Housing pitched again for Tenley Safeway site

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Serving Communities in Northwest Washington Since 1967
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Vol. XLVI, No. 42
The Northwest Current
Election sites
would change
under plan
Housing pitched again
for Tenley Safeway site
bishop ’ s garden
■ Development: Bozzuto
seeking 220 units, ANC says
By BRADY HOLT
Current Staff Writer
Many D.C. voters will go to a
new polling place next Election Day
if the D.C. Board of Elections implements a draft proposal to redraw the
city’s precincts.
The plan would simplify the District’s ballots by linking precincts to
advisory neighborhood commissions’ single-member districts. All
residents within the same singlemember district — meaning, everyone who’s represented by the same
neighborhood commissioner —
would vote at the same location.
The Elections Board says this
change would nearly halve the number of ballot styles it needs to produce, from 551 to 296, because there
wouldn’t need to be ballots for the
same neighborhood commission
race at multiple polling places.
Operations would also be improved
at the polling places, where workers
and machines wouldn’t have to handle as many different voters.
But the seemingly arcane adjustment has sparked fiery criticisms
from some sections of the city,
See Voting/Page 10
By BRADY HOLT
Developers are planning about
220 apartment units on the site of the
Tenleytown Safeway, according to
community leaders who were
briefed on the plans.
The Bozzuto Group envisions
four stories of rental housing atop a
larger rebuilt Safeway supermarket
at 42nd and Davenport streets,
reported Tenleytown/Friendship
Heights advisory neighborhood
Revised project would save,
shift Cleveland Park house
Bill Petros/The Current
The Madrigal Singers, consisting of students from St. Albans
and National Cathedral schools, performed choral numbers
during last Wednesday’s rededication of the Bishop’s Garden at
the Washington National Cathedral. See story, page 3.
Tree with Civil War roots wins national honor
By KATIE PEARCE
A chestnut oak in Battery Kemble Park with ties to the Civil War
recently made it onto a nationwide
list highlighting “champion” trees.
The multitrunked oak — 105 feet
tall with a 23-foot circumference – is
the only D.C. tree on American Forests’ fall 2013 National Register of
Big Trees.
The tree dates back to at least 100
years before the Civil War, estimates
Rod Simmons, a local vegetation
ecologist who helped measure the
oak last winter. Simmons is a member of the Maryland Native Plant
Society, the group that nominated
the tree for the registry based on its
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Photo by Rod Simmons
The society’s Greg Zell and David
Garcia pose with the 1700s oak.
size and age.
Simmons said members of the
plant society, which includes a D.C.
chapter, first discovered and started
talking about the “really massive
tree” in the Palisades park about 13
years ago.
The oak is located at the top of
the hill off Chain Bridge Road, near
the park’s Civil War-era earthworks,
according to plant society members.
It’s roughly across the street from the
property at 3000 Chain Bridge.
Based on knowledge of how
Union troops dealt with large trees
during that time, Simmons said it’s
safe to guess they cut the oak down
to a 5-foot stump when constructing
their fort at Battery Kemble in 1861.
“That’s the documented practice,”
he said. “When they built these forts,
they removed these things and left
See Tree/Page 5
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Dupont, Palisades
prep for house tours
over the weekend
— Page 3
commission chair Jonathan Bender
at the group’s meeting last Thursday.
According to Bender, the new
building’s massing would be focused
toward 42nd Street, tapering down
toward the low-density residential
homes on 43rd and Ellicott streets.
Tenants and Safeway customers
would use a 340-space underground
parking garage accessed through
existing curb cuts on Ellicott and
Davenport streets, and truck access
would be on Davenport.
A Bozzuto spokesperson didn’t
respond to requests to confirm
Bender’s details. The company told
The Current earlier this month that it
See Safeway/Page 7
St. John’s topples
Good Counsel in
WCAC showdown
— Page 11
■ Preservation: Apartment
building planned for parcel
By ELIZABETH WIENER
A battered green Queen Anne
house, sitting vacant on bustling
Wisconsin Avenue for about a
decade, may finally find a new use.
Adams Investment Group, which
is renovating the Regent Apartments
next door, is hoping to move the
house a bit forward on its lot at 3211
Wisconsin, split it into three residential units, and build a slender fivestory apartment building in the backyard.
The plan, if endorsed by city
preservation authorities, might offer
the 1905 house a final resting place.
Past schemes to demolish it or even
to move it off the pricey commercial
corridor into Cleveland Park’s residential area were rebuffed by the
D.C. Historic Preservation Review
Board.
Now, a more modest move on the
same lot seems to face better prospects of approval.
Staffers at Adams Investment did
not return phone calls. But in plans
Bill Petros/The Current
The 1905 home stood unchanged
as the neighborhood evolved.
submitted to the city’s Historic Preservation Office, and to the Cleveland
Park advisory neighborhood commission, Adams details its proposal
to move the old house slightly forward, then link it to a new 55-foottall building with five units, some
covering two floors, on the rear of
the lot. The entire property is already
zoned for multifamily housing.
The neighborhood commission
will consider the proposal at its
monthly meeting Oct. 21. Steve
Callcott, D.C. deputy state preservation officer, said he has received the
plans but is not sure when they will
be presented to the board. That, Callcott said in an email, “may hinge on
See House/Page 2
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HOUSE: New development planned for lot of tiny historic home on Wisconsin Avenue
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The Queen Anne house was built
in 1905 by Donald MacLeod, a government bookkeeper, for his sister
Euphemia, a schoolteacher, according to research done for a previous
owner. It stood relatively unchanged
even as Cleveland Park grew from a
streetcar suburb to an upscale urban
neighborhood, and even as other old
homes around it were razed to make
way for apartment buildings.
When the Cleveland Park Historic District was created in 1987, its
lines were carefully drawn to include
the little house as a contributing
structure, and to exclude some of the
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ednesday, October 16, 2013
House tours showcase Palisades, Dupont
By KAT LUCERO
A former Prohibition-era brothel
and a modern rental home smartly
decorated to enhance its cozy space
are samples of two neighborhood
house tours taking place this weekend in Northwest.
In its first year, the Palisades Village aging-in-place nonprofit’s event
will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, from
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The next day, Oct.
20, the Dupont Circle Citizens Association will host its tour from noon to
5 p.m.
Across the country, house tours
have become popular fundraising
and promotional methods, fanning
people’s interests in viewing grand
and unique homes.
The Palisades Village embarked
on this type of fundraising after seeing the success of longtime house
tours in Georgetown and on Capitol
Hill. Co-chair Judy Watson was also
inspired by a newly renovated house
on University Terrace that she marveled at while walking her dog.
Funds from the house tours will
help the nonprofit with its mission of
supporting seniors who want to age
See Tours/Page 5
Cathedral celebrates Bishop’s Garden renovation
By KAT LUCERO
“I don’t have words to describe what it means for me
personally to have a garden of this magnitude attributed
somehow to me,” said the Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde.
The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington
spoke at last Wednesday’s rededication of the Bishop’s
Garden on the grounds of the Washington National
Cathedral. The garden, nearly a century old, sustained
major damage stemming from several natural disasters
that struck the D.C area over the past three years.
Budde also said the rehabilitated garden became a
savior for couples whose wedding plans at National Park
Service sites were botched due to the federal government
shutdown. She said more than 20 couples accepted the
Cathedral’s offer two weeks ago to have their ceremonies take place at the Bishop’s Garden at no cost.
“The privilege for me of knowing within a matter of
hours that this was something we could offer to couples
was an extraordinary testimony to the generosity of this
place,” said the bishop. Despite the rain, the rededication
attracted an audience of more than 75 people.
Located south of the Cathedral building, the Bishop’s
Garden has faced a string of challenges in recent years.
In 2010, disturbances from that year’s blizzard
prompted the All Hallows Guild, keepers of the Cathedral grounds, to undertake a major restoration project.
But the group’s work was undone in September 2011
when a 500-foot crane fell on the garden. Brought in to
repair the Cathedral towers damaged by the previous
month’s earthquake, the machine wrecked the stone
structures near the entrances — the 12th-century Norman arch, stone walls, Pilgrim Steps, light fixtures and
the Herb Cottage, which is still closed.
It also destroyed much of the lush greenery, breaking
several mature trees and plants. A year later, strong gusts
of wind from the straight-lined summer storm called the
derecho caused still more damage to the landscaping.
“What you see today is a result of over three years of
archival study and numerous meetings in the garden —
walking and looking,” said Margaret Steuart, chair of the
All Hallows Guild garden committee.
In addition to planting more greenery, the reconstruction altered the garden’s layout. Changes included placing the Prodigal Son sculpture in a private area below the
garden wall, as well as redesigning the Finial Garden in
the upper northeast corner.
The week ahead
Thursday, Oct. 17
The Cleveland Park Citizens Association will hold a membership meeting on
D.C. public school options, featuring remarks by at-large D.C. Council member
David Catania, chair of the Education Committee. The meeting will begin at
6:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW.
■ The Cleveland Park Village will hold a volunteer orientation from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. at the Methodist Home of D.C., 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW. To RSVP, contact 202-615-5853 or [email protected].
■ The George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus will hold its quarterly community meeting at 7 p.m. in the Webb Building on the campus at 2100
Foxhall Road NW. For details call 202-994-0211 or email [email protected].
■ D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson will hold a State of the
Schools Address and Engagement Reception. Following her remarks, attendees
will have a chance to view displays on academic programs and key initiatives,
and school system administrators will be on hand to answer their questions.
The event will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Cardozo Education Campus,
1200 Clifton St. NW.
Monday, Oct. 21
The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a drop-in public workshop
to discuss the “moveDC” initiative to develop a strategic, long-range multimodal
transportation plan for the District. The event will be held from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
at Union Station, 625 1st St. NE.
Tuesday, Oct. 22
The D.C. Federation of Citizens Associations will hold its regular meeting,
which will focus on “Developer/Neighborhood Harmony: Is It Possible?” The
guest speaker will be J. Matthew Ritz, vice president of the WC Smith Co. The
meeting will be held from 6:45 to 9 p.m. at All Souls Memorial Episcopal
Church, 2300 Cathedral Ave. NW.
■ The Ward 3 Democratic Committee will meet at 7:15 p.m. at the Methodist
Home of D.C., 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW. Featured speakers will be Ward 3
D.C. Council member Mary Cheh, Ward 5 D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie and representatives of Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial campaign in Virginia.
Wednesday, Oct. 23
The Rock Creek Conservancy will hold a “Party by the Park” fundraising
reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the New Zealand Embassy, 37 Observatory
Circle NW. The event will feature a cocktail party, hors d’oeuvres and an auction; tickets cost $65. For details visit rockcreekconservancy.org.
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City begins issuing
new visitor passes
Residents are starting to receive
their replacement visitor parking
passes, which are being mailed out
now through December, the D.C.
Department of Transportation
announced yesterday.
The passes, which will be good
through September 2014, allow
users to disregard two-hour Residential Parking Permit restrictions
within the boundaries of a particular
advisory neighborhood commission.
The Transportation Department
had intended to expand the visitor
pass program citywide, but the D.C.
Council voted last month to block
that move after concern arose in
several congested areas. The new
passes are instead being issued only
in areas where the program was
already in place -- restricted blocks
in wards 1, 3, 4 and 5 and parts of
Ward 6.
There will be one pass issued
per household, and residents are
asked to throw away their old ones
upon receiving the replacement.
However, the old passes will also
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be valid through the end of the year.
A new feature on the passes is a
code that parking enforcement officers will scan to ensure that a car is
parked in the correct location,
according to Transportation Department spokesperson Reggie Sanders.
Drivers had routinely used the passes throughout an entire ward instead
of a particular neighborhood commission because the tighter restriction was difficult to enforce, he
said.
District to redesign
driver’s licenses
The D.C. Department of Motor
Vehicles will cease issuing driver’s
licenses and identification cards
over the counter on Nov. 26, instead
providing 45-day paper documents
and sending cards in the mail.
Along with this so-called “central issuance process,” the agency is
releasing redesigned cards with features designed to reduce fraud. The
new driver’s licenses and identification cards will have two photos on
the front and one on the back, and a
signature on the front and back.
The agency will not mail cards
to post office boxes. Details of the
new policy are available at tinyurl.
com/new-licenses.
AIDS Walk organizers
to honor HIV activist
The 27th annual AIDS Walk
Washington on Oct. 26 will honor
the late Sean Sasser, an HIV activist
who became famous when his thenboyfriend Pedro Zamora starred on
the third season of MTV’s “The
Real World.”
Sasser, who died in August at
age 44 after living with the virus for
25 years, became active in educating people about HIV and AIDS
after being denied entry to the Navy
at age 19 because he was HIV-positive.
After Zamora died in 1994,
Sasser traveled around the country
to talk about HIV and AIDS. He
served as a member of President
Bill Clinton’s Advisory Council on
HIV and AIDS and worked with
various organizations, including
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Health Initiatives for Youth and the
AIDS Alliance for Children Youth
& Families.
“There is no denying that Sean
played a pivotal role in public perception of HIV,” said Don Blanchon, executive director of Whitman-Walker Health, which benefits
from the AIDS Walk. “Sean showed
the world a face of HIV it had never
seen before: a happy, healthy young
man living his life, falling in love,
and working to make a difference in
the lives of others.”
Details on the walk are available
at aidswalkwashington.org.
Avalon to inaugurate
new lobby, elevator
The Avalon Theatre will hold a
ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday to
celebrate the completed renovation
of its secondary lobby, which now
offers an elevator and handicappedaccessible bathrooms.
The upgrades are the final stage
of the Avalon Legacy Campaign, a
fundraising effort to update the historic movie theater, which was built
in 1923 at 5612 Connecticut Ave.
and is now run as a nonprofit. The
$2 million work was funded with
contributions from 1,700 individual
donors.
“The generosity of the Avalon’s
supporters has ensured that the theater will remain a centerpiece of the
Chevy Chase neighborhood as it
has since 1923,” said theater executive director Bill Oberdorfer.
Friday’s ceremony will begin at
8:30 a.m. Ward 3 D.C. Council
member Mary Cheh and at-large
member Anita Bonds will be among
the attendees.
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TOURS: Area homes on display
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in their own homes, rather than
moving to retirement or assistedliving facilities. The four-year-old
organization manages a group of
volunteers who help members living
in the Berkley, Kent, Foxhall, Palisades and Wesley Heights neighborhoods.
In Dupont Circle, Sunday’s event
marks the 46th year of house tours
for the citizens association. The
major charity drive helps support
other community groups and activities such as Charlie’s Place, the
Dupont Circle Village, Stead Park,
Whitman-Walker Health and cleaning teams from Historic Dupont
Circle Main Streets.
In choosing this year’s properties, the Dupont organizers went
with 10 homes that were stylishly
decorated, including one that represents the growing rental market, said
co-chair Robin Diener.
“The rental market has undergone the same things that the purchase market has — a lot of demand
and low inventory,” said event cochair Nelson Marban. “We thought
it would be very cool to include it
this year.”
Tour properties also include a
large Federal-style town house that
once served as a lodge for the
Benevolent Order of Elks, and a
renovated English Regency-style
town house built in 1912 and decorated with Middle Eastern and
Moroccan aesthetics.
In the Palisades, event coordinators selected eight different styles
within walking distance from one
another that capture the neighborhood’s allure, said co-chair Watson.
“There’s an eclectic array of
styles from old huge mansions to
new mansions to Sears Roebuck
[homes]. … I think it makes us who
we are,” she said.
One property used to be a former
open-air dance hall in the late 1890s.
During Prohibition, it became a
brothel called the “Cat House.” It
was later converted into a duplex.
Taking a commanding view of
MacArthur Boulevard is a late-19thcentury Queen Anne-style home.
A third home draws inspiration
from Frank Lloyd Wright. Built in
the early 1980s, the house features
sharp angles and a location on a
steep slope overlooking a brook.
Once Palisades tourgoers are finished visiting houses, they can gather for refreshments at a Japaneseinspired garden facing MacArthur
Boulevard that was previously an
underdeveloped lot.
In Dupont, a post-tour afternoon
tea will take place at the Carlyle
Suites, 1731 New Hampshire Ave.,
from 2 to 5 p.m. The house tour is
taking place alongside Mid-City
Artists’ Open Studios, a weekend
event that opens artists’ work spaces
in the neighborhood. The house tour
admission also includes one tasting
ticket for the Historic Dupont Circle
Main Streets’ Taste of Dupont event,
a “progressive dinner” at 15 area
restaurants on Monday, Oct. 21.
For details on these tours, visit
dupont-circle.org/housetour and
palisadesvillage.org.
TREE: Battery Kemble oak makes national honor roll
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their stumps” — both to provide
extra cover, and to use the branches
and brush to create an extra barrier.
“The tree is a link to the past, and it’s
got some cultural history,” he said.
Chestnut oaks “readily resprout,”
Simmons said, so the one in Battery
Kemble started regrowing after the
war. He said several similar trees
have been found at Civil War-era
forts in the Washington area.
American Forests, a national conservation-focused nonprofit based in
D.C., releases its “champion trees”
register twice a year “to locate,
appreciate and protect the biggest
tree species in the United States,”
according to its website. More than
750 trees make it onto each list.
The registry encourages “people
to hunt for champions and engage
with the landscape,” according to the
D.C. Urban Forestry Administration’s Ian Leahy, who also serves as
the city’s “Big Trees coordinator.” In
an email, Leahy wrote that it’s “particularly valuable in an urban landscape like the District of Columbia
where most people don’t realize we
could have trees so large they compete nationally across urban and
rural landscape.”
Inclusion on the list also helps the
landowner — in this case the National Park Service — do “all they can to
manage the tree’s health for maximum longevity,” Leahy added.
The oak in Battery Kemble is the
first D.C. “champion tree” since a
jujube on the U.S. Capitol Grounds
made it onto the list in spring 2012.
According to Leahy, that tree “unfortunately fell in a storm.”
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Robbery
■ 600-699 block, H St.; 6:30
a.m. Oct. 13 (with gun).
Assault with a dangerous
weapon
■ 600-699 block, H St.; 5:14
a.m. Oct. 7.
Theft from auto
■ E and 7th streets; 4:42 p.m.
Oct. 8.
■ 800-901 block, I St.; 5:38
p.m. Oct. 10.
■ 6th and I streets; 5 a.m. Oct.
13.
■ 400-499 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 11 a.m. Oct. 13.
■ 5th Street and New York Avenue; 11:15 p.m. Oct. 13.
Theft
■ 900-999 block, 9th St.; 5:30
p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 7th and H streets; 2:03 a.m.
Oct. 9.
■ 700-799 block, 7th St.;
12:57 p.m. Oct. 9.
■ 600-699 block, 6th St.;
10:30 p.m. Oct. 9.
■ 700-899 block, Pennsylvania
Ave.; 9:56 a.m. Oct. 10.
■ 700-799 block, 7th St.; 5:40
p.m. Oct. 12.
Motor vehicle theft
■ 4600-4659 block, Linnean
Ave.; 11:33 a.m. Oct. 12.
Theft from auto
■ 2900-2999 block, Upton St.;
7:10 a.m. Oct. 8.
■ 2900-2999 block, Upton St.;
10 a.m. Oct. 8.
■ 3500-3599 block, Alton
Place; 11:49 p.m. Oct. 8.
■ 4500-4599 block, Yuma St.;
10:49 a.m. Oct. 10.
■ 4500-4529 block, Connecticut Ave.; 2:21 p.m. Oct. 10.
■ 3500-3599 block, Newark
St.; 8:20 a.m. Oct. 12.
St.; 9:03 a.m. Oct. 13.
Theft
■ 5600-5699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:45 p.m. Oct. 11.
psa 204
■ Massachusetts avenue
psa 202
Theft from auto
■ 2200-2299 block, Hall
■ 3800-3819 block, Fulton St.;
10:22 a.m. Oct. 12.
■ 40th and Benton streets;
12:49 p.m. Oct. 12.
Theft from auto
■ 4700-4799 block, 45th St.;
7:21 a.m. Oct. 7.
■ 4800-4899 block, Butterworth Place; 10:36 a.m. Oct. 7.
■ 4600-4699 block, Butterworth Place; 4:43 p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin
Ave.; 8:34 p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 5300-5399 block, 42nd St.;
11:34 a.m. Oct. 10.
■ 4531-4599 block, 43rd St.;
12:01 p.m. Oct. 10.
■ 5100-5199 block, 42nd St.;
4:40 p.m. Oct. 10.
■ 5418-5499 block, 42nd St.;
3:17 p.m. Oct. 13.
Burglary
■ 3500-3599 block, Davenport
St.; 12:27 p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 4300-4399 block, 36th St.;
6:28 p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 3700-3899 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11 p.m. Oct. 8.
Burglary
■ 3700-3702 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 1:22 p.m. Oct. 7.
Motor vehicle theft
■ 4400-4499 block, Chesapeake St.; 8:27 a.m. Oct. 9.
■ 3900-3999 block, Huntington St.; 1:13 p.m. Oct. 10.
Theft
■ 5500-5599 block, Hawthorne Place; 11:38 a.m. Oct.
7.
■ 4585-4699 block, MacArthur Blvd.; 11:53 a.m. Oct. 7.
■ 3200-3299 block, Sutton
■ 4409-4450 block, MacArthur Blvd.; 5:21 p.m. Oct. 11.
Theft from auto
■ 5400-5449 block, 31st St.;
8:53 p.m. Oct. 13.
Tenleytown / AU Park
18.95
weapon
St.; 9:30 p.m. Oct. 7.
heights / cleveland park
woodley park / Glover
PSA 204
park / cathedral heights
■ Friendship Heights
PSA
202
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■ 4200-4299 block, Garfield
St.; 2:34 p.m. Oct. 12.
psa
PSA
201 201
■ chevy chase
■ 4922-4999 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8:45 a.m. Oct. 13.
Theft
Ave.; 3:52 p.m. Oct. 7.
psa 203
■ forest
PSA
203 hills / van ness
cleveland park
Robbery
Theft
■ 3900-4099 block, Tunlaw
Road; 3:16 a.m. Oct. 8.
Ave.; 5 p.m. Oct. 9.
■ 3800-3819 block, Fulton St.;
11:06 a.m. Oct. 12.
Ave.; 1:58 p.m. Oct. 12.
■ 3900-3999 block, Cathedral
Ave.; 6:44 p.m. Oct. 13.
■ 2600-2699 block, 24th St.;
7:13 p.m. Oct. 13.
■ 2700-2799 block, Woodley
Road; 9:50 p.m. Oct. 13.
psa 205
■ palisades
/ spring valley
PSA
205
Wesley Heights / Foxhall
Theft from auto
■ 5157-5299 block, Macomb
St.; 9:32 a.m. Oct. 7.
■ 5000-5033 block, Glenbrook
Road; 5:45 p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 5000-5039 block, Dana
Place; 8:34 a.m. Oct. 10.
■ 5400-5499 block, Potomac
Ave.; 8:37 a.m. Oct. 10.
psa
PSA
206 206
■ georgetown / burleith
weapon
■ 3808-3899 block, Reservoir
Road; 7:04 p.m. Oct. 9 (with
knife).
Motor vehicle theft
■ 1200-1299 block, 27th St.
7:29 p.m. Oct. 7.
Theft from auto
■ Wisconsin Avenue and Reservoir Road; 5:12 p.m. Oct. 8.
Theft
Ave.; 2:58 p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 2800-2848 block, M St.;
9:07 p.m. Oct. 7.
Ave.; 1:34 p.m. Oct. 8.
Ave.; 3:13 p.m. Oct. 8.
Ave.; 4 p.m. Oct. 8.
■ 3200-3277 block, M St.;
2:14 p.m. Oct. 9.
■ 3200-3277 block, M St.;
4:19 p.m. Oct. 9.
■ 1000-1199 block, 30th St.;
4:07 a.m. Oct. 10.
Ave.; 1:45 p.m. Oct. 10.
■ 3100-3199 block, M St.;
1:19 p.m. Oct. 11.
Ave.; 2:03 p.m. Oct. 12.
■ 3278-3299 block, M St.;
3:40 p.m. Oct. 12.
Ave.; 4 p.m. Oct. 12.
■ 3100-3199 block, M St.;
3:21 p.m. Oct. 13.
psa
PSA
207 207
■ foggy bottom / west end
Robbery
■ 2300-2399 block, M St.;
1:50 a.m. Oct. 12.
Motor vehicle theft
■ 23rd and L streets; 10:43
a.m. Oct. 10.
Theft from auto
■ 2400-2499 block, N St.;
2:32 p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 2000-2099 block, M St.;
3:18 p.m. Oct. 11.
■ 2100-2199 block, L St.;
12:25 p.m. Oct. 13.
Theft
■ H and 22nd streets; 10:12
a.m. Oct. 7.
■ 1000-1099 block, 14th St.;
2:08 p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 20th and G streets; 10:08
p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 1100-1199 block, 15th St.;
11:08 p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 1000-1099 block, Vermont
Ave.; 1:47 p.m. Oct. 8.
■ 800-899 block, Connecticut
Ave.; 2:57 p.m. Oct. 10.
■ 1800-1899 block, L St.; 4:50
p.m. Oct. 10.
■ 500-599 bock, 15th St.;
6:58 p.m. Oct. 10.
■ 1800-1899 block, L St.; 3:50
p.m. Oct. 11.
■ 2100-2199 block, I St.; 8
p.m. Oct. 11.
■ 2100-2499 block, K St.;
noon Oct. 12.
■ 1800-1899 block, L St.; 1
p.m. Oct. 12.
■ 1100-1199 block, Vermont
Ave.; 3:46 p.m. Oct. 12.
■ 1800-1899 block, M St.; 5
p.m. Oct. 12.
■ 2200-2299 block, F St.;
3:55 a.m. Oct. 13.
■ 600-699 block, 15th St.;
2:55 p.m. Oct. 13.
■ 2400-2487 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 4:48 p.m. Oct. 13.
psa 208
■ sheridan-kalorama
PSA
208
dupont circle
Robbery
■ 1400-1499 block, Rhode
Island Ave.; 9:40 p.m. Oct. 8.
Motor vehicle theft
■ Massachusetts Avenue and
Decatur Place; 2:52 p.m. Oct.
11.
Theft from auto
■ 1800-1899 block, R St.;
8:51 a.m. Oct. 7.
■ 2100-2199 block, O St.;
2:05 p.m. Oct. 7.
■ 2000-2007 block, N St.;
7:12 a.m. Oct. 9.
■ 2100-2199 block, N St.;
8:50 a.m. Oct. 9.
■ 1500-1599 block, N St.;
2:28 a.m. Oct. 10.
■ S and 20th streets; 1 p.m.
Oct. 10.
■ 2200-2299 block, S St.;
2:19 p.m. Oct. 10.
■ 1250-1299 block, 21st St.;
8:42 p.m. Oct. 11.
■ 1500-1599 block, M St.;
9:48 a.m. Oct. 12.
■ O and 16th streets; 5:30
p.m. Oct. 12.
■ 1200-1399 block, 16th St.;
3:34 p.m. Oct. 13.
Theft
■ 1-6 block, Dupont Circle;
10:14 a.m. Oct. 7.
■ 1700-1732 block, 18th St.;
11:57 a.m. Oct. 8.
■ 1500-1523 block, 15th St.;
3:52 p.m. Oct. 8.
■ 1800-1899 block, Swann
St.; 7 p.m. Oct. 8.
■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 9:28 a.m. Oct. 10.
■ 1521-1599 block, 16th St.;
4:50 p.m. Oct. 10.
■ 1300-1399 block, 14th St.;
10:38 a.m. Oct. 11.
■ 1200-1217 block, 18th St.;
2:22 p.m. Oct. 12.
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SAFEWAY: Tenleytown grocery store eyed for 220-unit apartment project by Bozzuto
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wouldn’t be ready to publicly discuss its Tenleytown plans until probably December.
Bozzuto is also redeveloping
Cleveland Park’s Giant supermarket
as part of the Cathedral Commons
project at Wisconsin Avenue and
Newark Street. That $130 million
project, which broke ground last fall,
includes a 56,000-square-foot Giant
store, 137 apartment units, eight
town homes and 72,000 square feet
of additional commercial space.
For the Tenleytown project, Safeway linked up with Bozzuto after a
deal collapsed with Clark Realty
Capital, its previous development
partner for site. The companies have
not said why they parted ways.
Clark had also presented plans
for four stories of residences above a
new Tenleytown Safeway, though its
proposal included 175 apartments,
14 town houses and 302 parking
spaces, compared to the roughly 220
housing units and 340 spaces Bozzuto is reportedly planning.
Some residents had argued that
even the Clark proposal included too
many apartments, calling for a
reduction to 150 units to protect
against traffic and parking congestion. In response to community
objections, Clark had already
removed a proposed fifth story of
apartments, but it wasn’t enough to
silence critics.
In an email to The Current, Bender said he believes the Bozzuto plan
for the Tenleytown Safeway is superior to Clark’s.
“The latest proposal seems like a
step in the right direction for the
community,” he wrote. “The proposed massing looks more appropriate, and the proposed amenities look
more valuable to the community.”
Bozzuto intends to go through
the city’s planned-unit development
process to get permission to build a
larger building than would normally
be allowed on the site, according to
Bender. A requirement for this process — which includes review by
the Zoning Commission — is to
provide community amenities that
offset the impact of greater density.
The amenities Bozzuto is consid-
“If my mom wants to stay at home,
I’ll do all I can to honor that. I just
want what she wants.”
When we ask people caring for a loved
one at the end of life what matters most,
this is what we hear. But we also hear
about how the responsibility can be
overwhelming for the whole family.
And what an incredible relief it is when
people realize how much support is
available.
Emotionally. Spiritually.
They wonder why they didn’t reach
out to us sooner.
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WHAT MATTERS MOST TO
ering include a 42nd Street public
park or plaza; a separate building
with a community center and/or
public pool; undergrounding of the
42nd Street power lines; and possible recreation space for Georgetown
Day School, according to Bender.
Bender said Bozzuto and Safeway will need to make sure the
project doesn’t adversely affect the
surrounding community, suggesting
that tenants be banned from receiving residential parking passes —
ensuring they would use the building’s garage rather than nearby
streets. (A similar provision will be
in place for the nearby project at the
Babe’s Billiards site, dubbed Tenley
View, which includes just one onsite parking space for its 60 units.)
Bender said he does support the
idea of redeveloping the Safeway.
“I believe this site, almost on
Wisconsin Avenue, on top of a
supermarket, and near Metro, is a
good one for mixed-use develop-
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Current
Davis Kennedy/Publisher & Editor
Chris Kain/Managing Editor
Don’t shut down D.C.
As the country awaits news on whether the U.S. government’s two-weekold shutdown is near its end, federal workers who live in D.C. are facing
impacts on multiple fronts. And all D.C. residents could be affected if the
closure lasts much longer.
That’s because while city leaders have tapped emergency funds to keep
our local government running, the money is running out, meaning an extended federal shutdown could halt many District governmental operations.
It seems likely that won’t happen: As we went to press, negotiations to
jump-start the government were moving forward. But if they do sputter, we
hope President Barack Obama and the Senate Democrats will back pending
legislation to free the District budget from federal oversight.
The GOP-led House of Representatives has passed a scattershot of bills
that would each fund a certain segment of the government — the National
Institutes of Health, but not the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
the national parks, but not the national forests. Their goal seems to be to
fund popular — or at least noticed — portions of federal operations in order
to reduce pressure to end the overall shutdown. And thankfully the District
government has been included in that list.
The Democratic-run Senate and President Barack Obama have blocked
this divide-and-conquer approach, saying the government must be reopened
in its entirety. And we understand that logic. But we have to question the
leaders’ opposition tactic when it comes to our city. D.C. isn’t an agency. So
there’s no real justification to tying the city’s ability to spend locally raised
funds to federal infighting. And doing so has had real consequences.
Payments have already been delayed to Metro and health-care providers.
If the backup money runs dry, D.C. will miss a regular payment to its 60
charter schools, which have varying amounts of cash on hand to sustain
operations. And it’s unclear what will happen to city services.
Plus, local leaders have been agitating to release D.C.’s budget from federal oversight for ages, with the GOP usually blocking the way. Now that the
Republicans are standing down, let’s take the chance to right this longstanding wrong. We don’t think Democrats would lose face by allowing the District a little self-government — a goal they’ve long professed to support. It
might even make it a bit more difficult for Republicans to oppose D.C.
autonomy in the future.
Making the grade
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School teacher Katie Bunger says she’s inspired
by her students’ drive.
“They push themselves to work harder, think more deeply, and surpass
expectations,” said Ms. Bunger, who teaches English humanities at the prekindergarten-to-eighth-grade school. “Having these relationships pushes me
as a teacher in the exact same way.”
It’s been a successful approach: Ms. Bunger recently won a Rubenstein
Award from D.C. Public Schools for her success in the classroom.
Another winner was Kathleen Sheehy, an instructional coach at HydeAddison Elementary who works with teachers to improve their efforts and
help them develop curricula and lessons.
“Having a colleague whose job is to both support teachers and help them
grow as professionals is so vital to making sure that every classroom has an
exceptional teacher,” she said.
To qualify for the Rubenstein Awards, teachers and other school staff
must be rated “highly effective” on the school system’s IMPACT evaluation
system; a central office panel then selects winners of the $5,000 award.
In Northwest, Ms. Sheehy and Ms. Bunger were joined in the winners’
circle by Lulla Abraham, a third-grade math teacher at Tubman Elementary
School; Myrilyn A. Barr, technology teacher, Stoddert Elementary School;
Anita Berger, principal, Benjamin Banneker Academic High School; Christopher Best Sr., custodial foreman, Columbia Heights Education Campus;
Janeece Docal, principal, Powell Elementary School; Malaika Golden, assistant principal, Brightwood Education Campus; Deyon M. Johnson, adult
basic skills and English language arts teacher, Roosevelt STAY High School;
Amador Jomuad, secondary math teacher, Benjamin Banneker Academic
High School; Kalpana Kumar Sharma, pre-kindergarten teacher, Brightwood
Education Campus; Belinda Omenitsch, Read 180 teacher, Truesdell Education Campus; and Kathleen Sheehy, instructional coach, Hyde-Addison Elementary School.
We’d like to congratulate all of the Rubenstein winners – as well as all
the teachers who were rated highly effective and will be honored Nov. 4 during the Standing Ovation for DC Teachers event at the Kennedy Center.
The campaign across the river …
W
e spent Monday riding deep into Northern
Virginia to take a look at the intense governor’s race now underway. Well, my
NBC4 cameraman drove down I-95 as far as Prince
William County, which is pretty far to me.
The Notebook was taken by a startling story in
The Washington Post that prominent Republicans
were openly critical of GOP nominee Ken Cuccinelli
and his race for governor.
We caught up with
Prince William County
Executive Corey Stewart, a conservative
Republican. “I wish I
could be more hopeful
than I am right now, but
right now it just does not look good for our party
going into November.”
Admittedly Stewart had wanted to be lieutenant
governor, but the state GOP lurched further right with
nominee E.W. Jackson. But Stewart is not engaging
in sour grapes — he’s hearing the footsteps on the
ground.
“Ken’s message is muddled. I think he needs to be
singularly focused on the economy and jobs,” Stewart said.
Former seven-term Republican congressman Tom
Davis of Fairfax is equally worried about his party
losing in November. “The shutdown is certainly not
helping Republicans in Northern Virginia right now,”
he told us.
But Davis says it’s more than that. He said the
Republican Party over the past 10 years has shifted
right while the demographics of Virginia have
changed. He said Northern Virginia voters — who
make up a third of the state vote — “are more like
New Jersey than the rest of Virginia.”
Davis said the party needs to build coalitions that
appeal to the vast majority of moderate conservative
Virginians. “Our comments are a warning shot” to
Cuccinelli and the party, Davis said.
Cuccinelli’s campaign told The Post it wasn’t
uncommon for such intraparty sniping. “It ain’t over
yet,” the spokesperson said. “We won’t concede, and
shame on those who do.”
■ Shutdown tales No. 1. My longtime friend Mark
James is about as dyed-in-the-wool a Democrat as
you can get. But from his home north of Atlanta,
James is distressed by the polling plunge of Republicans and tea party advocates.
“I should be thrilled … but I’m not happy. The
strength of this republic is based on a healthy, twoparty system,” Mark wrote in an email this week.
“Will Republicans of conscience have the courage to
take back their party? If they don’t, their party will
self-destruct and the nation will suffer.”
■ Shutdown tales No. 2. As national leaders lurch
toward a solution, maybe they need a little deep
breathing and yoga. They could learn a lot from the
first-of-its-kind exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Sackler
Gallery.
“Yoga: The Art of Transformation” will open just
as the shutdown ends. See it when the Sackler can
open its doors and the public is allowed. It’s an
extraordinary exhibit of rare masterpieces and a
review of 2,000 years of
yoga history. Expect to
be surprised.
■ Shutdown tales No.
3. Mayor Vincent Gray
was having city crews
pick up trash on National Park Service lands like Dupont Circle and Logan
Circle. Sherri Kimble, who handles constituent services for Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans, says
there’s a whole group of local residents and businesses who are also are pitching in to pick up trash.
“Thought you’d want to know what truly great
citizens we have here,” she wrote us, “who care
about their neighborhoods!”
■ New cab colors coming. We visited a cab dispatch
garage last Friday to see some newly painted D.C.
cabs coming out of the paint parlor. City rules require
all new cabs to have the same two-tone color
scheme. Any older, repainted cabs must do the same.
Some are on the street now. In a couple of years, all
5,000 or more city cabs will look the same, just like
New York.
Except here in the District, the colors are red and
gray. But more specifically, the colors are “Geranium
Red” and “Pantone Grey Warm #2” — the same
ones used on the Circulator buses. We’ll see if the
new colors warm up some of the grumpier cabbies.
The city is going for a uniform feel so everyone
will know what a taxi is in the District. Half of the
city’s 20 million annual cab rides are taken by out-oftowners.
■ New fines … but? As of Oct. 1, some moving
violations in the District wound up with different fine
amounts. Speeding from 16 to 20 mph over the limit
will rise from $100 to $150. But failure to come to a
complete stop before turning on red will drop from
$100 to $50.
But there’s a minor catch we’re still exploring. We
received a detailed email from a resident who said he
had searched the city’s driving manual and there is
no requirement to come to a “full stop.” He said the
only references he can find require a motorist to
“slow down to a reasonable turning speed but do so
gradually.” Again, we’re still checking this.
Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.
TOM SHERWOOD’s
Notebook
Letters to
the Editor
Gray right to fight to
challenge Congress
Mayor Vincent Gray surely
made District residents proud
when he challenged congressional leaders on the steps of the
U.S. Capitol to exempt this city
from the federal shutdown and
allow it to spend its own money
on District operations. He also
stood tall earlier when he
declared all District government
employees “essential” to keep
them working at the vital task of
running this city.
We at the D.C. Tenants’ Advocacy Coalition say kudos to him
for that kind of vision and courage. The mayor’s actions have
advanced political empowerment
in a city that has far too little. In
short, he struck a blow for freedom for us all, especially tenants,
who comprise the bulk of District
residents.
Let us not forget the hardships the federal government
shutdown has created for the
whole country. As the epicenter
of the entire federal government
establishment, however, the District bears special burdens and
consequences. As a huge nexus
of federal employment, federal
agency headquarters, tourism and
diplomacy, the District is already
sustaining a major blow in any
federal government shutdown.
In addition to suffering cutbacks in federal programs affecting health, welfare, law enforcement, public safety, financial services, parks, museums, monuments, visas/passports and services to veterans, among many oth-
ers, the District of Columbia is
especially vulnerable.
When thousands of federal
employees residing in the District
are furloughed and suffer
deferred paychecks, the city takes
a huge economic hit. When thousands of others — veterans, the
poor and the disabled — sustain
a break in entitlements, hardships
increase and multiply greatly.
The 1995 and 1996 federal shutdowns cost the District almost
$60 million in uncollected revenue, tourism losses, cancellations
and lost business.
For all of these reasons, we
urge residents of the District, the
metropolitan area and all across
the country to complain to congressional Republicans, the
authors of this disaster.
Jim McGrath
Chair,
D.C. Tenants’ Advocacy Coalition
The Current
Answers due on needed Canal Road signal
VIEWPOINT
howard bray
A
fter more than a decade this question nags for
an answer: Why is the planned and funded
pedestrian signal at Canal and Reservoir roads
still nowhere in sight?
Long before now, walkers, cyclists and strollerpushers justifiably expected to have the essential protection from fast, heavy traffic on Canal Road near
Fletcher’s Cove and the C&O Canal.
In November 2009, Ward 3 D.C. Council member
Mary Cheh wrote to me that D.C. Department of Transportation officials had assured her that “the design for
the signals and traffic markings the intersection is in
process.” She added: “The design is expected to be
completed by late summer or early fall of next year,”
with construction on this “extremely dangerous” intersection expected soon thereafter.
The case for the lifeguard signals stemmed from the
D.C. Department of Transportation’s Palisades Traffic
Impact Study seven years before Cheh’s letter. Citing
speeding violations and other problems, the 2002 study
concluded the proposed system of signals and related
measures would improve safety and help reduce speeds
on Canal Road without impeding traffic flow.
Reinforcing the assurances Cheh received, a D.C.
transportation official announced at a public meeting
that the project had received Federal Highway Administration funds. Moreover, the Transportation Department awarded a construction contract for a number of
traffic signals, including the one on Canal Road.
With that seeming headway, it appeared to community organizations — which had championed the safety
Letters to
the Editor
Evans wrong on plan
for Whitehurst area
I recently received a letter from
Jack Evans, the Ward 2 D.C. Council member, asking for contributions
to his quixotic campaign for mayor.
In his letter, Mr. Evans states that it
is his “intention to redevelop the
Whitehurst Freeway so that the
Waterfront and K Street can be as
vibrant as M Street.” His choice of
the words “redevelop” and
“vibrant” caught my attention. It is
obvious that his real interest is in
tearing down the Whitehurst Freeway. Like Captain Ahab, Evans has
made the demolition of the Whitehurst Freeway his own Moby Dick.
Much like the feigned shock
expressed by Captain Renaud in
“Casablanca” when he discovered
that gambling was occurring in
Rick’s Café, I was equally shocked
when a $500,000 study commissioned by Evans recommended the
demolition of the Whitehurst Freeway despite strong opposition from
local community groups. Evans
himself admitted that “no one
knows what will happen to the traffic” should the Whitehurst be
removed.
It took more than 30 years to
build the Georgetown Waterfront
effort — that their goal was near. But it eventually
became clear the project was off track.
At a May 2012 meeting, two advisory neighborhood
commissioners pressed James M. Cheeks Jr., head of
traffic safety standards for the transportation agency, for
an explanation. They were told the Transportation
Department’s designs for the signal system were under
review by the National Park Service, which controls the
land around the site, though not the road. “Give us two
months,” they were told.
Frustrated by the continued delay, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D last December unanimously
petitioned Mayor Vincent Gray, Council member Cheh
and other elected officials for help, without success.
Meanwhile, the crossing may have grown even
more hazardous. Speed limits on Canal Road have been
raised to 40 mph. A veteran D.C. traffic officer says
many drivers far exceed that speed.
Now a new twist appears in this bureaucratic maze.
The Transportation Department is launching a new
study of the entire length of Canal Road, according to a
senior official who spoke to me without agency authority. He said it’s unclear whether the study will further
stymie the pedestrian safety system. And the National
Park Service hasn’t responded to the D.C. department’s
designs.
On Aug. 8, Council member Cheh said she would
arrange for officials from both agencies to meet at the
intersection and explain the project’s gridlock.
Cheh — who chairs the D.C. Council committee
that oversees the city’s Transportation Department — is
scheduled to meet with the Palisades Citizens Association on Nov. 5. She should be ready to fully answer that
nagging question.
Howard Bray is a Foxhall Village resident.
Park, which is one of this city’s
jewels. Now Mr. Evans would like
to “redevelop” K Street so that the
approximately 45,000 cars a day
that use the Whitehurst Freeway
will make K Street as congested,
noisy, polluted and “vibrant” as M
Street.
Great idea.
Charles Pinck
Georgetown
Agency has misled on
impact of bike lanes
The D.C. Department of Transportation has justified reconfiguring
New Mexico Avenue to install two
bike lanes by saying that no travel
or parking lanes will be eliminated,
based on comments from the agency’s associate director Sam Zimbabwe reported in The Current [“New
Mexico bike lanes due this week,”
Oct. 9].
Residents have met with Mr.
Zimbabwe on several occasions and
pointed out that he is simply not
correct: Based on the agency’s own
designs and chalk markings, the
reconfiguration of New Mexico
Avenue will eliminate a southbound
travel lane in the commercial corridor of New Mexico Avenue
between Newark and Lowell
streets, exacerbating existing congestion, especially during peak periods. Residents have even provided
photos to show the current two-lane
southbound traffic patterns on New
Mexico Avenue — traffic patterns
that have been in place for more
than 35 years.
Yet the Oct. 9 article shows that
Mr. Zimbabwe continues to mislead
the public and ignore the reality on
the ground. Are city officials choosing to stay misinformed? When
does the “misinformation” actually
become an outright lie to rationalize
moving forward with a policy decision that most residents of the community oppose? However it is
labeled, the persistent denials of the
facts on the ground show nothing
but contempt for the views of the
residents of the community.
With the support of Ward 3 D.C.
Council member Mary Cheh, who
chairs the committee that oversees
the Transportation Department,
New Mexico Avenue will become a
live experiment that many residents
fear will create new safety concerns
for pedestrians, bicyclists and
motorists, and also increase cutthrough traffic along drop-off points
for Mann Elementary students.
With oversight like this, no wonder
the city agency feels it can create its
own set of facts with no accountability to city taxpayers. Taxpayers
have a right to expect that city
agencies make informed decisions
based on data and analysis, instead
of becoming human guinea pigs.
Tom Smith
Spring Valley
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including Dupont Circle, where the
neighborhood commission last
Wednesday voted overwhelmingly
to oppose the Elections Board proposal because it would move some
residents’ polling places much farther from their homes.
“We knew that when we made
the proposal there was going to be
some pushback and in some cases
rightfully so,” Clifford Tatum, executive director of the Elections Board,
said at the Dupont meeting. “I’ve
heard everything from ‘great idea’ to
‘worst idea.’”
All single-member districts
include roughly 2,000 residents, but
some span large geographic areas or
are shaped irregularly to make the
math work. For instance, some voters in Dupont’s 2B06 district would
need to travel a mile to vote at the
Charles Sumner School at 17th and
M streets — despite living next door
to another polling place, the FrancisStevens school building at 25th and
N streets.
“Isn’t that somehow counterproductive as hell to try to get those
people to vote?” said Mike Silverstein, the 2B06 commissioner,
whose Florida-shaped district
includes swaths of parkland and
office buildings. “Isn’t the whole
point of an election to make it easy
and convenient?”
Tatum defended the proposal.
“It’s not that it’s making it inconvenient, but it’s creating more of a
consistent process so we don’t have
unwieldy ballot distribution, higher
ballot cost and administrative burden,” he said. He added that residents could also choose to go to an
early-voting center or use an absentee ballot.
Tatum said the current precinct
system has grown too complicated
for many poll workers and even
electronic voting machines. In the
last election, he said, machines
couldn’t be programmed to accept
every variation of the ballot.
Dupont commissioner Leo
Dwyer questioned how difficult it is
to handle different ballot styles.
“The issue is that people can’t handle nine pieces of paper?” he asked.
“Our process is as good as the
people who are working for us at the
polling places,” Tatum replied. “So
when I can simplify the process, I’m
going to simplify the process. If we
can, we’ll acquire and train betterquality workers than we’ve had in
the past, but at this point we’re
working with what we have.”
The change would also likely
halve the Elections Board’s ballotprinting costs — which exceeded
$160,000 in the last election — and
yield further savings elsewhere.
Several other neighborhood
commissions have been or will soon
be weighing the precinct proposal.
The Glover Park/Cathedral Heights
commission last Thursday voted
unanimously to support the changes,
which will mean two voting sites in
the Glover Park neighborhood. “It
would reduce lines and have everybody voting in a more cohesive
way,” commission chair Brian
Cohen said at the meeting.
The Glover Park commission
also called upon the Elections Board
to educate residents whose polling
place would change. Responding to
a similar concern at the Dupont
meeting, Tatum said locations vary
regularly based on sites’ availability
anyway.
The Elections Board proposal is
at tinyurl.com/precincts-dc, with the
list of proposed polling places beginning on page 14. The board is taking
comments through Oct. 30 at [email protected], and it will hold
public hearings at 10 a.m. Oct. 18
and 6 p.m. Oct. 24 at One Judiciary
Square, 441 4th St. NW.
If the board adopts the plan at its
scheduled Oct. 31 meeting, the
changes would then go before the
D.C. Council for further public
review and votes. The board hopes
to have the changes in place in time
for the April 1, 2014, primary.
Staff writer Graham Vyse contributed to this report.
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Cadets dismantle Falcons
in WCAC gridiron battle
By BRIAN KAPUR
With three minutes to go against
Good Counsel Friday night, St.
John’s wasn’t worried about the outcome. The Cadets had the game well
in hand, and several players started
to gather around
the Gatorade jug
on the sideline.
Moments later,
after the final
seconds
had
ticked off the
clock, the players dumped the
icy water on
coach Joe Patterson.
That tradition is usually
reserved
for
championships,
but the milestone of toppling
Good
Counsel 31-6 warranted the cold
shower. St. John’s hadn’t beaten the
Falcons — the defending Washington Catholic Athletic Conference
champions — since 2007. They
ended that drought during a chilly
rainstorm in Olney, Md.
“It’s been a while since we were
able to beat these guys,” said Patterson, who didn’t mind the celebratory
deluge. “We’ve been on the bad end
of it for several years against them. It
was certainly a momentum builder.”
The win boosted St. John’s into
the No. 3 seed in the WCAC with
three games to
play.
“ S e e d
doesn’t really
matter,” said
senior quarterback
Will
Ulmer.
“It’s
about
who
comes and wins.
Whatever seed
we’re at, we will
be fine with it
and just come
out and execute.”
Ulmer led
the Cadets with
116
rushing
yards, 52 passing yards and a touchdown run Friday, while junior running back Omar Garcia had 101
yards on the ground and two scores.
The Cadets also had solid production from senior quarterback Billy
McCaffery, who saw action in sev-
Brian Kapur/The Current
Cadets head coach Joe Patterson, above left, enjoyed an icy Gatorade shower after St. John’s beat Good
Counsel for the first time in six years Friday night. The team got a big boost from a 15-yard score from
Scotty Washington, far left, in the 31-6 rout.
eral personnel packages. He had 45
passing yards and a touchdown
pass.
The Cadets jumped on the Falcons on the first drive of the game
when Ulmer ripped off a 47-yard run
to put St. John’s in scoring position.
Then Garcia plunged into the end
zone from a yard out to put the
Cadets up 7-0.
The Falcons answered with a
touchdown drive of their own, but
they missed the extra point, which
kept St. John’s ahead 7-6. It would
be Good Counsel’s only score of the
game.
Later in the first quarter St. John’s
kept the strong play going when
senior kicker Joe Giglio booted
through a 47-yard field goal —
despite the wet conditions — to give
the Cadets a boost of energy.
“It was huge,” said Ulmer. “It
See Football/Page 12
Sidwell volleyball rallies past Maret in five-set thriller
By BRIAN KAPUR
Brian Kapur/The Current
Sidwell came back from a 2-0 set deficit
to stun the Frogs at Maret last
Wednesday evening.
Though Maret’s volleyball team won the
first two sets of the match against Sidwell last
Wednesday, the Quakers went on to take the
final three games. The game-ending play came
from Sidwell junior middle Nicole Profit, who
made a thunderous kill to help her team come
from behind for the 3-2 win.
For Quakers interim head coach Janee
Hayes, the victory was about the team’s mental
toughness.
“I don’t want to take full credit for that
because these girls have put their total time and
effort into volleyball, between club and summer camps,” said Hayes. “With confidence
comes resiliency, because you know technically you can get yourself back in order to
execute a play. If it all goes awry, you can
always go back to fundamentals, and fundamentals can bring you some sort of success.”
Sidwell is now 9-1 in Independent School
League games, tied with Stone Ridge at the top
of the lower division.
After the Quakers dropped the first two
games of the match with scores of 25-22 and
25-21, Hayes encouraged her team to start
playing up to their abilities.
“I told them that they’re better than that,”
said Hayes. “That wasn’t Sidwell volleyball,
and it wasn’t the way we were practicing. In
the early part they were just out there as six
separate entities, looking like they hadn’t put
the amount of time and effort into volleyball
that they have.”
The Quakers responded by winning the
next two sets 25-18 and 25-18 to force a pivotal fifth set. In the final, Sidwell raced out to
a 14-12 lead and needed one more point to end
the match.
Hayes took a timeout to refocus her team,
telling them to just get the serve in. “I have
confidence that if we get the serve in that we
can defend any team,” she said.
Profit did the rest with her monster kill. But
it was just one of many big plays the junior
made during the game. In total, she had eight
kills, four aces and 11 digs to go with eight
blocks.
“Nicole is big for us. She has the talent, but
she just needs a nasty streak in her,” said
Hayes. “She would clearly dominate everybody that she goes against. Even though she
isn’t nasty, she’s still effective and intimidating.”
Outside hitter Joelle Jackson also had a big
night with a team-high nine kills; senior outside hitter Kyndall Ashe added eight kills. The
offense was led by senior setter Maryann
Webb’s 27 assists.
For Maret, there was a moral victory in the
defeat to the Quakers.
“We had much better chemistry,” said
Frogs coach Liz Hall, who also serves as the
school’s athletics director. “We’re young. I’ve
got a number of freshmen and sophomores on
the floor, and it takes a while to get them going.
This was by far the best they’ve played. I think
it was just a few little plays. That was really the
difference.”
Maret’s offense showed promise through
sophomore setter Louisa Greenburg, who used
crisp passes to help the team build a 2-0 set
advantage. “She has really stepped up,” said
Hall. “This was without question the best she’s
played.”
Freshman hitter Evelyn Gray also established herself as a big threat with eight kills.
“She’s done great. She knows the game well,”
Hall said of the first-year player.
The team also had junior outside hitter Ally
Carr cranking the ball on the other side; she
finished with seven kills. “She just started
playing left side. She has done really well,”
Hall said.
For Hall and the Frogs, this season is about
development and preparation for the postseason.
“I’m looking for steady improvement,”
said the coach. “They’re a great group of kids
and working hard. The tournament will be a
good run for us.”
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School Without Walls’ boys lacrosse team was named
one of 75 First Stick grant recipients on Oct. 8, winning
equipment for the next two years.
According to the US Lacrosse website, the goals of
the grants are to help developing high school teams,
provide equipment and, most importantly, “create selfsustaining lacrosse programs that operate under US
Lacrosse national standards and best practices.”
For lacrosse, expensive equipment is often a barrier.
This grant will provide Walls with full gear for 24 field
players and a goalie.
“It is a very competitive process as over 160 organizations from across the country applied for it,” Walls
coach Mike Collins wrote in an email. “While there are
numerous benefits to winning this grant, the main one is
that US Lacrosse will provide equipment funding for the
next two seasons so the Walls boys can play with top of
the line new equipment.”
The grant gives an added boost to Walls’ lacrosse
program, which played its inaugural season under Collins last spring with 24 athletes. Collins, who played
lacrosse at Kenyon College from 1995 to 1998, also
volunteers at WINNERS Lacrosse, a group that uses the
sport to teach life lessons to underserved D.C. youth. He
also worked as an assistant coach for the men’s club
team at American University.
To obtain the award, Walls had to demonstrate finan-
Current file photo
The First Stick grant gives Walls’ lacrosse program
equipment for its players and two years of support.
cial need and confirm it had a legitimate, growing high
school program.
“We congratulate each of these recipients because
they emerged from a very competitive application process as excellent candidates for the First Stick Awards,”
Wendell Lee, director of programs at US Lacrosse, the
national governing body of lacrosse, said in a news
release. “We look forward to partnering with these teams
over the next two years to help them emerge as selfsustaining, model programs committed to our organization’s best practices.”
FOOTBALL: Gonzaga, Sidwell win; St. Albans falls
From Page 11
ed.”
was a long field goal, and it changed
the momentum of the game.”
The Cadets kept the energy going
when McCaffery found wideout
Scotty Washington on a swing pass
for a 15-yard score to balloon the
lead to 17-6 by halftime.
After the break, the St. John’s
defense clamped down and stifled
Good Counsel’s offense while picking up four quarterback sacks and an
interception by senior defensive
back Omar Truitt.
“The defensive line is always
looking for a pass rush,” said junior
linebacker Eric Assoua. “We’ve
stepped up on the line and got pressure. The defensive backs got interceptions that we needed to get, and
the offense took the ball and scored.
We did what we needed to do.”
St. John’s then put the game out
of reach with a pair of long drives
capped off by a six-yard touchdown
run by Garcia and a quarterback
sneak by Ulmer for a score.
“This was the first time beating
Good Counsel in six years,” said
Garcia. “We just came out with a
chip on our shoulder with a plan to
beat them outright physically and
mentally. We came out and execut-
Gonzaga shuts out Knights
Scores
Boys soccer
Maret 0, Sidwell 0
Georgetown Prep 3,
St. Albans 1
Good Counsel 2, St. John’s 0
Potomac School 1, GDS 1
WIS 4, Field 1
The Eagles, who lost starting
junior quarterback Nick Johns for at
least the remainder of the regular
season to a broken collarbone last
week, were nevertheless able to spoil
Bishop O’Connell’s homecoming
with a dominant 31-0 victory Saturday afternoon.
“The key was the offensive line,”
said junior running back Reggie
Corbin. “The whole week we stayed
basic and got back to the details.”
Gonzaga used a committee of
quarterbacks — including senior
James Orfini and sophomore Matthew Mulligan — to fill in for Johns
and centered its game plan around a
potent rushing attack.
On the third play from scrimmage Gonzaga used a wildcat formation, with Corbin instead of a
quarterback taking the snap. Corbin
kept the ball and broke loose for a
56-yard touchdown run to put the
Eagles up 7-0.
After two interceptions by senior
defensive back Miles Taylor, Orfini
hit junior tight end Nick Skalka with
a pass to put Gonzaga in the red
zone. Senior running back Robbie
Walker did the rest with an eight-
WIS 3, St. Anselm’s 2
Maret 1, St. Andrew’s 0
St. Albans 2, Episcopal 0
Flint Hill 3, GDS 1
Gonzaga 2, O’Connell 2
DeMatha 4, St. John’s 0
Girls soccer
GDS 1, Sidwell 0
Visitation 4, Maret 2
Good Counsel 3, St. John’s 0
Cathedral 3, Bullis 3
Arundel 6, Wilson 1
Wilson 8, Walls 1
Volleyball
GDS 3, Visitation 2
Maret 3, St. Andrew’s 2
Flint Hill 3, Cathedral 0
Wilson 2, Coolidge 0
yard scamper for a touchdown.
The Knights countered by driving the ball into scoring position, but
the Eagles’ defense held on a fourth
down to preserve the shutout. The
Knights never threatened again.
“We feel like we have a really
solid defense this year,” said Gonzaga coach Aaron Brady. “They’re
playing together.”
After the break, the Eagles put
the game out of reach when Corbin
scored on a 12-yard scamper to push
the lead to 21-0.
Sidwell wins ‘Friends’ battle
Sidwell Friends traveled to Baltimore and took down that city’s
Friends school 58-37 Saturday afternoon.
The Quakers jumped out to a big
22-0 lead in the first quarter and used
the early surge to roll to their third
win of the season.
The offense was led by sophomore quarterback Ted Hefter, who
had 164 yards and four touchdown
strikes. His go-to guy was senior
wideout Diamente Holloway, who
had three scores and 74 yards on
three catches. The ground attack was
led by sophomore running back Terrance Horne, who had 147 yards and
two touchdowns.
Cathedral 3,
French International 0
Visitation 3, Stone Ridge 0
Wilson 2, Cardozo 0
Sidwell 3, Maret 2
Maret 3, Wilson 0
Sidwell 3, Holy Child 0
St. John’s 3, St. Joseph 0
Field hockey
Sidwell 2, St. James 1
Potomac School 6, Walls 0
Potomac School 1, St. John’s 0
Bullis 2, Cathedral 0
Football
Wilson 28, Ballou 6
Roosevelt 14, Cardozo 0
Potomac School 38, Maret 14
Episcopal 38, St. Albans 28
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Spotlight on Schools
Aidan Montessori’s upper elementary class recently came back
from Echo Hill Outdoor School.
Every day a bell would ring for
breakfast, lunch and dinner. After
each amazing meal we would put
our wasted food in a bucket called
“S.L.O.P.” (stuff left on plate). The
counselors would make a skit for us
to show the students how much
work goes into producing food and
why it’s bad to be wasteful with
food.
After the skit the counselors
would pick a child to weigh the
S.L.O.P. On a wall there was a
small white board that would say
how much the S.L.O.P. weighed.
We tried to make it weigh less and
less each day.
Ever since we came back from
Echo Hill, we have started weighing our S.L.O.P. every day after we
come in from recess! Now that we
pay attention to it we are doing really well with not wasting our food.
— Alexandra Bullock, sixth-grader
British School
of Washington
Year 4 St Louis students have
been working on our International
Primary Curriculum topic of Active
Earth. We have been looking at volcanoes. In literacy, we learnt a
poem about a volcano. We made up
actions and used a picture map to
help us memorize it by heart. Miss
Dempster then filmed us performing it and we sent it to her old
school in England called Whitehill
Junior School in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. They are our new E-Pals.
Then we innovated the poem we
learnt and made it our own. We
made a picture map to help us with
the poem we made. Recently, we
have been writing our own poem
from scratch, using all of the ideas
(magpies!) we have come across so
far. We’ve also been making sculptures for volcanoes out of clay and
thinking of how to make them
“mastering level.” They are cross
sections that show all the parts of a
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volcano, like the conduit pipe,
magma chamber, ash cloud and parasitic cone.
— Ellie Guha and Lucas Sullivan,
Year 4 St Louis (third-graders)
Deal Middle School
Starting this year, Deal has a
new non-curricular program that
can go on any sort of relevant application. These are some of the courses selected by administrators.
“Forensic Science,” taught by
Kathy Giron, covers the linking of
people, places and things involved
in criminal activity. The course culminates in a full-scale crime scene
analysis project.
“Journalism,” taught by Evan
Klauber, teaches students how to be
a journalist and analyze journalistic
pieces, as well as the importance of
journalism in a democracy.
“Storytelling Through Video
Games,” taught by Malcolm Eckel,
focuses on the examination and
analysis of this increasingly popular
form of media. Though focusing on
video games, the course is of difficulty equal to the majority of middle school English classes.
“Mapmaking,” taught by
Michael Martini, is a course on how
to create interactive maps online.
“Nature Around the World,”
taught by Cecilia D’Antonio, focuses on biomes and culminates in the
creation of an eco-travel website.
“Traveling Our Nation’s Past,”
taught by Amy Trenkle, is essentially a U.S. history course, but it is
done in a much more technologically engaged way than the course that
is part of the Deal curriculum.
I have taken Mr. Eckel’s video
games course, which was phenomenal. The understanding of all forms
of media is extremely important.
— Isaac Rosenblum-Sellers,
eighth-grader
elections last spring so that we
could get going at the start of
school. Fourth-grader officers are
Ava Koerner, treasurer; Maddie
Epstein, creative director; and
Lukas Borja, parliamentarian. Fifthgrader officers are Tyus Westbrook,
secretary; Jack Wallis, vice president; and Matthew O’Toole, president.
This year we are starting a peer
mediation program, which will
focus on teaching kids to solve their
conflicts without an adult. Student
council representatives are being
taught strategies for problem-solving by our school social worker.
We are also working on fundraising with bake sales, and we
have a new Eaton school piggy
bank by the main office. Parents
and students can stop by and put
spare change in the piggy bank.
Being a member of the student
council is a privilege and also a big
responsibility because the teachers
trust us to do things correctly and to
set a good example.
— Matthew O’Toole, Jack Wallis
and Tyus Westbrook, fifth-graders
Last Wednesday and Thursday,
middle school students met with
their upper school buddies, who
help the younger students adjust to
Field. Middle school students have
many opportunities to talk with
their mentors and participate in lots
of activities with them. On Wednesday the seventh-graders met with
their 11th-grade buddies to play a
game. On Thursday, sixth-graders
met with their 10th-grade buddies
and did the same thing as seventhgraders. Our buddies played a
sound and we had to try to guess
the movie or show it was from.
— Kameron Poole and
Sam Sallick, seventh-graders
Georgetown Day School
A recent submission to The Current’s Letters to the Editor section
disagreed with Georgetown Day
School’s usage of the term “powderpuff” when describing our annual schoolwide flag-football tournament for girls. Many high school
students responded with uproar and
a chorus of disapproval when this
faultfinding letter described our
school as “from another era.”
Georgetown Day is unarguably
one of the most progressive institutions in the region. Through mandatory equity and justice seminars,
special speakers and the education
itself, all students understand and
are aware of the pejorative nature of
certain terms. However, the usage
of the term “powderpuff” in no way
represents that Georgetown Day
endorses its negative connotations.
In actuality, Georgetown Day uses
See Dispatches/Page 14
The Field School
Field’s winter internship program is a unique opportunity. For
two weeks in early February, students are off campus either helping
at a company or other organization
or going on a trip. You have to find
your own internship just like in college. Carrie Johnson, the director of
the internship program, said there is
a lot of opportunity to learn and
have fun as part of the internship. A
lot of younger students work at their
old schools, while some high
schoolers get to do more, like travel
across the ocean for internships in
Europe and other places.
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— Carlton Marshall II, 12th-grader
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cups. Using different methods to
figure our problem out, we discovered that each cup ended up with
four Skittles. The method that was
most common was to put one Skittle in each of the nine cups until
they were all used up!
We found the Skittles very helpful in learning how to divide. They
were a great grouping tool! We look
forward to using more food for our
math lessons in the future. Maybe
next time we will use grapes!
— Miss Monaghan’s
third-grade class
Hearst Elementary
We learned to divide Skittles
into equal groups to learn division.
First, we were given a problem
that told us to divide 36 pencils
evenly among nine students. We
were then asked how many pencils
each student would receive. We
were given nine cups to represent
the nine students and 36 Skittles to
represent the 36 pencils. We then
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the term “powderpuff flag-football”
in a positive sense, as the event
strengthens our camaraderie.
Perhaps unbeknownst to our critic, Georgetown Day does not field
an interscholastic football team.
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are devoid of an equal opportunity
to participate. Additionally, Georgetown Day allows girls to play traditionally “boys” sports interscholasti-
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Maret School
Last week, Maret’s fourth grade
went on an overnight camping trip
to Lewes, Del. It was two nights
and three days filled with fun. We
slept in cabins. The purpose of the
trip was to collaborate and problemsolve as a group. We also wanted to
let our new students at Maret get to
know everyone well.
A naturalist and our science
teacher took us on a marsh walk.
We built sandcastles at the beach
and went seining in the bay. Seining
is where you drag a net through the
water and collect tiny fish and other
sea life. We collected the different
species to study in a baby pool and
released them back into the bay.
Through games and activities,
we learned the importance of listening to others and working together
as a team. A highlight of the trip
was playing flashlight tag. We got
to hide while the teachers tried to
identify us with their flashlights.
Wearing hoodies and switching
clothes allowed us to outsmart our
teachers. Students buzzed about the
fire with great excitement as they
roasted marshmallows to perfection.
Camp was a fabulous experience
that we will remember forever.
— Tara Zia and Rohit Barrett,
fourth-graders
Murch Elementary
Cross-country is a really fun way
to let out your energy. After school
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, our team gathers in the gym
or outside to practice. Then we do
some stretches, and we run one or
two miles. Sometimes, on Fridays,
our wonderful coaches provide
treats for us, usually if we had a
meet that week. When we have a
meet on Tuesdays, we don’t have
practice on Wednesdays, so we
have time to rest up and be more
than prepared for Friday.
This year, we have had two
cross-country meets. Our first meet,
the girls won. Our second meet, the
girls and the boys won. When we
have meets at 3:30, we usually have
to leave at 1, but since we already
knew the course, we left at 2. We
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and we carpool to the race site.
When we get there we take a group
picture and do some warm-ups.
Then, it is time to race!
— Anna Yarkin, fourth-grader
Our Lady of Victory School
In spite of the torrential rain Oct.
7 that forced the cancellation of an
all-school game of capture the flag,
we had a great celebration of the
Feast Day of Our Lady of Victory
(also known as Our Lady of the
Rosary).
Our school was founded in 1954
by Our Lady of Victory Catholic
Church, and every Oct. 7 we honor
Our Lady in a tribute to the power
of prayer. Our celebration included
both seriousness and fun. We
remembered Our Lady in our morning worship. We remembered the
history of the school, and how it has
grown to more than 200 students
today, from nursery to eighth grade.
Instead of capture the flag, the
eighth-graders set up a huge game
of musical chairs for everyone in
the auditorium. Perhaps best of all,
we ate homemade cake pops in our
school colors of blue and white,
made by our own Ms. Limarzi, the
middle school English teacher.
— Lilly Leibel, eighth-grader
St. Ann’s Academy
In the third grade, we have been
working really hard. In reading, we
have been reading and doing activities with the story “Charlotte’s
Web.” We even built a mini barnyard and made word webs using
yarn. In math, we are starting to
learn our multiplication facts. In science, we are learning about the food
groups and made our very own
food guide pyramid to take home.
In cursive, we are working on lowercase letters. In social studies, we
have been learning about rural, suburban and urban communities and
what makes them each unique.
We are also working on Halloween stories with our first-grade reading buddies and are brainstorming
ideas for another story about “Our
Greatest Adventure” in writing.
Finally, in religion, we have been
learning about the rosary and are
talking about how Jesus calls us to
follow Him. In a few weeks, we
will take our first field trip to Butler’s Orchard to the pumpkin patch.
— Krystian Odom, third-grader
St. Patrick’s Episcopal
Day School
Early in the morning of Oct. 2,
the fifth-graders began their journey
to Wilderness Adventure at Eagle
Landing in New Castle, Va. Over
three days, we did many teambuilding activities that were scary
but awesome. A few of our favorite
activities included ziplining, rock
climbing and canoeing.
Ziplining was quite the adventure. The zip line was 900 feet long
and is the third-longest in North
America! When we began to zip
through the air, we screamed or
were too frightened to scream. After
the first drop, our fears left our bodies and we felt exhilarated. Rock
climbing was really great. Once we
got to the top of the wall, we felt
proud that we had done it. We
enjoyed canoeing, too. Sometimes
our canoes got stuck in the rapids
and we had to get out and push. We
saw fish and minnows in the water.
We learned that even though a
physical, outdoor challenge might
seem terrifying at first, once you do
it, you feel happy and amazed that
you finished. Back at school, we are
writing reflections about our trip
and, as part of a social studies unit,
describing the geography there.
— Courtney Yockel, fifth-grader
School Without Walls
at Francis-Stevens
Last week there was a book fair
at my school. The fair was in the
library but then it was moved to our
new science lab. There were lots of
books. Most of the books were in
English but some were in Spanish,
French and Chinese. The library
assistant, Ms. Becker, helped us
make a list of the books we wanted.
Mommy bought books for me and
my brother on the first day of the
sale but not the ones I wanted. I
talked to Papi. He bought “Foggy
Goes to School,” “Corduroy” and
“Ballerina Swan.” They were on
my list.
Ms. Becker read a book to us
during our visit to the book fair. I
was sad when Mrs. Redlinger, our
teacher, picked us up and our visit
was over.
— Maya M. Hendricks,
kindergartner
School Without Walls
High School
At Walls, all seniors must complete a senior project in order to
graduate. The major components of
the senior project are a 15-page
research paper and a subsequent
product. Products can be anything
from teaching a cooking class to
building and designing a robot.
All seniors are enrolled in a
yearlong senior project class with a
faculty adviser who guides them
through the process. These classes,
which average about 15 students, let
students share ideas and learn from
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BETHESDA
$869,000
BRICK COLONIAL in prestigious Woodacres. 1-car
gar PKG + 4 OSPs. Sunny eat-in KIT w/connected
FR. LR w/wood-burning FP, sunrm or office, and
powder rm on main. 3 spacious BRs & 2 FBAs up.
LL au-pair/n-law ste w/FBA. Sep laundry & stor
rm. Deep backyard, spacious deck.
Mary Saltzman 202.363.1800
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BLOOMINGDALE, DC
$199K-380K
NINE UNIT condo bldg with 8 - 1BRs & 1 studio.
Courtyard views. 2-1BRs, have courtyard access.
Studio has priv entrance. All units incl xtra stor
cages on 1st level. Cafe coming. 1700 2nd St NW.
Vassiliki Economides 202.345.2429
Franciscos Economides 202.438.4900
202.944.8400 (O)
LEDROIT
$299,900 - $349,900
ARLINGTON / ROSSLYN
$1,250,000
STUNNING condo with double balconies &
views up the Potomac River above Gtown
U. Private elevator access. Shows like a
model home. In mint condition, true 2BR,
2.5BA w/front entry foyer, ample closet &
storage. Snider KIT w/gran countertops &
backsplash, + elegant master suite.
Nancy Itteilag
Foxhall Office
202-363-1800
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BROOKLAND
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$354,900
MOVE-IN READY 3BR w/den corner home w/big
windows all around w/recently updated fresh BAs.
Hardwood floors on main and upper levels, spacious
MBR, fully finished carpeted bsmnt & rear entry to
patio.
Maria Hardy-Cooper
202.302.2225 / 202.364.5200 (O)
SUNNY 2BR, 2BA apt with
large, southern windows. 9
ft ceilings & crown molding.
Open floor plan. Fireplace
in living room. Granite
countertops. Freshly painted
and
floors
refinished.
Boutique Building. Built in
1998. W/D in unit. 1 Block
to Whole Foods. Pet friendly
bldg. 1520 O St NW # 4.
Scott Polk
202.256.5460 /
202.944.8400 (O)
Roby Thompson
202.255.2986 /
202.483.6300 (O)
ADAMS MORGAN
$299,900
SMASHING 1 BR with updated KIT and BA,
HDWD flrs, High Ceilings, 4 closets - one
walk-in is just HUGE! 7 lovely windows
place you up in the trees, and incredible
roof deck views! This is a beautiful home
on the quiet side of exciting Adams
Morgan! Pet Friendly! Walk to 2 METROS!
Mitchell Story
202-270-4514
Woodley Park Office
202-483-6300
TITLE
CRESTWOOD
$1,039,000
STATELY 4BR, 3.5BA w/spacious modern gran/SS
KIT; sunroom; MSte w/huge WI closet, exquisite
bath w/unique soaking tub & custom all glass
shower. LR w/FP & French doors opening to deck
& priv, secluded yard. LL den w/FP, gleaming HW
flrs. Attached garage + much more!
Hattie Brown 202.210.6772 / 202.363.9700 (O)
LOGAN CIRCLE, WDC
$559,000
CHOOSE FROM 4 stunning
all new 1BR condos only 3
blocks to metro & U Street!
Open floor plans with
gourmet kitchens, warm
hardwood floors, low fees,
high ceilings, and custom
tiled baths!
16TH STREET HEIGHTS
$749,500
GORGEOUS
UPDATE!
Wrap-around
porch Victorian with 4 fin lvls, generous
room sizes, sep DR w/coffered ceiling.
Gourmet KIT with SS & granite Brkfst
Bar. 6BR, 4.5BA, 3rd flr MBR Suite w/
skylights, plus In-Law Suite w/full KIT.
CAC, Deck, Parking. Walk to cafés, dog
park, RC Park; under a mile to METRO!
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202-215-9242
Chevy Chase Office
202-363-9700
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BETHESDA
$1,420,000
GREAT VALUE in dtown Bethesda! 5BR
4.5BA open floor plan w/beautiful HW flrs.
Gourm KIT w/large island and table space.
MBR with balcony & spa bath. 3rd level
is huge loft w/skylight. LL in-law suite w/
kitchenette & walkout. Attached garage.
Nr Bethesda Metro, NIH, dining, shopping.
Ingrid Suisman / Tatjana Bajrami
Foxhall Office
202-363-1800
trendy U St neighborhood. Built in 2009,
this sunny unit offers HWF, flr to ceiling
windows, granite, SS applcs, large BA,
plenty of closet space. Happy hr at your
comm. patio w/sofas & umbrella table.
Stroll to the cafes and restaurants on 14th
or U St. Walk to Metro & low condo fees!!
Investors welcomed.
Adam Isaacson
301-775-0900
Chevy Chase Office
202-363-9700
CLEVELAND PARK
$210,000
DON’T MISS THIS ONE! The perfect studio
in the perfect location! You’ll fall in love
w/ all this charming studio has to offer:
Updated KIT w/ granite & stainless, HWF’s,
Tree top views, CA closets, extra storage,
low fee & so affordable! Walk-score 91!
John Mammano
571-331-8557
Woodley Park Office
202-483-6300
DUPONT / LOGAN
$319,900
BEAUTIFUL 6th flr 1BR condo w/southwest
exposure. Light-filled, new hrdwd floors,
remodeled BA, walk-thru closet and builtin closet shelving. Beautiful views up and
down Mass Avenue and of the Washington
Monument. Bldg has roof deck. All utilities
included and 24-hr concierge.
Chris Polhemus
Foxhall Office
202-363-1800
CLEVELAND PARK
$299,000
THE GREENBRIAR - Large, 784 SF,
bright 1BR just one block from American
University. Renovated Kitchen with granite
counters, updated bath, ample closets.
Roof deck with views of the National
Cathedral. One surface parking permit
included. Pets under 20 lbs welcome.
Joseph Priester
202-262-7372
Woodley Park Office
202-483-6300
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
$309,000
LIVE THE LIFE! The Solea - chic condo in
SHEPHERD PARK
and den, 2.5BA, wood burning frplc and
priv back terrace and garden. In the midst
of Gtown near shops, restaurants and the
charm of the city. Easy parking.
Beli Nasseri
Foxhall Office
202-363-1800
Updtd BA & KIT, wood floors, and an
abundance of light. All utilities included in
rent. Close to Gtown, restaurants & shops.
3900 Tunlaw Rd NW #410.
Mary Bresnahan
202-841-4343
Georgetown Office
202-944-8400
GEORGETOWN
$2,195,000
DASHING Colonial on R St in Gtown’s
fashionable East Village. Beautifully
decorated with a gracious flow for
entertaining. Each room is a visual
treat with crown moldings, millwork
and gleaming wooden flrs. 3BR, 3.5BA.
Elegant LL with FR, guest room with bath,
laundry and entry from garage. 2810 R St.
Margaret Heimbold
202-812-2750
Georgetown Office
202-944-8400
RESTON
$350,000
LOVELY 3 level 2BR, 2FBA, plus den 1,220
SF garage townhome/condo with private
entry set in a green & leafy panorama.”.
Connie Parker
202-302-3900
Friendship Hts Office
202-364-5200
GEORGETOWN, DC
$4,850,000
THE RESIDENCES at the RITZ-CARLTON!
Extraordinary home with over 3,400 SF of
open living space & panoramic Potomac
River and Gtown city views. Marble foyer
entrance and gallery, high ceilings, cherry
floors, cozy library with custom built-ins,
all of which enhance the grand scale of
this luxurious residence in the heart of
historic Georgetown. 3150 South St NW.
Salley Widmayer
202-215-6174
Georgetown Office
202-944-8400
FOGGY BOTTOM
$2,000/Month
VERY BRIGHT 1BR, 1BA top flr unit w/
double balcony overlooking the Kennedy
Ctr. Sunset views. Nr GW, Gtown, The Mall,
State Dept & metro. 601 24th St NW #901.
Mary Bresnahan
202-841-4343
Georgetown Office
202-944-8400
GEORGETOWN
$1,250,000
CIRCA 1900 Federal twnhome, tastefully
renov on secluded street steps from
Dumbarton Oaks and Montrose Park. 2BR
GLOVER PARK
$2,800/Month
BEAUTIFUL 2BR, 1BA with garage parking.
BETHESDA ALL POINTS/MILLER
CHEVY CHASE
CHEVY CHASE/MILLER
CHEVY CHASE/UPTOWN
301-229-4000
202-363-9700
202-966-1400
202-364-1300
FOXHALL
FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS
GEORGETOWN
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$989,500
FABULOUS Country Manor across from RC Park! 5BR, 4.5BA, 4
lvls. Formal DR w/custom mahogany bar & granite/SS KIT. Sun
Rm, FR, Laundry on main; Rec Rm on finished LL. Some BRs in
use as Den/Libr. 2-story MBR Ste w/2MBAs, Jacuzzi, WI Closet.
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Denise Champion 202.215.9242 / 202.363.9700 (O)
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ROCKVILLE
$650,000
2BR, 3.5BA, 3 finished levels TH in highly
desired Crest of Wickford community.
Beautifully renovated with designer
granites, new HWDs on upper & main
levels. So much more!
Sintia Petrosian
301-395-8817
Friendship Hts Office
301-652-2777
SHEPHERD PARK
$769,500
KNOCKOUT RENOVATION! Nearly all new!
Sunny 4-level Tudor with welcoming front
porch with double French doors, LR w/FP,
open DR, KIT w/SS upgrades, oversized
deck, yard, garage! Sweet MBR w/doublesize shower. 4 more BRs (one could be
loft), 3.5 BAs, CAC. Easy walk to SS METRO
and shops! TheChampionCollection.com.
Denise Champion
202-215-9242
Chevy Chase Office
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A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington
October 16, 2013 ■ Page 17
1920s house offers Tudor style in storybook setting
A
top one of the highest lots
on Glover Drive sits a
charming Tudor-style
home. Its lofty post, lush gardens
ON THE MARKET
kat luCeRo
and expansive lawn help create an
ideal storybook scene for this
dwelling, inspired by 16th-century
English structures.
Renovations have kept the
1920s property — along with its
vintage aesthetics — in tip-top
shape. With the owner of 20 years
now putting the home up for sale,
the four-bedroom, three-and-halfbath home at 2922 Glover Drive in
Wesley Heights is on the market
for $1,395,000.
While most Tudors embrace
classic deep browns and reds for
the exterior, the latest update of
this Wesley Heights home went
with lighter hues — soft gray
cloaks the brick and stucco facade,
with white trimmings and half-timber. Bringing some pep is the lavender door.
Through this period entrance is
a cozy nook with a convenient coat
closet and small sitting bench. The
entryway directly leads to the second-floor stairs. It also connects to
the living room, which has a fire-
place and radiators
hidden by decorative,
vintage-style covers.
Built-in bookcases are
placed on each side of
the room’s large
southern-exposure
windows.
Adjacent to the living room is a multipurpose area surrounded by windows and a
glass door leading to
the back gardens. A
filled-in opening on
the western brick wall
seems to indicate that
this room was a later addition.
Across the room is an arched
period door that connects to multiple spots — powder room, basement and kitchen.
The kitchen has also been modernized. The white scheme —
from the cabinetry and vintageinspired sink to even the appliances — keeps the look simple and
classic, which suits the home’s
fashion. This area, too, gets a
healthy dose of sunlight from the
French doors that face the back.
To the north is the dining room,
which offers a view of the home’s
elevated position in the neighborhood, visible from triplet swing
windows. The same decorative
radiator covers are below them.
Photos courtesy of Cathie Gill Inc. Realtors
This four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath Tudor in Wesley
Heights is priced at $1,395,000.
French doors connect this space to
the front entrance, living room and
stairs.
Up these steps is the secondfloor landing, also brimming with
light from windows facing the garden. Three of the four bedrooms
are located on this floor.
The master suite has a fireplace,
private bath and twin walk-in closets opposite each other. On the
other side of the floor are the two
smaller bedrooms, which share a
Jack and Jill bathroom.
The spacious attic can be
accessed by a hallway door. This
bare-bones room is a prime candidate for smart renovation — it
could be a space for storage, studying, reading or even another bed-
room. There are already windows
here, but skylights could help vitalize the area.
Three stories down is the basement, which includes the fourth
bedroom, the third full bath and a
carpeted room that can serve as a
recreation room. To the back are
the laundry space, extra storage
and a rear entrance.
The back patio can also be
accessed outside by a side
entrance. Like the front yard, this
fenced outdoor area is filled with
flora. It also features a magnolia
tree on top of the hillside.
Through the wooden gates is a
driveway and a two-car garage,
painted the same shade as the
house’s exterior and newly outfitted with electricity. With further
updates, more storage could be
created here beneath the roof.
This four-bedroom house with
three-and-half baths at 2922 Glover
Drive is offered for $1,395,000. For
more information contact Cathie
Gill, John Gill and John Pruski of
Cathie Gill Inc. Realtors at 202364-3066.
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The commission will meet at 7
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the
Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
For details, visit dupontcircleanc.
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ANC 2D
ANC 2D
Sheridan-Kalorama
■ sheridan-kalorama
p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, at Our
Lady Queen of the Americas
Church, California Street and
Phelps Place NW.
Agenda items include:
■ government reports.
■ discussion on exterior renovations
and new landscaping at 1823 Phelps
Place.
■ discussion of the installation of a
flagpole by the Embassy of Greece,
2217 Massachusetts Ave.
■ discussion of a Historic Preservation Review Board filing for 2422
Tracy Place.
■ announcement of work by the
D.C. Water and Sewer Authority at
22nd and P streets.
■ open comments.
For details, visit anc2d.org or
contact [email protected].
ANC 2E
ANC 2E
Georgetown
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Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW.
For details, call 202-724-7098 or
visit anc2e.com.
ANC 3B
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3B
Glover
■ Glover Park / Cathedral heights
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001
Calvert St. NW.
For details, call 202-338-2969,
email [email protected] or visit anc3b.
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Woodley
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massachusetts avenue heights
Massachusetts
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Cathedral Heights
7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, in the
library of the Maret School, 3000
Cathedral Ave. NW.
■ community forum.
■ presentation by the D.C. Board of
Elections regarding its precinct
realignment proposal.
■ consideration of alcoholic beverage control renewal applications for
the following Class C tavern licenses: Nanny O’Briens Irish Pub, 3319
Connecticut Ave.; Ripple, 3417
Connecticut Ave.; Atomic Billiards,
3427 Connecticut Ave.; Kennedy
Warren Club, 3133 Connecticut
Ave.; Cleveland Park Bar & Grill,
3421 Connecticut Ave.; Uptown Tap
House, 3412 Connecticut Ave.
■ consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application to
move a contributing house at 3211
Wisconsin Ave. to the front of the lot
to accommodate a new apartment
building.
■ consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application to
install solar panels at 3703 Porter St.
■ consideration of a Historic Preservation Review Board application for
a two-story rear addition at 3045
Ordway St.
For details, visit anc3c.org.
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Heights
palisades / kent / foxhall
At the commission’s Oct. 2
meeting:
■ Metropolitan Police Department
Lt. Eric Hayes reported a recent burglary of an unlocked home and
urged residents to lock their doors to
protect against intruders. “We are
going to have a meeting like this
packed with people because somebody got assaulted” in their home,
Hayes said.
■ a resident asked about progress on
a request for sidewalks for the 4300
block of Lowell Street. The commission had debated the issue in July,
but a measure to endorse the sidewalks failed on a tie vote. Commissioner Michael Gold responded that
he was still following the issue.
■ American University’s Andrew
Huff invited residents to the school’s
Neighborhood Fall Festival, which
will take place from noon to 4 p.m.
Oct. 26 on the main quad.
■ commission chair Penny Pagano
read aloud a letter from a resident of
the 5100 block of Macomb Street,
who said mud was coming onto her
property from a home in the 5100
block of Palisade Lane due to a broken silt fence.
■ commissioners voted 9-1, with
Kent Slowinski opposed, to support
a public space application for a fence
at 1850 47th Place, contingent upon
the fence being open. The homeowner had wanted a closed fence
that would keep leaves and other
debris from blowing onto her yard.
■ commissioners voted unanimously to request that the D.C. zoning
administrator and Office of Administrative Hearings review a construction project at 4540 Lowell St. A
home at the site was nearly entirely
removed to make way for a new one,
and the builder and his neighbors
have been battling over whether the
project has proper permits.
■ commissioners discussed planned
changes to the Lab School, 4759
Reservoir Road, that include the
proposed construction of a new high
school wing. The commission will
vote on the school’s Board of Zoning
Adjustment application at its
November meeting.
■ commissioners voted 6-4 to
request that the D.C. Department of
Transportation delay the addition of
planned bicycle lanes on New Mexico Avenue pending a traffic study.
The commission had previously
voted to endorse the lanes pending a
study, but the city was preparing to
install them without studying the
issue first. Penny Pagano, Stu Ross,
Rory Slatko and Joe Wisniewski
opposed the resolution.
■ commissioners voted to adopt 12
recommendations regarding the
campus plan provisions in the D.C.
zoning rewrite proposal. The recommendations included holding “further processing” hearings on the
details of proposed buildings only
after a campus plan has been
approved; evaluating universities’
commercial holdings as part of their
overall traffic impact; and requiring
universities to get zoning approval
for master leasing arrangements in
off-campus buildings.
■ commissioners voted 7-1 to
oppose the D.C. Office of Planning’s
recommended changes to the federal
Heights of Buildings Act. Joe Wisniewski opposed the resolution,
Rory Slatko abstained and Gayle
Trotter was absent.
■ commissioners voted 4-2 to adopt
their quarterly financial report. Kent
Slowinski and Tom Smith voted
against the measure because they
said expenditures should be counted
when a check is issued, not when it
is deposited by the recipient; Michael
Gold and Gayle Trotter were absent.
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the
School of International Service
Building, American University,
Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW.
visit anc3d.org.
ANC 3E
ANC 3E
Tenleytown
■ american university park
American
friendshipUniversity
heights / Park
tenleytown
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at
the Embassy Suites Hotel, Chevy
Chase Pavilion, 4300 Military
Road NW.
For details, visit anc3e.org.
ANC 3F
ANCHills
3F
Forest
■ Forest hills / North cleveland park
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the
Methodist Home of D.C., 4901
Connecticut Ave. NW.
visit anc3f.us.
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Chevy
■ CHEVY CHASE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the
Chevy Chase Community Center,
Connecticut Avenue and McKinley Street NW.
■ presentation, discussion and vote
on recommendations of the commission’s task force regarding draft D.C.
zoning regulations.
■ announcement of the fall grant
period.
For details, send an email to
[email protected] or call
202-363-5803.
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Concerts
■ The Janusz Prusinowski Trio will perform an interpretation of village music
from central Poland with improvisation,
contemporary tones and rock music. 6
p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
■ The D.C.-based 19th Street Band will
perform a mix of rock, country, Celtic and
bluegrass music. 8:30 p.m. $5. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.
Discussions and lectures
■ Farar Elliott, curator of the U.S.
House of Representatives, will discuss
19th-century artworks in the Capitol that
memorialize heroes of the Revolutionary
War. 6 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati,
Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts
Ave. NW. 202-785-2040.
■ Holly Burkhalter will discuss her book
“Good God, Lousy World & Me: The
Improbable Journey of a Human Rights
Activist From Unbelief to Faith.” 6 to 7:30
p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and
Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.
■ Alan Wieder will discuss his book
“Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War
Against Apartheid.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free.
Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021
14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ The World Affairs Council will host a
panel discussion on “The Future of Puerto
Rico: Statehood, Status Quo, or Independence?” 6:30 to 8 p.m. $5 to $10. 1608
Rhode Island Ave. NW. 202-393-1051.
■ Architect Toyo Ito, recipient of the
2013 Pritzker Prize, will discuss his design
philosophy and work. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $12
to $20. National Building Museum, 401 F
St. NW. 202-272-2448.
■ The Parents Council of Washington
will present a talk by
psychologist Brad
Sachs on “Mighty
Words: Creating Conversations That
Change Children’s
Lives.” 6:30 to 9:30
p.m. Free. Hearst Hall,
National Cathedral School, 3612 Woodley
Road NW. parentscouncil.org.
■ Jo Baker will discuss her historical
novel “Longbourn.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics
and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW.
202-364-1919.
■ Rabbi Fred Reiner and Benita Lubic
will discuss plans for a January trip to
Cuba that will visit five Jewish communities
and various sites, galleries and points of
interest. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations
requested. Library, Temple Sinai, 3100 Military Road NW. [email protected].
■ The Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein
Jewish Literary Festival
will conclude with a
talk by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., author of
“For the Next Generation: A Wake-Up Call to
Solving Our Nation’s
Problems.” 7:30 p.m. $20 to $50. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529
16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org/litfest.
Films
■ The Global Lens Film
Series will feature Mohamed
Diab’s 2010
film “Cairo
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combat the sexual harassment that has
affected their lives. 6 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave.
NW. 202-727-1488.
■ The French Cinémathèque series will
feature Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme’s
1963 documentary “Le Joli Mai.” 8 p.m.
$8.50 to $11.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612
Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.
Performance
■ MirmanHodgmanSchaal — comedians Eugene Mirman, John Hodman and
Kristen Schaal — will perform. 8 p.m. $30.
Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800.
Sporting event
■ The Washington Capitals will play the
New York Rangers. 8 p.m. $45 to $490.
Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000.
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Concerts
■ Spiritual classical trio Debra Battle,
Raycurt Johnson and Solomon Sparrow will
present “The Awakening.” 7 p.m. $25.
Thurgood Marshall Center, 1816 12th St.
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NW. eventbrite.com/event/8311587181.
■ The Embassy of the Federal Republic
of Germany and Corcordia DC will present
a joint concert of the Youth Symphony
Orchestra of the Lucie-Kölsch Music
School of Worms and the Symphonic Wind
Orchestra of the music school of the AlzeyWorms district. 7:30 p.m. Free. The United
Church, 1920 G St. NW. 202-331-1495.
■ Singer Diego Gargia will perform. 8
p.m. $15 to $18. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487.
■ Lemony Snicket will discuss his book
“When Did You See Her Last?” (for ages 9
through 13). 10:30 a.m. Free. Politics and
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.
■ Robert G. Kaiser will discuss his
book “Act of Congress: How America’s
Essential Institution Works, and How It
Doesn’t.” Noon. Free. Montpelier Room,
Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101
Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5221.
■ William B. Quandt, professor of politics at the University of Virginia, will discuss
“Negotiating for Peace in the Middle East:
Egypt and Israel in 1978.” 1 p.m. Free.
Abramson Family Founders Room, School
of International Service Building, American
University, Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW. american.edu/calendar.
■ Brad Stone will discuss his book
“The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the
Age of Amazon,” at 4 p.m.; and Aminatta
Forna will discuss her book “The Hired
Man,” at 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose,
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.
■ As part of Architecture Week 2013,
architect Claudio Silvestrin will discuss his
work and inspirations. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free;
reservations required. Embassy of Italy,
3000 Whitehaven St. NW. aiadc.com/
Architecture-Week-2013. In conjunction
with the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, various venues
will host Architecture Week activities
through Oct. 27.
■ “1973: The Road to War” will feature
Yigal Kipnis, historian at the University of
Haifa and author of a new book that draws
on recently declassified information revealing diplomatic overtures in the months preceding the October 1973 Yom Kippur War;
William Quandt, professor of politics and
the University of Virginia; and Harold Saunders, director of international affairs at the
Kettering Foundation. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free;
reservations required. Room 602, Elliott
School of International Affairs, George
Washington University, 1957 E St. NW.
go.gwu.edu/RoadtoWar.
■ Best-selling children’s author Lemony Snicket will discuss his latest book,
“When Did You See Her Last?” 6:30 p.m.
Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.
■ James Barrat will discuss his book
“Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence
and the End of the Human Era.” 6:30 p.m.
Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW.
202-347-0176.
■ Artist John F. Simon Jr. will discuss
his Intersections installation at the Phillips
Collection in a conversation with Vesela
Sretenovic, senior curator of modern and
contemporary art. 6:30 p.m. Free. Phillips
Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-3872151.
■ The Cottage Conversation series will
feature a book talk by Richard Moe, former
president of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation and author of “Roosevelt’s
Second Act: The Election of 1940 and the
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Politics of War.” Reception at 6 p.m.; lecture at 6:30 p.m. $10 to $20; reservations
requested. President Lincoln’s Cottage at
the Soldiers’ Home, Upshur Street at Rock
Creek Church Road NW. 202-829-0436,
ext. 31232.
■ Aaron Scherb, director of legislative
affairs at Common Cause, will discuss legislative outreach and advocacy initiatives.
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $20 to $25. Woman’s
National Democratic Club, 1526 New
Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.
■ A discussion on “Muslims in Uniform” will feature panelists discussing their
experiences serving in the United States. 7
p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St.
NW. 202-727-0232.
■ “A Passion for Photography” will feature seven photographers featured in the
October issue of National Geographic,
including David Guttenfelder on North
Korea’s closed society and Marcus Bleasdale on conflict minerals. 7 p.m. $30.
Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700.
■ As part of the “Managing Great
Estates” lecture series, Michael Hall, curator at Exbury Estate in Hampshire, England, will discuss “The Rothschilds at
Exbury.” 7 to 8 p.m. $7 to $20; reservations required. Hillwood Estate, Museum
and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202686-5807.
Films
■ Senior Cinema Thursday will feature
Alfonso Cuarón’s 2013 film “Gravity.”
10:30 a.m. $5 for seniors. Avalon Theatre,
5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-9666000.
■ The 2013 Human Rights Film Series
will feature
Dawn Porter’s
2013 documentary “Gideon’s Army,”
about three
young public
defenders in the Deep South. 5:30 to 8
p.m. Free. Katzen Arts Center, American
University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
centerforsocialmedia.org.
■ The 3rd Thursdays Film Series will
feature Claudine Bories’
2010 documentary “Les
Arrivants,”
about a pair of
French social
workers and the immigrants who pass
through their office. 6:15 p.m. Free.
Abramson Family Founders Room, School
of International Service Building, American
american.edu/sis/events/film.
■ “Discovering Central Asia’s Vibrant
Cinema” will feature the film “The Story of
the Weeping Camel.” 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Voesar Conference Room, Elliott School of International
Affairs, George Washington University,
1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/cineclub.
■ “Screen on the School Yard” will feature the 2010 computer-animated comedy
“Despicable Me.” 6:45 p.m. Free admission. Hyde-Addison Elementary, 3219 O St.
NW. hyde-addison.org.
Performances
■ The Kids Euro Festival 2013 will feature a performance by Sweden’s Sousou
and Maher Cissoko, who weave together
movement, rhythms, stories and singing
with music played on a 22-stringed West
The Current
African harp. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium
Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will
present a mixed repertory program featuring the D.C. premiere of Mats Ek’s “CasiCasa.” 8 p.m. $22 to $60. Eisenhower
Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
The performance will repeat Friday and
Saturday at 8 p.m.
■ The Washington Performing Arts
Society will present the Dance Theatre of
Harlem performing “Gloria,” “Contested
Space” and the world premiere of “pastcarry-forward.” 8 p.m. $35 to $65. Sidney
Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-7859727. The performance will repeat Saturday at 2 p.m.
Reading
■ Playwright, author and poet Ismail
Khalidi will read from his new, unpublished
collection of poetry, “The Insurgent Sea:
Poetic Dispatches From the Outskirts of
the Terror Wars, 2003-2013.” 12:30 to 2
p.m. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia
Ave. NW. 202-338-1958.
Special event
■ “History & Hops” will feature a talk
by Tom Acitelli, author of “The Audacity of
Hops: The History of America’s Craft Beer
Revolution” and a tasting led by the brewers of Fordham & Dominion Brewing Co.
6:30 to 9 p.m. $35. Heurich House Museum, 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW.
historyandhopsoctober.eventbrite.com.
Sporting event
■ The Washington Wizards will play the
Brooklyn Nets in a preseason game. 7
p.m. $39 to $332. Verizon Center, 601 F
St. NW. 800-745-3000.
Tour
■ American University’s Office of Sustainability will present a tour of green buildings, vegetated roofs and other environmentally friendly features on campus. 11
a.m. Free. Meet at the American University
Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American
202-885-1300.
Friday, Oct. 18
Friday october 18
Classes
■ AARP will present a driver safety
course. 9 to 5 p.m. $12 to $14; reservations required. Zion Baptist Church, 4850
Blagden Ave. NW. 202-439-3665.
■ AARP will present a driver safety
course. 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $12 to
$14; reservations required. Room 2,
Renaissance Building, Sibley Memorial
Hospital, 5255 Loughboro Road NW. 202364-7602. The class will continue Monday
from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Concerts
■ The Friday Morning Music Club will
present a concert of works by Bach, Vivaldi
and Beethoven. Noon. Free. Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202-3332075.
■ Arts@Midday will feature musician
Tom Teasley demonstrating a world of percussion styles and
techniques derived
from his extensive travel as a cultural envoy
with the U.S. State
Department. 12:15 to
1 p.m. Free. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church,
3001 Wisconsin Ave. N W. 202-363-8286.
■ The Friday Music Series will present
the ensemble Modern Musick performing
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“Yoga: The Art of Transformation,”
the world’s first exhibition about the history of yoga, will open Saturday at the
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and continue through Jan. 26.
The gallery will also open “Strange
On exhibit
and Wondrous: Prints of India From the
Robert J. Del Bontà Collection” Saturday. Featuring 50 prints from the Age of
Enlightenment to modern times, the
exhibit will continue through Jan. 5.
Located at 1050 Independence Ave.
SW, the gallery is open daily from 10
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000.
■ Gallery plan b will open an exhibit
today of works by Chad Andrews and
Joey P. Mánlapaz, two artists with different styles who use a variety of media to
express their vision of the world. It will
continue through Nov. 24.
An artists’ reception will take place
Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Located at 1530 14th St. NW, the
gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday
from 1 to 5 p.m. 202-234-2711.
■ “Still Magic — Desolate Tears,” featuring photographs of Egypt taken between
17th- and 18th-century compositions for
violin, cello and harpsichord. 1:15 p.m.
Free. Dahlgren Chapel, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-6872787.
■ George Washington University will
host a Cabaret Showcase. 7 p.m. Free.
Room B120, Phillips Hall, George Washington University, 801 22nd St. NW. 202-9946245.
■ The KC Jazz Club will feature drummer Winard Harper and his band Jeli
Posse. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $26 to $30.
Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
■ The Hackensaw Boys will perform. 8
p.m. $15 to $20. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St.
NW. gypsysallys.com.
■ Curator Emily Schulz will discuss a
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Mounib, will open tomorrow with a
reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Alla Rogers Gallery. Presented by Syra Arts,
the exhibit will continue through Nov. 5.
Located at 1054 31st St. NW, Suite
A, the gallery is open Tuesday through
Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-3338595.
■ The Fathom Creative Gallery will
open an exhibit of photography by Chad
Bartlett tomorrow with a reception from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Portraying life in
Burundi and the remote health clinics
served by LifeNet International, the
images can also be viewed by appointment for roughly the next three weeks.
The gallery is located at 1333 14th
St. NW. 202-588-8100.
■ Members of Mid City Artists will
open their studios to the public Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. For
details visit midcityartists.com.
■ Touchstone Gallery recently
opened two exhibits that will continue
through Oct. 27.
“The Privileged Series: Pests” presents images by Anthony Dortch illustrating what it means to be socially and
financially above others.
“Blessings of This Life” features
paintings by Mary Trent Scott that por-
trio of 16th-century Spanish polychrome
sculptures of the Passion of Christ owned
by Larz and Isabel Anderson. 12:30 p.m.
Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson
House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
202-785-2040.
■ Howard Vincent Kurtz, curator of costumes and textiles, will discuss the daily
routines and customs that established
Marjorie Merriweather Post’s style of
dressing. 12:30 to 1 p.m. $5 to $15. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155
Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.
■ Jim Lehrer will discuss his book “Top
Down: A Novel of the Kennedy Assassination,” at 4 p.m.; and Diane Ravitch will discuss her book “Reign of Error: The Hoax of
the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools,” at 7 p.m.
Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut
Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
“Yogo Narasimha, Vishnu in His
Man-Lion Avatar,” circa 1250, is
part of the Sackler exhibition.
tray a family’s shared existence.
Scott will present an afternoon family tea Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m., and
Dortch will stage a performance that
invites guests to be upper class and
lower class Oct. 26 from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Located at 901 New York Ave. NW,
the gallery is open Wednesday through
Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
202-347-2787.
■ Dev Sanyal, executive vice president
at BP in London, will discuss “Setting the
Direction for 21st Century Energy.” 4:30
p.m. Free; reservations required. Rome
Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
[email protected].
■ Egyptophile John Adams will discuss
his book “The Millionaire and the Mummies: Theodore Davis’s Gilded Age in the
Valley of the Kings.” 6:45 p.m. Free. Rome
Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
arcedc.org.
■ Architects Alphonse Sarthout and
Erwan Levêque of Ciguë Agency will discuss their work and creative process, as
well as current architecture trends and
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innovation. 7 p.m. $8 to $12. Alliance
Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming
Ave. NW. francedc.org.
Films
■ Cinema Night will feature Tavis Fine’s
2012 film “Any Day Now,” about a gay couple who take in a mentally challenged
14-year-old boy abandoned by his drugaddicted mother. 7 p.m. $5 to $15. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New
Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.
■ The Union Market Drive-In series will
feature Gus Van Sant’s 1997 film “Good
Will Hunting,” starring Robin Williams, Matt
Damon and Ben Affleck. Gates open at 6
p.m.; film starts at 8 p.m. Free admission.
Union Market, 305 5th St. NE.
unionmarketdc.com.
Performances
■ The Kids Euro Festival 2013 will feature juggler and comedian Marco Solo of
the Netherlands leading audience members on a trip to make-believe countries. 6
p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Georgetown University Children’s
Theater will present “Painters and
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Pirates,” based on Shakespeare’s
“Twelfth Night.” 7 p.m. Free. McNeir Hall,
Georgetown University, 37th and O street
NW. 202-687-2787.
■ Opera Lafayette will present Mozart’s
“Così fan tutte,” featuring vocalists Pascale
Beaudin, Blandine
Staskiewicz (shown),
Alex Dobson, Antonio
Figueroa, Claire Debono, Bernard Deletré
and Jeffrey Thompson
(in French). 7:30 p.m. $60 to $90. Terrace
Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
The performance will repeat Saturday at 2
p.m.
■ The Washington Performing Arts
Society will present the Dance Theatre of
Harlem performing “Agon,” “Glinka Pas de
Trois,” “Far but Close” and “Return.” 8 p.m.
$35 to $65. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St.
NW. 202-785-9727. The performance will
repeat Saturday at 8 p.m.
■ South African choreographer and
performer Gregory Maqoma will present
“Exit/Exist,” a piece that integrates traditional African and contemporary dance
with live music by a cappella group Complete and world-fusion guitarist Giuliano
Modarelli. 8 p.m. $33.50. Atlas Performing
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Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-3997993. The performance will repeat Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m.
Special events
■ The Glover Park Village’s monthly
“Friday Free-for-All” series will feature a
film or games, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.; and
dinner, from 5 to 6 p.m. Free; reservations
requested. Guy Mason Recreation Center,
3600 Calvert St. NW.
[email protected].
■ Gravensteen Haunted Productions
will present “The Curse of Frau Mueller,” a
haunted house. A portion of the proceeds
will benefit Operation Rebound, which
helps disabled soldiers pursue an active,
athletic lifestyle. 7 to 11 p.m. $15 to $50.
50 Florida Ave. NE. gravensteen.net. The
haunted house will be open Friday through
Sunday, and then daily from Oct. 24
through Nov. 2.
Tour
■ As part of Architecture Week, the
Mexican Cultural Institute will host a tour
of its 16th Street mansion, designed by
architect Nathan Wyeth. Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Mexican Cultural Institute, 2829 16th St. NW.
aiadc.com/Architecture-Week-2013.
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Bazaar
■ Northminster Presbyterian Church’s
annual community bazaar will feature
white elephant items, electronics, jewelry,
accessories, clothing, handmade purses
and desserts. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. Northminster Presbyterian Church,
7720 Alaska Ave. NW. 202-723-7867.
Benefit
■ The Neighborhood Farm Initiative will
host “A Night of Reflections,” featuring
farm-grown food, garden-themed cocktails
and the unveiling of an oral history project.
7 p.m. $50. The Passenger’s Warehouse
Theater, 645 New York Ave. NW.
neighborhoodfarminitiative.org.
Book sales
■ The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament will sell used books, videos, DVDs
and CDs. 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Free
admission. Parish Center, Shrine of the
Most Blessed Sacrament, 3030 Quesada
St. NW. 202-449-3974. The sale will continue Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
■ Associates of the American Foreign
Service Worldwide will hold “Art & BookFair
2013,” featuring used books, art and col-
lectibles. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. Exhibit Hall, U.S. State Department, C
Street between 21st and 23rd streets NW.
202-223-5796. The sale will continue Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Children’s programs
■ “Saturday Morning at the National”
will feature North Carolina’s Bright Star
Theatre presenting “Bluegrass and Tall
Tales.” 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before each show.
National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW. 202-783-3372.
■ As part of the Kids Euro Festival, Portugal’s puppet troupe Marionetas Mandragora will present “BZZZoira Moira,”
about a deep, dark pit that hides a treasure. Noon. Free; reservations required.
Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW.
kefportugal1.eventbrite.com.
Classes and workshops
■ Jason Gedeik, head of greenhouse
and design operations at Hillwood Estate,
Museum and Gardens, will lead an orchid
workshop on “To Repot or Not?” 9:30 to
11 a.m. $20 to $25; reservations required.
Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens,
4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.
■ Historian George B. Munro will present a seminar on “The Romanovs: Four
Centuries of Imperial Power.” 9:30 a.m. to
4:15 p.m. $90 to $130. S. Dillon Ripley
Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-3030.
■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will
host a half-day retreat and workshop on
“Meditations for Inspiration.” 10 a.m. to
12:45 p.m. $25. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202-9862257.
■ The Smithsonian Associates will
present “Mario Livio on the Universe: An
Up-to-Date Perspective,” featuring the
renowned astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. 10
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $90 to $130. S. Dillon
Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW.
202-633-3030.
■ Jason Gedeik, head of greenhouse
and design operations at Hillwood Estate,
Museum and Gardens, will lead a handson workshop on “How to Get Your Orchid
to Re-bloom.” 12:30 to 2 p.m. $20 to $25;
reservations required. Hillwood Estate,
Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave.
NW. 202-686-5807.
Concerts
■ Singer-songwriter Allison Shapira will
perform classic American folk songs and
original works. 1:30
p.m. Free. Society of
the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118
Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040.
■ The Georgetown University Orchestra
will present an open rehearsal, with audience members invited to listen or to bring
an instrument and play along. 3 p.m. Free.
Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, 37th
and O streets NW. 202-687-2787.
■ George Washington University students will present a Camerata Showcase
highlighting their instrumental skills. 3 p.m.
Free. Room B120, Phillips Hall, George
Washington University, 801 22nd St. NW.
202-994-6245.
■ George Washington University and
the GW Troubadours will host a Colonials
Weekend concert featuring various a cappella groups. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. $5 donation requested for Miriam’s Kitchen. MarSee Events/Page 23
vin Center, George Washington University,
800 21st St. NW. 202-994-6245.
■ The KC Jazz Club will present saxophonist Javon Jackson, drummer Jimmy
Cobb, pianist George Cables and bassist
Nat Reeves performing “We Four: Celebrating John Coltrane.” 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
$26 to $30. Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Grammy-nominated singer Chandrika Tandon will perform
at a concert to celebrate the opening of
the Freer Gallery of Art
exhibit “Yoga: The Art
of Transformation.”
7:30 p.m. Free; tickets
required. Studio 1,
NPR Headquarters, 1111 North Capitol St.
NE. 202-633-1000.
■ Dumbarton Concerts will present the
string quartet Ethel performing an adaptation of Ennio Morricone’s score to the
Academy Award-winning film “The Mission.” 8 p.m. $30 to $35. Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St.
NW. 202-965-2000.
■ Cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, known as 2 Cellos, will present a “classical crossover” concert. 8 p.m. $35 to
$55. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-9946800.
■ New Riders of the Purple Sage will
perform. 8 p.m. $15 to $20. Gypsy Sally’s,
3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.
■ Gregory Smith, director of U.S. religion surveys at Pew Research Center, and
Michael Gerson, a syndicated columnist at
The Washington Post, will join other
experts at a conference on “The Changing
Terrain of the American Religious Landscape.” 8:30 a.m. to noon. $15 to $20;
reservations suggested. National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW.
nationalpres.org/conferences.
■ James Reston Jr. will discuss “The
Accidental Victim: JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald,
and the Real Target in Dallas,” at 1 p.m.;
Craig Steven Wilder will discuss his book
“Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the
Troubled History of America’s Universities,”
at 3:30 p.m.; and Chris Matthews will discuss his book “Tip and the Gipper: When
Politics Worked,” at 6 p.m. Free. Politics
202-364-1919.
■ Panelists will discuss the Rothfeld
Collection of Contemporary Israeli Art. 2
p.m. Free. American University Museum,
Katzen Arts Center, American University,
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-8851300.
■ Co-author Jessica Mason Pieklo will
discuss the book “Crow After Roe: How
‘Separate but Equal’ Has Become the New
Standard in Women’s Health and How We
Can Change That.” 3 p.m. Free. Martin
Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St.
NW. 202-727-0321.
Family programs
■ Kids’ Corner Day Care Center will
hold its annual Fall Fair, which will feature
pumpkin painting, a moon bounce, wagonled hay rides, games, crafts, face painting
and live performances. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free admission. Mitchell Park, 23rd and S
streets NW. kidscornerdcc.org.
■ Stoddert Elementary School will
hold its annual Fall Festival with a moon
bounce, pumpkin painting, a costume
store, music and more. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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School, 4001 Calvert St. NW. stoddert.org.
■ “Arts for Families” will offer a chance
to weave a work of art on a miniature loom
that also serves as a built-in frame. 2 to 4
p.m. Free. Textile Museum, 2320 S St. NW.
202-667-0441, ext. 64.
Films
■ “Home Movie Day” will offer audience members a chance to watch films
from local archives, share their own home
movies and learn how to save them for
future generations. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free;
reservations required. National Building
Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.
■ The Ballet in Cinema series will present a production of “Le Corsaire” from
Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet. 11 a.m. $18.80.
West End Cinema, 23rd Street between M
and N streets NW. 202-419-3456.
■ Kevin Jerome Everson will present
his 2012 film “The Island of St. Matthews.”
2:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium,
National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
Performances
■ Dupont Festival will present Keegan
Theatre’s “Music in the Circle,” featuring
selections from “Spring Awakening,” “Spamalot,” “Cabaret,” “The Full Monty,” “The
Producers” and “Hair.” 1:30 p.m. Free.
Dupont Circle Park, Massachusetts and
New Hampshire avenues NW.
dupontfestival.org.
■ The Kids Euro Festival 2013 will
present Spain’s Mime Theater performing
“Beloved Daughter.” 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
■ Lee Camp will perform his one-man
show “Comedy, Revolution, and Beer.” 8
p.m. $15 to $18. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487.
■ The Capital City Showcase will feature rock band The French Admirals, musician Zia Hassan and comedians Abe
Barth, Dana Bell, Jamel Johnson and Sean
Joyce. 10 p.m. $15 to $20. District of
Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW.
capitalcityshowcase.eventbrite.com.
Special events
■ An “art@katzen” event will offer participants the chance to build a terrarium
inspired by the current exhibition “Green
Acres: Artists Farming Fields, Greenhouses, and Abandoned Lots.” 11 a.m. Free.
American University Museum, Katzen Arts
Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.
■ Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and Operation Paws for Homes will
host a Pet Adoption Day. Noon to 3 p.m.
Free. Suite 101, Washington Harbour,
3000 K St. NW. 202-333-6100.
Sporting event
■ The Washington Capitals will play the
Columbus Blue Jackets. 7 p.m. $39 to
$560. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800745-3000.
Walks and tours
■ Suzanne Bouchard, director of gardens and grounds at Tudor Place, will lead
a visit to the estate’s 5.5-acre landscape
at a Fall Foliage Tea & Tour. 10:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. $10; free for members. Tudor
Place Historic House and Garden, 1644
31st St. NW. tudorplacehistoricandgrowing.
eventbrite.com.
■ Washington Walks will present a
walking tour of Rock Creek Cemetery, first
established in 1719 and later opened to
the public as a burial ground and park. 11
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‘Torch Song’ extended
Studio Theatre has extended Harvey Fierstein’s Tony
Award-winning play “Torch Song Trilogy” through Oct. 27.
Arnold Beckoff knows what it is to long for love. Tired of
trawling New York’s gay bar backrooms and armed with fierce
On stage
humor, Arnold faces commitment-shy men, a hostile world
and his formidable mother as he tries to find a family on his
own terms.
Tickets cost $39 to $85. The Studio Theatre is located at
1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.
■ Theater J will stage Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros’ “The
Argument” Oct. 23 through Nov. 24 at the Washington DC
Jewish Community Center.
Sophie, a charming, vibrant artist, and Phillip, a loyal, solid
businessman, are a 40-something couple whose new relationship is rocked when Sophie learns she is pregnant. The argument that ensues forces both to recognize the profound personal differences between them — and all bets are off once
the word “abortion” enters the debate.
Tickets cost $30 to $65. The Washington DC Jewish Community Center is located at 1529 16th St. NW. 800-494-8497;
theaterj.org.
■ Studio Theatre will present Charlayne Woodard’s solo play
“The Night Watcher” Oct. 23 through Nov. 17.
a.m. $15. Meet at the visitor parking lot at
Rock Creek Cemetery, 201 Allison St. NW.
washingtonwalks.com.
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Concerts
■ The Korean Concert Society will present cellist Han Bin Yoon performing works
by Debussy, Kim, Britten, Mendelssohn
and Martinu. 2 p.m. $30. Terrace Theater,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Local youth musicians from Bach to
Rock Music Schools will perform at a concert to benefit Rock for Hope and the
breast cancer research and treatment programs at City of Hope. 2 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Hard Rock Cafe, 999 E St.
NW. hardrock.com/dc. The concert series
will continue Oct. 27 at 2 p.m.
■ Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, cellist Robert Battey and violist Elva
Cala will perform works by Mark Edwards
Wilson, Lalo, Hummel and Rimsky-Korsakov. 3 p.m. $20; free for ages 18 and
younger. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G
St. NW. 703-799-8229.
■ The Cathedral Choral Society, soprano Jennifer Check, mezzo-soprano Anna
Maria Chiuri, tenor Rolando Sanz and bass
Paolo Pecchioli will present “Viva Verdi!” 4
p.m. $31 to $73. Washington National
Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin
Studio Theatre has extended Harvey Fierstein’s
play “Torch Song Trilogy” through Oct. 27.
Motherhood eluded Woodard, but as a godmother, aunt,
confidante and mentor, countless children have enhanced —
and sometimes rattled — her life. The two-time Obie Award
winner and Tony Award nominee fuses together 10 vignettes
of non-parental guidance.
Tickets cost $39 to $59. Studio Theatre is located at 1501
14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.
■ Constellation Theatre Company will stage Naomi Iizuka’s “36 Views” Oct. 24 through Nov. 24 at Source.
An art dealer and an art historian discover what they think
is an ancient manuscript — a priceless Japanese pillow book
— and try to learn whether it is authentic. Their search
becomes a game of greed, love and mental hide-and-seek.
Tickets cost $15 through $45. Source is located at 1835
14th St. NW. 202-204-7741; constellationtheatre.org.
avenues NW. 202-537-2228.
■ Organist Ken Cowan will perform
works by Bach, RogerDucasse, Laurin, Liszt
and Reger on the First
Baptist Church’s new
6,000-pipe organ. 4
p.m. Free. First Baptist
Church of the City of
Washington, D.C.,
1326 16th St. NW. 202-387-2206.
■ British pianist Ivana Gavric will perform works by Grieg and Janácek, as well
as the U.S. premiere of two lyric pieces
written for her by Cheryl Frances-Hoad. 4
p.m. $15 to $30; reservations suggested.
Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW.
phillipscollection.org/music.
■ Soprano Debra Lawrence, violinist
Sonya Hayes and pianist Frank Conlon will
perform African-American spirituals and
works by Mozart, Holst, Brahms, Helfman,
Ravel and Debussy. 5 p.m. Free. Church of
the Annunciation, 3810 Massachusetts
Ave. NW. 202-441-7678.
■ The professional Choir of Christ
Church will perform the music of Herbert
S. Sumsion, Thomas Attwood Walmisley
and H. Balfour Gardiner. 5 p.m. Free. Christ
Church, Georgetown, 31st and O streets
NW. 202-333-6677.
■ The National Gallery Orchestra will
perform works by Grieg, Schubert and
Schoenberg. 6:30 p.m. Free. West Garden
Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-8426941.
■ Melody Barnes, former domestic policy adviser to President Barack Obama, will
discuss “The Obama Domestic Agenda.”
10 a.m. Free. St. John’s Episcopal Church,
Lafayette Square, 16th and H streets NW.
202-347-8766.
■ A discussion on the impact of gun
violence on American children will feature
Marian Wright Edelman, president of the
Children’s Defense Fund; Dr. Thomas
McInerny, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Dr. Mark Rosenberg,
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Global Health; and Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general. 10:10 a.m.
Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW.
nationalcathedral.org.
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the Soviet Union,” at 1 p.m.; and Robert
Dallek will discuss his book “Camelot’s
Court: Inside the Kennedy White House,”
at 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015
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a talk on the book “Frederick Douglass in
Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia”
by John Muller. 3 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park
Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202282-3080.
■ Helen Fielding will discuss her book
“Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” in a
conversation with Radhika Jones, executive editor of Time. 5 p.m. $15 to $30.
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW.
877-987-6487.
Films
■ The “Pages of Beauty and Madness:
Japanese Writers Onscreen” series will fea-
ture Makoto Shinkai’s 2007 film “5 Centimeters Per Second,” followed by a discussion of the manga version. 2 p.m. Free.
Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art,
12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-1000.
■ A “Muslim Journeys” film series will
feature the documentary “Prince Among
Slaves.” 2:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown
Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.
■ “Richard Wagner Revisited” will feature Luis Buñuel’s 1930 film “L’Age D’or,”
at 4 p.m.; and Lars von Trier’s 2011 film
“Melancholia,” at 5:30 p.m. Free. East
Building Auditorium, National Gallery of
Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue
NW. 202-737-4215.
■ A French cinema series will feature
Ursula Meier’s
2012 film
“L’enfant d’en
haut (Sister).”
4:30 p.m. Free.
Eckles Auditorium, George
Washington University Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road NW. 202-2425117.
Performances
■ “Sunday Kind of Love” will feature
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by an open mic segment. 5 to 7 p.m. $5.
Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021
14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ After School Dance Fund, a nonprofit
group that provides support for Latin
dance programs in Montgomery County
public schools, will present a “Back to
School Latin Dance Party.” 6 p.m. Free.
Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.
Special event
■ The 11th annual Friends Neighborhood Block Party,
sponsored by George
Washington University,
will feature booths
from local businesses,
restaurants, groups
and institutions. 1 to 4
p.m. Free. I Street
between 22nd and 23rd streets NW. 202994-9132.
Walks and tours
■ The Dupont Circle Citizens Association’s 46th annual house tour will showcase homes in the historic district. Noon to
5 p.m. $40 to $45. dupont-circle.org/
housetour.
■ “Ghost Tour” will explore the dark
history of some of the well-known and lesser-known residents of the National Building
Museum’s historic building. 8 and 9:15
p.m. $15 to $18. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. The
tour will repeat Oct. 31 at 8 and 9:15 p.m.
Wine event
■ Financial Times wine correspondent
Jancis Robinson and Washington Post
wine columnist Dave McIntyre will discuss
“The World Atlas of Wine.” A tasting will
feature Virginia wines. 4 p.m. $35;
includes hors d’oeuvres and wine. Union
Market, 1309 5th St. NE.
politics-prose.com.
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Concerts
■ Dennis Sobin on guitar and Gary
Vagnetti on French horn will join Kennedy
Center performer Raoul Anderson for an
American songbook concert sponsored by
the Dictionaries-for-Prisoners Project. 7
p.m. Free; donation of paperback dictionaries requested. Watergate Gallery, 2552
Virginia Ave. NW. 202-393-1511.
■ Guitarist and singer Levi Stephens
will perform. 8:30 p.m. $5. Gypsy Sally’s,
3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.
■ The group 40Plus of Greater Washington will present a talk by Terry
Monaghan on “How to Manage Your Time
When Job Hunting.” 9:45 to 11:30 a.m.
Free. Suite T-2, 1718 P St. NW. 202-3871582.
■ As part of Architecture Week, William
Kirwan of Muse Architects will offer tips on
selecting an architect and contractor. Noon
to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. District Architecture Center, 421 7th St. NW.
■ The Ward Circle Chapter of AARP will
present a talk on the Affordable Care Act
and its impact on local seniors by Chris
DeYoung, co-director of the Health Insurance Counseling Project at the George
Washington University Community Legal
Clinics. 12:30 p.m. Free. Metropolitan
Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401
Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-363-4900.
■ Architect Jan Gehl and public space
expert Birgitte Svarre will discuss “Smart
Growth: How to Study Public Life.” 12:30
to 1:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.
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202-272-2448.
■ Mamphela Aletta Ramphele, leader
of the South African political party AgangSA, will discuss “Honoring Oliver Tambo by
Restoring the Promise of Freedom.” 4 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Lohrfink Auditorium, Hariri Building, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW.
guevents.georgetown.edu.
■ U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., will discuss her book “For the
Next Generation: A Wake-Up Call to Solving
Our Nation’s Problems,” at 4 p.m.; and
Richard Rodriguez will discuss his book
“Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography,” at 7
p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Henry R. Nau, professor of political
science and international affairs at
George Washington University, will discuss
“Conservative Internationalism: Armed
Diplomacy Under Jefferson, Polk, Truman,
and Reagan.” 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School
of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW.
go.gwu.edu/NauBookTalk.
■ Farah Griffin will discuss her book
“Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II.” 6:30
to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and
Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.
■ Christopher James Alexander, assistant curator of architecture and design at
the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles and co-curator of “Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990,” will discuss “Exploring the Impact of a Metropolis on the Move.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. $12 to
$20; reservations required. National
Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202272-2448.
■ In conjunction with the Ford’s Theatre production of “The Laramie Project,” a
panel discussion will focus on “To Bind Up
the Nation’s Wounds: Communities
Respond to Hate.” 7 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th
St. NW. fords.org.
■ Chefs Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami
Tamimi will discuss their book “Ottolenghi:
The Cookbook” in conversation with food
writer Joan Nathan. 7 p.m. $20 to $40.
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW.
politics-prose.com.
Films
■ The Global Lens Film Series will feature Srdjan Dragojevic’s 2011 comedy
“The Parade (Parada),”
about a group of gay
activists in Belgrade
who strike an uneasy
alliance with a warhardened Serbian
crime boss. 2 and 6:30 p.m. Free. Chevy
Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW;
202-282-0021.
■ The Fantasy Flicks series will feature
Jim Henson’s 1986 film “Labyrinth.” 6
p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-7270321.
■ The “Joan Crawford: Hollywood Star”
series will feature
Edmund Goulding’s
1932 film “Grand
Hotel,” co-starring
Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery
and Lionel Barrymore.
6:30 p.m. Free; tickets
distributed 30 minutes before the screening. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania
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Ave. NW. 202-783-3372.
■ The “Espionage in the East” series
will present János Veiczi’s 1963 film “For
Eyes Only — Top Secret.” 6:30 p.m. $4 to
$7. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW.
boxofficetickets.com/goethe.
■ The Corcoran Gallery of Art will host
a screening of “Forge,” the first episode of
the fifth season of the PBS series “Craft in
America.” Afterward, a panel discussion
will feature master metal sculptor Albert
Paley and other artists from the episode. 7
to 9 p.m. Free; reservations suggested.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW.
craftinamerica.eventbrite.com.
■ The Opera in Cinema series will present a production of Wagner’s “Die
Walkure” from Teatro alla Scala. 7 p.m.
$18.80. West End Cinema, 23rd Street
between M and N streets NW. 202-4193456. The film will be shown again Oct.
26 at 11 a.m.
■ The Washington Psychotronic Film
Society will present Dominick Brascia’s
1986 film “Evil Laugh.” 8 p.m. Donation
suggested. McFadden’s Restaurant and
Saloon, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202462-3356.
Reading
■ The “Locally Grown: Community Supported Art Festival” will feature a staged
reading of “A Grand Design,” a dark comedy by DW Gregory. 7:30 p.m. $10. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529
16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.
Performances
■ The Kids Euro Festival 2013 will
present Belgium’s Yvette, Tania, and Edith
painting colorful scenes with their hands
and feet while serenading the audience. 6
p.m. Free; tickets distributed a half hour
before showtime. Theater Lab, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
■ The District of Columbia Arts Center
will host a performance of “Mom Baby
God,” a one-woman political theater piece
that promises a look inside the anti-abortion movement. 7:30 p.m. $20. District of
Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW.
mombabygod.brownpapertickets.com. The
performance will repeat Tuesday at 7:30
p.m.
Special events
■ Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets
will host “Taste of Dupont,” a progressive
dinner at 15 area restaurants. 6 to 9 p.m.
$5 for one ticket; $20 for five. Tickets will
be available after 4 p.m. on the night of
the event at the Dupont Resource Center,
9 Dupont Circle NW. dupontcircle.biz.
■ Vida Fitness will host its inaugural
“Dance ’Til Dawn” Zumbathon, featuring a
two-hour dance party followed by a masquerade social. 7 to 11 p.m. $29.99; tickets required. Howard Theatre, 620 T St.
NW. 202-588-1880.
■ The In Series will present a “Season
Salon,” featuring talks by Septime Webre,
Frank Conlon and others about upcoming
programming and a performance of
excerpts from “La vie in rose” and the
opera-musical “A Family Reunion.” 7 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Heurich House
Museum, 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW.
202-204-7765.
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Concerts
■ The Friday Morning Music Club and
Dumbarton House will present music circa
1800, including works by Corelli, Gemin-
iani, Cambini and Bach. Noon. Free.
Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW.
fmmcoctober.eventbirte.com.
■ The Tuesday Concert Series will feature pianist Sonya Suhnhee Kim performing “Back to the Classics: Beethoven.”
12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany,
1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635.
■ The Idan
Raichel Project
will perform. 8
p.m. $30 to
$45. Lisner
Auditorium,
George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202994-6800.
■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
at American University will present a talk
by Capital Area Food Bank president and
CEO Nancy E. Roman on “The Coming Revolution in Food and Hunger.” 12:15 to
1:15 p.m. Free. Temple Baptist Church,
3850 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-895-4860.
■ “America’s Wine: The Legacy of Prohibition” will feature a conversation among
members of five California winemaking
families who survived Prohibition and
thrived in its aftermath. 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Presidential Reception
Suite, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue
NW. [email protected].
■ David Faris, assistant professor of
political science at Roosevelt University,
will discuss his book “Dissent and Revolution in a Digital Age: Social Media, Blogging
and Activism in Egypt.” 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Free; reservations required. Room 602,
Elliott School of International Affairs,
George Washington University, 1957 E St.
NW. tinyurl.com/mp7h4jq.
■ The Landmark Society will present a
lecture on “Greek Architectural Odyssey”
by Calder Loth, senior architectural historian with the Virginia Department of Historic
Resources. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $15 to $20;
free for Landmark Society members. Tudor
Place Historic House and Garden, 1644
31st St. NW. 202-965-0400, ext. 104.
■ Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore will discuss her book “The End of San Francisco,”
about the passions and perils of a life that
refuses to conform to the rules of straight
or gay normalcy. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th
St. NW. 202-789-2227.
■ J. Craig Venter will discuss his book
“Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life.” 7
p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Poet Billy Collins
will discuss his book
“Aimless Love.” 7 p.m.
$25 to $30 for one
book and one ticket.
Sidwell Friends School,
3825 Wisconsin Ave.
NW. politics-prose.com.
■ George Washington University
adjunct professor Michele Clark will discuss human rights and combating trafficking. 7 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required.
Room B04, Gelman Library, George Washington University, 2130 H St. NW. michsc@
gwmail.gwu.edu.
Films
■ National Geographic’s Tuesdays at
Noon series will feature Jacques Perrin’s
2013 film “Kingdom of the Oceans: Giants
of the Deep.” Noon. Free. Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic, 1600 M St.
NW. 202-857-7700.
■ “Film Focus: Javier Bardem” will feature the 2007
film “Love in
the Time of
Cholera,”
based on the
novel by Gabriel García
Márquez. 6 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library,
3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.
■ The Global Lens 2013 series will feature the 2012 film “Student,” about a solitary philosophy student who commits a
calculated violent crime against the backdrop of Kazakhstan’s growing inequality,
institutional corruption and ruthless competition. 6:30 p.m. Free. Palisades Library,
4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139.
■ National Geographic and the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s
Capital will present the D.C. premiere of
Kim Mordaunt’s 2013 film “The Rocket,”
about a boy in Laos who is believed to
bring bad luck. 7:30 p.m. $10. Grosvenor
Auditorium, National Geographic, 1600 M
St. NW. 202-857-7700.
Meeting
■ The West End Book Club will discuss
“Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival,
Resilience and Redemption” by Laura Hillenbrand. 12:30 p.m. Free. West End
Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-724-8707.
Performance
■ The Kids Euro Festival 2013 will feature Slovakia’s Tino the Clown in a classic
magic show that includes tricks, jokes,
puppetry, a barnyard of animals, hovering
balls, endless strings and more. 6 p.m.
Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.
202-467-4600.
Readings
■ The Goethe-Institut will host a staged
reading of Benjamin Lauterbach’s “The
Chinese.” 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations
required. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW.
goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com.
■ The Lannan Center will present readings by writers Marie
Howe and Nick Flynn
(shown). 8 p.m. Free.
Copley Formal Lounge,
Georgetown University,
37th and O streets
NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.
Special events
■ The 55th annual Washington International Horse Show will feature more
than 500 of the top national and international horses and riders competing for the
$100,000 President’s Cup and other prizes. 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10:30
p.m. $15 to $40; free for ages 12 and
younger. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW.
800-745-3000. The competition will continue through Sunday.
■ The NovaGold/Peenstra Antiques
Roadshow will feature appraisals of jewelry
and antiques by Jamie Grasso and Steve
Gouterman of NovaGold LLC and Todd
Peenstra of Peenstra Antiques Appraisals.
10 a.m. Free; reservations required. Seabury at Friendship Terrace, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. 202-362-0704.
Tour
■ “Historic & Growing: The Tudor Place
Landscape” will look at how orchards, vegetable gardens, stables and grazing land
made way for lawns, rose gardens, fountains and the various garden “rooms” of
an urban estate. 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. $10;
free for members. Tudor Place Historic
House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW.
tudorplacehistoricandgrowing.eventbrite.
com.
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october 23
Children’s program
■ Susan Fillion will discuss her book
“Pizza in Pienza” (for ages 6 through 9).
10:30 a.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015
Concerts
■ The Happenings at the Harman
series will feature the Beau Soir Ensemble
performing works by Ravel and Barnes.
Noon. Free. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St.
NW. 202-547-1122.
■ Lecturer Aloma Bardi, tenor Salvatore Champagne and pianist Howard Lubin
will present a lecture-recital featuring compositions from Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s American years. Noon. Free; tickets
required. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson
Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St.
SE. 202-707-5502.
■ Washington National Opera chorus
members Tricia Lepofsky and Alizon Hull
Reggioli and pianist Patrick O’Donnell will
present “Flight: A Cabaret Fantasy on the
Tarmac,” featuring songs by George Gersh-
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win, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others.
6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $40 to $50. S. Dillon
Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW.
202-633-3030.
■ The Yeskel Memorial Concert Series
will feature Stephen Wade and Zan
McLeod presenting “The Beautiful Music
All Around Us,” a combination of live
music, project images and spoken narrative that traces Wade’s journey into musical traditions across the American South.
7:30 to 9 p.m. Free. Jack Morton Auditorium, Media and Public Affairs Building,
George Washington University, 805 21st
St. NW. 202-994-6245.
■ “Jazz at the Atlas” will feature Duke
Ellington School of the Arts and Howard
University alumnus Brian Settles and his
band Central Union. 8 p.m. $28.50. Atlas
Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE.
202-399-7993.
■ The Railers will perform. 8:30 p.m.
$8 to $10. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW.
gypsysallys.com.
■ Astrobiologist Michelle Thaller, assistant director for science communication at
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, will
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&
mology From the Greeks to Today.” 11:30
a.m. Free. Mary Pickford Theater, Madison
Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5664.
■ “An American Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration” will feature a
viewing of the “Civil War Battlefields” film
on Wilderness and Spotsylvania and a talk
by Sam Smith, education manager of the
Civil War Trust. Noon. Free. National Museum of American Jewish Military History,
1811 R St. NW. 202-265-6280.
■ The Jerusalem Fund will present a
book talk by journalist Max Blumenthal,
author of “Goliath: Live and Loathing in
Greater Israel.” 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free. The
Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW.
202-338-1958.
■ Mexican artists Marco Vera and Fernando Corona will discuss cultural
exchanges like Mexicali Rose and resulting
artistic expressions created in border cities. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW.
visitingartists-mexicalirose.eventbrite.com.
■ Evening With Extraordinary Artists
will feature a talk by Carla Perlo on her personal journey as a dancer, choreographer
and founding director of the acclaimed
D.C. performance venue Dance Place.
6:30 p.m. $20; reservations required by
Oct. 22. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I
St. NW. 202-331-7282, ext. 16.
■ As part of Architecture Week, a
panel of architect-musicians will discuss
“Architecture as Frozen Music.” 6:30 to 8
p.m. $10 donation suggested; reservations required. District Architecture Center, 421 7th St. NW.
■ Educator Enid Lee and journalist A.
Peter Bailey will discuss “Rethinking Malcolm X,” about his perspectives on international politics, self-defense and self-determination. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Langston
Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St.
NW. 202-387-7638.
■ “Healthy Lunches, Healthy Students”
— about the importance of wholesome,
locally sourced menus in cafeterias and
the growing interest in school gardens —
will feature Sam Kass (invited), assistant
chef and senior policy adviser for healthy
food at the White House; Stephen Ritz,
teacher and founder of the Green Bronx
Machine; Frances Evangelista, assistant
principal at Hyde-Addison Elementary
School; and Nona Evans, executive director
of the Whole Kids Foundation. 6:30 to 8
p.m. $12 to $20; reservations required.
National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW.
202-272-2448.
■ Politics and Prose will present a book
talk by Brad Meltzer, co-author of “History
Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of
All Time.” 7 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King
Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202727-0321.
■ Scholar Jawid Mojadeddi will discuss
Rumi’s “Masnavi,” followed by a performance by Persian musician Amir Vahab
and his ensemble. 7 p.m. Free. Watha T.
Daniel-Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW.
202-727-1288.
■ Simon Winchester will discuss his
book “The Men Who United the States:
America’s Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics
and Mavericks, and the Creation of One
Nation, Indivisible.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics
202-364-1919.
■ Samuel G. Freedman, author of
“Breaking the Line: The Season in Black
College Football That Transformed the
Sport and Changed the Course of Civil
Rights,” will moderate a discussion on
“Sports as a Catalyst for Social Change.”
Panelists will include sportswriter Michael
Hurd and former NFL players James Harris
and R.C. Gamble. 7 p.m. Free. McGowan
Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets
NW. 202-357-5000.
■ Georgetown University professor Lin-
coln Brower will discuss “The Grand Saga
of the Monarch Butterfly.” 7 to 8 p.m. Free.
Room 208, White-Gravenor Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW.
guevents.georgetown.edu.
■ Wally Lamb will discuss his book “We
Are Water.” 7 p.m. $12 to $30. Sixth & I
Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877987-6487.
DISPATCHES
face painted and won some prizes.
— Zoe McCullough, fifth-grader
affecting people all over the country
— and also the rowers at Wilson.
Members of the crew team have
spent the last two weeks doing
workouts on land and practicing on
erg machines in the hallways.
Thompson Boat Center, where
Wilson and many other high school
teams row, is run by the National
Park Service and therefore closed.
The fall crew season lasts only for
about two months, with five races.
So missing two weeks in the middle
of the season is a big deal.
This weekend the girls and boys
varsity teams will be racing at the
Occoquan Chase without a chance
to practice lineups at all. Rowers are
working on general fitness, and
although it is important, this is not
the same as rowing in boats. Senior
captain Sofie Heffernan said not
being on the water “is prohibiting
our ability to increase our speed this
season.”
Head coach Matt Grau agreed
this will “significantly affect the
varsity teams’ technique.” Without
time on the water, new rowers
“don’t know what rowing is.”
Coach Grau was quick to add
that the shutdown is causing much
bigger issues than the Wilson crew
teams’ inability to practice.
— Erin Sternlieb, 11th-grader
From Page 15
required to choose and research two
possible topics for their senior project. This assignment proved crucial
as seniors hit the ground running
with an interview with an expert
and a five-page paper due within
the first weeks of school.
From graffiti to the World Cup,
or martial arts to human trafficking,
senior project topics reflect the
diversity of the students’ interests.
— Delmar Tarragó, 12th-grader
Shepherd Elementary
Hi. My name is Zoe
McCullough and so far I’m really
enjoying this school year. I am in
fifth grade and I am in Mr. Leonard’s class. Can you believe that it’s
fall already?
Speaking of fall, the Fall Fest
last weekend was so much fun. I
don’t know why they didn’t have
the goldfish and the bungee jump,
because those are my two favorite
things about the Fall Fest. The
Moon Bounce Deluxe was fun, too,
but there was a bee in there and I
was totally freaked out.
Besides those three things, the
Fall Fest was really cool. I got my
Sheridan School
On Wednesday we had an
unusual visitor at Sheridan: Albert
Einstein. He explained his theory of
relativity and some basic physics to
us by singing songs with our teachers. I especially liked the physics
song. It helped to hear Einstein say
that physics is the study of matter
and energy, and that this explains
how we move around. I think
everyone from the kindergartners to
the teachers learned something.
In sixth grade we are learning
about memoirs, where we write
about something very important that
happened to us. It doesn’t have to
be big, it can be something as simple as learning to tie your shoelace,
as long as it has meaning to you.
We get to hear all of our classmates’
memoirs — it’s really fun to hear
people’s stories and you learn more
about them just by listening. We’ve
posted our memoirs out in the hallway so that other students can learn
about us, the sixth grade, and be
inspired to write their own.
— Dani Vargas, sixth-grader
Wilson High School
The government shutdown is
Films
■ Retro Movie Night will feature Roman
Polanski’s 1960s classic “Rosemary’s
Baby.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library,
4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.
■ The Reel Israel DC series will feature
Benny Toraty’s 2012 film “The Ballad of
the Weeping Spring.” 8 p.m. $8.50 to
$11.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut
Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.
Meetings
■ The Glover Park Village’s twicemonthly “Conversation Corner” will offer a
chance to speak French, Spanish or German with neighbors. 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations requested. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW.
[email protected].
■ A support group for job seekers will
hold its weekly meeting in Tenleytown. 2
p.m. Free. Panera Bread, 4501 Wisconsin
Ave. NW. [email protected].
Performance
■ The Suzanne Farrell Ballet will present a sneak peek at its upcoming season.
6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy
Center. 202-467-4600.
Tasting
■ A book signing and tasting party will
celebrate Fred Minnick’s new book “Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How
Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish
Whiskey.” 6 to 8 p.m. $30. Jack Rose Dining Saloon, 2007 18th St. NW. 202-5887388.
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Custom built-ins.
LR w/frpl. LL w/gym. Patio, flat
$1,075,000
yard. $1,095,000
Delia McCormick 301-977-7273
InvITIng Charm
Chevy Chase, DC. Bright & sunny
stucco Colonial. Updated kitchen,
2 BRs, 2 BAs on 2nd flr. Bedroom/
Office on 3rd. High ceilings,
front porch, garage. Across from
Lafayette Park. $719,000
Nancy Wilson 202-966-5286
FlaIr & sTyle
Bethesda, MD/Grosvenor Woods.
Extensively renovated contemporary
w/exquisite center island kitchen. Great
family rm w/gas frpl opens to custom
screened porch. 6000 sf includes 6 BRs,
4.5 BAs. Near to Metro & shops. $1,050,000
Laura McCaffrey 301-641-4456 Delia McCormick 301-977-7273
deCepTIvely spaCIous
Chevy Chase, MD. Sunny brick
split level. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths
include a special tree top 3rd flr
MBR suite & LL au-pair suite.
Built-ins, TS kitchen. Patio. Off
street parking. $699,500
Phil Sturm 301-213-3528
urban savvy
West End. Beautifully renovated
2 BR, 2 BA unit. Kit. w/Bosch, GE
Profile & Silestone. Custom closets.
New carpet & lighting. Balcony
access from all rooms. Walk to
Metro. $555,000
Ben Dursch 202-288-4334
mId CenTury modern
Colonial Village. Updated 4 level
split. Dramatic entry, 1st flr office/
den. 4-5 BRs, 3.5 BAs. LL fam rm
w/wet bar. 2 frpls. Idyllic courtyard.
2 car gar. $845,000
Lee Goldstein 202-744-8060
Dina Paxenos 202-256-1624
legendary sTyle
Forest Hills. Stylish 2 BR at The
Parker House combines convenience
w/vintage details. Arched doorways,
high ceilings, French drs to solarium.
Wall of built-ins & 5 generous closets.
Pet friendly. $537,000
Patricia Kennedy 202-249-5167

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