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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Vol. XLIV, No. 25
Serving Communities in Northwest Washington Since 1967
THE NORTHWEST CURRENT
Area schools
bid farewell
to principals
Woodley Park area
to reunite in Ward 3
TURKEY FOR BREAKFAST
■ Redistricting: City council
By JESSICA GOULD
reverses stance on Cheh plan
Current Staff Writer
As students begin summer break,
some are bidding farewell to their
principals and preparing to welcome new leaders to their schools.
In Ward 3, Jacqueline Gartrell is
leaving Eaton Elementary after four
years.
Dawn Ellis at Murch Elementary
and William Kerlina at Hearst
Elementary are both leaving after
two years.
Gartrell, who grew up in Ward 7
and attended D.C.’s public schools,
said she will serve as an instructional superintendent supporting elementary schools. “I have been having discussions and working with
the chancellor looking at the big picture for DCPS,” she said.
Gartrell said her goal is to help
the school system become more
similar “to the one I knew growing
up, where we got a quality education throughout the city.” She said
she also hopes to replicate the success of Eaton, which she calls a
“great school” with a “great community.”
“There’s no better parents in
D.C.,” she said.
And the feeling appears to be
See Principals/Page 19
By BRADY HOLT
A section of Woodley Park will
switch from Ward 1 to Ward 3,
undoing a division of the neighborhood that many residents said was
confusing and unnecessary.
Ward 3 D.C. Council member
Mary Cheh’s successful amendment
to the city’s redistricting plan
applies to the National Zoo and a
few nearby streets east of
Agency invites bidders
for car-sharing spaces
■ Transportation: Hertz is
possible competitor for Zipcar
Bill Petros/The Current
Palisades Neighborhood Library associate Jessica Stork
organized a Turkish breakfast picnic at the library Saturday
morning for children and their families.
Library project violates zoning, board says
Mayor Vincent Gray. “This case is a
doozy,” Jordan said before plunging
into the deliberation.
Fearing a negative vote, library
In a surprising setback for city
officials had already applied for a
library officials, the Board of
zoning variance that would, if
Zoning Adjustment ruled Tuesday
approved, allow completion of the
that a major addition to the Mount
rear addition on Ward 1’s only pubPleasant Neighborhood Library —
lic library. But they will probably
already well under construction —
face opposition to that proposal as
violates the District’s zoning rules.
Bill Petros/The Current well at an already-scheduled July 19
The 3-2 vote puts in limbo a
hearing before the same board.
long-debated expansion of the his- The board voted 3-2 to uphold an
“We still have a valid building
toric Carnegie library at 16th and appeal against the addition.
permit and we will continue with the
Lamont streets. The deciding vote
was cast by a prominent new member of the board, Mount Pleasant library construction,” said George
Lloyd Jordan, former director of the D.C. Department of Williams, a spokesperson for the D.C. Public Library
See Library/Page 17
Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and a confidant of
By ELIZABETH WIENER
NEWS
■ Project on Canal
Road, M Street aims to
fix water leaks. Page 3.
■ Council backtracks on
smoking exemption for
hotels. Page 3.
Connecticut Avenue. Earlier this
month, with Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham and members of the
council’s redistricting subcommittee
voting against it, the same amendment failed 9-4.
Graham began to reconsider his
position at Saturday’s Woodley Park
community picnic, he said in an
interview. “I have some very, very
good friends in Woodley Park, dear
people to me, whose opinions I really respect, and some of them were at
this picnic the other day,” he said.
These residents told him the
logistical hurdles they face: They
See Woodley/Page 5
SPORTS
■ Travel team looks to
create baseball
‘dynasty.’ Page 11.
■ Walls senior wins
third DCIAA tennis title.
Page 11.
By KATIE PEARCE
Zipcar’s reign as the sole carsharing service in the District seems
to be nearing an end after almost
four years, as the D.C. Department
of Transportation offers some of the
company’s parking spots to new
applicants.
Last week, the agency invited
bids for 86 curbside parking spots
on city land, all spaces previously
leased for free or low cost to Zipcar.
Under a new leasing structure, the
spaces will range in minimum price
from $2,400 to $4,800 per year.
The new process responds to
increased demand for the spots,
according
to
Transportation
Department associate director Scott
Kubly. “We had been approached by
another car-sharing company
launching in the Washington market,” he said. “Really the only fair
way to go is to open it up for competition. … Providers can compete
for the spaces.”
PA S S A G E S
■ GDS sends math star
to Olympiad. Page 13.
■ Arena teams up with
Georgetown University
to explore Tennessee
Williams. Page 13 .
Car-sharing service Zipcar has
been leasing 86 on-street spaces
from the District.
Though Kubly declined to name
the competitor, Arlington County
commuter services bureau chief
Chris Hamilton said Hertz is trying
to start car-sharing services in the
District.
Connect by Hertz, the company’s
car-sharing division, now operates
in multiple locations across the
country, concentrated at universities.
Lemore Hecht, a public affairs
specialist for the Hertz Corp., said
See Parking/Page 19
INDEX
Business/7
Calendar/20
Classifieds/29
District Digest/4
Exhibits/23
In Your Neighborhood/16
Opinion/8
Passages/13
Police Report/6
School Dispatches/12
Real Estate/15
Service Directory/25
Sports/11
Theater/23
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Legislators plan to narrow smoking-ban exemption after group’s outcry
By BORIS TSALYUK and KATIE PEARCE
Current Staff Writers
They got an inch last year, and now they’re
getting a mile, Smokefree DC said after the
D.C. Council passed legislation last week giving hotels a chance for a one-day exemption to
the city’s smoking ban. But the group’s efforts
now have the council backtracking to tighten
the bill.
The budget provision the council approved
12-1 last Tuesday lets hotels with liquor
licenses apply for temporary waivers of the
city’s smoke-free laws. The exceptions are
allowed “once a year for one day for the purposes of hosting a special event which permits
cigar smoking.”
Smokefree DC, which blasted the council
for the measure, noted that it makes over 75
hotels in the city eligible for the exception.
But it wasn’t supposed to be like that, legislators say. They intended to limit the exemption to hotels that can seat at least 500 people,
which would narrow the field down to only
two: the Capital Hilton, at 1001 16th St. NW,
and Washington Hilton, at 1919 Connecticut
Ave. NW.
Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans, who
introduced the amendment, said he mistakenly believed its language was identical to that
of an emergency bill he passed in March
2010.
Back then, the council allowed some leeway so two organizations — Fight for
Children and the Society of Friendly Sons of
St. Patrick — could host large-scale fundraisers with legal cigar puffing. The one-timeonly exemptions applied to Fight for
Children’s “Fight Night” event at the
See Smoking/Page 5
Canal Road project
aims to stem leaks
Redrawn police boundaries
seek to balance workloads
By CAROL BUCKLEY
By BRADY HOLT
Georgetown will trade one long-running infrastructure project for another in the coming weeks, as the Q
Street sewer-separation effort winds down and the city
water authority gears up to repair a crucial water main
running beneath the neighborhood’s streets.
Beginning July 11, the D.C. Water and Sewer
Authority will work to repair a 48-inch water main that
ferries drinking water to spots throughout the city and
runs under Canal Road and M Street. By the end of that
month, the final step of the Q Street project, repaving,
will be complete, reported authority spokesperson
Emanuel Briggs.
Fixing worn joints in the aging 48-inch main is part
of the agency’s capital improvement program, said
Briggs. But there are more immediate concerns as well,
he said: Leaks have been reported along the main, and
during the winter that can mean icing on city streets.
In January, two people were killed in a head-on collision on Canal Road. Police reported that there was ice
on the roadway, and area residents have frequently complained of standing water on the busy road.
Georgetown advisory neighborhood commissioner
A proposal designed to improve
police response times would
remove part of the Dupont Circle
neighborhood from the 2nd District
as part of an effort to balance police
responsibilities across the city.
Few other changes are proposed
for the 2nd District, which covers
Georgetown and other Northwest
neighborhoods west of Rock Creek
Park, as well as Foggy Bottom, the
West End and Sheridan-Kalorama.
Metropolitan Police Department
officials said residents should not
expect to see a significant impact
from the realignment, because each
shift is only a few blocks and
because the same officers will typically continue to patrol their familiar territory.
But at a June 9 meeting on the
proposed changes to the 3rd
A lane will be closed on part of Canal Road between
9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. during construction.
Charlie Eason said that he was “disappointed” in the
short notice given to the community about the project.
But, he added, he is pleased that the water authority
accepted his suggestion to work on the Canal Road
excavation pit — to be located near the Georgetown
University entrance — during the summer, when traffic
is lighter.
One lane of the popular commuter thoroughfare will
be closed between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Eason said
he was told by agency officials.
Briggs said that there will likely be some road closures, and the water authority is working out details —
including the expanse of any closures — with the
See Roads/Page 17
The week ahead
Wednesday, June 22
The D.C. State Board of Education will hold a public meeting to hear a one-year
update on the District’s Race to the Top award. The meeting will begin at 5:30
p.m. in the Old Council Chambers, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW.
■ The Metropolitan Police Department will hold a community meeting for the 2nd
District on plans to realign police service area boundaries. The meeting will begin
at 7 p.m. at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW.
■ The D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency will hold an
emergency preparedness seminar for Ward 4 residents. The event will be held
from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fort Stevens Senior Center, 1327 Van Buren St. NW. To
register, contact [email protected] or 202-481-3015.
Saturday, June 25
DC Vote and other groups will hold a “White House Rally for DC Democracy”
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lafayette Square Park, 16th and H streets NW.
Sunday, June 26
Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh will hold a “Chat With Cheh” event
from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Firehook, 3411 Connecticut Ave. NW.
Tuesday, June 28
Five design firms will present their concepts for beautifying and improving the
visitor experience and security components at President’s Park South, located
between the White House and Constitution Avenue. The showcase will begin at
12:30 p.m. at the offices of the National Capital Planning Commission, Suite
500N, 401 9th St. NW. The event will be streamed live at ncpc.gov.
■ The Humanities Council of Washington, DC, will hold a symposium on the DC
Community Heritage Project. The event will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the
Deanwood Recreation Center and Library, 1350 49th St. NE. Admission is free; to
register, call 202-387-8391 or visit dcchpsymposium2011.eventbrite.com.
Wednesday, June 29
The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on its draft
environmental assessment for the rehabilitation of Oregon Avenue between
Military Road and Western Avenue. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.
District, some Dupont Circle residents worried about police collaboration across district lines and community groups’ ability to work with
two districts’ leadership.
A key aim of the proposed citywide realignment of police boundaries is to equalize each district’s
crime at approximately one-seventh
of the total, or 14.3 percent. Borders
were last redrawn in 2004.
The 2nd District, the largest of
the seven districts geographically,
now accounts for 12.6 percent of the
city’s crime. Under the proposal, it
would lose the northwestern portion
of Dupont Circle but gain a few
blocks downtown around the White
House, increasing its share of the
crime slightly to 12.8 percent.
The 3rd District, which now
includes the neighborhoods of
Shaw, Logan Circle, Columbia
Heights, Adams Morgan and Mount
See Police/Page 19
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District Digest
Broad Branch Road
reopened temporarily
A temporary one-lane bridge on
Broad Branch Road across
Soapstone Creek opened Monday
and will remain in place through
late July, according to a news
release.
During rush hour, the D.C.
Department of Transportation will
close the one-lane bridge to northbound traffic from 6 a.m. to 10:15
a.m., and to southbound traffic
from 2:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. At all
other times, northbound and southbound drivers can alternate through
the stretch.
The release asks drivers to use
headlights when approaching and
crossing the bridge, and pedestrians
and bicyclists to avoid using it.
The Transportation Department
shut down the half-mile stretch of
Broad Branch Road between
Brandywine Street and Ridge
Road after part of the road caved
in this April. The road will be
closed again when the agency is
ready to make permanent repairs,
estimated to start late next month.
The repairs are now targeted for
completion in mid-September;
officials had previously estimated
the road would reopen by the end
of August.
Beach Drive to close
for zoo-tunnel work
The National Park Service will
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The advisory neighborhood
commission that serves the Logan
Circle area now has two vacant
seats, according to commission
chair Charles Reed.
One open seat represents singlemember district 2F02, an area west
of Logan Circle between P and N
streets; the other represents singlemember district 2F05, a narrow
area above Massachusetts Avenue
between 11th and 13th streets.
A map of single-member districts, along with more information
about the Logan Circle advisory
neighborhood commission, is available at anc2f.org.
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Tunnel, according to a news
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though inclement weather could
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passes six single-member districts,
each of which has about 2,000 residents. The commission’s recent
efforts include securing funding to
market the neighborhood as an arts
district, and leading an initiative to
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options.
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Mayor taps Green to
head city call center
Mayor Vincent Gray last week
appointed Metropolitan Police
Department Cmdr. Jennifer Green
as director of the Office of Unified
Communications, which manages
911, non-emergency and 311 calls
to the city.
Greene has risen in the police
department ranks since working as
a 1st District patrol officer in 1982,
according to a news release. She
became a commander in 2000 and
has served as commander of the
5th District and liaison to the
Office of Unified Communications.
The Ward 7 resident received a
bachelor’s degree in sociology
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Dupont group to host
‘Cinema’ night Friday
Dupont Festival, a nonprofit created by a group of neighbors working to enliven Dupont Circle, will
host “Cinema in the Circle” Friday,
presenting the Steven Spielberg
classic “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial”
at sundown, approximately 9:15
p.m., in the neighborhood’s central
park.
Dupont Circle advisory neighborhood commissioner Mike
Feldstein said the organization’s
goal is to transform “one of the
most underutilized parks in the
U.S. into a neighborhood park.”
In the past year, the group has
sponsored FotoWeek DC projections, a Police Night Out celebration, a World Cup viewing dubbed
“Soccer in the Circle” and an Earth
Day event called “Green in the
Circle.”
For more information, visit
dupontfestival.org.
Correction
In the June 15 issue, an article
on flooding on Reno Road misspelled the name of Lenore
Ostrowsky.
The Current regrets the error.
As a matter of policy, The
Current corrects all errors of substance. To report an error, please
call the managing editor at 202244-7223.
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SMOKING
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Washington Hilton, an annual
fundraiser for low-income children;
and the Friendly Sons St. Patrick’s
Day celebration at the Capital
Hilton.
Evans said the 2010 measure
“was carefully drafted to apply to
only two hotels in the city, for just
one event.”
Smokefree DC, the group that
lobbied for the District’s ban on
smoking in the workplace, spoke
out at that time about the health risks
involved with the city’s decision.
And the anti-smoking group reacted
with similar anger when the council
passed the similar — but more flexible — policy last week as part of
the fiscal year 2012 budget.
Bob Summersgill, a member of
the Smokefree DC steering committee, noticed that the new legislation
didn’t specify any restrictions on
capacity. “The only restrictions are
on the hotels … . The limit is for
‘once a year for one day’ at each and
every hotel in D.C. There are more
than 75 licensed hotels in the
District,” he wrote in a June 17
email to Ward 3 Council member
Mary Cheh.
It was Smokefree DC’s reaction
that prompted the council to look
more closely at the language of the
measure.
In an interview yesterday, Evans
said no one intended for the minimum-capacity clause to be omitted.
The council voted believing the
restriction was narrow, at-large
member Phil Mendelson said at a
community meeting Monday. “In
WOODLEY
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vote for a Ward 1 school board member while their children go to Ward 3 schools, they live in Ward 1 but
receive Zone 3 residential parking permits, and many
city officials are confused about the area’s ward designation.
Most of their streets connect only to Ward 3 rather
than crossing Rock Creek Park into Ward 1.
“We really had been in no-man’s land,” said Lee
Brian Reba, a Cleveland Park/Woodley Park advisory
neighborhood commissioner who lives in the affected
area and helped lobby for the boundary change.
Furthermore, Graham said, picnic-goers reassured
him that he had been representing them well. “There
was no, ‘We want to get out of your jurisdiction so we
can get better services’ — nothing like that,” he said.
Graham’s reversal may have made all the difference,
Cheh said in an interview. “That switched people,” she
said. “For some reason, it was like a cascade effect.”
Reba said he and his neighbors were delighted but
not entirely surprised that the council approved Cheh’s
amendment the second time around, saying it was “the
right thing” to do. “We had a lot of opposition ... but this
is truly, truly a momentous occasion for Woodley Park
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only about Fight Night.”
Mendelson had tried to remove
the measure based on health concerns, but his colleagues rejected his
proposal. “On one hand, to say you
don’t want smoking in hotels and
restaurants, and then on the other
hand, to say it’s OK at these events
as long as it’s cigars — it just doesn’t make sense,” he said in an interview yesterday.
Evans said the council will look
into passing a technical amendment
to resolve the capacity mishap
before the budget and all of its provisions take effect Oct. 1.
Otherwise, the council would need
to take formal action at an upcoming meeting to restrict the exemption.
“We’d hate to have it go into the
law the way that it is now,” he said.
east of Connecticut Avenue,” he said.
According to Cheh, three council members still
opposed her amendment yesterday: Ward 4 member
Muriel Bowser, Ward 5 member Harry Thomas and
Ward 7 member Yvette Alexander.
According to Cheh, Bowser remained concerned
because the extra 1,735 people in Ward 3 would make
the ward the city’s most populous — though it would
stay within the permissible limit of 5 percent of the average. Thomas and Alexander did not publicly explain
their votes yesterday, Cheh said.
Cheh said collecting all of Woodley Park into a single ward — undoing a change made during redistricting
after the 1980 Census — will contribute to its community feel. “I think it’ll reflect the fact that it is a neighborhood,” she said. “That [eastern section is] part of the
Woodley Park community, and now it will reflect that in
voting.”
The D.C. Council had to shift several ward boundaries because the 2010 Census reported uneven population growth in different parts of the city. The changes
ensure that each ward council member is representing
approximately the same number of citizens.
Unlike some other boundary changes in the city, the
Woodley Park shift wasn’t necessary due to population
counts. The move has no impact on the proposed boundaries for other city wards.
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THE CURRENT
Police Report
This is a listing of reports
taken from June 12 through
18 by the Metropolitan Police
Department in local police
service areas.
PSA
PSA
201 201
■ CHEVY CHASE
Stolen auto
■ 5500 block, Nevada Ave.;
residence; midnight June 14.
Theft (below $250)
■ 5600 block, Connecticut
Ave.; unspecified premises;
1:15 p.m. June 12.
■ 3300 block, McKinley St.;
residence; 9 a.m. June 16.
Theft from auto ($250 plus)
■ 3600 block, Legation St.;
street; 7:30 p.m. June 12.
PSA 202
■ FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS
PSA
202
TENLEYTOWN/ AU PARK
Stolen auto
■ 5200 block, Wisconsin
Ave.; parking lot; 11:54 a.m.
June 14.
■ 44th and Harrison streets;
street; 8 p.m. June 16.
Theft (below $250)
Ave.; grocery store; 9:10 p.m.
June 13.
Ave.; store; 12:12 p.m. June
17.
Ave.; office building; 6:45
p.m. June 17.
Theft (shoplifting)
18.
Theft from auto (below $250)
■ 4600 block, Warren St.;
street; 12:31 a.m. June 14.
Ave.; parking lot; 10:30 a.m.
June 14.
■ 4500 block, 42nd St.;
PSA
PSA
203 203
■ FOREST HILLS / VAN NESS
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Ave.; drugstore; 9:15 a.m.
June 14.
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PSA 204
■ MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
HEIGHTS/ CLEVELAND PARK
WOODLEY PARK / GLOVER
PSA
204
PARK / CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS
Robbery (fear)
Ave.; bank; 4:16 p.m. June
14.
Assault with a dangerous
weapon
■ 2600 block, 39th St.; residence; 12:05 a.m. June 16.
Burglary
■ 2800 block, 27th St.; residence; 10 a.m. June 13.
■ 3500 block, 30th St.; residence; 12:15 p.m. June 13.
■ 4000 block, Tunlaw Road;
residence; 11 a.m. June 15.
■ Unit block, Observatory
Circle; residence; 12:15 p.m.
June 15.
2800 block, 27th St.; residence; 7 a.m. June 16.
Stolen auto
■ 2700 block, Ordway St.;
Theft (below $250)
■ 3800 block, Rodman St.;
residence; 12:45 p.m. June
13.
Ave.; restaurant; 1:30 p.m.
June 16.
■ 3400 block, Porter St.;
■ 2600 block, Garfield St.;
■ 2900 block, Cathedral Ave.;
parking lot; 11:45 p.m. June
14.
■ 2500 block, Calvert St.;
■
PSA 205
■ PALISADES / SPRING VALLEY
PSA
205
WESLEY HEIGHTS/ FOXHALL
Theft (below $250)
■ 4500 block, Edmunds St.;
residence; 4 p.m. June 13.
■ 4800 block, Massachusetts
Ave.; store; 6 p.m. June 17.
PSA
PSA
206 206
■ GEORGETOWN / BURLEITH
Robbery (pickpocket)
Ave.; sidewalk; 2 p.m. June
13.
Burglary
■ 3400 block, Q St.; residence; 9:45 p.m. June 13.
■ 3600 block, Winfield Lane;
residence; 12:05 a.m. June
14.
■ 1700 block, 35th St.; residence; 6:30 a.m. June 16.
■ 1500 block, 31st St.; residence; 5:30 p.m. June 13.
■ 3400 block, R St.; residence; 8:30 a.m. June 15.
Stolen auto
■ 2700 block, Dumbarton St.;
■ 30th and N streets; street;
10 p.m. June 17.
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 3200 block, K St.; parking
lot; 7:15 a.m. June 15.
Theft (below $250)
■ 3600 block, T St.; residence; 7:55 a.m. June 14.
■ 3200 block, M St.; store;
5:33 p.m. June 17.
Ave.; hotel; 7 p.m. June 17.
■ 3200 block, M St.; restaurant; 1:25 p.m. June 18.
■ 2900 block, N St.; parking
lot; 6 p.m. June 13.
■ 3000 block, Q St.; residence; 8 p.m. June 16.
PSA
PSA
207 207
■ FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END
Theft (below $250)
■ 2100 block, Pennsylvania
June 14.
■ 700 block, 24th St.; restaurant; 3 p.m. June 15.
17.
■ 2500 block, K St.; unspecified premises; 1:45 p.m. June
15.
■ 26th Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue; street;
11:30 p.m. June 15.
Ave.; parking lot; 9 p.m. June
16.
■ 900 block, 21st St.; street;
12:30 a.m. June 17.
■ 16th and Swann streets;
street; 8 a.m. June 15.
■ 2300 block, P St.; street;
6:30 p.m. June 16.
■ 1500 block, N St.; street; 7
p.m. June 16.
■ 1700 block, Church St.;
alley; 6 p.m. June 17.
■ 1000 block, 17th St.;
unspecified premises; 12:30
a.m. June 18.
■ 1200 block, 17th St.;
unspecified premises; 1:15
a.m. June 18.
PSA 208
PSA
PSA
303 303
■ SHERIDAN-KALORAMA
PSA 208
DUPONT CIRCLE
Robbery (gun)
■ 1900 block, M St.; sidewalk; 1:32 a.m. June 16.
Robbery (force and violence)
■ 1500 block, New
Hampshire Ave.; sidewalk;
midnight June 16.
Robbery (pocketbook snatch)
June 18.
Assault with a dangerous
weapon
■ 2000 block, N St.; sidewalk; 10:30 p.m. June 14.
■ 1900 block, Florida Ave.;
Ave.; sidewalk; 2:55 a.m.
June 18.
Burglary
■ 2100 block, California St.;
residence; 12:09 p.m. June
13.
Stolen auto
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 1700 block, Corcoran St.;
sidewalk; 4:45 p.m. June 18.
Theft (below $250)
■ 2000 block, R St.; sidewalk; 11:30 a.m. June 12.
■ Unit block, Scott Circle;
sidewalk; 6 p.m. June 12.
■ 2000 block, I St.; unspecified premises; 3:30 p.m. June
13.
■ 1500 block, 20th St.; sidewalk; 6 p.m. June 14.
■ 2100 block, L St.; sidewalk;
3 p.m. June 15.
■ 2000 block, O St.; sidewalk; 7:30 p.m. June 15.
Ave.; sidewalk; 10:20 p.m.
June 15.
■ 1200 block, 22nd St.; drugstore; noon June 17.
Ave.; unspecified premises;
3:30 p.m. June 17.
■ 2100 block, N St.; sidewalk; 8 p.m. June 17.
■ 1400 block, S St.; construction site; 11:30 a.m. June 18.
18.
Breaking and entering
(vending)
■ 800 block, 17th St.; bank;
noon June 13.
Theft from auto ($250 plus)
■ 1700 block, T St.; street;
11 p.m. June 15.
■ ADAMS MORGAN
Robbery (gun)
■ 2400 block, Ontario Road;
residence; 2:30 a.m. June
18.
Robbery (force and violence)
■ 2300 block, 18th St.; alley;
1:45 a.m. June 18.
Robbery (snatch)
■ 1900 block, Calvert St.;
sidewalk; midnight June 18.
Stolen auto
■ 2400 block, 19th St.; residence; 10:20 p.m. June 16.
parking lot; 11 p.m. June 17.
Theft ($250 plus)
■ 2400 block, 18th St.;
restaurant; 3 a.m. June 15.
Theft (below $250)
■ 2300 block, 18th St.; sidewalk; 9:30 a.m. June 15.
■ 1800 block, Columbia
Road; street; 1 p.m. June 15.
■ 1800 block, Summit Place;
residence; 11 p.m. June 17.
■ 1700 block, Columbia
Road; parking lot; 7:30 a.m.
June 13.
■ 2800 block, Adams Mill
Road; street; 10:40 a.m.
June 13.
■ 17th and Euclid streets;
■ 2400 block, Ontario Road;
PSA 307
PSA
307
■ LOGAN CIRCLE
Robbery (snatch)
■ 1300 block, Massachusetts
Ave.; sidewalk; 9:56 p.m.
June 18.
Robbery (pocketbook snatch)
■ 1500 block, 14th St.; sidewalk; 1 p.m. June 13.
■ 14th Street and Thomas
Circle; sidewalk; 1:20 p.m.
June 15.
Stolen auto
■ 13th Street and Logan
Circle; street; 9 p.m. June 16.
Theft (below $250)
■ 900 block, M St.; restaurant; 3 p.m. June 12.
■ 1100 block, O St.; residence; midnight June 13.
■ 1100 block, Vermont Ave.;
■ 1700 block, Vermont Ave.;
■ 1100 block, 13th St.;
■ 1300 block, M St.; street; 1
a.m. June 18.
THE CURRENT
7
SPORTSPHOTOS
From Previous
CURRENT NEWSPAPERS
Food bloggers trade their keyboards for whisks
A
number of farmers markets
offer baked goods. But
where do those brownies
begin, and who bakes them? At the
14th and U streets Saturday market,
the answer is Whisked! — a new
company launched by two food
bloggers who bake during off hours
at nearby restaurant 1905.
The pair kicked off their first
season last month. And, of course,
they blogged about it.
“I will never again look at a
farmer’s market stand in the same
way,” Jenna Huntsberger wrote on
moderndomestic.com. “Whenever I
see a stand I will think ‘Hmmm,
how did they get their stuff there?
What kind of van do they have?
What kind of tent weights do they
use?’”
Stephanie Willis contributed her
own thoughts on their joint blog,
whiskeddc.com/wordpress.com.
“On Saturday, Jenna and I got
up at the crack of dawn to pack up
for our very first day at the 14th &
U Farmers Market,” she wrote May
9. “Trust me, it was EARLY. But
we didn’t care because we were
running on pure adrenaline. After
months of planning, testing and
navigating a very complex business
license process, we were actually
standing in front of our market
stand.”
That joint journey began a few
are paying off — so much so that
they don’t have much time to blog.
“With Whisked! taking up so
BETH COPE
much of my time, I find it hard to
sit down and write a blog post,”
years back, when the pair met at a
Willis said. “And I’m now mostly
Halloween bake sale Willis had
baking for Whisked!, so I don’t
organized for the market.
have time to try new recipes and
Huntsberger contributed “her
blog them.”
amazing chocolate cupcakes w/
But what
peanut butter
she is baking is
frosting” and
earning rave
volunteered to
reviews.“We’ve
help, Wills
received a great
wrote in an
response from
email. So when
the market and
Willis considthe community,
ered opening a
so as our repupermanent
stand, she
Bill Petros/The Current tation increases,
we hope to be
turned to
Stephanie Willis, left, and Jenna
able to do this
Huntsberger.
Huntsberger launched their bake
full time,” she
The two had stand Whisked! last month.
said.
focused on food
For now, they’re focusing on
for years. Willis had been expericreating enough goodies to fill their
menting with recipes and writing
stand, as well as their online orders
about them on her blog, adventuresinshaw.com. And Huntsberger, (which are picked up at the marwhose blog was initially about pas- ket). Their website,
whiskeddc.com, lists — and,
sionate homemakers who squeeze
temptingly, displays — the items
in their cooking on weekends, quit
available, including 7-Up pound
her day job a bit over a year ago to
cake, which draws on Willis’
cook. She works for organic soup
Southern roots ($7); Cracker Jack
company Soupergirl and catering
bars (four for $10); red velvet cake
company Spilled Milk, in addition
($35); and more.
to spending 20 to 30 hours a week
The 14th and U market runs
with Willis on Whisked!
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.
But they’re finding the results
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Drawing the lines
The Metropolitan Police Department’s proposed new district
boundaries have met with skepticism from some quarters — a sentiment we can understand.
Ward 1 D.C. Council member Jim Graham, for one, has objected
to the plan to shift Mount Pleasant to the 4th District from the 3rd
District, which now roughly incorporates the bulk of Mr. Graham’s
ward. And some in Dupont Circle are wary of splitting their neighborhood between two districts, with the northeastern chunk — east
of 18th Street and north of Q Street — shifting to the 3rd District.
In both instances, the plan espoused by Police Chief Cathy Lanier
undoes changes adopted during the last realignment, which occurred
in 2004.
Creating a large, unified police service area for the Dupont Circle
neighborhood was intended as a way to enhance community policing, in large part by improving communication with neighborhood
leaders. Positioning Mount Pleasant under the same commander as
adjoining Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights was based on similar grounds.
As it turns out, however, the 2004 boundaries — along with
demographic shifts — led to unintended consequences. The 3rd
District experiences 16.7 percent of D.C. crime — the largest slice of
any of the seven districts — while the 4th District sees 10.2 percent.
The discrepancies end up placing too much in the hands of some
commanders, but perhaps most importantly, they mean too many
police officers are trying to communicate on the same radio frequency. By splitting responsibility for Dupont Circle and similarly situated neighborhoods, Chief Lanier reasons, the department can become
more effective and efficient in delivering police services.
The chief says the department has improved collaboration and
coordination among police districts, and that will be all the more
essential under the new plan. But in the end, service delivery strikes
us as the most important factor in judging the boundaries. The chief
has made a compelling case.
A full assessment
The significance of the timing was hard to miss this month as the
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area
released its report “Capital Assets: Economic Impact and Beyond.”
In it, economist Stephen S. Fuller, director of the Center for
Regional Analysis at George Mason University, highlighted the
higher-education sector’s impact on the D.C. economy — $1.42 billion in spending by the schools and their students, retirees and visitors.
The report and associated research summary never discuss D.C.
zoning rules or campus plans and make only vague mention of “economic potentials” of the area’s universities. But it seems clear that
the data were compiled at least in part to sway the Zoning
Commission to accept the growth sought by American University,
Georgetown University and the University of the District of
Columbia in their pending submissions.
Indeed, the report includes a lot of useful facts and figures that
add up to an important reminder of the significance of universities in
the District’s economy. What the report doesn’t examine is the
impact — both positive and negative — on neighborhoods adjacent
to college campuses. Under D.C. zoning rules for universities located in residential areas, that’s a key factor in allowing any growth.
We’d also like to see D.C. officials examine ways to maximize
the city’s share of the $11.3 billion regional impact. Given the number of member institutions located in the District, we’d like to see a
larger proportion than $1.42 billion. It’s likely that a sustained focus
on the issue, such as encouraging universities to offer preferences for
D.C. contractors or assistance in getting more employees to live in
D.C., could pay off handsomely.
THE CURRENT
Pregnant firefighters … ?
Didn’t we already fight this fight?
Women once were told they couldn’t be police
officers or firefighters or go into combat. It’s not
ladylike. They need to be protected, not put in
harm’s way. They might get pregnant and disrupt the
workplace. And blah, blah, blah.
We raise this point because of a troublesome
issue that’s now affecting the D.C. Fire and
Emergency Medical
Services Department and
its policy toward pregnant firefighters.
In a move to cut
overtime and other
administrative costs, the
department is now limiting pregnant firefighters to
only 30 days of light duty or desk duty during a
pregnancy. After that, the employee must use
accrued sick leave or annual leave to cover the rest
of the pregnancy and any post-pregnancy time off.
Anyone who doesn’t have the time saved up is
out of luck.
“The current policy is wrong; the current policy
needs to be reversed,” said an angry Phil
Mendelson, chair of the D.C. Council Committee on
Public Safety and the Judiciary.
Under the old policy, a pregnant firefighter might
work several months on light duty until she was due
to give birth. Under the new policy, the firefighter
could face several months of no pay at all.
“I won’t have enough leave … . I have to work,”
said six-year firefighter Jessica Wooton. She talked
with NBC4 along with Shalonda Smith and Melissa
Davis, both firefighters for four years and now both
pregnant for the first time.
“They sprung this on us,” said Davis.
Mendelson, the workers and Local 36 of the firefighters’ union say the fire department may have the
right to enforce the tougher policy, but Mendelson is
asking D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan to
review it. In any event, Mendelson said the department also has the right to be more respectful of the
employees by allowing them to keep working as
long as they can.
He said if the department doesn’t reverse course,
he’ll bring it up with the council before the summer
recess begins.
■ Resign already. Although Mayor Vincent Gray
and members of the D.C. Council are treading lightly around the scandal involving Ward 5 member
Harry “Tommy” Thomas, there’s no hesitation from
the D.C. Republican Party.
“It is not enough that Councilmember Thomas
resigned his Committee Chairmanship,” said GOP
chair Bob Kabel in a release. “Anything less than a
full resignation from the DC Council is an insult to
District residents.”
It’s not likely Kabel’s words will have any direct
effect, but they do point out how mealy-mouthed the
council members have been on Thomas, who is
being sued by the D.C. attorney general for allegedly
misappropriating $300,000 in city tax money and
grants for his own personal use.
Thomas is liked by many of his colleagues, but
surely they don’t like the scandal he’s brought upon
their house. But so far, the criticisms — at least in
public — have been mild. Only in private do several
members say they are astonished at the allegations
and that, if they’re true, Thomas is in real trouble.
■ Why go there? We couldn’t make the National
Forum for Black Public Administrators’ eighth annual Barry K. Campbell
Hall of Fame and
Scholarship Awards
dinner and casino event
last week. It’s a good
event that honors city
workers, and it’s named
after a former city executive who died way too soon.
But we’re not sure we would have gone anyway.
The event is nice, but it was held on the Navy Yard
federal property in Southeast Washington. That
means that no city sales taxes were collected.
It’s beyond us why D.C. organizations and
groups retreat to federal facilities to hold their
events. Maybe the tax-free places offer cheaper
accommodations? Maybe parking is better? It seems
the last thing we ought to do when honoring city
workers is abandon the city.
■ Another place we didn’t go. We loved the U.S.
Open this past week, but we didn’t make it out to
Congressional. We never finished reading the long
list of prohibited items, and we didn’t like the idea
of going almost to Baltimore to take a shuttle to the
course. (We admit that last part is a little exaggeration, but not the long list that began with cellphones
and included lawn chairs and “no weapons regardless of permits.”)
We can do without the blanket of security
bureaucracy that smothers such events. Thank goodness for our big-screen TV.
■ No medallions for you. Ward 6 Council member
Tommy Wells won’t hold a hearing on a bill that
would require D.C. cabbies to have city-issued
medallions.
Many of the city’s independent cab drivers fear
that well-financed companies could buy up the
medallions and corner the market. That’s what was
allegedly at stake in the 2009 taxicab scandal that’s
still being investigated by the FBI.
Local journalist Peter Tucker (thefightback.org)
deserves credit for the work he’s been doing for
months to explore and explain the cab industry.
Many things may be wrong with the industry, but
no one has yet explained why medallions would be a
solution rather than another problem.
■ A final word. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., mercifully resigned from Congress last week. He had
one last inexplicable moment, calling a final news
conference before a screaming mob of reporters
(who shouted bawdy questions at him). He apparently was addicted to the media as much as he was to
his widely distributed photos. Even Viagra couldn’t
save this Weiner.
Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.
TOM SHERWOOD’S
NOTEBOOK
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Bond-tax coverage
missed key points
The Current has not included
any of the following facts about
the D.C. Council’s decision to tax
non-D.C. bonds:
The District has never taxed
non-D.C. bonds, before or after
home rule.
The D.C. Council floated the
idea and held a final vote within
three weeks without a public
comment period.
D.C. would become the only
local jurisdiction that does not
exempt the bonds of any state.
The two states that recently
decided to tax out-of-state bonds
(Utah and Indiana) grandfathered
existing bondholders.
No state has considered
imposing a retroactive tax on
those who held out-of-state bonds
in the past.
Only 13 states with little or no
income tax have fewer bonds
than D.C. in diversified taxexempt mutual funds.
Unlike Virginia, Maryland and
other states, residents of D.C.
cannot reduce their risks and
costs by buying a state-specific
mutual fund.
Someone selling non-D.C.
bonds and buying replacements
would realize either capital losses
or taxable capital gains and pay
transaction costs including
markups and commissions of at
least 3 percent.
A D.C. resident who gets 10
percent of his income from nonD.C. bonds would pay 11 percent
more in D.C. income taxes, and
someone who gets 50 percent of
his income from non-D.C. bonds
would pay twice as much.
Neil Williams
The Palisades
THE CURRENT
Budget shows promise for transportation
VIEWPOINT
GARRETT HERNDON
T
he D.C. budget plan approved last week by the
D.C. Council is a positive development for
Washingtonians eager to see their city free of
congestion and the pollution associated with automobile emissions.
Included in the budget plan prepared by D.C.
Council Chairman Kwame Brown are the means to
provide necessary funding to Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority operations, thereby avoiding
any major service cuts; provisions for 40 new Capital
Bikeshare locations in the District; and increased funding for D.C. streetcar lines. These are encouraging victories for various environmental groups and sustainability initiatives throughout the Washington area
whose supporters so heavily petitioned the council to
close the budget gap in Metro service funding.
D.C. will now fully commit to its share of Metro
operating costs, a measure that puts the city in line
with Virginia and Maryland, which have already
approved such spending. Additionally, Circulator fares
will remain at $1, and Metrorail headways for weekend riders will not increase.
Unfortunately, not all services were spared. The
budget calls for the elimination of two area bus lines,
the N8 and K1, leaving many local residents with
fewer commuting options (although the closing of the
K1 line is somewhat defensible, given the scheduled
closing of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the
line’s primary destination). The elimination of these
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
GU road would harm
Glover Archbold Park
In the 1960s, planners projected
a highway through Glover
Archbold Park, wooded national
parkland west of Georgetown.
District maps even showed the road
slicing the preserve treasured by
many for its quiet trails.
Community opposition ended the
ill-conceived project.
Now there’s a new road scheme
for Glover Archbold Park. Once
again, neighbors are allied to save
the park — this time from another
neighbor, Georgetown University.
As part of its proposed 10-year
expansion plan, the university
wants to build a road on its own
land, directly bordering the park.
The university wants the road in
order to link its Canal Road
entrance with the inner campus and
Reservoir Road. This so-called
“loop road” would carry a stream
of shuttle buses day and night.
As the institution seeks to add
enrollment, credible concerns have
been voiced that the road is an integral element in the siting of a vast
600,000-square-foot Georgetown
University Hospital cited in the 10year plan, but void of any specifics.
The university’s road would run
along a steep ridge beside the park.
lines will force hundreds of District residents onto bike
paths, sidewalks and roadways, only exacerbating the
already-perilous congestion bike riders, walkers and
drivers face on the narrow city streets daily.
However, the council has taken some important
steps to discourage car use in the city, with Residential
Parking Permit costs slated to increase from $15 to $35
per car. Additionally, the council’s plan will raise the
city’s parking tax from 12 percent to 18 percent, as
proposed by Mayor Vincent Gray. This is a move in
the right direction for an area plagued by incessant
congestion and roadway construction, yet still more
can be done to decrease automobile traffic through the
District.
Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells has been
one of the most vocal proponents of increasing fees for
automobile use within the city. He has proposed graduated Residential Parking Permit rates — $35 for the
first car, $50 for the second, and $100 for any additional cars. Although this idea did not make it into the
council’s budget, it shows promise for a more pragmatic transportation approach and a more walker/cyclistfriendly city.
Undoubtedly, more will need to be done to correct
the woes of D.C. commuters; the District is treading a
thin line between being a city built for cars and a city
built for people. But by including monetary support for
Capital Bikeshare and Metro’s bus and rail services,
coupled with moderate fee increases for car use, the
D.C. Council is providing hope for a better, greener
tomorrow.
Garrett Herndon is an intern with the Sierra Club’s
Sustainable Metro DC Campaign.
The university has failed to curb
runoff and other issues that have
eroded the slope and harmed
Glover Archbold Park.
In February 2011, the university
paid a $30,000 fine for its environmental violations. To add insult to
injury, the road would invade a scenic easement that the university
granted on its land to the National
Park Service as its share for the
Canal Road entrance that cost federal taxpayers $7 million.
Noise, exhaust fumes and the
frequent sight of large buses will
degrade the park, witnesses told the
D.C. Zoning Commission, which is
reviewing the university’s expansion plan.
This degradation of national
parkland and the adjoining neighborhood is readily avoidable. Ward
3 D.C. Council member Mary
Cheh and others have reliably
shown how the “loop road” could
be routed from Canal Road to the
center of the 104-acre campus,
where its buses have navigated
conveniently for years. But it
appears that the university would
rather transfer the impact of bus
traffic to the park — and close residents.
Mindful of its moral teachings
— “Do no harm,” instructs the
medical school — Georgetown
should adopt an alternative route. If
the university chooses to behave
like any other corporation bent on
expansion at the cost of others, the
Zoning Commission should reject
the proposed road.
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many hidden costs
As a D.C. taxpayer, I was discouraged by the June 15 article
“Study touts local universities’
impacts.” The study in question,
commissioned by the Consortium
of Universities of the Metropolitan
Washington Area, appears to be a
typical example of biased academic
studies. Their results are invalidated by who pays for them (universities) and who conducts them (university employees). This study’s
predetermined dubious claim is
obvious: University expansion is
good for cities.
But expansion at what cost? As
expected, no mention is made in
the study of universities’ nonprofit,
tax-exempt status, which profoundly reduces cities’ tax bases. The
study description suggests universities should be allowed to expand
their enrollments and vast real
estate holdings, as well as their
heavy use of public services.
City officials need to research
the true costs of universities’ cozy
tax-exempt status. And this
research should not be funded or
done by university special interests.
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Michael Marriott
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ATHLETICS IN NORTHWEST WASHINGTON
For aspiring college baseball players, summer is no vacation
By BORIS TSALYUK
DC Dynasty travel baseball
director Antoine Williams knows
that the Washington area has long
been considered a hub for football
and basketball talent. It’s his job,
he said, to help local baseball
attain the same recognition.
“That’s why we call ourselves
Dynasty — because we want to be
on that level,” Williams said. “We
know D.C. is a hotbed for football
and basketball, and we want to put
it on par with that for baseball.”
Since its founding in 2001 by
Williams and Carlos Chavarria —
whose son Jerry will be a senior
catcher for Washington Catholic
Athletic Conference champion St.
John’s Cadets next season —
Dynasty has developed into one of
the better travel teams on the East
Coast. The program has divisions
for age groups from 11-and-under
through 19-and-under.
According to Williams, three
out of four Dynasty players go on
to play baseball in college. And
getting to that level, said Wilson
pitcher Ben Whitener, who is
playing with the squad for the
fourth time this summer, requires
quite a commitment.
“For someone to be the best at
what they do, it has to be an allyear-round [thing],” he said.
Williams said Dynasty takes
only players who are serious about
the game and dedicated to improving on the field — there simply
isn’t time to get less-inspired players’ work ethics up to speed. “The
kids that come here work hard and
understand our message and what
our philosophy is,” he said.
The deserving cast gets an
opportunity to play alongside and
against some of the best local
players, and also to take on top tal-
Sports Desk
Walls tennis finishes
strong season
After she experienced so
much success on the court at
School Without Walls, it was
only fitting that Camille Hyde
would go out on top. The
Penguins senior completed her
impressive career by winning her
third straight D.C. Interscholastic
Athletic Association girls singles
title on Wednesday at Takoma
Recreation Center.
Hyde beat Wilson sophomore
Sunita Premysler in straight sets,
ent from outside the area. “We get
to see players beyond the D.C area
who you’ve been playing with all
your life,” said Whitener.
The more experienced teams
will be especially interesting to
watch this year because they field
players who are preparing to play
— or are already playing — baseball beyond high school.
“It’ll get the guys ready for the
next level, which is college baseball and then pro, if they’re
lucky,” said Williams, who has
also been the head baseball coach
at 2011 Mid-Atlantic Athletic
Conference co-champion Maret
since 1998.
The 19-and-under team welcomes the return of Cameron
Windham, a 2010 St. Albans graduate now playing the closer role at
Amherst College. “It’s good to be
back,” he said before a game on
Monday.
Henry Emerson of Maret,
Henry Sisson of St. Albans,
Andrew Hudson of Georgetown
Day and Sam Stevens of Sidwell
6-2, 6-3, to capture the crown. In
a match chock-full of long points,
Hyde’s patience prevailed, as she
kept mistakes to a minimum and
held off her opponent.
In doubles, Walls junior Brea
Ellis took her second straight
DCIAA title, this time teaming
with Giovanni Chippano — an
exchange student from Italy — to
knock off McKinley Tech’s top
duo in the finals.
Since the DCIAA has only
one doubles title, Ellis teamed
with a boy for the second time to
knock off a team of boys for the
win. “We work really well
together,” she said after the
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Shortstop Robinson Mateo, above, and pitcher Ben Whitener, at left, were teammates on the Wilson Tigers
last season. They are also among the top players on the DC Dynasty 19-and-under travel team.
— all planning to play baseball as
college freshmen next year — will
also be among the team’s leaders.
The team is co-coached by
Michael Shore and local baseball
legend Todd Nutter, and will compete in the competitive Old
Dominion League. It will next
take the field at 5:30 today against
the Bradley Eagles at Maury Wills
Field at Benjamin Banneker
Academic High School.
“We want to compete at a high
level in every game, no matter
who we’re playing. And that’s
something that applies in life, so
that’s what I’m trying to get
match.
Wilson, meanwhile, took
home a trophy of its own as Sean
Finney beat Cardozo’s Tadael
Asfaha in three sets on Monday
— 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 — for the boys
singles title. The Tigers were the
DCIAA regular season champions this season.
The championships were originally scheduled for the previous
week, but D.C. Public Schools
moved them due to excessive
heat.
Hultzen wins out west
University of Virginia starter
and St. Albans alumnus Danny
through to them,” said Shore.
“You’re gonna compete for a job
or compete in life in general.”
Williams is coaching the 17and-under team that features
Wilson rising junior catcher Pedro
Mateo, School Without Walls
pitcher Sean Kelly, Maret’s Drew
Reid and Potomac School’s
Johnny Read, who lives in
Tenleytown. They will play today
at Fort Reno Park also against the
Bradley Eagles.
When they’re not taking the
field themselves, players will
catch a lot of major league action
on television this summer, said
Hultzen has become the talk of
the town after being selected second overall this month by the
Seattle Mariners in the Major
League
Baseball
Draft.
For now,
though,
H u l t z e n ’s
focus is on
leading the
Cavaliers to
a College
World Series title. On Sunday, he
guided his college squad past the
University of California 4-1 in an
opening-round game of the tour-
Whitener. “I spend a lot of my
time watching baseball games and
I’m always picking something up
and learning something new. The
best way to learn the game is from
the professionals,” he said.
“It definitely benefits you to
play so many games and not have
to worry about school,” added
Windham.
DC Dynasty baseball teams
will host games all summer at Fort
Reno Park and at Maury Wills
Field at Banneker. For information, visit dcdynastybaseball.net
or contact travel director Williams
at [email protected].
nament.
In front of over 21,000 fans at
TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha,
Neb., Hultzen was facing challenges right off the bat, throwing
28 pitches in the first frame. But
he settled down to strike out the
side, and gave up only three hits
in six and one-third innings, fanning six batters and walking
three.
The game was scoreless after
six innings, but the Cavs’ bats
came alive late and the team
advanced to take on defending
national
champion
South
Carolina last night after press
time.
12 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011
THE CURRENT
Spotlight on Schools
British School
of Washington
This year I had the wonderful
opportunity to be involved in City
Year’s Young Heroes program. It
was a Saturday leadership and
community service program that
ran from January to May.
The City Year Corps members
School DISPATCHES
came to an assembly at our school
to talk to us about the benefits of
being in the Young Heroes program. The members introduced
themselves and talked about their
favorite parts of City Year. A small
group applied for the program, and
eight of us were accepted out of
150 applicants from all over D.C.
Young Heroes has helped me
learn to take the lead in projects
and increased my confidence in
meeting new people. It has taught
me to be a leader and not a follower, to help build a community, to
demonstrate unity, to make my
voice loud and to be strong and
proud.
On the last Saturday of service,
we had a graduation to celebrate
the hours of commitment. Awards
were handed out for cooperation,
courage and commitment.
I won the Nelson Mandela Long
Walk Award for achieving more
than 150 hours of service in the
program. I was very proud. I really
enjoyed being in the Young Heroes
Program. I learned many valuable
lessons and skills that I can apply
now and in the future.
Unfortunately, this was the last
year for the Young Heroes in D.C. I
feel so fortunate to have had the
opportunity to take part in such a
rewarding program.
— Shukura Babirye, Year 7
(sixth-grader)
Jewish Primary Day
School
On May 31, the fourth-graders
visited Fitness for Health.
We learned how to exercise in
lots of ways. We climbed up a rock
wall in a dark room with only a
black light. We jumped across a
huge trampoline. We played on an
obstacle course and played lots of
other games.
We think that the main point of
the trip was to learn how to work
as a team. Lots of kids said the trip
was fun.
— Ilan Cohen and Ari Griboff,
fourth-graders
In May, the fourth grade learned
about fractured fairy tales.
A fractured fairy tale is based on
a classic fairy tale. Certain elements are changed, such as the setting, characters or plot. You can
make it modern or change the characters, and lots more, but the main
idea usually doesn’t change.
After we read lots of fractured
fairy tales by real authors, we were
assigned to write our own fractured
fairy tales. Mine was about Jack
and the Beanstalk. Our teacher
edited them, and we typed them up.
— Kate Sosland, fourth-grader
The fourth grade held a World
Expo on June 2, focusing on all
things geographical and cultural.
Parents and the whole school
came to watch our World Expo.
They saw all our individual and
group projects. There were videos
of us dancing, and there was good
food. To prepare for the expo, we
learned about cultures of other
countries in the world, wrote paragraphs as a group or individually
about the holidays of different cultures, and learned dances from different cultures.
— Ella Goldblum, fourth-grader
Key Elementary
School is coming to an end! The
fifth-graders were scheduled to
graduate last Wednesday. Most of
us were finishing off six or seven
years here at Key.
We are leaving with all of the
knowledge we need. We have
many plans for life, a sense of
community and diversity, and
friendships that will last forever.
This knowledge will help us move
on to a new school. Graduation is a
time to come together and celebrate
the long-term relationships of the
fifth grade.
— Greta Felton, fifth-grader
St. John’s College High
School
One of the summer classes
offered at St. John’s is World
Cultures. It is based on the history
of most of the world from the
beginning of recorded history to
World War II. The class goes into
the culture, technology and ideas of
many civilizations from Sumer to
the modern-day Americas.
Most freshmen at St. John’s take
the class, but some of the Junior
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
students chose to take an elective
instead, so now they will be taking
it over the summer.
— Emmett Cochetti,
10th-grader
Stoddert Elementary
Hi, I’m Fatemeh from Iran and I
speak Farsi. I have really enjoyed
fifth grade and the projects and the
plays this year.
Fifth-grade promotion was really fun because we could all be very
special. I felt like a rock star
because everyone was taking our
pictures.
Coming from Iran three years
ago with no English was a real
challenge. At first, I had no idea
about anything. Now I can talk,
read and write in English really
well due to my teachers and
friends.
I have been in America three
years. I started in third grade. Three
years ago, I had no idea that I’d
ever graduate from an American
school.
Hi, I’m Maia and my cultural
background is Argentinean. I speak
Spanish. I have been at Stoddert
since pre-k. From learning the
alphabet to learning Newton’s three
laws of motion, I’ve come a long
way.
This year we learned a lot about
math. We had to write essays every
week. My favorite essay was when
we had to find a poem and describe
it. I enjoyed learning about the
Civil War and acting out plays at
the end of the school year. I danced
in the talent show and read aspeech
at promotion.
— Fatemeh Samoei and
Maia Paz, fifth-graders
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The People and Places of Northwest Washington
June 22, 2011 ■ Page 13
In his prime: Math star
heads to Olympiad again
By JESSICA GOULD
“I
n every field of human
endeavor,” Georgetown
Day School math teacher
Andy Lipps said, “there is a gold
standard. In music, it was Mozart.
In modern art, it was Picasso. In
theater, Shakespeare. And in
mathematics, at least here at
Georgetown Day School, it is
Ben Gunby.”
A few weeks ago, Lipps presented Gunby with the school’s
Zachary Sobel Award for his outstanding work in mathematics.
“The great interest that GDS
students have shown in the math
team in the last few years is due
in no small part to Ben’s efforts,”
Lipps said. “He has set a very
high standard, not just for
achievement in mathematics, but
for the passion he brought every
day to that endeavor.”
But Lipps said the award is
only the most recent in a string of
honors for the Georgetown Day
School student, who is currently
training to compete as part of the
U.S. team in the International
Math Olympiad.
The event, which showcases
the top talent from countries
across the world, is scheduled to
take place next month in the
❝This is a wonderful
child, but not an
ordinary kid. You’re
really talking about a
genius.❞
— GDS teacher Andy Lipps
Netherlands. It will be Gunby’s
second time participating. Last
year, he traveled to Kazakhstan
as part of the U.S team, and
brought home a gold medal.
“This is a wonderful child, but
not an ordinary kid,” Lipps said.
“You’re really talking about a
genius.”
In an interview from the
Olympiad summer preparation
program in Nebraska, Gunby
meditated on the meaning of
math. “It’s well-defined,” he said,
“describable, and the basic fabric
of everything. It’s very interesting
to work through problems.”
According to his mother,
Margaret Pearson, Gunby’s talent
manifested early. “When Ben was
around 1 or 1 1/2, we lived in
Boston. He remembered numbers
he saw, and he’d take great
delight in them,” she said.
Back then, Pearson said,
Gunby’s father used to play math
Courtesy of Georgetown Day School
For the second year in a row, Ben Gunby will compete as part of the U.S. team in the International Math
Olympiad. Last year, he took home a gold medal. He has loved numbers since he was a baby.
games with him. “We kept trying
to feed the love that was there,”
Pearson said. “And other people
really jumped in to help.”
For instance, when Gunby
arrived at Georgetown Day
School as a freshman, he had
already taken an advanced calculus class and linear algebra. So, in
ninth grade, Lipps gathered a
small group of students and
taught them advanced linear alge-
bra. In 10th grade, the students
studied number theory and group
theory. And last year, having
exhausted the teachers’ offerings,
Gunby took two online courses
offered by Stanford University.
Pearson said she’s grateful for
how hard the school worked to
accommodate her son. “They
went out of their way not to get
in his way,” she said.
In fact, over the past three
years, Lipps said it was sometimes hard to tell who was the
student and who was the teacher.
“He’s clearly the most gifted
math student I’ve ever had,” he
said. “It’s challenging and exhilarating.”
Meanwhile, Gunby cultivated
his passions as part of the
school’s math team, which he
counts among his best memories.
See Math/Page 18
Heart of glass: Georgetown U. and Arena celebrate Tennessee Williams’ 100th
By JACOB COMENETZ
Current Correspondent
A
t a time of economic hardship and
rapid technological change, a
“downwardly mobile” American
family is living hand-to-mouth, selling
subscriptions, taking odd jobs, trying to
scrape together enough money and hoping
the situation’s temporary — that they’re
going to get back on track and be able to
build a future for themselves.
It could be a story from yesterday’s
newspaper, but it’s also the essence of one
of great American playwright Tennessee
Williams’ most iconic works, “The Glass
Menagerie,” which is getting new life this
month through a unique collaboration
between Georgetown University and Arena
Stage.
“The Glass Menagerie,” which debuted
on Broadway in 1945, portrays the pained
efforts of Amanda Wingfield, a former
Southern belle, to prevent her family from
further decline in a Depression-era St.
Louis tenement. Williams’ “memory play,”
based on his own childhood experiences, is
Leslie E. Kossoff/Georgetown University
Georgetown University and Arena Stage
have partnered to present “The Glass
Menagerie” this month.
largely autobiographical, yet he insisted it
was not intended to be “realistic.”
The show, which had a successful run
this spring at Georgetown as part of the
theater department’s yearlong celebration
of Williams’ centennial, is the centerpiece
of a larger “Glass Menagerie Project.”
Accompanying the play are a series of free
short performances and interactive installations by Georgetown drama students and
recent alumni. These performances collec-
tively use the play as a “prism” to explore
Williams’ life and inspirations in writing
the play, according to Arena materials.
Director Derek Goldman, associate professor of theater at Georgetown, said the
Kogod Cradle theater, the most intimate
stage within the new Arena Stage complex, felt “like a particularly beautiful
space for this production.”
“The designers certainly had [the
Cradle] in mind as they made their …
choices. So it doesn’t feel like we imported
a show and kind of planted it down there,
but it really was designed with that particular room in mind,” he said.
The collaboration between Georgetown
and Arena Stage goes much deeper than
this play, however. As Goldman explained,
the present endeavor is “the fullest realization” of a five-year-old, multifacted partnership between the university and the theater.
“It kind of takes the partnership to the
next level in terms of really a full production that has a full run at Arena,” he said.
“That’s unusual for any university partnership with a professional theater. It felt like
a kind of natural progression of many
other kinds of collaboration, particularly of
new work development.”
Arena Stage managing director Edgar
Dobie agreed that the partnership — which
has included student-centered residencies,
workshops with leading artists, symposia,
panels and performances on a variety of
issues facing the theater world today — is
beneficial to both institutions. Both are
committed to developing new productions,
engaging the community, and fostering
dialogue about American theater.
“I can’t think of a better way to celebrate this landmark season than with a festival of Tennessee Williams, one of
America’s greatest playwrights,” Dobie
said.
Through the opportunity to work at
Arena Stage, Georgetown students have
been able to gain firsthand experience in a
professional theater. Goldman said the
partnership is proving to be a “wonderful
kind of apprenticeship opportunity for
those young artists to be working at the
highest level.”
See Menagerie/Page 18
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June 22, 2011 ■ Page 15
Best of old, new meet in Cleveland Park home
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uyers of historic homes
often find themselves trading ease and livability for
the charm of high ceilings and
ON THE MARKET
CAROL BUCKLEY
hefty millwork. But a Cleveland
Park property that sits in the shadow of the Washington National
Cathedral wins high enough marks
in both categories that no sacrifice
is necessary.
The 1913 home is certainly not
short on historic detail; beyond its
taupe, black, white and red
Colonial facade, a very wide front
hall funnels visitors to a series of
rooms, all with 9-foot-plus ceilings
and well-kept heart-pine floorboards. Pocket doors, six-over-one
windows and chunky moldings,
including around three wood-burning fireplaces on this level, are
other signs of a home with some
patina on it.
But a modern family could
move in here tomorrow and find
none of the common complaints
about older homes: small rooms,
nonexistent storage and the like.
The seven-bedroom home is spacious, and upgrades have left com-
mon trouble spots such as baths
and the kitchen with up-to-date —
but historically appropriate —
makeovers.
Buyers would do well to follow
the current owners’ lead and mix
traditional and modern furnishings
and art here: The blend brings the
home to life, as do warm paint
choices in the living room, dining
room and cozy library.
The palette gets cooler in the
spacious kitchen-cum-family room
at the rear of the home. A leaf
green lets a black-and-white
kitchen pop; the shade also merges
with outdoor foliage to bring in a
bit of the natural world.
This property’s slice of that
world is anything but wild. In the
front, symmetry rules, while friendly perennials such as hydrangeas
soften the look. In the rear, a
parterre between the house and a
garage used for storage again
strikes a formal note, which curving flower beds and a loosely
arranged stone patio balance out.
Though the garage has been
converted to store items other than
automobiles, there’s enough room
for two cars to park in the driveway.
The home’s second level offers
two bedroom suites and other use-
Photos Courtesy of Washington Fine Properties
This seven-bedroom home on Lowell
Street is on the market for $3,295,000.
ful spots, including a large office
with built-in book storage — a feature that pops up all over this home
— and a separate, intimate reading
room lined in trompe-l’oeil paper
of book-laden shelves.
The office accesses a roomy
screened porch overlooking quiet
treetops. That spot — which also
features a design classic, a robin’segg-blue ceiling — can also be
accessed from the master suite.
That group of rooms, which can
be closed off with double doors,
will be a draw for many buyers. A
sitting room flows into a yellowtoile-papered bedroom, which in
turn feeds into a very roomy dress-
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Agenda items include:
■ public safety report.
■ presentation by D.C. Fire and
Emergency Medical Services
Department Chief Kenneth B.
Ellerbe.
■ public comments.
■ update on the 18th Street reconstruction project.
■ committee reports.
■ consideration of the Zoning
Commission application by Il
Palazzo, 2700 16th St., for approval
as a planned-unit development.
For details, call 202-332-2630 or
visit anc1c.org.
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At the commission’s June 15
meeting:
■ chair Rebecca Coder congratulated Foggy Bottom Grocery owner
Kristopher Hart for being named the
D.C. Chamber of Commerce 2011
Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Hart thanked the commission and
the neighborhood for supporting
him and his business.
■ a resident announced a Sept. 24
ceremony to honor the Foggy
Bottom Association’s 50th anniversary. Residents will gather at 10 a.m.
at 11 Snows Court for a brief ceremony and to install a plaque commemorating the site of the association’s founding meeting.
■ representatives of the D.C. Water
and Sewer Authority discussed
work on a water main under Canal
Road and M Street that is scheduled
to begin next month.
To access the main, the authority
expects to dig six pits, three of
which would be in the West End: on
M Street near 22nd Street and near
26th Street, and on New Hampshire
Avenue between M Street and Ward
Place. None of the pits would close
a street, but they would eliminate
some parking and travel lanes.
The work is not expected to disrupt water supply, and it is scheduled to end in early 2012, the representatives said.
■ resident Don McGovern discussed
charter schools that might be interested in the former Stevens School,
1050 21st St., and answered questions about his efforts to find a good
charter operator to use the site. At its
September meeting, the commission will hear from residents who
would prefer to see a traditional
public school there. The commission will not vote to favor one type
of school and will continue to lobby
the D.C. government for any sort of
educational use of the shuttered
facility.
“What’s so valuable about what
Don has done is demonstrated interest when the city said, ‘Oh, no one is
interested,’” said commissioner
Florence Harmon.
■ commissioners voted unanimous-
ly to oppose plans to locate the
George Washington University
Hospital Radiation Oncology
Center at 1250 23rd St. unless the
hospital could resolve the concerns
of condominium residents in the
same building.
■ developers of a planned hotel at
22nd and M streets said they will
soon seek Zoning Commission
approval for a Hilton Garden Inn.
The proposed building would be the
same size as a luxury hotel planned
earlier for the spot, but developers
decided a higher-end establishment
would not be economically viable.
The neighborhood commission
won’t vote on the plans until the
developer files them with the
Zoning Commission, but several
commissioners and residents
expressed disappointment that the
neighborhood wouldn’t be getting
something fancier.
■ commissioners voted unanimously to send a letter of support for
Bobby’s Burger Palace, 2121 K St.,
in its application for a liquor license.
■ commissioners took no action on
liquor license applications for
Whole Foods Market, 2221 I St.,
and Rasika West End, 1177 22nd St.
■
commissioners unanimously
approved Susana Baranano as their
new executive director.
7 p.m. July 20 at Heart House,
2400 N St. NW.
For details, visit anc2a.org.
NW.
visit anc2f.org.
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2B
Dupont
■ DUPONT CIRCLE
ANC 3E
ANC 3E
Tenleytown
■ AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK
American
University Park
FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS/TENLEYTOWN
7 p.m. July 13 in the Brookings
Institution building, 1775
Massachusetts Ave. NW.
For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.
ANC 2D
ANC 2D
Sheridan-Kalorama
■ SHERIDAN-KALORAMA
7 p.m. Sept. 19 at Our Lady
Queen of the Americas Church,
California Street and Phelps
Place NW.
For
details,
contact
[email protected] or visit
anc2d.org.
ANC 2E
ANC 2E
Georgetown
■ GEORGETOWN / CLOISTERS
Cloisters
BURLEITH / HILLANDALE
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, at
Georgetown
Visitation
Preparatory School, 1524 35th
St. NW. The commission adjusted its normal schedule because
the meeting would otherwise
occur on Independence Day.
visit anc2e.com.
ANC 2F
ANCCircle
2F
Logan
■ LOGAN CIRCLE
7 p.m. July 6 at Washington
Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle
ANC
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Park
■ GLOVER PARK/CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS
7 p.m. July 14 at Stoddert
Elementary
School
and
Recreation
Center,
4001
Calvert St. NW.
For details, call 202-338-2969,
contact [email protected] or visit
anc3b.org.
ANC 3C
ANC 3C
Cleveland
Park
■ CLEVELAND PARK / WOODLEY PARK
Woodley
Park
MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE HEIGHTS
Massachusetts
Avenue Heights
CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS
7:30 p.m. July 18 at the 2nd
District Police Headquarters,
3320 Idaho Ave. NW.
visit anc3c.org.
ANC 3D
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3D
Spring
■ SPRING VALLEY/WESLEY HEIGHTS
Wesley
Heights
PALISADES/KENT/FOXHALL
7 p.m. July 6 in the new medical
building at Sibley Memorial
Hospital, 5215 Loughboro Road
NW.
visit anc3d.org.
7:30 p.m. July 14 at St. Mary
Armenian Apostolic Church,
42nd and Fessenden streets
NW.
For details, visit anc3e.org.
ANC 3F
ANCHills
3F
Forest
■ FOREST HILLS/NORTH CLEVELAND PARK
7:30 p.m. July 18 at the Capital
Memorial Seventh-Day Adventist
Church, 3150 Chesapeake St.
NW.
visit anc3f.us.
ANC
3/4G
ANC
3/4G
Chevy
Chase
■ CHEVY CHASE
7:30 p.m. July 11 at the Chevy
Chase Community Center,
Connecticut
Avenue
and
McKinley Street NW.
send an email to [email protected].
ANC 4A
ANC 4A
Colonial
Village
■ COLONIAL VILLAGE/CRESTWOOD
Shepherd
Park
SHEPHERD PARK/BRIGHTWOOD
7:15 p.m. Sept. 6 at Fort
Stevens Recreation Center,
13th and Van Buren streets NW.
For details, call 202-450-6225.
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District Department of Transportation now.
After wrapping up Canal Road, workers
will move to excavation pits at the intersection
of Foxhall Road and MacArthur Boulevard,
as well as along M Street near Key Bridge, but
initial plans indicate that traffic impacts during that portion of the work will be less
severe, said Eason.
No water shutoffs are planned as part of the
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agency. “We’ve applied for a variance and we will continue to pursue
that variance so that the Mount
Pleasant community gets the library
they deserve.”
The construction and renovation
on Lamont Street, one of many
library improvements now under
way citywide, has been controversial from the start. Some neighborhood and library activists argue that
the picturesque 1925 library should
not be expanded, and that an addition — to the side or to the rear —
would crowd the tight lot and adjacent apartment buildings.
But the appeal by the Mount
Pleasant advisory neighborhood
commission that played out
Tuesday focused on a seemingly
arcane zoning question: whether
library planners, who sited the addition in the rear after a side addition
met opposition, could do so without
the normally required 15-foot setback from the southern property
line.
City zoning administrator
Matthew LeGrant had no problem
with that proposal, arguing that he
could designate the south side of the
irregularly shaped corner lot as a
side yard — where no setback is
required — and the west side of the
property as the rear yard.
After hearings that have dragged
on since last winter, and several
rescheduled votes, a majority of the
zoning board disagreed with
LeGrant’s “manipulation of the zoning regulations for a predetermined
outcome,” as member Michael
Turnbull, a representative of the
Architect of the Capitol, put it.
In April, the board deadlocked 22 on the case, with two mayoral
appointees supporting LeGrant and
two
federal
representatives,
Turnbull and National Capital
Planning Commission staffer
Jeffery Hinkle, rejecting his reasoning.
The wild card this time was new
mayoral appointee Jordan, who said
he had scoured the case record and
immediately recognized the significance of his vote.
But the attorney, who supervised
zoning and building permits as head
of the city’s regulatory agency in the
late 1990s, said his vote was not a
close call. “The [zoning regulations]
are clear,” he said. “The zoning
administrator erred in determining
repair, according to agency materials.
In the second phase of the project, slated to
finish in March of next year, workers will
repair portions of pipe under M Street east of
Georgetown, between 26th Street and New
Hampshire Avenue.
Georgetowners may also see evidence of a
separate D.C. Water and Sewer Authority
project just beyond the bounds of their neighborhood. First announced last year, repairs to
the Crosstown Tunnel, another main that
delivers drinking water to large swaths of the
city, will also begin in July.
the rear yard.”
Mayoral appointees Meridith
Moldenhauer and Nicole Sorg tried
to dissuade him. “We should give
deference to the zoning administrator,” said board chair Moldenhauer.
“There are two potential fronts of
the building, so there are two potential rears.”
“It’s a very peculiar lot and a
very peculiar building,” said Sorg,
noting that the library’s broad front
steps face the corner of 16th and
Lamont. “We’re not setting a precedent, not allowing any homeowner
to say that the front is the side, and
the side is the back.” Setbacks are
dictated by the zoning code to provide light, air and access between
various structures.
But Hinkle sided with Turnbull
and Jordan. “Consistency is important. The zoning regs are there for a
reason, and we need to recognize
that,” he said.
The 3-2 vote leaves many uncertainties. A zoning variance could
eliminate the rear-yard setback
requirement, but is likely to meet
the same vociferous opposition
from neighborhood activists who
say library officials should build a
second library in Ward 1 rather than
trying to squeeze in an addition on
the historic Mount Pleasant building’s small lot.
Chris Otten, a library activist,
said one “real-life” issue all along
has been that an addition would
choke off emergency vehicle access
to several old apartment buildings in
a neighborhood that has already suffered serious apartment building
fires in recent years.
Some neighbors have also
objected to the long handicapped
access ramp that would have to
wrap around the historic building.
The project also includes major renovation of the library’s children’s
room and other interior spaces.
It’s not clear if construction work
will have to stop before the zoning
board issues its written order, which
could take months. Library officials
could appeal that order to the D.C.
Court of Appeals, but that would
drag the case out past the late-2011
scheduled completion date.
“We remain hopeful that the zoning process will accommodate the
new expanded library,” said
spokesperson Williams. He said the
renovation and expansion were initially projected to cost about $11.5
million, but legal fees and design
changes have added at least $1 million to the total price tag.
Workers will access the main through two
shafts, one at Foxhall Road and MacArthur
Boulevard and a second on the recently renovated Francis Field in the West End.
As in the other project, repairs are necessary to prevent further leaks, engineers told
Foxhall residents at a meeting last fall.
Agency supervisor Duncan Mukira said
the agency first suspected that the tunnel —
which measures 84 feet in diameter — had
sprung leaks in December 2008 when standing water was reported in Rock Creek Park
and along the parkway above the tunnel’s
path. Testing soon confirmed that suspicion,
showing that the excess water, particularly
dangerous to motorists in freezing weather,
was potable.
The project, slated to run through
September 2012, will close off the northeastern portion of Francis Field, according to
agency documents. The task — to widen the
access shaft located there from 4 to 26 feet in
diameter — “will generate certain levels of
noise and vibration,” the reports state.
Temporary sound walls will aim to mitigate
the impact on neighbors.
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“The math team became its own community,” he said. “We were all friends.”
Lipps, who served as the team’s coach,
said it was exciting to watch Gunby and
his classmates advance at competitions.
For the past two years, Gunby has placed
first in the high school mathematics competition at the University of Maryland.
Last year, he finished first in the American
Regional Math League competition, and
first in the Harvard University/
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
regional math tournament.
“The very hardest problems are the
ones that Ben will almost inevitably get,”
said Lipps.
But the teacher said he was equally
impressed by what he witnessed between
Gunby and a friend en route to competitions. “They were playing chess,” he said.
“Not surprising. But there was no chessboard. They were playing in their heads.”
Pearson said she was hesitant at first
about her son’s foray into competitive
math. And like the parent of a star athlete
or child actor, she said she was concerned
GDS’ Ben
Gunby has
won national
and international math
competitions.
He leaves for
MIT this fall.
Courtesy of
Georgetown
Day School
about fostering balance for her son. “You
feel the responsibility. You feel the weight
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Plus, Pearson said, her son’s precociousness means he’ll be leaving home a
little earlier than expected.
Gunby, who just completed his junior
year at Georgetown Day, is scheduled to
begin his freshman year at MIT this fall.
“He’s very excited. Me, not so much,” his
mom said.
And yet, in between classes at math
camp in Nebraska, Gunby did admit to
some pre-college jitters. But he said he
plans to treat it like any major mathematical challenge: “It’s hard to be nervous and
do math. You have to be focused.”
“People who love the play will
recognize it, but find it fresh. Yes,
there’s conflict; yes, there’s a dire
situation that they find themselves in, but there’s enormous
love,” he said.
Augmenting these emotional
elements, the play features the
high-tech projections of New Yorkbased video/imagery designer Jared
Now, however, it has become
possible.
“By working with a designer
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like Jared, I think we have the
“For us it’s not been just,
opportunity, because technology
‘Let’s bring our campus work
has advanced in such extraordiover there and have a fun field
nary ways even just in the last
trip’; it’s really been about develfew years, to in a way honor
oping work on a professional
Williams’ original intention and
scale,” he said. “Those are the
interest,” he said.
same standards we
Outside of the
hold ourselves to at
Cradle, theatergoers
Georgetown, also. But
can check out the two
I think the opportunity
interactive installations:
for the students and
“The Overstuffed
young alums is differChair,” designed by
ent just because of the
Georgetown senior
venue and the opporCourtney Ulrich, in
tunity that it affords.”
which visitors sit in a
The “Menagerie”
sensor-activated armcast features awardchair, listening to
winning actress and
Williams talk about his
Georgetown faculty
life; and “Tenn
member Sarah
Encounters,” created by
Marshall in the role of
alumna Lucy Obus,
Amanda Wingfield,
Leslie E. Kossoff/Georgetown University which uses an old-fashalong with recent
ioned typewriter as a
Sarah Marshall, a Georgetown University faculty
alumni Rachel
means of calling up
member and Helen Hayes Award winner, stars in “The
Caywood, Michael
video “snapshots” of
Glass Menagerie” along with several school alumni.
Mitchell and Clark
his life and work.
Young.
As a whole, the
Asked how he made this proMezzocchi, described by Goldman
“Glass Menagerie Project” production of “The Glass
as “one of the leading designers in
vides a unique window into the
Menagerie” stand out from previ- that field.”
mind of “a true poet of the heart,”
ous ones, Goldman said it began
Though Williams’ original
said Goldman.
with “listening to what the text
script called for expressionistic
“His plays break our hearts,
actually says,” which revealed
“screen device projections,” the
and move us, and make us feel
two key aspects often forgotten
vast majority of previous direcour own vulnerability because of
by those familiar with the play:
tors have ignored this, Goldman
the empathy we feel for the vulthe humor, and the love within
said, in part due to technological
nerability and tenderness” of the
the family.
limitations.
characters, he said.
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Pleasant, sees 16.7 percent of D.C. crime —
the largest slice of any of the seven districts.
“If you take my police force and divvy
them up, everybody is getting the level of
police service they should get,” Police Chief
Cathy Lanier said of the realignment at the
June 9 meeting.
Under the proposed changes, the 3rd
District would account for 14.2 percent of the
city’s crime. The redrawn district would
include the northeastern part of Dupont
Circle, extending south to Q Street (instead of
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the current U Street) and west to 18th Street
(instead of 15th Street). The rest of the Dupont
Circle neighborhood would remain within the
2nd District, whose 12.8 percent slice of crime
would be the lowest of the seven districts after
the boundary redrawing.
The 3rd District would lose all of Mount
Pleasant and a few blocks of Columbia
Heights — north from Park Road — to the 4th
District, which already contains the latter
neighborhood’s northernmost streets.
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Dividing
populous neighborhoods with
relatively high crime — such as Dupont
Circle and Columbia Heights — between districts means that radio traffic from officers
responding to incidents is split between two
“She was a really strong principal,” Home and School Association
co-president Alison Howard said.
“She was incredibly savvy.”
But, Howard said, some parents
and staff chafed at Ellis’ management style.
In an interview, Ellis said she
resigned but declined to give a reason or discuss her future plans.
Howard said a team of parents,
mutual.
“I thought she was amazing,”
said PTA president Kiesha
Gebreyes. “She made it very apparent that every person in the building
was important, and she really kept
her door open, and I appreciated her
accessibility. She’s
lovely, and you can
tell she really cares
about John Eaton.”
Gebreyes said
she was especially
impressed
by
Gartrell’s ability to
win
increased
autonomy for the
school,
expand
Chinese language
offerings,
and
implement a special
World Cultures proMatt Petros/Current File Photo
gram.
“I think she was Murch Elementary principal Dawn Ellis led the
an excellent leader,” North Cleveland Park school for two years.
Eaton parent and
enrichment coordinator Eileen staff and central office officials is
Langholtz wrote in an email. “She currently interviewing candidates to
was a warm, kind leader who was a fill the position.
good listener, available, and knew
Hearst principal William Kerlina
each student by face and name. I did not respond to a request for
think she will be missed by many.” comment about his departure.
Now, Gebreyes said, former
But parent Sarah Stoll said she is
Fairfax County Public Schools very sorry to see him go. “I think,
administrator Dale Mann will be from the parents’ perspective, he
taking the reins at the Cleveland was considered to be very effecPark school. “Mr. Mann comes to tive,” she said.
John Eaton from Fairfax Villa
Stoll said she was particularly
Elementary School, where he impressed by Kerlina’s custom of
served as principal for more than greeting students as they entered
five years,” she wrote in a note to school every day.
parents. “He has more than 12 years
Still, she said, she got the
in educational leadership and six impression that Kerlina wasn’t getyears in the classroom.” He was ting the support he deserved from
named “top principal” by the the school system. “It’s disappointFairfax County Federation of ing,” she said.
Teachers for three years, she added.
PTA president Tenithia Anthony
Gebreyes, who participated in agreed. According to Anthony,
the interview process, said she was Kerlina helped out with enrichment
struck by Mann’s compassion and activities, taught tennis to students,
commitment to maintaining the and used his own money to supplesuccessful program at Eaton. “He’s ment school resources.
not going to try to come in and
“He was so beloved,” she said.
change what is already working,” “He had an open-door policy. He
she said.
really put children first.”
Meanwhile, Murch principal
In fact, she said the parents
Ellis said she will miss the students fought hard two years ago to entice
and families she has come to know Kerlina to their school, and most are
over the past two years leading the very sad to see him go. “We’re a
North Cleveland Park school. resilient group of people,” she said.
“What I will miss about Murch the “But it’s a blow.”
most is the kind, caring, fun-loving
She said parents, staff and offiyoungsters I’ve met and the really cials are currently conducting interwonderful families,” she said.
views for a new principal.
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frequencies, Lanier said. Another advantage,
she added, is that one commander isn’t
responsible for the huge number of officers
required to police an entire crime-dense
neighborhood.
Several Dupont Circle residents questioned whether their community needs to be
split to accomplish those same ends, saying
it’s confusing for immediate neighbors to
report to different police districts and that
criminals operating across district boundaries
could be difficult for police to track.
Lanier said some of those issues appear
wherever a border is drawn, and she believes
the proposals put her department in the best
position to fight crime. She also noted that
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the company entered D.C. last
month by creating an electric-carsharing program at Union Station.
As for other plans, “obviously we’re
looking for any opportunity to
expand into the city,” Hecht said,
adding that arrangements are “being
worked on.” She didn’t provide further detail.
Car-sharing services, which
make temporary rental vehicles
available to multiple users who pay
membership fees, first came to the
District in 2001. In the beginning,
two companies — Zipcar and
Flexcar — operated in the city, and
the Transportation Department
“gave the [public] spaces over for
free,” Kubly said.
When Zipcar merged with
Flexcar in 2007, it acquired all 86
public spaces in D.C. The
Transportation Department began
charging Zipcar $200 per year for
each spot last October.
“Last year … we started charging for the spaces, recognizing that
the market for car-sharing is now
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collaboration among districts has improved in
recent years.
The changes will likely go into effect by
the end of the year, Lanier said at the June 9
meeting. Though the district borders are subject to D.C. Council approval, Lanier said she
considered them “pretty much set.”
A meeting on the proposed boundaries for
the 2nd District and its police service areas
will be held today at 7 p.m. at the 2nd District
Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. A hearing on all of the changes before the D.C.
Council’s Committee on Public Safety and the
Judiciary is scheduled for July 6.
Maps of the proposals are available at
tinyurl.com/psamaps.
mature,” Kubly said.
The same shift is now happening
in Arlington County, which was the
first jurisdiction on the East Coast to
grant public space to car-sharing
firms. Zipcar now uses about 75
spots there, according to Hamilton.
“We’re working with Zipcar
right now in finalizing an arrangement to have them pay for spaces,”
Hamilton said.
Zipcar representatives weren’t
available for comment. According
to Kubly, the firm has more than
700 vehicles in the Washington
region on both public and private
space.
About pushback from Zipcar on
D.C.’s new leasing process, Kubly
said: “They would rather there not
be competition in the market.”
Though he conceded that a single car-sharing service might be
more appealing to customers who
want easy access to many cars,
Kubly argued that there are few
“industries in which a monopoly
provides better service than a competitive market.”
Cheryl Cort, policy director for
the Coalition for Smarter Growth,
pointed out that competing car-shar-
ing services already exist side by
side in many cities, including
Philadelphia and San Francisco.
“These different companies can specialize in different things,” she said.
“More variety gives people better
options, better choices.”
In the District, the Transportation
Department’s invitation for bids
identifies 18 available spaces in
Ward 1, 16 in Ward 2, 12 in Ward 3,
eight in Ward 4, six in Ward 5, 16 in
Ward 6, six in Ward 7 and four in
Ward 8. Spaces are priciest in Ward
2, which includes Dupont Circle,
downtown and Georgetown, and
cheapest in Ward 8 in Southeast
D.C.
Kubly said the higher-price
scheme makes sense because the
District has “one of the more robust
car-sharing systems in the country,”
with “one of the biggest dedications
of public space.”
He also noted that public spots
contribute to a company’s advertising. “It’s in the public eye, generating customer awareness.”
Bids for the spots are due July 6,
and the Transportation Department
expects to make decisions shortly
thereafter, Kubly said.
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Concerts
■ The Harbour Nights concert series
will feature Josh Burgess performing grassroots rock. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Plaza,
The Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW.
202-295-5007.
■ The Golden Triangle Business
Improvement District will present the band
Cazhmiere performing top 40 and dance
tunes. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Farragut
Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K
Street NW. goldentriangle.com.
■ Tony Ellis and his band will perform
banjo and string-band music. 6 p.m. Free.
Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.
■ Singer/songwriter Noah Gittell will
present an acoustic concert. 7:30 p.m.
Free; reservations required. District of
Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW.
202-462-7833.
■ The U.S. Marine Band will perform
works by Paul Creston, Kenneth J. Alford,
Amilcare Ponchielli, Arturo Márquez, Eric
Osterling and Frank Ticheli. 8 p.m. Free.
West Terrace, U.S. Capitol. 202-433-4011.
Discussions and lectures
■ A panel discussion on the economic,
environmental and social impact of the
tsunami in Japan will feature Joel Charny,
vice president of humanitarian policy and
practice at InterAction; Brian Klein, former
international affairs fellow at the Council on
Foreign Relations; and David Nakamura,
staff writer at The Washington Post. 6 to 8
p.m. $15; reservations required. Cinnabar
Room, Asia Society Washington, 1526 New
Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-833-2742.
■ Barbara Babcock, law professor
emerita at Stanford University, will discuss
her book “Woman Lawyer: The Trials of
Clara Foltz,” about the first woman admitted to the California Bar. 6:30 p.m. Free.
Reiter’s Books, 1900 G St. NW. 202-2233327.
■ Ronald Collins and Sam Chaltain will
discuss their book “We Must Not Be Afraid
to Be Free: Stories of Free Expression in
America.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Langston Room,
Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW.
202-387-7638.
■ Mark S. Smith, professor of Bible and
ancient Near Eastern studies at New York
University and author of “The Priestly
Version of Genesis I,” will discuss “The
Roots of Monotheism.” A book signing will
follow. 6:45 to 9 p.m. $40. S. Dillon Ripley
Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030.
■ Mary Doria Russell will discuss her
novel “Doc.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.
■ Panelists will discuss the significance
of the Vienna Summit of 1961 between
U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev. 7 p.m. Free;
reservations required. Embassy of Austria,
3524 International Court NW. 202-8956776.
performance artist and indie-folk musician
Dan Fishback
presenting “On
a Queer Day,
You Can See
Forever.” 7:30
p.m. $15; $12
for seniors and
ages 24 and younger. Goldman Theater,
Washington DC Jewish Community Center,
1529 16th St. NW. 202-777-3251.
■ As part of a five-day workshop series
featuring 11 new pieces, Artists’ Bloc will
present “Pinoy: A’merican Tale” by JR Russ.
7:30 p.m. $5 donation suggested. Melton
Rehearsal Hall, Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Company, 641 D St. NW. artistsbloc.org.
The series will continue through Sunday
with performances at various times.
Films
■ “The Met: Live in HD Summer
Encores” will feature Donizetti’s “Don
Pasquale.” 6:30 p.m. $12.50. AMC Mazza
Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
fathomevents.com.
■ “NoMa Summer Screen” will present
George Roy Hill’s 1969 film “Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid,” starring Paul
Newman and Robert Redford. 7 p.m. Free.
L Street between 2nd and 3rd streets NE.
nomasummerscreen.com.
■ “From Britain With Love” will feature
S.J. Clarkson’s 2010 film “Toast,” based
on the childhood of food
writer Nigel
Slater. 8 p.m.
$11; $9 for
seniors and
students; $8
for military personnel and ages 12 and
younger. West End Cinema, 2301 M St.
NW. 202-419-3456.
■ The Reel Israel DC series will feature
Ori Ravid’s 2008 film “Eli & Ben.” 8 p.m.
$11; $9 for students; $8.25 for seniors;
$8 for ages 12 and younger. Avalon
Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202966-6000.
■ “Movie Nights in the Heights” will feature Brian Levant’s 2005 film “Are We
There Yet?” 8:30 p.m. Field, Tubman
Elementary School, 11th and Kenyon
streets NW. [email protected].
Performances
■ The 12th annual Washington Jewish
Music Festival will feature New York-based
Reading
■ Radio and television host Robert
Aubry Davis will read his favorite love
poems, drawn from various writers and
eras. A wine and hors d’oeuvres reception
will follow. 5:30 p.m. $20; reservations
required. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I
St. NW. 202-331-7282, ext. 16.
Sporting event
■ The Washington Nationals will play
the Seattle Mariners. 7:05 p.m. $5 to
$350. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol
St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will continue Thursday at 1:05 p.m.
Thursday,
June 23
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Concerts
■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza”
series will feature The Jolley Twins Project
performing jazz. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free.
Ronald Reagan Building and International
Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
202-312-1300.
■ Senegalese
vocalist Youssou
N’Dour will perform. 8
p.m. $30 to $65.
Lisner Auditorium,
George Washington
University, 730 21st St.
NW. 202-397-7328.
works by Paul Creston, Kenneth J. Alford,
Amilcare Ponchielli, Arturo Márquez, Eric
Osterling and Frank Ticheli. 8 p.m. Free.
Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument
Friday, June 24, 7p.m.
Steven Weinberg &
Casey Scieszka
To Timbuktu
(Roaring Brook, $19.99)
After graduating from college, the authors embark on a
two-year adventure, teaching English in China, then traveling through Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and Mali. Their
travelogue is fresh and humorous; the story of the people
they meet and of their own relationship is told in both
prose and witty cartoon sketches. Ages 14 and up
Saturday, June 25, 6 p.m.
Keith Donohue
Centuries Of June
(Crown, $24)
Jack, the narrator of Donohue’s darkly humorous third novel, has
been hit in the head, and as he tells his story from the bathroom
floor, he’s interrupted by eight women, each wanting to tell her story,
including why she would have wanted to knock him off.
Sunday, June 26, 5 p.m.
John Prendergast &
Michael Mattocks
Unlikely Brothers
(Crown, $24)
When the authors met, Prendergast was twenty, an activist on his
way to working for human rights in Africa; Mattocks was seven,
shuttling among D.C. homeless shelters with his mother and siblings. For the next twenty-five years the two treated each other as
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■ Concert: The Washington Jewish
Music Festival will feature singer
Claire Burson. 7:30 p.m. $15; $2 for
seniors and ages 24 and younger.
Goldman Theater, Washington DC
Jewish Community Center, 1529
16th St. NW. 202-777-3251.
grounds, 15th Street and Independence
Avenue SW. 202-433-4011.
■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
will present George
Mason University professor Roger Wilkins
discussing “The Nature
of the American
Presidency.” 10 to
11:50 a.m. Free.
Abramson Family
Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American
University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
202-895-4860.
■ Members of the Kyrgyz parliament will
discuss the current situation in their country. 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.
Rome Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins
University School of Advanced International
Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
202-663-7723.
■ A gallery talk will focus on “Signs and
Symbols in Kandinsky’s ‘Painting With a
White Border.’” 6 and 7 p.m. $12; $10 for
seniors; free for ages 18 and younger.
Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202387-2151.
■ Judith Martin, one of the lenders to
the “Capital Portraits” exhibit, will speak
about her portrait. 6 to 6:30 p.m. Free.
National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets
NW. 202-633-1000.
■ Artist Allan deSouza will discuss his
project for the Phillips Collection, “The
World Series.” 6:30 p.m. Donation suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW.
202-387-2151.
■ David Wise will discuss his book
“Tiger Trap: America’s Spy War With
China.” 6:30 p.m. $12.50. International
Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-3937798.
■ Brooke Gladstone, host of NPR’s “On
the Media,” will discuss her book “The
Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on
the Media.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and
■ Former first lady Laura Bush will discuss her memoir
“Spoken From the
Heart.” 7 p.m. Free;
tickets required.
McGowan Theater,
National Archives
Building, Pennsylvania
Avenue between 7th
and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.
■ Verna Curtis, curator of photography
at the Library of Congress, will discuss
album projects featured in her book
“Photographic Memory: The Album in the
Age of Photography.” 7 p.m. $15. Corcoran
Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-6391770.
■ Selby Kiffer, senior specialist at
Sotheby’s, will discuss “Collecting the Book
That Breaks the Rules: Shakespeare’s First
Folio at Auction.” 7 p.m. Free. Folger
Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St.
SE. 202-544-7077.
■ Joshua O. Haberman, founding chair
of the Foundation for Jewish Studies and
former senior rabbi at the Washington
Hebrew Congregation, will discuss his book
“Healing Psalms: The Dialogues With God
That Help You Cope With Life.” 7:30 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Sixth & I
Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW.
sixthandi.org.
Films
■ The Smithsonian American Art
Museum will show Michael Curtiz’s 1945
film “Mildred Pierce,” starring Joan
Crawford. 7 p.m. Free. Smithsonian
American Art Museum/National Portrait
Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-6331000.
■ “Summer Camp: Sauceriferous!” will
feature Byron Haskin’s 1953 film “The War
of the Worlds.” 7 p.m. Free. Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden, 7th Street
and Independence Avenue SW. 202-6331000.
Reading
■ The Joaquin Miller Poetry Series will
feature readings by Adam Tavel and
Melissa Tuckey. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Rock
Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road
NW. 202-895-6070.
Special event
■ Writer and performance artist
Khadijah “Moon” Ali-Coleman will host an
hour of music and readings from the book
“Liberated Muse: How I Freed My Soul.” 1
p.m. Free. Great Hall, Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-7271261.
Wine tasting
■ “Wine Tasting 101” will feature
author and critic James K. Finkel leading a
session on “Emblematic Pinot Noir —
Maison Faiveley.” 7 p.m. $65. La Maison
Française, 4101 Reservoir Road NW.
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24
Benefit
■ The Metropolitan Police Department
Citizens Advisory Council will host a benefit
dinner to send D.C. children from disadvantaged homes to the Joseph K. Smith
Memorial Camp. 6:30 to 10 p.m. $50.
Washington Navy Yard Catering and
Conference Center, 11th and O streets SE.
202-291-6727.
Concerts
■ John Lowe of Gainesville, Fla., will
present an organ recital. 12:15 p.m. Free.
National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas
Circle NW. 202-797-0103.
■ The “Jazz in the Garden” series will
feature jazz vocalist Sheila Ross. 5 to 8:30
p.m. Free. Sculpture Garden, National
Gallery of Art, 7th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ The Villa Sinfonia, a full string orchestra featuring musicians of all ages and abilities, will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium
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Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ The U.S. Army Concert Band will present “Sunsets With a Soundtrack,” featuring a musical journey through Spain,
Norway, Russia and Japan. 8 p.m. Free.
West Steps, U.S. Captiol. 703-696-3399.
■ WMD & the Badass Brass Band —
an 11-piece funk and soul band featuring
Michael Dolan, Jonathan Quigley and Ian
Martinez — will perform. 10 p.m. $10.
Rock & Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE.
rockandrollhoteldc.com.
■ George Washington University anthropology professor Muhammad Spocter will
discuss “What the Chimpanzee Brain Tells
Us About the Evolution of Human
Language. 3 to 4 p.m. Free. David H. Koch
Hall of Human Origins, National Museum of
Natural History, 10th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000.
■ Steven Weinberg
(shown) and Casey
Scieszka will discuss
their book “To
Timbuktu: Nine
Countries, Two People,
One True Story.” 7
p.m. Free. Politics and
Film
■ Dupont Festival’s “Cinema in the
Circle” will present an outdoor screening of
Steven Spielberg’s 1982 film “E.T.: The
Extra-Terrestrial.” 9:15 p.m. Free. Dupont
Circle Park, Connecticut, New Hampshire
and Massachusetts avenues NW.
dupontfestival.org.
Performances
series will feature DC Caribbean Carnival
performers. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free.
202-312-1300.
■ The Potter’s House will present an
open-mike night featuring poetry and
music. 7 to 10:30 p.m. $15 to $50 donation suggested. The Potter’s House, 1658
Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.og.
■ Arena Stage will present a reading of
“Journey to the Door of No Return … ,” the
latest play by Psalmayene 24. 7:30 p.m.
Free; reservations suggested. Gonda
Theatre, Davis Performing Arts Center,
Georgetown University, 37th and O streets
NW. 202-488-3300.
■ “Shawn Mikael’s Theater” will feature
a night of sketch comedy. 10 p.m. $10;
reservations required. District of Columbia
Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-4627833. The performance will repeat
Saturday at 10 p.m.
Saturday,
June 25
Saturday
JUNE 25
Benefit
■ “Wig Aid Live,” featuring live vocal
performances by an all-star cast of drag
performers from Washington and
Baltimore, will benefit the Wanda Alston
House, a local transitional housing program
for homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender youth. 8 to 10:30 p.m. $10 at
the door. Town Danceboutique, 2009 8th
St. NW.
Book sale
■ Friends of Palisades Library will hold
a “Mystery Madness Sidewalk Sale,” featuring $1 hardcover books and 50-cent
paperbacks. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. Palisades Neighborhood Library,
4901 V St. NW.
[email protected].
Classes and workshops
■ Susanne Simon and Bettina Stern of
Loulies.com will lead a “Market to Kitchen”
cooking class on “Farm Market Meat: Why
It Matters and How Best to Cook It.” 9 to
11 a.m. $25; reservations required. Glover
Park-Burleith Farmers’ Market, Hardy
Middle School parking lot, Wisconsin
Avenue and 34th Street NW. loulies.com.
■ Larry Snitzler will
lead a seminar on “The
Classical Guitar, Inside
and Out.” 10 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. $120. S.
Dillon Ripley Center,
1100 Jefferson Drive
SW. 202-633-3030.
■ Chef Luigi Diotaiuti will lead a class
on the Puglia region’s cooking, history and
culture, with three courses of food and
paired wines. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $75; reservations required. Al Tiramisu, 2014 P St.
NW. altiramisu.com.
■ Author Valorie
Burton will lead a
workshop on navigating life’s obstacles
and unexpected challenges. 6 to 8 p.m.
$35. The Madison
Hotel, 1177 15th St.
NW. thriveseries.eventbrite.com.
Concerts
■ The Adams Morgan Partnership
Business Improvement District’s summer
concert series will feature The Honeyguns
performing high-energy, soulful dance/rock
music. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Public plaza in
front of BB&T Bank at Columbia Road,
Adams Mills Road and 16th Street NW.
202-997-0783.
■ The National League of American Pen
Women will present “Under a Southern
Sky,” featuring South American dances with
William Feasley on guitar and Yeon Jee
Sohn on oboe. 7 p.m. Free. Pen Arts
Building, 1300 17th St.. NW. 202-7851997.
■ Singer Nancy Scimone will perform
jazz selections. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Free.
Blue Bar Lounge, Henley Park Hotel, 926
Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-638-5200.
■ The
Grammy-winning band
Ozomatli will
join the NSO
Pops for an
evening with
Latin flair. 8 p.m. $20 to $65. Concert Hall,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Musicians Haley Bonar, Daniel Martin
Moore and Holcombe Waller will perform. 8
p.m. $12 in advance; $15 on the day of
the show. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue,
600 I St. NW. 800-745-3000.
■ Alex and Hal
Malchow will discuss
their book “The Sword
of Darrow,” at 10:30
a.m.; and Keith
Donohue (shown) will
discuss his novel
“Centuries of June,” at
6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015
Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Christian Science practitioner Mary
Alice Rose, an engineer and earth scientist
by training, will discuss “The Science of
■ “Color, ’Scope: Recent Restorations
From the 1950s” will feature Richard
Fleischer’s 1955 film “Violent Saturday.”
2:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium,
National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and
■ “American Originals Now: Kevin
Jerome Everson” will feature the D.C. premiere of “Half On, Half Off” and “Erie.”
Saturday, JUNE 25
■ Festival: The 19th annual DC
Caribbean Carnival will feature a festival with international foods, crafts
and live performances. Noon to 8
p.m. $10; free for seniors and ages
11 and younger. Howard Center
Parking Facility, Georgia Avenue and
Bryant Street NW. dccarnival.org. The
day’s activities will also include a
parade along Georgia Avenue from
Kansas Avenue to Barry Place, starting at 11 a.m.
Christianity.” 3 p.m. Free. 5510 16th St.
NW. 202-726-6776.
■ Radhanath Swami will discuss his
book “The Journey Home: Autobiography of
an American Swami.” 5 to 7 p.m. Free.
Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025
5th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
Festival
■ The annual Rock Creek Strawberry
Festival will feature fresh strawberries,
strawberry shortcake, picnic food, baked
goods, jewelry and plants available for sale.
The event will also include games and
entertainment for all ages. 4 to 7 p.m. Free
admission. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
Rock Creek Parish, Rock Creek Church
Road and Webster Street NW. 202-7262080.
Performances
■ Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey
will present “the megaphone project,” a
sound work/installation made up of 25 red
megaphones of different shapes and sizes.
6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
■ “Choreographer’s Collaboration
Project” will feature modern dance. 8 p.m.
$22; $17 for students, teachers, seniors
and artists; $8 for ages 17 and younger. 8
p.m. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202269-1600. The performance will repeat
Saturday at 7 p.m.
Special event
■ The Polish-American-Arts Association
of Washington, D.C., will present “Wianki:
Festival of Wreaths,” featuring Polish music
and public dancing. 6 to 10 p.m. Free. U.S.
Capitol Reflecting Pool, 3rd Street between
Maryland and Pennsylvania avenues. 703255-9645.
Sporting event
■ D.C. United will play the Houston
Dynamo. 6 p.m. $23 to $52; $15 for college students. RFK Memorial Stadium,
2400 East Capitol St. SE. 202-397-7328.
Walks and tours
■ A park ranger will lead ages 7 and
older on a two-mile hike focusing on presidential visits to Rock Creek Park. 10 a.m.
Free. Picnic Grove 1, Tilden Street and
Beach Drive NW. 202-895-6070.
■ Rocco Zappone, a native
Washingtonian and freelance writer, will
lead an interactive “Walking Tour as
Personal Essay,” filled with his reminiscences and impressions of a lifetime in
D.C. 10 a.m. $25. Meet at the statue of
Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square, 16th
and H streets NW. 202-341-5208.
older on a hike to Milkhouse Ford and discuss the natural and cultural resources that
surround the historic water crossing. 2 p.m.
Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200
Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.
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Book signing
■ Corkey Hay DeSimone will sign copes
of her book “All About Me in D.C.: A Kid’s
Pocket Guide.” Noon to 3 p.m. Free.
Outside Museum Store, National Museum
of Natural History, 10th Street and
Concerts
■ The weekly Steel Drummer Sundays
concert series will feature Roger Greenidge.
Noon to 3 p.m. Free. Plaza, The
Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202295-5007.
■ East River Jazz will present the Carl
Grubbs Ensemble in concert. 4 to 7:30
p.m. $20 in advance; $25 on the day of
the event. Anacostia Art Gallery &
Boutique, 2806 Bruce Place SE.
bemojazz.com.
■ Musicians from the U.S. Army Band
will perform the winning compositions of
the National Association for Music
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Films
■ The National Archives will present the
2008 film “Ratatouille” and the 1948 short
“Johnny Appleseed.” Noon. Free. McGowan
Theater, National Archives Building,
Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th
streets NW. 202-357-5000.
■ The DC Anime Club will present the
premiere of Jeff Clark’s documentary “True
Otaku,” about fans of Japanese popular
culture in the Baltimore-Washington region.
2 to 5 p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther
King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW.
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Education’s 2011 Student Composers
Competition. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium
■ The Cathedral Choral Society will
present a singalong performance of Carl
Orff’s “Carmina Burana.” 7:30 p.m. $10.
Washington National Cathedral,
Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues
NW. 202-537-5510.
■ John Kress of the Smithsonian
Institution will discuss “Phenomenal
Phylogeny,” about advances in the understanding of the evolution and classification
of plants. 2 to 3 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S.
Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW.
202-225-1116.
■ John Prendergast and Michael
Mattocks will discuss their book “Unlikely
Brothers: Our Story of Adventure, Loss, and
Redemption.” 5 p.m. Free. Politics and
■ Journalist Helen Thomas will discuss
her pioneering career in the White House
press corps. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen
Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St.
NW. 202-387-7638.
Festival
■ The Georgetown Waterfront Summer
Celebration will feature music, children’s
activities and the “Great Georgetown Water
Balloon Battle.” Noon to 3 p.m. Free. The
Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202295-5007.
Film
■ “Color, ’Scope: Recent Restorations
From the 1950s” will feature Nicholas
Ray’s 1956 film “Bigger Than Life.” 2 and
Performance
■ Lean & Hungry Theatre will present a
production of Shakespeare’s “A
Capitol. 202-433-2525.
Midsummer Night’s Dream,” to be broadcast live on WAMU 88.5. A discussion of
the play’s relevance in literature and contemporary society will follow. 6 p.m. $25.
Woods-Brown Amphitheatre, American
wamu.tix.com.
Sporting event
■ The Washington Mystics will play the
Tulsa Shock. 4 p.m. $10 to $300. Verizon
Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-397-7328.
Walks and tours
■ A park ranger will discuss the variety
of birds that live in Dumbarton Oaks Park
during the spring. 10 a.m. Free. Dumbarton
Oaks Park, R Street between 30th and
31st streets NW. 202-895-6070.
older on a “Dumbarton Oaks Spring Stroll”
through the naturalistic park designed by
Beatrix Farrand. 2 p.m. Free. Dumbarton
Oaks Park, R Street between 30th and
31st streets NW. 202-895-6070.
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Children’s program
■ Physics teacher Katey Shirey will
share stories and video from her recent trip
to the South Pole to work on the IceCube
neutrino research project, and attendees
will make their own pizza-box solar ovens to
capture infrared radiation and cook solar
s’mores (ages 8 through 12). 3:30 p.m.
Free. Petworth Neighborhood Library, 4200
Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.
Concerts
series will feature The
Grandsons performing rockabilly music.
Noon to 1:30
p.m. Free.
202-312-1300.
■ Etran Finatawa, an ensemble from
Tuesday, JUNE 28
■ Concert: The Harbour Kids concert
series will feature Oh Susannah.
10:30 a.m. to noon. Free. Plaza, The
Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW.
202-295-5007.
Niger, will perform a new musical style of
nomad blues. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium
■ Concert organist
Nathan J. Laube will
present a public recital
as part of the Organ
Historical Society’s convention. 7 p.m. Free.
Washington National
Cathedral,
Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues
NW. 202-537-6200.
■ The Fort Reno concert series will feature performances by Beasts of No Nation,
Railsplitter and Valley Tours. 7:15 p.m.
Free. Fort Reno Park, 40th and
Chesapeake streets NW. fortreno.com.
■ Beethoven Found will present “A
Tribute to the Wounded Warriors,” featuring
a medley of patriotic songs and other celebratory selections. 8 p.m. $75 to $500.
Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
■ The U.S. Navy Band Concert Band will
perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S.
Kennedy Street
Brightwood-Georgia Avenue
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■ Angela J. Rabatin, an attorney and
business professor, will discuss “The
Psychology of the Job Interview From the
Interviewer’s Perspective.” 9:45 to 11:30
a.m. Free. 40Plus of Greater Washington,
Suite T2, 1718 P St. NW. 202-387-1582.
■ The Dupont Circle Village’s monthly
Live and Learn Seminar will feature a talk
by Matthew Nelson and Jared Hughes of
Compassion & Choices on “Good to Go:
End of Life Choices.” 3:30 to 5 p.m. $10;
free for Dupont Circle Village members.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Suite 800,
1050 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-234-2567.
■ Eleanor Henderson will discuss her
novel “Ten Thousand Saints.” 7 p.m. Free.
Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave.
NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Rabbi Avi Weiss will discuss “Open to
Interpretation: Defining Modern Orthodoxy.”
7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Sixth &
I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW.
sixthandi.org.
■ The History/Biography Book Club will
discuss “Undaunted Courage: Meriwether
Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening
of the American West” by Stephen E.
Ambrose. 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship
Neighborhood Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave.
NW. 202-727-1488.
Films
■ “Dial ‘H’ for Hitchcock,” a summer
movie series, will feature Alfred Hitchcock’s
1940 film “Rebecca,”
starring Laurence
Olivier, Joan Fontaine
and Judith Anderson.
6:30 p.m. Free; tickets
required. Helen Hayes
Gallery, National Theatre, 1321
Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372.
■ “Pushing the Boundaries: Three
Sports Films by Pepe Danquart” will feature the director’s 2007 film
“To the Limit,”
about two
brothers who
set out to
break the
record in speed climbing at El Capitan in
Yosemite Valley, California. 6:30 p.m. $7.
Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. 202-2891200, ext. 160.
■ “Opera in Cinema” will feature Verdi’s
“Macbeth,” recorded this month at the
Royal Opera House in London. 7 p.m. $20.
West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW. 202419-3456. The film will be shown again
Saturday at 11 a.m.
■ “Shakespeare’s Globe London
Cinema Series” will feature “The Merry
Wives of Windsor,” recorded at the
renowned Globe Theatre in London. 7 p.m.
$12.50. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300
Wisconsin Ave. NW. fathomevents.com.
Performance
■ Zeitgeist DC will present a staged
reading of “hamlet is dead. no gravity,” written by Ewald Palmetshofer and translated
by Neil Blackadder. A discussion will follow.
7 p.m. Free; reservations required.
Embassy of Austria, 3524 International
Court NW. 202-895-6776.
Tuesday,
June JUNE
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Tuesday
28
Classes
■ Teacher and therapist Heather Ferris
will lead a weekly yoga class. Noon. Free.
Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood
Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.
■ A monthly Fiber Arts Workshop will
offer an introduction to the drop spindle. 7
p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Neighborhood
Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202282-3080.
Concerts
series will feature trumpeter Aaron
Broadus. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald
Reagan Building and International Trade
Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202312-1300.
■ The New Dominion Chorale will host a
singalong of choral
excerpts from Mozart’s
“Requiem,” conducted
by Thomas Beveridge,
artistic director of New
Dominion Chorale and
National Men’s Chorus.
7:30 p.m. $10.
Western Presbyterian Church, 2401 Virginia
Ave. NW. 703-442-9404.
■ The U.S. Air Force Band’s Airmen of
Note will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps,
U.S. Capitol. 202-767-5658.
■ The U.S. Navy Band will perform. 8
p.m. Free. U.S. Navy Memorial, 701
Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-737-2300.
will present Milton Greenberg, former
provost at American University, discussing
“The GI Bill: The Law That Changed and
Continues to Change America.” 10 to
11:50 a.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital
Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American
202-895-4860.
■ Soo Hong will discuss her book “A
Cord of Three Strands: A New Approach to
Parent Engagement in Schools,” about the
success of the Logan Square Neighborhood
Association in organizing parents on the
northwest side of Chicago. The event will
include a screening of the short film
“Parent Power.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Langston
Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St.
NW. 202-387-7638.
■ Chapters’ Club de Lecture will discuss “Bonheur d’Occasion” by Gabrielle
Roy (in French). 6:30 p.m. Free. National
Place Food Hall, 13th and F streets NW.
[email protected].
■ Linda Stout, director of Spirit in Action
and founder of the Piedmont Peace Project,
will discuss her book “Collective Visioning:
How Groups Can Work Together for a Just
and Sustainable Future.” 7 p.m. Free.
Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave.
NW. 202-364-1919.
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Stella sculptures evoke Scarlatti sonatas
By MARK LONGAKER
Current Correspondent
W
hat does music look
like? Walt Disney’s
1940 film “Fantasia”
visualized J.S.
Bach’s “Toccata
and Fugue in D
minor” as a colorful phantasmagoria of
evolving
abstract patterns.
“Stella
Sounds: The
Scarlatti K
Series,” which
opened recently
at the Phillips
Collection,
offers another
take. The focus exhibition highlights eight wall-mounted abstract
sculptures by Frank Stella from an
ongoing series begun five years ago
and now numbering some 150
works, all visualizing the flamboyant 18th-century harpsichord
sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti.
“If you follow the lines of the
sculptures, you
sense a rhythm
and movement,
the thread of the
sound and color
that you get in
the music of
Scarlatti,” said
curator Elsa
Smithgall during a tour.
This certainly applies to
sculptures like
“K.3 (2nd version)” (2006),
an energetic aluminum assemblage about 3 feet
square that protrudes some two feet
from the wall. The swirling design
features a downward-looping spiral
that echoes a similar progression of
notes heard as a recurring motif in
the sonata for which the sculpture
is named.
The high energy and density of
the sculpture are also characteristic
of the K.3 sonata. This is the first
time that Stella, 75, has exhibited
pieces from this series in a museum, so one would expect more
scholarly research to follow about
the exact correspondences between
individual sculptures and sonatas.
But a cursory comparison suggests
it is fairly close.
Before seeing the show, visitors
might want to load their iPods with
performances of the specific
sonatas that name each sculpture.
They can then stand before each
sculpture and gauge how well it
visualizes the music. The sculptures
and the sonatas follow a naming
scheme devised last century by
Scarlatti scholar Ralph Kirkpatrick,
Corcoran Gallery opens two new exhibitions
T
he Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of
Art + Design’s Gallery 31 will open a fiveday exhibit today of works in diverse media by
2011 graduates of the Corcoran College of Art +
Design Master of Arts in Teaching program.
The Corcoran also recently opened an exhibit of
paintings by D.C.-born artist Chris Martin that will
continue through Oct. 23.
On EXHIBIT
An opening reception will take place tomorrow
from 6 to 8 p.m.
Located at 500 17th St. NW, the gallery is open
Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
and Thursday until 9 p.m. Admission is free through
Sept. 3. 202-639-1700.
■ “Fragments in Time and Space,” highlighting the
diverse ways in which modern artists have used time
and space in their work, will open tomorrow at the
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and continue through Aug. 28.
Chris Martin’s “Here Comes the Sun …” is part of a
Corcoran Gallery exhibit of the artist’s paintings.
Located at Independence Avenue and 7th Street
SW, the museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30
See Exhibits/Page 30
Ford’s hosts play about Lincoln assassination
F
ord’s Theatre Society is
presenting “One Destiny,” a
35-minute play about
Abraham Lincoln’s assassination,
through July 2.
Learn about Lincoln’s assassination from two men who were there:
actor Harry Hawk and Ford’s
On STAGE
Theatre co-owner Harry Ford. As
they reconstruct the sequence of
events on April 14, 1865, they
grapple with the question of
whether John Wilkes Booth could
have been stopped.
Performance times are 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday and 6:45
p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
Tickets cost $7.50 and include
entry to the Ford’s Theatre
Museum. Ford’s Theatre is located
at 511 10th St. NW. 800-982-2787;
fords.org.
■ The Reduced Shakespeare
Company is presenting
“Completely Hollywood
(abridged)” through July 3 and will
present “The Complete World of
Sports (abridged)” July 5 through
24 at the Kennedy Center.
The former reduces 186 movies
to 100 minutes, condensing every
cliché from every movie ever made
(plus a few new ones they just
made up). The latter covers every
single sport ever played, from the
earliest caveman’s “Neanderthal in
the Middle” to your own kid’s soccer practice.
Performance times are 7:30 p.m.
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Michael Bunce and Stephen F.
Schmidt star in “One Destiny.”
Above: “K.3 (2nd version),” 2006, cast aluminum; left: “K.454,” 2010,
titanium; both courtesy of FreedmanArt
who gave every sonata a number
preceded by the first letter of his
last name. Besides sonata number
K.3, the sculptures reference sonata
numbers K.43, K.51, K.54, K.94,
K.419, K.454 and K.478.
“I think these works mark a new
chapter in this artist’s career,” said
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■ Biographer Christopher Heaney will
discuss “Cradle of Gold: Hiram Bingham
and the Revelation of Machu Picchu.” 7:30
p.m. $18. Grosvenor Auditorium, National
Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-8577700.
Films
■
The Woman’s National Democratic
Club will present Joan D. Murray’s 2010
documentary “Henry A.
Wallace: An
Uncommon Man.”
Afterward, a questionand-answer session
will feature Murray and
producer Sandy
Cannon-Brown, a club
member. 11:30 a.m. $30; reservations
required. Woman’s National Democratic
Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202232-7363.
■ The second in a series of screenings
based on “AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Movies”
list will feature No. 89 — M. Night
Shyamalan’s 1999 film “Sixth Sense,” starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment. 6
p.m. Free. Georgetown Neighborhood
Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.
■ “Pop Movies, Every Tuesday” will feature Georg Nolfi’s 2011 film “The
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of breakfast is indisputable,
nutritionally and beyond. Kids
who eat breakfast actually do
better in school. Fortunately, the
D.C. community understands the
importance of breakfast. A recent
survey of D.C. parents revealed that
nearly all (97 percent) agree it’s
important for their children to eat
breakfast.
The same study of D.C. parents
revealed 81 percent of parents seek
breakfast options that taste good
to their kids. After all, nutrition
isn’t nutrition unless kids eat it –
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cereal tend to have healthier body
weights and better nutrient intake
than those who don’t eat cereal.
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lower than many other breakfast
options, such as a bagel with cream
cheese or a doughnut. Many kids’
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most lacking in kids’ diets today,
including calcium, vitamin D and
iron. Additionally, many cereals now
feature 8 grams or more of whole
grain per serving, and whole grain
is shockingly under-represented in
kids’ diets today. When served with
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calcium and vitamin D in both the
cereal and milk, and the protein in
milk is a perfect pairing with the
simple and complex carbs in the
cereal.
Parents regularly ask me whether
sweetened cereals are really “that
bad” for their kids. While limiting
sugar intake is an important step
toward healthful eating, the nutrient
density in many kid-friendly
cereals still is impressive. Besides,
on average, cereal – including
sweetened cereal – provides less
than 5 percent of kids’ sugar
intake. Yet, it provides a far greater
proportion of the nutrients kids need.
Research shows that if kids miss
these nutrients at breakfast, they’re
gone – kids tend not to make them
up later in the day.
I recommend parents look closely at
the nutrition and ingredient panel as
they’re selecting all their kids’ foods.
In the case of cereal, select an option
that appeals to their kids while also
providing whole grain, calcium,
vitamin D and iron, with a calorie
count below 150 per serving.
Another great thing about breakfast
cereal is that it’s a great “vehicle”
food. Breakfast cereal provides a
way to get three food groups into
kids: whole grains, fresh fruit and
low-fat milk. This can give a child a
great nutritional start on the day.
Starting nutritional eating habits at
breakfast can help guide kids into
setting a healthy foundation as they
grow. For more information, a great
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Adjustment Bureau,” starring Matt Damon
and Emily Blunt. 6 p.m. Free. Auditorium A5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library,
901 G St. NW. 202-727-1295.
■ The U.S. Botanic Garden will present
Jennifer Baichwal’s 2006 documentary
“Manufactured
Landscapes,”
about the world
and work of
artist Edward
Burtynsky. A
discussion will
follow. 6 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S.
Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW.
202-225-1116.
■ The Washington Psychotronic Film
Society will screen Jopi Bernama and
Charles Kaufman’s 1982 film “Ferocious
Female Freedom Fighters.” 8 p.m. Free;
donations suggested. The Passenger, 1021
7th St. NW. 202-462-3356.
Performance
■ Performer and author Tim Tingle, an
Oklahoma Choctaw, will deliver historical
and traditional stories, perform on the
Native American flute and sing Choctaw
songs to the rhythms of a whaleskin drum.
6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
Wednesday,
June 29
Wednesday
JUNE 29
Children’s programs
■ Blue Sky Puppet Theatre will present
“If Pigs Could Fly” (for ages 3 through 8).
10 a.m. Free. Cleveland Park Neighborhood
Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202282-3080.
■ Physics teacher Katey Shirey will discuss her trip to the South Pole to work on
the IceCube neutrino research project, and
attendees will make their own pizza-box
solar oven to cook solar s’mores (ages 8
through 12). 1 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase
Neighborhood Library, 5625 Connecticut
Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.
“If Pigs Could Fly.” 1 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Neighborhood Library, 4450
Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.
■ Physics teacher Katey Shirey will discuss her work on the IceCube neutrino
research project, and attendees will make
their own pizza-box solar oven. 4 p.m. Free.
Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library,
4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.
“If Pigs Could Fly.” 4 p.m. Free. Chevy
Chase Neighborhood Library, 5625
Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.
Class
■ Housing Counseling Services, a local
nonprofit, will present a foreclosure-prevention clinic to help homeowners in danger of
losing their homes. 6 p.m. Free. Suite 100,
2410 17th St. NW. 202-667-7712.
Concerts
series will feature Dani Cortaza performing
Brazilian jazz. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free.
202-312-1300.
■ The Golden Triangle Business
Improvement District will present the band
Sam’O & JFC performing Caribbean music.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Farragut Square
Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW.
goldentriangle.com.
■ The Harbour Nights concert series
will continue. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free.
Plaza, The Washington Harbour, 3050 K St.
Wednesday, JUNE 29
■ Special event: “Music and More
on the Grace Lawn” will feature a
reading by Reuben Jackson and a
jazz concert by Marshall Keys
(shown) on alto sax and Herman
Burney on bass. 7 to 8:15 p.m.
Free. Grace Episcopal Church, 1041
Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-7100.
NW. 202-295-5007.
■ R&B/neo-soul singer Carmen
Rodgers will perform. 6 p.m. Free.
Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.
■ The National Symphony Orchestra will
present a preview of its upcoming season.
8 p.m. Free; tickets required. Concert Hall,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
works by Karl L. King, Hector Berlioz,
Samuel Rousseau, Percy Grainger and John
Philip Sousa. 8 p.m. Free. West Terrace,
U.S. Capitol. 202-433-4011.
Demonstration
■ Beth Ahern and Margaret Atwell of
the U.S. Botanic Garden will demonstrate
techniques for planting containers at home.
1 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required.
Conservatory Terrace, U.S. Botanic Garden,
100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-1116.
will present author Mark Stein discussing
“How the States Got Their Shapes Too: The
People Beyond the Borderline.” 10 to
11:50 a.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital
Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American
202-895-4860.
■ Sally Shelburne will discuss “Abstract
Painting and Sculpture in America:
Minimalism and Conceptualism.” Noon.
Free. East Building Auditorium, National
Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ Joseph Lstiburek will discuss “The
Risks Associated With Energy Conservation
and Home Weatherization.” 12:30 to 1:30
p.m. Free; registration required. National
Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-2722448.
■ A book discussion will delve into
“Olive Kitteredge” by Elizabeth Stout. 2 to
3 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship
Neighborhood Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave.
NW. 202-727-1488.
■ Margaret MacLean, anthropologist
and senior analyst at the Cultural Heritage
Center of the U.S. State Department, and
Abelardo Sandoval, executive director of
the Center for Latin American Archeology at
the National Museum of Natural History,
will discuss the significance of Machu
Picchu in Peru. 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Mumford Room, James
Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101
Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-6404.
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Dirt Accepted
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ANGEL S TREES AND
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Plumbing
Dial A Plumber, LLC®
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• Insurance Repair & Replacement
• Licensed Gas Filter
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Flagstone
Retaining Walls
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Masonary Restoration
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• Picture Hanging & Frame Restoration
• Experienced w/ Reasonable Rates
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Donald Davidson
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• Decks, Steps, Banisters & Moulding
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blocks of daytime & wkds off, private
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Hauling/Trash Removal
Mike’s Hauling Service
Cleaning Services
Benny’s Cleaning Co., Inc.
Residential & Commercial
Weekly/Bi-Weekly - One Time
Experienced cleaners, Own trans.
Excellent work, Reasonable Prices
Good References • Lic. & Insured
703-585-2632 • 703-237-2779
HOUSE/CONDO CLEANING Mondays & Saturdays. DC & Maryland.
Free Estimates. 240-351-3548. Great
references.
HOUSECLEANING, QUALITY service
at fair prices with great reference and
excellent work. Satisfaction guaranteed. Free Estimate. Call Kathy at
703-998-5338.
Computer problems solved,
control pop-ups & spam,
upgrades, tune-up, DSL /
Cable modem, network,
wireless, virus recovery etc.
Friendly service, home
or business. Best rates.
Call Michael for estimate:
202-486-3145
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Good References, Free Estimates
Our customers recommend us
Mario & Estella: 703-798-4143
Commercial Space-Rent/Sale
Sunny Offices for Rent
Small office suite overlooking Connecticut Avenue, near Dupont Circle. Two rooms, approximately 500
square feet, with lots of windows.
Perfect for small organization or
non-profit. Available immed. $1500
per month includes utilities. Parking
available for $200 addl.
Call: Anne-Marie (202)232-2995.
Computers
Junk Removal
Commercial and Residential
Serving NW DC Since 1987
240-876-8763
Position available immediately
for "Girl Friday" for summers in
Northwest Washington home. Candidate must be well-organized, have
an excellent telephone manner, and
own car for running errands as
needed. 20 -25 hours per week/
must have flexible schedule; $30 per
hour. No childcare, pet care, or
housecleaning required. Outstanding references required. Contact
[email protected]
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Digital Camera?
NW DC resident with adult training background will teach you to use the Internet,
e-mail, Windows, Microsoft Word, numerous other programs, or other electronic devices. Help with purchase and
setup available. Mac experience. Call
Brett Geranen at (202) 486-6189.
[email protected]
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Experienced Husband & Wife Team
Licensed Bonded, Insured
Gardening Project Manager
Specialty Gardening Service seeks
horticulturally educated individual to
help maintain and sometimes oversee small crew for residential gardens in Georgetown and surrounding areas. Applicant must have previous experience/education in horticulture, demonstrated skills in maintaining high caliper gardens; including but not limited to corrective pruning, seasonal design & installation,
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references.
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Deep Tissue Massage/stretching
by CMT for neck/back pain, injury
rehab, relaxation. Last minute welcome. 7dys/wk till 11pm.
17th/Kalorama by HT.
Tim 202.957.1559
HEALTH
INDIVIDUAL AND
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since 1975
202-965-4400
Furniture
FOUR SOLID oak, carved dining
chairs with caned backs and upholstered seats, two have arms and two
do not. They are 22" wide and 44" tall.
In very good condition, but could use
new seat covers. Asking $180 OBO
[email protected]
Handyman
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Tile Work
Carpentry
Call
301-412-0331
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All utilities included. Sec. Dep. $250
Controlled entry system.
Metro bus at front door.
Reserved parking.
Office Hours: M-F, 9-5, Sat 10-5
202-363-6600
Vista Management Co.
Housing for Rent(hs/th)
PETWORTH: 3 BR, 2 BA, newly renov. Lrge, bsmnt, Lrge yard, 2 blks to
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TOWNHOUSE WITH off-street parking
to share with Episcopal/Anglican Nun:
Available immediately in Foggy Bottom
near GWU & Metro. Contact Sister Lydia:
[email protected]
or
202-642-7985.
Instruction
Cooking Classes
Glover Park/ Burleith
Simple, delicious, everyday
vegetarian cooking.
Eat dinner first, then learn how
to make it!
Contact Juliette @
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www.healthylivinginc.org
LEARN PIANO
In the convenience of your home.
Patient, experiened teacher.
Beginners welcome.
PT Dog Walker needed
11 a.m.-3 p.m., M-F. Must have experience working with animals and
love dogs, have own vehicle and
pass background check.
apply online at www.zoolatry.com
Housing for Rent (Apts)
FOGGY BOTTOM condo: 1BR, , 3
large closets, modern kit., gran/ stain
appliances, balcony/courtyard view,
W/D. Incl all utils. Metro/ G’town- 6
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4400 MacArthur Blvd., NW, Suite 103
AU / Cathedral Area
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202-342-5487
Georgetown Family Center
• family systems approach
• sliding scale fee available
• for further information
or for an appointment:
Housing for Rent (Apts)
WESLEY HEIGHTS Beautifully refurbished spacious corner 1 BR in secure
bldg overlooking Glover Park. New
kitchen, hardwood floors, built-in workstation. Assigned free parking space.
All utilities included. Bus to AU, Friendship Hgts, downtown, 1 blk. $1850/mo.
Call 410-827-9741.
Max Murphey ~ Math Tutor
Grades 4-12
In your home or via webcam
14 years tutoring experience
‘01 St. Albans; ’05 Columbia Univ.
Math teacher at St. Albans for 4 yrs
Currently in Ph.D. program
References available
301-996-1715 [email protected]
Middle School Liberal Arts
Tutoring (MSLAT)
Current middle school teacher
offers instruction in:
•History
•Latin
•English grammar
•Writing: Composition, Research
•Keyboarding; Mac and PC skills
•Planning, Organization, Study Skills
• Free Pre-assessment
Andy Pitzer:202-262-5676;
[email protected]
Qualifications avail. upon request
Help Wanted
Newspaper Carrier Needed (car required)
Earnings on most routes $50-$70
The Current has openings for Home Delivered
newspaper delivery routes to serve on Wednesday
(daylight hours), rain or shine.
Dependability is essential.
Call Distributor Jim Saunders
301-564-9313
SPANISH INSTRUCTION
All ages and levels: Students, business and travel. Professor, native of
Spain, 20 + years teaching in
DC: St. Alban’s, GW, GU
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202-316-0202
[email protected]
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Pets
Instruction
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Voice/ Piano Students:
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Study with exceptional teacher.
Fully equipped professional studio.
Call Dr. Jeanne Estrada.
(202)716-6444
Landscaping
TERRA VERT GARDEN CARE
Will keep your plantings looking
great all season long!
General garden maintenance
through Fall clean-up.
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Call 202 503-8464.
Misc. For Sale
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Cat Care Services
Providing loving, attentive care for
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• Short term & long term.
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General office/clerical assistance
After hours (5:30-8:30). Ideally
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filing, organizing documents, Accounts Payable, organization. etc.
Reasonable Rates • Palisades Area
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Dog Boarding
Susan Mcconnell’s
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• Mid-day Walks • Home visits
• Personal Attention
202-966-3061
Professional Assistant
Can help w/ business, financial, legal paperwork, medical insur. form
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Tuesday through Sunday and 2
p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets
cost $39 to $49. 202-467-4600;
kennedy-center.org.
■ The Shakespeare Theatre
Company is presenting “The
Merchant of Venice” through July
24 in Sidney Harman Hall.
Whether contemplating the contents of gilded chests or the darkest
corners of human nature,
“Merchant” challenges audiences
to look beyond misleading appear-
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p.m. 202-633-1000.
■ “Artists at Work,” featuring twoand three-dimensional works of art
by members of the Smithsonian
community, will open tomorrow at
the S. Dillon Ripley Center and
continue through Oct. 2.
Located at 1100 Jefferson
Drive SW, the gallery is open
daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
202-633-1000.
■ “Machu Picchu: A Lost City
Uncovered, Photographs From the
Hiram Bingham Expeditions, 191115,” showcasing photographs from
the early expeditions to map and
study the Inca site, will open
Friday at the National Geographic
Museum and continue through
Sept. 11.
Located at 1145 17th St. NW,
the museum is open daily from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-857-7588.
■ The Willard InterContinental
hotel will open an exhibit Friday
that focuses on the first battle of the
American Civil War, at Fort
Sumter, and includes more than 36
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• Neighborhood college student
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• References
• Free Estimates
Call 202-329-6006
Yard/Moving/Bazaar
MOVING: TOO MUCH furniture to
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email: [email protected] for
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Say You Saw it in
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Smithgall. “In his earlier works,
he’s very literal, and these pieces
are quite the opposite. They’re a
game of illusion. On the one hand,
they’re static pieces, but on the
other hand there’s incredible
dynamism and a sense of movement.”
They also rely heavily on digital
technology for their creation. To
make each piece, Stella starts with
a small model that he scans into a
computer. He can rotate the computer model 360 degrees to view
and modify it however he likes. He
then blows up the design to create
specifications for fabricators. He
puts the parts together and paints
them, often in bright colors, to create works blending sculpture, painting and music.
The works on view include several of the small models, known as
maquettes. Only about a foot high,
they have a more-intimate character than the large showy finished
pieces. One example is “K.454”
(2010), which features a fragmented core surrounded by wide loops,
a bit like an exploding atom.
ances to find the true measure of
things. Director Ethan McSweeney
sets the play in Manhattan’s Lower
East Side in the 1920s, focusing on
“two ethnic groups, Jews and
Italians, fighting one another to
become enfranchised in the
American marketplace,” he said.
Performance times are 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday. There will also be a noon
matinee on July 20. Tickets cost
$20 to $98. Sidney Harman Hall is
located at 610 F St. NW. 202-5471122; shakespearetheatre.org.
three-dimensional photographs
from the era. The show will continue through July 15 in the hotel’s
Peacock Alley area.
Located at 1401 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, the hotel will open the
display to the public daily from 9
a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-628-9100.
■ “The Spirit of Wood,” featuring
wood sculpture by Katie Dell
Kaufman and Lynda SmithBugge, opened recently at the
Eleven Eleven Sculpture
Space, where it will continue
through Aug. 27.
An artists’ reception will take
place today from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Located at 1111 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, the space is open
Monday through Friday from 8
a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-783-2963.
■ “Unsold,” an installation by
Dublin artist Fiona Hallinan that
includes unsold organic items collected from local retailers, will
close Saturday at Fathom Gallery.
A reception will take place
tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m.
Located at 1333 14th St. NW,
the gallery is open Monday through
Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202588-8100.
A few of the larger works might
at first put viewers off. For example, the 5-by-6-foot piece “K.51”
(2008) includes thin green zigzagging tubes that jut out from a central body of curving shapes, the
whole suggesting a giant mosquitolike insect or a space alien.
If one listens to enough Scarlatti
sonatas, however, a few common
characteristics emerge: The music
is often marked by many loops and
long runs, the former corresponding to Stella’s curving shapes and
the latter to the long, thin tubes.
What Stella’s visualization of
the sonatas does is to reinforce
their structural elements. The music
and the sculptures inform one
another, a cross-pollination that
allows viewers to see the sculptures
with fresh ears and listeners to hear
the sonatas with fresh eyes.
“Stella Sounds: The Scarlatti K
Series” will continue through Sept.
4 at the Phillips Collection, at 1600
21st St. NW. The museum is open
Tuesday through Saturday from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday until 8:30
p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. Admission is $12 for adults,
$10 for seniors and students; and
free for ages 18 and younger. 202387-2151; phillipscollection.org.
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