No.47 November 20, 2013 - The Current Newspapers

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Serving Burleith, Foxhall, Georgetown, Georgetown Reservoir & Glover Park
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Vol. XXIII, No. 17
The Georgetown Current
Federal panel resists height change
ha p p y f eet
■ Development: Congress
to weigh recommendations
By ELIZABETH WIENER
Current Staff Writer
Capping a yearlong debate pitting “federal” against “local” interests, the National Capital Planning
Commission Tuesday voted to recommend no change in the law governing building heights in the Dis-
trict’s monumental core. And then,
after a surprise amendment, it recommended no immediate height
changes for the rest of the city either.
The final recommendation by the
commission, which is charged with
protecting federal interests in the
nation’s capital, is a return to its
original position that the 1910
Height of Buildings Act should
remain in place. It acknowledges the
city’s economic stake in looser
building limits, but says “the hori-
zontal skyline, views and street-level
character shaped by the Height Act”
are “integral elements of the city’s
DNA.”
It’s also a rebuke to city officials,
led by the D.C. Office of Planning,
who were urging more sweeping
change: first a modest adjustment in
the formula that governs building
height in L’Enfant City — bounded
by Georgetown, Florida Avenue and
the Anacostia and Potomac rivers
See Height/Page 5
Gypsy Sally’s in line for rare tavern license
By KATIE PEARCE
Bill Petros/The Current
The Washington Harbour ice rink opened last week for the
public skating season, which will continue through March.
A rarely available tavern license is up for grabs in
Georgetown, and Gypsy Sally’s is first in line for it.
The closing of Saloun, at 3239 M St., opened up one
of only six tavern liquor licenses permitted in the historic neighborhood. The licenses are coveted because
they allow for more freedom with alcohol sales than
restaurant licenses do.
And particularly since the opportunity hasn’t come
around for the last 20 years, “it immediately becomes a
valued commodity,” said Tom Birch of the Georgetown
advisory neighborhood commission.
A 1994 law restricted the number of tavern licenses in
the Georgetown Historic District to six. Further caps on
liquor licenses in the neighborhood are established
through a moratorium.
The owners of Gypsy Sally’s, a new Americana
See License/Page 10
Record to stay open
for zoning overhaul
Since 1994 only six tavern licenses have been
allowed in Georgetown. The closing of Saloun has
opened up a chance for one new tavern, and Gypsy
Sally’s was the first to request the license.
First mayoral debate kicks off
campaign season for primary
By BRADY HOLT
By GRAHAM VYSE
Residents wishing to weigh in on the proposed D.C.
zoning rewrite can continue to submit written testimony
to the Zoning Commission, according to chair Anthony
Hood.
The commission is due to take action Dec. 9 on the
Office of Planning’s recommended overhaul of the city’s
land-use regulations, which govern parking requirements, building height and density, and acceptable uses
of a given property.
At that point, commissioners will decide whether to
begin deliberating on the regulations or postpone the
proceedings to give the public more time to digest the
comprehensive overhaul — as a number of residents and
advisory neighborhood commissions have requested.
The race is on.
Six declared Democratic candidates for mayor debated for the first
time last Wednesday, kicking off a
four-and-a-half-month campaign
season ahead of April’s primary
election.
Mayor Vincent Gray has yet to
announce whether he will seek reelection, but that didn’t seem to faze
his would-be successors participating in a D.C. Bar forum at the K
Street offices of law firm Arent Fox.
For political observers, the event
NEWS
Bill Petros/Current file photo
A proposal to reduce minimum parking rules for
new developments in parts of the city has sparked
controversy.
Other groups are urging swift approval of the new rules,
which include many long-debated concepts.
“The record will stay open until further notice,” Hood
said at the Nov. 13 hearing. “And I want to assure the
public that even after we make our decision on Dec. 9,
See Zoning/Page 3
SPOR TS
Glover Park ANC
urges city to reduce
strip club’s hours
— Page 2
Wilson Tigers top
Banneker to win
volleyball crown
— Page 9
HOLIDAYS
Gift drives, other
charitable options
abound this season
— Page 15
served mostly as a preview of forums
to come — an early glimpse at how
candidates will make their cases and
draw contrasts with their rivals.
Four of the candidates are sitting
D.C. Council members: Tommy
Wells, Jack Evans, Muriel Bowser
and Vincent Orange. To varying
degrees, each touted experience at
the Wilson Building as an asset.
Ward 6 member Tommy Wells
spoke most about ethics, repeatedly
hammering Mayor Gray for running
what he called a corrupt campaign in
2010. “I will fight to restore integrity
to government,” Wells said.
See Campaign/Page 12
INDEX
Calendar/18
Classifieds/26
District Digest/4
Exhibits/19
In Your Neighborhood/12
Opinion/6
Police Report/8
Real Estate/11
School Dispatches/7
Service Directory/23
Sports/9
Theater/21
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Good Guys strip club battles to continue offering daytime nude dancing
By GRAHAM VYSE
A Glover Park strip club is quite literally in
a fight to save its skin.
The community’s advisory neighborhood
commission is protesting the renewal of the
liquor license for Good Guys Club at 2311
Wisconsin Ave., arguing that the establishment
should no longer be allowed to offer daytime
nude dancing.
In a resolution adopted unanimously last
Thursday, commissioners said Good Guys
should be required to abide by the same D.C.
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board rules
restricting adult entertainment at JP’s, another
strip club on Wisconsin Avenue. Under these
rules, nude dancing would be banned before 5
p.m.
“ANC3B asserts that nude dancing estab-
lishments are not appropriate venues in the
well-used commercial center of a family-centered neighborhood such as Glover Park,” the
resolution states. Commissioners all said they
would prefer a neighborhood entirely devoid
of strip clubs, but would settle for clubs with
restrictions.
Good Guys’ liquor license, like all nightclub licenses in the city, is coming up for its
periodic renewal. Neighborhoods routinely
use the renewal application as leverage to
address long-standing grievances with an
establishment, or to seek updates to the license
reflecting changing conditions in the area.
For Good Guys, both issues are at play.
Much of the debate focused on the precedent of the new JP’s restrictions. Though commissioners acknowledged they have had a
better working relationship with Good Guys
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Glover Park commissioners back shift in Wisconsin Ave. traffic pattern
By GRAHAM VYSE
A pair of Glover Park advisory neighborhood commissioners plan to appear before a
D.C. Council committee next month to recommend abolishing recent changes to Wisconsin
Avenue’s traffic lane configuration south of
Calvert Street.
Brian Cohen and Jackie Blumenthal
announced at last Thursday’s commission
meeting that a survey of hundreds of neighborhood residents revealed widespread unhappiness with parts of the Wisconsin Avenue
streetscape project, completed by the D.C.
Department of Transportation.
The main issue has been the transformation
of a through-traffic lane into a yellow painted
median strip with several turn arrows. Complaints about incredibly slow northbound traf-
fic have caused many in the neighborhood to
sour on the streetscape project, which affected
Wisconsin from Whitehaven Parkway to Massachusetts Avenue. City officials have already
undone some of the changes north of Calvert
Street.
“We have given it a chance, but the people
have spoken,” Cohen said.
Among other problems, traffic changes
have resulted in delivery trucks illegally park-
ing along the road, Cohen reported.
“There is no hope for Wisconsin Avenue
the way it is structured now,” said Blumenthal,
who will testify with Cohen at a Dec. 4 hearing
of the D.C. Council’s Committee on Transportation and the Environment.
In an interview, Blumenthal said she supports turning Wisconsin Avenue back into a
six-lane road with changes such as trafficcalming measures.
The week ahead
Wednesday, Nov. 20
The D.C. State Board of Education will hold a public meeting to discuss the Next Generation Science Standards. The
meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Old Council Chambers
at One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW.
■ The Coalition for Non-Profit Housing and Economic Development and Good Faith Communities Coalition will host a Ward
3 Housing Town Hall from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The event will
focus on ways to end chronic homelessness and make housing affordable for more D.C. residents.
■ The Citizens Association of Georgetown will hold its monthly
meeting, which will include a salute to “Oral History Pioneers.”
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the City Tavern Club, 3206
M St. NW.
■ The Metropolitan Police Department’s 2nd District Citizens
Advisory Council will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. at the 2nd District
Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW.
Thursday, Nov. 21
The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 9
a.m. in Room 220 South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St.
NW. Agenda items will include a rear and roof addition at
1835-1837 Wyoming Ave. NW and relocation of a house at
3211 Wisconsin Ave. NW with new construction behind it.
■ The D.C. Board of Elections will hold two public hearings on
proposed precinct boundary changes to match existing advisory neighborhood commission single-member district boundary
lines. The hearings will be held at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. in Room
280 North, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW.
■ The Greater Washington Council of Churches will hold its fall
forum, which will focus on D.C. statehood. The featured speaker will be Johnny Barnes, civil rights attorney and former director of the National Capital Chapter of the ACLU. The meeting
will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Community Room at
National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW.
■ The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will hold a
community meeting on proposed changes to the agency’s permit fees and regulations. The meeting will be held from 6:30
to 8 p.m. at Emery Recreation Center, 5801 Georgia Ave. NW.
■ The Metropolitan Police Department’s 4th District Citizens
Advisory Council will meet at 7 p.m. at the 4th District Headquarters, 6001 Georgia Ave. NW. The guest speaker will be
Paul Quander, deputy mayor for public safety and justice.
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Monday, Nov. 25
The D.C. Zoning Commission will hold a hearing on
Georgetown University’s proposed Northeast Residence Hall.
The hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Room 220 South, One
Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW.
ZONING: Commission weighing options on rewrite
From Page 1
there will be adequate time for comments to be taken in to this commission.”
Commissioners Peter May and
Marcie Cohen indicated that they
would support delaying the adoption
of the new zoning code.
“These are not the final words,”
May said of the thousand-page draft
text. “There’s going to be a lot of
editing between now and when it
gets finally approved. It’s going to
take a lot of time to do that, and
there’s probably going to be another
opportunity for public comment.”
The commission has held more
than 24 hours of hearings in the past
two weeks on the zoning rewrite.
Witnesses have covered such topics
as corner stores in residential areas,
apartments in single-family properties, minimum parking requirements,
big-box stores, the boundaries of the
designated “downtown” area and
other issues.
The hearings continued this week
with two “overflow” days — last
night and tonight — primarily
focused on parking. Last night’s
hearing took place after The Current’s deadline.
One contentious issue remains
that of parking minimums in new
developments. Residents have
debated whether to continue requiring minimum numbers of spaces or
letting market forces drive developers’ decisions. The Office of Planning, which also heard extensive
debate before submitting its proposal, is recommending a loosened version of today’s standard.
In much of the city, existing
requirements would remain in place.
But in areas particularly well-served
by transit, the minimum parking
proposed would be half of what’s
required today. And in the area designated as “downtown” — which is
growing as part of the Planning
Office proposal — there would be
no required parking.
Additionally, buildings with
more than twice the minimum
amount of parking would need corresponding transportation-demand
management practices to mitigate
the impact of those vehicles.
At last Tuesday’s parking hearing, most witnesses speaking supported a reduction in parking minimums. Several said they or their
neighbors have been forced to buy
parking spaces they didn’t need
because developers of their buildings had been required to provide
them — driving up housing costs
and driving off residents who prefer
to go car-free.
But others said they worried that
decreased parking requirements
would give developers a chance to
avoid constructing a costly but necessary amenity, particularly in hot
spots like 14th Street and Columbia
Heights. This would shift the burden
of providing parking for a new building from the developer to the city
and the neighborhood.
Commissioner May said the way
to protect against that would be to
reform the District’s Residential
Parking Permit system, and he urged
the Office of Planning to work with
the D.C. Department of Transportation toward that end.
“You can’t have these large buildings built with RPP eligibility,” said
May. “If you don’t put in a certain
number [of parking spaces], you
should not be eligible — something
like that. There ought to be a trigger.”
Hood said he was worried that
the Zoning Commission wasn’t
hearing from the “silent majority” of
residents who do rely on their cars.
“You’re not going to be out here riding on a bicycle with your parents
who can’t walk anymore,” he said.
To comment, send written testimony to [email protected],
including “Case No. 08-06A” and
the subtitle of the relevant zoning
code. Visit tinyurl.com/zrr-schedule
for a chart identifying the subtitles.
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District Digest
Whitman-Walker gets
federal health grant
Whitman-Walker Health has
received a major federal grant to
support the work of its two D.C.
health centers as part of the Affordable Care Act, which included $150
million to support 236 such sites
around the country.
Whitman-Walker was the only
program in the D.C. area designated
as a “federally qualified health cen-
ter” under the program, which
focuses on “community-based organizations that provide comprehensive primary and preventative care
… to persons regardless of their
ability to pay or health insurance
status.”
Founded in 1978, WhitmanWalker in 2005 transitioned from an
AIDS service organization to a general health-care center. The program
has drawn a federal stamp of
approval since 2007, qualifying it
for higher Medicaid and Medicare
reimbursements. Locations are on
14th Street NW and in Southeast.
More candidates pick
up primary petitions
Three more Democrats are circulating nominating petitions for
the D.C. Council’s at-large seat as
of Monday afternoon.
John F. Settles II, Pedro Rubio
and Kathy Henderson picked up
Come Join Us...
nominating petitions last week to
run in the April 1 primary. Nate
Bennett Fleming, D.C.’s current
shadow representative, previously
picked up petitions, as did incumbent Anita Bonds.
In other Democratic races,
Michael Lee Matthew hopes to
challenge Eleanor Holmes Norton
for delegate to the U.S. House of
Representatives. Glenda J. Richmond picked up petitions Monday
for shadow senator, joining Pete
Ross, Octavia Wells and incumbent
Paul Strauss in pursuing the seat.
And Franklin Garcia joined
Antonette Russell in seeking to run
for shadow representative.
Among Republicans, James M.
Caviness became the only candidate
for his party’s mayoral nomination.
In the D.C. Statehood Green
Party, Eugene Puryear is so far
alone in pursuing the mayoral nomination, and G. Lee Aiken picked up
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Healthy choices app
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Cancer Institute launched a new
iPhone app last week as part of a
health fair at Wilson High School.
More than 500 students participated in the launch of the mobile
application, which helps students
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Corrections
In the Nov. 13 issue, an article
on the D.C. zoning rewrite misstated the rules for external accessory
dwelling units. As proposed, they
would be allowed without public
review in existing buildings provided the buildings aren’t expanded.
In the same issue, another article
misspelled the name of Office of
Zoning spokesperson Fredric Kendrick.
The Current regrets the errors.
As a matter of policy, The Current
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HEIGHT: National Capital Planning Commission recommends no change to federal law
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— and completely scrapping the
federal act outside those boundaries,
handing height decisions there to the
city and its zoning authorities.
But Peter May, a top planner for
the National Park Service, upended
that proposal by immediately offering an amendment to maintain height
act limits citywide. “This is not just
about selective views, but views
from Cardozo High School, the
Cathedral, Frederick Douglass’
home. It’s about quality of life,
human scale,” May said. “It’s one of
those areas where mistakes cannot
be fixed, if we decide later we were
wrong.”
Planning director Harriet Tregoning, who sits on the national commission, framed her rejected proposal to loosen heights as a homerule issue, and said it would not
necessarily mean taller buildings
anywhere in the city. She said Washington is the world’s only capital city
that cedes control of local development to the national government.
“Would a future Congress care if
your kids can find an affordable
place to live here, or our teachers or
grocery store workers?” Tregoning
asked. “But we care, and we could
decide to do something about it.”
May’s amendment passed by a
7-3 vote, with only Tregoning, mayoral appointee Robert Miller and
commission chair Preston Bryant
dissenting.
The recommendation goes next
to Congress, and specifically to Rep.
Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chair of the
House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform. A year ago
Issa requested the joint study to
determine what — if any — “strategic changes” in the height act could
give the city more development flexibility while still protecting what is
known as “Washington’s iconic horizontal skyline.”
A spokesperson for Issa said he
could hold hearings on the issue as
soon as next month.
Tuesday’s action followed two
hours of public testimony that continued familiar debates on the issue.
Proponents of change said the
District’s economy is hampered by
the federal restrictions, and that the
city could simply run out of room to
grow in coming decades without
flexibility to build higher. They
argued that taller buildings are one of
the few mechanisms available to
produce more affordable housing,
and they chafed at federal limits on
what they said should be the city’s
right to determine its own destiny.
But opponents, who vastly outnumbered the proponents at numerous presentations and public hearings, said the century-old height act
has served the District well, not only
protecting views of monuments and
federal buildings, but also keeping
the city low-scale and livable. And
they scoffed at the idea that taller
buildings would produce affordable
housing in less prosperous sections
of the city, saying developers always
opt for the highest profit in the most
affluent neighborhoods.
In presenting his amendment,
May argued that it makes no sense to
ask Congress to open the way for
changes to the act prior to detailed
study of specific areas where taller
buildings might be feasible or appropriate.
May’s amendment won strong
support from D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, who showed
up in person to cast a vote. Earlier in
the day, Mendelson introduced a
“sense of the council” resolution
opposing height act changes. It
immediately won sponsorship from
12 of the 13 council members.
The national planning commission did endorse one minor change
to the height act citywide — allowing “human occupancy” of rooftop
penthouses, which are currently limited to mechanical equipment. That
change would not actually increase
the height of any building.
May also added a late amendment to limit penthouses to one story
up to 20 feet tall.
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Reason not to rush
In developing its proposed rewrite of the District’s land-use regulations,
the Office of Planning has spent six years working with community members and convening or attending hundreds of public meetings.
This was undoubtedly an impressive public outreach program. But we
would nevertheless like to join the chorus of voices calling for the Zoning
Commission to delay action on the proposed zoning rewrite.
The issue is not that the Planning Office failed to involve the public in
crafting its recommendation. Far from it. We commend the agency for working hard to hear as many voices as possible, from every ward in the city.
Considering the importance of our zoning regulations — they govern
what sorts of construction and uses are allowed in what parts of the city — it
was important to know what views were out there.
Where the Office of Planning came up sadly short was in the process it
followed after crafting its recommendations. The agency’s proposal, a complete restructuring of the city’s zoning rules, first emerged over the summer,
with major revisions made as recently as September and tweaks continuing
even during this month’s Zoning Commission hearings.
This proposal is a thousand-page document that lacked even the most
rudimentary guide as to what changes the agency was recommending compared to existing regulations. Details of the proposed revisions were still
sadly lacking even when the hearings began. Comprehensive reports summing up notable changes were available just days before the public was
asked to weigh in. Even these reports don’t identify everything that’s new in
the rewritten zoning code — just the Planning Office’s selected highlights.
If there isn’t adequate time for the public to digest this mass of information — and we think there has not been — the only informed opinion the
Zoning Commission will hear is that of the Office of Planning itself.
We understand the point that residents pushing for delayed hearings
might simply be opponents of the zoning changes, who hope postponement
could help kill aspects of the overhaul.
Whether or not that’s the case, there is ample cause for a brief delay. The
Office of Planning moved at a commendably deliberate pace while developing its recommendation. It should take some time to explain it.
The Zoning Commission is due to decide Dec. 9 what its next step will
be. We hope that it will delay action on the rewrite proposal for 60 to 90
days. And we would encourage proponents of this delay to use that time
wisely to develop concrete recommendations for the city’s zoning future.
Chosen wisely
After a multiyear process, the city has chosen a “master developer” for its
portion of the old Walter Reed campus, selecting the Hines/Urban Atlantic/
Triden team from a pool of three finalist groups.
We’re pleased with both the process and the outcome. The chosen developers envision creating, over the course of about a decade, a series of neighborhoods in parklike settings, mixed in with a science center, an arts district,
a senior village, and retail focused on Georgia Avenue. And, notably, the
crew has a plan for the meantime: hosting festivals, farmers markets and arts
events on the expansive site.
Officials invited and considered a huge amount of public input as they
made their decision, and the two advisory neighborhood commissions in the
immediate area also preferred the Hines team. The organizers even extended
the period for public comment on the proposals after a summer meeting
drew increased attention to the process.
We believe that the careful effort and expansive public input spurred the
competing development teams to look closely at what would be good for the
city and community. And we think “The Parks at Walter Reed” will be a
good fit.
Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser, who represents the site
and the surrounding neighborhoods, is calling for the developers to fast-track
a couple of uses for the campus. City officials hope to rework a site on Georgia Avenue at Butternut Street — home to a decrepit former hotel known as
Building 18 — to house a new fire station, allowing Engine Co. 22 to move
from its aging facility at Georgia and Missouri avenues.
And the Latin American Montessori Bilingual School and Washington Yu
Ying Public Charter School plan to create programs at Walter Reed. The
council member said construction should begin as soon as possible on both
the educational and safety uses, since this work can be started prior to the
formal land transfer from the Army. We agree that this should be a priority.
We’re looking forward to what’s to come: a vibrant new part of town
with services, events and opportunities for residents from across the city.
The Current
My apologies for this column …
P
resident Obama has apologized for the clunky
rollout of Obamacare.
In Virginia, Annandale High School principal Vincent Randazzo has apologized for the impatient football coach who rushed the school band off
the field a few minutes early, ruining senior night for
the musicians.
In Maryland, gubernatorial candidate Doug
Gansler has apologized
recently for perhaps
being too tolerant at his
son’s “Beach Week”
party, where underage
youths were perhaps
drinking.
Here in the District, the mayor’s spokesperson
apologized for referring to parts of the taxi industry
as “third world.”
This outburst of apologies — among many others;
the Toronto mayor comes to mind — prompted a
Notebook suggestion.
We should gather all the apologizers in a circle to
sing along with Brenda Lee and part of her 1960 hit
single, “I’m Sorry”:
I’m sorry, so sorry,
that I was such a fool. …
You tell me mistakes,
Are part of being young.
But that don’t right
The wrong that’s been done.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, uh-oh, oh yes.
Our recent apologizers are not that young, but the
Notebook particularly wants to see some of them
sing that last “oh, oh, oh” line. It could be a YouTube
sensation.
■ The horn went beep, beep, beep. Last week a
bunch of cab drivers were outside the D.C. Taxicab
Commission meeting. The drivers are angry that —
they say — the city is rushing them to get new dome
lights, credit card devices and paint jobs.
Commission chair Ron Linton was unruffled by
the shouting drivers, although the noise forced him to
adjourn the meeting. Linton engaged in testy backand-forth exchanges with several drivers as they
crowded around him after the meeting. He told
NBC4 that Mayor Vincent Gray is insistent that the
changes will make the cab industry more organized
and customer-friendly. And he noted that the hearing
room drew about 200
cab drivers, “but another
6,500 are out on the
street working.”
Some of the cab
drivers, who’ve always
had trouble organizing
themselves into effective groups, are now signing up
with the Teamsters Union Local 922. The Teamsters
have filed suit challenging the pace of the required
equipment changes and increased towing of violators
by hack inspectors. The union also has prompted an
apology from the mayor’s press spokesperson for
referring to the cabs here as “third world.” (As we
noted earlier.)
■ You can’t always get what you want. U.S. Attorney for the District Ron Machen will sit down for an
hourlong, on-camera interview Wednesday night in
front of a live audience at the Hill Center on Capitol
Hill (9th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE).
There’s room for about 110 people. The program
will start at about 7 p.m.
Machen has been the U.S. attorney here for nearly
four years. We don’t have to remind you of all the
corruption cases that he has handled or is handling.
But his office of 350 assistant U.S. attorneys does far
more than chase after D.C. corruption.
Who is Ron Machen, and what is he doing?
We’ll be asking a lot of questions, and we’ll take
yours from the audience, too.
Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political
reporter for News 4.
TOM SHERWOOD’s
Notebook
Letters to
the Editor
External apartments
merit special review
In The Current’s Nov. 13 article “Zoning rewrite hearings air
debates over D.C.’s future,” there
was an error in the description
regarding “accessory dwelling
units” (rental units). I am aware
that it is very difficult to track all
the many details of the zoning
rewrite, but there is an important
distinction.
As the article stated, the proposed regulations allow an internal ADU (for example, a basement apartment) as a matter of
right when the homeowner resides
in the house. But the article is in
error when describing the conditions for an external ADU.
The Office of Planning proposal
would also make the external
units a matter of right not requiring any permission through the
special exception process unless
the rental unit would be in a
newly built or expanded garage or
other accessory building. The
agency proposes to make all
accessory dwelling units created
in or on top of an existing garage
or existing accessory building a
matter of right. If the external
rental apartments are allowed only
as a special exception, neighbors
could have an opportunity to
speak at the Board of Zoning
Adjustment when the special
exception request is considered.
Many residents have strongly
urged that all external accessory
dwelling units go through the special exception process.
I thank you for your coverage
of the zoning rewrite.
Julie Six
President,
Tenleytown Neighbors Association
Not everyone wants
to delay zoning rules
A front-page headline in The
Current’s Nov. 13 issue implied
that many local groups are seeking a delay of proposed zoning
revisions. But the opposite is true.
Key civic organizations like the
Citizens Association of Georgetown and Advisory Neighborhood
Commission 3B (representing
Glover Park and Cathedral
Heights) support the zoning
rewrite.
We believe that the rewrite is
long overdue — the District’s
50-year-old zoning code needs to
be updated in a way that respects
our traditions while acknowledging that today’s D.C. is very different from 1950s D.C.
The proposed revisions make
reasonable allowances for local
corner stores in row house residential areas such as Glover Park.
These stores will provide the ability to walk a short distance to
local, neighborhood-friendly
stores; they will enrich our neighborhood fabric and provide easy
access to daily necessities.
The proposed revisions offer
improved options for homeowners
to create accessory dwelling units.
These units create more affordable
housing, increase the value of
existing housing stock, allow for
neighborhood population growth
without modifying existing building density, and can provide an
income source to allow seniors to
age in place in their own homes.
The proposed zoning revisions
contain limited changes to current
mandated parking minimums.
These parking minimums undermine market forces, increase
housing costs, reduce incentives
to use mass transit, and damage
the historic and walkable form of
many neighborhoods. The changes proposed in the draft zoning
code — which are limited to
downtown and areas well served
by transit — would mitigate these
problems. They would allow
room for automobiles, but create
new incentives and opportunities
for walking, car- and bike-sharing,
and mass transit.
Put simply: The proposed zoning code revisions will make our
city a better place to live, work,
play and learn. The Zoning Commission should move rapidly to
approve these changes.
Brian A. Cohen
Commissioner, ANC 3B05
The Current
Spotlight on Schools
British School
of Washington
In IPC (International Primary
Curriculum) we’ve been learning
about the news — how we receive
the news and what is news. For our
Entry Point we took a trip to the
Newseum, where we saw a 4-D
movie that taught us how news
developed through time.
The day after, we created mind
maps to display how much we
knew at the beginning of our topic.
Our next activity was to compare
news websites to newspaper front
pages. We used the Google news
archive to explore newspapers from
the 1800s and 1900s.
One of our homework tasks was
to read articles from the day we
were born and rewrite them in our
own words from what we understood from the text.
Now we are looking at news
websites. We are building our own
websites, including links, tabs and
real stories. We have learnt how to
use hyperlinks. When we have finished, they will be be published on
the school network so other children
can read them and comment.
— Matilde Impavido and
Alex Loughran, Year 5 York
(fourth-graders)
Deal Middle School
At Deal there is a lot of diversity
among more than 1,200 students.
Some of us, including me, have
something in common: swimming.
This school year, we have our
first swim team since the mid-’90s.
We had our first practice on Nov. 5
at the Wilson Aquatic Center. Most
people were really excited because
this was the first team they got to
participate in, and they want to
show Deal their swimming skills.
The coaches are really cool, and
they guide the kids who may not
know how to swim well or do not
know the swim techniques. If we
keep practicing and helping each
other, we will form a bond with
each other.
— Jessica Padilla, eighth-grader
Edmund Burke School
Last week our very talented students had six fantastic performances
of “Alice In Wonderland” where
everyone was steam punk. This
made the play 10 times more interesting because they made it different and unique, which also
describes Edmund Burke School.
It felt like walking in a dark
maze with so many twists and turns
and moments that if you missed
them you might be confused later.
You could tell they were putting
their all into it, and there wasn’t one
dull moment. The White Rabbit did
cartwheels, rolls and splits.
The remarkable set had a swing
and a glowing treehouse including
lights and a door. The set made
everything look crazy and hectic.
Circles hanging from the ceiling
were painted different colors.
There were students doing lights,
sounds and even backstage help.
The students all showed so much
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initiative when they came together
and made this play their own. The
whole group was outstanding, acting on stage and helping with lights
and sound effects. They all came
together as one. I think it inspired
many people; it surely inspired me.
— Hallie Friedman, eighth-grader
The Field School
Last Tuesday, the day after Veterans Day, retired U.S. Marine
Terry Mahoney as well as Wounded
Warrior Project spokesperson David
McAfee talked to a schoolwide
assembly about what you can do for
a veteran and the medical conditions that many veterans have when
they come back. One thing you can
do for a veteran without a home is
to let him stay in your house for a
night and give him a hot meal.
Also last week, winter sports
started. Middle schoolers can either
be in P.E. or play basketball.
On Nov. 8, the school hosted
Grandparents Day, for students to
invite their grandparents or a “special guest” to come to school for a
special lunch. Teachers and grade
heads gave speeches to the grandparents. Grandparents had a special
meal and so did the students. Students also got their picture taken
with their grandparents. Grandparents received a Field School
umbrella. The day was really fun.
— Freddie Skelsey, sixth-grader,
and Kameron Poole,
seventh-grader
Georgetown Day School
Last Friday, the Performing Arts
Department held its first showing of
“Romeo and Juliet,” this year’s fall
show. The production presents the
Capulets and Montagues in the
1920s during Benito Mussolini’s
reign over Italy. The lead roles of
Romeo and Juliet are played by
senior Mike Tiernan and junior
Emma Stern, respectively.
Additionally, last Tuesday the
high school Visual Arts Department
welcomed painter, illustrator and
muralist Aniekan Udofia. Udofia
acquired national attention with his
caricatures and photorealistic illustrations. While visiting, Udofia held
a workshop, reviewed students’
work and held a Q-and-A session.
Next Wednesday, Nov. 27, the
inaugural Spike Memorial Classic
5K, in memory and in honor of
Georgetown Day graduate and avid
runner Sam Freeling, will be held at
Fletcher’s Boat House at noon. The
event will memorialize and celebrate Freeling’s passion for longdistance running and the legacy he
left as one of the fastest runners
over 5,000 meters in our school’s
68 years of existence. All proceeds
generated by the event will benefit
the newly installed straightaway
track surface at the high school,
which has been named in Freeling’s
honor so that his legacy may live
on.
— Carlton Marshall II, 12th-grader
Hearst Elementary
We have been learning a lot
about the season of fall.
Natalie says it’s cold so she
needs to put on a jacket. Amaya
says leaves get loose like her tooth
and fall off the tree. Mia thinks
leaves come down out of the trees
because wind is blowing all around.
Rachel says sometimes it can be
rainy, but it is mostly windy and
then the leaves change and fall gets
ready for winter. Amani sees deer
looking for food because animals
hunt. Clara says bears hibernate,
bunnies turn white and when the
foxes try and find them they cannot
see them. Maeve says apples,
pumpkins and vegetables are harvested with your hand or with a
machine. Kiyla and Khalil say red
leaves are outside on the playground. Neko says after you pick
apples and pumpkins you can make
pie, and he loves both pies equally.
Finn says leaves change colors like
Christmas lights. Reva says the
weather lets the leaves know when
to change. Gael thinks splashing in
leaves is the most fun. Luqmaan
says when it gets cold he wears a
coat and scarf. Aminyah and Maurice say leaves on the ground are
red, yellow and brown. Trent and
Edward see leaves all over the
place. Thomas says snakes hibernate in the ground and many snakes
are all together. Betiko sees pumpkins and jack-o’-lanterns.
— Ms. Prince and Mrs. Whittaker’s
kindergarten class
Mann Elementary
Ms. Yeager’s and Ms. Ullo’s
fourth-grade classes went on our
annual field trip to the Library of
Congress on a funny date: 11/12/13.
We learned about Thomas Jefferson
and James Madison’s library, which
is housed there. We had a scavenger
hunt for things in the library like
statues or pictures. Compared to
Mann’s library, it’s huge. (Sort of
like the one in “Escape From Mr.
Lemoncello’s Library!”) Even
though the Library of Congress’
books burned during the War of
1812, it has more than 35 million
books now, and the collection even
includes baseball cards!
Ms. Siepiola’s second grade has
sad news to share. Moe, our bluetongued skink, recently died of
mites. He was 11 1/2 years old, and
had lived in the second grade for
four years. He was very gentle and
kind, and everybody loved him. He
used to listen to Ms. Siepiola teaching and pretend not to notice the
children. The class has buried him
in the school grounds and marked
the spot with painted rocks.
— Frederic Truslow, fifth-grader;
Eddie Cavallin, fourth-grader;
Giada Ghiaroni, Juliette Krevat,
Sophie Reeves and Ravi Milano,
third-graders; Jackie Cavallin,
Sofia Rothrock, Nadia Limani and
Sebastian Mejia, second-graders;
and Sylvia Hopkins, Frankie
Duporte, Nico Sotoodehnia and
Immanuel Friday, first-graders
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■ 3100-3199 block, Jocelyn
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■ 5523-5599 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:09 p.m. Nov. 11.
■ 3600-3699 block, Ingomar
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Street; 6:02 p.m. Nov. 15.
■ 4300-4399 block, Harrison
St.; 5:24 p.m. Nov. 16.
Theft
Road; 7:09 a.m. Nov. 11.
■ 4600-4699 block, 41st St.;
11:29 a.m. Nov. 14.
■ 4500-4537 block, Wisconsin
Ave.; 4:58 p.m. Nov. 14.
Ave.; 4:33 p.m. Nov. 15.
psa 203
psa 205
■ palisades / spring valley
PSA
205
Wesley Heights / Foxhall
Theft from auto
■ 5018-5099 block, Warren
St.; 8:57 a.m. Nov. 15.
■ 4432-4499 block, Reservoir
Road; 5 p.m. Nov. 15.
Theft
■ 4400-4499 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 7:20 p.m. Nov.
15.
psa
PSA
206 206
■ georgetown / burleith
Robbery
Ave.; 7:51 p.m. Nov. 16 (with
gun).
Robbery
■ 2900-2999 block, Porter St.;
1 a.m. Nov. 13.
■ 3700-3899 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:20 a.m. Nov. 16.
Burglary
■ 3000-3099 block, Cambridge Place; 9:49 a.m. Nov.
13.
■ 3600-3699 block, O St.;
3:48 p.m. Nov. 15.
■ 1300-1399 block, 35th St.;
11:46 a.m. Nov. 17.
Assault with a dangerous
weapon
■ Nevada and Linnean avenues; 12:37 a.m. Nov. 16.
Theft from auto
■ 3000-3099 block, Cambridge Place; 2:09 p.m. Nov.
14.
Burglary
6:10 p.m. Nov. 14.
Theft
■ 1020-1199 block, 33rd St.;
4:22 p.m. Nov. 11.
■ 3036-3099 block, M St.;
5:34 p.m. Nov. 11.
■ 3500-3599 block, Reservoir
Road; 10:55 a.m. Nov. 12.
■ 1800-1899 block, 35th St.;
10 a.m. Nov. 15.
Ave.; 5 p.m. Nov. 15.
■ 2800-2899 block, M St.;
8:44 p.m. Nov. 5.
■ forest
PSA
203 hills / van ness
cleveland park
Theft from auto
■ 3000-3029 block, Tilden St.;
12:25 p.m. Nov. 14.
■ 3416-3499 block, Ordway
St.; 11:22 a.m. Nov. 16.
12:38 a.m. Nov. 17.
Theft
■ 5184-5195 block, Linnean
Terrace; 9:18 a.m. Nov. 13.
■ 3600-3649 block, Yuma St.;
9:30 p.m. Nov. 17.
psa 204
■ Massachusetts avenue
heights / cleveland park
woodley park / Glover
PSA 204
park / cathedral heights
Burglary
■ 4200-4349 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 7:50 a.m. Nov.
11.
■ 2600-2649 block, Connecticut Ave.; 8 a.m. Nov. 11.
Theft from auto
■ 2900-2911 block, 32nd St.;
8:52 a.m. Nov. 13.
Theft
■ 2400-2798 block, Calvert
St.; 7:36 p.m. Nov. 11.
Ave.; 9:01 p.m. Nov. 12.
Ave.; 7:54 p.m. Nov. 15.
psa
PSA
207 207
■ foggy bottom / west end
Robbery
■ 600-699 block, 23rd St.;
12:15 a.m. Nov. 13 (with gun).
■ 15th and K streets; 3:40
a.m. Nov. 14.
■ 500-599 block, 19th St.;
2:33 p.m. Nov. 17.
weapon
■ 1400-1433 block, K St.;
1:23 a.m. Nov. 13 (with gun).
■ 1400-1433 block, K St.;
3:53 a.m. Nov. 17.
Theft from auto
■ 1700-1799 block, I St.; 9
a.m. Nov. 11.
■ 1400-1499 block, M St.;
8:01 a.m. Nov. 12.
■ 1600-1699 block, K St.;
3:35 p.m. Nov. 14.
Theft
■ 23rd and I streets; 3:16 p.m.
Nov. 11.
■ 1700-1799 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 7:22 p.m. Nov. 11.
■ 1600-1699 block, K St.;
9:34 p.m. Nov. 11.
■ 1900-1999 block, K St.;
6:34 p.m. Nov. 13.
■ 2100-2499 block, K St.;
5:30 p.m. Nov. 14.
■ 1100-1199 block, Vermont
Ave.; 4 p.m. Nov. 16.
■ 1100-1129 block, 17th St.; 6
p.m. Nov. 17.
psa 208
■ sheridan-kalorama
PSA
208
dupont circle
Robbery
■ 1400-1499 block, 17th St.;
12:05 a.m. Nov. 11.
■ 2100-2199 block, N St.;
12:18 a.m. Nov. 16.
Burglary
■ 1800-1899 block, S St.;
1:59 p.m. Nov. 13.
Motor vehicle theft
■ R and 19th streets; 12:06
a.m. Nov. 15.
■ 2100-2199 block, O St.;
11:52 p.m. Nov. 15.
Theft from auto
■ 16th and O streets; 8:03
p.m. Nov. 17.
Theft
■ 1800-1899 block, T St.;
noon Nov. 15.
■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6 p.m. Nov. 17.
■ Connecticut Avenue under
Dupont Circle; 8:06 p.m. Nov.
17.
psa
PSA
301 301
■ Dupont circle
Robbery
■ 1818-1899 block, 18th St.;
4:24 a.m. Nov. 16.
■ 1900-1999 block, New
Hampshire Ave.; 9:05 p.m.
Nov. 16. (with gun).
■ 1600-1699 block, U St.;
12:41 a.m. Nov. 17.
weapon
■ 1600-1699 block, U St.; 3
a.m. Nov. 17.
Sexual abuse
■ 1600-1699 block, Florida
Ave.; 7:07 p.m. Nov. 14.
Theft from auto
■ V and 16th streets; 6:23
p.m. Nov. 12.
■ 1700-1799 block, Swann St.;
3:17 a.m. Nov. 16.
Theft
■ 1400-1499 block, W St.;
1:30 p.m. Nov. 13.
■ 1700-1799 block, Willard St.;
11:02 p.m. Nov. 13.
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November 20, 2013 ■ Page 9
Cadets can’t end 24-year
championship drought
By BRIAN KAPUR
St. John’s snapped a 22-year
streak of missing the Washington
Catholic Athletic Conference football championship game when it
battled DeMatha for the crown Saturday.
But the Cadets weren’t able to
break their 24-year title drought, falling to the Stags 31-10 at Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland
at College Park.
“The team certainly accomplished something that St. John’s
hasn’t been able to do for a couple of
decades,” said Cadets coach Joe Patterson. “The seniors were certainly a
big part of that. None of them would
be satisfied with that at this point.
But they’ll look back at some point
and realize that they started getting
St. John’s going in that right direction.”
The Cadets were led by senior
quarterbacks Will Ulmer and Billy
McCaffery. Ulmer anchored the
rushing attack with 65 yards on the
ground, while McCaffery had 114
passing yards on eight completions.
The game didn’t start well for the
Cadets, who fell into a quick 14-0
hole midway through the second
quarter. Needing to shift the momentum before halftime, the team caught
a break when senior defensive back
Omar Truitt intercepted a DeMatha
pass.
St. John’s turned the pick into
points when senior kicker Joe Giglio
booted a 41-yard field goal to make
it a 14-3 game at halftime.
But the momentum was halted on
DeMatha’s first drive of the second
half. The Stags — aided by a St.
John’s penalty for too many players
on the field — chewed up nearly 11
minutes of game time and wore out
the Cadets’ vaunted defense.
“It certainly wasn’t good,” Patterson said of the penalty. DeMatha
only earned a field goal and a 17-3
lead, but St. John’s never recovered.
“We made a few uncharacteristic
plays,” said Patterson. “The kids
battled really hard. A lot of credit
goes to DeMatha — they’re a good
team.”
The Stags pushed their lead to
24-3 in the fourth quarter, but St.
John’s showed some resilience when
junior running back Corey Vessels
scored on a four-yard run to bring St.
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St. John’s couldn’t upset DeMatha, which went undefeated in league games this season. The Cadets’
championship game appearance was the school’s first in 22 years.
John’s within two scores at 24-10.
“The kids battled and they never lost
hope,” said Patterson.
But DeMatha recovered the
ensuing onside kick and put the
game out of reach with another
touchdown.
Although the Cadets weren’t able
to break their 24-year championship
drought, their seniors laid a foundation for the team to end that streak in
the future.
“There is momentum within the
program,” said Patterson. “We have
a strong group of younger players.
The seniors were certainly the trailblazers. Certainly, we can capture
some momentum.”
Tigers roll to DCIAA volleyball title
By BRIAN KAPUR
Despite an 80-minute bus ride and a 24-minute delay before the start of the DCIAA
championship game, Wilson rolled to their 15th championship in the last 16 years. That
streak includes six-straight league titles as well.
Traffic was the only thing that could slow
Wilson’s volleyball team last evening. The trip
from Tenleytown to H.D. Woodson, in the
eastern corner of the city, took the team roughly an hour and a half, but the squad used the
bus ride to talk strategy.
“We were just happy to be able to get off
the bus and stay focused because it was a long
bus ride,” said Wilson coach Perette Arrington.
“There was lots of talking to the girls en route
here. Just telling them it was a long ride and we
would be there soon and to stay focused.”
When Wilson finally arrived at the Northeast high school for the D.C. Interscholastic
Athletic Association championship game, the
team was four minutes late. But the players
weren’t weary from the trip. Wilson rolled off
the bus and scored the first 11 points of the
match en route to sweeping Banneker to win
the school’s 15th championship in 16 years.
“It’s a wonderful feeling to see these girls
excel all season and keep the Wilson pride and
tradition going,” said Arrington.
In the opening set, Banneker’s only scores
came off Wilson errors, with the Tigers giving
the Bulldogs 14 of their 16 points. But senior
outside hitter Kristina Johnson continued to
rally the Wilson team. The Tigers also had set-
ter Abigail Bibb feed the ball to power hitters
sophomore Kalena Wiggins and junior Blair
Townsend to build the early momentum.
In the second set, Banneker continued to
nip at the Tigers’ heels and inched out to a
13-11 lead. But the Tigers, led by Johnson and
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to win.❞
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junior setter Carolyn Edwards at the service
line, closed the game out with a 14-2 scoring
run.
“We always remember at the end of the day
the trophy is our big reward,” said Johnson.
“We wanted to keep our title and winning
streak. We knew we had to win.”
In the final set, Wilson again turned a close
7-7 game into a 25-12 blowout, clinching the
match.
“It feels good. This is the end of my collection,” Johnson said while holding up her trophy. “It feels really good to win again.”
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Around Northwest: Two GDS seniors sign;
Wilson and Sidwell earn football title shots
By BRIAN KAPUR
A pair of Georgetown Day senior
athletes have signed letters of intent
to compete in their sports in college.
Lacrosse star Becca Marchant plans
to attend the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor, and speedy swimmer
Schuyler Bailar will go to Harvard
University.
For Marchant, the decision to
become a Wolverine lacrosse player
was an easy one.
“It’s so great and exciting,” said
Marchant. “It’s my dream school.
I’m so ecstatic to finally do this.”
She said the lacrosse team is a
“great program” that she’s excited to
join. “I’m definitely super competitive. I love the spirit and atmosphere
of Michigan. It’s a huge school, but
it’s incredible and the spirit is bar
none,” she said.
Aside from playing lacrosse in
the Big 10, she also chose Michigan
because of its academics.
“I really wanted a school that had
an strong academic program,” said
Marchant. “That was the most
important thing.”
Marchant will have a chance to
play several times in the D.C. area
when Michigan faces the University
of Maryland at College Park.
“We’re going to work hard, and
it’s going to be great to come back
here and play,” she said. “It should
be a good competition.”
Meanwhile, Bailar follows in her
parents’ footsteps in attending an Ivy
League school. Both of her parents
went to Dartmouth, and Bailar wanted to keep that streak going.
“I have always had dreams of
going to one of these schools that my
parents talked about,” said Bailar. “It
was in my mind, and when I started
looking at colleges in April, I just
really loved the campus … . I’ve
always wanted to go to a prestigious
academic school.”
Attending Harvard will also give
her a chance to swim against highlevel competition. “It’s a fast school
for swimming,” she said. “I honestly
swim just because I love it.”
Georgetown Day seniors Becca Marchant, right, and Schuyler Bailer
signed their national letters of intent at a ceremony at the school
yesterday. Marchant will play lacrosse for the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor, while Bailar will swim at Harvard University.
Tough competition is what she
has gotten accustomed to while
swimming at Georgetown Day,
where she has competed against
Stone Ridge’s Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky on several occasions.
“She’s on my club team,” said
Bailar. “It’s intimidating, but we
don’t swim the same strokes. In the
national meets I’ve swam against
Olympians.”
Wilson gets a chance at
Turkey Bowl redemption
After losing last year’s Turkey
Bowl berth due to an ineligible
player, Wilson’s football team came
into this season with a clear goal —
reach the Turkey Bowl and prove the
squad belongs.
The Tigers accomplished part of
that goal by knocking off Dunbar
20-14 on Saturday, marking the third
time Wilson beat the Crimson Tide
this season. But Saturday’s win was
the most meaningful, because it put
them in the annual Thanksgiving
Day game to settle the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association
championship.
Wilson used a balanced offensive
attack led by running backs junior
Larry Frazier and sophomore Abdul
Adams, who combined for two
touchdowns and 69 yards in the win.
The Tigers’ passing attack was
led by senior quarterback Scott Beumel, who had 182 yards and a touchdown pass to junior wideout
Dewayne Shorter III.
Wilson will play H.D. Woodson
in the Turkey Bowl, which begins at
11 a.m. at Eastern High School.
St. Albans drops season
finale in overtime
The Bulldogs lost a heartbreaker
to Interstate Athletic Conference
rival Landon 19-13 in overtime on
Nov. 9.
St. Albans senior quarterback
James McJunkin set the tone for the
game by dashing 75 yards for a
touchdown in the first quarter. He
finished with 80 rushing yards and
threw for 67. Senior running back
Max Miller also scored for the Bulldogs.
A Landon touchdown in the
fourth quarter and an unanswered
score in overtime made the difference.
Sidwell reaches the DCSAA
championship
The Quakers blew out KIPP
62-20 on Saturday to advance to the
inaugural D.C. State Athletic Association Class A division football
championship game this Saturday.
Sidwell will play Carroll for the
lower-division crown at Wilson,
with kickoff slated for 1 p.m.
LICENSE: Gypsy Sally’s first in line to become tavern
From Page 1
music venue at 3401 K St., were quick to recognize the
narrow window of opportunity for the new license.
Karen Ensor, who runs Gypsy Sally’s with her husband
David, said she filed the application the same day she
heard news of the license from the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration last week.
“I said, ‘Oh my goodness, I want this,’” said Ensor.
“I figured out how to do it, got it notarized … and got it
to ABRA.”
Ensor said her motivation came from the mountains
of paperwork she’s required to deal with for Gypsy Sally’s existing restaurant-class license.
Restaurant licenses require owners to submit proof
that 45 percent of their sales come from food, while tavern licenses don’t require a food sales percentage.
“I have to calculate every little lemon and lime and
piece of food that’s sold here,” said Ensor. “With a tavern
license, you don’t have to do any reporting.”
Smith Point, the restaurant and bar at 1338 M St., was
the second applicant for the tavern license, according to
Jessie Cornelius, spokesperson for the D.C. alcohol
agency. Representatives from Georgetown Events, the
larger company that owns Smith Point (as well other
D.C. establishments including Surfside, Jetties and the
Bullpen at Nationals Park), weren’t available for comment.
The alcohol agency will review applications on a
See License/Page 13
A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington
November 20, 2013 ■ Page 11
Updated Brightwood home boasts sunlight, value
A
renovated house with multiple sources of sunlight,
two porches and a broad
backyard would probably be con-
ON THE MARKET
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sidered desirable in most Northwest neighborhoods. With a price
tag of under $700,000, a detached
home packed with these offerings
in the burgeoning Brightwood
neighborhood would likely be considered a bargain.
Such a house is available at 905
Quackenbos St. NW. The home,
with four bedrooms and three-anda-half baths, is on the market for
$685,000.
While the front of the house has
a simple look, the interior has been
gutted to create a modern elegant
feel, with the upper two levels
drenched in light.
The first floor’s open layout
provides a seamless connection for
the three living areas. Helping create this continuous flow, as well as
complementing the neutral palette
throughout the home, are chocolate-stained birch wooden floors.
The many windows also enrich
the floor’s airy ambiance. These
sources of natural light flank the
walls on the dining room and kitch-
en, providing a
sunbathed west
side. Opening
to the back
porch that connects to the spacious yard, the
kitchen’s
French doors
also let an
abundance of
sunny rays pour
into this area.
Contributing
to the space’s
charm is the
French countryinspired cabinetry in the kitchen,
which provides plenty of storage
space. The latest stainless steel
appliances and the kitchen’s deep
sink complement these beige
accents.
Although a stairway creates a
slight division between the kitchen
and the living room, the large
entryway continues the floor’s open
feel. French doors that lead to the
side covered porch bring in more
light.
A reminder of the house’s 1920s
origins is the large, brick woodburning fireplace — now spruced
up with new white paint — in the
living room. Joining this period
detail are a new built-in bookshelf
and a powder room.
Photos courtesy of DCRE Residential
This renovated four-bedroom home on Quackenbos Street in
Brightwood is priced at $685,000.
Upstairs are three of the four
bedrooms, all clad with the same
dark-hued birch flooring. French
doors open to the master suite,
which has its own wooden balcony
overlooking the backyard. A walkin closet is packed with built-ins,
and there’s a modern spa-like bath
with a double vanity, a separate
shower and built-in linen closets.
Another linen closet and a
shared modern bath with a tub are
accessed from the hall.
Down in the finished basement
is another open layout. This area is
clad with carpeting and furnished
with a complete wet bar. The fourth
bedroom and third full bathroom
with the same modern accents as
the others are also on this level.
Outside, the spacious fenced
backyard has three main access
points — the side porch, kitchen
porch and basement. While the finished interior of the house is ready
for new owners to move in, the
green space at the back and front is
a blank canvas for various landscaping opportunities.
And if new residents have the
desire to plant vegetables while
maintaining a lawn here, they can
always join the community garden
a half a block away.
Parking is also not a problem in
this burgeoning neighborhood. At
the back, the house has a pad that
can accommodate two compact
cars. There’s also ample street
parking.
The site is also located near the
Georgia Avenue corridor and the
forthcoming Walmart.
This four-bedroom home with
three-and-a-half baths at 905
Quackenbos St. is offered for
$685,000. For details contact
Elizabeth Hughes of DCRE
Residential at 202-277-7553 or
[email protected].
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Northwest Real Estate
CAMPAIGN: Democrats debate
From Page 1
Wells also voiced a vision for
creating after-school jobs for young
people, saying he would aim to cut
teenage crime in half within two
years of assuming office.
Ward 2 member Jack Evans
leaned hardest on his status as a D.C.
Council veteran, arguing that his
leadership over two-plus decades
had helped stabilize the District’s
finances and boost the economy. He
also promised to prioritize education
and said D.C. must invest more in
public libraries and arts programs.
“I have been the champion of the
arts in this city, and as mayor I’ll
return us to the No. 1 city for arts in
the country,” said Evans.
For his part, at-large member
Vincent Orange touted his proposal
for a minimum wage hike, which
has garnered citywide media attention in the past week. Orange told
The Associated Press that his legislative proposal to raise the wage to
$11.50 an hour by 2016 could face a
vote before the end of the year.
In the debate, Orange also painted himself as having a “reasonable,
balance and fair” approach to government. He joined several other
candidates in advocating increased
access to affordable housing.
The final council member at the
forum, Muriel Bowser of Ward 4,
cast herself as the candidate who
could give D.C. “a fresh start in the
mayor’s office.”
“We know a great mayor has a
lot of energy and big vision,” she
said, echoing her campaign
announcement video, in which she
spoke of a need “to think big and act
swiftly.”
The last two candidates in the
debate portrayed themselves as
political outsiders.
Former U.S. State Department
official Reta Jo Lewis sought to set
herself apart from career politicians.
“Throughout my career, I’ve
been building bridges rather than
moving up that ladder,” said Lewis,
who also cited experience as an
executive at the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce.
Meanwhile, the only businessman in the field appeared to be the
farthest left politically. Busboys and
Poets owner Andy Shallal offered a
liberal critique of D.C. public education reforms, calling for an end to
school closings and a reduced
emphasis on standardized testing.
He also said he hoped to lower the
voting age to 17 and encourage high
schools to devote students’ senior
year to the study of civics.
“I’m going to be speaking truth
to power,” Shallal said.
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6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at
St. Paul’s Parish Hall, 2430 K St.
NW.
Agenda items include:
■ safety report.
■ public comments.
■ update from the D.C. Department
of Transportation on the New
Hampshire Avenue project.
■ update on the EastBanc mixeduse project at the library and fire
station sites.
■ report on the Logan Circle,
Dupont Circle and Foggy Bottom
Ward 2 Education Network’s community education forum on Nov.
16.
■ presentation by at-large D.C.
Council member David Catania,
chair of the Education Committee,
on public education and his committee’s initiatives.
■ consideration of alcoholic beverage control license renewals for
Todd Gray’s Muse, 500 17th St.;
and Avenue Suites/A Bar, 2500
Pennsylvania Ave.
■ consideration of a request by
Shadow Room, 2131 K St., for
extended hours on Wednesday,
Nov. 27 (Thanksgiving Eve) and
Tuesday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve).
■ update on the Whitehurst Freeway.
■ discussion of the Fossil Fuel
Divestment Act of 2013, a D.C.
Council bill introduced by Chairman Phil Mendelson and members
Jack Evans, Tommy Wells, Muriel
Bowser and David Grosso.
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safety and guard program, you know this time of year requires special
vigilance. Packages left at our front doors unfortunately go missing all
too often. Boxes and bags left in the back seat of your car, even for just
a short period of time, can capture the attention of the wrong person.
This week I learned that bogus contractors will put a ladder on the side
of a house and remove copper drains and gutters to sell for scrap.
Our police officers are very engaged in our community and are in
close contact with the association’s public safety leadership and the
80-plus association block captains who keep members informed about
crime situations in our neighborhood. However, when each one of us
takes a few extra minutes to consider situations that just do not look
right, we can help make the community safer.
In the next weeks the Citizens Association of Georgetown will be
contacting you by letter asking you to invest in your safety and your
family’s safety. Either renew for 2014 the public safety program donation you made in 2013 or, if you are not currently a program donor,
consider joining with your neighbors to help make our streets and
homes more secure.
In addition to block captain alerts, with past strong donor support
we have been able to fund two private guards who patrol in cars with
the association logo and flashing lights. The guards carry special GPS
phones that enable them to communicate directly with the police. All
donors receive the guards’ cellphone numbers and a “CAG Public
Safety” window sticker that notifies the guards that you are a member.
Please be on the lookout for the letter to arrive in your mailbox and
consider the value of being part of a program that works to increase
safety in our homes and neighborhood.
— Pamla Moore
For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.
ANC 2D
ANC 2D
Sheridan-Kalorama
■ sheridan-kalorama
p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, at Our
Lady Queen of the Americas
Church, California Street and
Phelps Place NW.
For details, visit anc2d.org or
contact [email protected].
ANC 2E
ANC 2E
Georgetown
■ Georgetown / cloisters
Cloisters
burleith / hillandale
6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, at
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW.
For details, call 202-724-7098
or visit anc2e.com.
ANC 2F
ANCCircle
2F
Logan
■ logan circle
Washington Plaza Hotel, 10
Thomas Circle NW.
or visit anc2f.org.
ANC 3B
ANCPark
3B
Glover
■ Glover Park / Cathedral heights
At the commission’s Nov. 14
meeting:
■ commission chair Brian Cohen
announced that a resolution regarding expanded access to Verizon’s
low-cost telephone services would
be discarded, saying a recent government initiative rendered it
unnecessary.
■ commissioners Brian Cohen and
Jackie Blumenthal announced they
would request the restoration of
three traffic lanes in each direction
on Wisconsin Avenue at a Dec. 4
hearing of the D.C. Council’s Committee on Transportation and the
Environment.
■ commissioners voted 4-0, with
Charles Fulwood absent, to protest
the renewal of a liquor license for
Good Guys Club at 2311 Wisconsin
Ave., absent new restrictions on
daytime nude dancing.
■ Metropolitan Police Department
Lt. Ralph Neal delivered a neighborhood police report from the 30
days between Oct. 13 and Nov. 12.
He said five burglaries took place
during this period, while robberies
were down 30 percent.
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, 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.org.
ANC 3C
ANC 3C
Cleveland
Park
■ cleveland park / woodley Park
Woodley
Park
massachusetts avenue heights
Massachusetts
Avenue Heights
Cathedral Heights
7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, at the
2nd District Police Headquarters,
3320 Idaho Ave. NW.
For details, visit anc3c.org.
ANC 3D
ANCValley
3D
Spring
■ spring valley / wesley heights
Wesley
Heights
palisades / kent / foxhall
School of International Service
Building, American University,
Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW.
or visit anc3d.org.
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CLUB: ANC opposes strip club’s license, seeks shorter hours for dancing
From Page 2
than its competitor — which
reopened this year after a 2008 fire
shuttered its doors — they said it
was unfair for daytime nude dancing
to be permitted at one strip club but
banned at another.
Another concern is that Glover
Park has seen a 60 percent increase
in its under-18 population since
1990. Commissioners said adult
entertainment venues are inappropriate in a neighborhood with so many
young children.
But commissioners faced fierce
pushback from Good Guys owner
Ben Zanganeh, who appeared at last
Thursday’s meeting with Andrew
Kline, his representative on licensing
matters. Zanganeh said the loss of
daytime nude dancing would cause
his club’s lunchtime sales to plummet, ultimately forcing the business
to close.
“This will destroy my family and
my life,” he said. “I know the numbers. It won’t work.”
Zanganeh condemned the commission for, in his view, inappropriately imposing puritanical morality
on a private business. Several community members appeared to be on
his side.
“I enjoy lunch at Good Guys,”
said James Lively, a Glover Park
homeowner and a former advisory
neighborhood commissioner. Asked
why he couldn’t enjoy his midday
meal at the club without adult enter-
tainment, he insisted the experience
would lose its main appeal for many
patrons.
“There’s food for the stomach
and then there’s food for the eyes,”
he said, drawing a few chuckles
from the crowd.
Zanganeh’s defenders also pointed out that the business owner had
been an upstanding member of the
community since Good Guys opened
50 years ago, which commissioners
did not dispute.
“The issue isn’t necessarily what
you’ve done — it’s what has happened around you,” said commissioner Brian Cohen. “The neighborhood has changed. We don’t think
the establishment is fit for the neighborhood.”
LICENSE: Gypsy Sally’s to seek change in classification
From Page 10
“first-come, first-serve basis,” Cornelius wrote in an
email.
The transfer of the Gypsy Sally’s license from restaurant to tavern would require approval from the D.C.
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
According to Ensor, if Gypsy Sally’s wins that
approval it has no plans to change its business model of
offering both live music and fresh food. “We serve dinner
here and we’ll always serve dinner here,” she said.
Georgetown advisory neighborhood commissioner
Bill Starrels indicated that his commission would be
likely to support such a license change. “Gypsy Sally’s
has proven … to live up to how it’s billed itself as a seri-
ous music venue that does serve food,” he said. “It
appeals to an older demographic and [makes] an excellent addition to the neighborhood.”
According to Starrels, other establishments that
expressed interest in the tavern license included the restaurant and bar George, and Malmaison, the restaurant
located below Gypsy Sally’s. (The alcohol agency has
named only Gypsy Sally’s and Smith Point as formal
applicants.)
The remainder of the tavern licenses in Georgetown
are held by Rhino Bar, Chadwick’s, El Centro D.F.,
Modern and Blue Gin, whose license is in safekeeping.
The license formerly belonging to Saloun was canceled
in September; that M Street space now belongs to a
GANT clothing store.
Commissioners offered no concrete examples of how children had
been directly affected by adult entertainment behind closed doors. But
this was beside the point for Glover
Park resident Ariadne Henry, who
supported fighting the license renewal. Henry said she’s frustrated that
Good Guys expects to be treated like
any other restaurant.
“It’s not a restaurant. It’s a strip
club,” she said with a laugh. “I don’t
care how good the food is.”
The club’s license renewal application will now go before the D.C.
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
for review. The Glover Park advisory neighborhood commission previously protested Good Guys’ ultimately unsuccessful attempt to add
The commission does not want
nude dancing to occur before 5
p.m. at the Glover Park club.
50 seats by expanding into the space
that is now Angelico Pizzeria at
2313 Wisconsin Ave. The commission also protested JP’s earlier this
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The Current
Holidays inWashington
‘Christmas Carol,’ holiday window unveiling help kick off festivities
T
he holidays are fast
approaching, and a varied
slate of theatrical performances, festivals and markets are
on tap throughout Northwest.
Here’s an early sampling:
■ Ford’s Theatre will present “A
Christmas Carol” Nov. 21 through
Jan. 1.
Join the ghosts of Christmas
past, present and future as they lead
the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on a
journey of transformation and
redemption. Returning for a fifth
year, Edward Gero plays Scrooge in
Michael Wilson’s music-infused
adaptation of the classic story by
Charles Dickens.
Performance times vary. Tickets
cost $20 to $91. Ford’s Theatre is
located at 511 10th St. NW. 202-
347-4833; fords.org.
■ The Washington Performing Arts
Society’s Children of the Gospel
Choir — featuring ages 9 through
18 — will perform Nov. 23 at the
unveiling of holiday window displays at the downtown Macy’s
store at 1201 G St. NW.
The event will start at 2 p.m.
with excerpts from Washington Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker.” Other performers will include
Judith Hill of NBC’s “The Voice,”
actress and recording artist Coco
Jones, and the Ballou High School
band.
■ Faction of Fools Theatre Company will present “A Commedia
Christmas Carol” Nov. 29 through
Dec. 22 at Gallaudet University’s
Elstad Auditorium.
The whimsical retelling of Dickens’ holiday favorite — nominated
for a 2013 Helen Hayes Award for
Outstanding New Play — features
the troupe’s characteristic blend of
historical Commedia dell’Arte
archetypes, inventive masks and
ensemble physicality.
cost $12 to $30. Gallaudet University is located at 800 Florida Ave.
NE. 800-838-3006; factionoffools.
org.
■ The National Zoo will present
“ZooLights” Nov. 29 through Jan.
1.
The annual celebration features
lighted displays, access to a number
of zoo houses, a “conservation carousel,” snowless zoo tubing on
150-foot-long tracks down Lion/
Tiger Hill, gingerbread habitat contests and holiday treats, among the
many attractions.
ZooLights is open from 5 to 9
p.m. daily (except Dec. 24, 25 and
31). Admission is free, though
some of the activities require a fee.
Parking costs $10 for members of
Friends of the National Zoo and
$20 for nonmembers.
nationalzoo.si.edu.
■ The Downtown Holiday Market
will return for its ninth year, setting
up shop Nov. 29 through Dec. 23.
More than 150 exhibitors and
artisans will join with live entertainment and comfort foods to
offer gifts and fun at an outdoor
marketplace in front of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and
National Portrait Gallery (on F
Street between 7th and 9th streets
NW). The market will be open
daily from noon to 8 p.m.
downtownholidaymarket.com.
■ The National Museum of American Jewish Military History,
Jewish War Veterans and the Jewish Study Center will commemorate Hanukkah with a Dec. 4 event
featuring stories of holiday observations by Jewish American service
members in the field.
The event from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. will feature traditional fare
such as latkes, jelly doughnuts and
chocolate gelt. Guided tours of the
museum will be available.
The National Museum of American Jewish Military History is
located at 1811 R St. NW. Admission to the Dec. 4 event is free, but
reservations are requested by Nov.
27 at [email protected] or 202265-6280.
■ The Duke Ellington School of
the Arts will stage Langston
Hughes’ “Black Nativity” Dec. 4
through 15.
The school’s co-founder, Mike
Malone, directs the production,
which retells the Nativity story and
celebrates the African-American
experience through gospel music,
song and dance.
Before each show, the Ellington
Theatre’s lobby will feature a Nativ-
ity Village with costumed singers,
dancers and musicians. A market
will offer a chance for holiday
shopping.
cost $25 to $40. The Duke Ellington School of the Arts is located at
3500 R St. NW. ellingtonschool.org.
■ The Washington Ballet will
present Septime Webre’s adaptation
of “The Nutcracker” at the Warner
Theatre Dec. 5 through 29.
The ballet tells the story of a little girl named Clara who is given a
magical nutcracker on Christmas
Eve in her family’s 1882 Georgetown mansion. Later that evening
she encounters a battle of Revolutionary War soldiers led by the
frightful King Rat and the Nutcracker. After winning the battle,
the Nutcracker leads her on a journey involving the Snow Queen,
Sugar Plum Fairy, cherry blossoms,
Anacostia Indians and more.
Tickets cost $32 to $112. The
Warner Theatre is located at 513
13th St. NW. 202-397-7328;
washingtonballet.org.
Before the Warner Theatre run,
the Washington Ballet will present
four performances of the holiday
favorite Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at the
Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus, 1901 Mississippi
Ave. SE. Tickets for these performances cost $35 to $50 and are
available at washingtonballet.org or
202-362-3606, ext. 605.
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Gift drives, other charitable options abound in D.C. for the holidays
By KAT LUCERO
W
ith the holidays just
around the corner, local
nonprofits are ramping
up their efforts to help the populations they serve, with some trying
out new ways to draw attention to
their causes.
Here are a few options for holiday charity drives in D.C.:
Martha’s Table
The 14th Street organization,
which has been working with lowincome families in the District for
33 years, has traditionally held a toy
drive during the holidays.
This year it’s trying something
new — a gift-giving program that
strives to have a direct and longlasting impact on the families it
serves.
“We want to focus on items that
would aid [children] through their
development,” said Kimberly
Lyons, spokesperson for Martha’s
Table. “We want to make sure the
parents are empowered and make
sure the kids are getting something
they will use.”
Titled “Giving Wisely and Wonderfully,” the holiday drive offers
four ways for people to donate.
Under the “Bundles of Joy” category, donors are encouraged to
purchase crayons, paints, books,
toothbrushes, diapers, baby formula
and “discovery toys” such as puzzles, Legos and alphabet/coloring
activities that encourage learning
and development.
On the organization’s website,
marthastable.org/gwaw.html, each
age group has a link to an Amazon
page featuring appropriate items.
Donors can buy the items from
another vendor or from Amazon,
which will send them directly to the
Martha’s Table headquarters. Gift
cards are also available.
Martha’s Table is also looking
for winter clothing. In demand are
children’s coats for toddlers through
12-year-olds and new winter accessories for all ages. The organization
also requests donations of men’s
casual clothing.
The two other categories are traditional monetary and food donations. A list of needed emergency
foods is available on the organization’s website. Monetary contributions are also encouraged.
The deadline to give online or
drop off items is Dec. 13.
D.C. Federation of Citizens
Associations
The D.C. civic group is running
a holiday drive for children in the
care of D.C. Child and Family Services and the D.C. General Emer-
gency Family Shelter.
Requested donations are new
and unwrapped toys, clothing and
books. Gently used books are also
welcome, which will be used in an
upcoming children’s library at the
family shelter.
Gift requests include: ABC
blocks and Leap Frog toys for
infants and toddlers; crayons, African-American dolls and age-appropriate movies for 2- to 8-year-olds;
workbooks, computer software and
art activity kits for 9- to 12-yearolds; and scarves, watches, jewelry
and team-logo shirts and sweatshirts
for teens and young adults.
Donors have until Dec. 14 to the
drop off the gifts, tagged with “Holiday Gifts for D.C. Kids,” at the
Sport and Health Club at 4001
Brandywine St. NW.
Catalogue for Philanthropy
The organization, which connects residents with philanthropic
opportunities in the Washington
region, is launching its “A Penny
Saved” campaign to encourage consumers to pay attention to what they
spend during the holidays and give
some of their savings to charities.
To draw more attention to its
D.C.-area small- to medium-sized
nonprofits, the Catalogue is joining
forces with a national campaign
called #GivingTuesday. The yearold philanthropic movement seeks
to establish a national day of giving
— the Tuesday after Thanksgiving
— to counter the spending frenzy
of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
“We’re encouraging people to be
smarter consumers — find those
great deals, and then find a way to
help the community with the money
you saved,” said Aline Newman,
spokesperson for the Catalogue of
Philanthropy.
On Dec. 3, the organization will
kick off “A Penny Saved” by challenging its social media followers to
estimate their savings from the
major holiday shopping days after
Thanksgiving.
Once a dollar amount has been
established, followers are encouraged to donate that extra money to
one of the Catalogue’s 365 charities. Some of the local organizations
the Catalogue supports are Georgetown Ministry Center, Jubilee Jobs,
For the Love of Children and
Young Playwrights’ Theatre.
The campaign will run until
Dec. 31. For more information,
contact 202-955-6538. To
participate, follow facebook.com/
catalogueforphilanthropydc or
twitter.com/cataloguedc.
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Bread for the City
The nonprofit seeks monetary
donations of at least $29 to its “Holiday Helpings” campaign, which
will fund a healthy holiday meal for
8,000 low-income D.C. families.
For details or to donate, visit
breadforthecity.org/holidayhelpings.
D.C. Cancer Consortium
For the first time this year, the
consortium will partner on its toy
drive with Nueva Vida, a support
network for Latinas with cancer.
The drive is accepting unwrapped
toys and gift cards to benefit families that have been affected by can-
cer. It will run until Dec. 13.
Donations can be dropped at
5225 Wisconsin Ave. NW. For
details visit dccanceranswers.org/
news/events/toy-drive.
Washington Humane
Society
The animal shelter’s holiday
drive offers several options: Pick
out gifts from the organization’s
wish list; drop off items at the
group’s adoption centers at 7319
Georgia Ave. NW and 1201 New
York Ave. NE; or host an office
donation box collecting items for
pets (after completing an application form).
The drive runs until Jan. 3, 2014.
Details are available at tinyurl.com/
whsholidays.
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~The Washington Post
Mary’s Center
The local health center is collecting new and unwrapped toys and
gift cards for children from infants
to teens. Mary’s Center encourages
people to host their own toy drives
to benefit the organization. Donors
have until Dec. 19 to drop off the
gifts at one of its area locations,
including 2333 Ontario Road NW
and 3912 Georgia Ave. NW.
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During Reading Workshop
we’ve been reading realistic fiction.
Our teacher has been reading
“Esperanza Rising,” and it is an
interesting book so far. The chapters
are all named after fruits and vegetables in Spanish. We also meet
with our first-grade Reading Buddies once a week. We read and play
math and spelling games with them.
We have upper school math buddies who help us during math. They
come on Wednesdays and Thurs-
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Madeline and Soraya. In math we
are working on mind benders,
which help us learn how to use
clues to solve problems.
We have been very busy in
resource classes. In science class we
studied bones and sorted Mystery
Mix. In art we are drawing people
and making tin foil dolls. In PE we
have been practicing throwing skills
for football.
Sometimes we have Wordly
Wise Theater. We act out vocabulary words, and our classmates
guess them from our word lists.
— Sawyer Gourgey, Donia Nasr
and Xavier Orlic, third-graders
Murch Elementary
This year we are learning about
asking and answering questions.
Something we liked about it was
that we loved a specific story called
“Grace for President.” Reading it
relates to asking and answering
questions because we answered
questions that were involved in
“Grace for President.” Also in science we are learning the types and
forms of energy. We are going to
learn about the night sky! In math
we are learning area and perimeter.
Soon we will focus on shapes.
In writing we are studying Patricia Polacco. We are learning how to
write personal narratives. We’ve
already learned about persuasive
letters. We are reading books that
she wrote, and they have lots of
connections with her and older people. Also she writes about herself
and her own memories.
— Jamie Coequyt and Hadley Carr,
third-graders
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On Nov. 7, Our Lady of Victory
School had a fundraiser benefiting
our 17-year-old cousin Jazzmin
Peluchette. Jazzmin has a rare disease called neuromyelitis optica, or
“Devic’s disease,” that has left her
paralyzed from the waist down and
blind in one eye.
We ordered purple silicone
bracelets online that say “Prayers
for Jazz” on them. At lunchtime, we
sold the bracelets to grades one to
eight for a minimum donation of
$1. There was a great turnout, with
donations of more than $1 from
many students and teachers.
Our cousin and her parents are
so thrilled to hear that they have
everyone at Our Lady of Victory
behind them. Although she is bound
in a wheelchair, she is doing much
better now, and going to physical
therapy to help her become stronger. She keeps in mind every day
the support she has and uses this as
motivation.
— Valeri Donnellan, eighth-grader,
and Jack Donnellan, sixth-grader
Ross Elementary
We finished the GeoPlunge contest. This involved us learning the
rankings of states, the state capitals
and the border states. This contest
was intense with about 50 schools
and more than 200 students. Some
of us got medals. Other students got
Team Sportsmanship Awards.
Currently, our fourth- and fifthgraders are studying magnets for
their science units. They are learning about different types of magnets
and what items are magnetic.
In literacy, fifth-graders are
learning about the westward expansion and pioneers such as Lewis
and Clark. We are also learning
about the Native Americans and the
“orphan trains.”
We received several large boxes
of brand-new books from our annual Mother’s/Father’s Day Book
Drive. Our librarian, Mr. Flanagan,
picks the books we need. He gives
the lists of books to our parents.
Next, the people from the community buy the books. Many of the
books have a sticker that say who
donated the book.
Ms. Juriga and her prekindergarten students went to the National
Building Museum to do a program
called “My House, My Home.”
They are studying different houses
found around the world. Gabriella,
a prekindergarten student, described
how they built houses out of paper,
cardboard and glue. A museum
worker taught students about different types of houses such as adobe,
wood cabins and igloos.
— Jonathan Velasquez,
fifth-grader
St. Ann’s Academy
At St. Ann’s, we have just begun
the second quarter of the academic
year, which brings new topics and
projects. In social studies we are
learning about ancient Greece,
Sparta and Greek culture. In language arts and reading we are learning about pronouns and will begin
reading “The Pact.” In math and
science we are beginning our bowling unit, which will discuss force,
velocity and laws of motion in relation to bowling. In math, we will
discuss who is statistically the better
bowler by recording and graphing
the results from the game.
National Junior Honor Society
members (seventh- and eighth-graders) are working on the annual Turkey Feathers contest. The money
raised will help buy coats for those
less fortunate. They are also collecting gently used children’s, men’s
and women’s coats.
— Seventh-graders
St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day
At St. Patrick’s, fourth-graders
have been learning about the 13
colonies in social studies and music.
We have been practicing for the
Grade 4 American Music Presentation — even practicing our lines on
our pets — trying to figure out a
way to not overheat while wearing
Colonial costumes on stage.
The performance is about musical things that would have gone on
in the 13 colonies in the 1700s. The
people in the Colonies would sing
songs like “Bile Them Cabbage
Down,” “Yankee Doodle” and
“Amazing Grace.” Many of these
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songs would have dances that people at parties would do, referred to
as folk dances. Some of these could
have been danced at fancy dinners,
while others weren’t so prim and
proper.
As part of this unit, we also
made a dulcimer with our own
hands! We cut wood into fine
shapes and sizes so that the pieces
would fit into place. We all learned
to play the instrument in class.
— Clay Bruno, fourth-grader
Shepherd Elementary
The Jammy Jam Costume Dance
was awesome. I had a great time. I
danced with my friends, ate and
saw many kids in cool costumes.
We did the Wobble, the Cupid
Shuffle, the Harlem Shake and the
Electric Slide (which I made my
father do).
Congrats to the girls and boys
who made the basketball team
(including myself) and thank you to
Mr. Page, Mr. Walcott and Ms.
Hamer for preparing us for the season ahead with our conditioning.
— Zoe McCullough, fifth-grader
The GeoPlunge Tournament
took place on Nov. 14. The team
with Godloves Tata, Keshav MehtaHarwitz and myself came in first
place on the Junior Advanced level.
The team with Leela Mehta-Har-
witz, Jean Pierre Roberts and
Johnathan Jennings came in sixth
place on the Intermediate level. The
team with Imani Thomas, Weldon
Genies and Madison Swanson
didn’t place but received the Christopher Columbus Explorer award.
I have to thank Ms. Thomas and
Ms. Ulba. They have given their
time and patience for us to participate in this tournament.
— London Downing, fifth-grader
Sheridan School
Having hydrogen gas around can
lead to some explosive situations.
At Sheridan, the eighth grade has
been studying chemistry by looking
at the properties of elements and
chemical reactions.
We’re taking a small piece of
magnesium and combining it with
hydrochloric acid. Then we wait for
a reaction to take place. By holding
a glowing splint over the test tube,
we see evidence of hydrogen gas if
we see some sort of chemical
change or reaction.
We’ve based this hypothesis on
disasters such as the Hindenburg
zephyr and Challenger explosions.
With the Hindenburg, the operators
were using hydrogen instead of
helium, and the hydrogen caught
fire. In the Challenger accident,
hydrogen leaked out and caught
fire. While our experiment may be
small, it shows the volatile properties of the world’s most abundant
element.
— Avery Adomaitis, eighth-grader
Stoddert Elementary
In third grade in Ms. Caccavale’s
math class we learn a lot. We go to
our homeroom for math. We go to
another third grade for reading, and
another for science. Basically, it’s
switching so all the third grades go
to certain classrooms for a subject.
It gives us a chance to have a specialized teacher rather than just one
teacher for everything. It has
worked well. It’s kind of like middle school. We have teachers who
are trained well in the subject. Ms.
Caccavale knows exactly what
we’re doing, and she has everything
planned for math. It seems like the
teachers really enjoy what they love
teaching so they’re producing a
higher level of teaching by doing
what they want to teach.
— Grace Carter and Gabriel
Alexander, third-graders
learning about America.
The club also plans to possibly
have experts on anime, manga and
Japanese talk to us. The club might
even hold a fundraiser to go to an
anime convention later in the year.
The club also wants to screen Japanese movies and maybe even watch
an anime together.
— Sophie Collier, ninth-grader
Wilson High School
When kids are willing to stay at
school until 9 or 10 p.m., you know
they are dedicated. This is how one
could describe the cast of “West
Side Story,” which opened Nov. 15,
with performances continuing
through this weekend.
“West Side Story” is a modern
take on “Romeo and Juliet.” Senior
Paige Rumelt said, “It warns about
the tragedy that can come from
inequality and hate.”
The cast has been preparing for
weeks. “Everything has really come
together: acting, tech, and orchestra,” said senior Eva Monroe. Visit wilsonhs.org for details!
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Classes
■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will
host a weekly class on “How to Solve Our
Human Problems,” about Buddha’s teachings on the Four Noble Truths. 7 to 8:30
p.m. $12 per class. Vajrayogini Buddhist
Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202986-2257. The class will repeat Nov. 27 at
7 p.m.
■ Susan Lowell will lead an introductory class in T’ai Chi. 7:30 p.m. Free. West
End Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-7248707.
Concerts
■ A centennial celebration for the
American Society of Composers, Authors,
and Publishers will feature musical selections from 1964 to 1988 performed by
Jason Graae, Shelly Burch and Martin
Charnin. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ The Georgetown University Concert
Choir will perform Kevin Siegfried’s newly
commissioned cantata “Vidimus Stellam”
and Daniel Pinkham’s “Christmas Cantata.” 7:30 p.m. $5; free for students. Gonda
Theatre, Davis Performing Arts Center,
Georgetown University, 37th and O streets
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■ The band American Babies will perform. 8 p.m. $10 to $12. Gypsy Sally’s,
3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.
Discussions and lectures
■ Heidi Boghosian, executive director
of the National Lawyers Guild, will discuss
her book “Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and
Public Resistance.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free.
Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021
14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ Maggie Anderson
will discuss her book
“Our Black Year: One
Family’s Quest to Buy
Black in America’s
Racially Divided Economy.” 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Free. Cullen Room,
Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW.
202-789-2227.
■ The World Affairs Council will present
a panel discussion on “The Future of the
U.S. Dollar as Global Reserve Currency.”
6:30 to 8 p.m. $5 to $10; reservations
requested. 1608 Rhode Island Ave. NW.
202-293-1051.
■ Joe Sacco will discuss his book “The
Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of
the Battle of the Somme,” which captures
the battle’s first days in a 24-page foldout.
7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Barbara Haskell, a longtime curator
at the Whitney Museum of American Art,
will discuss “Robert Indiana: His Art and Its
Shifting Reputation.” 7 p.m. Free; tickets
available in the G Street lobby a half hour
before the talk. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F
streets NW. 202-633-1000.
■ The “Muslim Journeys” series will
feature a talk on the role of food in Muslim
culture. 7 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library,
5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-2820021.
■ MedStar Medicare Choice will present a workshop on “Medicare and You.” 7
p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310
Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.
Films
■ The West End Library will show the
2013 film “How Washington Really Works:
Charlie Peters and the Washington Monthly,” followed by a talk by director Norman
Kelley. 7 p.m. Free. West End Library, 1101
24th St. NW. 202-724-8707.
■ The French Cinémathèque series will
feature Régis Roinsard’s 2012 film “Popu-
laire.” 8 p.m. $8.50 to $11.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-9666000.
Readings
■ Irish author Kevin Barry will read
from his short story collection “Dark Lies
the Island” and his novel “City of Bohane.”
7 p.m. Free. Warehouse Theater, 645 New
York Ave. NW. solasnua.org.
■ The First Draft Reading Series will
feature D.C. playwright Billy Finn’s “Two
Grunts,” about two veteran hit men trying
to dispose of a dead body late at night.
7:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington of
Washington, 2017 I St. NW. firstdraft.org.
Special event
■ The Washington Harbour ice rink will
offer public skating. Noon to 9 p.m. $8 to
$10. Washington Harbour, 3000 K St. NW.
202-706-7666. Regular hours are Monday
through Thursday from noon to 9 p.m., Friday from noon to 10 p.m., Saturday from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 10
a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sporting event
■ The Washington Capitals will play the
Pittsburgh Penguins. 8 p.m. $76 to $665.
Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-
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■ A tasting soiree will focus on holiday
wines. 6 to 8 p.m. $20 to $25. Woman’s
National Democratic Club, 1526 New
Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.
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Concerts
■ A centennial celebration for the
American Society of Composers, Authors,
and Publishers will feature musical selections from 1989 to 2013 performed by
Corey Cott, John Bucchino and Kara Lindsay. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ The National Chamber Ensemble
Duo will present “The Italian Violin From
Baroque to the Nineteenth Century,” featuring works by Tartini, Porpora, Scarlatti,
Nardini, Vitali, Paganini, Listzt, Bellini and
Verdi. 7 p.m. Free; reservations required.
Atrium, Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven
St. NW. iicwashington.esteri.it.
■ The Revivalists will perform a mix of
soulful indie rock, R&B and funk. 7:30 p.m.
$20 to $22. The Hamilton, 600 14th St.
NW. thehamiltondc.com.
■ The Georgetown University Chamber
Music Ensembles will perform. 8 p.m. $5;
free for students. Gonda Theatre, Davis
Performing Arts Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-6872787.
■ Kung Fu and Moogatu will perform.
8:30 p.m. $12 to $15. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401
K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.
■ Russ Feingold, the U.S. special envoy
to Africa’s Great Lakes
region, will discuss
“Continued Crisis in the
Democratic Republic of
Congo.” 9:30 a.m.
Free; reservations
required. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building,
Johns Hopkins University School of
Advanced International Studies, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW. [email protected].
■ Lewis Grossman of American University’s Washington College of Law will discuss Washington Irving’s “The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow.” Noon. Free. Room 240,
Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101
Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-4642.
■ The Washington Women Writers
Series will feature a talk by Breena Clarke,
author of “Stand the Storm.” Luncheon at
12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30.
Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526
New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.
■ Cecilia Baeza, postdoctoral fellow at
the University of Brasilia, will discuss “Palestinians in Latin America: Between Assimilation and Long-Distance Nationalism.”
12:30 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations
required. The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-338-1958.
■ Michael Yahuda, visiting scholar at
George Washington University, will discuss
his book “Sino-Japanese Relations After
the Cold War: Two Tigers Sharing a Mountain.” 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School of
International Affairs, George Washington
University, 1957 E St. NW.
go.gwu.edu/ChinaJapan.
■ Retired U.S. Air Force Capt. Kernan
Chaisson will discuss his book “MAD Cats:
The Story of VP-63,” about sailors who
worked to counter the Nazis’ undersea
menace during World War II. 2 p.m. Free.
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Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut
Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.
■ Experts will discuss “Revolution and
Political Transitions in North Africa.” 3 to 7
p.m. Free; reservations required. Room
241, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW.
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■ Colombian writer Juan Gabriel
Vásquez will read from
his work and participate in a discussion
with translator Anne
McLean on the state
of contemporary Latin
American literature. 4
p.m. Free. Montpelier
Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202707-5394.
■ Georgetown University professor Shiloh Krupar will discuss her book “Hot Spotter’s Report: Military Fables of Toxic
Waste,” about remediation of nuclear and
other U.S. military facilities from World War
II and the Cold War. 5 to 6 p.m. Free. Mortara Building, Georgetown University, 3600
N St. NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.
■ The Chevy Chase Chapter of the
National Active and Retired Federal
Employees group will host a talk by economist Walton Francis on health insurance
choices available to federal employees and
retirees during the current open season. 6
p.m. Free. Iona Senior Services, 4125
Albemarle St. NW. 202-387-7936.
■ John Elliff, a member of the Lincoln
Group of the District of Columbia, will discuss “The Power and Meaning of Lincoln’s
Gettysburg Address: A Sesquicentennial
Commemoration.” 6 p.m. Free. Room 209,
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library,
901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.
■ The Cottage Conversation series will
feature a book talk by
legislative historian
Chris DeRose, author
of “Congressman Lincoln: The Making of
America’s Greatest
President.” 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.
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■ International jewelry experts Stefano
Papi and Alexandra Rhodes will discuss
their book “20th Century Jewelry and the
Icons of Style,” about the jewelry collections of 11 international icons, including
Hillwood founder Marjorie Merriweather
Post. 6 to 8 p.m. $7 to $20. Hillwood
Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.
■ New York-based painter Wade Guyton will discuss his work in conversation
with Klaus Ottmann, director of the Center
for the Study of Modern Art and curator at
large for the Phillips Collection. 6:30 p.m.
$8 to $20; free for students. Reservations
suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st
St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events.
■ Curator Andrianna Campbell and artists David Kennedy Cutler, Ellington Robinson and Corin Hewitt will discuss “The Legacy of the 1913 Armory Show.” 6:30 p.m.
$10; reservations required. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-3383552.
■ Author and Virginia Tech professor
Doris Zallen will discuss “Real-Life Genome
Stories.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S.
Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive
SW. 202-633-3030.
■ George Sullivan, author of “Not Built
in a Day: Exploring the Architecture of
Rome,” will discuss “Rome’s Hidden
Gems: An Architectural Stroll.” 6:45 to
8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. Warner Bros. Theater, National Museum of American History, Constitution Avenue between 12th and
14th streets NW. 202-633-3030.
■ Ari Shavit will discuss his book “My
Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy
of Israel.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose,
■ MedStar Medicare Choice will present a workshop on “Medicare and You.” 7
p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd
Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202541-6100.
■ Smithsonian American Art Museum
senior curator Eleanor Harvey and Oregon
State University art history professor Henry
Sayre will discuss the western American
landscape and its relationship to Wayne
Higby’s ceramic containers. 7 p.m. Free.
McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American
Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202633-1000.
■ “Getting the Story: 125 Years of
National Geographic Writing” will feature
editors Cynthia Gorney and Oliver Payne
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“Alex Prager: Face in the Crowd,” featuring photography
and films by the Los Angeles-based Prager that include staged
crowd scenes, will open Saturday at the Corcoran Gallery
of Art and continue through March 9.
Located at 500 17th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednes-
On exhibit
day through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday until
9 p.m. Admission costs $8 to $10; it is free for children under
12 and military personnel. 202-639-1700.
■ “Mirage,” presenting paintings by Canadian artist David Ivan
Clark that hover in the space between romantic landscape
and weathered industrial artifact, will open with a reception
Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Susan Calloway Fine Arts. The
exhibit will continue through Dec. 21.
Located at 1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the gallery is open
Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-9654601.
■ Alley Cat Studio will open an exhibit of current paintings
by Pat Goslee, Sally Kauffman and Lynn Putney with a reception Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. The exhibit will conclude Dec. 1
with an artist talk from 3 to 5 p.m.
Located at 29 Kings Court SE, No. 6, the studio is open by
and writers Alma Guillermoprieto, David
Quammen and Paul Salopek. 7:30 p.m.
$21.60 to $24. Grosvenor Auditorium,
National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202857-7700.
■ Erwin A. Schmidl, professor at the
University of Innsbruck, will discuss “From
the Balkan Wars to the First World War:
Stumbling Into a European Catastrophe.”
7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.
Embassy of Austria, 3524 International
Court NW. frombalkanwartofirstworldwar.
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Films
■ In conjunction with the exhibit “Discovery and Recovery: Preserving Iraqi Jewish Heritage,” the National Archives will
show the 2007 film “Baghdad Twist” and
the 1999 film “Baklava and the Meaning
of Life.” Noon. Free. McGowan Theater,
National Archives Building, Constitution
Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW.
202-357-5000.
■ The 3rd Thursdays Film Series will
feature Takashi Yamazaki’s 2012 film
“Always: Sunset on Third Street 3.” 6:30
p.m. Free. Abramson Family Founders
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West)” is part of the Corcoran’s new exhibit.
appointment only Wednesday through Saturday from noon to
5 p.m. 202-365-0219.
■ Addison/Ripley Fine Art opened an exhibit last week of
paintings and pastels by Wolf Kahn and will continue it
through Jan. 11. An artist’s reception will take place tomorrow
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Located at 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the gallery is open
Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202338-5180.
Room, School of International Service
Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. american.edu/sis/
events/film.
■ The “Autumn in New York” series will
feature a movie set in the Big Apple. 7
p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450
Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1225.
Meetings
■ The West End Library’s new evening
book club will discuss “The Marriage Plot”
by Jeffrey Eugenides. 7 p.m. Free. West
End Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-7248707.
■ The Georgetown Book Club will discuss George Saunders’ short story collection “Tenth of December,” a finalist for this
year’s National Book Award for Fiction. 7
p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St.
NW. 202-727-0232.
■ The Classics Book Group will discuss
“Barchester Towers” by Anthony Trollope. 7
p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St.
NW. 202-347-0176.
Performances
■ Comedienne, singer and performer
Sylvia Traymore will present her one-woman play “Come See About Me … A Fan’s
Diana Ross Story.” 7 and 9 p.m. $40.
Burke Theater, U.S. Navy Memorial, 701
Pennsylvania Ave. NW. comeseeaboutme.
eventbrite.com.
■ Catholic University will present its
Engelbert Humperdinck’s opera “Hansel
and Gretel,” sung in English with surtitles.
7:30 p.m. $10 to $20. Ward Recital Hall,
Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave. NE.
music.cua.edu. The performance will
repeat Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
and Sunday at 2 p.m.
■ The Picnic Theatre Company will
present a benefit performance of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes,
The Hound of the Baskervilles.” Proceeds
will benefit the Dumbarton House as well
as Malaika Children’s Choir in Kenya. 7:30
p.m. $12 to $15. Dumbarton House, 2715
Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org. The performance will repeat Friday at 7:30 p.m.
■ American University’s Rude Mechanicals will present a production of Shakespeare’s “Othello” set in the cutthroat business world of the 1960s. 8:30 p.m. $7.
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NW. [email protected]. The
performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
Special event
■ “History & Hops” will feature samples of the last of DC Brau’s re-creation of
Christian Heurich’s pre-Prohibition lager.
6:30 to 9 p.m. $30. Heurich House Museum, 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW.
historyandhopsnovember.eventbrite.com.
Teen program
■ The Tenley-Friendship Library will
host a “Hunger Games Trivia Tournament
for Teens” with prizes and snacks. 4 p.m.
Free. Large Conference Room, TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave.
NW. 202-727-1488.
Tours
■ American University’s Office of Sustainability will present a tour of green buildings, vegetated roofs, green energy systems and other environmentally friendly
features on campus. 11 a.m. Free. Meet at
the American University Museum, Katzen
Arts Center, American University, 4400
Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.
■ A behind-the-scenes tour will focus
on “Specialty Mums at Hillwood,” offering
a look at the greenhouse where gardeners
continue a 55-year tradition of propagating
chrysanthemums for fresh cut flowers
used in the weekly floral arrangements. 11
to 11:30 a.m. $5 to $15 suggested donation. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-6865807.
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Concerts
■ The Friday Morning Music Club will
present a concert of works by Haydn, Persichetti, Spindler and Martinu. Noon. Free.
Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW.
202-333-2075.
■ The Friday Music Series will feature
electric guitarist Ben Harbert, cellist Amy
Domingues and drummer Amy Farina
adapting works that straddle mid-century
avant-garde and folk traditions. 1:15 p.m.
Free. McNeir Hall, Georgetown University,
37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787.
■ Members of the Washington National Opera Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program will perform classical music, and
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Howard University’s vocal group Afro Blue
will perform jazz selections. 6 p.m. Free.
Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.
■ Students of Magdalena Duhagon will
present a guitar recital. 6 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
202-244-7326.
■ The S&R Foundation Artist Concert
Series will feature Evermay Chamber with
Tamaki Kawakubo & Friends. 6:30 p.m.
$65. Evermay, 1623 28th St. NW. 202298-6007. The concert will repeat Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
■ Swedish singer-songwriter Marlene
will perform electro-pop with a raw R&B
and melodic sound. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. House of Sweden,
2900 K St. NW. embassyofsweden.
eventbrite.com.
■ Cantate Chamber Singers will present “Britten’s 100th Birthday Celebration,”
featuring composer Benjamin Britten’s edition of Mozart’s “Requiem” and Britten’s
“Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings”
and “Cantata Misericordium.” 8 p.m. $15
to $35. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 4900
Connecticut Ave. NW. 301-920-0923.
■ The American University Workshop
will perform contemporary works. 8 p.m.
$5 to $10. Abramson Family Recital Hall,
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-8853634.
■ The Andrew Hare Quartet will perform. 8 and 10 p.m. $15. Twins Jazz, 1344
U St. NW. twinsjazz.com. The concert will
repeat Saturday at 8 and 10 p.m.
■ American singersongwriter Bonnie
“Prince” Billy will perform. 8 p.m. $10 to
$25. Gonda Theatre,
Davis Performing Arts
Center, Georgetown
University, 37th and O
streets NW. 202-687-2787.
■ The Americana band Yarn will perform. 8:30 p.m. $12 to $15. Gypsy Sally’s,
3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.
Conference
■ The group 40Plus of Greater Washington will present a conference on “Tap
the Power of LinkedIn for Your Job Search,”
featuring speaker Colleen McKenna and
sessions for advanced users and beginners. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $95 to $110.
Venable LLP Conference Center, 575 7th
St. NW. 202-387-1582.
■ Martin W. Sandler will discuss his
book “The Letters of John F. Kennedy.”
Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National
Archives Building, Constitution Avenue
between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202357-5000.
■ “The Hidden History of D.C.” will feature a panel discussion with Robert S.
Pohl, author of “Urban Legends & Historic
Lore of Washington, D.C.”; John Muller,
author of “Mark Twain in Washington,
D.C.”; and Garrett Peck, author of “Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We
Weren’t.” 12:30 p.m. Free. Barnes &
Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176.
■ Martin W. Sandler will discuss his
book “The Letters of John F. Kennedy,” at
4 p.m.; and Bill Ayers will discuss his book
“Public Enemy: Confessions of an American Dissident,” at 7 p.m. Free. Politics and
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.
■ Jeremy Pope, assistant professor of
history at the College of William & Mary,
will discuss “The Mysterious Meritefnut: A
Missing Persons Case From the 7th Century B.C.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Rome Building
Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies,
1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. arcedc.org.
■ Joshua DeBois will discuss his book
“The President’s Devotional: The Daily
Readings That Inspired President Obama.”
6:30 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th
St. NW. 202-347-0176.
■ On the 50th anniversary of the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy,
journalists Marvin Kalb
(shown) and Dan Rather will discuss “A Presidency, a Legacy and a
Day That Changed
America.” 8 p.m. Free;
tickets required. Main Ballroom, National
Press Club, 529 14th St. NW.
kalb.gwu.edu.
Festival
■ The three federally recognized tribes
of the Cherokee Nation will celebrate their
tribal history and heritage with food demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and
music and dance performances. 10:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. National Museum of
the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. The
festival will continue Saturday from 10:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Film
■ “A 50th-Anniversary Salute to Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards” will feature
Leon Dai’s 2009 film “No Puedo Vivir Sin
Ti (Cannot Live Without You).” 7 p.m. Free.
Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art,
12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-1000.
Performances
■ Wilson High School will present the
musical “West Side Story,” featuring an
18-piece school/community orchestra.
7:30 p.m. $5 to $15. Auditorium, Wilson
High School, 3950 Chesapeake St. NW.
[email protected]. The performance will repeat Saturday at 2:30 and
7:30 p.m.
■ AU in Motion, a student-run dance
performance group, will present its fall
showcase. 8 p.m. $10. Greenberg Theatre,
American University, 4200 Wisconsin Ave.
NW. 202-885-2587. The performance will
repeat Saturday at 8 p.m.
Readings
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nity Center will present a reading of Liz
Maestri’s “House Beautiful,” about three
generations of a family weathering the end
of an era in a decaying town. 2 p.m. $5.
Bernstein Library, Washington DC Jewish
Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW.
washingtondcjcc.org.
■ Local poets Joel Diaz-Porter and Paulette Beete will respond to the Folger Theatre’s production of “Romeo and Juliet”
with original work exploring themes from
the play. 6 to 7 p.m. Free; reservations
suggested. Folger Shakespeare Library,
201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077.
Special events
■ On the 50th anniversary of the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Newseum’s “JFK Remembrance
Day” will feature discussions with authors,
journalists and filmmakers, as well as documentary screenings and the rebroadcast
of three hours of CBS News’ live coverage
from Nov. 22, 1963. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Events free with museum admission
($12.95 to $21.95; free for ages 6 and
younger). Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW.
■ 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].
■ Alliance Française de Washington
and the French-American Chamber of
Commerce will host their annual “Beaujolais and Beyond Celebration,” featuring
light fare from D.C. restaurants, free-flowing Beaujolais Nouveau and a selection of
French breads, cheeses, pâtés and pastries. 8 p.m. $60 to $95. Embassy of
France, 4101 Reservoir Road NW.
beaujolaisnouveau13.eventbrite.com.
Sporting event
Montreal Canadiens. 7 p.m. $60 to $525.
Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000.
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Children’s programs
■ “Saturday Morning at the National”
will feature Mary Ann Jung as Margaret
Brent, a historical figure in Colonial Maryland. 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before each show.
National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW. 202-783-3372.
■ The National Gallery of Art’s “Films
for Children & Teens” series will present
Michel Ocelot’s animated film “Azur and
Asmar,” a modern-day fable that celebrates multiculturalism, loyalty and honesty. 10:30 a.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
The film will be shown again at 11:30 a.m.
Sunday.
■ “Tudor Tots: Thanksgiving at Tudor
Place,” for ages 4 through 6, will feature
an interactive story and a chance to scour
the historic mansion in search of historic
games and tours. Participants will also
make a special holiday craft and engage in
period dancing. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. $5 to
$8; free for accompanying adults. Tudor
Place Historic House and Garden, 1644
31st St. NW. tudorplace.org.
Class
■ The Smithsonian Associates will
present “A Day With David Thomas, Britain’s Former Royal Crown Jeweler,” an allday seminar. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $105 to
$135. Lecture Hall, S. Dillon Ripley Center,
1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.
Concerts
■ The Beau Soir Ensemble will perform. 1:30 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040.
■ Lecturer Alex Ross, mezzo-soprano
Margaret Lattimore and pianist Daniel
Hobbs will present “Wagner in America.” 2
p.m. Free; tickets required. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502.
■ Students of Magdalena Duhagon will
present a guitar recital. 6 p.m. Free. Middle
C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202244-7326.
■ The American Voices festival will feature a concert with sets by D.C. gospel
singer Vanessa Williams and the country
music band Mama Tried. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
■ The choral ensemble Third Practice
will present “Sing a New Song,” featuring
works by Distler, MacMillan, Paart, Sweelink and Parry. 6:30 p.m. Free. St. Mary
Arena Stage presents film remake
Arena Stage will present Todd Kreidler’s new theatrical adaptation of
“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” Nov.
On stage
29 through Jan. 5 in the Fichandler
Stage.
Malcolm-Jamaal Warner stars in the
production, based on William Rose’s
screenplay for the classic 1967 film
about a young white woman introducing
her family to her African-American fiancé, a charming, accomplished physician.
Tickets cost $40 to $90. Arena
Stage is located at 1101 6th St. SW.
202-488-3300; arenastage.org.
■ Georgetown University’s Mask &
Bauble Dramatic Society will present the annual Donn B. Murphy OneActs Festival Nov. 20 through 23 in
Poulton Hall’s Stage III.
This year’s event features the student-written musical “How to Succeed
With Dolls,” which follows a young Wall
Street actuary as he falls head over
heels in love with a woman he has only
Mother of God Church, 727 5th St. NW.
703-600-9751.
■ Jazz@Wesley will feature the Sharon
Thomas Experience. 6:30 p.m. $7 to $10;
free for ages 11 and younger. Wesley United Methodist Church, 5312 Connecticut
Ave. NW. wesleydc.org.
■ The Washington
Performing Arts Society
will present a concert
by banjo player Béla
Fleck and string quartet Brooklyn Rider. 7
and 9:30 p.m. $35.
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 202-785-9727.
■ Classical guitarists Anabel Montesinos and Marco Tamayo will perform
arrangements of works by Mozart, Bach
and The Beatles. 8 p.m. $25. Westmoreland Congregational United Church of
Christ, 1 Westmoreland Circle. 301-6546403.
■ The American University Symphonic
Band and soloist Nobue Matsuoka-Motely,
just seen. The festival will also include
student-directed scenes from Shakespeare plays.
Tickets cost $5 to $8. The Georgetown University campus is located at
37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787;
performingarts.georgetown.edu.
■ The In Series will present two shows
in repertory — “Pocket Opera x 2: Puccini & Zarzuela” and “A Family Reunion”
— Nov. 23 through Dec. 8 at GALA Theatre.
“Pocket Opera x 2” pairs Puccini’s
“Le Villi (The Spirits),” an opera-ballet in
which the spirit of a jilted young woman
returns to haunt her unfaithful lover,
and “Heart of Madrid,” an assemblage
of hits from Spanish light opera.
“A Family Reunion” is a new American opera-musical by Chris Patton with
libretto by Bill Moses. Love, loss, duty
and memories of happier times converge as a family wrestles with strained
relationships and issues of care for their
aging, dementia-addled grandmother.
Tickets cost $21 to $42. The GALA
Theater is located at 3333 14th St. NW.
202-204-7763; inseries.org.
a percussion instructor at American University, will perform. 8 p.m. $5 to $10.
Abramson Family Recital Hall, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-3634.
■ The Georgetown University Orchestra
and soprano Jennifer Casey Cabot will perform works by Strauss, Lehár and Korngold. 8 p.m. $5; free for students. Gonda
Theatre, Davis Performing Arts Center,
Georgetown University, 37th and O streets
NW. 202-687-2787.
■ The American Voices festival will feature a concert hosted by soprano Renée
Fleming and conducted by National Symphony Orchestra principal pops conductor
Steven Reineke. Performers will include
Broadway singers Sutton Foster and Norm
Lewis, jazz veterans Dianne Reeves and
Kurt Elling, gospel diva Kim Burrell, pop
stars Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban, singer-songwriter Ben Folds, country-bluegrass
star Alison Krauss and opera singer Eric
Owens. 8 p.m. $29 to $225. Concert Hall,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ Singer-songwriter Randy Thompson
Arena will open “Guess Who’s
Coming to Dinner” Nov. 29.
■ The Kennedy Center will present
the world-premiere musical production
of Mo Willems’ “Elephant & Piggie’s We
Are in a Play!” Nov. 23 through Dec. 31
in the Family Theater.
Commissioned by the Kennedy Center and based on Willems’ award-winning children’s book series, the play has
the Elephant & Piggie duo singing and
dancing their way through peril and suspense. The show is recommended for
ages 4 and older.
Tickets cost $20. 202-467-4600;
kennedy-center.org.
and the Dave Kitchen Band will perform.
8:30 p.m. $10 to $12. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401
K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.
■ Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein (shown) will discuss their book “It’s
Even Worse Than It
Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the
New Politics of Extremism,” at 1 p.m.; and
David Baldacci will discuss his book “King
and Maxwell,” at 6 p.m. Free. Politics and
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919.
■ Cultural Study Abroad will present a
seminar on new trends in Parisian museums and fashions to benefit D.C.’s Garfield
Elementary School. The event will include
a game to identify Parisian personalities. 2
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■ Warren Brown, owner of the CakeLove bakeries, will discuss his fourth cookbook, “Pie Love.” The event will include a
pie crust demonstration, samples and a
book signing. 3:30 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave.
NW. 202-727-1488.
■ Bill Ayers will discuss his book “Public Enemy: Confessions of an American Dissident.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen Room,
Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW.
202-789-2227.
Films
■ The Ballet in Cinema series will present a production of “Spartacus” from the
Bolshoi Ballet. 11 a.m. $18.80. West End
Cinema, 23rd Street between M and N
streets NW. 202-419-3456.
■ Andrew Dosunmu will present his
2011 film “Restless City,” about a Senegalese musician who negotiates his way
around Harlem taking odd jobs and gigs.
Afterward, he will discuss and show
excerpts from his new film “Mother of
George,” about the immigrant community.
2:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium,
National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Con-
The Current
stitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ DC Shorts and SpeakeasyDC will
present films created in five days after
watching local storytellers share personal
stories in front of an audience. 7:30 and 9
p.m. $20. Burke Theater, U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
dcshorts.com/speakeasyshorts.
Performances
■ Dance Place will present the “City
Rhythms Festival,” featuring Coyaba Dance
Theater, Culture Shock, Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble and the Step Afrika!
ensemble. 8 p.m. $12 to $30. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202269-1600. The performance will repeat
Sunday at 4 p.m.
■ The Capital City Showcase will feature rock band Charles the Hammer, musician Don Kim and comedians Brandon
Wardell, Becca Steinhoff, Jeff Hysen and
Stavros Halkias. 10 p.m. $10 to $15. District of Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th
St. NW. capitalcityshowcase.eventbrite.
com.
Special event
■ A dinner and book signing will mark
the launch of Alice Waters’ new cookbook
“The Art of Simple Food II: Recipes, Flavor,
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and Inspiration From the New Kitchen Garden.” Proceeds will benefit The Edible
Schoolyard. 7 p.m. $345 to $350 for book,
dinner and wine; $645 to $650 for two
people. Buck’s Fishing and Camping, 5031
Connecticut Ave. NW. politics-prose.com.
Sporting events
■ The Majority Whips will square off
against the DC DemonCats and the Cherry
Blossom Bombshells will square off
against Scare Force One in DC Rollergirls
competition. 4 and 5:45 p.m. $16.85. D.C.
Armory, 2001 East Capitol St. SE. 800745-3000.
■ The Washington Wizards will play the
New York Knicks. 7 p.m. $10 to $578. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.
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Concerts
■ The Marine Chamber Ensembles will
perform works by Libby Larsen, Jennifer
Higdon and Louis Saverino at a recital honoring the 40th anniversary of women joining the Marine Band. 2 p.m. Free. Sousa
Band Hall, Marine Barracks Annex, 7th
and K streets SE. 202-433-4011.
■ The “Music With the Angels” concert
series will feature saxophonist Zulfugar
Baghirov, guitarist Chris Galvan and drummer Leland Nakamura in an afternoon program of experimental jazz techniques, free
improvisation and avant-garde styles. 3:30
p.m. Free. Church of the Holy City, 1611
16th St. NW. 202-462-6734.
■ The Georgetown University Wind
Ensemble will perform works by John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Michael Giacchino
and others. 4 p.m. $5; free for students.
Gonda Theatre, Davis Performing Arts Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O
streets NW. 202-687-2787.
■ The Calder Quartet will perform pair-
ings of traditional pieces and contemporary music. 4 p.m. $15 to $30; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600
21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music.
■ Stanley Thurston, artist in residence
at the Washington National Cathedral, will
present an organ recital. 5:15 p.m. $10
donation suggested. Washington National
Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin
avenues NW. nationalcathedral.org.
■ Students of Brock Holmes will present a guitar and piano recital. 5:30 p.m.
Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin
Ave. NW. 202-244-7326.
■ The American Voices festival will feature musical theater numbers performed
by D.C. actress and singer Erin Driscoll and
a concert by singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Jon Carroll, who won a
Grammy for his arrangement of the 1976
hit “Afternoon Delight.” 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
■ Guitarists Mak Grgic (shown) and
Nejc Kuhar will
perform works
by J.S. Bach
and Slovenian
composers.
6:30 p.m. Free.
West Garden
Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-8426941.
■ The Smithsonian Chamber Players
will perform works by Dvorák and Bruckner
as part of the Masterworks of Five Centuries concert series. Lecture at 6:30 p.m.;
concert at 7:30 p.m. $22 to $28. Warner
Bros. Theater, National Museum of American History, Constitution Avenue between
12th and 14th streets NW. 202-6333030.
■ Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica will perform
global jazz and exotic chamber music from
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There.” 8 and 10 p.m. $15. Twins Jazz,
1344 U St. NW. twinsjazz.com.
■ Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro
will perform. 8 p.m. $35. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730
21st St. NW. 202-994-6800.
■ The Over the Limit Band will perform.
8 p.m. $5. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW.
gypsysallys.com.
■ The Middle East Cafe will feature a
talk by George Mason University visiting
scholar Adina Friedman on “Morocco: Conflict Resolution in Domestic and Regional
Contexts.” 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th
St. NW. 202-387-7638.
■ Presidential historian Timothy Naftali
will discuss “President Kennedy’s Foreign
Policy Achievements and Legacy.” 10 a.m.
Free. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, 16th and H streets NW. 202347-8766.
■ Al From will discuss his book “The
New Democrats and the Return to Power,”
at 11:30 a.m.; Tina Wasserman will discuss her book “Entrée to Judaism for Families,” at 1:30 p.m.; and Simon Trofield will
discuss his book “Simon’s Cat vs. the
World,” at 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose,
Films
■ “A 50th-Anniversary Salute to Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards” will feature
Yang Ya-Che’s 2012 film “GF*BF.” 2 p.m.
Free. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of
Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW.
202-633-1000.
■ A retrospective of the films of Pier
Paolo Pasolini will feature the director’s
1964 film “Comizi d’amore.” 4:30 p.m.
Free. East Building Auditorium, National
Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
■ ITVS Community Cinema will present
the documentary “The State of Arizona,”
about the explosive
emotions and complex
realities behind Arizona’s headline-grabbing
struggle with illegal
immigration. 5 to 7
p.m. Free; reservations
required. Langston
Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St.
NW. communitycinema-dc.org.
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■ DJ, composer, multimedia artist and
writer Paul D. Miller (a.k.a. DJ Spooky That
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Symphony,” accompanied by violinist Danielle Cho and cellist Jennifer Kim. 2 p.m.
Free. East Building Auditorium, National
Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
Special events
■ A Holiday Craft Fair will feature children’s activities, homemade holiday food,
gift card drawings, and 30-plus vendors
selling women’s clothing, pottery, glassware and jewelry. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free
admission. Temple Sinai, 3100 Military
Road NW. 202-363-6394.
■ The Washington DC Jewish Community Center will present “Chanukah Carnival 2013,” featuring a moon bounce,
games, crafts and treats. 10 a.m. to noon.
$10 to $20 per family. Washington DC
Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St.
NW. washingtondcjcc.org.
■ Empowered Women International will
present a Holiday Gift Marketplace. 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. Woman’s
National Democratic Club, 1526 New
Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.
■ Moment Magazine will host a symposium on “Creativity and the Brain,” featuring recipients of the magazine’s 2013
awards. Participants will include pianist
and conductor Leon Fleisher, novelist and
philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, psychologist and linguist Steven
Pinker, sculptor and neuroscientist Barton
Rubenstein and NPR host Peter Sagal.
6:30 p.m. $180. Washington Hebrew
Congregation, 3935 Macomb St. NW.
momentmag.com/symposium-2013.
■ The MesorahDC Dreidel Championship will feature an open bar, latke buffet
and live music. 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org.
4515 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-337-9325.
■ The Washington Performing Arts
Society will present pianist Marc-André
Hamelin performing works by Field, Medtner and Schubert. 7:30 p.m. $60. Terrace
Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
■ The group 40Plus of Greater Washington will present a talk by Bruce Rosenstein on “Create Your Future the Peter
Drucker Way.” 9:45 a.m. to noon. Free.
Suite T-2, 1718 P St. NW. 202-387-1582.
■ Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein will
discuss their book “Getting Back to Full
Employment.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen
Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St.
NW. 202-789-2227.
■ Robert Stone will discuss his book
“Death of the Black-Haired Girl.” 7 p.m.
Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut
Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
■ Georgetown Day School’s Benjamin
Cooper Memorial Lecture series will feature a talk by Ta-Neishi Coates, senior editor at The Atlantic and author of the awardwinning article “Fear of a Black President.”
7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required by
Nov. 21. Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St. NW.
gds.org/CooperLecture.
Walk
■ Tour guide Dwane Starlin will lead a
walking tour spotlighting the homes and
neighborhood spots frequented by John F.
Kennedy and his wife Jackie during their
years in Washington. 10 a.m. $15; reservations required. Dumbarton House, 2715
Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org.
Films
■ “Marvelous Movie Mondays” will feature the 1950 film “Harvey,” starring
James Stewart. 2 and 6:30 p.m. Free.
Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut
Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.
■ The “Fiction Lover’s Film Companion” series will feature David Frankel’s
2011 film “The Big Year.” 6 p.m. Free.
Room A-9, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.
■ The “Joan Crawford: Hollywood Star”
series will feature Michael Curtiz’s 1949
film “Flamingo Road.” 6:30 p.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before the
screening. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372.
■ The Goethe-Institut will present Carl
Froelich’s 1913 silent film “Richard Wagner,” about the composer’s childhood and
his triumphs in orchestral and operatic
music. 6:30 p.m. $4 to $7. Goethe-Institut,
812 7th St. NW. 202-289-1200.
Monday, Nov. 25
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Children’s program
■ Barefoot Puppets will present “Ooey
Gooey Thanksgiving,” featuring favorite
characters from children’s rhymes and stories (for ages 4 through 8). 10:15 and
11:30 a.m. $3 to $8. Discovery Theater, S.
Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive
SW. 202-633-8700. The performance will
repeat Tuesday at 10:15 and 11:30 a.m.
and Friday at noon.
Class
■ Susan Lowell of Tenleytown T’ai Chi
will lead an introductory class in the meditative martial art. 7:30 p.m. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave.
NW. 202-727-1225.
Concerts
■ The Asian American Music Society
will present a concert by young winners of
its 2013 woodwind, piano, string and voice
international competitions. 6 p.m. Free.
Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202467-4600.
■ The D.C. Federation of Musicians will
present a jazz showcase featuring Herman
Burney, Nasar Abadey, Jon Ozment and
others. 7 to 10:30 p.m. $10. Guapo’s,
Tuesday, Nov. 26
Concerts
■ The Tuesday Concert Series will feature violinist Monika Chamasyan and pianist Marina Chamasyan performing works
by Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff and Arno
Babajanyan. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of
the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-3472635.
■ The U.S. Navy Band’s Sea Chanters
chorus will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-4674600.
■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
at American University will present a talk
by labor lawyer Larry Cohen on “The American Labor Movement: Past, Present and
(?) Future.” 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Free. Temple Baptist Church, 3850 Nebraska Ave.
NW. 202-895-4860.
■ The Restaurant Opportunities Center
and Institute for Policy Studies will present
a panel discussion on “Tipped Over the
Edge,” featuring restaurant workers and
policy experts on the importance of raising
the tipped minimum wage and providing
sick days for restaurant workers. 6:30 to
8:30 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and
Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.
■ Suzanne Massie, author of “Land of
the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia,” will
discuss her new memoir “Trust But Verify:
Reagan, Russia and Me.” 6:30 p.m. $7 to
$20. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-6865807.
■ Nicholas Dawidoff will discuss his
book “Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside
the Turbulent World of NFL Football.” 7
p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
Film
■ The monthlong “Tales of the City —
San Francisco” series will feature Don Siegel’s 1971 film “Dirty Harry,” starring Clint
Eastwood. 6 p.m. Free. Georgetown
Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.
Performances
■ The Washington Improv Theater’s
“Harold Night” will feature People Like Us
and Spirit Bear, followed by an improv jam.
9 p.m. Free. Source, 1835 14th St. NW.
washingtonimprovtheater.com.
Sporting event
■ The Washington Wizards will play the
Los Angeles Lakers. 7 p.m. $10 to $322.
Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-7453000.
Wednesday, Nov. 27
Wednesday
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Concert
■ Singer, songwriter and guitarist Owen
Danoff, a Strathmore artist in residence,
will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium
Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.
Discussion
■ Connie Carter of the Library of Congress will discuss “Thanksgiving Becomes
a National Holiday During the Civil War.”
Noon. Free. “The Civil War in America”
exhibition, Jefferson Building, Library of
Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-4604.
Films
■ The “Muslim Journeys” film series
will feature “Prince Among Slaves.” 6:30
p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.
■ “Retro Movie Night” will feature
Woody Allen’s 1979 film “Manhattan,”
starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
6:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200
Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.
■ The Reel Israel DC series will feature
Arik Lubetzky’s 2011 film “Little Simico’s
Big Fantasy.” 8 p.m. $8.50 to $11.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW.
202-966-6000.
Meeting
■ 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].
Performances
■ The Joffrey Ballet will present Tchaikovsky’s family classic “The Nutcracker.”
7:30 p.m. $34 to $155. Opera House,
Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Sporting event
Ottawa Senators. 7 p.m. $33 to $443. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.
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The CurrenT
KeepSaKe Quality
Kent. Gracious home renovated & updated to
the highest level. 4 fin. levels w/7 BRs, 5 BAs,
2 HBAs. Gourmet eat in kit., 2 fam rms
w/firpls. art/loft studio, amazing MBR suite,
home theater. LL au pair suite. Pool! $2,875,000
Beverly Nadel 202-236-7313
Melissa Brown 202-469-2662
Seeing iS Believing!
Chevy Chase, DC. Wonderful new
construction. Sleek, crisp design. Open
flr plan. 6 BRs, 4.5 BAs on 4 finished
levels. Walk out LL. Great yard. Parking
for 3 cars. Walk to Metro. $1,795,000
Laura McCaffrey 301-641-4456
One Of a Kind
American University Park. Exquisite
& impeccably expanded Colonial on 1/3 acre.
5,300sf interior includes 6 BRs, 3 BAs, 2 HBAs.
brkfst rm, family rm. Patio & outdoor fountains.
A work of art throughout.. $1,950,000
Anne-Marie Finnell 202-329-7117
Ellen Abrams 202-255-8219
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Bethesda, MD. Beautifully appointed &
masterfully built residence. Open flr plan
on 4 finished levels. 6 BRs, 5.5 BAs.
1st flr library & fam rm. Extensive builtins. Walk to dwntwn Bethesda. $1,695,000
Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971
a tOuch Of elegance
Be the early Bird
Chevy Chase, MD. Exceptional high
end home on 12,000+ sf lot. 4 BRs,
3 BAs & 2 HBAs. Stunning gardens
& tranquil pool. Located between
dwntwn Bethesda & Friendship Hgts.
$1,895,000
Bethesda. Impressive new construction
on peaceful lane in Glen Mar Park.
High quality finishing w/grand spaces
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Options still available. $1,825,000
enchanting
Bethesda. Exciting new construction
built w/old school style, classic finishes,
charm & character. 6 BRs, 5.5 BAs.
Close to dwntwn Bethesda, Metro, NIH
& Naval Hospital. $1,695,000
Marina Krapiva 301-792-5681
Colonial Village. Distinguished & grand
colonial backing to Rock Creek Park. 5,000
sf. 5 BRs, 4BAs, 2 HBAs. Soaring ceilings,
walls of windows. Family rm, library, au
pair suite, back stairs. $1,499,000
Marina Krapiva 301-792-5681
Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971
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Dina Paxenos 202-256-1624
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202-464-8400
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Mass Ave Heights. Custom Colonial sited in
leafy enclave backing to parkland. 6,000 sf
w/5 BRs, 4 BAs, 2 HBAs. Palladian windows,
3 frpls, paneled library. Kit w/brkfst area
open to fam rm w/stone frpl. LL au pair w/kit.
French drs to private deck & garden $1,450,000
cuStOm deSign
Kenwood. Renovated by owner/
architect this rambler
w/contemporary flair oozes
w/charm. 5 BRs, 3.5 BAs. Fin.
LL w/rec rm & in law suite.
Super location. $1,140,000
Delia McCormick 301-977-7273 Ashk Adamiyatt 202-607-0078
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Phi Sturm 301-213-3528
Patricia Kennedy 202-249-5167
Forest Hills. Stylish 2 BR at The
Chevy Chase, MD. Sunny brick split
level. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths include a Parker House combines convenience
w/vintage details. Arched doorways,
special tree top 3rd flr MBR suite &
high
ceilings, French drs to solarium.
LLau-pair suite. Built-ins, TS kitchen.
Wall
of
built-ins & 5 generous closets.
Patio. Off street parking. $679,000
Pet friendly. $537,000
Quiet haven
Kent. Lovely brick home tucked
away on leafy cul de sac. 4 bedrooms,
2.5 baths. Redone kitchen, 2 frpls.
Delightful deck and terrace. Steps to
shops & restaurants. $999,500
Georgetown.
Renovated brick
semi-detached
townhouse. Terrific
kitchen w/brkfst bar,
tile flr, granite & SS.
Dining rm access to
drama & Style
walled patio. Master Colonial Village. Updated 4 level
bedroom suite +
split. Dramatic entry, 1st flr office/
2 additional BRs.
den. 4-5 BRs, 3.5 BAs. LL fam rm
Finished LL. Custom w/wet bar. 2 frpls. Idyllic courtyard.
built-ins. $999,000
2 car gar. $799,900
Leila Harrington 202-330-1717 Delia McCormick 301-977-7273
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West End. Spiffy renovated
800 sf 1 bedroom at the St.
George. New kit, lge open
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deck, pet friendly. $355,000
penny mallOry 202-251-6861
SELLING THE AREA’S FINEST PROPERTIES
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Cleveland Park. Large 1 bedroom
at The Essex.Quiet outlook,
renovated bath, balcony. 24 hr
desk, roof deck. Walk to Metro,
shops & restaurants. $309,000
Andrea Evers 202-550-8934
Melissa Chen 202-744-1235
Lee Goldstein 202-744-8060
Dina Paxenos 202-256-1624
heart Of
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NoMA.
Charming one
bedroom by
Truxton Circle.
Open kitchen w/
island, hrdwd
floors, lots of
windows &
built-in closet.
Close to Metro,
grocery, cafes.
$250,000
Leslie Suarez 202-246-6402
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