No.3 January 21, 2015 - The Current Newspapers

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Serving Dupont Circle, Kalorama, Adams Morgan & Logan Circle
The DuponT CurrenT
Hearing airs
diverse views
on ‘pop-ups’
After outage, ANC eyes
outreach improvements
WEEKEND OF SERVICE
director of the D.C. Homeland
■ Dupont: Task force to work Security and Emergency Manage-
with District agencies, utilities
By BRADY HOLT
Current Staff Writer
John Stokes has dealt with many
community issues as the chief of
staff for the city’s Department of
Parks and Recreation.
On Thursday, though, Stokes
found himself in the opposite position — a resident petitioning the
D.C. government — due to a developer’s plans to convert the row
house next door to his Varnum Street
home into a seven-unit condo.
Stokes was one of many residents asking the Zoning Commission to support proposals that would
limit such “pop-up” projects in
many row house neighborhoods.
Many witnesses at the four-hourplus hearing were similarly affected
by the developments, or feared their
own blocks would be the next to see
such projects.
“I lose my view, I lose my privacy, I lose my wellness and the wellness of my home,” Stokes told commissioners. “I’m not sure what can
be done, but this is simply not fair.”
The city’s Office of Planning has
developed a series of proposals
See Pop-ups/Page 5
By GRAHAM VYSE
Dupont Circle’s advisory neighborhood commission is exploring
ways to provide residents with
more information during power
outages and other emergency situations.
Commissioner Mike Silverstein
will lead a new working group on
the subject that will include representatives of Pepco and other utilities as well as Christopher Geldart,
Brian Kapur/The Current
As part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend of Service,
multiple cleanups took place throughout Rock Creek Park,
including this one along Piney Branch. Volunteers of all ages —
including Catholic University students, shown — helped pick up
trash and clear invasive ivy.
By DEIRDRE BANNON
Current Correspondent
NEWS
Deirdre Bannon/The Current
Twin Springs Fruit Farm recently
began operating its Maret School
market year-round.
goes year-round, you can establish a
certain amount of momentum,” said
Aubrey King, owner of Twin
Springs. “We found that with markets that close in winter, we lost a lot
of that momentum and people forget
— Page 3
■ Foggy Bottom: Facility to
also house Washingtoniana
By KATIE PEARCE
about you. You hope customers still
get your emails and snail mail, but
every year it’s like you have to
rebuild your business.”
King is also able to offer his
employees year-round work, which
helps him retain staff. The market’s
strong customer base and the amount
of produce Twin Springs is able to
offer also helped King make the
decision.
On a recent Saturday, customers
at the market braved the chilly temperatures to buy items you might
expect to find in January, like potatoes, carrots and butternut squash
— but Twin Springs also had eight
varieties of apples, cider and, perhaps surprising to some, salad greens
See Markets/Page 26
EVENTS
Bill would give free
books to children
ages 5 and younger
ment Agency.
The group was created at last
Wednesday’s commission meeting,
the group’s first since a Jan. 6
power outage that left some 6,100
Pepco customers in the Dupont
Circle area, including hundreds of
businesses, without electricity for
an entire day.
Silverstein expressed anger and
frustration as he spoke to representatives of the utility and the D.C.
government at the commission
meeting. He said there was widespread confusion during the outage
See Outage/Page 14
GWU preparing to reopen
Textile Museum in March
Some farmers markets weather the winter
When you think of farmers markets, the first associations that come
to mind might be summer-specific:
ripe heirloom tomatoes, fresh corn
and the scent of basil wafting
through the air. Yet several D.C.
farmers markets are open yearround, offering fresh, locally grown
produce to Northwest residents even
in the winter.
In fact, Twin Springs Fruit Farm,
which operates eight farmers markets in the area and participates in 10
others, just decided to keep its Saturday market at the Maret School open
in the winter.
“When you have a market that
Vol. XIII, No. 34
With the Textile Museum ready
to reopen in its new Foggy Bottom
location in March, there could be
renewed interest in the sale of its
now-vacant former home in Sheridan-Kalorama.
Realtors say they’re “relaunching” the sale of the museum’s property at 2320 S St., which at $22
million is currently the priciest listing in D.C. real estate. Now that the
Textile Museum has finished clearing its staff and wares, agents can
show the historic property free of
furnishings for the first time.
“This is kind of a new beginning,
to be able to show the property as
empty,” said Realtor Sylvia Bergstrom of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, who said the Textile
Museum had officially moved out
by the end of December.
But Bergstrom said agents have
already been showing the
34,125-square foot property “regularly,” seeing interest from “wealthy
The new four-story complex at
21st and G streets is slated for a
March 21 opening.
private individuals” as well as countries seeking an embassy or ambassador’s residence. Art collectors
have also demonstrated interest, she
said.
The property has been on the
market since the summer of 2013,
after the Textile Museum teamed up
with George Washington University
to create a new museum complex at
21st and G streets NW. That new
four-story facility is now scheduled
to open on March 21.
In addition to the Textile Museum’s collection of more than 19,000
objects dating back to 3000 B.C.,
the new Foggy Bottom complex
See Museum/Page 5
INDEX
NEWS
Broadway musical
comedy ‘Nice Work’
heading to Warner
Garrison community
fears diversion of
modernization funds
— Page 21
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Calendar/18
Classifieds/25
District Digest/2
Dupont Circle Citizen/9
Exhibits/19
In Your Neighborhood/8
Opinion/6
Police Report/4
Real Estate/13
School Dispatches/16
Service Directory/23
Theater/21
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District Digest
Bill would give voting
rights to non-citizens
At-large D.C. Council member
David Grosso introduced legislation
yesterday to grant voting rights to
local non-citizens with permanent
residency status.
Council members Charles Allen
(Ward 6), Brianne Nadeau (Ward
1), Jack Evans (Ward 2) and Elissa
Silverman (at-large) co-sponsored
the Local Resident Voting Rights
Act of 2015, which would apply to
D.C. municipal elections.
“What most District residents
care about are the tangible things
that impact their day-to-day lives
like potholes, playgrounds, taxes,
snow removal, trash collection, red
light cameras and more,” Grosso
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said when he announced the bill,
according to a news release. “All of
these issues are important to voters
in D.C. Unfortunately, not all of our
residents have a say in choosing the
officials who make these decisions.
In my opinion, that is unjust.”
Police investigating
brawl in Petworth
Police are investigating a fight in
a Georgia Avenue nightclub early
Friday that required officers to
briefly close the street.
One person was hit in the head
with a bottle and seriously injured
in the incident, which occurred at
approximately 1:30 a.m. Jan. 17 at
5123 Georgia, according to information posted to an area listserv.
When the fight erupted, over
200 patrons exited the Trinidad and
Tobago Association (also known as
Clubhouse DC) and then a fight
erupted on the sidewalk and street.
When 4th District officers arrived,
those involved with the fight fled,
and due to the remaining chaos the
officers closed Georgia between
Ingraham and Jefferson streets.
Anyone with information can
call the Metropolitan Police Department at 202-727-9099 or send an
anonymous text to 50411.
ABC Board continues
Zanzibar suspension
The city’s Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board last week decided to
continue its suspension of the liquor
license of Heritage India/The Zanzibar after a Jan. 3 stabbing.
The board held a 10-hour hearing on the case, in which 35-yearold Joseph Ricardo Johnson of the
District allegedly stabbed another
man at the 1901 Pennsylvania Ave.
club.
The alcohol board initially ruled
that there were not enough security
personnel at the establishment and
that bar employees acted improper-
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decision. Last week board members
decided that the license will remain
suspended until the establishment’s
owners develop an “enhanced security plan” the board accepts, according to a news release.
The board will also permanently
prohibit the club from offering
entertainment such as DJs and live
bands, charging a cover fee or using
promoters. The board has also
referred the case to the D.C. Office
of the Attorney General to bring
formal charges, which could result
in fines or penalties.
Bowser meets with
Mexico City’s mayor
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the
new head of the city’s Office of
Latino Affairs met with the mayor
of Mexico City last week, discussing D.C.’s fight for statehood and
the benefits and burdens of being a
federal city.
Other Latino leaders from the
District also took part in the meeting with Mayor Miguel Mancera.
Jackie Reyes has headed the
Office of Latino Affairs since Jan.
2. She previously served on the staff
of former Ward 1 D.C. Council
member Jim Graham, where she
worked to address the needs of
local Latinos, including by securing
financing to rebuild the Monseñor
Romero Apartments in Mount
Pleasant after a 2008 fire.
Local ‘Village’ group
names new director
Musician and arts-group manager Mark Ohnmacht started last
week as executive director of the
Cleveland & Woodley Park Village.
Woodley Park resident Ohnmacht, who has worked for the
Cathedral Choral Society and
Washington Bach Consort, among
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others, says he is inspired by the
mission of the village, which helps
seniors live at home as they age.
“Work in the performing arts has
given me a solid grounding in community relations, marketing, development and volunteer management
that I’ll draw on heavily as I work
with the Village board to increase
the organization’s membership and
footprint in the neighborhood,” he
says in a news release.
Palisades resident to
screen her short film
Palisades resident Shoshana
Rosenbaum’s short film “The Goblin Baby” will screen at the Rosebud Film Festival Showcase in
Arlington Saturday.
The supernatural thriller, which
premiered at the DC Shorts Film
Festival Screenplay Competition
last year, “tells the story of Claire,
the sleep-deprived mother of a new
baby who can’t shake the foreboding sense that something in the
woods is stalking her,” according to
a news release. It was shot entirely
in the Palisades.
Saturday’s screening will begin
at 5:39 p.m. at Artisphere, 1101
Wilson Blvd. in Arlington. Tickets
for the entire showcase, available at
rosebudfestival.org, cost $10.
More information on the film is
at goblinbabymovie.com.
Capriotti’s opens new
Georgetown eatery
Delaware-based Capriotti’s
Sandwich Shop recently opened a
Georgetown eatery at 3347 M St.
Capriotti’s, which is known for
roasting whole turkeys daily, was
founded in 1976 in Wilmington,
where it’s a favorite of beachgoers,
according to a news release.
Landon School alumnus George
Vincent Jr. brought the restaurant to
the D.C. area, where he plans to
open a dozen shops in the next two
years. He already has outposts at
1800 M St. NW and in Rosslyn.
The Georgetown Capriotti’s is
open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday; 11 a.m. to
3 a.m. Thursday; and 11 a.m. to 4
a.m. Friday and Saturday.
Woodley Park church
celebrates 100 years
St. Thomas the Apostle church
in Woodley Park recently marked
its 100th anniversary, with Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl
celebrating Mass with the Catholic
parish to commemorate the occasion.
Since July 2013, the Community
of St. Philip Neri has run the Woodley Road church. Details on the
church are at stthomasapostledc.org.
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More sites in Spring Valley
may require Army cleanup
Current Staff Report
More than two decades after the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
began cleaning up World War I-era
contamination from Spring Valley
and American University, the Army
has said its work in the neighborhood is mostly complete.
But last week, officials reported
that some century-old munitions
might remain in the area, and that
some residents may be living in
properties where there is an “unacceptable risk” from hazardous
chemical contamination in the soil.
At the Jan. 13 meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board, which oversees the cleanup, Army officials
previewed a new report that they
plan to publicly release in March.
During World War I, American
University hosted the U.S. Army’s
main chemical warfare testing station. Munitions tests, and the postwar burial of various hazardous
materials, contaminated areas of the
campus and the surrounding woods,
which subsequently became the
Spring Valley community.
The residential areas that might
have continued risk from chemicals
are located to the west of the university campus. About four dozen
properties are in an “area of interest” that includes Fordham Road
roughly between Sedgwick and
Quebec streets; most of Sedgwick
between Fordham and Tilden Street
(except the properties at the corner
with Tilden and two adjacent properties on the south side of Sedgwick); the southeast side of Tilden
from Rodman Street to Fordham
(except the corner property); and
the property at the northeast corner
of 51st and Tilden streets.
The Army will also look into a
smaller area on the south side of
Woodway Lane adjacent to the
American University campus, and
an adjacent area in the southwest
See Munitions/Page 8
The week ahead
Wednesday, Jan. 21
The D.C. State Board of Education will hold an organizational meeting to
select leadership for 2015. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Old Council
Chambers, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW.
Thursday, Jan. 22
The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 220
South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. Agenda items include revisions to
the concept for the modernization of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts (Western High School), 3500 R St. NW; a new plaza and erosion control measures at
the Kalorama Playground Archaeological Site, 1875 Columbia Road NW; and interior and exterior alterations and a roof addition at the Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW.
Friday, Jan. 23
The D.C. Council Committee on Transportation and the Environment will hold
a public oversight roundtable on the potential environmental effects of Exelon
Corp.’s proposed acquisition of Pepco Holdings Inc. The hearing will begin at 11
a.m. in Room 500 at the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
Saturday, Jan. 24
EmpowerTalk and Esther Productions Inc. will co-host “The People’s State of
the Union” with a citizens group named the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture.
Participants will express their views about their communities; the condition of our
culture; and the state of the union locally, nationally and globally. The meeting will
begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW.
Monday, Jan. 26
The Georgetown Business Improvement District will host a community meeting on the 15-year “Georgetown 2028” action plan. The meeting will be held from
6 to 8 p.m. at the House of Sweden, 2900 K St. NW.
Tuesday, Jan. 27
The D.C. Federation of Citizens Associations will hold its monthly meeting from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 1107, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. Zoning
Commission chair Anthony Hood is scheduled to discuss the revised D.C. zoning
code, and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier has been invited to
address public safety concerns.
■ The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation and the D.C. Department of General Services will hold a community meeting to discuss the upcoming renovations
to the play space at Kalorama Recreation Center. The meeting will be held from
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Kalorama Recreation Center, 1875 Columbia Road NW.
Wednesday, Jan. 28
The D.C. Department of Transportation will host a Capital Bikeshare open
house. Representatives will present proposed fare increases, review system highlights and performance, solicit feedback from riders, and discuss issues related to
the system’s growth and development. The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.
in Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. Registration
is requested at psotudc.eventbrite.com or 202-829-0591.
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Bill would offer ‘book a month’ to young kids
By GRAHAM VYSE
Cora Allen was willing to come downstairs, but
only on one condition.
When the 2-year-old’s parents asked her to join
them at the breakfast table last Friday morning, she
was adamant about bringing along an armful of
books. It was a source of amusement, to be sure, but
it also provided her father, Ward 6’s new D.C. Council member Charles Allen, with a handy personal
anecdote for the press conference he was about to
hold.
Standing outside the Southwest Library a few
hours later, the lawmaker worked his daughter into an
announcement of legislation to create a new early
childhood literacy program in partnership with D.C.’s
See Literacy/Page 14
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from Jan. 12 through 18 in
local police service areas.
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■ downtown
Assault with a dangerous
weapon
■ 900-999 block, F St.; 1:19
a.m. Jan. 18.
Motor vehicle theft
■ 12th and E streets; 5:26
a.m. Jan. 18.
Theft
■ 600-699 block, 11th St.;
11:16 a.m. Jan. 13.
■ 600-699 block, 13th St.;
3:30 p.m. Jan. 13.
■ 900-999 block, F St.; 6:36
p.m. Jan. 14.
■ 500-599 block, 12th St.;
2:30 p.m. Jan. 15.
■ 1000-1099 block, F St.; 1:30
p.m. Jan. 16.
■ 900-999 block, F St.; 6:15
p.m. Jan. 16.
■ 1000-1099 block, F St.; 5:56
p.m. Jan. 17.
■ 1000-1099 block, H St.; 1
p.m. Jan. 18.
Theft from auto
■ 800-899 block, 14th St.;
1:58 a.m. Jan. 15.
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Robbery
■ 600-699 block, 7th St.; 8:46
p.m. Jan. 15.
■ 700-799 block, 7th St.; 5:30
p.m. Jan. 17.
weapon
■ 800-899 block, G St.; 11:26
a.m. Jan. 17.
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Motor vehicle theft
■ H and 6th streets; 3:37 p.m.
Jan. 14.
■ 400-499 block, L St.; 6:17
p.m. Jan. 16.
Theft
■ 400-499 block, 7th St.; 7:35
p.m. Jan. 12.
■ H and 6th streets; 8:40 p.m.
Jan. 12.
■ 400-499 block, 8th St.;
10:45 p.m. Jan. 12.
■ 900-999 block, 9th St.; 4:40
p.m. Jan. 13.
■ 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 10:55 p.m. Jan. 13.
■ 800-899 block, 7th St.; 8:30
p.m. Jan. 17.
■ 500-599 block, H St.; 12:20
a.m. Jan. 18.
■ 600-699 block, Indiana Ave.;
7:27 p.m. Jan. 18.
■ 400-499 block, 7th St.; 8:36
p.m. Jan. 18.
Theft from auto
■ 700-899 block, K St.; 6:46
p.m. Jan. 14.
■ 400-499 block, 5th St.;
11:27 a.m. Jan. 15.
■ 9th and K streets; 3 p.m.
Jan. 16.
■ 800-899 block, D St.; 4 a.m.
Jan. 17.
■ 700-899 block, K St.; 5:22
p.m. Jan. 17.
■ 914-999 block, 5th St.; 1:10
a.m. Jan. 18.
■ 9th and G streets; 3:35 a.m.
Jan. 18.
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■ georgetown / burleith
weapon
■ 3300-3399 block, Cady’s
Alley; 4 a.m. Jan. 17.
Burglary
■ 3100-3199 block, K St.;
11:12 a.m. Jan. 12.
Motor vehicle theft
■ 2300-2699 block, Q St.;
9:28 a.m. Jan. 16.
■ 3000-3099 block, Q St.;
11:13 a.m. Jan. 17.
■ M and Potomac streets; 3
a.m. Jan. 18.
Theft
■ Wisconsin Avenue and O
Street; 9:15 p.m. Jan. 12.
■ 1224-1299 block, Wisconsin
Ave.; 9:18 p.m. Jan. 12.
Ave.; 6:05 p.m. Jan. 13.
■ 3600-3699 block, O St.;
1:47 p.m. Jan. 14.
Ave.; 6:16 p.m. Jan. 14.
Ave.; 7:55 p.m. Jan. 14.
■ 3000-3049 block, M St.;
11:22 a.m. Jan. 15.
Ave.; 3:54 p.m. Jan. 15.
■ 3200-3275 block, M St.;
6:11 p.m. Jan. 15.
■ 3100-3199 block, M St.;
6:58 p.m. Jan. 15.
■ 2800-2899 block,
Pennsylvania Ave.; 7:16 p.m.
Jan. 15.
■ 3200-3275 block, M St.;
10:15 a.m. Jan. 16.
■ 3200-3275 block, M St.;
12:10 p.m. Jan. 17.
Theft from auto
■ Water and 34th streets; 2:45
p.m. Jan. 16.
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Robbery
■ 1800-1899 block, I St.; 2:10
p.m. Jan. 12.
Theft
■ 1100-1199 block, 24th St.;
12:10 p.m. Jan. 12.
■ 1900-1999 block, L St.; 3:06
p.m. Jan. 12.
■ 700-899 block, Pennsylvania
Ave.; 8:40 a.m. Jan. 13.
■ 1900-1999 block, M St.;
10:29 a.m. Jan. 13.
■ 800-899 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 5:36 p.m. Jan. 13.
■ 1000-1099 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:12 p.m. Jan. 13.
■ 1420-1499 block, L St.; 2:33
p.m. Jan. 14.
■ 1000-1099 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:21 a.m. Jan. 15.
■ 1420-1499 block, L St.; 1:19
p.m. Jan. 15.
■ L and 17th streets; 2:01 p.m.
Jan. 15.
■ 1100-1199 block, 15th St.;
2:57 p.m. Jan. 15.
■ 1100-1199 block, Vermont
Ave.; 3:10 p.m. Jan. 15.
■ E and 19th streets; 11:26
p.m. Jan. 15.
■ 1600-1699 block, K St.;
9:05 a.m. Jan. 16.
■ 2200-2299 block, I St.;
10:22 a.m. Jan. 16.
■ 1000-1099 block, 15th St.;
1:45 p.m. Jan. 16.
■ 2300-2399 block, M St.;
6:48 p.m. Jan. 16.
■ 1800-1899 block, K St.;
6:19 p.m. Jan. 17.
■ 2200-2299 block, M St.;
6:19 a.m. Jan. 18.
Theft from auto
■ 1100-1129 block, 17th St.;
11:55 a.m. Jan. 13.
■ 1400-1499 block, G St.; 7:24
p.m. Jan. 14.
psa 208
■ sheridan-kalorama
PSA
208
dupont circle
Robbery
■ 1700-1799 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:17 p.m. Jan. 18
(with gun).
■ 1700-1799 block, 21st St.; 5
p.m. Jan. 18.
Burglary
■ 2200-2399 block, Decatur
Place; 7:04 p.m. Jan. 14.
Theft
■ 2100-2199 block, P St.; 1
p.m. Jan. 13.
■ 1800-1899 block, M St.;
10:55 a.m. Jan. 14.
■ 1800-1899 block, M St.;
9:07 p.m. Jan. 14.
■ 1301-1319 block, 21st St.;
10:07 a.m. Jan. 15.
■ 1200-1217 block, 18th St.;
11:59 a.m. Jan. 15.
■ 2100-2199 block, O St.;
12:26 p.m. Jan. 15.
■ 2000-2029 block, S St.;
5:13 p.m. Jan. 16.
Theft from auto
■ 1200-1399 block, 16th St.;
10:16 p.m. Jan. 12.
■ 2000-2099 block, M St.; 4
p.m. Jan. 14.
■ 1350-1399 block, 17th St.;
3:52 p.m. Jan. 16.
■ 1200-1221 block, 17th St.;
3:35 a.m. Jan. 17.
■ N and 19th streets; 2:30
p.m. Jan. 17.
psa
PSA
301 301
■ Dupont circle
weapon
■ 2000-2099 block, 14th St.;
3:16 p.m. Jan. 16 (with knife).
Motor vehicle theft
■ 1400-1499 block, U St.;
2:40 a.m. Jan. 18.
Theft
■ 1620-1699 block, 16th St.;
4:49 p.m. Jan. 12.
■ 1726-1799 block, New
Hampshire Ave.; 6:15 p.m. Jan.
13.
■ 1700-1780 block, U St.; 2:40
p.m. Jan. 15.
■ 1800-1823 block, 14th St.;
7:56 p.m. Jan. 15.
Theft from auto
■ 1400-1499 block, Florida
Ave.; 8:04 p.m. Jan. 13.
psa
PSA
303 303
■ adams morgan
Robbery
■ 2500-2599 block, Ontario
Road; 8:52 p.m. Jan. 12.
Burglary
■ 2000-2039 block, Belmont
Road; 7:30 a.m. Jan. 15.
Theft
■ 1690-1741 block, Lanier
Place; 6:39 p.m. Jan. 12.
■ 1811-1899 block,
Connecticut Ave.; 2:47 p.m.
Jan. 13.
■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.;
3:31 p.m. Jan. 15.
■ 1811-1852 block, Columbia
Road; 10:23 p.m. Jan. 15.
■ 1600-1699 block, Kalorama
Road; 1 a.m. Jan. 17.
■ 2400-2499 block, 18th St.;
4:35 a.m. Jan. 18.
Theft from auto
■ 1700-1719 block, Kalorama
Road; 3:30 p.m. Jan. 17.
psa
PSA
307 307
■ logan circle
Motor vehicle theft
■ 1400-1499 block, 12th St.;
6:20 p.m. Jan. 12.
Theft
■ 900-999 block, French St.;
10:11 p.m. Jan. 12.
■ 1600-1617 block, 14th St.;
8:35 a.m. Jan. 15.
■ 1700-1737 block, 11th St.;
3:21 p.m. Jan. 15.
■ 1700-1737 block, 11th St.;
4:10 p.m. Jan. 15.
Theft from auto
■ 900-999 block, N St.; 7:24
p.m. Jan. 12.
■ 1100-1199 block, O St.;
6:50 p.m. Jan. 13.
■ 1200-1299 block, S St.;
10:16 a.m. Jan. 17.
■ 1500-1599 block, Kingman
Place; 4 p.m. Jan. 17.
■ 1300-1399 block, 10th St.;
6:46 p.m. Jan. 17.
■ 1300-1399 block, 10th St.;
11:35 a.m. Jan. 18.
The Current
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Some Garrison Elementary modernization funds may shift to Ellington
By GRAHAM VYSE
Responding to concerns that Garrison Elementary’s planned modernization may be
delayed, a series of elected officials in Ward 2
are reiterating their desire to see the 1200 S St.
school renovated or rebuilt starting this year.
At their respective January meetings, advisory neighborhood commissions representing
Dupont Circle and Logan Circle unanimously
passed resolutions calling for the modernization to be fully funded during fiscal year 2015.
Repeating language from last spring, the
Dupont commission said the project should
incorporate “both the school building and its
grounds, including adequate space for community programming.”
In an interview with The Current last week,
Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans said
the deputy mayor for education told him that
some portion of the $40 million planned for
Garrison might instead be used for the Duke
Ellington School of the Arts. The modernization of that school in Burleith began last year,
but officials quickly realized that their approved
design would far exceed its budget.
Evans said he received no indication of when
the city would begin the Garrison project.
“I would like to get it done now,” he said.
“It’s very important to us, because the neighborhood has tons and tons of kids.”
In an email to The Current yesterday, D.C.
Department of General Services spokesperson
Kenneth Diggs wrote, “The proposed reprogramming that’s being developed for Council’s review and approval provides additional
FY15 funds to schools for which projects have
already begun, including but not limited to
Ellington High School.” But he said the reprogramming leaves “adequate funding” in fiscal
year 2015 for Garrison “to handle planning
activities” such as concept drawings from the
architects.
POP-UPS: Hearing airs concerns MUSEUM: Sheridan-Kalorama property on market
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designed to help with the situation in
R-4 zones, which include many of
the city’s row houses. Under these
plans, the maximum building height
would drop from 40 feet to 35, and
the number of housing units permissible in buildings older than 1958
would be capped at two, replacing a
current allowance for one unit per
900 square feet of lot area.
City officials say the changes
will reflect long-standing goals to
preserve R-4 neighborhoods for single-family use, while also addressing the distaste many residents have
for pop-up projects that are out of
scale with neighboring buildings.
“There is an enormous supply of
multifamily development that is trying to meet the demand for higherincome households,” Art Rodgers of
the Planning Office said at the hearing. “That expansion of units is far
greater than what we might achieve
within the R-4 [zone], and at the
same time we might be sacrificing
affordability for families.”
The hearing also aired the concerns of numerous members of the
real estate and development industries. They testified that developers
have driven six-figure increases in
home values in some neighborhoods
— much to the delight of sellers.
“Many of these owners are
counting on these premium prices to
fund their retirement, pay off their
debt or send their kids to college,”
testified developer Sunil Chhabra.
“We just won’t look at R-4 properties anymore once this passes,”
added developer Jenna Jacobson. “It
makes me nervous that some people
don’t understand the enormous
impact this will have on their property values.”
Some residents argued, though,
that the steeper prices and competition from cash-paying development
firms makes it difficult for individual families to move into their neighborhoods — and that they’d welcome a promise that tougher rules
would keep developers away.
“There’s a ton of us who aren’t
trying to sell out; we’re not trying to
fund our retirements with our
homes,” said 16th Street Heights
resident Eric Schwers. And pop-ups
like the project planned near his
home make the neighborhood less
desirable for families, he said.
Not all residents at the hearing
supported the proposed restrictions.
Some wanted to convert their own
homes into multiple units, or — like
longtime Logan Circle resident Jacqueline Reed — praised developers
for investing in sometimes struggling neighborhoods. “Without
developers, Logan Circle would not
be thriving today, and that’s the way
that every neighborhood in the city
has evolved,” said Reed.
Reed and others — including a
number of developers — said it
could be desirable to regulate popups more strictly than the city does
now, but that the Office of Planning
proposal is the wrong approach.
“I think pop-ups look awful. I
think a harmonious roof line is worth
preserving,” Reed said. “The way to
preserve the roof line is to limit popups, not to lower the roof lines
everywhere.”
Cheryl Cort of the Coalition for
Smarter Growth echoed that feedback in written testimony, recommending that the city regulate the
architecture of pop-ups that exceed
the average height of the two adjacent homes — regardless of what
that height is. “Building bulk, massing, and aesthetics contribute to a
sense of compatibility or incompatibility to a much greater degree than
the empirical height measurement,”
she wrote.
Rickey Williams, a Petworth
advisory neighborhood commissioner, testified that the additional
restrictions would just require developers to seek exceptions from zoning rules, a process through which
they must demonstrate that their
projects won’t harm immediate
neighbors or the community.
“It’s not that the ANC wants to
make them illegal — we just want to
bring them into some sort of community review,” said Williams. “I
think there would be a lot less consternation about them if neighbors
actually had some input into how
this pop-up is going to look, how it’s
going to affect their block.”
Several developers also responded to horror stories from residents
who testified about damage to their
homes that came during construction of pop-ups. Developers argued
that such complaints simply demonstrate a need for better enforcement
from the Department of Consumer
and Regulatory Affairs.
The Zoning Commission will
deliberate on the city’s R-4 proposal
on Feb. 9 — discussing the issue but
not taking a vote — and will continue to take written comments
through 3 p.m. Jan. 29.
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will display pieces owned by the
university as well as the Albert H.
Small Washingtoniana Collection of
nearly 1,000 pieces documenting
the city’s history. Small donated his
historic Washington maps, documents and other rarities to the university in 2011.
Major construction on the new
space ended over the summer, and
the building is now getting “finishing touches,” according to a news
release from the university. “[T]he
final stage of installing the museum
requires extraordinary behind-thescenes preparations, including coordinating loans, mounting exhibitions, setting up the new library and
shop, training docents, testing security systems and much more,” said
museum director John Wetenhall.
Meanwhile, the museum collective has already opened a new facility in Virginia: a 22,000-square-foot
conservation and collections
resource center built on the George
Washington University’s Science
and Technology Campus in Ashburn.
Back on S Street in Kalorama,
the property for sale includes three
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early-20th-century buildings once
owned by Textile Museum founder
George Hewitt Myers: 2320 and
2330 S St., which originally served
as opulent formal residences, and a
third rear building that was once the
garage and chauffeur’s living quarters.
Myers commissioned renowned
architect John Russell Pope to build
2320 as his family home in 1913.
Pope is well-known for designing
the Jefferson Memorial, the National Archives Building and the
National Gallery of Art’s West
Building.
The S Street home is now listed
on the National Register of Historic
Places. Realtor Bergstrom noted
that it is “the only John Russell Pope
[property] for sale” in the nation.
In 1916, Myers purchased the
adjacent residence at 2330 S St. to
house his expanding textile collection. The building was designed in
1908 by prominent local architect
Waddy Butler Wood, who is known
for creating the Department of the
Interior Building and the presentday National Museum of Women in
the Arts. Myers opened the Textile
Museum in 1925.
The three-building property com-
prises nearly 27,000 square feet of
interior space on the 34,125-squarefoot lot, which includes a
7,000-square-foot garden. In total
there are 10 bedrooms, eight full
baths and six half-baths. Zoning
rules dictate that it must be sold as a
single property, and cannot be subdivided into condominiums or town
houses.
Coldwell Banker agent Marin
Hagen said agents are “cleaning
things up, getting rid of debris,” and
preparing to give the listing a new
MRIS number to “refresh it to the
market” within the next two weeks.
In Foggy Bottom, the new museum complex is scheduled to open
with three exhibitions: the Textile
Museum’s largest exhibition to date,
“Unraveling Identity: Our Textiles,
Our Stories”; “The Civil War and
the Making of Modern Washington”; and “Seat of Empire: Planning
Washington, 1790-1801.”
According to the university’s
information, the school will
announce grand opening events for
the museum in the coming weeks.
Education programs organized by
the Textile Museum are also taking
place during the lead-up to the
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Chris Kain/Managing Editor
Reversing family flight
A new study from D.C. financial analysts confirms the conventional wisdom about young parents: They often leave the city.
The report, by two staffers from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
says parents are more likely than childless residents to move out of the District. Their departures often come within the first four years of a child’s birth,
with the rate leveling out afterward, to equal or less than that of the rest of
the population. And middle-class families are more likely to hit the road than
poor or wealthy folks.
The report says this trend has not decreased over the past decade: New
parents were leaving the city at about the same rate in 2012 as in 2000.
The obvious, if not the right or sole, direction in which to point one’s finger is at the city’s schools. Education is undoubtedly the biggest choice
mobile parents can make, and if local options don’t appeal, families will flee.
However, we caution against assuming that this data means recent reform
efforts have failed. D.C. Public Schools’ less-than-stellar reputation didn’t
develop overnight, and it will take far more than a recent burst of improvements to turn it around. For anxious parents, the system’s long-standing
notoriety may burn brighter than do anecdotes about change and growth.
Interviewed about the report by radio station WAMU, at-large D.C.
Council member David Grosso says that while the schools obviously must
continue improving, he suggests parents give their local programs a shot.
“Go visit the schools, go meet the principals and the teachers, and see what
it’s like,” he urges. “I think what you’ll find is that the past reputations of the
schools have changed … but it’s going to take an investment from the parents … to keep moving forward.”
And of course, education isn’t the sole cause of family flight. The report
finds that the areas that lose the largest portion of parents are downtown or
in nearby neighborhoods, places where space is at a premium. As children
grow from tiny and immobile to medium-sized and full of beans, a two-bedroom condo can start to feel pretty cramped — and the house it could buy in
the suburbs starts to look pretty appealing. The report notes that the parents
leaving downtown neighborhoods typically aren’t relocating elsewhere in
the city, and housing prices may be a factor there.
If Mayor Muriel Bowser and her administration decide that retaining
these families is an important goal, we’d advise a more comprehensive look
at the elements in play. It wouldn’t be easy to resolve housing prices and size
concerns, but it’s worth exploring what moves the city could make to help
entice families — and others — to stay. Perhaps there are areas that warrant
a new or renewed focus. Former Mayor Vincent Gray’s playground
improvement project was a good start. What else can be done?
Excessive delays
Before this morning’s expected snowflakes, only scattered remnants lingered from the most recent city snowfall. For some people, though, there
was a more obvious reminder: mounting garbage and recycling due to
missed pickups. Others have uncollected leaves or Christmas trees because
of collection schedules delayed with crews reassigned to snow duty.
The winter months bring inherent inconveniences, but we believe the
D.C. government could improve service delivery with proper planning. It
makes sense to redeploy the personnel normally assigned to collect trash and
recycling to salt the roads and operate snowplows when necessary, as the
city has long done, but the D.C. Department of Public Works ought to have
a better system for handling trash and recycling pickup in the aftermath. It’s
a predictable problem that seems to arise most frequently in January and
February, compounded by federal holidays that mean some unlucky neighborhoods don’t see collection for consecutive weeks.
Instead, the agency could announce a shift of collection days, as it does
after a holiday. Or the city could fund enough overtime to ensure workers
can accomplish all of the trash and recycling rounds as soon as possible —
working into the evening, or over the weekend.
In limited cases, treacherous, icy alleys might still stymie crews. Northern
cities might have practices we could adopt to deal with such situations, but if
not, the problems at least would be more isolated than those that now arise.
Whatever option proves feasible, the key is proper communication — via
advance mailings and timely notice through the news media, community
listservs, Twitter and Facebook. That’s the only way to ensure residents
know when to put out their trash and recycling.
It’s unsightly and unsanitary to have containers overflowing in alleys or
at curbside. Surely this recurring problem can be addressed without busting
the District’s budget.
The Current
‘Interoperability’ indeed …
W
e really don’t have to wait months for the
professional report from the National
Transportation Safety Board on Metro’s
equipment malfunction and slow response to last
week’s fatal incident.
The simple truth is this: After 47 years in business, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority doesn’t have a
working safety plan with
clear guidelines on what
its staff and responding
emergency crews need
to do to act and communicate in any situation.
In fact, we can further reduce the problem to a
famous line in the 1967 movie “Cool Hand Luke”:
“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.”
(An aside: This quote often inaccurately is written as
“What we have here is a failure to communicate.”)
A D.C. fire department report on the smoky malfunction, released over the weekend, said firefighters
could not communicate effectively in the tunnel
because there were no radio connections. Some firefighters had to use cellphones. The report also said
the fire department previously had notified Metro —
before the emergency — that there were gaps in
radio accessibility. NBC4’s transportation reporter
Adam Tuss has heard from multiple sources that
there are communication “dead spots” all over the
Metro system.
Ever since 9/11, the word “interoperability” has
gained traction as the go-to word in failed emergency
responses. You’ll be hearing it again and again as
reports show emergency responders couldn’t talk to
one another. There has been a sea of meetings on
how to get first responders on the same wavelength.
Your Notebook would like see the word “interoperability” made inoperable itself. The word is a
bureaucrat’s catnip. Instead, let’s use real words.
“Communicate.”
“Talk.”
“Connect.”
Any ordinary word would do.
Metro itself, the jurisdictions that pay for it and
the emergency responders we depend upon need to
remove the bureaucratic barnacles that quite simply
are endangering our lives.
A Monday letter to The Washington Post from
Marianne Bailey of Alexandria summarized the situation, recalling another Metro incident at the same
station:
“No one seems to be talking about a December
2011 incident on the Blue and Orange lines outside
of L’Enfant Plaza that also caused smoke (with
flames) and stranded passengers (I was among them).
“Slow response and a lack of communication led
some passengers to ad-lib their escape. We were
there for so long that the emergency lighting in the
tunnel timed out, and
responders used glow
sticks when they finally
walked us down the tunnel. Was there followup? Lessons learned?
Accountability? Why
haven’t Metro and D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical
Services put workable joint procedures in place?
“This is not a funding issue; it is a management
and training issue. This time, let’s not forget and
move on before it is fixed.”
■ Tuning the public out. In recent years, police and
fire departments across the country have been switching aggressively to “encrypted” radio communications. The D.C. police and fire have done so, making
it impossible for citizens or the news media to hear
and assess what’s happening in real time.
Even though these public safety departments
already had existing secure radio channels on which
to pass sensitive information, they contended that
mainline channels have to be encrypted because terrorists and bad guys also can listen in on police
movements.
That’s “security theater.” There is little demonstrable evidence of open channels being a problem. And
it is demonstrable that citizens and the news media
are now unable to hear real-time public safety information.
“What happens is, we don’t know what’s going
on,” one television editor in the District told The
Notebook. “We are in the most powerful city in the
world and we can’t hear anything. It’s quite a
mess.”
Like it or not, the news media are part of the citizens’ eyes and ears on what’s happening in our communities. Maybe some gutsy news managers somewhere or citizens’ groups will test this blackout in
court. Maybe here in the District, the mayor and the
D.C. Council will take a second look at this loss of
information and its effect on the citizens’ right to
know.
Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.
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Notebook
Letters to
the Editor
Metro doesn’t profit
from rail service
In the Jan. 14 issue, Tom Sherwood’s Notebook column either
misunderstood departing Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority general manager Richard Sarles’ comments about
Metrorail making money or Mr.
Sarles misspoke in his remarks.
Neither Metrorail nor Metrobus makes money. Metrorail covers approximately 73 percent of
its operating costs from fare revenue; Metrobus covers somewhere
around 28 percent of its operating
costs. Metrorail performs much
better than Metrobus primarily
because of Washington’s relatively high rail fares.
Metrorail also has the advantage of one-person train operation.
Some subway systems still use a
train operator and a conductor on
board each train. Metrorail has
much higher capital costs for
ongoing maintenance and renewal
than the bus system does, but rail
is still generally considered more
efficient to operate than a large
bus system.
Steve Strauss
Washington, D.C.
City fails to remove
abandoned bicycles
On Van Ness Street, just east
of Connecticut Avenue, there are
many abandoned bicycles locked
to poles on the north side of the
street. Two have been there for
over a year and are rusted out and
broken. Others have been there
for several months.
I have written to Ward 3 D.C.
Council member Mary Cheh’s
office and spoken with someone
at the D.C. Department of Transportation. I was told that they
would have notices put on them
that they have to be removed in
10 days or the city would remove
them and donate them.
I am dissatisfied with the
responses that I’ve gotten from
each contact I’ve made. First I
was told that it would be taken
care of before Christmas; then by
the first of the year. Yet nothing
has been done, and now I see
even more bikes abandoned at this
location. On Jan. 7, I got an email
from the Transportation Department telling me that nothing had
been done because two agencies
are involved with the process —
the Transportation and Public
Works departments.
I know that this is not a priority for the city, but there needs to
be a better process to deal with
this issue. These are good bikes
that could be donated to teens
who can’t afford them. I am
amazed that they have not been
stripped down and vandalized.
I am looking for suggestions
on how to get these bikes
removed and donated to people
who will appreciate them before
they become rusted and beyond
use.
Krayna Feinberg
Van Ness
The Current
Old Georgetown Board has run amok
VIEWPOINT
marc e. nicholson
V
enture capitalist Mark Ein’s efforts to obtain
Old Georgetown Board approval for his plans
to remodel the former Katharine Graham mansion at 30th and R streets — a seemingly never-ending
saga including four fruitless appearances before the
board — illustrate why our community should rethink
and challenge the board’s procedures and total discretion.
Yes, we need a “cop on the block” to rein in developers interested only in making a buck without heed to
preserving the aesthetics of this historic neighborhood,
or owners seeking to eke out every square foot of their
lots for expanded home floor space. Indeed, the board’s
rejection of Mark Ein’s first proposal was entirely justified. But Mr. Ein made major changes responsive to
those objections, and yet the board still has not reached
closure through several more rounds in a process that
has lingered on for over six months. That is absurd.
The Old Georgetown Board, as now constituted, has
demonstrated in this case (and others) arrogance, eccentricity and lack of agreement among its own members
(each with his or her own aesthetic hobbyhorses), with
the result that Ein after some meetings is left with little
or no guidance as to what the board members really
want (because they do not know themselves or will not
say). So Ein and his respected Georgetown architect
repeatedly go back to the drawing board, while the
board heedlessly adjourns for an entire month until its
next meeting, thereby wasting time and a lot of money.
The board seems to think all of us in Georgetown
are made of money, and it thus takes no account of the
economic consequences of its picky and/or hazy aesthetic guidance and procedural delays. One flagrant
example: Dumbarton Oaks some years ago needed to
replace the front side (visible from S Street) of the slate
roof on one of its buildings. The board was not satisfied
Letters to
the Editor
Missed trash pickups
shouldn’t wait a week
I would like to add to the comments of John Boffa in his Jan. 14
letter to the editor “Light snow
shouldn’t impede trash pickup” (for
a week!).
The first real snow of the year
occurred on my regularly scheduled
trash collection day. The District’s
snow crews were caught flat-footed
this time with what was apparently
a lack of drivers with neighborhood
knowledge compared to prior years.
None of the roads in Glover Park
were treated before or immediately
after the snow.
I don’t blame the trash truck
drivers for not venturing out onto
the slick and narrow D.C. alleys.
What I do object to is that for the
ensuring week, when roads were
easily passable, someone at the
D.C. Department of Public Works
made the decision to just delay
trash collection for another week.
If your regularly scheduled trash
day is missed because of a federal
with a visually identical replacement slate roof, but
rather insisted that Dumbarton Oaks remove the old
slates from the backside of its roof, transfer them to the
front side, and then put new slates on the backside — at
immense added expense, and to no apparent purpose.
Mark Ein’s neighbors (including yours truly) are virtually unanimous in support of his latest revised plans.
Those plans have been endorsed by our advisory neighborhood commission and have the support of the Citizens Association of Georgetown. They have faced significant opposition from only one quarter: Ein’s nextdoor neighbors, a major real estate development family
who made major revisions to their own “historic” home
some years ago yet now throw up a series of poorly
argued objections to Ein’s efforts. Why are they able to
paralyze the Old Georgetown Board?
If Current readers wish a second writer’s view of
this matter, I suggest they read an amusing article by
Jake Mullins in Washingtonian Magazine’s December
edition, which goes into considerable detail and, to the
best of my knowledge as a close spectator of this travesty, is quite accurate.
Most residents in our neighborhood sympathize with
Ein’s plight. And we are concerned that if the Old
Georgetown Board continues to toy with and delay this
issue, Ein will give up and the property may go back on
the market and eventually become a foreign chancery
or embassy residence — creating major problems (first
and foremost parking) for all of us.
The outcome of Mark Ein’s case involves a billionaire far beyond the pay grades of most of us (though
even billionaires can be nice guys, as Ein seems to be),
but it should become a wake-up call that it is time for
this community to look very closely at the Old Georgetown Board’s authority, procedures and idiosyncratic
sole discretion — and to take measures to preserve the
board but to put checks upon its absolute power, which
now often appears capricious at best and potentially
prone to conflicts of interest at worst.
Marc E. Nicholson is a Georgetown resident.
holiday, collection occurs the next
business day. Why couldn’t the city
do the same for a missed collection
because of a small snowstorm?
Robert Hyman
Glover Park
Regional coordination
needed on closures
The issue of whether D.C. public schools are open, closed or
delayed owing to snow and ice
forecasts has raised its head once
again — just as it does every year.
City officials feel the pressure to
outperform other jurisdictions. They
want to be able to say, “Yes, the city
is open for business.” Yet weather
factors are extremely time-sensitive.
Forecasts don’t always pan out, and
even when they do the results can
vary dramatically from one jurisdiction to another. In the end, it is
almost a roll of the dice whether
officials get the call right.
One thing, however, can be done
to improve how and when schools
are closed, or whether openings
occur on time or are delayed: Collaborate with surrounding jurisdictions in making the call. It really
does not serve the city and D.C.
Public Schools well to open schools
on time if suburban jurisdictions are
either delayed or closed, for the
simple reason that so many of the
D.C. school system’s staff come in
from the suburbs.
If suburban streets are hazardous, how can staff members safely
come to the schools? If D.C.
schools do open while surrounding
areas are delayed or closed — as
often happened during my years as
a D.C. Public Schools parent —
there is often no teacher in the class
and no effective learning occurs.
The District’s teachers, administrators and support staff are overwhelmingly coming from outside
the city and can’t necessarily get in
on time or safely. Many have children of their own, requiring them to
stay home or make alternate
arrangements.
In D.C. we have often heard the
slogan “One City.” With regard to
school openings — as with so
many other issues facing the region,
be it transportation, clean rivers or
affordable housing — the slogan
for an effective response needs to
be “One Region.”
Terry Lynch
Mount Pleasant
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The commission will meet at 7
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, at
Mary’s Center, 2355 Ontario
Road NW.
Agenda items include:
■ announcements and public comment.
■ consideration of a proposed settlement agreement in connection
with an Alcoholic Beverage Control
license application by Donburi,
2438 18th St.
For details, call 202-332-2630 or
visit anc1c.org.
ANC 2A
ANCBottom
2A
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■ Foggy bottom / west end
The commission will hold its
next meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Room 103, Funger
Hall, George Washington University, 2201 G St. NW.
Agenda items include:
■ election of officers.
■ community forum, including public safety report and government
reports.
■ consideration of a resolution
regarding litigation over noise
issues at the Avenue, 2201 I St.
■ update and discussion on the proposed Kennedy Center expansion
project and concerns relating to bus
parking and the planned river pavilion.
■ discussion of recent incidents
involving McFadden’s and Heritage
India/The Zanzibar.
■ consideration of an Alcoholic
Beverage Control application for a
new CR license for West Wing
Cafe, 2400 M St.
■ update on traffic conditions at
Washington Circle.
■ update on crosswalk configuration at the intersection of New
Hampshire Avenue, 22nd Street and
L Street.
■ discussion of parking configuration and signage requests around
the 1000 block of 25th Street and
the 2400 block of K Street.
■ request by FreshFarm Markets for
a letter of support to stage the
Foggy Bottom market in 2015.
■ consideration of a public space
application for a new curb cut at
2000 L St.
■ consideration of an application by
JBG Cos. for a curb cut related to a
larger project at 1900 N St.
■ discussion of overnight construc-
tion noise at 2175 K St.
■ consideration of a request for a
letter of support by the Chris4Life
Colon Cancer Foundation in order
to stage the 10th annual Scope It
Out 5K on Sunday, March 22.
For details, visit anc2a.org.
ANC 2B
ANCCircle
2B
Dupont
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p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, at the
Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.
ANC 2D
ANC 2D
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p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, at Our
Lady Queen of the Americas
Church, California Street and
Phelps Place NW.
For details, visit anc2d.org or
contact [email protected].
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At the commission’s Jan. 7
meeting:
■ commissioners voted 8-0 to elect
John Fanning as chair, Pepin Tuma
as vice chair, Karin Berry as treasurer and Jim Lamare as secretary.
“I’m looking forward to continuing
the progress in our neighborhood,”
Fanning said.
■ commissioners voted unanimously to elect Kevin Deeley as chair of
the Community Development Committee, Kate Gordon as chair of the
Alcohol Policy Committee, Pepin
Tuma as chair of the Education
Committee and Charlie Bengel as
chair of the Crime and Public Safety
Committee.
■ commissioners voted unanimously to oppose a historic preservation
concept for a project at 1421 Corcoran St., a five-story, three-unit residence, saying the plans “were not
sufficiently complete.”
■ commissioners voted unanimously to support a historic preservation
concept and massing for 1527 12th
St., while requesting that the project
include parking spaces.
■ commissioners voted unanimously to support a historic preservation
concept for a rear roof addition to
1132 10th St. with a specific request
for iron restoration work and sup-
port of a recessed trash area.
■ commissioners voted unanimously to support the planned-unit development for the proposed Marriott
project at 9th and L streets. Commissioner Kevin Deeley said the
neighborhood commission and
developer Quadrangle had agreed
on a community benefits agreement
consisting of a $5,000 donation to
the Thomson Elementary School
PTA, and $20,000 donations to
Gompers Park and the 10th Street
park.
■ commissioners voted unanimously to support modernization of Garrison Elementary this year, saying
the funds should not be reprogrammed and the project should not
be delayed.
■ commissioners voted unanimously to ask Ward 2 D.C. Council
member Jack Evans to propose a
resolution thanking outgoing commissioners Peter Lallas, Walt Cain,
Stephanie Dahle, Greg Melcher and
Matt Raymond for their service.
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, at Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas
Circle NW.
For details, call 202-667-0052 or
visit anc2f.org.
MUNITIONS: Additional Spring Valley sites may require cleanup by the Army Corps
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corner of the campus around
Kreeger and Watkins halls.
Meanwhile, a 120-acre area else-
where in the neighborhood, comprising roughly a hundred properties, might still have buried munitions that haven’t yet been recovered by the Army. The approximate
area begins in the southern part of
the American University campus
near Quebec Street and Woodway
Lane and extends northwest well
into the Dalecarlia Woods. It passes
through the intersections of 49th
and Quebec streets; Fordham Road
with Rodman and Sedgwick streets;
Tilden Street with 51st and Rodman
streets; and 52nd Street and 52nd
Terrace.
A spokesperson for the Army
Corps said Friday that most of the
properties discussed at last Tuesday’s meeting are perfectly safe —
the Army just needs to look at them
more closely to see whether further
cleanup is needed.
“I suspect there could be some
people who will be very upset,”
Dan Noble, who is in charge of the
Army’s cleanup efforts, said at the
meeting, noting that it might take
several years to remediate a contaminated property.
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The Army Corps report was
completed on Dec. 9 and is now
being reviewed privately by the
D.C. Department of the Environment and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to Noble.
The report will likely be presented
at the Restoration Advisory Board’s
next meeting on March 10, though
it could be postponed if the environmental agencies raise an issue.
Before the information is
released to the public, Noble said,
the Army Corps will send letters to
property owners whose land has a
reasonable chance of still being
contaminated or housing buried
ammunition, offering them the
opportunity for private meetings to
discuss the problem.
While there is always the possibility that other parts of Spring Valley might also be affected by chemicals or munitions, the chances are
negligible and “no further work is
needed” there, Noble said.
One of the causes for the new
look into Spring Valley soil is that
the Environmental Protection Agency has tightened the threshold at
which chemical concentration is
considered hazardous. Among the
chemicals that could be found at a
dangerous level in the soil are arsenic, mustard, lewisite, cobalt, certain
heavy metals, antimony and a group
of three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, according to the Army.
Noble acknowledged that safety
levels for chemicals in the soil could
be changed again in the future. The
report may recommend long-term
monitoring of parts of Spring Valley, though results of the area’s
ongoing groundwater study will be
the subject of a future document.
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Rural Remnants of Washington County:
An Architectural Survey of
Washington`s Historic Farms and Estates
Come to the DCCA Membership Meeting
Meet our ANC Commissioners and
Tour Beautiful Heurich House
Tenleytown Historical Society Program
Monday, February 2 , 7:30 PM
1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Tuesday, January 27, 7:30 p.m.
Friendship Terrace, 4201 Butterworth Place, NW
Farms in D.C.? Once there were many. What happened to
them? If you’d like to know Speaker Kim Prothro Williams,
with DC Historic Preservation Office, will tell you.
During the nineteenth century, the area outside the original
city limits but within the boundaries of the District of Columbia
was dotted with small and large farmsteads, gentleman farms,
and estates built as second homes by prominent city residents.
The survey focuses on documenting the remnants of buildings
associated with these properties. The presentation will explain
the survey methodology and findings to date, including sites in
old Tenleytown.
Wednesday,January21,20159
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DCCA has invited the Dupont Circle ANC2B
Commissioners to tell us about their goals for the
coming year and their positions on important
upcoming issues.
Please come meet the
Commissioners, especially the many new ones who
were elected this year.
And enjoy a tour of one of Dupont’s most beautiful
old houses, Brewmaster's Castle, a venerable part
of DCCA’s historic mission. Refreshments served.
Kim Prothro Williams is an architectural historian with a Master
of Architectural History degree from the University of Virginia.
For the past twenty plus years, she has been conducting largescale cultural resources surveys, and has been researching and
writing about historic buildings in D.C., Virginia and Maryland.
She is the National Register Coordinator with the
D.C. Historic Preservation Office.
Reservations Required
[email protected]
3 Internships at Dumbarton House
Curatorial Intern, under the guidance of the Curatorial
Department, will work on all aspects curatorial and collections
management. Activities will include assisting with exhibition
build-out and installations, object handling, object
photography, collections care including re-housing objects,
updating object inventories in PastPerfect, completing object
condition reports, general housekeeping in exhibition galleries,
and assisting with other museum duties and functions.
Paid Marketing Intern, Responsibilities 1)Expand the
museum’s social media presence via Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, Blogger, etc; 2) Maintain online calendars and
update partner organizations’ websites in connection with
events and programs; 3) Produce original content for
publication in print and on the museum’s website; 4) Design
and produce brochures or other marketing materials; 5)
Compile press/media contact lists; 6) Photograph programs,
events, museum collections, and other museum activities; 7)
Develop event-specific email notices/flyers (for Constant
Contact or print); 8) Represent Dumbarton House at meetings
relating to cultural tourism.
Paid Museum Education Intern, assist with current youth
programs and assess their effectiveness. Additionally, the
intern will research community partners and make
programming suggestions for how Dumbarton House can work
collaboratively to build a stronger community ties. Youth and
family programs are an integral part of Dumbarton House
connecting our mission, collection, and early American history
to the community.
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DUPONT CIRCLE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
As a DCCA member, you are an integral
part of neighborhood history
JOIN OR RENEW ONLINE AT DUPONT-CIRCLE.ORG
.Show your Membership Card and Receive
Discounts of 10%+
at DCCA Preferred Merchants
Teaism, The Mediterranean Way, G-Star Raw, Beadazzled,
Caramel, Cocova Fine Chocolate, Trappro, FIT Personal
Training, Quantum Pilates, Just That Simple, Keegan Theatre,
Total Party! Washington Studio School, Carlyle Suites
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES
DO YOU LIKE TO GARDEN? DUPONT OPPORTUNITIES
DCCA’s Environment Committee cleans up, plants and
waters many Dupont venues including tree boxes
throughout Dupont. If gardening and other hard labor
interests you’re your help would be welcome.
Contact: Marcy Logan co-chair 202-316-5329
Robin Diener co-chair [email protected]
HISTORIC SWANN HOUSE - BREADBAKING AND YOGA
Pastry chef Emily Wilhelm & yoga teacher Jackie Powell
Saturday January 24, 1 to 5 PM
1808 New Hampshire Ave, NW
MUSIC WITH THE ANGELS CONCERT
Sunday, January 23, 3:00 PM
Church of the Holy City, 1611 16th Street NW
www.churchoftheholycitydc.org
Presenting Acclaimed Artists Tanya Ruth Langlois, mezzosoprano AND Michael Langlos, piano
Performing
Laudamus Te – Mozart
Rückert Lieder – Mahler
Nobles seigneurs, salut! – Meyerbeer
Come away, death – Quilter
Sleep – Gurney
Silent Noon – Vaughan Williams
Manners at the Opera – Argento
The Alto's Lament – Goldrich / Heisler
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AU parking garage wins conditional nod
By BRADY HOLT
Westover Place residents concerned about flooded
basements filled last Wednesday’s Spring Valley/Wesley
Heights advisory neighborhood commission meeting,
where American University was seeking support for
plans to excavate a two-level parking garage.
The commission ultimately voted 8-2 to support the
plans with conditions affecting noise and traffic but not
flooding. The university had already won Zoning Commission approval for the 150-space garage as part of its
broader 10-year campus plan, but subsequently concluded it needed a “minor modification” to spread the
spaces over two levels instead of just one.
The last-minute change sparked concern in Westover
Place, a community of town homes that backs to the
Nebraska Avenue parking lot that is now becoming the
university’s East Campus — a five-building development with dorms, retail, classrooms and offices. Residents are seeking assurances that excavating an additional 7 feet more than the earlier plan (to a total of about
24 feet) wouldn’t divert groundwater into their homes.
“I frankly don’t care if they dig it down to the center
of the Earth — my only concern would be the impact of
the displaced water,” said resident Gerard Gallucci.
University officials at the meeting said the D.C.
Department of the Environment, D.C. Water and Sewer
Authority and other agencies looked into the issue very
carefully before issuing permits for the garage, where
construction is already underway.
“The agencies that are responsible for managing
groundwater in the District have approved our plans for
excavation, and that is part of their job to look at whether there is an impact to groundwater,” Linda Argo, assistant vice president for external relations, said at the
meeting.
A majority of neighborhood commissioners agreed
but did insist on conditions regarding buses. Earlier plans
for the garage included height clearance for buses and
space for a bus turnaround, which were lost when the
university switched to two smaller levels. The commission said last week that large coach-style buses must
unload and park only on the main campus — rather than
on East Campus or public streets. Commissioners also
said that campus shuttle buses serving the parking lot
must minimize disrupting neighbors.
Argo told The Current yesterday that the university
was comfortable with those conditions.
The Zoning Commission will hear the case on Feb. 2.
Despite early delays, the East Campus project is
slated to open on schedule by fall 2016, Argo said.
City cracks down on work without permits
By ELIZABETH WIENER
The chimney and rooftop balustrade are gone, multipaned windows
removed, a Colonial Revival front
entrance altered beyond recognition,
and handsome red brick walls covered in a pale stucco-like compound.
What’s more, all the work was
done without permits authorizing
work at the imposing 1898 home in
Georgetown.
Now residents of the city’s most
fiercely guarded historic district are
wondering how a new owner could
do so much damage to the 11-room
house at 3107 Dumbarton St., once
occupied by Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles. And city officials are
ordering the homeowner to stop
work, pay fines and apply for afterthe-fact permits for alterations that
probably won’t pass muster with
Georgetown’s preservation authorities.
“This is one of the most egregious violations of process we’ve
seen in a long time,” said Tom
Luebke, secretary to U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and Old Georgetown Board, which is supposed to
review all exterior alterations in that
federal historic district. Luebke said
the board neither saw nor approved
the alterations or what he called “a
tremendous amount of demolition.”
In the past, property owners have
been ordered to undo work that
didn’t meet design standards for
Georgetown.
The owner of 3107 Dumbarton,
Alla Bakhtina, lives with her husband in Chevy Chase, Md., and also
owns small apartment houses at
3045 P St. and 1626 Foxhall Road,
according to property tax records.
Bakhtina, who bought the house
in October 2013 for $2.9 million,
blamed the “poor state of the house”
for what she called “urgent repair in
order to eliminate risks of danger to
The Dumbarton Street home was
once the residence of Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles.
the community.”
Bakhtina, in a lengthy email to
the D.C. Department of Consumer
and Regulatory Affairs, said the
repairs began after some pipes burst
in January 2014, with water running
from the third floor down to the
street. Electrical and other systems
were also “in absolute dilapidating
condition,” she wrote. The stucco,
for example, had to be applied to
preserve historic brick walls she said
were unstable and presented “a
direct threat to safety.”
In an interview Monday, Bakhtina added that her contractor applied
stucco to the entire exterior, although
she had asked only to cover the rear
wall. “It was a misunderstanding, all
my fault,” she said. “This is an absolute nightmare for me. For a year
and a half, I’ve been trying to move
into this house.”
The extent of her woes is made
clear by a bright orange stop-work
order, ripped and retaped to the
house’s garage door. “Illegal construction — discontinue all work —
$10,000 fine,” it says.
The chronology can also be
traced from records at the Old
Georgetown Board. Last April the
board generally supported a proposal to enclose a rear porch. But that
proposal was withdrawn, with
Bakhtina’s then-architect withdrawing from the project as well.
Then last September the board’s
staff started getting complaints about
ongoing alterations, which it reported to the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. “They
demolished chimneys, increased the
height and slope of the roof, removed
the original railing on the front mansard, removed shutters, applied some
kind of yellowish material over the
brick,” and replaced multipaned side
windows with modern single panes,
Luebke said.
Workers even took out an elliptical fan light window above the front
door and carved out a large, arched
opening instead — now covered
crudely by black plastic. The new
front door is incompatible with the
Colonial Revival home, Luebke
said: “We would not support that.”
Neither the Old Georgetown
Board nor the city’s Historic Preservation Office has enforcement powers, but they can report violations to
the regulatory affairs department and
work with the agency to make sure
they are addressed.
“Inspectors have placed two
stop-work orders, DCRA held a
hearing on the orders and upheld
them. The property owners have
been advised of their due-process
rights to seek a permit after the fact.
The stop-work orders come with a
fine. I believe the code official has
held the fine in abeyance while the
owners seek a permit,” city architectural historian Tim Dennée wrote in
an email to The Current. Regulatory
agency spokesperson Matt Orlins
confirmed that account.
The Citizens Association of
Georgetown is also trying to make
sure the improper alterations are
reversed, and the permitting process
followed. The house on Dumbarton
Street “sits alone on a bit of a hill. It
really is a beautiful property,” president Pamla Moore said.
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• The most commonly reported side effects were itching of the mouth, lips, or tongue, swelling under the tongue, or throat irritation. These side effects,
by themselves, were not dangerous or life-threatening.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please read the Brief Summary on the following page for more detailed information.
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All rights reserved. Printed in USA. RESP-1132773-0013 11/14
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Made from small amounts of natural Timothy grass pollen, GRASTEK treats the grass allergies that cause eye and nose symptoms. Starting treatment early may give your body
time to become less sensitive to grass pollen in preparation for the allergy season. It’s recommended that you start taking GRASTEK at least 12 weeks before the grass pollen
season. Make an appointment with an allergy specialist soon. To find a doctor near you, go to grastek.com/thinkspring.
12 Wednesday,January21,2015
Brief Summary
Carefully read the Medication Guide before you
or your child start taking GRASTEK and each time
you get a refill. This Brief Summary does not take
the place of talking to your doctor about your
medical condition or treatment. Talk with your
doctor or pharmacist if there is something you do
not understand or you want to learn more about
GRASTEK.
What is GRASTEK?
GRASTEK is a prescription medicine used for
sublingual (under the tongue) immunotherapy to
treat Timothy and related grass pollen allergies
that can cause sneezing, runny or itchy nose,
stuffy or congested nose, or itchy and watery
eyes. GRASTEK may be prescribed for persons 5
through 65 years of age who are allergic to grass
pollen.
GRASTEK is taken for about 12 weeks before
grass pollen season and throughout grass pollen
season. GRASTEK may also be taken daily for 3
years to provide a sustained effect for a fourth
year in which you do not have to take GRASTEK.
GRASTEK is NOT a medication that gives
immediate relief for symptoms of grass allergy.
Who should not take GRASTEK?
You or your child should not take GRASTEK if:
• You or your child has severe, unstable or
uncontrolled asthma
• You or your child had a severe allergic
reaction in the past that included any of these
symptoms:
o Trouble breathing
o Dizziness or fainting
o Rapid or weak heartbeat
• You or your child has ever had difficulty with
breathing due to swelling of the throat or
upper airway after using any sublingual
immunotherapy before.
• You or your child has ever been diagnosed
with eosinophilic esophagitis.
• You or your child is allergic to any of the
inactive ingredients contained in GRASTEK.
The inactive ingredients contained in
GRASTEK are: gelatin, mannitol and sodium
hydroxide.
What should I tell my doctor before taking
GRASTEK?
Your doctor may decide that GRASTEK is
not the best treatment if:
• You or your child has asthma, depending
on how severe it is.
• You or your child suffers from lung disease
such as chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD).
• You or your child suffers from heart disease
such as coronary artery disease, an irregular
heart rhythm, or you have hypertension that is
not well controlled.
• You or your daughter is pregnant, plans to
become pregnant during the time you will be
taking GRASTEK, or is breast-feeding.
• You or your child is unable or unwilling to
administer auto-injectable epinephrine to treat
a severe allergic reaction to GRASTEK.
• You or your child is taking certain
medicines that enhance the likelihood of a
severe reaction, or interfere with the treatment
of a severe reaction. These medicines include:
o beta blockers and alpha-blockers (prescribed
for high blood pressure)
o cardiac glycosides (prescribed for heart
failure or problems with heart rhythm)
o diuretics (prescribed for heart conditions
and high blood pressure)
o ergot alkaloids (prescribed for migraine
headache)
o monoamine oxidase inhibitors or tricyclic
antidepressants (prescribed for depression)
o thyroid hormone (prescribed for low
thyroid activity).
You should tell your doctor if you or your
child is taking or has recently taken any other
medicines, including medicines obtained without
a prescription and herbal supplements. Keep
a list of them and show it to your doctor and
pharmacist each time you get a new supply of
GRASTEK. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for
advice before taking GRASTEK.
symptoms of a serious allergic reaction.
If you tolerate the first dose of GRASTEK, you
or your child will continue GRASTEK therapy at
home by taking one tablet every day. Children
should be given each tablet of GRASTEK by
an adult who will watch for any symptoms of a
serious allergic reaction.
Take GRASTEK as prescribed by your doctor until
the end of the treatment course. If you forget to
take GRASTEK, do not take a double dose. Take
the next dose at your normal scheduled time
the next day. If you miss more than one dose
of GRASTEK, contact your healthcare provider
before restarting.
What are the possible side effects of GRASTEK?
In children and adults, the most commonly
reported side effects were itching of the
mouth, lips, or tongue, swelling under the
tongue, or throat irritation. These side effects,
by themselves, were not dangerous or lifethreatening.
GRASTEK can cause severe allergic reactions
that may be life-threatening. Symptoms of
allergic reactions to GRASTEK include:
• Trouble breathing
• Throat tightness or swelling
• Trouble swallowing or speaking
• Dizziness or fainting
• Rapid or weak heartbeat
• Severe stomach cramps or pain,
vomiting, or diarrhea
• Severe flushing or itching of the skin
For additional information on the possible side
effects of GRASTEK, talk with your doctor or
pharmacist. You may report side effects to the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at
1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.
This Brief Summary summarizes the most
important information about GRASTEK. If you
would like more information, talk with your
doctor. You can ask your doctor or pharmacist for
information about GRASTEK that was written for
Are there any reasons to stop taking GRASTEK? healthcare professionals. For more information
Stop GRASTEK and contact your doctor if you or go to www.grastek.com or call toll-free at
1-800-622-4477.
your child has any of the following after taking
GRASTEK:
The Medication Guide has been approved by the
• Any type of a serious allergic reaction
U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• Throat tightness that worsens or swelling
of the tongue or throat that causes trouble
speaking, breathing or swallowing
• Asthma or any other breathing condition that Manufactured for: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.,
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• Severe stomach cramps or pain, vomiting, or Manufactured by:
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• Heartburn, difficulty swallowing, pain with
swallowing, or chest pain that does not go
For more detailed information, please read the
away or worsens
Prescribing Information.
Also, stop taking GRASTEK following: mouth
usmg-mk7243-sb-1404r000
surgery procedures (such as tooth removal), or if Revised: 04/2014
you develop any mouth infections, ulcers or cuts --------------------------------------------------------------in the mouth or throat.
Copyright © 2014 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.,
a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.
How should I take GRASTEK?
Take GRASTEK exactly as your doctor tells you. All rights reserved.
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GRASTEK is a prescription medicine that is
placed under the tongue.
• Take the tablet from the blister package after
carefully removing the foil with dry hands.
• Place the tablet immediately under the tongue.
Allow it to remain there until completely
dissolved. Do not swallow for at least
1 minute.
• Do not take GRASTEK with food or beverage.
Food and beverage should not be taken for the
following 5 minutes.
• Wash hands after taking the tablet.
Take the first tablet of GRASTEK in your doctor’s
office. After taking the first tablet, you or your
child will be watched for at least 30 minutes for
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What is the most important information I should
know about GRASTEK?
GRASTEK can cause severe allergic reactions
that may be life-threatening. Stop taking
GRASTEK and get medical treatment right away
if you or your child has any of the following
symptoms after taking GRASTEK:
• Trouble breathing
• Throat tightness or swelling
• Trouble swallowing or speaking
• Severe stomach cramps or pain,
vomiting, or diarrhea
For home administration of GRASTEK, your
doctor will prescribe auto-injectable epinephrine,
a medicine you can inject if you or your child has
a severe allergic reaction after taking GRASTEK.
Your doctor will train and instruct you on the
proper use of auto-injectable epinephrine.
Talk to your doctor or read the epinephrine
patient information if you have any questions
about the use of auto-injectable epinephrine.
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listing in Terrell Place, an upscale
condominium building that’s part
of a mixed-use development at the
corner of 7th and E streets NW. It
was completed a decade ago, part
of the resurgence in the Penn Quarter.
The 2,720-square-foot Unit 700
is a prime example of lofty city living, with a partially open floor plan
that takes full advantage of its seventh-floor location. It’s one of two
residences on this level and among
29 total units within Terrell Place.
The three-bedroom, three-and-ahalf bath condo at 675 E St. NW is
offered for $1,595,000, with a
monthly condo fee of $2,321.
Entering the foyer, one can easily see the home’s focal point
straight ahead — a grand open
space that stretches 57 feet across
from east to west. This area has
oversized windows on all three
sides, and views include parts of the
National Archives building and
Rosslyn’s skyline.
Nestled on the east end is a cozy
Photos courtesy of TTR Sotheby’s Realty Inc.
Located at 7th and E streets in the Penn Quarter, this three-bedroom,
2,720-square-foot condo is priced at $1,595,000.
nook that serves as a den. It’s been
outfitted with a custom shelving
unit for books and an entertainment
system. A large storage closet and
wet bar are located across the hall
in a more enclosed section. The living room space is also on this side
of the condo, while the dining area
— marked by chic halogen light
pendants — sits on the other end.
Next to the dining room, the
kitchen is embellished with warm
lacquered cabinetry and top-of-theline stainless steel appliances
(Miele, Viking, Thermador, et
cetera). It has an attached breakfast
area.
Also on the west side is one of
the home’s bedrooms, which can be
accessed from the dining area.
Oversized windows overlook
neighboring neoclassical buildings
across 7th Street: the historic Hotel
Monaco and National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian American Art
Museum. The room offers custommade built-in shelves and benches.
It also comes with a private bath.
The master bedroom is accessed
from the west side of foyer. The
large windows continue in this
room, which provides more bird’seye views of 7th Street. The suite
includes a walk-in closet and a pri-
vate bath with a separate shower,
large tub and twin vanities.
Across the foyer is the last bedroom, facing east, which also
comes with a large closet and private bath.
Amenities at Terrell Place
include an attached parking garage,
a small fitness room and front desk
service from Monday to Friday. The
residence is steps away from awardwinning restaurants, the National
Mall, the Verizon Center and the
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s
performance halls, among other
downtown destinations.
Located at 675 E St. NW, the
three-bedroom and three-and-ahalf-bath Unit 700 is offered for
$1,595,000 with a monthly condo
fee of $2,321. For details, contact
Maxwell Rabin of TTR Sotheby’s
International Realty at 202-6697406 or [email protected].
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LITERACY: New council bill aims to boost reading with ‘Books From Birth’ initiative
From Page 3
public library system.
Allen’s initiative, officially introduced by
all 11 council members yesterday as the Books
From Birth Establishment Amendment Act,
would deliver one free book per month to
every child in the District under the age of 5.
More than 40,000 children would be eligible to participate, and the entire effort would
cost about $30 per child per year, according to
the council member. While some funding
could come from private donations, Allen
made clear that significant taxpayer investment would be required. He argued that this
investment would be worthwhile if it helps
boost literacy and academic achievement.
“Books are direct building blocks for learning, but children must be exposed to them to
use them,” Allen said. The bill cites studies that
say children with access to books and adults
who read to them hear 30 million more words
at home by the age of 4 than those who don’t.
But HyeSook Chung from the nonprofit
DC Action for Children thinks Allen’s bill is a
reason for optimism. “Putting books directly
into young children’s hands is an important
step toward ensuring they begin school prepared to learn,” she said in a statement.
Allen expects his bill to be referred to the
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library system. He said he has discussed the
legislation with each of the committee’s members and anticipates strong support.
“Charles and I have spoken about it, and it’s
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Committee chair David Grosso said last Friday
on the public radio station WAMU. “I’m looking forward to working with him on it to see if
we can implement it in a responsible manner.”
OUTAGE: Task force established
From Page 1
due to insufficient direct communication with neighbors. He was also
particularly outraged that the emergency warming center the city set
up for residents without power was
located more than two miles away.
“Setting something up in Petworth? I’m sorry, but that’s just
garbage,” Silverstein said. He
argued that it was completely
unreasonable to think senior citizens could have walked to the
warming center, especially considering sidewalks were icy and the
temperature outside was well below
freezing. The commissioner also
said many people didn’t even learn
about the existence of the warming
center for most of the day.
“It really would have helped to
have a human being here on scene
to tell them the latest, to calm them,
to stop the rumors,” he said.
Pepco representatives acknowledged that they could have done a
better job of sharing information on
community listservs, but they also
pointed out various ways they had
communicated. For example, representative Chris Taylor said the util-
ity updated the outage map accessible through its website and smartphone application in addition to
posting on Facebook and Twitter.
“Realizing that this was an
extended outage situation, we
extended the call center hours,” he
added.
Commission chair Noah Smith
questioned the wisdom of relying
on online outreach when many residents wouldn’t have had access to
computers. “In a power outage,
electronic communication may not
be the best,” he said.
Smith and Silverstein stressed
that they are more interested in
making improvements for the
future than laying blame for what
happened this month.
“We want to help,” Smith said.
“This is not just about being upset.”
In an interview yesterday, Silverstein said representatives of the
D.C. government and the various
utilities won’t be asked to attend his
group’s initial meetings. He plans
to reach out to them once he has
done some initial brainstorming
with other neighborhood neighborhood activists. “We don’t want to
waste their time up front,” he said.
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Spotlight on Schools
British School of
Washington
Last term we were learning
about stories people tell so we did a
show called “Jungle Rock” and I
was a narrator. It was very fun. The
Nursery children and Year 1 were
elephants, tigers and monkeys. The
Reception children were beavers
who chopped down trees, and our
class took on all different roles.
Eddie was the main character. He
was mixed up with different animals of the jungle. It was scary on
stage because the audience was
watching but we still got on with it.
The problem of the beaver loggers
was solved by the Junior Rangers.
We know all about Junior Rangers
as we all earn our badges in Reception. The hardest part of the show
was learning and then saying your
lines in a loud, clear voice. I
enjoyed the show because of the
animals and the beaver loggers and
showing my parents what we had
worked so hard on.
— Mikhail, Petra and William,
Year 2 Newcastle (first-graders)
Deal Middle School
English students at Deal got to
experience a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity: At Politics and Prose
last Tuesday Lynda Blackmon
Lowery, author of “Turning 15 on
the Road to Freedom,” came to
share her childhood experiences
being a part of the civil rights
movement. Her stories were very
inspirational. Mrs. Lowery was
involved in the historic Selma-toMontgomery protest marches in
1965 led by Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. She was scared to march
because she thought the National
Guard was there to kill her, but
really they were there to protect her.
School DISPATCHES
A white man with only one leg said
that he would die for her and he
lifted her fears. She was jailed nine
times as a child and whenever she
got scared she and her friends
would sing “We Shall Overcome.”
Mrs. Lowery is very proud of
her accomplishments and told us,
“If you are determined, you can
overcome your fears and change
the world.” That was exactly what
she was, determined. Someone
asked how she felt when Barack
Obama was elected as the first African-American president. Mrs. Lowery said, “I felt like I had changed
the world twice when I was able to
vote for Obama.” I asked her what
the best part of the journey was and
she said “knowing that people
cared was the best part.”
— Katherine Bouker, Team Athens
(seventh-grader)
Field School
At Field last week on the basketball court, the Middle School Boys
A team went 1-1, with a victory
over Burke and a loss to the Lab
School. The Girls A team was 2-0,
defeating both Burke and Lab.
Sign-ups for two-week winter
internships are coming along and so
far the percentages for confirmed
internships are 56 percent for seventh grade and 83 percent for
eighth grade.
For after-lunch activities this
year, the school’s coolest are wiffleball, indoor soccer, video game
club and middle school musical.
The head of the middle school,
Susan Greenspan, had a baby boy
named Oliver in November and has
returned from her maternity leave.
Also the head of the eighth grade,
Julia Gaylord, is pregnant.
In Science 7, students are working with microscopes and are learning about biology. In eighth grade,
in English they are reading “To Kill
a Mockingbird.”
— Meredith Robertson, Will
Sherwood and Kai Wasserman,
seventh-graders
together.”
After the interview I was thinking about how much Janney has
grown over the years. With so
many new faculty members and
kids, we have a lot of people to get
to know. It seems like Recess Buddies has been a good way to bring
our school even more together.
— Emily Mulderig, fourth-grader
Janney Elementary
Key Elementary
One of the many new things at
Janney this year is Recess Buddies,
where fourth- and fifth-graders help
younger students during recess.
Recess Buddies seems to help different grades become friends.
When asked what she thought
about being a Recess Buddy, fifthgrader Avey Anderson said, “The
first time I really didn’t like it
because the little kids didn’t want
to do anything with us. But now
that we are allowed to do activities,
like reffing soccer and doing Imagination Playground, it’s more interesting because the kids listen to our
ideas and it’s just more fun in general.”
Meanwhile, kindergarten twins
Emnet and Eleni Yafet said they
liked it because they get to “play
with our sisters and the big kids can
push on the swings.”
I asked Principal Lycknell why
she created Recess Buddies. She
said: “The first reason was Book
Buddies was so successful and so
we tried to think about where else
we could do that. The second reason is that older kids could have a
second recess because play is so
great. The biggest reason is we
want to make the Janney community even stronger. I think community
means two things: taking responsibility for each other and having fun
It is starting to get really cold in
D.C., and it is harder to play outdoor sports like tennis, soccer and
baseball. Lots of people put outside
sports on hold. But there is hope.
There are many camps and clinics
that one could join like “Futsal”
which offer indoor options like
indoor soccer, indoor basketball,
indoor hockey and lots of other
sports.
I play indoor soccer and indoor
basketball. A lot of other Key students play indoor sports too, like
Thad Felten, a fifth-grader. He says,
“Basketball is my favorite sport and
it is fun to play inside.” Sports are a
good way to stay active during winter in your D.C. area. They are cool
and they are a fun option. So consider indoor sports as the cold
weather continues. So many sports
are more fun to play indoors then
they are outdoors.
— Sophia Hosford, fifth-grader
Lafayette Elementary
Jan. 1 is all about the start of the
new year. We all go to parties,
count down to midnight, and make
New Year’s resolutions. Even
young children make resolutions,
so we interviewed Lafayette firstand second-graders to find out what
their New Year’s resolutions were.
First we asked first-graders in
Ms. Hebert’s class. “I won’t eat
chocolate for eight weeks,” said
Mattia Vug Nicoli. “I will make a
picture for my siblings every day
for three weeks,” said Lillie Williman.
Next we collected New Year’s
resolutions from second-grade
classes. “My resolution is to read
more,” said Amalia Kenny. “I will
recycle more,” added Anna Ponchione. “I want to be more responsible,” Catherine Unruh stated. “I
will stop fighting with my brother,”
Wyatt Corn promised.
So, here at Lafayette, even firstand second-graders will be doing
their share to improve for the New
Year.
— Alli Bowman, Joanna Chait and
Lucy Sakura, fifth-graders
Mann Elementary
The past month at Mann has
been one of the most exciting of the
school year — we moved into our
new building. Over the past two
years, our new building has been
under construction and the students
and teachers have been in trailers.
Mann has grown a lot since 1933
and we plan to grow more. Currently we have around 300 students,
but over the next few years we plan
to grow up to 400 students. The
growth started with the lower
grades, adding one class to the
existing two classes each year.
As well as adding classrooms,
our new space features a new
library as well as an art studio, a
science lab, a multipurpose lab and
other new exciting learning spaces.
The addition also provides a glass
connection between both buildings.
The new building also has a rooftop
garden. Technology is also becoming an important part of our school.
Each room is equipped with a
Smart Board and a sound system.
Our new building is not yet finished. Right next to our new spaces,
our community room is under construction. In August, our space will
be even bigger and will enhance
learning at Mann even more.
“We did not do this alone,” principal Elizabeth Whisnant stated.
She said the school is grateful to
construction company Skanska, the
D.C. Department of General Services and the D.C. Public Schools
system “for making our move as
easy as possible.”
— Joseph Laroski, fifth-grader
Maret School
On Jan. 7, the second grade
went on a field trip to the National
Museum of the American Indian.
We looked at pottery from about
1,000 years ago. Before we took
the trip, our teacher showed us photos of some of the pottery.
When we went to the museum,
we found some of the pots on display. It was exciting because seeing
a photo before and then seeing it in
person was different. There was
one pot that had the 2-D outline of
an animal’s arms on the pot that
then became 3-D handles for the
pot. There were also gold objects
that were impressive.
There was also an interesting
hallway where we walked beside
moving images of Native Americans from the Washington area.
That part was enjoyable. And the
atrium of the museum had large
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prisms that made a rainbow of colors on the white walls.
We ended our trip by looking at
pottery made today by local Indians
from Virginia. When we saw the
video of people making pottery
today, we were surprised how they
made it. They started with a circle
of clay (a coil) and then added
another circle on top until it was a
big pot. Our field trip was interesting and we loved learning about
pottery.
— Kesi McDuffie and Hailey Love,
second-graders
Our Lady of Victory School
On Jan. 11, OLV celebrated a
very special Mass. First, we welcomed a baby into our church who
was baptized. While this little girl
was definitely wearing her Sunday
best, most students were wearing
their basketball uniforms for the
blessing of the CYO (Catholic
Youth Organization) basketball
teams.
OLV has 11 CYO basketball
teams with almost 100 players.
While you have to be in third grade
to play in a team, there are many
kids from pre-K to second grade
practicing and getting ready in clinics.
What makes our CYO basketball teams special? Our goal to be
ambassadors for the whole OLV
community, showing our faith and
values on the basketball court while
playing other teams. Of course, we
try to win, but we also try to be
respectful, play fair and welcome
everybody who wants to join the
team. Last year was a really successful year for our school teams,
as both the eighth-grade varsity
boys and girls won their divisional
championships and the seventhgrade boys were runners-up in their
division.
We hope for similar success this
year, due to our practices and
Father Dave’s blessing. Father
Dave, who as a student at Blessed
Sacrament played basketball himself, was presented with a coach’s
jersey at the end of Mass. He is
now well-equipped when cheering
our teams. Go, Victory!
— Hannah S., eighth-grader
Ross Elementary
We started off our week with
our Fillmore Arts classes. Also, this
is the week some of the students
started chess class for the first time.
Next week, interested students will
begin French and Spanish classes.
This is the week where a lot
grown-ups visited Ross, many for
the first time. They are interested in
their children coming to Ross.
They saw our classes, talked with
our PTA people and toured our
library.
In our library classes, we celebrated the memory of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Some classes listened to his biography. Other students read and took home pocketsized books, while other classes
read a poem about Dr. King, and
completed fun-filled crossword
puzzles, where you had to find
words related to Dr. King’s life and
work. Mr. Flanagan, our librarian,
even awarded those students who
completed the puzzles in a timely
manner.
Although we had some not-sogood weather, we still experienced
some field trips. The second grade
went on a field trip to the Source
Theatre on Monday and the kindergarten and first grades went to the
Air and Space Museum. Grade 5
saw a performance at the Heurich
Circle. This is part of our Kennedy
Center partnership.
— Ross Elementary community
St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day
School
Every year, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School holds a fundraising
alternative gift fair called Gifts for
Good, which raises money for various organizations and projects that
make the world be a better place. A
few projects and associations we
support are: Trees for the Future,
Children’s National Medical Center, Red Cross, D.C. Hunger Projects, Homeless Children’s Playtime
Project and many, many more.
This year, 70 students hosted
more than 30 booths. You might be
wondering how this event works,
so I’ll tell you: Students from
Nursery all the way through Grade
8 set up booths for their organizations of choice. Other students,
family members and teachers shop
at booths and bring home jewelry,
ornaments, grocery bags, stuffed
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animals and other cool stuff in
exchange for a donation to the
organization that booth is sponsoring. The money the booths collect
goes directly to each of the organizations and gets used for a good
reason.
Gifts for Good has been helping
change people’s lives and the community for eight years and is still
running. We raised more than
$20,000 in charitable donations this
year, and St. Patrick’s hopes to beat
that record next year.
— Alexandra Meek, fourth-grader
ally happens you realize it wasn’t
all that bad.
All the food was really good,
and everybody did a really good
job. There were a couple foods that
were very popular like the red velvet cake and the fudge.
We worked really hard to get it
done and we learned things about
our own and other families that
were interesting and we didn’t
know before.
— Jeremiah Far and
Hannah Kubler, second-graders
ing really hard! We also loved the
part when Prospero wanted to bless
Miranda and Ferdinand’s wedding,
so he conjured good tidings. They
were represented on stage really
beautifully and hypnotically, using
giant masks with silk scarves
attached to fluttering hands, sort of
like giant marionette puppets. We
really hope that our class can produce the “The Tempest” here at
Stoddert!
— Myiah Mckenzie and
Julia Ralda, fifth-graders
Sheridan School
Stoddert Elementary
On Jan. 15, our fifth-grade class
saw the Shakespeare Theatre’s
“The Tempest.” A woman from the
theater came to our classroom
beforehand to introduce us to the
characters and plot. She explained
that a “tempest” is a violent storm.
We also read a student translation
of the play, which helped us understand the Shakespearean language
as well as the main theme of forgiveness.
At the beginning of the play,
there was a shipwreck conjured by
the magician, Prospero, and his
daughter, Miranda. The sound
effects for the lightning were so
realistic that you felt like you were
in a real tempest! Then, one of our
favorite characters, Ariel, flew
down from the ceiling on a rope!
We thought the stage set was really
beautiful. It included sand and a
replica of a shipwreck. The director
worked with the same basic elements of the set for every scene,
but made each one look different
with lighting alone.
We especially enjoyed the hilarious part when Caliban, Trinculo
and Stephano were wrestling under
a blanket. Trinculo was really hamming it up and we were all laugh-
Washington Latin Public
Charter School
This week, second-graders presented their family history projects
to parents, teachers and fellow students. We each wanted to find out
about our family’s history so we
interviewed our grandparents, relatives and family members for many
weeks. On Family History Day
there was a visual part and an oral
part.
In the visual part we showed the
audience pictures, artifacts or a
poster. An artifact is an item that
has a meaning to our family. The
oral part was talking about your
family history. We were allowed to
use notecards but that was it.
People shared foods that have
been in their families for a long
time. People brought in fudge, an
apple tart, red velvet cake and
maple candy, for example. One
family brought matzo ball soup,
one shared rice with beans, and
another brought rice pudding.
Everyone was pretty nervous
before they did their presentations
but nobody showed any nerves
when they were actually doing
them. It was kind of like getting a
shot: It’s scary when you’re thinking about it, but then when it actu-
The music program at Washington Latin continues to grow and
develop. There are three choirs and
a jazz band, all of which performed
at the winter concert. The concert
took place on Dec. 17 . Goodness
Ukaegbu, who is in eighth-grade
choir, said, “I was excited to sing
‘Carol of the Bells’ because it
sounded very well-blended and it
pushed us harder.”
Ms. Nevola, the director of the
music program, added that the
“Honors choir did a polyphonic
piece that was tricky called ‘The
Lamb.’”
Also, there is going to be an allschool Broadway Revue in the
spring. The auditions took place on
Dec. 8, 9 and 10. These included
“30-second auditions,” said Ms.
Nevola. The auditions were held in
the music room.
Fifth-grader Eliza Cattaneo auditioned for the revue. She said, “I
love acting and singing and I think
the Broadway Revue is a unique
opportunity. I am singing ‘Shy’
from ‘Once Upon a Mattress.’”
— Cecilia Timberg,
Megan Simeone and
Chloe Cattaneo, eighth-graders
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Classes
■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will
host a weekly class on meditation. 7 to
8:30 p.m. $12. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202-9862257.
■ The Georgetown Library will present
a yoga class. 7:15 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St.
NW. [email protected].
■ Susan Lowell will lead a tai chi
class. 7:30 p.m. Tenley-Friendship Library,
4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.
■ The Jewish Study Center’s course
on “Global Jewish Cultures on Three Continents” will feature a session on Cape
Verde. 7 to 8:25 p.m. $15 to $20 per session. Adas Israel Congregation, 2850
Quebec St. NW. jewishstudycenter.org.
The course will conclude Jan. 28 with a
session on “Jews in a Changing Cuba.”
■ The Jewish Study Center will begin a
four-session course on “Some of Their
Best Friends: Righteous Gentiles of the
Bible,” led by Norman Shore. 8:15 to 9:25
p.m. $15 to $20 per session; $55 to $75
for the full course. Adas Israel
Congregation, 2850 Quebec St. NW.
jewishstudycenter.org. The course will
continue Jan. 28, Feb. 11 and Feb. 18.
Concerts
■ Students from the International
Music Academy in the Principality of
Liechtenstein will perform chamber works
by Ravel and Dvorák. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
■ Singer-songwriter Peter Fanone, a
Georgetown University student from Alexandria, Va., will perform with his band.
8:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl
Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.
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Discussions and lectures
■ Farran Smith Nehme will discuss
her novel “Missing Reels,” about young
love, old movies and an epic search for a
long-lost silent film. 6:30 p.m. Free.
Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517
Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.
■ The World Affairs Council will present a panel discussion on “State of the
Union’s Foreign Policy.” 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Free; reservations required. University of
California Washington Center, 1608
Rhode Island Ave. NW. worldaffairsdc.org.
■ Union representatives will discuss
“What’s Next in the Fight to Organize
Walmart Workers?” 6:30 to 9 p.m. Free;
reservations requested. Moot Court
Room, University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, 4340
Connecticut Ave. NW. law.udc.edu.
■ Author Fred Plotkin will discuss “Italy’s Magnificent Six: Regions Worth Discovering — Veneto.” 6:45 to 9 p.m. $30 to
$42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.
■ Sarah Chayes, a senior associate in
the Democracy and
Rule of Law Program at
the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, will discuss her
book “Thieves of State:
Why Corruption Threatens Global Security.” 7
p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ The D.C. Public Library’s “Books &
Bars” modern-day book club will discuss
“The Double” by George Pelecanos. 7
p.m. Free; reservations requested.
Gordon Biersch Brewery, 900 F St. NW.
[email protected].
■ Former U.S. Reps. Tom Davis, R-Va.,
and Martin Frost, D-Texas will discuss
their book “The Partisan Divide: Congress
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in Crisis” in conversation with U.S. Rep.
Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. 7:30 p.m. Free;
reservations suggested. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets
NW. archivesfoundation.org/events.
Films
■ UN Women National Capital will
host a screening of Emmanuel Itier’s
2013 documentary “FEMME: Women
Healing the World.” 6 to 8 p.m. $30.
Langston Room, Busboys and Poets,
2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ The Japan Information and Culture
Center will present Nobuhiro Yamashita’s
2007 film “A Gentle Breeze in the Village.” 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Japan Information and Culture
Center, 1150 18th St. NW.
www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc.
■ The French Cinémathèque series
will feature Eric
Rohmer’s
1992 romantic
comedy “A Tale
of Winter.” 8
p.m. $6.50 to
$11.75. Avalon
Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202966-6000.
Performances
■ Busboys and Poets’ gender and sexuality series Zami will present “Hot Cocoa:
A Honey Groove Fundraiser,” featuring
poetry performances by Be Steadwell,
Huggie Huggster and Samantha G. 7 to
8:45 p.m. $10. Cullen Room, Busboys
and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-7892227.
■ Jonathan Tucker will host an open
mic poetry event. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Cullen
Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St.
NW. 202-789-2227.
Special events
■ As part of the D.C. Public Library’s
“Orwellian America” series, the Martin
Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will host
a “1984 Readathon” featuring guest
readers and members of the public reading George Orwell’s novel “1984” aloud.
10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Free. Great Hall, Martin
Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G
St. NW. 202-727-0321.
■ The Washington Harbour ice rink
will offer public skating. Noon to 9 p.m.
$8 to $10. Washington Harbour, 3000 K
St. NW. 202-706-7666. Regular hours
are Monday through Thursday from noon
to 9 p.m., Friday from noon to 10 p.m.,
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sporting event
■ The Washington Wizards will play
the Oklahoma City Thunder. 8 p.m. $25
to $577. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW.
800-745-3000.
Thursday, Jan. 22
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Class
■ The Very Rev. Gary Hall, dean of
Washington National Cathedral, and Daniel G. Zemel, senior rabbi at Temple
Micah, will present a class on “The God of
Jewish and Christian Prayer.” 7:30 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Perry Auditorium, Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW.
[email protected]. The course will
continue Jan. 29 and Feb. 5.
Concerts
■ The Talladega College Choir will per-
Thursday, Jan. 22
■ Discussion: National Book
Award winner Terrance Hayes will
discuss poetry. Noon. Free. Whittall
Pavilion, Jefferson Building, Library
of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202707-5394.
form. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Local recording artist Nakita Tiffany
will present “The Multiple Mes Concert.”
7 to 9 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202387-7638.
■ The National Symphony Orchestra
will present “Fantasy & Fate: Tchaikovsky
Masterworks,” featuring concertmaster
Nurit Bar-Josef and conductor Christoph
Eschenbach. 7 p.m. $10 to $85. Concert
Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
The performance will repeat Friday and
Saturday at 8 p.m.
■ Recording artist Gerald Albright will
perform. 8 and 10 p.m. $50. Blues Alley,
1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-337-4141.
The performance will repeat Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8 and 10 p.m.
■ River Whyless and Luray will perform. 8:30 p.m. $12 to $15. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.
■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University will present a
talk on “Food for Thought” by Andy Shallal, owner of Busboys and Poets and a
D.C. mayoral candidate in 2014. 10 to
11:50 a.m. Free. Abramson Family Recital
Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202895-4860.
■ Jennifer S. Holland will discuss her
book “Unlikely Heroes: 37 Inspiring Stories of Courage and
Heart From the Animal
Kingdom,” at 10:30
a.m.; and Thanassis
Cambanis (shown) will
discuss his book
“Once Upon a Revolution: An Egyptian
Story,” at 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose,
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.
■ National Gallery of Art lecturer
Diane Arkin will discuss “Head of a Catalan Peasant” by Joan Miró. Noon. Free.
West Building Rotunda, National Gallery
of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue
NW. 202-737-4215. The gallery talk will
repeat Jan. 23 and 30 at noon.
■ Thomas Talhelm, doctoral candidate
at the University of Virginia, will discuss
“The Rice Theory of Culture,” about psychological studies showing that Han
China has very different northern and
southern cultures. Noon to 1 p.m. Free;
reservations required. Room 602, Elliott
School of International Affairs, George
Washington University, 1957 E St. NW.
bit.ly/17g2xOD.
■ Speakers will discuss “New Challenges for Islamist Movements.” Noon to
2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room
602, Elliott School of International Affairs,
George Washington University, 1957 E St.
NW. go.gwu.edu/jan22rsvp.
■ The D.C. Public Library’s “Orwellian
America” program will feature a discussion of the value of government transparency and how to access government information online. 6 p.m. Free. West End
Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW.
202-724-8707.
■ Harvard University political philosopher and author Michael Sandel will discuss the importance of civility and integrity in business conduct. 6 to 8 p.m. Free.
Lisner Auditorium, George Washington
University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-9942492.
■ Vesela Sretenovic, senior curator of
modern and contemporary art at the
Phillips Collection, will discuss “NO/
Escape,” an Intersections exhibition by
Bernardi Roig. 6:30 p.m. $10 to $12; free
for members and ages 18 and younger.
Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW.
phillipscollection.org.
■ Opera expert Fred Plotkin will discuss “The World’s Greatest Opera Houses: Teatro alla Scala, Milan.” 6:45 to 9
p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center,
1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.
■ A Petworth Library book club will
discuss “A Game of Thrones,” the first
book in George R.R. Martin’s fantasy
series “A Song of Ice and Fire.” 7 p.m.
Free. Reading Room, Petworth Citizen,
829 Upshur St. NW. 202-243-1188.
America” program on government transparency and personal privacy in the digital age will feature a discussion of James
Risen’s book “Pay Any Price: Greed,
Power, and Endless War.” 7 p.m. Free.
Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St.
NW. 202-671-3121.
■ Ian Roberts will discuss his political
thriller “Nos Populus.” 7 p.m. Free.
Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW.
upshurstreetbooks.com.
■ Artist Spencer Finch, who uses scientific means to reach a poetic understanding of the natural world, will discuss
his process and his work. 7 p.m. Free.
Ring Auditorium, Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue
at 7th Street SW. 202-633-1000.
■ New York Times columnist Roger
Cohen will discuss his family memoir
“The Girl From Human Street: Ghosts of
Memory in a Jewish Family.” 7 p.m. $12.
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St.
NW. sixthandi.org/event/roger-cohen.
■ The Georgetown Library’s Twentythirtysomething Book Club — a casual
discussion group for ages 21 through 35
— will delve into Amanda Ripley’s “The
Smartest Kids in the World,” about the
experiences of American high school students in Finland, South Korea and
Poland. 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Breadsoda, 2233 Wisconsin
Ave. NW. [email protected].
Films
America” program will feature Michael
Radford’s film “Nineteen Eighty-Four,”
starring John Hurt, Richard Burton and
Suzanna Hamilton. 1:30 p.m. Free. PaliSee Events/Page 19
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sades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-2823139.
America” program will feature a screening
of the “Frontline” documentary “United
States of Secrets,” followed by a discussion of Edward Snowden, the National
Security Agency and George Orwell’s
uncanny vision. 5 p.m. Free. Georgetown
Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.
■ The Spring Arabic Film Series will
feature “Omar.” 5:30 p.m. Free. Room
241, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW.
guevents.georgetown.edu.
■ The K-Cinema series will feature
Kang Je-gyu’s 2004 film “Taegukgi:
Brotherhood of War.” Appetizer social at 6
p.m.; screening at 6:30 p.m. Free;
reservations required. Korean Cultural
Center, 2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
koreaculturedc.org.
Friday, Jan. 23
Friday january 23
Class
■ The University of the District of
Columbia’s Sustainability Program will
host a workshop on “Integrating Urban
Agriculture and Urban Stormwater Management,” highlighting green infrastructure, low-impact development and a notable partnership with the D.C. Housing
Authority. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. $50; reservations required. Room 505, University of
the District of Columbia David A. Clarke
School of Law, 4340 Connecticut Ave.
NW. tinyurl.com/udc-workshop. The workshop will also be offered Feb. 26 from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Concerts
■ “Fringe — Music in the Library,” a
series curated by Capital Fringe’s Jim
Thomson, will feature a concert by Chain
and the Gang. Noon. Free. Great Hall,
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library,
901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.
■ The Friday Morning Music Club will
present works by Beethoven, Gaubert and
others. Noon. Free. Calvary Baptist
Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202-333-2075.
■ Arts@Midday will feature soprano
Meagan Brus, clarinetist Eric Umble and
pianist Sophia
Vastek performing a
newly commissioned
arrangement
of “Erwartung,”
a short opera from the early pre-atonal
works of Arnold Schoenberg. 12:15 to 1
p.m. Free. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church,
3001 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-363-8286.
■ The Friday Music Series will feature
a performance by participants in the
Washington National Opera DomingoCafritz Young Artist Program. 1:15 p.m.
Free. McNeir Hall, Georgetown University,
37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787.
■ Gato’s Sin Frontera will showcase its
mix of Cuban folk music with Latin jazz,
world, funk and son. The program will
include a Rumba dance lesson with Yudisleidy “Yudi” Valdés. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
■ The KC Jazz Club will present the
Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Cuban Experience featuring percussionist Machito Jr. 7:30 and
9:30 p.m. $26 to $32. Terrace Gallery,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ The St. Lawrence String Quartet will
perform works by Haydn and Dvorák, as
well as the regional premiere of a new
work by John Adams. 8 p.m. Free; tickets
required. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson
Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St.
SE. 202-707-5502.
■ The Steve Scott Project will perform
jazz, reggae, pop and R&B music. 8 to 11
p.m. No cover; minimum of two items per
person. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601
Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412.
■ Great Noise Ensemble will present
“Winter Light,” featuring Arvo Pärt’s “Fratres” and John Luther Adams’ “Clouds of
Forgetting, Clouds of Unknowing.” 8 p.m.
$20 to $28. Atlas Performing Arts Center,
1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993.
■ Miss Tess & the
Talkbacks and the
Bumper Jacksons
(shown) will perform.
9 p.m. $12 to $15.
Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K
St. NW. gypsysallys.
com.
Demonstration
■ Writer Adrienne Cook and nutritionist Danielle Cook will present a “Winter
Salads” cooking demonstration, featuring
new ways to use raw fruits and vegetables. Noon and 12:45 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden,
100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.
The program will repeat Jan. 29 at noon
at 12:45 p.m.
■ A panel discussion on “Politics,
Comedy and the Dangers of Satire” will
feature Shahid Nadeem, executive director of Ajoka Theatre and an award-winning
Pakistani journalist, playwright and
screenwriter; Nikahang Kowsar, an Iranian-Canadian cartoonist who fled Iran
after he was imprisoned in 2000 for a
cartoon mocking a top religious authority;
and Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim chaplain
at Georgetown University. 4 p.m. Free.
Gonda Theatre, Davis Performing Arts
Center, Georgetown University, 37th and
O streets NW. 202-687-3838.
■ Mike Canning will discuss his book
“Hollywood on the Potomac: How the
Movies View Washington, DC” and show
clips from films depicting the nation’s
capital. 6 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $25. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526
New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.
■ Nancy Hollander, Linda Moreno and
Hina Shamsi will discuss their book
“Guantánamo Diary.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics
and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW.
202-364-1919.
Expo
■ The 2015 Washington Auto Show
will feature more than 700 new makes
and models by domestic and import manufacturers. Noon to 10 p.m. $12; $5 for
ages 6 through 12; free for ages 5 and
younger. Walter E. Washington Convention
Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW.
washingtonautoshow.com. The show will
continue through Feb. 1.
Films
■ The National Archives will present
the D.C. premiere of the first part of “To
Tell the Truth: Working for Change,” Cal
Skaggs’ 2013 history of documentary film
in the United States and United Kingdom.
Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National
Archives Building, Constitution Avenue
between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202357-5000. The second part will be shown
Jan. 30 at noon.
■ The 18th annual Iranian Film Festi-
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AU Museum opens shows
The American University Museum will open five exhibits Saturday with an artists’ reception from 6 to 9 p.m. and
continue them through March 15. A talk by Argentine glass-
On exhibit
maker Silvia Levenson at 5 p.m. will precede the reception.
“Identidad” showcases Levenson’s work with 116 intricate
pieces of cast-glass baby clothing in homage to the social
movement of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, which
seeks to reunite grandchildren torn from their families during
Argentina’s Dirty War.
“Locally Sourced” is the first in the four-part series “Do You
Know Where Your Art Comes From?” promoting emerging artists.
“Phyllis Plattner: Gods of War!” is a painted meditation
that appropriates images of war to contrast the opposing
drives of violence and peace.
“Photoworks: Presence of Place” unites works of the past
and present by members of the Photoworks community at
Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, Md.
“Dean Byington: Building Without Shadows” presents
paintings made by the San Francisco Bay Area artist from a
dense profusion of original and appropriated images.
Located in the Katzen Arts Center at 4400 Massachusetts
Ave. NW, the museum is
open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
202-885-1300.
■ “ArtWORKS,” featuring artists Pam Frederick, Flora
Kanter and Craig Cahoon,
will open today at the Ingleside Gallery and continue
through March 15. An opening reception will be held Friday at 5 p.m.
Marta Luz Gutiérrez’s
Located at Ingleside of
“Watch Out” is part of
Rock Creek, 3050 Military
Road NW, the gallery is open an exhibit at All We
daily from 1 to 5 p.m. 202Art.
363-8310.
■ “Orchids: Interlocking Science and Beauty,” featuring thousands of live orchids and providing an opportunity to explore
new ideas, technologies and inventions that are changing perspectives on these plants, will open Saturday at the National
Museum of Natural History and continue through April 26.
Located at 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, the
museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-6331000.
■ “Hot to Cold: An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation,” offerval will feature Safi Yasdanian’s 2014 film
“What’s the Time in Your World?” 7 p.m.
Free. Meyer
Auditorium,
Freer Gallery of
Art, 12th
Street and Jefferson Drive
SW. 202-6331000. The film will be shown again Saturday at 2 p.m.
■ The National Gallery of Art’s “Cruzamentos: Contemporary Brazilian Documentary” series will feature Jorge Bodanzky and Orlando Senna’s 1974 film “Iracema,” featuring remarks by Christopher
Stults. 7 p.m. Free. Forman Theater,
McKinley Building, American University,
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. nga.gov.
■ “The 80s: The Decade That Musicals Forgot” will feature Robert Greenwald’s 1980 film “Xanadu,” starring Olivia
Newton-John. 7 p.m. Free. Mary Pickford
Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202707-5502.
Meetings
■ A weekly bridge group will meet to
Phyllis Plattner’s “Chronicles of War/Saints and
Martyrs,” oil and gold leaf on linen on panel, is
on exhibit at the American University Museum.
ing a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process of the
innovative Danish architectural and design firm BIG-Bjarke
Ingels Group, will open Saturday at the National Building
Museum and remain on view for a year.
Located at 401 F St. NW, the museum is open Monday
through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission costs $8 for adults and $5 for students, seniors and ages 3 through 17; it is free for ages 2 and
younger. 202-272-2448.
■ “Hear My Voice: Alexander Graham Bell and the Origins of
Recorded Sound,” featuring documents, laboratory notes,
apparatus and some of the earliest sound recordings ever
made, will open Monday at the National Museum of American History and continue through Oct. 25.
Located at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, the
museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-6331000.
■ Jodi Walsh: Past, Present & Future,” highlighting mixedmedia wall hangings and ceiling-mounted sculpture by the
Washington-area artist, opened last week at Long View Gallery, where it will continue through Feb. 11.
Located at 1234 9th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from
noon to 5 p.m. 202-232-4788.
■ “New Art Resolutions,” a group show of mixed-media works
by international artists, opened last week at All We Art and
will continue through Feb. 19, when a closing reception will
take place from 6 to 9 p.m.
The artists include Félix Ángel, José Bayro, Antonio Briceño, María Eugenia Dávila and Eduardo Portillo, Edgar Eendress, Gaudi Esté, Marta Luz Gutiérrez, Fabricio Lara, Dany
Leriche and Jean Michel Fickinger, Jesús Matheus, Ana
Schmidt and Rafael Vargas Suárez.
Located at 1666 33rd St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday
through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-375-9713.
play duplicate bridge. 11 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. $6; free for first-time players. Chevy
Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW. 301-654-1865.
■ Overeaters Anonymous will host a
beginner’s meeting. 6:30 p.m. Free. St.
Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 1830 Connecticut Ave. NW.
Performances
■ Washington Improv Theater will
present “Road Show: Wintry Mix,” featuring a revolving lineup of company ensembles and special guests. 7:30 and 10 p.m.
$8 to $15. District of Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. witdc.org. Performances will continue each Friday and
Saturday through Feb. 14.
■ The In Series will present a new
English adaptation of Bellini’s “La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker),” about innocent young love, jealousy and intrigue. 8
p.m. $22 to $42. Source, 1835 14th St.
NW. 202-204-7763. The performance will
repeat Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
■ The Myriad Voices Festival will feature a workshop production of “Amrika
Chalo (Destination: USA),” a comedic
send-up of U.S.-Pakistani relations written
and directed by Shahid Nadeem of
Lahore’s Ajoka Theatre. 8 p.m. $5 to $15.
Gonda Theatre, Davis Performing Arts
Center, Georgetown University, 37th and
O streets NW. 202-687-2787. The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m.
Special events
■ “American History (After Hours):
Brewing Up History,” a beer talk and
tasting, will feature Bluejacket brewery’s
Greg Engert and beer historian Mike Stein
discussing the art and science of brewing.
6 to 8:30 p.m. $40; reservations
required. Warner Bros. Theater, National
Museum of American History, 10th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW.
americanhistory.si.edu.
■ Blogger Colleen Rocha Levine will
present “Cheese and Bubbles,” a tasting
event focusing on the differences
between French and American cheese. 7
p.m. $30 to $40. Alliance Française de
Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW.
francedc.org.
■ “Widening the Arts Circle at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal
Church” will feature musical and artistic
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groups based in Columbia Heights. Participants will include Speakeasy DC, the
Market Band, Strictly Vocals, After the
Flood, SSI AM Choir, Positive Force, and
Lean & Hungry Theater. 7:30 p.m. Free.
St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St. NW. 202232-0900.
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Children’s programs
■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about the season’s brightest
stars, planets and constellations (for ages
5 and older). 1 to 1:45 p.m. Free. Rock
Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road
NW. 202-895-6070. The program will
repeat Sunday at 1 p.m.
■ “The Future Architect’s Handbook,”
featuring author Barbara Beck, will focus
on how to prepare elevations, section
views and floor plans (for ages 8 through
12). 1 to 3 p.m. $25 to $30; free for
accompanying adults. Reservations
required by Jan. 22. National Building
Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.
■ Children will hear a story and then
create a special piece of art. 1 to 4 p.m.
Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F
streets NW. 202-633-1000. The program
will repeat Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m.
■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about distant galaxies, nebulas and other deep space objects (for
ages 7 and older). 4 to 4:45 p.m. Free.
Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover
Road NW. 202-895-6070. The program
will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m.
Classes and seminars
■ The Mount Pleasant Library will
present “Saturday Morning Yoga.” 10 a.m.
Free. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160
16th St. NW. 202-671-3122.
■ Carol Cober and Tiffany Montavon
will lead “Rest for the Weary,” a half-day
retreat for caregivers featuring poetry,
scripture, gentle stretching and guided
reflection time. 10 a.m. $45; reservations
required. Washington National Cathedral,
Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues
NW. nationalcathedral.org.
■ An introduction to the Espresso
Book Machine will explain how library
customers can format their own documents for self-publishing. 10:30 a.m.
Free. Digital Commons, Martin Luther
King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW.
202-727-1175.
Concerts
■ Members of the National Symphony
&
The Current
Orchestra will perform chamber works by
Beethoven and Bax. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
■ Jazz@Wesley will feature vocalist
Tiya with musicians Fred “Bebop” Foss,
Manuel “Manny” Kellough, Dwayne Adell
and Wes Biles. 6:30 p.m. $7 to $10; free
for ages 11 and younger. Wesley United
Methodist Church, 5312 Connecticut Ave.
NW. wesleydc.org.
■ Levine Music will present “The
Music of Jimi Hendrix,” featuring faculty
artists Jeremy Castillo, Gary Prince, Josh
Walker, Eric Ulreich, Christopher Brown,
Andrew Hare and Duane Moody. 7 p.m.
$15 to $20. Levine Music, 2801 Upton
St. NW. levinemusic.org.
■ The KC Jazz Club will present New
Orleans-born pianist Sullivan Fortner.
7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $22. Terrace Gallery,
■ The John E. Marlow Guitar Series
will feature Croatian classical guitarist
Zoran Dukic (shown)
performing Spanish
favorites as well as
works by Balkan composers Dusan Bogdanovic, Atanas Ourkouzounov and Miroslav
Tadic. 8 p.m. $25; free
for ages 17 and younger with an adult
ticket. Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, 1 Westmoreland Circle. 301-654-6403.
■ Grammy-nominated progressive hiphop artist Christylez Bacon and Hindustani classical violinist Nistha Raj will kick
off Washington Sound Museum’s season
with a concert exploring the shared spaces among Indian classical music, hip-hop
and go-go. Tea reception at 7 p.m.; dance
workshop at 7:30 p.m.; performance at 8
p.m. $25. Atlas Performing Arts Center,
1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. The event
■ The groups Better Off Dead and
Djesben will perform. 9 p.m. $10 to $14.
Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW.
gypsysallys.com.
■ “Louisa May Alcott and Walt Whitman in Civil War Washington: How Helping Wounded Soldiers Changed Them Forever” will feature Montgomery College
professor Jean Freedman and syndicated
columnist Jamie Stiehm. 1 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Peabody Room,
Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202727-0232.
■ Chad Broughton will discuss his
book “Boom, Bus, Exodus: The Rust Belt,
the Maquilas, and a Tale of Two Cities,” at
1 p.m.; Jerrold M. Post will discuss his
book “Narcissism and Politics: Dream of
Glory,” at 3:30 p.m.; and Roger Rosenblatt will discuss his book “The Book of
Love: Improvisations on a Crazy Little
Thing,” at 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose,
■ Naomi Ruth Barber King, the sisterin-law of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will
discuss her book “A.D. and M.L. King: Two
Brothers Who Dared to Dream.” 2 p.m.
Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.
■ Dance critic Alexandra Tomalonis
will discuss “Ballets Ruses: Revolution
and Reunion.” 2 p.m. $15. Atrium, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Dick Davis, a renowned scholar of
Persian literature and an accomplished
poet, will discuss “Hafez and Lines of
Beauty.” 2 to 3 p.m. Free. Meyer Auditori-
um, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and
Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-1000.
America” program will feature a seminar
on “The Tor Browser & Web Privacy,”
about free open-source software that
allows users to surf the web anonymously. 3 p.m. Free. Digital Commons, Martin
St. NW. 202-727-0321.
■ Local activist Ewurama Ewusi-Mensah will host a panel discussion on “How
D.C. Works.” 3 to 5 p.m. Free. Reading
Room, Petworth Citizen, 829 Upshur St.
NW. petworthcitizen.com.
America” program will feature a discussion of Cory Doctorow’s “Little Brother.” 4
p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310
Films
America” program will feature a screening
of the “Frontline” documentary “United
States of Secrets,” followed by a discussion led by “Frontline” producer Mike
Wiser on the evolution of a top-secret surveillance operation that continued until
Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013.
Noon. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.
■ Local resident Marvin T. Jones will
present his short film “Oral Histories From
the Gold Coast,” about African-American
families living on the 16th Street corridor.
2 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310
Performances
■ The Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance
Company will present an open rehearsal
of “Picasso Dances,” a collaborative program with the Embassy of Spain. 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Free with museum admission.
Great Hall, Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552. Open
rehearsals will also take place Feb. 21
and March 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
■ The In Series will present “What I
Wanted to Sing When I Grew Up,” an original lounge/opera/cabaret event featuring
soprano Fleta Hylton and pianist Reenie
Codelka. 8 p.m. $16 to $35. Source,
1835 14th St. NW. 202-204-7763.
■ Coyaba Dance Theater will present
a performance of traditional and contemporary West African dance and music. 8
p.m. $15 to $30. Dance Place, 3225 8th
St. NE. 202-269-1600. The performance
■ The Georgetown Improv Association
will present a night of unscripted, unrehearsed comedy. 9 p.m. $4 to $6. Bulldog Alley, Leavey Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-6872787.
■ The “Chinese Menu” comedy show
will feature New York
City guests Kate Sidley, Joe Leonardo
(shown) and Anthony
Atamanuik, accompanied by myriad D.C.
comedians. 10 p.m.
$12. DC Arts Center,
2438 18th St. NW. brownpapertickets.
com/event/1112875.
Special events
■ “Monster Jam” will feature customdesigned machines that sit atop 66-inchtall tires, weigh at least 10,000 pounds
and generate up to 2,000 horsepower. 2
and 7:30 p.m. $10 to $70. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000. The
event will repeat Sunday at 2 p.m.
Dock 5, Union Market, 1309 5th St. NE.
unionmarketdc.com.
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■ Concert: The “Music With the
Angels” concert series will feature
mezzo-soprano Tanya Ruth Langlois
(shown) and pianist Michael
Langlois. 3 p.m. Free. Church of the
Holy City, 1611 16th St. NW. 202462-6734.
■ The International Integrative Health
Day community celebration will feature
workshops and empowerment sessions
on topics such as yoga, Zumba, creative
arts and naturopathic home remedies. 3
to 6 p.m. Free. St. George’s Episcopal
Church, 160 U St. NW. 202-833-5055.
■ The Washington Harbour ice skating
rink will hold a weekly “Rock n Skate”
event. 8 to 10 p.m. $9 to $10. Washington Harbour, 3000 K St. NW. 202-7067666.
Tours and walks
■ Writer Rocco Zappone will present
“Walking Tour as Personal Essay,” a look
at downtown Washington filled with his
reminiscences and impressions of a lifetime in D.C. 10 a.m. $20. Meet at the
statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette
Square, 16th and H streets NW. 202-3415208.
■ Docent Edmund Bronder will lead a
tour of the Smithsonian American Art
Museum to spotlight Hudson River School
paintings that may have been inspired by
Washington Irving’s “Legend of Sleepy
Hollow.” 3 p.m. Free. Meet in the G Street
lobby, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-6331000.
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Children’s programs
■ The Rock Creek Nature Center will
present “Zula Patrol: Down to Earth,” a
cartoon planetarium film about a chase
back through geologic times in an
attempt to rid the universe of litter (for
ages 4 through 10). 9:30 to 10 a.m. Free.
Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover
Road NW. 202-895-6070.
■ A park ranger will present a handson program about Rock Creek Park’s owl
species (for ages 6 through 12). 10 to 11
a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center,
5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.
■ A hands-on, drop-in Colonial Arts
and Crafts program will offer a chance to
learn about the oldest home in D.C. and
design a corn husk craft. 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. Free. Old Stone House, 3051 M St.
NW. 202-895-6227.
Class
■ Nya Alemayhu will lead a weekly
class on Vinyasa yoga, an energetic practice that encourages breath with movement. Noon. $5 donation suggested.
Concerts
■ “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine
Band will present a chamber music concert featuring works by Piazzolla, Ewald,
Stephenson and Mozart. 2 p.m. Free.
Sousa Band Hall, Marine Barracks Annex,
7th and K streets SE. 202-433-4011.
■ The U.S. Navy Band Brass Quintet
will perform works by Dvorák, Shostakovich and others. A reception and watercolor show will follow. 3 p.m. Free. Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church,
3401 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-363-4900.
■ French pianist
Alexandre Tharaud will
perform works by Couperin, Mozart, Schubert
and Beethoven. 4 p.m.
$15 to $30; reservations suggested. Phillips
Collection, 1600 21st
St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music.
■ Soprano Millicent Scarlett, tenor
Brian Quenton Thorne, bass-baritone Robert Cantrell and pianist Francis Conlon
will perform music by George Gershwin. 5
p.m. Free; donations will benefit Doctors
Without Borders. Church of the Annunciation, 3810 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202441-7678.
■ Mickey Thomas Terry, director of
music at St. Joseph’s on Capitol Hill and a
professorial lecturer at Howard University,
will present an organ recital. 5:15 p.m.
$10 donation suggested. Washington
National Cathedral, Massachusetts and
Wisconsin avenues NW.
nationalcathedral.org.
■ Violinist Daisy Castro, artist in residence at Strathmore, will perform gypsyinfluenced jazz. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium
Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ The National Gallery of Art Vocal
Ensemble and Chamber Players will perform music by Monteverdi, accompanied
by talks on 16th-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso by lecturers Laura Benedetti
and Peter Lukehart. 6 p.m. Free. West
Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202737-4215.
■ Dahlak Restaurant will present its
weekly “DC Jazz Jam” session. 6:30 to
9:30 p.m. Free. 1771 U St. NW. 202-5279522.
■ Peter Turchi will discuss his book “A
Muse and a Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic,” at 1 p.m.; and Mary Kay
Zuravleff and Scott W. Berg will read from
the late Wendi Kaufman’s “Helen on 86th
Street and Other Stories” and commemorate her life and work, at 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave.
NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Al Acres, associate professor of art
and art history at Georgetown University,
will discuss his book “Renaissance Invention and the Haunted Infancy.” 2 p.m.
Free. West Building Lecture Hall, National
Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ The D.C. chapter of the Hearing
Loss Association of America will host a
talk by member Tania Griffey on dogs
trained to assist people with hearing
impairments and how her own “hearing
dog” helps her. 2 p.m. Free. Large Meeting Room, Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450
Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.
■ The James Renwick Alliance will
present a talk by fiber artist Marilyn PapSee Events/Page 21
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travels through the Mediterranean, a fascination with ancient Greco-Roman sculpture, and other influences. 2 p.m. Free.
MacMillan Education Center, Smithsonian
American Art Museum, 8th and G streets
NW. 202-633-1000.
■ The D.C. Commission on the Arts
and Humanities will present a tour of its
special exhibit on the life and artistic
career of Loïs Mailou Jones, followed by a
discussion with her former students. 2 to
4 p.m. Free. 200 I Street Gallery, 200 I St.
SW. 202-724-5613.
Films
■ “Bolshoi Ballet 2014-15 Season”
will feature a production of Tchaikovsky’s
“Swan Lake.” 12:55 p.m. $15. AMC
Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
fathomevents.com.
“Orwellian America” series on government
transparency and personal privacy in the
digital age, the Palisades Library will
screen the “Frontline” documentary “United States of Secrets.” 1:30 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-2823139.
America” series will feature a screening of
the “Frontline” documentary “United
States of Secrets.” 1:30 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave.
NW. 202-282-3080.
■ “Golden Sunday Movie” will feature
the 1955 film “Rebel Without a Cause,”
staring James Dean and Natalie Wood. 2
p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450
Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.
■ The National Gallery of Art will present “Peter Hutton: Landscape and Time,”
featuring “New York Portrait: Two,” “Lodz
Symphony,” “Study of a River” and an
excerpt from “Three Landscapes.” Hutton
will attend the screening. 4 p.m. Free.
West Building Lecture Hall, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ The National Gallery of Art’s “Cruzamentos: Contemporary Brazilian Documentary” series will feature Gabriel Mascaro’s film “Housemaids” and João
Moreira Salles’ film “Santiago.” 4:30 p.m.
Free. Forman Theater, McKinley Building,
American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. nga.gov.
■ ITVS Community Cinema will
present the documentary “A Path
Appears,” about young women in America
forced into a life of prostitution and the
innovative programs that have evolved to
empower them to change their lives. A
post-screening Q&A will feature Ed
Lazere, executive director of the DC Fiscal
Policy Institute. 5 to 7 p.m. Free;
reservations suggested. Langston Room,
Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW.
communitycinema-dc.org.
Performance
■ Brian Feldman Projects will present
“txt,” an interactive performance featuring
a mysterious character who recites
increasingly absurd dialogue written
anonymously by the audience in real time
via Twitter. 7 p.m. $15 to $20. American
Poetry Museum at the Center for Poetic
Thought, Studio 25, 716 Monroe St. NE.
800-838-3006. The performance will
repeat Feb. 8 and 15.
Special events
■ “It’s Miller Time” will offer a chance
to tour Peirce Mill and to learn how it
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operated, why conditions aren’t suitable
to run it in the dead of winter and what
millers would do during the winter
months. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Peirce
Mill, Tilden Street and Beach Drive NW.
202-895-6227.
■ The DC Record Fair will feature
40-plus East Coast vinyl vendors as well
as cocktails, food and DJs. 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. $2 to $5. Penn Social, 801 E St. NW.
202-328-3345.
■ Organizers of the Washington D.C.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade will host a
fundraiser with live music and Irish
dancers. 3 to 7 p.m. $5 donation
suggested. The Irish Channel, 500 H St.
NW. dcstpatsparade.com.
Walk
■ A park ranger will lead a Civil War
Winter Stroll to Fort DeRussy, explaining
how soldiers passed the cold winter
months in the forts surrounding Washington during the Civil War. 11 a.m. to noon.
Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200
Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.
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Classes and workshops
■ Yoga District instructor Smita Kumar
will lead a weekly class. 12:30 p.m. Free;
registration required. West End Interim
Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-7248698.
■ The nonprofit Physicians Committee
for Responsible Medicine will host a
weekly yoga class led by instructor Francesca Valente. 6 to 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Suite 400, Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine,
5100 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-686-2210.
■ Life coach Ava Barron-Shasho will
kick off the Life Empowerment Discussion
Group, a new monthly support workshop.
7:30 p.m. $22 per session. Institute for
Spiritual Development, 5419 Sherier
Place NW. isd-dc.org. The discussion
group will meet on the first Monday of
each month starting Feb. 2.
Concert
■ “The Many Moods of Ellington,” featuring students from the Duke Ellington
School of the Arts, will feature the Mellow
Tones, led by pianist and composer Mark
Meadows; the Dukes of Ellington, a young
men’s choir led by Steven M. Allen; and
Sophisticated Ladies, led by vocalist Sylvia Twine. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage,
■ Carlos G. Sucre, a consultant on
energy matrix analysis for the Inter-American Development Bank, will discuss
“Crude Awakening: Latin America and the
New Oil Price Paradigm.” 11:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.
Room 505, Elliott School of International
Affairs, George Washington University,
1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/22z.
■ Peter Dueker, head of digital imaging services at the National Gallery of Art,
will discuss “The Photography of Mallard
Life.” 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. Free. West
Building Lecture Hall, National Gallery of
Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue
NW. 202-737-4215.
■ The Dupont Circle Village Live and
Learn Seminar series will feature a talk
on signs of cognitive decline by Robin
Lawrence, a nurse practitioner with
Georgetown University’s Memory Disorder
Program. 3:30 to 5 p.m. Free for Dupont
Circle Village members; $10 for others.
Kay Community Hall, Washington DC Jew-
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‘Nice Work’ comes to D.C.
The Broadway musical comedy “Nice Work If You Can Get
It” will make its D.C. premiere Jan. 30 and 31 at the Warner
Theatre.
Featuring music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin
On stage
and a book by Joe DiPietro, the madcap tale about a wealthy
playboy and a feisty bootlegger combines laughter, romance
“Nice Work If You Can Get It” will make its D.C.
and high-stepping Broadway magic.
Tickets cost $45 to $75. The Warner Theatre is located at
premiere this weekend at the Warner Theatre.
513 13th St. NW. 800-745-3000; warnertheatredc.com.
■ The Washington National Opera will present “Penny,” a
Queen Elizabeth, bring herself to sign the death decree?
new hourlong opera by Douglas Pew and Dara Weinberg cre Tickets cost $40 to $75. The theater is located at 201
ated as part of the American Opera Initiative, Jan. 23 and 24
East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077; folger.edu/theatre.
at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater.
■ Thunderous Productions will present Neil Simon’s
Penny Rutherford is a woman with a disability who discov“Chapter Two” Jan. 30 through Feb. 7 at Anacostia Arts
ers her talent for vocal music. As she changCenter.
es and grows independent, she must overSet in 1970s New York City, the semicome conflict with her family.
autobiographical play veers from Simon’s
Tickets cost $32. 202-467-4600;
characteristic quick wit to the downright tragkennedy-center.org.
ic. George Schneider, a recently widowed nov■ Folger Theatre will stage Friedrich Schilelist, and Jennie Malone, a newly divorced
ler’s drama “Mary Stuart” Jan. 27 through
actress, are set up by their respective best
March 8 at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
friends — Leo and Faye, ex-lovers who are
Peter Oswald’s new translation features a
considering a tryst of their own.
The Folger will stage
Tudor world flush with subterfuge and
This is the first D.C. show for Maryland“Mary Stuart” Jan. 27
revenge. Kate Eastwood Norris stars in the
based Thunderous Productions, which has
through March 8.
title role opposite Holly Twyford as Queen
performed in Montgomery, Prince George’s
Elizabeth I.
and Howard counties since 2008.
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned in England on
Tickets cost $14 to $17. The Anacostia Arts Center is locatcharges of attempted regicide. Can her captor and cousin,
ed at 1231 Good Hope Road SE. thunderousproductions.org.
ish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW.
202-234-2567.
“Orwellian America”
series on government
transparency and personal privacy in the
digital age, Mary Alice
Baish, the U.S. superintendent of documents, will discuss
transparency and security. 6 p.m. Free;
reservations requested. Georgetown
Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.
■ Father John Foley, founder and first
president of the Cristo Rey Network, will
discuss the revolution in urban Catholic
education spawned by the 1996 opening
in Chicago of the first Cristo Rey Jesuit
High School. 6 p.m. Free. Copley Formal
Lounge, Georgetown University, 37th and
O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.
■ J.M. Tyree will discuss his book “Our
Secret Life in Movies.” 6:30 p.m. Free.
Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517
■ The DC Science Café will feature a
panel discussion on “Engineering Ethics
and Our Love/Hate Relationship With
Technology” with Daniel Sarewitz, Taft
Broome and Bill Kelly. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets,
1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.
■ The Capital Press Club and the
National Press Club will host a forum on
“Coverage of Race in America: How Are
We Doing? How Can We Do Better?” 6:30
to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required.
National Press Club Ballroom, 529 14th
St. NW. [email protected].
■ Wes
Moore will discuss his book
“The Work: My
Search for a
Life That Matters.” 7 p.m.
Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecti-
cut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ The “Fiction Fun!” series, led by the
Very Rev. Gary Hall, will feature a discussion of “Old Filth” by Jane Gardam. 7:30
p.m. Free; reservations required. Bratenahl House, 3525 Woodley Road NW.
[email protected].
■ Famed New Yorker cartoonist Roz
Chast will discuss her memoir “Can’t We
Talk About Something More Pleasant?”
7:30 to 9 p.m. $20 to $50. Washington
DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th
St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.
■ Digital Commons will present an
introduction to Adobe Photoshop CS6. 6
p.m. Free. Digital Commons, Martin
St. NW. 202-727-1175.
■ Mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick will
present an opera master class. 7 p.m.
$12. Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600.
■ Yoga Activist will present a beginnerlevel yoga class for adults and teens. 7:30
p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas
Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.
Films
■ The Booklover’s Film Companion
series will feature a movie that spotlights
issues raised by a recent book club selection. 6 p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin
St. NW. 202-727-0321.
■ The National Gallery of Art’s
“Discovering Georgian Cinema”
retrospective will feature Salomé Jashi’s
2011 film “Bakhmaro” and her 2009 film
“Felicità.” 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW.
goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com.
Concerts
■ The Tuesday Concert Series will feature saxophonist Rich Kleinfeldt, cellist
Igor Zubkovsky and pianist Diane Winter
Pyles of the Marquis Trio performing
works by Beethoven, Bartók and French
composer Vincent d’Indy. 12:10 p.m.
Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St.
NW. 202-347-2635.
■ The George Washington University
Department of Music Camerata will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge will host
its weekly open mic show. 8 p.m. Free.
Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St.
NW. gypsysallys.com.
■ John Reilly and Friends will feature
eternal folk songs, classic country tunes
and bluegrass standards. 8 p.m. $25 to
$30. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I
St. NW. 877-987-6487.
■ Bassists Julie Slick and Marco
Machera will perform with drummer Pat
Mastelotto and guitarist Tim Motzer. 8:30
p.m. $12 to $15. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K
St. NW. gypsysallys.com.
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Children’s program
■ “Tudor Tots: Winter Wonderland” will
feature songs, stories and movement (for
ages 2 through 4). 10 a.m. $5; free for
accompanying adults. Tudor Place Historic
House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW.
tudorplace.org.
Classes
■ Yoga teacher and therapist Heather
Ferris will lead a yoga class. Noon. Free.
Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th
St. NW. 202-727-1288.
■ The Georgetown Library will present
a yoga class for seniors. 12:30 p.m. Free;
reservations required. Georgetown Library,
3260 R St. NW. [email protected].
talk by Center on Budget and Policy Priorities senior fellow Jared Bernstein on “EcoSee Events/Page 22
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Does It Matter, and What Can Be Done
About It.” 10 to 11:50 a.m. Free.
Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts
Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-895-4860.
■ Walter Zvonchenko of the Library of
Congress will discuss “Letters From
Dukelsky.” Noon. Free. Whittall Pavilion,
Jefferson Building, Library of Congress,
10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502.
■ Jocelyne Cesari, senior fellow at the
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and
World Affairs and visiting associate
professor of government at Georgetown
University, will discuss her book “The
Awakening of Muslim Democracy:
Religion, Modernity, and the State” in
conversation with George Washington
University professors Nathan Brown and
Marc Lynch. Noon to 2 p.m. Free;
reservations required. Room 602, Elliott
School of International Affairs, George
Washington University, 1957 E St. NW.
go.gwu.edu/jan27rsvp.
■ Kari Galloway and Pauline Muchina
of the Northern Virginia group Friends of
Guest House will discuss “How to Help
Women Offenders Re-enter Our Communities.” Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program
at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Woman’s National
Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire
Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.
■ Alice Bean, professor of physics at
the University of Kansas, will discuss
“Physics Colloquium: Discovering the
Higgs Boson and What’s Next.” 3:15 p.m.
Free. Room 109, Regents Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW.
guevents.georgetown.edu.
■ Words, Beats & Life will present
authors Brian Coleman, Wes Jackson and
Alan Page in a panel discussion on “The
Golden Era of Hop-Hop: From Then to
Now.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Langston Room, Busboys and
Poets, 2021 14th St. NW.
busboysandpoets.com.
■ National security specialist Benjamin Schwartz will discuss “Right of Boom:
The Aftermath of Nuclear Terrorism.” 6:30
p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords
Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202387-1400.
■ A panel discussion on international
urban disaster resilience will feature
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Amod Dixit, executive director of the
National Society for Earthquake Technology; David Lallemant, doctoral candidate at
Stanford University; Elizabeth McNaughton, general manager for strategy and
government relations at the New Zealand
Red Cross; and Jay Berger, executive
director of the Earthquake Engineering
Research Institute. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $12 to
$20; reservations required. National
Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202272-2448.
■ Alexandra Fuller will discuss her
memoir “Leaving Before the Rains
Come.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose,
■ Bianca Palmisano will discuss “The
Empty Spaces,” a collection of her poetry.
7 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827
Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com.
■ The “Books That Shaped America”
series will feature a discussion of Thomas
Paine’s “Common Sense,” led by American University law professor Richard Wilson. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Training &
Events Room, Bender Library, American
University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
202-885-3847.
■ The Tenleytown Historical Society
will present a talk by architectural
historian Kim Prothro Williams, National
Register coordinator at the D.C. Historic
Preservation Office, on “Rural Remnants
of Washington County: An Architectural
Survey of Washington’s Historic Farms
and Estates.” 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Friendship Terrace, 4201
Butterworth Place NW.
[email protected].
■ The nonprofit Through the Heart will
host a support group meeting on “Dealing
With Pregnancy Loss: Finding Support
and Education for Coping.” 7:30 to 8:30
p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St.
NW. throughtheheart.org.
Films
■ “Tuesday Night Movies” will feature
Luc Besson’s
action-packed
fantasy “Lucy,”
starring Morgan Freeman
and Scarlett
Johansson. 6
p.m. Free. Auditorium A-5, Martin Luther
King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW.
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Kobylinski and Richard C. Washer about
the troubled life of French artist Camille
Claudel, muse and lover to master sculptor Auguste Rodin. 7:30 p.m. Free. Arts
Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202331-7282, ext. 3.
Tour
■ A U.S. Botanic Garden volunteer will
lead an afternoon tour. 2 to 3 p.m. Free.
Meet in the Conservatory Garden Court,
U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave.
SW. 202-225-8333.
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■ Discussion: Toby Israel will
discuss her book “Some Place Like
Home: Using Design Psychology to
Create Ideal Places.” 6:30 to 8 p.m.
$12 to $20; reservations required.
National Building Museum, 401 F
St. NW. 202-272-2448.
202-727-0321.
■ In honor of International Holocaust
Remembrance Day, the Embassy of Italy,
the Italian Cultural Institute and Centro
Primo Levi New York will present Rebecca
Samonà’s documentary “The Island of
Roses: A Tragedy in a Paradise,” about
the deportation of the Jews of Rhodes in
July 1944. The event will begin with opening remarks by Claudio Bisogniero,
ambassador of Italy to the United States.
Auditorium, Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW. www.iicwashington.esteri.it.
■ The National Gallery of Art’s “Discovering Georgian Cinema” retrospective will
feature Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon
Gross’ 2013 film “In Bloom” and Ekvtimishvili’s 2011 film “Waiting for Mum.”
Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW.
goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com.
■ The National Archives will present
Joe Looby’s 2014 film “The Decade of
Discovery,” about events that unfolded
when a government attorney took on a
quest to find a better way to search White
House email and a teacher took a stand
for civil justice on the electronic frontier. A
panel discussion will follow. 7 p.m. Free.
McGowan Theater, National Archives
Building, Constitution Avenue between
7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.
Performances
■ The Mariinsky Ballet will perform
Hodson’s “Le Sacre du printemps,”
Fokine’s “Le Spectre de la Rose” and
“The Swan,” and Petipa’s “Paquita Grand
Pas.” 7:30 p.m. $30 to $165. Opera
House, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
Performances will continue Wednesday
through Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at
1:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1:30
p.m.
■ The Washington Improv Theater’s
“Harold Night” will feature performances
by Love Onion and Fisticuffs, followed by
an improv jam. 9 p.m. By donation.
Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org.
■ Busboys and Poets will present an
open mic poetry night hosted by Gowri
Koneswaran. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Langston
Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St.
NW. 202-387-7638.
Reading
■ First Draft will present a reading of
“Regarde Camille,” a drama by Leslie
Classes and workshops
■ Kripalu yoga teacher Eva Blutinger
will lead a “Yoga in the Galleries” class.
10 a.m. $5. American University Museum,
Katzen Arts Center, American University,
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-8851300.
■ Artist Pattee Hipschen will introduce
a landscape painting workshop with a
demonstration on “Let Your Sky Set the
Mood.” 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $25; reservations required. Arts Club of Washington,
2017 I St. NW. [email protected].
■ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rock
Creek, will host a weekly tai chi class. 2
p.m. Free. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
Rock Creek, 201 Allison St. NW. 202-7262080.
Concerts
■ Jazz bassist Tarus Mateen and his
group WestAfroEast — featuring Umar
Mateen on drums, Radji Mateen on saxophone, Abdu Mboup on percussion, Hope
Udobi on keyboard and Samir Moulay on
guitar — will perform Afro-Cuban and Malian dance grooves and African roots
music. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage,
■ “Evenings With Extraordinary Artists” will feature musicians John Mula,
Chaerim Smith, Tam Tran and Marcio
Botelho performing music by Brahms.
6:30 p.m. $20; reservations required by
Jan. 27. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I
St. NW. 202-331-7282, ext. 3.
talk on “Medical Care of Presidents Garfield, McKinley and Reagan Following
Their Assassination Attempts,” presented
by surgeon Joseph Giordano, who led the
team that saved President Ronald Reagan’s life in 1981. 10 to 11:50 a.m. Free.
Temple Baptist Church, 3850 Nebraska
Ave. NW. 202-895-4860.
■ Clay Risen will
discuss his book “The
Bill of the Century: The
Epic Struggle for the
Civil Rights Act.” Noon.
Free. Room 119, Jefferson Building,
Library of Congress,
10 1st St. SE. 202-707-1950.
■ Malcolm Byrne will discuss his book
“Iran-Contra: Reagan’s Scandal and the
Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power.”
Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National
Archives Building, Constitution Avenue
between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202357-5000.
■ National Museum of Women in the
Arts assistant educator Ashley W. Harris
will draw connections between artworks
in the museum’s collection and its special
exhibition “Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea.” Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free.
National Museum of Women in the Arts,
1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370.
■ Laura Robson, associate professor
of history at Portland State University, will
discuss “Ethnic ‘Homelands’: Imagining a
New Middle East, 1919-1948.” 3:30 to 5
p.m. Free; reservations required. Room
505, Elliott School of International Affairs,
George Washington University, 1957 E St.
NW. go.gwu.edu/robson.
America” program will feature a talk by
the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics on how to track federal campaign
contributions. 6 p.m. Free. Digital Commons, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.
■ Bill Heavey will
discuss his book
“You’re Not Lost if You
Can Still See the
Truck: The Future
Adventures of America’s Everyman Outdoorsman.” 6:30 p.m.
Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe,
■ Biodiversity specialist Bob Szaro will
discuss “The Delights of Costa Rica.”
6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon
Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW.
202-633-3030.
■ George Friedman will discuss his
book “Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in
Europe.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose,
■ Peter Manseau
will discuss his book
“One Nation, Under
Gods: A New American
History.” 7 p.m. $12.
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW.
877-987-6487.
Films
America” series will feature a screening of
the “Frontline” documentary “United
States of Secrets.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW.
202-243-1188.
■ The Reel Israel DC series will feature Talya Lavie’s film “Zero Motivation,”
about a platoon of young women soldiers
stationed in a remote desert military
base. 8 p.m. $6.50 to $11.75. Avalon
Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202966-6000.
Performances
■ The Wonderland Circus, a variety
show, will feature the band Spencer Joyce
and the Record Machine, burlesque artist
Bella La Blanc and comedians Yoki Danoff, Benjy Himmelfarb and Haywood Turnipseed Jr. 8:30 p.m. $5 donation suggested. The Wonderland Ballroom, 1101
Kenyon St. NW. 202-431-4704.
■ Dwayne Lawson-Brown will host an
open mic poetry event. 9 to 11 p.m. $5.
Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025
5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.
Special event
■ Alliance Française de Washington
will host “King’s Cake and Karaoke
Night.” 7 p.m. $5; free for members. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142
Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org.
Sporting event
■ The Washington Capitals will play
the Pittsburgh Penguins. 8 p.m. $64 to
$689. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800745-3000.
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St. Alban’s Opportunity Thrift Shop, the biggest outreach ministry of St. Alban’s
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supervisor with retail background and a collegial style to lead adult volunteers
in selling donated items to raise funds for donation to area charities. With 60
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Studio: $1315-$1595
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MARKETS: Winter availability
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like arugula, which are grown in the
farm’s greenhouses. Other market
staples included freshly baked
breads that one customer called “the
best ever,” and jams, honey and
maple syrup, as well as a popular
sweet treat, apple cider caramels.
“We’re so happy that they are
here,” said Susan Zox Smith, a regular customer who lives in Woodley
Park. “It’s great!”
Twin Springs has been farming
in the Gettysburg, Pa., area since
1979 and bringing its produce to
farmers markets in Northwest for
about 30 years. The Maret market,
located at 3000 Cathedral Ave., previously operated a few blocks away
at All Souls Memorial Episcopal
Church, but it temporarily relocated
in 2013 due to a construction project
at the church.
The decision to keep a farmers
market open in winter isn’t an easy
one. Often the weather keeps customers away, or they don’t know
how to prepare winter vegetables.
And many shoppers, even regulars,
can be unaware that some markets
stay open year-round.
Ann Yonkers, co-executive director of Freshfarm Markets, which
operates eight markets in the District, keeps only the Dupont Circle
market open in the winter months.
“You see a pattern: Markets that
are open in winter tend to be larger
markets. You need a large enough
coterie of farmers and producers
making and growing what they’re
selling so that it’s still an attractive
destination for customers in winter,”
Yonkers said.
The Dupont market opened in
1997, and by 2003 Freshfarm had
decided to keep it open all year.
About 25 winter vendors at the
Dupont market sell items including
cheese, meat, baked goods, eggs and
anything that is preserved, like sauces, Bloody Mary mix, jams and jellies. There’s also plenty of fresh
produce like apples and pears, root
vegetables and fresh greens grown
indoors.
The established market has a
loyal following. On Jan. 4, about
2,000 customers visited, which Yonkers said wasn’t bad considering it
was a rainy day. By comparison, in
the peak of the farming season, as
summer turns to fall, the Sunday
market usually sees 6,000 to 7,000
customers.
The Glover Park and Burleith
farmers market, a smaller market
that’s been operating since 2009, has
so far opted to close during the winter months.
“Every market makes that decision in a different fashion, but the
biggest reason is lack of available
product and low customer turnout,”
said Erica Christensen, who runs the
market.
“In D.C., we’re lucky — we have
lots of options, and many of our
customers go to the Dupont or Palisades markets in the winter, which
are equally close,” she added.
In the winter, the cold weather
can sometimes derail even the most
seasoned farmers.
New Morning Farm, which has
operated a year-round market at the
Sheridan School at 4400 36th St. for
about 40 years, made the tough decision to cancel the Jan. 10 market due
to the forecasted below-freezing
temperatures — but owner Jim
Crawford promised customers he
would be back the following week.
“I was very sheepish about telling customers we wouldn’t be
there,” Crawford said. “It goes
against my principles — we have a
reputation that we will be there in
any weather. But the produce would
have frozen solid, and that’s not a
good thing, and if it’s that cold outside, it’s too painful for people.”
New Morning Farm regularly
delivers a long list of root vegetables
to the market each week, along with
apples, cider, greens, baked goods,
cheese and eggs, among other items,
and Crawford said hundreds of families stop by.
Still, he said it can be a struggle
to retain customers year-round.
“Even after 40 years, you still
have to let people know you’re there
in the winter,” Crawford said. “But
once they find us, they love it and
never miss a weekend.”
“There are so many good produce items farmers can put in storage and have in wintertime — and
you don’t lose any quality if you do
your storage right,” he added. “The
market is better than people expect,
and customers are often surprised at
what’s possible in the winter.”
The Palisades Farmers Market,
run by Gloria Garrett and sponsored
by the Palisades Citizens Association, is also open year-round on
Sundays. It boasts more than 20
vendors offering a variety of produce like fresh peppers, onions,
greens, apples and pears, along with
plenty of baked goods.
“Each week we have a tremendous variety of farm-to-table goods,
along with prepared foods in the
winter,” said Garrett.
And because the citizens association sponsors the market at 48th
Place and MacArthur Boulevard,
there’s always information about
community and school events, new
businesses and charitable events,
like coat drives.
Rounding out the local winter
markets is the Broad Branch Farmers Market, which operates on Saturdays by Lafayette Elementary
School. The market has been going
strong since 2002, and in winter the
farmers bring meats, eggs, fruits,
soups and other prepared foods and
baked goods, said organizer Haroun
Hallack.
Most of the customers come
from the residential neighborhood
near the school, Hallack said.
“The vendors are very dedicated
— and the customers are very dedicated. Everyone knows each other
by name,” he added.
Not to be missed, according to
Hallack, are the Belgian waffles,
made fresh and served hot at the
market — the best in D.C., he said.
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Bethesda, MD. New classic elegance in Greenwich
Forest. Superb culinary center & designer
appointments. 5 BRs, 4 BAs. Attached 2 car garage.
$2,395,000
Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971
Design & Style
Town of Chevy Chase. Newly renovated 5 BR,
5.5 BA classic. 4 levels of custom design. Kit w/quartz
& top of the line appliances. Family rm w/French drs.
Built-ins, 4 frpls. Patio. $2,050,000
Melissa Brown 202-469-2662
Beverly Nadel 202-236-7313
Show Stopper
Chevy Chase. Beautiful architecture, thoughtful
design and an incredible kitchen, high end finishes
5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths and super amenities throughout.
$1,895,000
Marina Krapiva 301-792-5681
Stately & Charming
Chevy Chase, MD Grand style so close in. Exciting
floor plan w/bright open spaces on 4 levels. Pristine
condition. 6 BRs, 4.5 BAs Picturesque street short stroll
to dwntwn Bethesda, Crescent Trail. $1,860,000
Classic
Favorite
Georgetown.
Semi-detached
4 BR townhouse
w/large deep lot.
2 frpls, high ceilings.
Renovated TS kit
w/granite & SS.
Carriage house/
Graceful Spaces
studio w/guest
Kenwood. Updated & remodeled from top to bottom.
Large home on quiet cul de sac backing to Kenwood
Club. 6 BRs, 5 BAs. Two separate in-law suites.
$1,695,000
Patricia Lore 301-908-1242
suite. 2 car pkg.
$1,550,000
Louise Lang
202-345-2631
Elegant Interior
Urban Oasis
Colonial Village. Renovated & expanded Colonial adj.
to Rock Creek Park. 4 BRs, 3.5 BAs includes elegant
MBR suite. Stylish kit w/adj. family rm. 2 story
staircase. Fin. LL w/rec rm & gym. $1,129,000
Dina Paxenos 202-256-1624
Arlington, VA. Charming Maywood 3 BR, 3.5 BA
home on lush wooded hillside just minutes to dwntwn
DC. 4 level open flr plan. Gourmet kit/fam rm.
Den/4th BR. Patio. 2 car garage. $995,000
Patricia Lore 301-908-1242
Ted Beverley 301-728-433
Delightful Cottage
Impressive Statement
Star Quality
Totally Charming
Town of Chevy Chase Incredible opportunity to
live close-in to dwntwn Bethesda. 4+ BRs, 4 BAs
w/potential apt. 2 car garage w/dramatic studio.
Endless possibilities. Walk to Metro. $949,000
Silver Spring, MD. Stately Colonial on 3.5 acres.
4 BRs, 3 BAs, 2 HBAs. Updated throughout. Gourmet
kit. Granite pool, hot tub, sauna. Carriage house
w/apt. Delightful retreat! $795,000
Vera Fontana 301-767-7021
Chevy Chase, MD. Gorgeous views from the long
private balcony in this 1 BR, 1.5 BA unit at the
Somerset. TS kit, custom blt-ins. 2 pkg spaces. Deluxe
amenities. $725,000
Alex Senehi 202-270-6134
N. Bethesda, MD. Classic 3 level TH in serene
community. 3 BRs, 3.5 BAs. Light filled w/soaring
ceilings, 2 frpls. Tile floored kit w/granite. Private
patio. $618,900
Harriet Fowler 240-346-3390
City Charmer
Sparkling & Sunny
On The Town
Light Filled Gem
Glover Park. Bright & spacious (950 sf) 2 BR w/wall of
windows. Sep. DR, parquet flrs. Excellent closet space.
Full service bldg. in trendy area. $364,000
Susan Morcone 202-437-2153
John Nemeyer 202-276-6351
uPtown
Cleveland Park Super large 1 BR across from the Zoo
Cleveland Park. Large, sunny 1 bedroom at The Chevy Chase, MD. Studio apt perfectly located for
& between 2 Metros. Lge kit, sep. dining area. High
today’s busy lifestyle. Renov. kitchen & bath. Custom
ceilings, built-ins. Free laundry on every floor. Shared Wilshire Park. Updated kitchen & bath. New
floor to ceiling walk-in closet. Garage space conveys.
pkg. Pet friendly. $359,000
appliances. Refinished hrdwd floors. $285,000
$230,000
Denny Horner 703-629-8455
Laura McCaffrey 301-641-4456
Leyla Phelan 202-415-3845
Trish McKenna 301-367-3973
202-364-1700
DuPont
202-464-8400
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