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November 26th-27th Fri-Sat December 4th, 11th & 18th Saturdays December 23rd – Thursday 10 AM to 8 PM Holiday Cards Black Angel Tree Toppers African Artifacts, Fabric & Clothes Unique Home Decor Collectible Dolls Books & Calendars Children’s Toys Designer Clothes, Shoes, & Hats Fine Art & Crafts Bath & Beauty Leather Goods Loc Adornments Gold, Silver & Diamond Jewelry Negro League Collectibles Black Memorabilia General Admission: A Smile! Shiloh Family Life Center • 1510-9th Street NW, Wash. DC 20001 (9th & P Streets) • 202.610.4188 Ample Parking, Metro Accesible (Mt. Vernon, Greenline) w w w. b z b i n t e r n a t i o n a l . c o m EAST OF THE RIVER MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER 2010 | CAPITALCOMMUNITYNEWS.COM NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS 08 ............Go See Do 10 ............East of the River Calendar 16 ............The Bulletin Board 20 ............The Real Vince Gray • by Michelle Phipps-Evans 24 ............The Numbers: Recession Strikes Again by Jenny Reed & Ed Lazere 26 ............A Harvest for the Worlds • by Karen Jones EAST WASHINGTON LIFE 28 ............Langston Golf Course..... • by Selby McCash 30 ............History of “East of the River Exhibit” • by John Muller 31 ............Spirit of Jamaica in DC • by Veronica O. Davis 32 ............The Jazz Project • by Jean-Keith Fagon 20 33 ............The Combined Federal Campaign • by Heather Schoell 34 ............CFC Listings 36 KIDS & FAMILY 36 ............Kids and Family Notebook • by Kathleen Donner 40 ............After 132 years, St. Teresa Remains Faithful by John Muller HOMES & GARDENS 42 ............Changing Hands • compiled by Don Denton 44 ............The Classifieds 46 ............The Nose • by Anonymous ON THE COVER: John Trevino, Connecting Communities Through Language, 2010; a painting commissioned for the exhibition Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities through Language (on view at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum). The painting represents the three cultures that are included in the exhibit. On the left are the Gullah holding traditional baskets on their heads. In the center are the Brazilian women in the market and a Capoeira dancer and on the right is a traditional market scene from West Africa. The sea in the background connects the three cultures since the slaves came to the Americas by sea. 28 HILL RAG MIDCITY DC EAST OF THE RIVER FAGON COMMUNITY GUIDES WWW.CAPITOLHILLREALTORS.COM Capital Community News, Inc. 224 7th Street, SE, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20003 202.543.8300 • www.capitalcommunitynews.com visit us on YouTube! Serving MD, DC & VA Real Estate Classes for $99 Call Today! Long and Foster Institute of Real Estate has: • • • • • • One of the best student pass rates in the industry Convenient classroom locations Weekday, evening & Saturday, and weekend & evening only classes available Faculty members who have “real world” real estate experience Easy online registration Career development program EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Melissa Ashabranner [email protected] EDITORIAL STAFF HOMES & GARDENS MANAGING EDITOR: Andrew Lightman [email protected] CFO & ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Maria Carolina Lopez [email protected] KIDS & FAMILY EDITOR: Susan Braun Johnson [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Mary-Frances Daly [email protected] Rindy O’Brien - Hill Gardener • [email protected] Derek Thomas • [email protected] Judith Capen • [email protected] NEWS & NEIGHBORHOOD REPORTS ARTS, DINING & ENTERTAINMENT ART: Jim Magner • [email protected] DINING: Celeste McCall • [email protected] LITERATURE: Karen Lyon • [email protected] MOVIES: Mike Canning • [email protected] MUSIC: Stephen Monroe • [email protected] THEATER: Brad Hathaway • [email protected] TRAVEL: Maggie Hall • [email protected] THE WINE GUYS: Jon Genderson • [email protected] THE JAZZ PROJECT: Jean-Keith Fagon • [email protected] CALENDAR & BULLETIN BOARD HILL RAG, DC NORTH & EAST OF THE RIVER: Hill Rag & East of the River Calendar Editor: Kathleen Donner BULLETIN BOARD EDITOR: Mary-Frances Daly [email protected], [email protected] GENERAL ASSIGNMENT Monica Cavanaugh • [email protected] Michelle Evans • [email protected] Mary-Frances Daly • [email protected] Celeste McCall • [email protected] Heather Schoell • [email protected] Tanya Synder • [email protected] Virginia Avniel Spatz • [email protected] Peter Waldron • [email protected] Paul D. Shinkman - [email protected] Melanie Sunukjian - [email protected] Shannon Holloway - [email protected] VISIT US: We are right around the corner from you! WARD 1: Mark Johnson • [email protected] WARD 2: Amanda Abrams • [email protected] WARD 4: Tanya Snyder • [email protected] ANC6A: Tanya Snyder • [email protected] ANC6B: Kyle Johnson • [email protected] ANC6C: Kyle Johnson • [email protected] ANC6D: Roberta Weiner • [email protected] WARD 7: Virginia Spatz • [email protected] WARD 8: Virginia Spatz • [email protected] BARRACKS ROW: 202-544-3188 H STREET LIFE: Elise Bernard • [email protected] THE NOSE: [email protected] PRODUCTION/GRAPHIC DESIGN LEAD DESIGNER: Jason Nickens 202.543.8300 X17 • [email protected] GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Jason Yen 202.543.8300 X21 • [email protected] ADVERTISING & SALES SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Deborah Bandzerewicz 202.543.8300 X13 • [email protected] ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Kira Means 202.543.8300 X16 • [email protected] CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING: Maria Carolina Lopez 202.543.8300 X12 • [email protected] DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION MANAGER: Andrew Lightman DISTRIBUTORS: David Sledgister and Southwest Distribution DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION: [email protected] WEBSITE WEB MASTER: Jason Nickens 202.543.8300 X17 • [email protected] BEAUTY, HEALTH & FITNESS Patricia Cinelli • [email protected] Ronda Bresnick Hauss, LCSW • www.quietwaterscenter.com [email protected] Peter Sherer • [email protected] KIDS & FAMILY Mary-Frances Daily • [email protected] Susan Johnson • [email protected] DEADLINES & CONTACTS ADVERTISING: [email protected] DISPLAY ADS: 15th of each month CLASSIFIED ADS: 10th of each month EDITORIAL: 15th of each month; [email protected] BULLETIN BOARD & CALENDAR: 15th of each month; [email protected], [email protected] We welcome suggestions for stories. Send queries to [email protected]. We are also interested in your views on community issues which are published in the Last Word. Please limit your comments to 250 words. Letters may be edited for space. Please include your name, address and phone number. Send Last Word submissions to [email protected]. For employment opportunities email [email protected]. EOE and certain restrictions apply not available in all areas PUBLISHER: JEAN-KEITH FAGON • [email protected] Copyright © 2010 by Capital Community News. All Rights Reserved. capitalcommunitynews.com 6 ★ EAST OF THE RIVER MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER 2010 Public Programs at the Anacostia Community Museum Nov. 3 The Talking Drum, 10:30 a.m. Joseph Ngwa, master drummer from Cameroon, Africa, demonstrates how the talking drum transmits messages and meaning through various sounds. Nov. 6 Meet Author Eloise Greenfield, 10:30 a.m. This award winning children’s author discusses several of her books including Paul Robeson and her career. Book sale and signing follow discussion. Nov. 6 Metro Mambo: Mambo Memory, 2-4 p.m. Filmmaker Mimi Machado-Luces discusses the preservation of Latin music legacies on film. Dance party with Verny Varela y su Orquesta follows. Nov. 7 Growing Up In and Outside Gullah Culture, 2 p.m. Dorothy Hubler recalls growing up in several Gullah households and memories of customs around cooking, medicinal herbs use, and the “praise/ prayer house.” Nov. 9 Quilts and Baskets in Afro-Carolinian Gullah Life, 7 p.m. Mary Twining Baird, co-author of Sea Island Roots: African Presence in the Carolinas and Georgia, presents common ties of Sea Islanders to West Africa. Nov. 12-13 Symposium: Connecting the Worlds of the African Diaspora: The Living Legacy of Lorenzo Dow Turner, 9:30 a.m. Panel of contemporary historians, linguists and anthropologists discuss the ways in which Turner’s work inspired their research. Event includes exhibition tours. For info and registration, call 202.633.4832 or email Alcione Amos at [email protected] through Nov. 5. Nov. 14 Rhythm Café: “The Long Awaited Return – Cont’d”, 2 p.m. Part 2 of a three-part dramatic original performance by David Vandy explores traditional community life in Sierra Leone and the Gullah link. Part 3 takes place on January 9, 2011. Nov. 16 The Curator’s Vision, 10:30 a.m. Alcione Amos, curator of Word, Shout, Song, leads a gallery tour and discussion. Nov. 21 Family Across the Sea -56 min. video, 2 p.m. Film focuses on how Lorenzo Dow Turner’s work connected the Gullah people with the people of Sierra Leone. Nov. 23 Black American Coal Miners, 10:30 a.m. Author Nancy Frantel discusses issues of mining and slavery sharing an often neglected aspect of American history. Nov. 27 Hoodoo Medicine: Gullah Herbal Remedies, 1 p.m. Medical anthropologist Faith Mitchell explores Gullah healing practices, root doctors and medicinal plants as covered in her book which is available for sale and signing. Dec. 4 Fused Stained Glass-Style Wall Hanging, 10 a.m. Craft a small stained glass-style wall hanging from pre-washed cotton fabric and fusible webbing to celebrate the holiday season. Fee: $12. Due by Nov. 12. REMINDER: All events are free, open to the public and require reservations which may be made at 202.633.4844 unless otherwise indicated. 1901 Fort Pl. SE, Open 10am-5pm daily except Dec. 25. 202.633.4820 anacostia.si.edu. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
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