The
series will continue
Saturday at 7:10 p.m. and Sunday at 1:35
p.m.
Tour
■ Ford’s Theatre will present “History
on Foot,” a scripted walking monologue
tour that tells the story of the events surrounding the assassination of President
Abraham Lincoln by taking guests on an
“investigation” of the crime in and around
historic Ford’s Theatre. 7 p.m. $12. Ford’s
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ment between the War Relocation Authority
and the Office of Indian Affairs. A discussion with filmmakers Joe Fox and James
Nubile will follow. 1:30 p.m. Free.
Rasmuson Theater, National Museum of
the American Indian, 4th Street and
■ Lanternist David Francis, narrator
Joss Marsh and pianist Philip Carli will present “Magic Lantern Show: Victorian
Transformations,” using period lenses,
music and narration. 4:30 p.m. Free. East
Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art,
4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.
202-737-4215.
Performances
■ Dance Place will host its annual adjudicated showcase of new works by established and emerging choreographers from
D.C., Maryland and Virginia. 8 p.m. $22;
$17 for students, teachers, seniors and
artists; $10 for ages 17 and younger.
Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-2691600. The performance will repeat Sunday
at 7 p.m.
a performance by Universes, an ensemble
of writers and performers who fuse poetry,
theater, jazz, hip-hop, politics, blues and
Spanish boleros. 9:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Studio Theatre, 1501
14th St. NW. hhtf.org.
Reading
■ Poet Gary Snyder
will read from
“Mountains and Rivers
Without End,” his epic
celebration of nature
and humanity that
encompasses Asian
artistic traditions,
Native American storytelling and Zen
Buddhist philosophy. 2 p.m. Free; tickets
required. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of
Art, Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW.
202-633-1000.
Workshop
■ Chase Bank’s “Legacy of
Homeownership Tour” will feature a
keynote address by Washington Post
columnist Michelle Singletary and workshops designed to help African-American
consumers become long-term homeowners.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free; registration required.
Blackburn University Center, Howard
University, 2400 6th St. NW.
chase.com/legacy.
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■ A “KidSpy” workshop, for ages 7 and
older, will feature secret-agent magician
“James Wand” demonstrating illusions
used by skilled spies. 10:30 a.m. and
12:30 p.m. $12; registration required.
International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW.
202-393-7798.
Sporting event
■ D.C. United will play CD Guadalajara
as part of the SuperLiga tournament. 8
p.m. $25 to $60. RFK Memorial Stadium,
2400 East Capitol St. SE. 202-397-7328.
Concerts
■ The Smithsonian American Art
Museum’s “Steinway Series” will feature
the National Chamber Ensemble performing chamber music and sharing stories. 3
p.m. Free. McEvoy Auditorium, Reynolds
Center for American Art and Portraiture, 8th
and F streets NW. 202-633-1000.
■ The Citizens Association of
Georgetown’s sixth annual Concerts in the
Parks series will feature The Image Band
performing reggae selections. 5 p.m. Free.
Rose Park, 26th and O streets NW. 202337-7313.
■ The National Symphony Orchestra’s
Summer Music Institute Orchestra, conducted by Elizabeth Schulze, will perform
works by Dvorák, Smetana and Schumann.
6 p.m. Free. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600.
Walks and tours
■ A park ranger will lead a one-mile hike
■ National Gallery of Art lecturer
it’s
documentary “Bishar Blues,” about a largely unknown Islamic tradition practiced by
fakirs in the eastern part of India that
preaches equality and condemns the caste
system. 8 to 10 p.m. $5. Langston Room,
Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW.
202-387-7638.
to historic Fort DeRussy and discuss how
the little fort helped save Washington during a Confederate attack in 1864. 10 a.m.
Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200
Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.
■ A walking tour on “Georgetown During
the Civil War” will focus on how the war
tested the loyalties and changed the fortunes of residents of the border town.
12:15 p.m. Free. Georgetown Visitor
Center, 1057 Thomas Jefferson St. NW.
301-767-3714.
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Performance
■ The Washington Stage Guild will present a staged reading of “Hobson’s Choice”
by Harold Brighouse. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Mead Theatre
Lab at Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW. 240-5820050.
Sunday, JULY 13
■ Demonstration: Chef Ris Lacoste,
formerly of 1789 Restaurant, will
present a grilling demonstration as
part of the third annual “D.C. Grill
Masters” series. 11:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. $10 donation to the
American Diabetes Association;
reservations suggested. Wagshal’s
Market, 4845 Massachusetts Ave.
NW. 202-363-0884.
Russell Sale will discuss “Alexander Calder,
Modernist.” 2 p.m. Free. East Building
Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202737-4215.
■ Tara Yellen will
discuss her book “After
Hours at the Almost
Home,” and Stephen
Evans will discuss his
book “The Marriage of
True Minds.” 5 p.m.
Free. Politics & Prose,
Family program
■ Hillwood will host a “Bastille Day
Celebration,” featuring an art activity
inspired by the elaborate art designs on
the estate’s French funiture. 1 to 5 p.m.
$12; $10 for seniors; $7 for students; $5
for ages 6 through 18; free for ages 5 and
younger. Hillwood Estate, Museum and
Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-6865807.
Film
■ Lanternist Terry Borton and
singer/pianist Nancy Stewart will present
“Magic Lantern Show: Spirit of ‘76,” featuring America’s history dramatized in story,
comedy and song through a combination of
projected pictures and live performers. 5
p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium,
National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ NomadsLand will present the 2008
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July 10 thru 14
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Sporting event
■ The Washington Mystics will play the
Connecticut Sun. 3:30 p.m. $10 to $200.
Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-3977328.
Walks and tours
■ A park ranger will
lead a tour of
Dumbarton Oaks Park
and discuss the pioneering 20th-century
landscape architect
Beatrix Farrand, who
designed the naturalistic landscaped garden turned park. 10 a.m.
Free. 31st and R streets NW. 202-4266851.
■ A park ranger will lead a horseback
tour of Rock Creek Park for ages 12 and
older. 11 a.m. $30; reservations required.
Rock Creek Horse Center, 5100 Glover
Road NW. 202-362-0017.
■ A walking tour will focus on
Georgetown’s back alleys and how the distinctive communities of the old industrial
quarter related to one another. 12:15 p.m.
Free. Georgetown Visitor Center, 1057
Thomas Jefferson St. NW. 301-767-3714.
Workshop
■ Naomi Gottlieb-Miller will lead a
“Twist It Out! A Summer Yoga Detox” workshop. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. $35; registration
requested. Circle Yoga, 3838 Northampton
St. NW. 202-686-1104.
Monday,
July 14
Monday
JULY 14
■ A park ranger will teach ages 7 and
older about why the bears that once
roamed the Rock Creek Valley eventually
had to leave. 10 a.m. Free. Rock Creek
Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202895-6070.
Concerts
feature Copper Rose & Bone performing
neo soul. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Wilson
Plaza, Reagan Building and International
Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
202-312-1300.
■ Participants in the Washington
National Opera’s Opera Institute will perform semi-staged opera scenes in English
and Italian art songs. 6 p.m. Free.
■ The Fort
Reno concert
series will feature performances by Death
by Sexy
(shown), True
Womanhood and Sinta. 7:15 p.m. Free.
Fort Reno Park, 40th and Chesapeake
streets NW. fortreno.com.
■ The U.S. Navy Band’s jazz ensemble,
The Commodores, will perform. 8 p.m.
Free. West Side, U.S. Capitol. 202-4332525.
■ A Cathedral organist will give a short
talk about the Cathedral’s 10,650-pipe
organ followed by a mini-recital. 12:30 p.m.
Free. Washington National Cathedral,
Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues
NW. 202-537-6200. The presentation will
repeat every Monday and Wednesday
through August.
■ The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange will
host a seminar on “Curious Art/Curious
Audience: Fringe Festival Training Factory”
as part of the Capital Fringe Festival. 6
p.m. $10. Auditorium A-9, Martin Luther
King Jr. Library, 901 G St. NW. 301-2706700.
■ John Renton, professor of geology at
West Virginia University, will discuss “Our
Temperamental Earth: Geological Drama of
Plate Tectonics.” 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. $40.
S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson
Drive SW. 202-633-3030.
■ Drew Westen, professor of psychology at Emory University, will discuss
“Election Fever: The Role of Emotion in
Voting.” 6:45 to 9 p.m. $40. S. Dillon
202-633-3030.
■ Ethan Canin will discuss his novel
“America, America.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics &
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.
Films
■ “Best of Film|Neu: Summer Sizzlers”
will feature Andreas Dresen’s 2005 film
“Summer in Berlin,” about a divorced single mother who is almost run down by a
libidinous, rail-thin trucker in an incident
that begins a summer of challenge and
change (in German with English subtitles).
6:30 p.m. $6. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St.
NW. 202-289-1200.
■ The “All About Bette” summer film
series will feature the 1939 film “Dark
Victory,” about
a vivacious
member of
Long Island
society determined to find
happiness after
learning she has a brain tumor. 6:30 p.m.
Free. Helen Hayes Gallery, National
Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202783-3372.
■ The “All the World’s a Stage Film
Club” will screen the 1966 film “Rasputin:
The Mad Monk.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Secondfloor East Lobby, Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-7270321.
■ HBO’s 10th annual “Screen on the
Green” film festival will open with an outdoor screening of the 1962 film “Dr. No,”
starring Sean Connery as James Bond. 8
p.m. Free. National Mall between 4th and
7th streets. 877-262-5866.
Tuesday,
July 15
Tuesday
JULY 15
■ A park ranger will lead 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.
Classes
■ Bruce Voge III will lead a class on
“How To Play and Deal the Game of
Blackjack.” 6 to 8:30 p.m. $59. First Class
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Inc., 1726 20th St. NW. 202-797-5102.
■ Washington Conservatory Orchestra
conductor Scott Wood will lead adult instrumentalists in sight-reading orchestral
works. 7:45 to 9:30 p.m. Free. Hearst Hall,
National Cathedral School, Wisconsin
Avenue and Woodley Road NW.
[email protected]. The class will
repeat July 22 and 29.
Concerts
feature Nolan Williams Jr. & The Inspiration
Ensemble performing gospel selections.
Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Wilson Plaza,
Reagan Building and International Trade
Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202312-1300.
■ Soprano Kristin Kilbane will perform.
12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany,
1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635, ext.18.
■ Eastern Music Festival Piano Program
students will perform. 6 p.m. Free.
■ The U.S. Navy Band’s Country
Current will perform country and bluegrass
selections. 8 p.m. Free. U.S. Navy
Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202433-2525.
■ Mark Stein will discuss his book
“How the States Got Their Shapes.” Noon.
Free. Dining Room A, Madison Building,
Library of Congress, 101 Independence
Ave. SE. 202-707-5221.
The “Shades of Black Book Club” will
discuss Cupcake Brown’s memoir “Piece of
Cake.” 3 p.m. Free. Room 110, Martin
Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St.
NW. 202-727-0321.
■ Mahvish Khanas will discuss her
book “My Guantanamo Diary: The
Detainees and the Stories They Told Me.” 6
to 7:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room,
Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW.
202-387-7638.
■ Sichan Siv will
discuss his memoir
“Golden Bones: An
Extraordinary Journey
From Hell in Cambodia
to a New Life in
America.” 6:30 p.m.
Free. Borders, 18th
and L streets NW. 202-466-4999.
■ Travel writer and local resident
Andrew Evans will discuss “The Insider’s
Washington, D.C.” 6:45 to 9 p.m. $40.
Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art,
Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW. 202633-3030.
■ Mark Garland of the Audubon
Naturalist
Society will discuss “The
Wilds of
Alaska.” 6:45
to 9 p.m. $40.
S. Dillon Ripley
Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030.
■ Thurston Clarke will discuss his book
“The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy
and 82 Days That Inspired America.” 7
p.m. Free. Politics & Prose, 5015
■ Thorina Rose will discuss her memoir
“The Heartbreak Diet: A Story of Family,
Fidelity, and Starting Over.” 7 p.m. Free.
Olsson’s Books & Records, 1307 19th St.
NW. 202-785-1133.
■ Pop culture expert Michael Hirschorn,
a columnist for Atlantic Monthly and co-
will feature Shomrei Adamah of Greater
Washington, DC Green Muslims, Faith at
Work, Teva Learning Center, Foundry United
Methodist Church’s Green Mission and
Greater Washington Interfaith Power and
Light. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Foundry United Methodist Church,
1500 16th St. NW. [email protected].
founder of Ish Entertainment, will discuss
“Defining the New Cool: Quirk, Camp, and
Kitsch Investigated.” 7 p.m. $20. Hammer
Auditorium, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500
17th St. NW. 202-639-1770.
Films
■ The “From the Archives: 16 at 12”
series will feature Perry Miller Adato’s
1978 film “Helen Frankenthaler — Toward
a New Climate,” featuring footage of the
artist in her studio with friends and colleagues and at New York’s Emmerich
Gallery with her work. Noon. Free. East
Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art,
4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.
202-737-4215. The film will be shown
again July 22 and 29 at noon.
■ “Popular Movie Tuesdays” will feature
Roland Emmerich’s 2008 film “10,000
BC,” about a
young mammoth hunter’s
journey through
uncharted territory to secure
the future of
his tribe. 6 p.m. Free. Auditorium A-5,
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library,
901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.
Reading
■ The Joaquin Miller Cabin Poetry
Series will feature readings by Nicole
Cooley and Ellen Rachlin. 7:30 p.m. Free.
Joaquin Miller Cabin, Picnic Area 6, Rock
Creek Park, Beach Drive at Military Road
Overpass. 202-820-8113.
Sporting event
■ D.C. United will play Atlante as part
of the SuperLiga tournament. 8 p.m. $25
to $60. RFK Memorial Stadium, 2400 East
Capitol St. SE. 202-397-7328.
Wednesday,
July 16
Wednesday
JULY 16
Class
Landscape architect Cheryl Corson
will lead a three-session workshop on
“Planting Design for Homeowners.” 6:30 to
8:30 p.m. $95; reservations required. U.S.
Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW.
202-225-1116. The class will continue July
23 and 30.
■
Concerts
■ The Summer Opera Theatre Company
will perform as part of the weekly
“Happenings at the Harman” series. Noon.
Free; reservations recommended. Sidney
Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-5471122.
feature Whop Frazier performing blues
selections. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Wilson
Plaza, Reagan Building and International
Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
202-312-1300.
■ The George Botts Trio will perform
jazz selections. 12:30 p.m. Free. Hammer
Auditorium, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500
17th St. NW. 202-639-1770.
■ “Music on the Green” will feature the
Pan Masters Steel Orchestra. 6:30 to 9
p.m. Free; reservations suggested.
Historical Society of Washington, D.C., 801
K St. NW. 202-383-1828.
■ The U.S. Marine Band’s Dixieland
Band will perform Southern favorites such
as “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans,”
“Sweet Georgia Brown,” “When It’s Sleepy
Time Down South,” “Basin Street Blues,”
and “When the Saints Go Marching In.” 8
p.m. Free. West Terrace, U.S. Capitol. 202433-4011.
■ “Hump Day Groovez” will feature the
Films
Wednesday, JULY 16
■ Film: The “Voices of Palestine”
summer film series will feature
Nicole Ballivian’s 2006 film “Driving
to Zigzigland,” about a day in the
life of a Palestinian cab driver in
Los Angeles and the social struggles of Arab immigrants in post9/11 America. 6:30 p.m. Free.
Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave.
NW. [email protected].
Brooklyn-based quartet Likeness to Lily. 9
to 11 p.m. $10. Langston Room, Busboys
and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-3877638.
■ Liana Paredes, senior curator of western European art, will discuss Marjorie
Merriweather Post’s collection of French
furniture. 12:45 p.m. $12; $10 for seniors;
$7 for students; $5 for ages 6 through 18;
free for ages 5 and younger. Hillwood
Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155
Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.
■ Historian William Roger Louis will discuss “The Moral Conscience of the World:
The United Nations and Palestine in 1947.”
4 p.m. Free. Room 119, Jefferson Building,
Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202707-2692.
■ Editor Annie Holmes and other contributors will discuss the book
“Underground America: Narratives of
Undocumented Lives.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free.
Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021
14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ The Washington Area Secular
Humanists and the American Humanist
Association will present an overview of the
ideas, history and modern application of
Humanist thought. 6 p.m. Free. Morain
Humanist Center, 1777 T St. NW. 202-2980921.
■ Mark Safarik, a former FBI special
agent, will discuss “Cold-Case Homicides:
A Forensic and Behavioral Analysis.” 6:45
to 8:45 p.m. $40. S. Dillon Ripley Center,
1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.
■ Judith Nies will discuss her book “The
Girl I Left Behind: A Narrative History of the
Sixties.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics & Prose,
■ Kenji Jasper will discuss the novel
“Cake,” written under the pseudonym “D.”
7 p.m. Free. Olsson’s Books & Records,
1307 19th St. NW. 202-785-1133.
■ Michael Luongo will discuss his book
“Gay Travels in the Muslim World.” 7 p.m.
Free. Lambda Rising Bookstore, 1625
■ Peter Eisenman will discuss his book
“Ten Canonical Buildings 1950-2000,”
about projects that profoundly affected
architectural discourse and practice. 7 p.m.
$22. Hammer Auditorium, Corcoran Gallery
of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1770.
■ “Renewal: An Interfaith Call to Action”
■ The “French Cinémathèque” series
will feature Nadir Mokneche’s 2007 film
“Délice Paloma
(Paloma
Delight),”
about a
grandiose
scam that
costs Madame
Aldjéria her son and her freedom (in
French with English subtitles). 8 p.m.
$9.75. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut
Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.
■ “Films on the Vern” will present the
2006 animated film “Cars” as part of a
summer showcase about
the world of
sports and the
spirit of competition. 8:30
p.m. Free.
Quad, George Washington University Mount
Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road NW.
202-242-6673.
Performance
■ “Green Mic” will feature teen poetry
slam champions from throughout the
United States speaking about global warming as part of “Brave New Voices: Youth
Speaks! 11th International Youth Poetry
Slam. 6 p.m. Free. Family Theater, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
Thursday,
July 17JULY 17
Thursday
Class
■ Chè Monique will lead a class on
“Massage for Pain and Stress Reduction.”
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $39. First Class Inc.,
1726 20th St. NW. 202-797-5102.
Concerts
feature Dagmar & the Seductones performing rock ‘n’ roll selections. Noon to 1:30
p.m. Free. Wilson Plaza, Reagan Building
and International Trade Center, 1300
■ The Joker’s Wild, a swing band, will
perform. 5 to 8 p.m. Free. Kogod
Courtyard, Reynolds Center for American
Art and Portraiture, 8th and F streets NW.
202-633-1000.
■ Roy Carrier will perform cajun, creole
and zydeco selections. 6 p.m. Free.
■ The “Sunset Serenades” concert
series will feature the 257th Army Band
performing patriotic favorites. 6:30 to 8
p.m. Free. Lion/Tiger Hill, National Zoo,
■ Jazz bassist James King will perform
selections by Duke Ellington, Count Basie
and Billie Holiday. 6:30 p.m. $12; $10 for
seniors and students; free for ages 18 and
NW. 202-387-2151.
■ The Fort Reno concert series will feature performances by The Apes, Police and
Thieves, and We Were Pirates. 7:15 p.m.
Free. Fort Reno Park, 40th and
Chesapeake streets NW. fortreno.com.
■ The U.S. Marine Band’s Dixieland
Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. Sylvan
Theater, Washington Monument grounds,
15th Street and Independence Avenue SW.
202-433-4011.
■ Christine Pelosi will discuss her book
“Campaign Boot Camp: Basic Training for
Future Leaders.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free.
Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021
14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ Travel writer Michael Luongo will discuss “Buenos Aires: The Paris of South
America.” 6:45 to 9 p.m. $40. S. Dillon
202-633-3030.
■ Stephen Carter, a
law professor at Yale
University, will discuss
his novel “Palace
Council.” 7 p.m. Free.
Politics & Prose, 5015
Connecticut Ave. NW.
202-364-1919.
■ E. Lynn Harris will discuss his novel
“Just Too Good To Be True.” 7 p.m. Free.
Olsson’s Books & Records, 1307 19th St.
NW. 202-785-1133.
■ Los Angeles-based architect Michael
Maltzan will discuss his work, which
includes the recently completed Billy Wilder
Theater at the University of California at
Los Angeles. 7 to 8:30 p.m. $20; $12 for
students. Reservations required. National
Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-2722448.
Wine tasting
■ Mari Stull, the “Vino Vixen” wine editor of the Alexandria Times, will lead an
“American Tour of Wine” tasting. 6 and
7:15 p.m. $40; registration required.
Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202387-2151, ext. 247.
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tudio Theatre will present the East Coast premiere of “Jerry Springer: The Opera” July 23
through Aug. 31.
Featuring book and lyrics by Richard Thomas and
Stewart Lee and music by Thomas, the production
brings the epic storytelling of opera to the high jinks of
daytime television. When an ordinary broadcast ends
On STAGE
in violence, the musical extravaganza follows the
trashy talk-show host to purgatory and hell.
Performances are generally at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost
$39. Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St. NW.
202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.
■ The Source Festival will present two lineups of oneact plays at Source Theatre today through Sunday,
when the three-week festival will close.
“Murmuring in a Dead Tongue” by J.T. Rogers,
“Sunday Night” by Julian Sheppard and “The
Mnemonist” by Julia Cho will be performed at 8 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday.
“This Perfect World” by Chris Stezin, “Catch” by
Graeme Gillis” and “Tumor” by Shelia Callaghan will
be performed at 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and 2
p.m. Sunday.
Tickets cost $15. Source is located at 1835 14th St.
NW. 866-811-4111; sourcedc.org.
■ Washington Women in Theatre will stage “Long
Beach ‘44,” a new one-act play by Sidra Rausch,
Saturday through July 19 in conjunction with the
Capital Fringe Festival.
In the midst of World War II, two young Jewish
cousins discover a mysterious secret at the beach.
When their
uncle arrives at
the family’s
Long Island
summer home
to recuperate
from injuries he
sustained as
part of the
Allied Forces’
landing in
Keegan Theatre’s “Man of La
Normandy, he
becomes
Mancha” opens Thursday at the
caught up in a
Church Street Theater.
dangerous mystery. The play is based on a true story about a U-boat
that brought Nazis to Amagansett, N.Y., and it weaves
the playwright’s autobiography and childhood discovery of a Nazi uniform on the beach.
Performances are July 12 at noon, July 13 at 8:30
p.m., July 16 at 6 p.m., July 18 at 10 p.m. and July 19
at 1 p.m. Tickets cost $15. The venue is The Shop —
Located @ Fort Fringe, 610 L St. NW. 866-811-4111;
“Jerry Springer: The Opera,” Studio Theatre’s
summertime offering, will open July 23.
capitalfringe.org.
■ Rorschach Theatre will stage Thornton Wilder’s
“The Skin of Our Teeth” Sunday through Aug. 10 as
part of its summer schedule at Georgetown
University’s Davis Performing Arts Center.
Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy about the
end of the world shows the resiliency of the human
race through the Antrobus family, which has seen war,
plague, ice age, flood and yet more war. Rorschach’s
production features company members Scott
McCormick, Cesar Guadamuz and Yasmin Tuazon.
Performances generally are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost
$20; $12 for students, seniors and groups. Georgetown
University is located at 37th and O streets NW. 800494-8497; rorschachtheatre.com.
■ The Summer Opera Theatre Company will stage
Bizet’s “Carmen” July 20 through 27 at Sidney
Harman Hall.
“Carmen” was Summer Opera’s first offering, and
the company is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a
new production of Bizet’s steamy story and scorchingly melodic music with mezzo-soprano Teresa
Buchholz in the title role, tenor Benjamin Warchawski
as Don Jose and baritone Thomas Beard as Escamillo.
Performances (in French with English surtitles) are
July 20 and 27 at 2:30 p.m. and July 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets cost $60 to $125. Sidney Harman Hall is located at 610 F St. NW. 202-526-1669; summeropera.org.
■ The Keegan Theatre will present the musical “Man
of La Mancha” at the Church Street Theater Thursday
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Continuing a tradition that began last summer, the
show highlights 50 artists who paid $60 each for a 5by-5-foot exhibit space on the wall or on the floor.
This year, three-dimensional works will join those in
two dimensions.
An opening reception and wine tasting will be held
Friday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Located at 406 7th St. NW
on the second floor, the gallery is open Wednesday
through Friday
from 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. and
Saturday and
Sunday from
noon to 5 p.m.
202-347-2787.
■ Hillyer Art
Space will
“Bike, Paris” by Newton More is
open three
part of an exhibit at Touchstone. shows Friday
with a reception
from 6 to 9 p.m. and continue them through Aug. 29.
“An Allegory in Ink” presents highly detailed,
large-scale ink drawings by Dupont Circle artist Ben
Tolman exploring the human condition.
“Every Day” includes five installations by
Arlington artist Mandy Burrow exploring life, death
and resurrection.
“My Name Is Jason” features collaborative artwork
combining poetry by Jason Reynolds with paintings by
Jason Griffin. The artists, both natives of the
Washington area, address topics from introspection to
pop culture to the senselessness of violence.
A $10 donation is suggested for Friday’s reception,
which will feature the music of DJ Deep Sang.
Located at 9 Hillyer Court NW, the gallery is open
Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through
Dupont Circle artist Ben Tolman’s large-scale ink
drawings are on display at Hillyer Art Space.
Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. 202-338-0680.
■ “Academy 2008,” an annual invitational presented
by Conner Contemporary Art featuring works by
recent fine-art graduates of regional college art programs, will open Friday with an artists’ reception from
6 to 8 p.m.
Continuing through July 26, the show will take
place in the ground-floor space of the Taurus
Development corporate headquarters. It will run concurrently with an exhibit of paintings by first-year
Master of Fine Arts students from George Washington
University on view at the nearby SOVA Espresso and
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Columbia Heights renovation offers high-tech features
ON THE MARKET
CAROL BUCKLEY
point to a spruced-up kitchen or a
luxurious bathroom. For the owners of a two-level penthouse at
1308 Clifton St. NW, however, the
most dramatic improvements to
their three-bedroom, two-and-ahalf-bathroom home are hidden in
the walls.
When the 1912 Harry Wardman
building was renovated in 2003,
homeowner Al Browne seized the
opportunity to update his unit with
technology rarely found even in
newer and far larger homes.
Extensive wiring now snakes
through the home to a tower of
electronic components hidden in a
hall closet.
A touch-screen monitor in the
kitchen is the hub of this wired
home. Owners can choose which
music will play from the flushmounted speakers in every room,
bathrooms included. And because
different speakers can play different tunes, it’s possible to pipe in
lullabies to a kid’s room upstairs,
jazz to the kitchen, and classical
music to the dining room, all at the
same time.
High-definition televisions in
bedrooms can be loaded with different movies from the same monitor — 400 movies can be stored on
the Sony system. If the 50-inch and
42-inch screens upstairs seem too
small, a projector hangs from the
living room ceiling and can show
movies and television on the 96inch pull-down screen.
Additional renovations significantly updated this home in
Columbia Heights but do not
obscure the unit’s pedigree: Wood
floors, tall windows, and transom
windows over balcony doors all
gesture at the home’s vintage.
A separate and sizeable dining
room is another hallmark of a historic building, as few contemporary
homes of this size (1,343 square
feet) feature such a formal room.
The space is flooded with light
from the window and a glass door
that opens to a balcony that overlooks Cardozo High School and the
cityscape below.
Improvements in the kitchen
include a Miele dishwasher and
built-in coffeemaker; the latter’s
digital menu is elaborate but seems
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compared with the touchscreen monitor next to it.
The kitchen is kitted
out in the modern standards: granite countertops
and stainless-steel appliances. Blond wood cabinets and pendant lights
keep the scheme light and
bright.
Storage in this condo is
Carol Buckley/The Current
ample, particularly considThe two-floor penthouse unit at 1308
ering the date of construcClifton St. in Columbia Heights is
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a large pantry with shelvpriced at $598,000.
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The bathrooms are updated; one
and dryer. Upstairs, a walk-in closis particularly notable for its dark
et in the master bedroom uses an
and sophisticated décor, featuring a
Elfa modular storage system.
A sea-and-sky palette dominates strié-paint effect in dark brown and
the home, with variations on blues, a silver-leafed ceiling.
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greens and browns setting a natural
easy access to the U Streettone. One exception is the master
Cardozo and Columbia Heights
bedroom, where a spicy deep red
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warms the walls.
The home’s three bedrooms are
upstairs, where the owners recently
installed carpeting. Although the
current residents use the room adjacent to the open staircase as a bedroom, they installed shoji screens
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board could rule.
At the July 1 commission meeting, Belin spoke to the commissioners and the crowd, which included
approximately 15 people sporting
“Forever Evermay” buttons. He said
he is eager to move forward with the
society’s various charitable efforts.
Private functions, he said, provide
financial support for these efforts
and for maintenance of the house,
located at 1623 28th St.
In an interview, Belin said that he
had submitted to the commissioners
an “extensive list of the beginnings”
of outreach activities he would like
to see the Evermay Society support.
He described the efforts as “tied to
the encouragement and education
required for a new breed of leaders”
in various disciplines.
Opponents of the special exception questioned the society’s status
as a legitimate nonprofit, arguing
that the majority of events have
been private functions, not charitable.
Commissioners echoed that
uncertainty in their motion. They
urged the zoning board to examine
the Evermay Society’s nonprofit
qualifications closely.
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Belin said in an interview that he than the public street.
has shown “beyond the shadow of a
A contract that those holding
doubt” that the Evermay Society is a events at Evermay must sign
legitimate nonprofit organization.
includes regulations on bus transThe commission also urged the port X “no offload of passengers is
zoning board, if it approves Belin’s allowed at street level” X and on
application, to regulate events at amplified music X only inside the
Evermay so they would have less building with the windows closed.
impact on the
neighborhood.
E v e r m a y
neighbor Avery
Miller said that
chaos results from
presidential visits
to Evermay, a popular site for political fundraisers.
“We are put in
lockdown,” said
Miller,
who
opposed the speBill Petros/The Current
cial exception.
Belin said he is Controversy continues over private functions held
“willing to limit at Evermay. The zoning board will hold a hearing
visits” by such on the owner’s zoning application next week.
high-profile figures but added that Evermay “is
Commissioners made additional
America’s living room, and as such suggestions to the zoning board,
we have an open-door policy.”
including quarterly reviews, a conDenise Cunningham, president servation easement and a limit on
of the Citizens Association of the number of private events at
Georgetown, elicited enthusiastic Evermay. Belin decried such sugapplause when she cited her organi- gestions as “not within the purview”
zation’s continuing support for the of the commission or the zoning
special exception, calling the issue board.
“very complicated.”
“Whether or not we get a conserButton-wearing supporters also vation easement has nothing to do
pointed out that Belin has taken with” the zoning board’s ruling,
steps to lessen community impact, Belin said. “The BZA only needs to
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ANC sidesteps Evermay zoning case

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