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The NorThwesT CurreNTWednesday, August 24, 2011 Serving Communities in Northwest Washington Since 1967 Vol. XLIV, No. 34

■ Deaf swim team stuns Russia, wins gold medal. 3.■ Maret football player commits to Maryland. Page 13.

■ City looks to lease unused Georgia Avenue spot. Page 5. ■ Plans pedal forward for Columbia Road bike lane. Page 3.

NEWS SPORTS■ Group plans exhibits to commemorate 9/11 attacks. Page 15.■ Old friends return to local sports glory on softball diamond. Page 15.

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Passages/15Police Report/6Real Estate/17Service Directory/26Sports/13Theater/25Week Ahead/3

By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

JP’s Night Club will be allowed to reopen in Glover Park, but it can’t offer its hallmark nude dancing before 5 p.m., the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board ruled last Wednesday. The advisory neighborhood commission and several residents had fought the renewal of JP’s liquor license, arguing against it at a May 25 hearing. Several neigh-bors argued that the business doesn’t fit Glover Park’s increasingly family-friendly character, and that the nightclub’s 2412 Wisconsin Ave. location is too close to the Guy Mason Recreation Center. In its ruling, the alcohol board rejected the concerns about nude dancing in the club, writing in its decision that passersby would be unable to see into the building.

“The Board will not find that the Application is inap-propriate merely because some residents of Glover Park are uncomfortable or disagree with the Applicant’s busi-ness model,” the decision reads, adding, “Public support is not part of the Applicant’s burden of proof.”

See License/Page 7

ABC Board approves renewal of JP’s license

Bill Petros/The CurrentThe Glover Park strip club — one of two in the neighborhood — has been closed since a 2008 fire. The structure has since been entirely rebuilt.

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

A D.C. Council investigation has found “clear evidence” of nepo-tism, cronyism and salaries that exceeded legal caps in the early months of Vincent Gray’s mayoral administration. A draft report released Tuesday also notes “strong evidence” that a senior member of Gray’s campaign illegally paid pri-mary candidate Sulaimon Brown

for throwing his support to Gray. But the report — written by a special committee on executive per-sonnel practices, chaired by Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh — generally absolves Gray of wrong-doing, saying the investigation turned up little evidence that the mayor himself was aware of the many violations of standard person-nel practices or the alleged pay-ments by campaign staffer Howard Brooks to Brown. Instead, Cheh’s draft report pins blame for “the many personnel errors” on a trio of top aides who

See Report/Page 7

Report blames Gray’s top aides for personnel issues

By JESSICA GOULDCurrent Staff Writer

As the ground shook beneath the Washington National Cathedral yes-terday, visitors and staff began to pray — for public safety and the structure’s stability. “Three of the four pinnacles of

the central tower just broke off,” said Cathedral spokesperson Richard Weinberg. The church bells tolled, stones fell from the spires and cracks appeared in some the flying but-tresses. “There were no injuries,” Weinberg said. “We’re praying that everything will be just fine.” The Cathedral is closed until further notice while experts assess the damage and ensure the struc-ture’s integrity.

Meanwhile, office workers streamed from buildings and stu-dents filed out of city schools as a magnitude 5.8 earthquake sent tremors throughout the Washington area. The epicenter of the earthquake was near Mineral, Va., but the ground shook throughout Washington, causing slight damage to some area homes and city build-ings.

See Earthquake/Page 18

Earthquake rattles District residents

Matt Petros/The CurrentOfficials formally celebrated the modernized Wilson High School with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday. Attendees included D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown, Mayor Vincent Gray, Wilson principal Peter Cahall and Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson. See story, page 3.

T I G E R S I N T E N L E Y


When Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh tours her district’s schools the week before classes start, she likes to check every classroom and even flush every toilet to make sure everything is perfect. But a tour of Tenleytown’s Janney Elementary School last Thursday didn’t worry her, she said, even as dozens of workers were still scurrying around her to wrap up a $29.1 million renovation and expansion proj-ect, and even though only portable toilets were then available. “Five years ago when I did this and I found things in such a state of disarray, I was really freaking out,” said Cheh, speaking during the tour amid the din of con-struction. “But every time I’ve seen, in the last days they’ve pulled it together.” True to form, Janney’s new and refurbished class-

See Janney/Page 18

Refurbished Janney opens for students

■ Aftermath: From Zoo to monuments, city feels impact

Matt Petros/The CurrentThe new addition to Janney nearly doubles the size of the Tenleytown school. Landscaping and other exterior finishings are set to wrap up next month.

■ D.C. Council: Committee examined nepotism, salaries

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RepoRt fRom The Field: Reliability Improvement Progress Report

July 2011 – District of Columbia

247 Miles of Trees TriMMeDFallen trees and limbs cause most power outages. To improve reliability, Pepco has trimmed more than 250 miles of power

lines in D.C. since September 2010. We’re on target to trim 416 miles in the District by the end of the year. Staffing for tree

trimming has been increased to four times the normal complement of workers to meet the project’s demands.

29 Power line UPgraDe ProJeCTs CoMPleTeDThis year, Pepco has completed seven projects to upgrade distribution feeders – power lines that serve large numbers of

customers – to improve reliability in areas that have experienced more frequent outages. Upgrades were completed in

June in Shepherd Park, Benning and two locations in Anacostia. Work has begun on two new projects, in Brookland near

Catholic University and Deanwood, and another project in Friendship Heights. Our crews continue to work on distribution-

level power lines in Anacostia, Benning, Chevy Chase, Crestwood, Capitol Hill and on Georgia Avenue. We will start an

additional seven projects in the next two months.

18 sysTeM growTh ProJeCTs CoMPleTeDTo serve the growing demand for electricity, Pepco is upgrading power lines and adding circuits throughout the District.

In June, Pepco completed upgrades in the Anacostia and Chevy Chase areas and continued work in the H Street, NE

Corridor, which is coordinated with the ongoing street improvement project. Pepco has completed 18 of 19 projects since

September 2010, with the final project on Minnesota Avenue planned for completion this December.

15 aDvanCeD ConTrol sysTeMs are Being insTalleDWe are installing advanced control systems that allow the electric system to identify problems and, in some cases,

automatically restore power to most affected customers within minutes. We continue making progress on the 15 projects

planned for completion this year in the Benning, Deanwood, River Terrace, Palisades and Van Ness areas.

assessMenT of UnDergroUnD ProJeCTs UnDerway In areas where traditional modifications to the overhead system have not produced the desired results, Pepco will selectively

replace the overhead system with an underground system. Two feeders in the District meet this criteria and an engineering

evaluation has begun on both.

ADDITIONAL PROGRESS AT PEPCOYou’ll also see improvements in our customer service. We have hired additional staff to answer your calls and are using

smartphone apps and our website to provide more convenient, efficient ways for you to report outages and find information

about your electric service. If you have comments or suggestions, reach us on Twitter (@PepcoConnect) or at pepco.com.

Pepco is committed to improving our customers’

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We are making progress and our work continues to

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Our work on this plan will continue over the next three

and a half years, but it won’t stop there. We will always

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After a year of renovation, stu-dents returned to classes at Wilson High School Monday to find a series of new, larger or otherwise upgraded facilities surrounding the new heart of the school: a bright, glass-topped atrium. The Thursday before, Mayor Vincent Gray and other city offi-cials had joined students, parents and other community members for a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony in that central space, whose glass ceiling sits several stories above what was once a shabby outdoor courtyard. The Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization spear-headed the $105 million update to Wilson, which enlarged the school by more than 71,000 square feet for a total of 376,507. Officials added that by relocating functions, even the original spaces at the Tenleytown campus are now more efficiently used. “There is no doubt that the Wilson campus has been trans-formed into something wonderful,” principal Pete Cahall said at the Thursday ceremony. “This spectac-ular renovation finally tells a young person that they are respected by their community.” Officials said hallmarks of the old Wilson facility, which dates to 1935, included a lack of space; out-moded mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems; a poor layout; and generally deteriorating condi-tions. The renovations preserved his-toric structures while providing for more attractive and secure building entrances, moving the cafeteria from the basement to the brightly lit first floor near the new atrium, and

relocating similar facilities to the same areas of the sprawling cam-pus, officials said. “Finally the school building will match the excellence of our stu-dents, our teachers and our staff,” said Cahall. But even as school is back in session, the last pieces of the over-haul are still wrapping up. Darrell Pressley, spokesperson for the schools modernization office, wrote in an email that the project “has some exterior work to be complet-ed” as well as a litany of miscella-neous items throughout the facility. All remaining work should be fin-ished within a month, he added. During the renovation, Wilson operated in a spare University of the District of Columbia building in Van Ness that officials said was usable on a temporary basis but not well-suited for a large high school. As such, it was imperative that stu-dents returned to the main Wilson campus quickly. At the ceremony, Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh praised the speed and quality of the work. “It’s a little bit overwhelming when you consider that a little while ago this was just an idea,” she said.

Tenley’s Wilson High greets students after modernization

Wednesday, Aug. 24 The Metropolitan Police Department’s 2nd District Citizens Advisory Council will hold its monthly meeting, which will include discussion with 2nd District Cmdr. Michael Reese and a representative of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW.

Saturday, Aug. 27 In conjunction with the opening of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, the D.C. Full Democracy Freedom Rally and March will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Freedom Plaza, 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. At 11 a.m., the march will proceed to 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, where participants will join the National Action Network March and head to the site of the King Memorial.

Monday, Aug. 29 The George Washington University/Community Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting to discuss implementation of the 2007 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan and plans for the George Washington University Museum. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Court, 725 24th St. NW.

Wednesday, Sept. 7 The Ward 4 Democrats group will hold its monthly meeting, which will feature a presentation by D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown and an update from Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Emery Recreation Center, 5701 Georgia Ave. NW.

The week ahead


Columbia Road may become a safer route for bicyclists in Adams Morgan, as the District Department of Transportation hopes to install long-delayed bike lanes as soon as this fall. The agency has been looking at putting bike lanes on about a mile of Columbia between Connecticut Avenue and 16th Street for more than two years, said Ward 1 transportation coordinator Gabriela Vega. Plans call for restriping the roadway and eliminating the center turn lane to make room for bike lanes on each side of the road. In response to recent community traffic concerns, however, parts of the road may use “sharrows” — travel lanes shared between bicycles and cars, but painted with special markings — instead of dedi-cated bike lanes. This would preserve a dedicated left turn lane near the busy intersection with Kalorama Road. The Transportation Department will also replace some metered parking spaces with dedicated loading zones, including one in front of Safeway, to accom-modate truck drivers who now park illegally in the center turn lane while delivering to businesses. Community leaders have urged the agency to consider the effects of the proposal on traffic flow along Columbia Road. “We have to address this reality,” Adams Morgan advisory neighborhood commission chair Wilson Reynolds said at an Aug. 1 meeting of his commis-

sion’s planning and zoning committee. If traffic backs up or parking is difficult, he said, a frustrated truck driver or other motorist might end up in the bike lane. “I don’t want to create a situation where there are cars driving into the bicycle lane and there’s a bicy-clist there,” Reynolds said. In an interview, Reynolds emphasized that he and the community are strong proponents of bike lanes, but that Columbia Road has unique needs. “We’ve had the experience of actually seeing things happen,” he said. “We know that delivery trucks are going to do whatever the hell they want to do. We know people are going to get very incensed ... if a car is trying to make a left and they’re all backed up behind it.” Vega said the Transportation Department is still studying the Kalorama Road intersection to see if bike lanes can be safely and conveniently preserved there. “We were able to have bike lanes throughout except on that location, and we’d really like to have bike lanes all along Columbia Road,” Vega said. Interruptions to bike lanes can make a route less appealing and less safe for cyclists, she said. Vega said the agency hopes to get a final design for the bike lanes hammered out and the road repainted this fall. If the process is delayed, it would need to wait for warmer weather in the spring. And the need for bike lanes there is immediate, she emphasized. “Columbia Road is a major connec-tion for bike users,” said Vega. “Whether there are bike lanes or not, bikers are using it.”

Columbia Road may see new bike lanes this fall

Matt Petros/The CurrentMayor Vincent Gray and other city officials celebrated the upgraded Wilson last week.

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Agency seeks views on Wilson pool lanes In looking into whether to change the pool lane configuration at the Wilson Aquatic Center, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation is hosting a survey at app.dpr.dc.gov/aquatics/survey.asp through Sept. 9, according to an agency news release. Currently, the main pool at Wilson is set up most of the time with 50-meter lap lanes running its length. Though many — including some triathletes in training — have praised that Olympic-length config-uration, others have argued that the pool could better serve all varieties of swimmers and activities with shorter lap lanes. Debates over the lane configura-tion have been stirring since the Tenleytown aquatic center reopened in August 2009 after a $34.7 million renovation. Last spring the parks department dis-cussed using movable bulkheads at the center of the pool to halve the 50-meter lanes when appropriate; meanwhile, an online petition was advocating for 25-yard lap lanes running across the pool. Since then, supporters of the 50-meter setup have launched a petition of their own. The current survey asks users to choose among five choices for the

lane setup: 50 meters all the time; 25 yards all the time; two options for split configurations that would give priority to either the 50-meter or 25-yard length; and a configura-tion that would split time equally between 50-meter and 25-yard lanes. In a recent Washington Post arti-cle, Parks Department director Jesús Aguirre said the agency would use the survey results to resolve the issue. Earlier this month, Ward 3 D.C. Council mem-ber Mary Cheh said she had asked the agency to find a compromise that would accommodate all users.

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Nomination proposes bakery as landmark The Shaw complex commonly and mistakenly known as “the Wonder Bread factory” has been nominated as a D.C. historic land-mark, according to a news release from the D.C. Preservation League. Douglas Development Corp., which owns the collection of build-ings at 641 S St. NW that once made up the White Cross Bakery, joined the league in submitting the nomination. The first building in the bakery complex was completed in 1913, according to the release. Under owner Peter Dorsch’s direction, the

bakery expanded substantially along S Street over the next two decades. The “Wonder Bread” nickname came about because Dorsch in 1937 sold the complex to the Continental Baking Co., which had revolutionized the bread industry by inventing pre-sliced Wonder Bread. But the S Street complex actually produced Hostess cakes, while the real Wonder Bread facto-ry operated at the same time near-by, according to a staff report from the city’s Historic Preservation Review Board. Douglas Development, which purchased the buildings in 1997, has proposed several iterations of redevelopment plans. After origi-nally conceiving of an office and retail complex, the firm shifted to the idea of small apartment units, according to The Washington City Paper. Most recently, Douglas has returned to a plan for an office building with ground-floor retail, the City Paper reported last month. In the Aug. 15 release announc-ing the landmark nomination, Douglas Jemal said his firm was “excited about the future redevel-opment of this Washington trea-sure.”

C&O Park head gets award for innovation The superintendent for the C&O Canal National Historical Park has received a national award for the park’s innovative reuse of historic buildings, according to a news release. The park, which follows the C&O Canal from Georgetown north to Cumberland, Md., includes six Maryland lockhouses furnished

in different periods, from the 1830s to the 1950s. Park Superintendent Kevin D. Brandt partnered with the C&O Canal Trust group to rent the lockhouses to tourists, the release states. For forging the partnership, Jarvis received the 2010 Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award for Excellence in Cultural Resources Stewardship last week, the release states. Lockhouse 6, the nearest to Washington, sits off the Clara Barton Parkway less than a mile from the D.C. line.

UDC names educator to provost position The University of the District of Columbia named its new provost and vice president of administrative affairs last week, selecting Montclair State University vice provost Ken Bain for the posts, according to a news release. Bain, who was also a history professor at that New Jersey insti-tution, has spoken at universities worldwide about teaching and aca-demic management, the release states, and served as the founding director of teaching and learning centers at four universities. “I am excited to build a ‘culture of learning’ within [the University of the District of Columbia], which has, as far as I can see, the greatest potential of any public university in the country,” Bain states in the release.

Theological union to close in spring 2013 Faced with shaky finances and dwindling enrollment, Washington Theological Union is winding down its programs at 6896 Laurel St. NW in Takoma, according to a news release from the Roman Catholic graduate school of theolo-gy and ministry.

The school, which has been open for more than 40 years, is now accepting its final class of new students, for the fall 2011 semester. It will close altogether after its graduation ceremony in spring 2013. The school will continue to operate its conference center and offer lectures and programs for the church community until it closes, the release states.

AU Museum receives Israeli art donation A New York collector of con-temporary Israeli art has donated his 151-piece collection to the American University Museum at the school’s Katzen Arts Center, according to a news release. Donald Rothfeld hopes the donation will “inspire dialogue about political issues involving Israel” in D.C., the release states. The collection joins existing exhib-its of Syrian and Lebanese art in the museum. Rothfeld also donated $50,000 to cover the cost of maintaining and displaying the collection, according to the release.

Sixth-graders win poetry contest prize An 11-year-old recently pulled in a first-place honor in the “Finding Gabriela” DC Youth Poetry Contest, geared toward con-testants ages 13 to 23. With her poem “In My Dream,” Lincoln Multicultural Middle School sixth-grader Jasmine Castillo won first place in the youngest age group of the bilingual poetry-writing contest. The In Series Inc., a D.C. arts organization, co-sponsored the sec-ond annual contest, which cele-brates the life and work of Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral. This year’s contest drew 79 poets from several D.C. schools, including Bell Multicultural High School, Carlos Rosario Public Charter School and Capital City Public Charter School, and various universities, according to a release from the In Series. Amari Witherspoon, a 17-year-old student at Capital City, won first place in the middle age group. Laron Hayes, 21, who attends the GALA Hispanic Theatre’s Paso Nuevo Youth Performance and Arts Education program, won first place in the oldest age group. The New York City-based Gabriela Mistral Foundation co-sponsored the contest, which cul-minated in a June 8 awards cere-mony at the Embassy of Chile.

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By KATIE PEARCECurrent Staff Writer

A planned $30 million makeover of the Washington Harbour com-plex will come up for discussion at the Georgetown advisory neighbor-hood commission’s Aug. 29 meet-ing, according to commissioner Bill Starrels. MRP Realty aims to rebuild the outdoor plaza space at the center of the waterfront property at 3000-3050 K St., according to a recent report in The Washington Post. “[MRP] wants to more or less modernize the plaza area,” Starrels said recently. “Not much work has been done on it for many, many years.” Plans call for an 11,000-square-foot outdoor ice rink — which would be the city’s largest — for visitors to use in the winter; for warmer weather, the renovation would create a new 7,000-square-

foot fountain and more outdoor seating for restaurant-goers. Meanwhile, upgrades to the com-plex’s 53,000 square feet of office space have already started, accord-ing to The Post. Representatives at MRP Realty, which purchased the waterfront complex last summer, declined to comment. But spokesperson Julie Chase confirmed the accuracy of The Post’s July 31 report. The renovation plans will also go before the Old Georgetown Board for approval. Staffers there are now processing MRP’s submission. The complex is still recovering from an April flood, when the Potomac River dumped over 10 feet of water into the restaurant area and parking garage after flood walls were not fully deployed. MRP is currently facing a $5 million class-action lawsuit from employees of affected businesses who lost wages and tips.

Washington Harbour to seek approval for plaza makeover


As the hottest July on record pounded the District last month, many of the city’s street trees succumbed to the harsh conditions. Although exact numbers aren’t yet available, dead or dying trees are evident in neighborhoods throughout Northwest, and arborists said those triple-digit days deserve much of the blame. “We’ve struggled to get through a tough summer,” said Jim Woodworth, director of planting for the Casey Trees nonprofit. “Even with really concerted watering efforts, many trees are suffering.” John Thomas, associate director of the District’s Urban Forestry Administration, also said he’d seen many trees die this summer. Newly planted trees, he said, are the most vulnerable. “It was harder to get [new trees] established here, because it got hot so quick early on,” said Thomas. “July was kind of merciless.” Both Casey Trees and the Urban Forestry Administration have watering programs for the trees they’ve planted, and both also distribute watering sup-

plies to residents interested in caring for street trees in front of their own homes. “We are in this together,” Thomas said. “It’s still the city’s responsibility in a sense, but it helps [residents’] energy bills, it’s going to improve the value of their house by having street trees in front of it … . So any-thing they can do to help get the trees established in the first couple of years, it’s beneficial to both parties.” Residents can register as “canopy keepers” at ddot.dc.gov/trees to receive drip watering systems for their street trees and leave city workers more time to deal with trees elsewhere; Thomas said about 1,500 residents have already done so. These canopy keepers agree to provide new trees with 15 to 25 gallons of water every two weeks for two years, according to the forestry administration’s website. He added that mature trees’ root systems have already stretched far from the trunk to find water. It’s therefore minimally effective to try to water them, but they tend to be strong enough to withstand a drought on their own. To protect mature trees, Thomas said, residents should just avoid planting immediately beneath the canopy to prevent damage to their roots.

D.C. trees suffer from summer’s record heat

By KATIE PEARCECurrent Staff Writer

With plans to lease out its inac-tive property at 6428 Georgia Ave., the city will host a community meeting Sept. 9 to look into new uses for the one-story former retail spot. The last firm plan for the Brightwood site, located just north of Piney Branch Road and formerly home to a Blockbuster, envisioned a mixed-use project. But a tug-of-war over the land, then the economic downturn, thwarted that path. The District’s goal now is “to lease the site and return the property to some productive use,” a represen-tative of the D.C. Department of

Real Estate Services wrote in an email yesterday. The September meeting, the rep-resentative said, is meant to gather community input on which “uses, amenities and services” might fit the immediate neighborhood. Sometime after, the real estate agency will put out a solicitation for lease offers. The representative said the District isn’t currently consider-ing selling the site. The city hasn’t always owned this property. In 2006, the District — aiming to use the site as a new home for the Engine Co. 22 fire sta-tion — used the threat of eminent domain to purchase the land from developer Ellis Denning. But com-munity members, who wanted to

see Ellis Denning’s plans for a mixed-use development move for-ward, bucked against the idea for the firehouse. Contrary to reports that the city sold the site back to Ellis Denning, the real estate agency representative said the city maintained ownership and the sale to the developer never finalized. “The District has owned the property continuously since August of 2006,” the representative wrote. The 15,184-square-foot site now includes a single-tenant retail build-ing that comprises about 7,000 square feet, according to the real estate agency. The Sept. 9 meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the 4th District Police Headquarters.

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This is a listing of reports taken from Aug. 14 through 21 in local police service areas.

PSa 201

Robbery (pickpocket)■ 5400 block, 30th Place; office building; 12:15 p.m. Aug. 17.Assault with a dangerous weapon (knife)■ 5500 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 10:50 a.m. aug. 16.Burglary■ 3800 block, Huntington St.; construction site. 6 a.m. Aug. 17.Stolen auto■ 6200 block, 29th St.; street; 10:45 a.m. Aug. 16.■ 3300 block, Rittenhouse St.; street; 10:30 a.m. Aug. 17.Theft (tags)■ 3100 block, Quesada St.; resi-dence; 6 a.. Aug. 16.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 5700 block, Moreland St.; street; 6:30 a.m. Aug. 18.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 2800 block, Rittenhouse St.; street; 11 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 2900 block, Rittenhouse St.; street; 4 a.m. Aug. 14.■ 3200 block, Oliver St.; street; 5 a.m. Aug. 14.■ 3200 block, Oliver St.; street; 6 a.m. aug. 14.■ 6000 block, 34th Place; street; 10 a.m. Aug. 16.■ 5400 block, 27th St.; street; 9 a.m. Aug. 19.■ 5400 block, 31st St.; street; 12:01 p.m. Aug. 21.Theft from auto (attempt)■ 6100 block, 29th St.; street; 6:40 a.m. Aug. 14.

PSa 202

Robbery (assault)■ 4500 block, Wisconsin Ave.; drugstore; 10:46 a.m. Aug. 15.Theft ($250 plus)■ 4500 block, Wisconsin Ave.; restaurant; 8:04 a.m. Aug. 16.Theft (below $250)■ 5300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 5:05 a.m. Aug. 16.■ 5000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; office building; 6 a.m. Aug. 16.■ 3900 block, Chesapeake St.; park area; 5 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 5300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; noon Aug. 18.■ 4500 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 2:17 a.m. Aug. 19.■ 5300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 4:25 a.m. Aug. 19.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 45th Street and River Road; street; 7 a.m. Aug. 16.■ 4400 block, Sedgwick St.; street; 9 a.m. Aug. 18.

PSA 203

Burglary■ 2900 block, Van Ness St.; resi-dence; 10:45 a.m. Aug. 19.■ 2900 block, Van Ness St.; resi-dence; 5 a.m. Aug. 19.Theft ($250 plus)■ 3100 block, Fessenden St.;

residence; 4:50 a.m. Aug. 20.Theft (below $250)■ 4400 block, Connecticut Ave.; hotel; 2 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 2900 block, Upton St.; resi-dence; 6:30 a.m. Aug. 19.

PSa 204

Theft (below $250)■ 3500 block, 34th St.; resi-dence; 11 a.m. Aug. 15.■ 2600 block, 39th St.; unspeci-fied premises; 6 a.m. Aug. 15.■ 2900 block, 28th St.; resi-dence; 8:40 a.m. Aug. 15.■ 2400 block, Tunlaw Road; resi-dence; 7:30 a.m. Aug. 16.■ 3700 block, Upton St.; medical facility; 3 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 2200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; drugstore; 10 a.m. Aug. 18.■ 3500 block, Ordway St.; resi-dence; 2 a.m. Aug. 19.■ 2200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; drugstore; 6:45 a.m. Aug. 19.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 28th Street and Cathedral Avenue; street; 4 a.m. Aug. 14.■ 28th Street and Cathedral Avenue; street; 6:30 a.m. Aug. 15.■ 2700 block, 27th St.; street; 11:15 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 2200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; parking lot; 4:20 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 2600 block, Woodley Road; construction site; 9 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 2800 block, 29th St.; street; 10:30 a.m. Aug. 19.

PSA 205

Theft from auto (below $250)■ Foxhall Road and Q Street; street; 10 a.m. Aug. 15.■ 3900 block, University Ave.; street; 6 a.m. Aug. 18.■ 3800 block, 48th St.; street; 11 a.m. Aug. 19.■ 3900 block, 48th St.; street; 5:40 a.m. Aug. 19.

PSa 206

Robbery (force and violence)■ 2900 block, N St.; sidewalk; 12:54 p.m. Aug. 18.Theft (below $250)■ 3200 block, M St.; restaurant; 10 a.m. Aug. 15.■ 1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 5:20 a.m. Aug. 16.■ 3200 block, N St.; residence; 7:15 a.m. Aug. 18.■ 31st and K streets; street; 8 a.m. Aug. 19.■ 2900 block, K St.; sidewalk; 10:45 a.m. Aug. 20.■ 1600 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 3 a.m. Aug. 20.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3200 block, N St.; street; 5 a.m. Aug. 19.

PSA 207

Stolen auto■ 2200 block, Pennsylvania

Ave.; parking lot; 5 a.m. Aug. 17.Theft ($250 plus)■ 2400 block, K St.; church; 8:30 a.m. Aug. 14.■ 900 block, 24th St.; residence; 9 a.m. Aug. 19.■ 25th and N streets; unspeci-fied premises; 1:30 a.m. Aug. 20.Theft (below $250)■ 2400 block, Virginia Ave.; church; 6:30 a.m. Aug. 16.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 2400 block, N St.; street; 8:30 a.m. aug. 20.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 800 block, New Hampshire Ave.; hotel; 8:45 a.m. Aug. 18.

PSA 208

Robbery (pocketbook snatch)■ 23rd Street and Wyoming Avenue; street; 3:36 a.m. Aug. 21.Robbery (snatch)■ 1600 block, Rhode Island Ave.; sidewalk; 4:20 a.m. Aug. 21.Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 1700 block, 20th St.; church; 1:45 a.m. Aug. 16.■ 1800 block, M St.; restaurant; 8:10 a.m. Aug. 21.Burglary■ 1700 block, Massachusetts Ave.; office building; 6 a.m. Aug. 15.Stolen auto■ 1700 block, Willard St.; side-walk; 10:45 a.m. Aug. 15.■ 1500 block, Massachusetts Ave.; street; 8 a.m. Aug. 15.Theft (below $250)■ 1600 block, Riggs Place; alley; 9 a.m. Aug. 14.■ 1200 block, New Hampshire Ave.; sidewalk; 10 a.m. Aug. 15.■ 1800 block, Connecticut Ave.; drugstore; 12:20 p.m. Aug. 15.■ 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 3:52 a.m. Aug. 15.■ 1100 block, 15th St.; office building; 9:30 a.m. Aug. 15.■ 1700 block, K St.; restaurant; 11:55 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 1300 block, 19th St.; side-walk; 9 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 19th and I streets; sidewalk; 10 a.m. Aug. 18.■ 19th and K streets; unspeci-fied premises; 1 a.m. Aug. 18.■ Unit block, Dupont Circle; unspecified premises; 3 a.m. Aug. 18.■ 1800 block, Connecticut Ave.; drugstore; 3:23 a.m. Aug. 18.■ 1800 block, M St.; restaurant; 4:10 a.m. Aug. 18.■ 1000 block, 18th St.; unspeci-fied premises; 4:50 a.m. Aug. 18.■ 1500 block, 16th St.; church; 10 a.m. Aug. 19.■ 1100 block, 17th St.; tavern; 1:27 a.m. Aug. 19.■ 1100 block, 16th St.; office building; 2:40 a.m. Aug. 19.■ Unspecified location; street; 8 a.m. Aug. 19.■ 17th Street and Rhode Island Avenue; sidewalk; 5:30 a.m. Aug. 20.■ 1700 block, S St.; sidewalk;

7:15 a.m. Aug. 20.■ 18th and H streets; unspeci-fied premises; 2:20 a.m. Aug. 21.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 1700 block, Rhode Island Ave.; street; 8:20 a.m. Aug. 18.■ 1300 block, 16th St.; street; 1:30 a.m. Aug. 20.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 16th and M streets; street; 6 a.m. aug. 14.■ 1700 block, 16th St.; street; 11:45 a.m. Aug. 15.■ 1600 block, Rhode Island Ave.; street; noon Aug. 16.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 16th and O streets; street; 5 a.m. aug. 16.■ 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.; street; 12:15 p.m. Aug. 17.■ 2000 block, L St.; alley; 3 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 1900 block, 16th St.; street; 6:45 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 17th and N streets; street; 6:47 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 17th Street and Massachusetts Avenue; street; 7:30 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 1900 block, 17th St.; street; 8 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 17th and O streets; street; 8 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 1900 block, N St.; street; 8:15 a.m. Aug. 17.■ 1500 block, N St.; street; 2:30 a.m. Aug. 19.■ 1900 block, N St.; street; 10 a.m. aug. 20.■ 1900 block, N St.; street; 12:20 p.m. Aug. 20.■ 1600 block, 17th St.; parking lot; 3 a.m. Aug. 20.

PSA 303

Robbery (force and violence)■ 1900 block, Belmont Road; sidewalk; 3:01 a.m. Aug. 21.Robbery (snatch)■ 2700 block, Ontario Road; street; 6:40 a.m. Aug. 15.■ 2200 block, 18th St.; street; 3 a.m. aug. 21.■ 2000 block, 18th St.; side-walk; 3:30 a.m. Aug. 21.Stolen auto■ 1700 block, Lanier Place; street; 7 a.m. Aug. 14.■ 1700 block, Lanier Place; street; 8 a.m. Aug. 15.Theft (below $250)■ 2300 block, 18th St.; side-walk; 7 a.m. Aug. 15.■ California Street and Connecticut Avenue; sidewalk; 10:30 a.m. Aug. 18.■ 2000 block, 18th St.; restau-rant; 8:20 a.m. Aug. 19.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 1600 block, Belmont St.; street; 11:53 a.m. Aug. 18.■ 1900 block, Connecticut Ave.; hotel; 7:25 a.m. Aug. 21.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1600 block, Euclid St.; street; 12:01 p.m. Aug. 16.■ 2500 block, Mozart Place; street; 7:20 a.m. Aug. 16. ■ 1700 block, Lanier Place; street; 12:30 p.m. Aug. 18.■ Florida Avenue and Ontario Road; street; 8 a.m. Aug. 19.■ 1700 block, Lanier Place; street; 4 a.m. Aug. 20.

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In restricting entertainment to after 5 p.m., the board hopes to “bal-ance the needs of nearby residents and the Applicant.” The board members raised concerns about unspecified disturbances from JP’s patrons in the community, but they wrote that 5 p.m. should be a late-enough opening to resolve those issues. The impact of last week’s ruling

wasn’t immediately clear. JP’s, which has been closed since a 2008 fire, was hoping for unrestricted daytime hours; it formerly opened at 11 a.m. Some neighbors have spec-ulated that such limits on its liquor license may interfere with owner Michael Papanicolas’ efforts to sell the business. The club can still ask the alcohol board to reconsider its decision or take the case to the D.C. Court of Appeals. JP’s attorney James Charles couldn’t be reached for comment.

Neighbors, too, are considering an appeal, according to neighbor-hood commissioner Jackie Blumenthal, whose single-member district includes JP’s. Several com-missioners and residents have urged an end to nude dancing in the area; new licenses for that type of enter-tainment are already limited to locating in certain nonresidential sections of the city. “We’re in wait-and-see mode,” said Blumenthal. “There’s still plen-ty of time for things to change.” Blumenthal added that she

thought the board’s reasoning was “contradictory” and unclear. “On the one hand, it said that the number of children in the neighborhood doesn’t matter, and on the other hand it limited the hours in part because children and families are on the sidewalk at certain times of day,” she said. With Good Guys Club also offer-ing similar entertainment half a block from JP’s at 2311 Wisconsin Ave., Blumenthal said she had also hoped the board would set a broader precedent for dealing with similar

establishments in a residential area. “We thought that we gave suffi-cient evidence for them to recon-sider how long a grandfathered nude dancing establishment is allowed to stay in the neighborhood,” said Blumenthal. “In that respect, we think the decision was disappointing — it didn’t really answer the ques-tion that we posed.” When Good Guys’ license expires in 2013, Blumenthal said, the neighborhood may choose to fight that as well. “That seems like a rational next step,” she said.

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have all since been fired or resigned: interim human resources director Judy Banks, former chief of staff Gerri Mason Hall and campaign chair Lorraine Green. But ultimately, the report says, the mayor bears responsibility for actions of senior staff that have “deeply damaged the reputation of the Gray administration and District govern-ment.” “The damage is not irreparable,” Cheh’s report says, “but it will take time for the District to heal.” Cheh’s committee is scheduled to meet today to vote on the report, including its request that the U.S. Attorney’s Office inves-tigate possible perjury by Banks and false statements from Sulaimon Brown, a reluctant witness who ducked subpoenas and court orders, and whose allegation that he was paid by the Gray campaign arguably implicates Brown himself.

After a landslide victory last fall, the early months of the Gray administration were marred by reports that several adult offspring of top aides were handed city jobs, that department heads got salaries exceeding caps set by the council and — most spectacularly — that Brown received funds and won an auditor’s job because of his vocal support of Gray (and criticism of former Mayor Adrian Fenty) during the Democratic primary cam-paign. Cheh’s committee, created in March, drew initial criticism for downplaying some of the allegations. But the draft 45-page report is blunt and sweeping in its condemnations. It says, for example, that the Department of Human Resources “did not know, but should have known” that federal law prohib-its nepotism in the District government — even as the department approved the hiring of “multiple adult children of senior officials” to political jobs. And 14 mayoral appointees received sala-ries that exceeded legal salary caps, most approved by Banks, whose own salary as

human resources director exceeded the limit set by the council. “The committee finds par-ticularly troubling the cavalier attitude in which public money was spent … with little, if any, regard to negotiating the lowest accept-able salary,” the report says. Although Gray fired some top aides, reduced “excessive salaries” and himself sought investigation of the hiring practices, the report finds the mayor “at fault for dele-gating personnel matters to three individuals who allowed illegal acts and errors to occur.” What was needed was “swift and firm repudiation of the actions of his subordinates and immediate and comprehensive remedial action,” the report says. Instead, “as the con-troversy was allowed to fester and drag on, confidence in the new administration dwin-dled.” The report urges several changes in per-sonnel practices, including an explicit prohi-bition on nepotism throughout the District government, and a reduction in the number of “excepted service” or political appointees who are hired non-competitively and serve at

the will of the mayor. Minimal qualifications and better vetting procedures should be established for such employees, the report states. Cheh’s investigation could result in some collateral damage. Examination of salary caps revealed, for example, that chief librari-an Ginnie Cooper — who had no role in the hiring scandal — is paid nearly $6,000 more than the legal salary cap for her job. The report refers the issue of “excessive salary” to the council’s Committee on Libraries, Parks and Recreation. Not all the evidence is in, according to Cheh. Despite subpoenas and court orders, Brown’s “dilatory behavior” continues, and he has not yet supplied records referencing what he says were payments from Gray’s campaign. The draft report “does not find credible” Brown’s allegation that Gray was aware of the payments. Cheh said she wanted to issue a report now on allegations of nepotism and excessive salaries, with a supplemental report possible this fall if Brown supplies “new information.”

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ANC 1CAdams Morgan

The commission’s planning, zoning and transportation com-mittee will meet to receive an informational briefing on the planned-unit development appli-cation for the proposed hotel at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1780 Columbia Road NW. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 30 at the church; attendees should use the Champlain Street entrance. The commission will hold its next monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at Mary’s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. Agenda items include:■ public safety report.■ update on the 18th Street recon-struction project.■ consideration of grants to St. Joseph’s House and the Adams Morgan Basketball Association. For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org.

ANC 2AFoggy Bottom

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at Heart House, 2400 N St. NW. For details, visit anc2a.org.

ANC 2DSheridan-Kalorama

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 19 at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. For details, contact [email protected] or visit anc2d.org.

ANC 2EGeorgetownCloisters

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. For details, call 202-724-7098 or visit anc2e.com.

ANC 3BGlover Park

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 8 at Stoddert Elementary School and Recreation Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. For details, call 202-338-2969, contact [email protected] or visit anc3b.org.

ANC 3CCleveland ParkWoodley ParkMassachusetts Avenue Heights

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. For details, call 202-657-5725 or visit anc3c.org.

ANC 3DSpring ValleyWesley Heights

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 7 in the new medical building at Sibley Memorial Hospital, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. For details, call 202-363-4130 or visit anc3d.org.

ANC 3ETenleytownAmerican University Park

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8 at St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church, 42nd and Fessenden streets NW. For details, visit anc3e.org.

ANC 3FForest Hills

At the commission’s Aug. 15 meeting:■ commissioner Tom Whitley said he had heard that a $4 million proj-ect was under way to improve drain-age at Soapstone Creek.■ Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Victor Braschnewitz announced that crime was down in the neigh-borhood, but warned residents about leaving electronics in parked cars. He also said that bicycles were being stolen from apartment build-ing garages, with residents likely holding the door open for thieves unknowingly. Commissioner Karen Perry asked why the community didn’t promptly receive details of a July 30 robbery at Connecticut Avenue and Brandywine Street in which four people badly beat their victim. Braschnewitz apologized for the delay and said the department is working to improve. He added that the department’s description of four youths between the ages of 12 and 15 is highly suspect because the wit-ness only saw them across Connecticut Avenue in the middle of the night.■ a resident complained about speeding cars at the intersection of 31st and Brandywine streets, and said the D.C. Department of Transportation had rejected a request for a four-way stop there. Lt. Victor Braschnewitz said he would station police officers at the intersection during rush hours to clamp down on speeding. Commissioner Karen Perry asked him to report on whether the officers had suggestions for other safety improvements during the commis-sion’s September meeting.■ Ward 4 resident Michael Sindram asked the commission to oppose the possible closure of some D.C. post offices. Commissioners said the sta-tions the U.S. Postal Service is con-sidering eliminating are not near their neighborhood. Sindram also said he was wor-ried the departure of Togo West from the Board of Elections and Ethics was politically motivated. Commissioners invited Sindram to

discuss his concerns at a Sept. 24 meeting of the Ward 3 Democrats’ task force on ethics reform.■ commissioners voted unanimous-ly to oppose a 24-seat sidewalk cafe at Jake’s American Grille, 5018 Connecticut Ave., saying the plans the restaurant presented lacked suf-ficient detail. Commissioners also unanimously voted to oppose an amendment to their voluntary agree-ment with Jake’s allowing basement seating, until the city issues a certifi-cate of occupancy for the basement. The commission did unanimous-ly support a change to the voluntary agreement allowing the restaurant to seat 94 instead of 54 patrons on its first floor.■ commissioners voted unanimous-ly to request D.C. Council hearings on legislation that would tax income from out-of-state municipal bonds. Commissioners couldn’t reach a consensus on whether the tax should apply only to newly purchased bonds, but they agreed that the issue merits further discussion.■ commissioners voted unanimous-ly to request that the District’s Public Space Committee postpone consid-eration of a permit for an over-height fence at 4600 Reno Road because the homeowner is consider-ing an alternative plan that requires no special approval.■ commissioners voted unanimous-ly to switch the body’s funds from Bank of America to Capital One bank after receiving poor service.■ commissioners voted unanimous-ly to send commissioner Bob Summersgill to a smart-growth con-ference and to send commissioner Cathy Wiss to a segment of the conference discussing Tenleytown. It will cost $575 for Summersgill and $45 for Wiss to attend the October event.■ commissioner Karen Perry announced that the Embassy of Israel, at Van Ness Street and International Drive, is seeking a modified security fence. “That’s a dangerous intersection as it is,” she said.■ commissioner Karen Perry announced that the District’s Public Space Committee had approved a sidewalk cafe for Indian Ocean, 4221 Connecticut Ave., but for only 11 seats. The neighborhood com-mission had supported a request for a larger cafe. The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Capital Memorial Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 3150 Chesapeake St. NW. For details, call 202-362-6120 or visit anc3f.us.

ANC 3/4GChevy Chase

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Chevy Chase Community Center, Connecticut Avenue and McKinley Street NW. For details, call 202-363-5803 or send an email to [email protected].


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ANC 1C■ adams morGan

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ANC 3C■ cleveland Park / woodley Parkmassachusetts avenue heiGhts cathedral heiGhts

ANC 3G■ chevy chase

ANC 3E■ american university ParkfriendshiP heiGhts/tenleytown

ANC 3F■ forest hills/north cleveland Park

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Four years ago, John Xereas opened Riot Act Comedy Club in the basement below

14th Street jazz club HR-57. The business lasted only a few months, stymied in part by the loud music upstairs. Xereas tried for a few other spaces, but nothing worked out. “After that I spent a year alone in the dark in a fetal position,” he joked. Then two weeks ago, he stepped back into the spotlight. Xereas and partners opened the new Riot Act Comedy Theater at 801 E St. NW on Aug. 17, launching the space with a string of D.C. comics including Charles Fleischer, Todd Rexx and Dick Gregory. The new Riot Act shares proba-bly only one characteristic with his former spot: a below-ground stage. Otherwise, the Penn Quarter club/theater is a far cry from Xereas’ last gig. It’s housed in a newly con-structed building, in a space that was specifically set aside for the arts. Everything inside is brand-new, making the experience feel more like going to the Shakespeare Theatre than to a comedy club. The project is the result of a partnership between Xereas and Geoff Dawson, the Buffalo Billiards owner and “king of sub-terranean development,” said Xereas. He described their connec-tion as this: “the guy standing there with the peanut butter and the guy runs into him with the chocolate.”

In other words, Dawson had the bar-management experience, and Xereas had the necessary arts com-ponent. They also brought in Marjorie Heiss, whom Xereas described as the “legal factor.” Xereas’ background in comedy (which started with a busboy job at the DC Improv) will be crucial to the project, but the site will be more than a laugh house. The 330-seat theater is “totally adaptable,” he said, with video screens, digital and audio capability and a connected full kitchen, meaning it’s perfect for other uses, such as a confer-ence, a party or maybe even a wed-ding. “In addition to being the best comedy club, we want to be a com-plete event facility,” said Xereas. Of course the primary use will be comedy. And Xereas has a full schedule planned. The week kicks off each Tuesday with a “true open mic” — meaning that a profession-al hosts, and anyone can take a shot (it’s first-come, first-served through a long list Xereas is keep-

ing). Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday nights feature one 8:30 p.m. show, with doors opening at 7, and Friday and Saturday nights offer two shows, at 8 and 10:30 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30. Bars on both floors offer nightly happy hours starting at 4 p.m.

(asked if the drinks menu features any humor-themed options, Xereas answered, “The more you drink, the fun-nier they are”). A full menu in the theater helps guests fulfill their two-item mini-mum.

As to the question of whether D.C. has room for another comedy club, Xereas said the city used to host three: Along with the Improv, Garvin’s and Comedy Café helped then-up-and-coming local comics like Wanda Sykes and Dave Chappelle develop their acts. Riot Act also offers comedy and improv classes for adults and chil-dren, and the club will launch a comedic bus tour Sept. 3, in which professional impersonator Michael Levick will provide an irreverent take on the typical “coma-induc-ing” D.C. tour, according to Riot Act’s website, riotactcomedy.com.

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Maintain the schools Seven years ago, we published an article about maintenance prob-lems at Barnard Elementary. The issues might not have been novel, had the school been more than a year old. But the facility needed help right from the start, and the work wasn’t done. Right before Barnard opened for its second year, then-Ward 4 D.C. Council member Adrian Fenty led a tour of the space, saying it shouldn’t take media attention and top officials to get rou-tine maintenance done. Too often, though — at schools, recreation centers and parks — it does take a spotlight to force action. And so now, as we watch new and renovated school buildings open around the city, we’re feeling a nagging fear: We hope our city leaders and employees won’t let these excellent new facilities fall apart by not following through with necessary maintenance. It’s a common problem in D.C., and one particularly frustrating to taxpayers watching officials pour their dol-lars into construction. Still, the new schools do look great. Wilson High has drawn raves from its principal, the Ward 3 council member and others for its glass-topped atrium, added space and brightly lit cafeteria. Before the work began last year, the 1935 facility was cramped, with outdat-ed systems and an illogical layout. The updated building is a tribute to its students, teachers and staff. The renovation was sorely needed, and the work has been excellent. Also offering spiffy new spaces to students this fall are Janney Elementary and Woodson and Anacostia high schools. All of these projects got their start under Allen Lew, the former school-facilities chief who now serves as city administrator. Mr. Lew deserves credit for making construction projects happen all over the city, but we’re also pleased to see the work going on without him. A government agency’s functionality shouldn’t hinge on one player, however excel-lent he is. We’re looking forward to watching more schools reopen around town, but we’re also keeping our eye on the school system’s mainte-nance efforts. Opening new and renovated buildings may be flashier, but keeping them going may be even more important.

Deserved distinction For those of us who are Zoning Commission enthusiasts, one of former D.C. Office of Zoning director Jerrily Kress’ achievements is particularly appreciated: the creation of live hearing webcasts. For that alone, we might agree with the city’s decision to dedicate the office’s hearing room in her name. But Ms. Kress, who passed away last spring, actually did much more for the District. Director Kress led the D.C. Office of Zoning from June 1999 through January 2009, and she is considered responsible for “having brought the office into the 21st century,” according to city officials. Along with launching the webcasts, she released electronic versions of the city’s zoning map and regulations, posted schedules, orders and transcripts online, and worked to streamline and balance the zoning process, making it fair for all. The reforms she shepherded vastly improved the public’s access to decision-making that affects how the city looks and functions. Her efforts were so great as to win support from both builders and residents — often opposing camps in the game of zoning. In 2002, she won an award from the D.C. Building Industry Association; two years later, she took the “Greatest Improvement in Public Service” award from the D.C. Federation of Citizens Associations. The director had a solid foundation in zoning and public service before taking on the position: She had served for six years on the Zoning Commission, both as chair and vice chair. Even before that, while heading a local architecture firm, she toiled for 25 years as chair of the D.C. Building Code Advisory Committee. We commend Mayor Vincent Gray and the Office of Zoning for the decision and second the praise for Ms. Kress.

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Crowds this week have been pouring into the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, which had its unofficial, soft opening on Monday.

Our NBC4 camera caught up with Tina Short, a retired National Park Service employee. She was hard to miss, wearing a bright orange pantsuit and hoisting a matching umbrella to block the sun. She told us that when she was a little girl living in Washington, her African-American grandmother called up from Waycross, Ga., and told Short’s mother, “Get the young’uns and take ’em down to the Monument.” It was the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington, and King’s now famous “I Have a Dream” speech punctuated the day. Short was just a little girl then, and she was hot. Her mother allowed her to stick her feet into the Reflecting Pool. The family had bologna sandwiches and Kool-Aid that had been frozen the night before to keep it cool for drinking in the hot August sun. During the stirring demonstration of dignity, Short’s mother cried. “And I remember mother cried and I didn’t know why then … but I know now why she cried,” she said Monday. “Little did I know,” she said, that she would grow up to work for the National Park Service and retire after 41 years. She walked around the new memorial Monday knowing that his speech that day, and the march itself, helped make it possible for her to grow up in America and have a career of which she is proud. She said she was one of the first African-American women to become a Park Service ranger. As the memorial comes to life, there will be thou-sands of personal stories, remembrances and tears — both for the good of those days, and for the death and danger that was a constant companion then. Young people will get at least a sense of the times and how King changed them. Here’s hoping that the flood of memories won’t run into a real flood on Sunday. With luck, the dedi-cation services will escape the remnants of Hurricane Irene, which is bearing down on the East Coast and may bring heavy rains to our area on Sunday. But we’ll leave that to the weather folks.■ Escape the crowds? The memorial is now open, and you can see it both day and night. It will close on Friday and Saturday to prepare for the Sunday ceremonies and the visit by President Barack Obama. It won’t reopen again until late Sunday afternoon after the dedication event is over. So if you’re inclined to avoid the dedication crowds, get there before Friday, or wait until next week.■ Waiting to respond? We’re hoping it’s not a new fad or trend in D.C. — the “flash mobs” in which an

unruly group of young people floods into a store, ransacks it and leaves within a minute or so. It happened at a convenience store on Benning Road last week. As troubling as the incident was, we were surprised by Mayor Vincent Gray’s tardy reac-tion. It took him and his office 36 hours before they issued a condemnation of the mob. Why 36 hours? Another mayor might have shown up at the store along with police to declare that the city won’t toler-

ate such wilding.To his credit, the

mayor did condemn the incident, if a little too late.

“Flash mob or not, we will pursue criminal

charges against those involved,” Gray said. “We will not tolerate such reprehensible behavior here.” Gray noted that detectives are reviewing security camera video.■ Say no to Pepco? D.C. People’s Counsel Sandra Mattavous-Frye is asking the city’s Public Service Commission to reject Pepco’s request for a $42 mil-lion rate hike. Mattavous-Frye contends the company has failed to “provide quality reliable service.” She said the commission should “act boldly to reject” the Pepco request. Pepco has undertaken a massive campaign to upgrade its power line maintenance, to trim intrusive trees and to respond more quickly to outages (and a massive campaign to announce that effort — you might have heard its radio advertising barrage or seen the newspaper ads). But Mattavous-Frye says the public utility has paid more attention to its share-holders than its customers.■ Schools are open. There were a few glitches here and there, but the first opening day under Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson seemed to go well. Henderson joined Mayor Gray and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the remodeled Eastern High School on Monday morning, addressing 350 new ninth-graders. She noted that Eastern has been totally redone, that it has all its needed resources and textbooks, classrooms and teachers, as well as a new principal. “And now it’s your turn,” she said, pointing to the students in the refurbished auditorium, “to show and prove what D.C. Public School students can do.” Henderson is right that the system has a virtually new, or at least refurbished, school building for near-ly every student. Apart from the wear and tear that students bring to a building, it will be important to see whether the city itself stays ahead of mainte-nance to keep all those buildings in good shape. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a politi-cal reporter for News 4.

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TOM SHERWOOD’S NotebooK

Any bond tax might alienate local voters I recently exchanged corre-spondence with Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh regarding the new tax on munici-pal bonds that will fall almost entirely on residents of wards 2 and 3, as tax-return data indicate residents of these wards own the vast majority of the bonds. In her email, Cheh appeared to support such a tax for “future” purchases of municipal bonds. I don’t think this policy is fair, nor is it sensible. First, the projected $13 million

in new revenue will make up a very small portion of the city’s revenue (about 0.001 percent of the budget). Second, the tax will fall entire-ly on a small segment of the pop-ulation — mostly seniors in wards 2 and 3 (perhaps 20,000 households, or 40,000 voters). Third, there will be no good ways to diversify a municipal-bond portfolio within the District; there are only a few billion dol-lars of bonds outstanding, and some of these are questionable (stadium). Fourth, the D.C. tax rate on personal income (including the tax on municipal bonds) is much higher than in surrounding juris-dictions, so the D.C. tax on out-of-state bonds could be as much as 50 percent higher than areas

that have a far deeper market of in-state bonds to choose from. Lastly, it is difficult to prove, but the municipal-bond exemp-tion from D.C. tax may well help the sale of higher-end real estate, especially in Ward 3. It is some-times mentioned as a selling point to prospective buyers. The new tax cannot help at all in the sale of higher-end properties that are now starting to lurk and get pretty stale on the market. Council member Cheh, I hope you will vote for what’s in the best interests of your constituents. If you think that means raising their taxes in a disproportionate way when contrasted to other wards, then I expect you to lose the support of many voters.

Ralph AjelloWesley Heights

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spring valley has low rates of cancer On July 20 you published my letter describing your writer’s mis-leading characterization of the results of the 2007 Johns Hopkins study on Spring Valley [“Article overstates Spring Valley cases,” Letters to the Editor]. Well, your writer did it again in The Current’s front-page article in the Aug. 10 issue when he described the results of the Johns Hopkins study as find-ing “an elevated incidence of arse-nic-related cancer in Spring Valley compared to Chevy Chase.” As recorded in the minutes of a

May 8, 2007, meeting of the Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board, a “Summary of Findings” of the Johns Hopkins study noted that “Community Health is very good when compared to the nation … . Mortality rates are low. … No association was found between the D.C. Cancer Registry cases and the [boundaries of interest].” Under a section titled “Community Health Status Findings — Cancer,” the research-ers concluded that between 1994 and 2004 “Spring Valley [mortali-ty] rates were 30% to 70% lower than the U.S. rates” and that “although lower than national rates ... incidence rates in Spring Valley are slightly higher than Chevy Chase rates.” Once again, your writer’s article

is misleading.Malcolm Pritzker

Spring Valley

four fields closing shows need for help The closing of Ireland’s Four Fields [“Cleveland Park to lose long-running Irish pub,” Aug. 3] illustrates the need for rent control for commercial properties. Commercial tenants should have the same rights that residential ten-ants have. We have lost too many of our beloved local businesses, and we should not allow rent goug-ing and other acts of corporate greed to contribute to further loss-es.

Douglas RoweCathedral Heights

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letters to the editorThe Current publishes letters and Viewpoint submissions representing various points of view. Because of space limitations, letters should be no more than 400 words and are subject to editing. Letters and Viewpoint submissions intended for publication should be addressed to Letters to the Editor, The Current, Post Office Box 40400, Washington, D.C. 20016-0400. You may send e-mail to [email protected].

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the pas-sage of the District of Columbia’s School Reform Act, which enabled the creation of pub-

licly funded but independently run charter schools for District-resident children. In a decade and a half, these new-style public schools have transformed the educa-tional landscape in the nation’s capital, raising student performance and prompting the long-overdue reform of D.C.’s traditional public school system. In 1996, about half the city’s high school students dropped out. Enrollment in the school system had halved in a generation — from about 150,000 in 1967 to approximately 75,000. In student achievement, D.C. routinely scored lowest among all American cities on the widely respected National Assessment of Educational Progress. Many city-run schools struggled even to guarantee student safety. The city’s public charter school reform has helped reverse D.C.’s decades-long spiral of educational decline. Charters’ enrollment has increased dramatical-ly — from 160 the year the law was passed, to nearly 40 percent of all D.C. students enrolled in public schools today, on nearly 100 campuses. Thanks to the determination of the social entrepreneurs who founded the city’s charters and located them in the most under-served neighborhoods, these campuses are available to students in communities where the need for quality public education is greatest. D.C.’s public charter schools have brought success-ful high-performing public schools to neighborhoods that formerly had only failing schools, and to children whose parents can’t afford the luxury of moving to a well-to-do suburb or paying tuition. As a result, the achievement gap — the difference between the academic performance of economically disadvantaged students and their more affluent peers — has been cut. In 1996, for example, disadvantaged fourth-graders scored 35 points less in reading than their advantaged peers on the National Assessment of Educational Progress — approximately 3.5 grade lev-els of difference. Disadvantaged eighth-graders were 24 points behind. D.C.’s public charter schools have reduced that gap to 20 points for fourth-graders and seven points for eighth-graders. From a starting point of a 50 percent graduation rate for D.C.’s traditional school system in 1996, charters have achieved a high school graduation rate of 84 per-

cent — 12 percentage points higher than the school system after Michelle Rhee’s spell as D.C. Public Schools chancellor. Some 83 percent of charter high school graduates are accepted to college; after four years of reform, the school system still does not release that statistic. D.C.’s most successful public charter high schools have graduation rates in the high 90s, with 100 percent of the graduates accepted to college. D.C.’s public charter schools also have been ahead of the curve in student performance on D.C.’s stan-dardized tests in reading and math. In five years, D.C. charters have raised the share of high school students reading at grade level from 39 percent to 50 percent, and raised the share at grade level in math from 32 percent to 54 percent. The city’s traditional public school system also has posted increases in the number of students performing at grade level, but has yet to match charters’ success. The percentage of D.C. city-run school system high school students who are at grade level in reading and math rose from 35 percent to 43 percent in reading, and from 26 percent to 43 percent in math over the same time period. Despite these achievements, the role of the city’s charters in improving overall student performance and encouraging reform of the school system remains underappreciated. But Rhee understood the role played by charter schools: “Spurred by the competition [from charters], the D.C. Council voted to make the mayor accountable for results instead of diluting accountabili-ty across a school board, which had been the case for decades,” she once acknowledged. The charter reform offers its schools control over instructional methods, administration and expendi-tures, while holding them accountable for improved student performance. Underperforming schools have lost their right to operate — 34 percent of all charters that opened since 1996 have closed, a far higher per-centage than in the controversial school-closure pro-gram pioneered by Rhee. The collapse of public education in the District failed a whole generation of the city’s most vulnerable children. The entire city still lives with those conse-quences today. By contrast, the District’s public charter school reform — and the D.C. Public Schools reform it helped inspire — has created a new era of hope for neighborhoods where children were shamefully written off as hopeless causes, empowering thousands of the city’s most disadvantaged children to earn college degrees and find rewarding careers. Robert Cane is executive director of Friends of Choice in Urban Schools, a D.C.-based nonprofit.

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robbery account deserved mention What is news? Apparently, pro-fanity before police work. The Aug. 17 issue of The Current covered the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F dis-cussion of the city’s municipal bond tax to the point of detailing one commissioner’s harsh language toward another commissioner. Not even mentioned by The Current was what happened earlier in the meeting. The police provided a graphic description of the injuries incurred by a man who received a four-on-one face kicking near Connecticut Avenue and Brandywine Street. In addition, the police acknowledged a 10-day delay in publicly providing a description of the four assailants. Robberies may be down in the District overall, but thus far this year in historically peaceful Police Service Area 203 five robberies have occurred for every one during the same period last year.

Frank WinsteadForest Hills

local post office is already inadequate The post office at 20th and M streets NW is already closed on Saturday, forcing me to trek to the understaffed Georgetown station. One Saturday this past Christmas season, there was only one clerk at Georgetown to serve a line that snaked out the door. I just noticed that the post office at Union Station (where I work) is boarded up. What’s going on? I wish FedEx and UPS were authorized to carry first-class mail and could give the U.S. Postal Service some real com-petition.

Samuel Augustus JenningsDupont Circle

school use would need outdoor space As a parent who served on the school improvement team that ren-ovated the Grant School, the 1880s building that houses School Without Walls, I am keenly inter-ested in the proposals that will be forthcoming for the Stevens School. I sincerely hope the grave mistake that handicaps Walls high school is not repeated at Stevens — the selling off of adjacent land needed for athletics and recreation. The lot adjacent to Walls, used for parking prior to the school’s renovation, should never have been sold to George Washington University, as good a partner as the university has been to the high school. That land, now the site of a dormitory, should have been used by D.C. Public Schools for athletic facilities and fields for Walls. As it stands, Walls has no adja-cent athletic space for its many

teams — the number of which con-tinues to grow. It is a logistical nightmare for the school’s adminis-tration to find adequate fields that are available at useful times. For example, the boys soccer team last year practiced starting at 5:30 a.m. at Jelleff on the far west side of the city — a particular difficulty for east-side students, and an impracti-cal time for all concerned. The school’s many teams are constantly confronted by difficult choices. Too much of the student-athletes’ time is spent just getting to and from practices — time that would be far better devoted to homework or other enrichment activities. Stevens, like Grant, has no inte-rior gym, theater or auditorium space. Should a pre-kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school locate at Stevens, where would the stu-dents exercise, assemble and attend performances if the adjacent land is sold off for commercial develop-ment? It would be an exact repeat of the folly that occurred with Grant School. The combined Francis-Stevens Education Campus, just five blocks from the Stevens site, is signifi-cantly underenrolled for pre-k through eighth grade. That site has all the adjacent land, gym, theater and assembly space that Stevens does not. If the D.C. Public Schools administration were to close the Francis-Stevens facility, it would seem logical to find another D.C. Public Schools use for the site or to co-locate any interested char-ter schools there, rather than to the Stevens site. Regardless, if Stevens is to be used for education, it should not give up badly needed athletic/recre-ational space. The adjacent land should not be sacrificed for com-mercial development if the site is to be used for education purposes. At the same time, any decision regard-ing future uses at Stevens should take account of what is to be done with Francis-Stevens.

Terry Lynch Vice President, School Without Walls

Home and School Association

new school would detract from focus Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh’s proposal for a new Ward 3 middle school risks taking away resources and attention from the job at hand: making sure that Hardy and Deal, the two middle schools that currently serve Ward 3 students, are continuing to improve and serve the needs of their grow-ing populations. As a parent of a new Hardy sixth-grader, I’ve received an excellent first impression: a new principal, a dedicated faculty, and parents of in-boundary and out-of-boundary students who are excited and ready to work to make the school great. I’m confident my Ward 3 student, and all D.C. stu-dents, can get a great education at Hardy, and I hope other parents share my confidence. We need everyone — parents,

faculty, Mayor Vincent Gray’s team and all of our council members — to keep their eyes on the ball and focus on making our schools better. It is not clear that Council member Cheh’s proposal is necessary, prac-tical or affordable, and I am certain it would distract us from our mis-sion of making Hardy and Deal middle schools as good as they can be.

Brian A. CohenCommissioner, ANC 3B05

adopt-a-thon event wasn’t a free-for-all Earlier this month, the Washington Animal Rescue League held an “adopt-a-thon,” in which 113 animals found the new homes they deserved and scores of excited families were enriched by the addi-tion of a new best friend. Nonetheless, some people have questioned the intentions of the adopters who came by that week-end as well as their ability to care for an animal. They are concerned that our animals, to whom we have made a 100 percent commitment, went to the “wrong people,” as though we were just boxing them up as door prizes. The fact is that the adopters that weekend did not just come for a free dog. These were families that have been think-ing about a pet, and that may have otherwise bought one through Craigslist or from a puppy mill via the Internet. The league treated those who came to the adopt-a-thon no differ-ently than usual to determine that our animals will be well cared for. We, like most progressive animal shelters, dropped routine home vis-its years ago. We learn more about people and their intentions by talk-ing with them about their needs and what might be a good match, rather than by doing invasive home visits, which only delay the adop-tion process and frustrate the very people we should be rewarding for coming to a shelter. And as usual, we will follow up with every single adopter in two weeks, then two months, then one year. At the league, we guarantee every adopter our ongoing support: medical, behavioral, emergency housing, even food and supplies in hard times. Everyone who adopted an animal that weekend also adopt-ed all of us. With more than 3 million dogs and cats euthanized every year in this country, increased adoption is exactly what we should be striving for. Those who question the wis-dom of our adopt-a-thon might feel differently if they looked into the faces of the dogs and cats in the overcrowded shelters we visit to pick up animals for transport. At any given moment, thousands of animals are overwhelming our nation’s shelters, waiting for an adopter to give them the future they deserve. And that is precisely what we gave them.

Gary WeitzmanPresident and Chief Executive Officer,

Washington Animal Welfare League

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Three decades ago, a group of American amateur ice hockey players knocked off the Soviets — then considered the best team in the world — in a medal-round game to pro-pel them to Olympic gold. The feat became commonly known as the “Miracle on Ice.” Playing a similar underdog role this month, the United States National Deaf Swim Team pulled off a spectacular upset at the World Championships in Coimbra, Portugal, beating out heavily favored Team Russia to capture the overall team trophy. “No person in their right mind, except the American swimmers themselves, believed the U.S. team had a chance to win this world championship,” national team coach Bill Snape, a Palisades resident who coaches swimming at Gallaudet University, wrote in a news release. “It was fantasy land on some levels. Despite their deafness, they’re making noise,” the coach, who is not deaf but has learned American Sign Language, said in an interview yesterday. The U.S. team consisted of swimmers ranging in age from 14 to 25 and was led by Marcus Titus from Tucson, Ariz., one of the top swimmers in the world, deaf or hearing, and a 2012 Olympic hopeful. At the Coimbra event, held Aug. 6 through 13, Titus won five individual gold medals and one bronze, and was instrumental in the United States’ successes — a silver and two bronzes — during the relay events. He broke deaf world records in the 50-meter breast-stroke, with a time of 27.74 seconds; 50-meter free (23.46); and 100-meter free (51.42). Snape said the turning point of the com-petition was when Titus, anchoring the 800-meter freestyle relay, made up half a pool length to nip a stunned Great Britain team. “I just went nuts. I don’t think I ever jumped that high I my life,” he said yesterday. “It was the most exhilarating comeback win I’d ever seen in my 30 years of coaching.” Titus’ individual 50- and 100-meter breaststroke times and wins put him among the elite swimmers of the world for 2011.

Also this month, he came in third place at U.S. Nationals, falling one spot short of qualifying for the 2012 Olympics. He’ll have another shot at the feat during Olympic trials next year. “He’s a hair length away from being an Olympian, and he knows it,” said Snape. “Titus is a testimony to the reality that the top deaf swimmers are as good as the top hearing swimmers across the globe,” the coach wrote in the news release. Snape, who first coached collegiately at George Washington University from 1986 through 1989, has been training deaf swim-mers at the national level since 2007. And he’s worked hard to master American Sign Language since coming onto the scene at Gallaudet in 2005. “I didn’t know the alphabet and quickly had to pick it up,” he said. “I would literally walk around with a portable chalkboard. I’m teased ruthlessly and deservingly — they’ll

look at me and say, ‘Huh?’ But all the swimmers realize I try. They try their best in the pool, and I try my best with sign-ing.” In Portugal, the coach added, “I was having very comfort-able sign conversa-tions with coaches and athletes from other teams. … That was kind of my world c h a m p i o n s h i p moment.” Snape noted that he doesn’t think of hearing loss as a dis-ability, because it

doesn’t make anything impossible — it just makes some things more challenging. But he said Titus and other deaf athletes face obsta-cles their hearing counterparts don’t quite understand. For instance, Snape recalled when Titus’ starting light didn’t go off on time at Nationals two years ago. “It’s pretty hard to overturn some of that stuff. You have to have video right there [to show the malfunction], and it’s like video replay in baseball — some deci-sions are reversible, some are not,” he said. “At that level, any malfunction can cost him.” He said his team members share a special bond because of their unique experience in society. “They just get together and share these stories. They’re not stories of frustra-tion — they are of joy — but being in the hearing world all day long is exhausting,” he said. Other top performers in Portugal were Peggy Liang, a rising freshman at the University of Hawaii, and Rebecca Meyers, a rising high school junior in Maryland. The former won three individual gold medals, one silver and two bronzes while the latter dominated the middle- and long-distance freestyle events, winning three golds and breaking two championship meet records in the process. Along with Samantha Elam from California and Kristin Ates from Tulane University, Meyers and Liang helped the American females win the 800-meter free relay and break the deaf world record with a time of 8 minutes, 49.55 seconds. The kids who won gold in ice hockey in 1980 didn’t impress in the Olympics that fol-lowed, but Snape expects it to be a different story for his athletes. “I’m not promising a victory in the deaf Olympics in 2013, but I promise they’ll remain contenders,” he said.

Palisades coach helps deaf swimmers prove deft in pool

Matt Petros/Current File PhotoPalisades resident Bill Snape, above and bottom center, led the United States National Deaf Swim Team to an upset win at the World Championships this month. Snape is not deaf, but he has learned American Sign Language to communicate with his swimmers.

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Maret’s Sean Davis didn’t jump onto the recruiting scene until he got a chance to demonstrate his skills on college campuses this summer. Now, he’s headed to the University of Maryland, a major Division I program, to continue his football career. Davis, a defensive back and run-ning back for the Frogs, chose Maryland last week after also drawing interest from North Carolina among other schools in the Atlantic Coast and Big East conferences. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound player was recruited mostly for his prowess on defense, but he was also dynamic on offense for Maret last year, rushing 45 times for 492 yards and six touch-downs and catching 24 passes for 381 yards and two scores. The Prince George’s County, Md., native played safety, cornerback, run-ning back, wide receiver and slot receiver and even lined up under cen-ter last season for the Frogs. But he didn’t receive much interest from colleges because Maret competes in the Mid-Atlantic Conference, which is barely on the map for recruiters. That changed for Davis this summer when he displayed his athleticism and versatility on a college tour. Maret’s top weapon will be part of new Maryland coach Randy Edsall’s first recruiting class, providing an unusual blend of size, speed and play-making ability.

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What if you could take a portion of the pain and anxiety lingering from

9/11 and send it out to sea? That, said artist Kurt Steger, is the idea that drives his Burden Boat Project, which will be installed in the Kogod Courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum next month. “Not that the boat is magical or anything,” he said. But maybe, he said, it can lead to some sort of “collective release.” On Sept. 11, Steger will invite the public to write down their memories of the terrorist attacks and place them in the boat’s nar-row hull. At 4 p.m., the artist will pour water over the boat to dis-solve the paper. “We’re going to symbolically wash the burdens,” said Steger, who lives and works in southwest Virginia. The artist first created the Burden Boat after the 2007 shoot-

ings at Virginia Tech. He said the installation aims to provide a “ritu-alistic space” to help people “let go” of some of their pain.

“We wanted to engage the indi-vidual as well as the community,” said Brooke Seidelmann, director of the Joan Hisaoka Gallery for the Healing Arts at the Smith

Farm Center.About a

year ago, Seidelmann said, the organization convened a committee of artists, curators, psychothera-pists, activ-ists and edu-cators to dis-

cuss how the art community could commemorate 9/11 a decade after the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center. “Evetryone had different ideas about how to mark the anniversa-ry,” she said. For instance, she said, psy-chologists warned that graphic images could trigger post-traumat-ic stress. Artists, meanwhile, grav-itated toward work that conveyed the emotional impact of the events. So organizers decided to forgo a single commemoration in favor

of a series of events. “We wanted people to pick and choose,” Seidelmann said. To that end, 25 D.C. venues will showcase artistic responses to the attacks, from an exhibition of quilts called “Sacred Threads” at the Church of the Epiphany to a

dance performance by Bettmann Dances at Woolly Mammoth. The Sept. 2 dance, called Quis Custodiet, will explore the idea of security in a post-9/11 world. It will include the work of multime-dia artists Tim Tate and Chana Delivuk.

On Sept. 11 itself, houses of worship along the Massachusetts Avenue corridor will host a Unity Walk, with open houses, speakers and diverse cuisines. The Phillips Collection will offer a special tour devoted to founder Duncan Phillips, who turned to art after suddenly losing both his father and brother. And the Pepco Edison Place

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Coordinated art projects aim D.C. focus on 9/11

By BORIS TSALYUKCurrent Staff Writer

You wouldn’t know it just by looking at them, but these softball players were once pretty good athletes — in

their time, in thetir day, in a galaxy far, far away. That’s the type of tale this group of twenty- and thirty-something friends from Northwest D.C. spins when talking about their prep days playing for Gonzaga, Maret, St. John’s and Good Counsel. But they aren’t exactly has-beens. The group has come together each summer for the past four years to form a slow-pitch soft-ball team called Drag Bunt. And the team has come away with four straight city cham-pionships — including this year’s — in a league sponsored by the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation. After losing only three or four games — all in the regular season, none in the play-offs — over their first three seasons, the team struggled to a four-loss record in 2011.

But Drag Bunt turned it around in the post-season, winning the title in May over the Slum Busters, a team sponsored by the Town Hall Tavern. Though past years featured towering

home runs — when the league allowed metal bats for two years — the squad won it this season with defense for the first time. Team Drag Bunt features three groups of brothers. Joe Sheridan, class of 1999, and Danny Sheridan, class of 2002, were both All-Met players at Gonzaga — the former in soccer and the latter in football. On the softball field, the Sheridans aren’t exactly known for their prowess at the plate. But with Danny coaching the squad and both guys flashing solid gloves, their contri-butions were vital to the team’s success. Dave Dugan, class of 1998, and Matt Dugan, class of ’99, are also Gonzaga grads, and each did his share of damage on playing fields for the Eagles. Now, in matching Rec-Specs goggles and tight jerseys and shorts, they’re re-living their glory. “You ever seen the movie ‘Slap Shot’?” one of the guys asked during an interview at Kavanagh’s, among the group’s favorite hangouts in Glover Park, across the street from their home field at Guy Mason.

“They’re the Hanson brothers,” comparing the Dugans to the comical characters in the 1977 movie starring Paul Newman. And then there are the Neels — Walter and Sam, 2002 and 2004 Maret grads, respectively. Walter, a shortstop for Drag Bunt, was an All-Met golfer for the Frogs, while his brother, an outfielder, played base-ball. “They’d get into a fight with each other every game,” Danny Sheridan said of the Neels. His brother Joe added: “They’re probably the most talented. Probably the most dysfunctional, too.” The team also boasts Frank Jackson, a 2002 Maret grad who has the “highest bat-ting average and lowest fielding percentage on Drag Bunt,” according to Danny Sheridan. He and fellow first basemen John Clifford (Gonzaga, 2002) were both football players in high school. The player with the most baseball experi-ence is undoubtedly Tim Park, who was an All-American catcher at the College of

All grown up: Local prep players become D.C. softball champs with summer team

Courtesy of Drag BuntMany members of the city champion team Drag Bunt grew up in a few-block radius in Northwest and played for local schools.

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Courtesy of 9/11 Arts ProjectTwenty-five D.C. venues will present artistic responses to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, including the “Burden Boat,” top, on which the artist will dissolve written memories of the attacks with water to symbolically wash away viewers’ burdens; “Pulaski Skyway and Reeds,” left; and “Saints and Martyrs,” far left.

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Tom Bell and his friends bought the house at 1337 10th St. NW back in 1999,

before the convention center and

other developments brought change and visitors to the neigh-borhood. The 1867 structure had nearly always housed a business, said Bell, but the group made it their home, using it as a base for hanging out, hosting visitors and throwing parties. At the time, there were five co-owners, and the fifth, Jerome Samuels, once joked that if anything ever happened to the group, they could turn the place into a B&B, said Bell. Then, things happened. Samuels passed away. And ter-rorist attacks hit the World Trade Center and Pentagon, leading to layoffs for three out of the remain-ing four. So in February of 2003, they resolved to put Samuels’ plan

into action. “We decided to make the house work for itself,” said Bell. They opened the DC Guest House three months later, at first with three guest rooms. It now offers seven, with additional bed-rooms for the owners in a convert-ed carriage house, which was con-nected years ago. (The for-sale list-ing says nine bedrooms, which is a likely way to use the space, but there’s clearly room for more.) Listed for $1,999,000, the

house could con-tinue as a bed-and-breakfast — and the current owners are will-ing to sell the brand, guest list and reservation system, if the buyer desires — but it could also

serve as a residence for a large (perhaps very large) family. The property is intriguing, part-ly because of its size and its twists and turns (it would be an amazing spot for a game of sardines), but also because of the individual spaces, all of which are now filled to the brim with art. One of the most striking rooms sits right

inside the front door: A previous owner cut a hole in the floor here, creating a two-story space that the owners call “the pit.” This space serves as a den/lounge area, with comfortable seat-ing and a gas fireplace, and con-nects to a wine cellar. The room also once housed a moon bounce for what must have been the best kid’s birthday party ever. Behind the “pit” are the dining room and living room, both of which, though just one story, feel similarly spacious, thanks to their width and tall ceilings. The former

boasts glass beaded wallpaper — and was the first residential room in the country to have it, said Bell, explaining that one of his co-own-ers saw the feature in a showcase home and another, who works in interior design, tracked down the first U.S. supplier. The spacious kitchen is located in the old carriage house. This por-tion of the home also now houses Bell and his housemates’ rooms, as well as one guest room (the

Cinnamon Room). This section could be closed up or better incor-porated into the overall property. Most of the other guest rooms are located on the second and third floors of the original house. They vary in size and rental price (rang-ing from $200 to $300 on a Saturday night in September, for instance), and some offer sitting areas and attached bathrooms. All are named for their wall colors,

A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington August 24, 2011 ■

Guest house offers rich history – along with tons of space

Photos courtesy of Coldwell Banker Residential BrokerageNow home to a B&B, this 10th Street house is listed for $1,999,000.

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and most have tall ceilings and large windows. In the rear carriage house, the owners’ bedrooms center on an old elevator — original to the building — that has been encased in the walls but could potentially reappear should the space be updated. There are quirky details like this through-out the house, such as a hallway between the house and carriage house that looks over a railing into

the kitchen, and a courtyard accessed off the living room. There’s also a small patio off the rear of the house, which backs onto the red-brick Naylor Court, one of the widest alleys in the city. Bell noted that other carriage houses on the alley have been converted to residences as well, with one recent-ly selling for $1.4 million. The house has a year-old three-zone heating system and central air conditioning, as well as a sump pump that Bell says is three times as powerful as needed. Wilkerson added: “We have a sump pump that,

when it rains, Georgetown floods.” DC Guest House is also remark-able for its front garden, which boasts such an array of plants and birds as to feel like a tiny rainforest in the middle of D.C. The DC Guest House, located at 1337 10th St. NW, is listed for $1,999,000. For details, contact Ann Young of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage at 202-246-6100 or [email protected]. A virtual tour is available at cbmove.com/ann.young, and more information about the B&B is at dcguesthouse.com.

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According to a release from D.C. Public Schools, students at Deal Middle School in Ward 3 and Kelly Miller Middle School in Ward 7 had minor injuries. Several schools sus-tained minor damage. Dismissal occurred as usual at 3:15 p.m. at all schools while offi-cials, school leaders and custodial staff worked to survey the damage. The U.S. Capitol and the John A. Wilson Building were also evacuat-ed. “In the District Building, [the earthquake] was pretty pronounced and prolonged,” said Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh. “I found it pretty scary really.” She said there was minor structural damage to the fourth floor. Nearby, on the National Mall, the National Park Service temporar-ily closed the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial and Old Post Office tower. A further inspection at the Washington Monument found some cracking in the stones at the top, according to an agency news release. The other sites, as well as most of the Washington Monument grounds, either reopened last night or were scheduled to reopen this morning. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the Metropolitan Police Department was “maintaining a heavy police presence” in D.C. communities. She added that the agency’s heli-copter had been flying over the city and had found no major damage. In a statement, Mayor Vincent Gray said structural engineers were assessing D.C. government facili-ties and the city’s transportation infrastructure. The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation announced that it was closing all recreation centers and outdoor pools until fur-ther notice. Even the animals at the National

Zoo reacted to the quake. “The fla-mingoes huddled together,” said spokesperson Pamela Baker-Masson. “The snakes became very active. And the giant elephant shrew hid and didn’t come out for the afternoon meal.” Perhaps more striking, she said, some animals seemed to react to the earthquake before humans felt it. “The great apes, gorillas, orangs and lemurs — it appears they did sense the earthquake in advance,” she said. “Five to 10 seconds before, many of the apes ... climbed to the top structure of their exhibits. Lemurs and orangutans vocalized and sounded alarm calls.” She said visitors were evacuated from buildings while officials secured their safety and that of the animals. The Zoo remained closed for the rest of the day. But for some residents, news of the earthquake — while alarming — came as something of a relief. Only weeks before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, some said they were grateful to dis-cover the disturbance did not stem from something more ominous. “Immediately upon the tremor occurring, my office building on K Street had us evacuate to McPherson Square, where we congregated and then decided to get ice cream together,” Dupont Circle advisory neighborhood commission chair Will Stephens wrote in an email. “So, the afternoon had an unsettling start, but a pleasant end.” And yet, John Townsend, a spokesperson for AAA Mid-Atlantic, said the earthquake under-scored the importance of area evac-uation routes, calling it a “sobering wakeup call.” Metrorail trains operated at 15 miles per hour systemwide as Metro personnel performed track inspec-tions. And officials reported signifi-cant crowding at train station and bus stops, as well as clogged streets. Staff writer Brady Holt contrib-uted to this report.

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rooms were ready for 551 elementary and kindergarten students Monday, though work continues on the school’s gymnasium, outdoor recreation space and underground parking garage. “They complied with everything they said, and the school — which had looked like a construction site — was all neatened up and ready to go,” Cheh said yester-day. Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization officials are waiting until the earth-moving equipment is gone from the school’s west-side plaza space before hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony, planned for early next month. The last pieces of the project are scheduled to be finished by October, said office spokesperson Darrell Pressley. Already in place are new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems; new and updated classrooms; more dedicated kindergarten space; all-new furniture; and a new library, art room, music room, science lab, admin-istrative office suite and teachers’ lounge. The modernization provided updates to every room in the existing 43,400-square-foot building, which dates to 1925, and built a 40,800-square-foot addition on its west side at 42nd and Albemarle streets. Elevated walkways connect the new and old buildings. Janney principal Norah Lycknell said the project

corrects the old facility’s biggest problem: a lack of space. “It was a very well-built building. It served us well,” she said. “But we had offices in closets, and fewer classrooms than we would have liked to have.” “We will truly have all our needs fulfilled in the coming year, and that’s not something that’s been the case in many decades,” Lycknell added. But even with the expansion, Lycknell said, Janney is already about two-dozen students over capacity, with 551 enrolled. Although she is confident they’ll all fit, there isn’t much flexibility. “Besides turning this room [the teachers’ lounge] into a classroom, we don’t have extra space,” she told Cheh during last week’s tour. Cheh promised to con-tinue “agitating” for measures to ease school crowding but praised the extent of the improvements to the build-ing. “If you’re going to do it, we might as well do it on the cutting edge,” she said Thursday. “People are going to be using this for decades, so why not make it good?” Cheh has conducted “school readiness tours” of each Ward 3 public school annually for the last five years, inspecting the buildings and talking with teach-ers and administrators to identify potential problems. Other than at the work-in-progress Janney, she said she found primarily minor issues, such as burned-out light bulbs and damaged toilet seats. “Overall, I was very, very pleased, and certainly if I compare what I find now to what I saw five years ago, it’s night and day,” said Cheh.

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William & Mary. He’s on a quest to get into the “slow-pitch softball hall of fame — it’s real, he Googled it,” said Danny Sheridan. Park was named co-MVP of the team this season and was one of the top hitters in the league. Jeff King, who came to D.C. from New York, met the team through a friend and quickly became one of the guys. The former lacrosse starter at Lehigh University also became perhaps the best softball player in the league, dominating at the plate. “He has one of the most unique swings I’ve ever seen. He just runs up and swings it like a ham-mer,” said Danny Sheridan. Jackson added: “It’s like a ‘Happy Gilmore’ swing.” King also held his own at pitcher — an important yet often understated position. The oldest guy on the team, 1993 Gonzaga grad Matt Murray,

the Sheridans’ cousin, is also the fastest. Even with his teammates’ needling him about his age, Murray has stayed submerged in the fountain of youth with his blazing speed. St. John’s alums Sean Harper and Tim Luculano were the other locals on a team that won the title this year even with player-coach Danny Sheridan and player-assis-tant coach John Clifford out of town and nervous about whether the team would reach the 10-play-er minimum. Two years ago, Drag Bunt also showed Mayor Vincent Gray’s much-hyped softball team how it’s done when they met in the finals, knocking Gray’s squad off for a second title. This season, Danny approached Gray when he saw him on the field and told him it was good to see him. “Well, it ain’t that good to see you!’” the competitive mayor quipped. While the teammates continue their fun off the field — “The mailing list was the best part,” said Jackson — the Thursday night games give the guys a night out, making them feel young again. For half the team, “it’s the only excuse we can give our wives to get out of the house,” said Joe Sheridan, proud father of an 8-month-old boy, Parker. Gray, 68, is the one who’s real-ly winning, just by staying on the field, said Danny Sheridan. “I want to have this team together as long as possible — him making it to 68 is my inspiration,” he said. “I want to play next year and another 40 more.”

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Gallery at 902 8th St. will present “Ten Years After 9/11,” curated by Helen Frederick and Bill Dunlap. The show features a diverse col-lection of artwork by artists from the area and around the globe. Mike Fay, a combat artist with the U.S. Marine Corps, contribut-ed watercolors and a sculpture of soldiers fighting in Iraq. Artist Bridget Sue Lambert depicted an empty bedroom with

light streaming in through win-dows. “It’ll never be the same,” she said. “But maybe we’ll feel better.” Dunlap mounted an original World Trade Center brochure, a series of photos of the smoldering towers, and a pile of copies of the Washington Post from Sept. 12, 2001, among other evocative objects. “These pieces dance around with each other and talk to each other,” Dunlap said of the Edison Place exhibit. “Something not unlike an electrical charge moves

from one piece to another.” Seidelmann said she simply hopes the various events, exhibits and performances will spark con-versation. “Yes, we’re all living with ter-rorism,” she said. “But we’re moving forward. I guess that’s all you can hope for.” The Pepco gallery will host an opening reception Sept. 8, and the exhibit will continue through Sept. 30. For more information, or to see a full listing of events, visit 911artsproject.com.

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Courtesy of the 9/11 Arts ProjectVictor Juhasz’ depiction of physical therapy will be featured in the 9/11 Arts Project.

❝It’s the only excuse we can give our wives to get out of the house.❞— Joe Sheridan, on his softball team


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Concerts ■TheSophiaBilidesTriowillperforminthecabarettraditionoftheGreekAsiaMinorrefugesofthe1930sand1940s.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheHarbourNightsconcertserieswillfeaturesingerandguitaristPhilKominski.7to9p.m.Free.Plaza,TheWashingtonHarbour,3050KSt.NW.202-295-5007. ■TheU.S.MarineBandwillperformworksbyJohnPhilipSousa,FrankTicheliandJohnWilliams.8p.m.Free.WestTerrace,U.S.Capitol.202-433-4011.

Discussions and lectures ■TheSpeakEasySalonwillfeatureadiscussionofRobinWright’sbook“RocktheCasbah:RageandRebellionAcrosstheIslamicWorld,”aboutrecentupheavalsinNorthAfricaandtheMiddleEast.3:30p.m.Free.PalisadesNeighborhoodLibrary,4901VSt.NW.202-282-3139. ■JulieSalamonwilldiscussherbook“WendyandtheLostBoys:TheUncommonLifeofWendyWasserstein.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Films ■“MovieNight”willfeatureJasonWiner’s2011film“Arthur,”starringRussellBrand,HelenMirren,JenniferGarnerandGretaGerwig.6p.m.Free.JuanitaE.Thornton/Shepherd

ParkNeighborhoodLibrary,7420GeorgiaAve.NW.202-541-6100. ■TheAmericanCivilLibertiesUnionoftheNationalCapitalAreawillpresent“MLK:TheMakingofaHoliday”and“The51stStar.”7p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Landmark’sEStreetCinema,55511thSt.NW.202-457-0800. ■TheReelIsraelDCserieswillfeatureAssafBernstein’s2007film“TheDebt,”aboutthreeretiredMossadagentswhojointogethertotrackdownawarcriminaltheyhadreporteddeadyearsearlier.8p.m.$11;$9forstudents;$8.25forseniors;$8forages12andyounger.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.NW.202-966-6000.

Special event ■“ArtJamz”willfeaturehorsd’oeuvres,wineandsoftdrinks,musicandachancetocreateaworkofarttotakehome.Paintsandcanvaseswillbeprovided.6:30to10p.m.$65;reservationsrequired.CorcoranGalleryofArt,50017thSt.NW.artjamzdc.com. The event will repeat Thursday and Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Sporting event ■TheWashingtonNationalswillplaytheArizonaDiamondbacks.7:05p.m.$5to$350.NationalsPark,1500SouthCapitolSt.SE.888-632-6287.Theserieswillcontin-ueThursdayat7:05p.m.

Thursday,Aug.25

Benefit ■LivingClassroomsoftheNationalCapitalRegionwillholditssecondannual“ANightWiththeNats”fundraiser,featuringbeer,wine,snacks,games,araffle,musicandleft-fieldseatstotheNationals-Diamondbacksgame.5:30p.m.$30.TheYardsLotN,4thandTingeystreetsSE.202-488-0627,ext.247.

Children’s program ■Aparkrangerwillleadchildrenonascavengerhunt.4p.m.Free.RockCreekNatureCenter,5200GloverRoadNW.202-895-6070.

Classes ■FirstClassInc.willofferaseminaron“SoYou’veGotaGreatInvention;What’sNext?”2to4:30p.m.$45.FirstClassInc.,172620thSt.NW.202-797-5102. ■FirstClassInc.willofferaseminaron“NegotiatingPower.”6:30to9p.m.$45.

FirstClassInc.,172620thSt.NW.202-797-5102.

Concerts ■TheGod’sMiraclesGospelQuintetwillperformgospelandtraditionalsongsthatsustainedtheenergyofthecivilrightsmove-ment.Noon.Free.GreatHall,MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-1211. ■TheBrooklyn-basedbandLesChaudsLapinswillper-formFrenchswingfromthe1920sthroughthe1940s.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheU.S.NavyBand’sCruisersensem-blewillperform.6:30p.m.Free.NationalWorldWarIIMemorial,17thStreetbetweenConstitutionandIndependenceavenues.202-433-2525. ■TheU.S.MarineBandwillperformworksbyJohnPhilipSousa,FrankTicheliandJohnWilliams.8p.m.Free.SylvanTheater,WashingtonMonumentgrounds,15thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-433-4011.

Demonstration ■VolunteersfromtheChesapeakeRegionLaceGuildwilldemonstratelace-makingtechniquesanddisplayrelatedtools.1to2p.m.Free.Secondfloor,NationalMuseumofAmericanHistory,14thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-633-1000.

Discussions and lectures ■QiuHuafei,deputydeanandprofessorofinternationalrelationsatTongjiUniversityinChina,willdiscuss“China’sDiplomacyTowardIndiaandPakistan:HyphenatedorNot?”12:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room500,Bernstein-OffitBuilding,1717MassachusettsAve.NW.202-663-5722. ■ArenaStageartisticdirectorMollySmith(shown)andactressE.FayeButlerwilldiscuss“EqualityandTheaterinD.C.”—aboutArena’sdiverseproduc-tionof“Oklahoma!,”thedecisiontoopenthe2011-12seasonwithAliceChildress’darkcivilrights-eracomedy“TroubleinMind,”andhowbothworksaddressquestionsofrace,genderandequal-ity.6:30to7:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.KogodCradle,ArenaStage,11016thSt.SW.202-488-4380. ■WarrenBernardwilldiscusshisbook“DrawingPower:ACompendiumofCartoonAdvertising.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,

5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■LisaKathleenGraddy,deputychairandcuratoroftheDivisionofPoliticalHistoryattheNationalMuseumofAmericanHistory,andKyleCiani,associateprofessorofhistoryatIllinoisStateUniversity,willdiscuss“TheNationalWoman’sPartyandPoliticalRhetoric:VisualPropagandaintheBattlefortheVote.”7p.m.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,PennsylvaniaAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000.

Expo ■ThePartnersintheDreamPublicExpowillcelebratetheopeningoftheMartinLutherKingJr.Memorialwithliveentertain-mentandinformationaldisplays.3to8p.m.Free.ExhibitHallA,WalterE.WashingtonConventionCenter,801MountVernonPlaceNW.dedicatethedream.org.The expo will continue Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday form 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 2:30 to 6 p.m.

Films ■TheD.C.PublicLibrarywillpresentthe2010documentary“A.D.King:BrothertotheDreamer:‘BeholdtheDream.’”Afterward,adiscussionwillfeatureA.D.King’swidow,NaomiKing,andthefilm’sexecutiveproduc-er,BabsOnabanjo.1:30p.m.Free.RoomA-5,MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-1211.The event will repeat Friday at 1:30 p.m. ■“FilmsAroundtheWorld”willfeatureJayRussell’s2007film“TheWaterHorse,”aboutaboywhodiscoversamys-teriouseggthathatchesaseacreatureofScottishlegend.4p.m.Free.ClevelandParkNeighborhoodLibrary,3310ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-3080. ■TheEnvironmentalFilmFestivalintheNation’sCapitalwillpresenttheD.C.premiereofIanCheney’s2011film“TheCityDark:ASearchforNightonaPlanetThatNeverSleeps,”aboutlightpollutionandthedisappearingnightsky.Cheneywillleadapost-screeningdiscussion.7p.m.$15.Landmark’sEStreetCinema,

55511thSt.NW.brownpapertickets.com/event/190882. ■TheSummerMovieManiaseries—sponsoredbyLindsayReishmanRealEstate,theDupontCircleCitizensAssociationandtheD.C.DepartmentofParksandRecreation—willfeatureRobertZemeckis’1985film“BacktotheFuture.”8:30p.m.Free.SteadPark,[email protected].

Performances ■The“Live!onWoodrowWilsonPlaza”serieswillfeatureaperformancebyFlamencoAparicio.Noonto1:30p.m.Free.RonaldReaganBuildingandInternationalTradeCenter,1300PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-312-1300. ■TheTopazHotelBar’sweeklystand-upshowwillfeaturelocalcomics.8to10p.m.Free.1733NSt.NW.202-393-3000.

Special events ■“PhillipsAfter5”willfeaturea“FoodTruckFiesta,”featuringlocalfavoritesliningthestreetsaroundthemuseum;alecturebyGeorgeWashingtonUniversityarthistoryprofessorBibianaObleron“Kandinsky,Münter,andtheCirclesofInfluence”;andagallerytalkon“ExploringthePlacesWeLeaveBehind.”5to8:30p.m.Costvariesbyactivity;registrationsuggested.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.phillipscollection.org/phillipsafter5. ■GinaChersevaniofPS7’sandElliBenchimolofChefGeoff’swillpresentaMuseumoftheAmericanCocktailseminaron“FruitsoftheHarvest,”abouthowtouselocallygrownproduceandherbsincocktails.6:30to8p.m.$45inadvance;$50atthedoor.CharliePalmerSteak,101ConstitutionAve.NW.museumoftheamericancocktail.org.

Tours ■ASmithsonianhorticulturistwillleadatourofthemuseum’sVictorygardenanddis-cusssomeoftheplantsthere.1p.m.Free.Welcomedesk,ConstitutionAvenueentrance,NationalMuseumofAmericanHistory,14thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-633-1000. ■U.S.BotanicGardenvolunteerSusanOllingwillleadaneveningtouroftheNationalGarden,focusingontreesandshrubsofthemid-Atlanticregion.5:30to6:30p.m.Free.NationalGardenLawnTerrace,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.202-225-1116.

Friday,Aug.26

Book signing ■RebeccaLesterLightbournwillsigncopiesofherautobiography“CryFromthePentagon:A9/11Mother’sJourneyofGrief.”4to6p.m.Free.SohoTea&Coffee,2150PSt.NW.202-463-7646.

Classes ■LynnO’Connellwillleadaseminaron“HowtoBecomeaWorld-ClassMeetingPlanner.”10a.m.tonoon.$45.FirstClassInc.,172620thSt.NW.202-797-5102. ■LynnO’Connellwillleadaseminaron“HowtoStartaNonprofit.”1to3p.m.$45.FirstClassInc.,172620thSt.NW.202-797-5102.

Concerts ■The“Live!onWoodrowWilsonPlaza”serieswillfeaturesoulsingerN’Dambi.Noonto1:30p.m.Free.RonaldReaganBuildingandInternationalTradeCenter,1300PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-312-1300. ■AnthonyRispo,agraduatestudentattheClevelandInstituteofMusic,willpresent

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Wednesday, auguST 24■Performance:Comedian/musicianReggieWattswillperformhissoloshow.8p.m.$35to$45.WoollyMammothTheatreCompany,641DSt.NW.202-393-3939.The perfor-mance will repeat Thursday at 8 p.m. and Friday at 8 and 10 p.m.

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anorganrecital.12:15p.m.Free.NationalCityChristianChurch,5ThomasCircleNW.202-797-0103. ■The“JazzintheGarden”serieswillfea-tureeight-stringtap-styleguitaristBillBurkeandharmonicaplayerBruceEwan’sbluesband.5to8:30p.m.Free.SculptureGarden,NationalGalleryofArt,7thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■AcelebrationofthenewMartinLutherKingJr.NationalMemorialwillfeaturegospellegendsMaggieIngramandtheIngramettes,theacappellagroupNaturally7(shown)andjazzharmoni-cistFrédéricYonnet.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Discussion ■BotanistKyleWallickwilldiscuss“AmazingAsteraceae.”Noonto1p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.ConservatoryClassroomandTerrace,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.202-225-1116.

Film ■TheComcastOutdoorFilmFestivalwillfeatureJonFavreau’s2010film“IronMan2,”starringRobertDowneyJr.,MickeyRourke,GwynethPaltrowandDonCheadle.7:30p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.CarterBarronAmphitheatre,16thStreetandColoradoAvenueNW.202-426-0486.

Tour ■AparkrangerwillleadatouroftheOldStoneHouse.10a.m.Free.OldStoneHouse,3051MSt.NW.202-426-6851.

Saturday,Aug.27

auditions ■TeatrodelaLunawillholdauditionsforadultSpanish-speakingactorsforitsupcom-ingseason.11a.m.to4p.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.CasadelaLuna,4020GeorgiaAve.NW.202-882-6227.Auditions will also be held Monday from 5 to 9 p.m.

Children’s program ■Ages5andolderwilllistentoastoryaboutartistJacksonPollockandcreateaspecialpieceofart.1to4p.m.Free.NationalPortraitGallery,8thandFstreetsNW.202-633-1000.The program will repeat Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m.

Classes and workshops ■SusanneSimonandBettinaSternofLoulies.comwillleada“MarkettoKitchen”cookingclasson“SummerFruit.”9to11

a.m.$25;reservationsrequired.GloverPark-BurleithFarmers’Market,HardyMiddleSchoolparkinglot,WisconsinAvenueand34thStreetNW.loulies.com. ■“ConversingWithClay”willprovideanopportunitytolearnaboutthehistoryofceramicsinSoutheastAsiaandtosculptclayobjectsthatrelatetocross-culturalinterplay.1p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.ArthurM.SacklerGallery,1050IndependenceAve.SW.asia.si.edu/events/workshops.asp. ■AspartoftheEmptyBowlsProjecttobenefithomelessness-andhunger-relieforganizations,participantswillcreatehand-madebowlsusingcoils,pressmoldsandslabs(forages8andolder).5to7p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.CapitolHillArtsWorkshop,5457thSt.SE.202-547-6839.

Concerts ■TheMorehouseCollegeGleeClubwillperform.Noon..Free.GreatHall,MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-1211. ■AcelebrationofthenewMartinLutherKingJr.NationalMemorialwillfeatureMarlenaSmallsandTheHallelujahSingers.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■SingerNancyScimonewillperformjazzselections.7:30to11:30p.m.Free.BlueBarLounge,HenleyParkHotel,926MassachusettsAve.NW.202-638-5200.

Festival ■ThefifthannualColumbiaHeightsDaywillfeaturelivemusicandartsperformanc-es,familyactivities,localartisans,foodtrucks,and“DCStateFair”eventsanddis-plays.10a.m.to6p.m.Free.Field,TubmanElementarySchool,KenyonStreetbetween11thand13thstreetsNW.columbiaheightsday.org.

Films ■TheGoethe-Institutwillhostamara-thon24-hourscreeningofthedocumentary“24HoursBerlin—ADayintheLife,”whichwasfilmedby80dif-ferentcamerateamsonasingledayin2008andbroadcastayearlater.6a.m.Free;res-ervationsrequired.Goethe-Institut,8127thSt.NW.202-289-1200,ext.162. ■TheNationalArchiveswillpresenttheU.S.InformationAgency’s1963film“TheMarch,”abouttheAug.28,1963,MarchonWashingtonforJobsandFreedom.Noon.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchives

Building,PennsylvaniaAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000.The film will also be shown Sunday at noon. ■“ThisOtherEden:IrelandandFilm”willfeatureKlausSimon’s1961film“ChildrenofFire”andWillardVanDyke’s1959film“Ireland:TheTearandtheSmile.”2p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■“RecoveredTreasure:UCLA’sAnnualFestivalofPreservation”willfeatureAlanSchneider’sfilmsofworksbySamuelBeckett—1961’s“WaitingforGodot”and1965’s“Film.”4:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■TheComcastOutdoorFilmFestivalwillfeaturePierreCoffinandChrisRenaud’s2010animatedfilm“DespicableMe,”aboutacriminalmastermindwhousesatriooforphangirlsaspawnsforagrandschemebutfindsthattheirloveischanginghimforthebetter.7:30p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.

CarterBarronAmphitheatre,16thStreetandColoradoAvenueNW.202-426-0486.

Open house ■ExcelsiorCollege—aprivate,nonprofit,regionallyaccrediteddistance-learninginsti-tution—willhostanopenhousewithinfor-mationaboutitsdegreeprograms,federalfinancialaidprograms,paymentplansandhowtotransferpreviouslyearnedcollegecreditandmilitarytraining.10a.m.to1p.m.Free.ExcelsiorCollegeD.C.Center,Suite304,115017thSt.NW.202-506-6007.Another open house will be held Aug. 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. Special events ■TheWashingtonArchitecturalFoundationwillpresent“Canstruction2011,”featuringarchitectsandengineersbuildinggiantstructuresusingdonatedcannedgoods.10a.m.to4p.m.Free.NationalBuildingMuseum,401FSt.NW.202-272-2448. ■InhonorofInternationalCosplayDay,theDCAnimeClubwillhostaneventforfansofJapaneseanimationandcomicstodressupastheirfavoritecharacters.1to5p.m.Free.Garden,FreerGalleryofArt,JeffersonDriveand12thStreetSW.dcanimeclub.org. ■CeaseFireDon’tSmoketheBrothersandSisterswillhostitsfourthannualcook-outandamateurboxingmatch.Noonto8p.m.Free.UpshurRecreationCenter,14thStreetandArkansasAvenueNW.202-882-1901.

Sporting event ■D.C.UnitedwillplaythePortlandTimbers.7:30p.m.$23to$52.RFKMemorialStadium,2400EastCapitolSt.SE.202-397-7328.

Walks and tours ■AbustourwillvisitD.C.locationsusedasbackdropsinmorethan50televisionshowsandmovies,including“TheExorcist,”“TheWestWing”and“WeddingCrashers.”10a.m.$34;reservationsrequired.TourdepartsfromalocationnearUnionStation.

800-979-3370. ■RoccoZappone,anativeWashingtonianandfreelancewriter,willleadaninteractive“WalkingTourasPersonalEssay,”filledwithhisreminis-cencesandimpressionsofalifetimeinD.C.10a.m.orbyappointment.$25.MeetatthestatueofAndrewJacksoninLafayetteSquare,16thandHstreetsNW.202-341-5208. ■Aparkrangerwillleadawalkingtouron“PortofGeorgetown,”abouttheneighbor-hood’sevolutionsinceitsNativeAmericanorigins.12:15p.m.Free.C&OCanalNationalHistoricalParkVisitorCenter,1057ThomasJeffersonSt.NW.202-653-5190. ■AparkvolunteerandhistherapydogwillleadanintroductoryhikearoundtheRockCreekNatureCenter,WoodlandTrailandhorsestables.Dogsonleashesarewel-come.2p.m.Free.RockCreekNatureCenter,5200GloverRoadNW.202-895-6070.

Sunday,Aug.28

Classes and seminars ■TheWashingtonHumaneSociety’sBehavior&LearningCenterwillpresent“LeashLungersAnonymous:InterventionforYourLeash-AggressiveDog,”aseminarfordogowners.9a.m.to1p.m.$49;reserva-tionsrequired.WashingtonHumaneSocietyBehavior&LearningCenter,7315GeorgiaAve.NW.washhumane.org/blc. ■“Guitar101”willofferinstructiononbasicguitarmaintenance.4p.m.Free;reser-vationsrequired.MiddleCMusic,4530WisconsinAve.NW.202-244-7326.

Concerts ■TheweeklySteelDrummerSundaysconcertserieswillfeatureRogerGreenidge.Noonto3p.m.Free.Plaza,TheWashingtonHarbour,3050KSt.NW.202-295-5007.

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Sunday, auguST 21■Discussion:ScholarAnnMarieMoellerwilldiscuss“KimonoandGreen:TheColorofGodsandYouth.”2p.m.$25;reservationsrequired.TextileMuseum,2320SSt.NW.202-667-0441,ext.64.

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Saturday auguST 27

■DahlakRestaurantwillhostitsweekly“DCJazzJam”session.6:30to9:30p.m.Free.1771USt.NW.202-527-9522. ■MorehouseCollege’smusicaltributetoDr.MartinLutherKing.Jr.,itsmostnotablealumnus,willfeaturevocalistsEddieLevert,DennisEdwardsandJohnnyGill.7:30p.m.$100.ConcertHall,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures ■NationalGalleryofArtlecturerEricDenkerwilldiscuss“FromMantegnatoMorandi:FiveCenturiesofGreatItalianPrintmakers.”2p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■Seattle-basedwriterandsoloperform-erSuzanneMorrisonwillsigncopiesofherbook“YogaBitch:OneWoman’sQuesttoConquerSkepticism,Cynicism,andCigarettesonthePathtoEnlightenment,”abouthertwo-monthintensiveyogaprograminBali.3p.m.Free.BoundlessYoga,200113thSt.NW.202-234-9642.

Films ■“RecoveredTreasure:UCLA’sAnnualFestivalofPreservation”willfeatureBarbara

Loden’s1970film“Wanda,”aboutawomanlivingalifeofquietdesperationinruralwork-ing-classPennsylvaniainthe1960s.4:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■TheAvalonTheatrewillhostascreen-ingofWolfgangPetersen’s1981film“DasBoot,”aboutaWorldWarIIsubmarinecrewthatheadsouttoseaonatop-secretmissionthatallbutensuresmostwillnevermakeithomealive.Aquestion-and-answersessionwillfeaturePetersenandactorJürgenProchnow.6:30p.m.$8.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.NW.202-966-6000. ■The“Focus-In!CinemaforaConsciousCommunity”serieswillfea-tureMichaelMadsen’s2010documentary“IntoEternity,”aboutthesafetyofnuclearstorage.8to10p.m.Free.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

Performance ■AcelebrationofthenewMartinLutherKingJr.NationalMemorialwillfeature“TheDreamRemix,”apoeticcelebrationofKing’s

dreamofanationdedicatedtojustice,equal-ityandendingwar.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Special event ■ThededicationoftheMartinLutherKingJr.Memorialwillfeatureamusicaltrib-utefrom8:30to11a.m.,anofficialceremo-nyat11a.m.andaconcertfrom2to4p.m.Free.WestPotomacPark,IndependenceAvenueandWestBasinDriveSW.dedicatethedream.org.

Sporting event ■TheWashingtonMysticswillplaythePhoenixMercury.4p.m.$10to$300.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-7328.

Walks and tours ■Aparkrangerwillleadawalkingtouron“GeorgetownintheCivilWar,”abouthowthelocationofGeorgetownandtheC&OCanalontheborderbetweenNorthandSouthtestedtheloyaltiesandchangedthefortunesoftheneighborhood’sresidents.12:15p.m.Free.C&OCanalNationalHistoricalParkVisitorCenter,1057ThomasJeffersonSt.NW.202-653-5190. ■AslideshowandoutdoortourwillfocusonthewhimsicalstonegargoylesandgrotesquesthatdecorateWashingtonNationalCathedral.6:30p.m.$10;$5forages12andyounger;$30perfamily.Seventh-floorauditorium,WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-6200.

Monday,Aug.29

Concerts ■The“Live!onWoodrowWilsonPlaza”serieswillfeatureaconcertbyMamboSauce.Noonto1:30p.m.Free.RonaldReaganBuildingandInternationalTradeCenter,1300PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-312-1300. ■TheU.S.NavyConcertBandwillper-form.8p.m.Free.WestSteps,U.S.Capitol.202-433-2525.

Discussions and lectures ■TheDupontCircleVillageLiveandLearnSeminarserieswillfeatureatalkbyStephanieChongandMaryAnnBuckleyofSeaburyCareManagementwilldiscuss“TheRoleofaCareManager.”3:30to5p.m.FreeforDupontCircleVillagemembers;$10forothers.Reservationsrequired.GeneralFederationofWomen’sClubs,1734NSt.NW.202-234-2567. ■StefanFatsiswilldiscussthe10thanniversaryeditionofhisbook“WordFreak:

Heartbreak,Triumph,Genius,andObsessionintheWorldofCompetitiveScrabblePlayers.”TheeventwillincludePoliticsandProse’ssec-ondScrabbleNight.7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Films ■The“MarvelousMovieMondays”serieswillfeatureBillyCrystal’s1992film“Mr.SaturdayNight.”2p.m.Free.ChevyChaseNeighborhoodLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021. ■“Climate.Culture.Change”willfeatureThiloEwers’2008film“TheyWillCometoTown,”PaulLindsay’s2004film“BeforetheFlood:Tuvalu”andUdoMaurer’s2007film“AboveWater.”RobertEngelman,vicepresi-dentofprogramsattheWorldwatchInstitute,willintroducetheprogram.6:30p.m.$7.Goethe-Institut,8127thSt.NW.202-289-1200,ext.160.

Performance ■GeorgetownUniversityandArenaStagewillpresentareadingbyHeatherRaffofromanewchamberoperacommissionedbytheVancouverCityOperaaboutthehumanandsocialeffectsofthewarinIraq.6p.m.Free.GondaTheatre,DavisPerformingArtsCenter,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.202-687-3838.

Tour ■AU.S.BotanicGardenvolunteerwillleadatouroftheconservatoryanddiscussconnectionsbetweenexoticplantsandevery-daylife.Noonto1p.m.Free.ConservatoryGardenCourt,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.202-225-1116.

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Concerts ■TheHarbourKidsconcertserieswillfeatureMr.Don.10:30a.m.tonoon.Free.Plaza,TheWashingtonHarbour,3050KSt.NW.202-295-5007. ■The“Live!onWoodrowWilsonPlaza”serieswillfeaturesaxophonistBrianLenair.Noonto1:30p.m.Free.RonaldReaganBuildingandInternationalTradeCenter,1300PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-312-1300. ■PianistAnnaShelestwillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheU.S.AirForceBandwillpresent“ANightattheSymphony,”featuringmembersoftheConcertBandandAirForceStrings.8p.m.Free.WestSteps,U.S.Capitol.202-767-5658. ■TheU.S.NavyBand’sCountryCurrentensemblewillperform.8p.m.Free.U.S.NavyMemorial,701PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-737-2300.

Discussions and lectures ■ArtistPeterWaddellwilldiscussthepaintingsintheexhibit“AnArtistVisitstheWhiteHousePast:ThePaintingsofPeterWaddell.”1:30p.m.Free.WhiteHouseVisitorCenter,1450PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-737-8292.The talk will repeat weekly through Sept. 27. ■ChristianM.McBurneywilldiscusshisbook“TheRhodeIslandCampaign:TheFirst

FrenchandAmericanOperationintheAmericanRevolution.”7p.m.Free.SocietyoftheCincinnati,AndersonHouse,2118MassachusettsAve.NW.202-785-2040. ■AuthorJamesBoicewilldiscusshisnovel“TheGoodandtheGhastly,”aboutaris-inggangsterandavigi-lantemotherwhopur-sueshim.7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Film ■Aseriesofscreeningsbasedon“AFI’s100Years…100Movies”listwillfeatureNo.79—SamPeckinpah’s1969film“TheWildBunch,”starringWilliamHolden,ErnestBorgnine,RobertRyanandEdmondO’Brien.6p.m.Free.GeorgetownNeighborhoodLibrary,3260RSt.NW.202-727-0232.

Meeting ■TheClevelandParkChessClubwillreviewhistoricalgames,studyscenariosandplaychess.3:30p.m.Free.ClevelandParkNeighborhoodLibrary,3310ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-3080.ThegroupmeetseveryTuesday.

Performance ■BusboysandPoetswillhost“TuesdayNightOpenMic,”aweeklypoetryevent.9to11p.m.$4.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

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Concerts ■The“Live!onWoodrowWilsonPlaza”serieswillfeaturesingerandharpistRashidaJolley.Noonto1:30p.m.Free.RonaldReaganBuildingandInternationalTradeCenter,1300PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-312-1300. ■NewTrickswillperformacousticstraight-aheadjazz.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheHarbourNightsconcertserieswillfeaturesinger/song-writerJasonMasi.7to9p.m.Free.Plaza,TheWashingtonHarbour,3050KSt.NW.202-295-5007. ■TheU.S.MarineBandwillperformworksbyPatrickS.Gilmore,HermanBellstedtandJohnPhilipSousa.8p.m.Free.WestTerrace,U.S.Capitol.202-433-4011.

Discussions and lectures ■Abookdiscussionwilldelveinto“TheBookThief”byMarkusZusak.2to3p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipNeighborhoodLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1488. ■TheRev.CarolynBoydwilldiscussherbook“TheFiveStepstoForgiveness.”6:30to8p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■DrewMagarywilldiscusshisnovel“ThePostmortal.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Film ■NCMFathomandUniversalStudiosHomeEntertainmentwillpresentascreeningofthecultfavorite“Scarface,”starringAlPacino.7:30p.m.$12.50.AMCGeorgetown14,3111KSt.NW.fathomevents.com.

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“Ten Years After 9/11,” commemo-rating the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11,

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month, in conjunction with its exhibit “The Peacock Room Comes to America.” This exhibit presents the Peacock Room as it was in 1908, when muse-um founder Charles Lang Freer filled its shelves with the textured ceramics he collected in Asia. It will continue through the spring of 2013. To allow visitors to see the room in sunlight while minimizing the effects on the room’s contents, the museum installed special film on the windows. In the natu-ral light, peacock motifs that would other-wise blend into the background, as well as glazed surfaces and complex textures of ceramics on display, are clearly visible. Located at 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW, the gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000.■ “Democratic Principles,” featuring 22

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at the Woman’s National Democratic Club, where it will continue through Sept. 30.

Located at 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW, the club is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-232-7363.■ “The Great Migration of African Americans,” a traveling exhibit spon-sored by Amtrak about the mass migration early last century of African-

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made author Childress the first woman of color to win an Obie Award, battle lines are drawn with-in a newly integrated theater com-pany preparing to open a misguid-ed race play on the Great White Way. As personalities and prejudic-es collide, lead actress Wiletta Mayer has the chance to achieve her most glorious dream, but at what cost? Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; along with weekday noon matinees on Oct. 12, 18 and 19. Tickets cost $55 to $85. Arena Stage is located at 1101 6th St. SW. 202-488-3300; arenastage.org.■ No Rules Theatre Co. will pres-ent Diana Son’s drama “Stop Kiss” Sept. 7 through Oct. 1 at the H Street Playhouse. Holly Twyford, a four-time Helen Hayes Award recipient who appeared in a Woolly Mammoth pro-duction of the play in 2000, will make her directorial debut. “Stop Kiss” deals with the emo-tions that lead up to a budding new romance and the repercussions of an act of hate that follows a first

kiss. Performance times generally are Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $25. H Street Playhouse is located at 1365 H St. NE. norulestheatre.org.■ The Washington National Opera will present Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” Sept. 10 through 24 at the Kennedy Center Opera

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prices start at $55. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.■ Sydney Theatre Company will close Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” starring Cate Blanchett, Aug. 27 at the Kennedy Center. On a dilapidated, remote farm, Uncle Vanya and his niece Sonya have worked slavishly for years to sustain an estate in decline. Now Professor Serebryakov and his wife Yelena have come to visit, bringing with them chaos and disruption. Constant visits from the charismat-ic Astrov are not helpful. From this hotbed of disarray grow three con-suming love affairs, each of which is destined to wither in disappoint-ment before it has reached bloom. Performance times generally are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $59 to $120. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.■ Cherry Red Productions will present its final show, “The Aristocrats,” for one night only

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Aug. 27 at the Warehouse Theater. A man, his wife, their two beau-tiful children and a pet dog walk into a talent office. The agent says, “All right then, let’s see your act.” The rest is history. The show, which will be messy (audiences are encouraged to dress appropriately), is extremely inappropriate for those under 18. Performance times are 8:30 and 11 p.m. Tickets cost $25 to $35, with proceeds benefiting the com-pany’s original home, the District of Columbia Arts Center. Warehouse Theater is located at 645 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-3933; cherryredproductions.com.■ Studio 2ndStage will close an extended run of the new Andy Warhol musical “Pop!” Aug. 28. Who shot Andy Warhol? This musical murder-mystery extrava-ganza — featuring book and lyrics by Maggie-Kate Coleman and music by Anna K. Jacobs — re-creates the freewheeling atmo-sphere of Warhol’s infamous Factory, complete with a cast of colorful characters. Performance times are 8:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $38 to $43. Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.■ Theater J will present Deb Margolin’s “Imagining Madoff” at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center’s Goldman Theater Aug. 31 through Sept. 25. Unrepentant Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff sets the record straight from his prison cell, recounting an all-night study ses-sion with Holocaust survivor, poet and investment client Solomon Galkin. Performance times generally are 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m. Saturday; and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $45, with certain discounts available. The Washington DC Jewish Community Center is located at 1529 16th St. NW. 202-777-3230; theaterj.org. ■ The Longacre Lea theater com-pany is presenting the world pre-miere of Kathleen Akerley’s “Something Past in Front of the Light” at Catholic University’s Callan Theatre through Sept. 4. What would you do if the devil wanted to collaborate with you on a documentary film about himself? Would you fear for your soul, or just your artistic integrity?

Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $15 to $18, with discounts for students and seniors. The Callan Theatre is located at 3801 Harewood Road NE. 202-460-2188; longacrelea.org. ■ Shakespeare Theatre Company is presenting “Julius Caesar” through Sept. 4 at Sidney Harman Hall as its 21st annual “Free for All” production. Fearing that Caesar’s growing strength and imperial ambitions threaten the republic, a faction of politicians plots to assassinate him. But when Caesar is killed, chaos engulfs Rome. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 8 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday. Free tickets can be reserved through an online ticket lottery the day before each show or picked up at the box office two hours before the performance. Season subscribers and Friends of Free for All members may reserve tickets in advance. Sidney Harman Hall is located at 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org.■ Shakespeare Theatre Company will open its 25th-anniversary sea-son with the world premiere of David Ives’ “The Heir Apparent” Sept. 6 through Oct. 23 at the Lansburgh Theatre. In this adaptation of Jean-François Regnard’s 1708 farce, Eraste desperately wants to marry Isabelle but needs to secure an inheritance from his miserly uncle, Geronte. Meanwhile, Geronte has bequeathed his money to distant relatives, and also plans to marry Isabelle himself. Can Eraste’s resourceful servant save the day with his powers of disguise and his quick wit? Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $39 to $95. The Lansburgh Theatre is located at 450 7th St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org.

■ Studio Theatre will present the U.S. premiere of Alan Bennett’s comedy “The Habit of Art” Sept. 7 through Oct. 16. Deep in the bowels of London’s National Theatre, rehearsals for a new play go apace. Benjamin Britten is having trouble with his latest opera and seeks out his col-laborator, poet W.H. Auden, after a 25-year separation. Between visits by a rent boy and a biographer — whom Auden briefly mistakes for the rent boy — these aging artists wrestle with their desires, their jeal-ousies, the ephemeral connection between creativity and inspiration, and all the reasons their friendship fell apart. Performance times are 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $35 to $69. Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.■ Arena Stage is reprising last year’s hit production of “Oklahoma!” through Oct. 2 in the Fichandler Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Set at the turn of the 20th centu-ry, the musical tackles issues of class, culture and convergence between farmers and cowmen in this rugged frontier. Laurey, a lively girl who runs her aunt’s farm, is courted by two very different young men. Her journey to find the man of her dreams and the satisfac-tion of settling down with the right one mirrors the journey of the terri-tory toward progress, community and eventual statehood. Arena’s Molly Smith directs, and cast members Nicholas Rodriguez, Eleasha Gamble, Aaron Ramey, Cody Williams, June Schreiner and Nehal Joshi reprise their roles. Performance times generally are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Ticket prices start at $45, with certain discounts available. Arena Stage is located at 1101 6th St. SW. 202-488-3300; arenastage.org.■ The long-running whodunit “Shear Madness” at the Kennedy Center draws input from the audi-ence and provides up-to-the-minute improvisational humor. The setting for the comic play is the Shear Madness Hair Styling Salon at 3229 P St. in Georgetown. The schedule is generally 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 6 and 9 p.m. Saturday; and 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $38 to $50. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.

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toys and objects scavenged from everyday life, opened Monday at the Anacostia Community Museum and will ontinue through Nov. 27. Located at 1901 Fort Place SE, the museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-633-1000.■ The Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center recently opened an exhibit of 25 works drawn from its collection, all by Latin American artists of

Italian descent. They will remain on view through Oct. 21. Located at 1300 New York Ave. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-623-3558.■ “Sculpture 1275: Artemis Herber,” featuring card-board sculptures by the German-born Herber, opened recently in the lobby of 1275 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. On view Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., the show will continue through Sept. 23. An artist’s reception will take place Sept. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. 202-686-8696.

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