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The GeorGeTown CurrenTWednesday, January 4, 2012 Serving Burleith, Foxhall, Georgetown, Georgetown Reservoir & Glover Park Vol. XXI, No. 22

■ Gonzaga seals Purple Puck in dominating fashion. Page 11.■ Visitation wins Chantilly tourney in thriller. Page 11.

■ City suspends license of Mood Lounge in Shaw. Page 2. ■ Gray looks into new laws for buiding heights. Page 3.

NEWS SPORTS■ An earthquake, a hurricane and political storms to boot: A poetic look back at life in Washington in 2011. Page 13.

PASSAGES INDEXBusiness/5Calendar/16Classifieds/26 District Digest/4Exhibits/19In Your Neighborhood/14Opinion/8

Passages/13Police Report/6Real Estate/15School Dispatches/10Service Directory/22Sports/11Theater/19

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

The quest to build a fire station on the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus has led the city into sole-source negotiations with a private South Carolina firm, based on erroneous information in emergency legislation that exempts the project from competitive bid-ding. D.C. economic development officials are now negotiating with Keenan Development LLC to relo-cate Engine Co. 22 to Georgia Avenue at Butternut Street, describ-ing the process as a time-saver in the effort to build the long-awaited fire-house. They have repeatedly said

Keenan has an “enhanced use lease” with the U.S. Army to develop that property, known as Building 18. But the Army Corps of Engineers says the lease for the parcel was never executed. A 2004 lease on a different Walter Reed building says only that Keenan

could apply for development rights on Building 18 by submitting an amended business plan, subject to Army approval. And the Army, according to its regulations, can’t enter into that type of lease on a property that already has been declared surplus, which was done at Walter Reed under a base closure process in 2005. Under those regula-tions, however, the Army could lease or give the property directly to the city. Now some neighborhood activ-ists are questioning why the District, which has been promised use of the property for a fire station, doesn’t wait for a direct transfer — at no cost — from the federal government,

Deal for fire station parcel draws questions

Bill Petros/The Current“Building 18” was formerly a hotel for wounded soldiers.

By DEIRDRE BANNONCurrent Staff Writer

Georgetown resident Edward Emes was on his way to a neigh-bor’s holiday party last month when his foot caught in the wire loop of a low-lying tree-box fence. He fell — hard enough to pull the fence’s stakes out of the ground — and badly injured his knee and shoulder. “It was built to catch my foot,” said Emes, who wrote about his experience on a Georgetown listserv because, he said, he was “plain frus-trated” with noncompliant tree-box fences in the neighborhood. Emes’ wife Betsy is a longtime tree preservation activist and current chair of Trees for Georgetown, a volunteer committee of the Citizens Association of Georgetown that helps install suitable tree-box fences. She say the offending fence was less than a foot tall and made of “flimsy” wire material that was bent out of shape, making her husband an easy nighttime target. Jennifer Altemus, president of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, said the cause of such problems may just be lack of infor-mation. “Most people want to do the

right thing — sometimes they just don’t know what that is,” she said. “In most cases, problem tree-box fences are easy to correct if people are made aware of what to do.” The city’s Urban Forestry Administration, which falls under the Department of Transportation, is responsible for regulating tree-box fences. Associate director John Thomas said the city has specified that tree-box fences be three-sided, 18-inch-high structures made of rod iron, with the open side facing the curb. Dimensions of the fence vary depending on the size of the tree

Tree-box problems catch Georgetowners’ attention

Bill Petros/The CurrentThe New Century American Irish Arts Company performed traditional Irish music and dance numbers at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage on New Year’s Eve.

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By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

Some Metropolitan Police Department officers are patrolling different territory this week, after revised boundaries of the city’s seven police districts and their inter-nal police service areas went into effect Jan. 1. The changes are designed to bet-ter equalize calls for police service, and in some cases to adapt to geo-graphic and population shifts, according to Police Chief Cathy Lanier, who introduced the propos-als over the summer. Some police districts — particu-larly the 1st District in the down-town area and the 3rd District cen-tered on Adams Morgan — were handling so much nightlife activity that officers couldn’t get onto their radio frequencies, Lanier said. And some police service areas had become too large to manage effec-tively, or were otherwise relatively overburdened. The borders of the districts and service areas were last overhauled in 2004. Each district has a police sta-

Police alter patrol area boundaries


Taxis more than seven model years old would need to cease serv-ing District residents and visitors if the D.C. Taxicab Commission adopts a proposal with steep new restrictions on vehicle age and mile-age. The commission introduced the proposal — which is separate from a comprehensive taxi reform bill recently introduced in the D.C.

Council — for public comment on Dec. 13. In an interview, commis-sion chair Ron Linton said the body regularly hears concerns about the city’s cabs, some of which are nearly 30 years old. “The fleet has to be modernized, and cars of that age do not provide the kind of service that is necessary,” Linton said. “There’s a strong public desire for a modernized fleet. There are a lot of vehicles out there that are not comfortable, they’re not safe, and we’ve gotten a lot of com-plaints.” Nearly half of D.C. cabs fail their Department of Motor Vehicles safe-

Plan would phase out older taxicabs in city■ Transportation: Drivers group expresses cost concerns

Bill Petros/The CurrentSome Georgetown residents call broken tree boxes such as this one a tripping hazard.

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By KATIE PEARCECurrent Staff Writer

Mood Lounge has lost its liquor license indefinitely in the wake of a double stabbing outside the Shaw nightclub early Friday morn-ing. According to D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration documents, the two victims were Marquis King, a rapper who

performs by the name of “Shy,” and Jason Todd Thomas, who was working as a pro-moter for King on Dec. 30 at a rap open-mic night at Mood Lounge, at 1318 9th St. Owner Abeba Abye Beyene told investiga-tors she tended bar the entire night and “had no knowledge of any stabbing occurring at Mood,” according to the documents. A surveil-lance camera at the club was apparently inop-erable that night.

As the alcohol agency documents tell it, the stabbings occurred on Mood’s front sidewalk after security officers broke up a fight inside the club. Jackson was stabbed multiple times in the back. The two victims were treated for their wounds at Howard University Hospital and are now listed in “critical but stable condition,” according to the documents. The club has been closed since 6 p.m.

Friday after D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier enforced an emergency four-day suspension. With that closure set to expire yesterday, city officials convened to discuss the future of Mood, which opened about a year ago in the former BeBar and EFN Lounge spot. The officials — from the Office of the Attorney General, the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration and the

City suspends liquor license of Shaw’s Mood Lounge after recent stabbings

Wednesday, Jan. 4 The D.C. Tenants’ Advisory Coalition will hold an open board meeting. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Sumner School Museum, 17th and M streets NW.

Thursday, Jan. 5 The Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library will host a registration session for District residents as part of the “One City — One Hire” campaign. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. For details, call 202-541-6100.■ The DC Environmental Network and Rock Creek Conservancy will present a forum on sustainability issues fac-ing Rock Creek Park. The meeting will begin at noon at Global Green USA, 1100 15th St. NW. To register, visit dcen.net/rock-creek-sustainability.

Saturday, Jan. 7 The American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation’s Capital will hold a “D.C. Statehood Winter Teach In.” Guest speakers will be Elinor Hart, leader of a group of citizens that has been urging members of Congress to co-sponsor the D.C. statehood bill introduced by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton; and G. Derek Musgrove, assistant professor of history at the University of the District of Columbia. The forum will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1530 P St. NW. To RSVP, email [email protected] or call 202-457-0800.

Monday, Jan. 9 The D.C. Council Committee on Finance and Revenue will hold a pub-lic hearing on the Age-in-Place and Equitable Senior Citizens Real Property Act. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Tuesday, Jan. 10 The Brightwood Community Association will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the St. John United Baptist Church, 6343 13th St. NW.

Wednesday, Jan. 11 The National Capital Planning Commission, the Trust for the National Mall, the City Parks Alliance and the National Archives will hold a panel discussion on “(r)Evolutionary Parks: The Future of Public Space.” The forum will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the McGowan Theater at the National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Admission is free; to RSVP, visit ncpc.gov/rsvp.

The week ahead

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GW COMMUNITY CALENDARA selection of this month’s GW events—neighbors welcome!

Saturday, Jan 21 at 11am GW Men’s and Women’s Swimming vs. GeorgetownCharles E. Smith Center, 600 22nd St., NWSupport GW Men’s and Women’s Swimming as they take on Georgetown. This event is free and open to the public.

Saturday, Jan 28 at 8pmOutback Concerts Presents Jeanne Robertson Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St., NWHumorist Jeanne Robertson is an expert in humor, whether regaling audiences with her experiences as a 6'2" Miss Congeniality winner in the Miss America Pageant or outlining the steps to developing a sense of humor. Jeanne has been awarded every top honor in the speaking profession. Author of three books on humor, Jeanne has produced six DVD/CD humor programs in the last eleven years and can be heard daily on Sirius XM Radio’s Laugh USA family comedy channels. Tickets are $34.50 and can be purchased at the Lisner Box O�ce, by calling 1-800-745-3000, and online at www.ticketmaster.com.

December 7, 2011–February 10, 2012 Let’s Eat! Work from the GW permanent collectionLuther Brady Art Gallery, 2nd �oor casings805 21st St., NWThis exhibition is produced in conjunction with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Museums & Gardens campaign and GW’s Urban Food Task Force. Pairing paintings, sculptures, and prints from GW’s notable permanent collection with healthy recipes related to their subjects, this exhibit hopes to demonstrate how small changes in one’s diet can make a di�erence. This event is free and open to the public.

Sunday, Jan 15 at 1pmGW Women’s Gymnastics Lindsey Ferris InvitationalCharles E. Smith Center, 600 22nd St., NWCome out to the GW Women’s Gymnastics Lindsey Ferris Invitational. This event is free and open to the public.

Wednesday, Jan 18 at 7pmRevolution 2.0: The Power of the PeopleLisner Auditorium, 730 21st St., NWJoin the George Washington University’s School of Media and Public A�airs, in association with Politics and Prose, for a Conversation Series event with Wael Ghonim, author of the upcoming memoir Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People is Greater Than the People in Power. This event is free and open to the public. For more information or to register for a ticket, visit http://smpa.gwu.edu/news/ghonim.

Thursday, Jan 19 at 5pmThe GW Department of History presents: The Kylan Jones-Hu�man LectureMedia and Public A�airs Building805 21st St., NW, Room B07Listen as Joel Beinin, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University, lectures on workers and the Arab uprisings: Shifting the discussion from social media and autocracy/democracy to political economy and equity. This event is free and open to the public.

Thursday, Jan 19 at 5pmGW Men’s and Women’s Squash vs. St. LawrenceCharles E. Smith Center, 600 22nd St., NWSupport GW Men’s and Women’s Squash as they take on St. Lawrence. This event is free and open to the public.

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It might seem like a straightforward and obvious change: The D.C. Office of Zoning hopes to make its online map the official source for information on a prop-erty’s acceptable land use, instead of a printed paper version with handwritten revisions. At a Dec. 22 Zoning Commission hearing on the change, officials said using the Geographic Information System would allow clean, quick, daily updates to the constantly changing map. It would have greater security than a paper version that anyone with a red pencil could surreptitiously revise, they said, and the map is already posted and maintained at maps.dcoz.dc.gov. But one advisory neighborhood commission — 4A, which represents the topmost corner of Northwest D.C. just east of Rock Creek Park — is pushing back against the plan. Crestwood neighborhood commissioner Gale Black said she worries the District won’t carefully ensure that the electronic map is accurate and that it will be hard to trace who made what changes when. Part of the change involves deleting a regulatory requirement that the Zoning Office director certify each page of the zoning map, and eliminating a rule that each

change be initialed and dated. In an interview, Black said that was her biggest sticking point, and officials’ testi-mony that they interpret the certification provision as a one-time requirement completed decades ago did not change her mind. A statement the Zoning Office filed with the Zoning Commission states that the office would certify the elec-tronic map before it could become official, but such a requirement is not included the proposed regulations. Zoning commissioner Peter May also said he was wor-ried about electronic security of the map. In response to concerns, the Zoning Commission pushed back its vote on the measure from December to February. The Zoning Office will meet with 4A neigh-borhood commissioners Jan. 11, and the neighborhood commission will decide at its February meeting whether to change its stance. “We have one ANC [objection],” Zoning Commission chair Anthony Hood said at the Dec. 22 hearing. “Let’s do all we can to make sure they have a comfort level, which I’m sure they will.” In the interview, Black said she was less convinced. “I understand that we’re moving to the digital age,” she said. “But it doesn’t explain to me why they are

ANC airs concerns about online zoning map

Current Staff Report During a recent wide-ranging interview that touched on the city’s employment and education issues, Mayor Vincent Gray said he plans to look into changing both federal and city laws to allow taller high-rise buildings in wards 7 and 8. Allowing taller buildings in parts of those wards would help combat unemployment, Gray said. As is, the District’s height restrictions — effectively 130 feet — encourage larger companies to settle in other parts of the region, he said. If the city is able to attract and retain companies in wards 7 and 8, Gray said, a host of new jobs would

become available for unemployed residents, including service jobs within the large new buildings. The mayor said he thinks many compa-nies would be enticed by the loca-tions, which offer views of the U.S. Capitol dome. Gray said he intends to discuss the possible change with city plan-ning director Harriet Tregoning and city Attorney General Irvin Nathan. Nathan has suggested that the issue is a nonstarter, given the existing laws limiting building heights, but Gray said he’s now looking into how the laws could be changed. Washington’s building height limits were first introduced in 1889

to maintain the city’s low-lying land-scape. In 1910, Congress passed a measure to restrict new building heights to no more than 20 feet higher than the width of the adjacent street. The law, still in effect today, also generally prohibits buildings taller than 130 feet. Another way to battle local unemployment, Gray believes, would be to create jobs in Rock Creek Park and other federal park-land in the District. The mayor said he wants to talk with the National Park Service about new jobs that would involve clearing out invasive plant species from local

Mayor talks building heights, jobs, schools

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City to collect trees for next two weeks Residents who leave Christmas trees and wreaths along the street by Jan. 9 will have their decorations collected through Jan. 14 and recy-cled by the D.C. Department of Public Works, according to the agency’s website. The agency asks residents to remove decorations and place the trees and wreaths in the tree-box

space, loose rather than in bags. After Jan. 14, the District will col-lect them when placed with regular trash as space permits, the website states, but they will not be recycled.

Murch Elementary to host recycling event Murch Elementary will sponsor a Christmas-tree recycling program this weekend to benefit its athletic programs, according to the Forest

Hills school’s website. On Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents may take their bare tree, along with a $15 donation, to the school, located on Davenport Street between Reno Road and 36th Street NW.

Motorist kidnapped, sexually assaulted Police are looking for a gunman who allegedly got into a woman’s car in the 700 block of F Street NW Dec. 29 and forced her to drive him to a location where he sexually assaulted her, according to a Metropolitan Police Department news release. The woman called police about an hour after the 7:30 p.m. kidnap-ping from the 400 block of Farragut Street NW, about four miles from the original location, the release states. Her 15-month-old son was in the back seat, according to the release. Police described the suspect as a black male with medium complex-ion and a mustache who spoke with a Southern accent, and are seeking tips from the public at 202-727-9099 or by text message to 50411.

Gray notes successes from his first year Although a series of scandals occupied much of 2011’s D.C. poli-tics coverage, Mayor Vincent Gray states in a new publication that his first year in office included signifi-cant strides toward achieving his campaign pledges. According to his office’s report, Gray’s successes last year involved his four top issues: job growth and economic development, widely available quality education, fiscal stability, and public safety. “From Day One, I haven’t let anything distract me or my adminis-tration from getting results in the priority areas we talked about dur-ing the mayoral campaign [in 2010], and I’m proud that we’ve seen major achievements in each of those areas,” Gray says in the release. The full seven-page report listing specific accomplishments, which was released Friday afternoon, is available at tinyurl.com/2011-gray.

Metro to fix elevator at Cleveland Park The elevator at the Cleveland Park Metrorail station is scheduled to close Friday for a five-month reconstruction project, according to an announcement from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Metro hopes the replacement parts will make the elevator more reliable. Throughout the project, Metro will provide shuttle service to and from the Woodley Park sta-tion; the agency also recommends the Metrobus L1, L2 or L4 routes.

Dupont Main Streets director steps down The executive director of the

group Historic Dupont Main Streets has stepped down to return to his own historic preservation consulting firm, the business group announced Saturday. In a news release, the organiza-tion credited Paul Williams with establishing a litter cleanup program and securing additional District grants since he took over in 2008.

District voters urged to check registration Residents who hope to vote in the April 3 primary should verify that they are correctly registered to vote by visiting the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics website, according to an agency news release. Visit dcboee.org, click “check your registration status” on the left-hand column, and input your name, birth date and Zip code to see if you are registered. You will also be able to view your polling location and check that your party affiliation and address are correct. In the release, the elections board also reminds residents that they must be registered with a par-ticular party to vote in the primary election. Non-affiliated voters can still participate in the Nov. 6 general election.

Council honored for ‘green’ school bills Participating in a federal pro-gram to reduce schools’ environ-mental impacts and encouraging schools to prioritize efficiency has earned the D.C. Council a “Best Policy Makers” award, according to a news release from the U.S. Green Building Council. The national organization recently issued its “Best of Green Schools 2011” list, with the D.C. Council as one of 10 award recipi-ents. Its news release praises the Healthy Schools Act of 2010, which recommends that new school projects achieve the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold stan-dard. The release also notes a 2011 amendment to that bill that nomi-nates D.C. schools to the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools program.

Correction In the Dec. 28 issue, an editori-al on D.C. tax policy referred to the D.C. Council’s rejection of Mayor Vincent Gray’s proposed hike in income taxes for residents earning more than $200,000, but it failed to mention the enactment later in the year of an 8.95 percent tax on income above $350,000. The Current regrets the omis-sion. As a matter of policy, The Current corrects all errors of sub-stance. To report an error, please call the managing editor at 202-244-7223.

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Judy Schlosser, owner of P Street Pictures on O, has a loyal clientele. As she was explaining

this point to The Current recently, one such devoted customer walked in the door. “You have to say how important it is to support Judy because she’s been here for 28 years,” implored Cookie Tager, who lives nearby and said she’s taken so many pictures to Schlosser for framing that “my wall says Judy on it.” “You even framed my alarm panel,” she told Schlosser. “They had replaced the panel and you know what Judy said? ‘I have a frame for that.’” Tager wasn’t preaching for noth-ing: Schlosser almost left Georgetown this year when she had to close her longtime shop at the corner of P and 27th streets. The neighboring 7-Eleven is now expanding into the space, where the landlord sought higher rent. Schlosser said she thought about retiring, but “I have one more tuition semester to go,” she said, referring to the younger of her two sons, who will graduate from Pratt Institute in the spring. Plus, she said, “my customers were wonder-ful.” They were so wonderful, in fact, that they made the move — to O Street just off Wisconsin Avenue — possible. “I had no extra money for the move,” said Schlosser. “So I asked my customers: Buy a $50 credit from me and it’ll be worth $100 in

the new space. [In just weeks,] I had seven, eight thousand dollars.” She said the first customer to respond called and said: “‘Judy, this is ridiculous. I’m sending you $100,’” but didn’t want any coupons. Schlosser sent her two anyway. It’s an unfor-tunate story with a few sil-ver linings. First, there was the communi-ty’s backing: “I got an awful lot of support,” Schlosser said, joking: “I’ve got accountants, lawyers and Indian chiefs.” Second, the landlord of the new space — which was “a pit” when she first visited, Schlosser said — gutted the two-story spot to fix it up for her. And third, the new location will allow for more art shows, which she held sporadically in the past. Still, Schlosser said these are tough times for small businesses, especially one like hers. “People are not splurging. This is a luxury item,” she said of her frames. But it’s work that suits her. Schlosser said she started the busi-

ness nearly three decades ago after ditching a job in accounting. “I spent 10 years as an accoun-tant and would have to kill myself if I went back to it one more day. I thought about what I liked to do on Saturdays — after I cleaned the toi-lets,” she said. She realized she

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P Street Pictures on O, located at 3204 O St. NW, is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday. (“Those were my hours,” said Schlosser. “I’ll try that again in the new year.”)

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This is a listing of reports taken from Dec. 25 through Jan. 1 by the Metropolitan Police Department. The data reflect new boundaries for the police service areas; maps are avail-able at tinyurl.com/psamaps.

PSA 201

Theft (below $250)■ 5500 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 10:01 a.m. Dec. 27.■ 5600 block, Connecticut Ave.; government building; 4 p.m. Dec. 28.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 5600 block, Connecticut Ave.; parking lot; 9:55 a.m. Dec. 29.

PSA 202

Robbery (gun)■ 4900 block, 45th St.; sidewalk; 11:05 p.m. Jan. 1.Burglary■ 4300 block, Fessenden St.; residence; 7:15 p.m. Dec. 31.Theft (below $250)■ 4600 block, Fessenden St.; residence; 4 p.m. Dec. 26.■ 4100 block, Albemarle St.; unspecified premises; 1:55 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 5300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; restaurant; 1 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 5300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 10:45 a.m. Dec. 30.■ 5300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; restaurant; 8 p.m. Dec. 30.■ 4000 block, Albemarle St.; sidewalk; 9:15 a.m. Jan. 1.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 4800 block, 46th St.; street; 6 a.m. Dec. 27.■ 3600 block, Van Ness St.; resi-dence; 7:31 a.m. Dec. 29.

PSA 203

Stolen auto■ 2700 block, Porter St.; street; 6 p.m. Dec. 29.Theft (below $250)■ 3000 block, Van Ness St.; resi-dence; 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3200 block, Porter St.; street; 7 p.m. Dec. 29.■ 3400 block, 36th St.; street; 9:30 p.m. Dec. 29.■ 3200 block, Porter St.; street; 11:20 p.m. Dec. 29.

PSA 204

Robbery (gun)■ 3900 block, Davis Place; resi-dence; 7:39 p.m. Dec. 26.Stolen auto■ 2200 block, Cathedral Ave.; alley; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 29.Theft (below $250)■ 2700 block, Wisconsin Ave.; unspecified premises; 1 a.m. Dec. 26.■ 2400 block, Wisconsin Ave.; restaurant; 10:30 p.m. Dec. 31.

Theft from auto (below $250)■ 2800 block, 28th St.; street; 6:30 p.m. Dec. 27.■ Calvert Street and Woodley Place; street; 10 p.m. Dec. 29.

PSA 205

Theft (below $250)■ 3300 block, New Mexico Ave.; drugstore; 6 p.m. Dec. 28.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 5100 block, Watson St.; street; 11:45 a.m. Dec. 28.

PSA 206

Theft (below $250)■ 1000 block, Thomas Jefferson St.; restaurant; 3:55 p.m. Dec. 26.■ 3200 block, P St.; store; 2:45 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 3200 block, M St.; store; 4 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 3200 block, M St.; store; 5:20 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 6:30 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 2700 block, P St.; liquor store; 5:12 p.m. Dec. 29.■ 1400 block, Wisconsin Ave.; drugstore; 10:39 a.m. Dec. 30.■ 3000 block, M St.; store; 1:25 p.m. Dec. 30.■ 3200 block, M St.; office build-ing; 4 p.m. Dec. 30.■ 1300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 8 p.m. Dec. 30.■ 1600 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 2:45 p.m. Dec. 31.Theft (attempt)■ 1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 2:30 p.m. Dec. 29.Theft (shoplifting)■ 1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 3:40 p.m. Dec. 26.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3900 block, Highwood Court; parking lot; 7 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 3200 block, M St.; parking lot; 3 p.m. Dec. 29.■ 3400 block, N St.; street; 7:20 p.m. Dec. 29.

PSA 207

Assault with a dangerous weapon (knife)■ 900 block, 23rd St.; medical facility; 1:10 a.m. Dec. 28.Assault with a dangerous weapon (other)■ 1600 block, H St.; sidewalk; 6:30 p.m. Dec. 29.Theft (below $250)■ 2000 block, L St.; unspecified premises; 11:35 a.m. Dec. 28.■ 19th and K streets; restaurant; 2:30 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 1700 block, K St.; office build-ing; 6 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 3:36 p.m. Dec. 31.■ 900 block, 14th St.; tavern; 2:30 a.m. Jan. 1.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1400 block, K St.; street; 1 a.m. Dec. 26.■ 23rd and N streets; street; 12:30 p.m. Dec. 26.■ 1900 block, I St.; street; 7 p.m. Dec. 27.

■ 20th and K streets; street; 1:30 a.m. Dec. 31.

PSA 208

Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 1600 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 7:35 p.m. Dec. 30.■ 18th Street and Jefferson Place; sidewalk; 1:55 a.m. Jan. 1.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1700 block, Q St.; residence; 1 a.m. Dec. 28.Theft (below $250)■ 2000 block, M St.; sidewalk; 2 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 1500 block, P St.; office build-ing; 9:28 a.m. Dec. 28.■ 1500 block, 20th St.; sidewalk; 1:30 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 1500 block, Massachusetts Ave.; sidewalk; 2:15 a.m. Dec. 29.■ 2000 block, P St.; restaurant; 6 p.m. Dec. 31.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 16th and O streets; street; 1 p.m. Dec. 30.■ 21st and Q streets; street; 6 p.m. Dec. 30.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1400 block, Church St.; alley; 9 p.m. Dec. 25.■ 2000 block, Hillyer Place; street; 6 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 2100 block, N St.; street; 10 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 1700 block, 20th St.; alley; 2:30 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 1300 block, 22nd St.; resi-dence; 5 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 1800 block, N St.; street; 11:20 a.m. Dec. 30.■ 1500 block, Q St.; street; noon Dec. 30.■ 1500 block, 16th St.; street; 7:45 p.m. Dec. 30.■ 1700 block, 20th St.; street; 4 p.m. Dec. 31.

PSA 301

Robbery (force and violence)■ 1800 block, 14th St.; street; 10:40 p.m. Dec. 25.Theft (below $250)■ 1400 block, U St.; unspecified premises; 12:40 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 1400 block, U St.; restaurant; 11:45 p.m. Dec. 28.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 1800 block, 16th St.; street; 4:05 p.m. Dec. 27.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1700 block, 16th St.; street; 1 a.m. Dec. 26.■ 1400 block, Florida Ave.; street; 2 p.m. Dec. 26.■ 14th Street and Wallach Place; street; 9 p.m. Dec. 26.■ 1600 block, Riggs Place; street; 2 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 2100 block, New Hampshire Ave.; street; 4 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 1500 block, W St.; street; 8 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 1600 block, Florida Ave.; street; 9 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 1500 block, Corcoran St.; street; 11:30 p.m. Dec. 30.■ 1700 block, Johnson Ave.; street; 3 a.m. Dec. 31.■ 16th and R streets; street;

4:30 p.m. Dec. 31.

PSA 303

Robbery (gun)■ 1800 block, Summit Place; street; 7:25 p.m. Dec. 29.Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 2300 block, 18th St.; tavern; 2:45 a.m. Jan. 1.Theft (below $250)■ 2500 block, Cliffbourne Place; unspecified premises; 6 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 2700 block, Ontario Road; street; 7 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 2400 block, 18th St.; tavern; 11:15 p.m. Dec. 30.■ 2400 block, 18th St.; restau-rant; 12:05 a.m. Dec. 31.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 2300 block, Champlain St.; street; 7:45 p.m. Dec. 27.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1600 block, Euclid St.; street; 10:30 p.m. Dec. 26.■ 1900 block, Biltmore St.; street; 1 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 3000 block, Ontario Road; street; 5 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 2000 block, Waterside Drive; street; 6:30 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 1800 block, Adams Mill Road; parking lot; 6:30 p.m. Dec. 27.■ 16th and Fuller streets; street; 9 p.m. Dec. 30.■ 1600 block, Kalorama Road; street; 8 a.m. Jan. 1.

PSA 307

Assault with a dangerous weapon (knife)■ 1300 block, 9th St.; tavern; 1:15 a.m. Dec. 30.Stolen auto■ 1300 block, M St.; street; 5 p.m. Dec. 28.Theft (below $250)■ 900 block, R St.; residence; 9:30 p.m. Dec. 30.■ Unit block, Thomas Circle; hotel; 10:30 a.m. Dec. 31.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 1000 block, P St.; street; 2:30 p.m. Dec. 28.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1200 block, 12th St.; street; 12:50 p.m. Dec. 25.■ 1200 block, Massachusetts Ave.; parking lot; 11:30 a.m. Dec. 26.■ 1300 block, Rhode Island Ave.; street; 6 p.m. Dec. 26.■ 1300 block, L St.; street; 6:30 p.m. Dec. 26.■ 900 block, M St.; parking lot; 11:30 p.m. Dec. 26.■ 1300 block, Massachusetts Ave.; parking lot; 1:30 a.m. Dec. 27.■ 1300 block, Q St.; street; 5 p.m. Dec. 28.■ 9th and O streets; street; 11:50 a.m. Dec. 29.■ 1100 block, M St.; street; 8:45 a.m. Dec. 30.■ 900 block, N St.; alley; 2:30 p.m. Dec. 30.■ 1400 block, 14th St.; street; 10:35 p.m. Dec. 30.Theft from auto (attempt)■ 900 block, N St.; alley; 1 p.m. Dec. 28.

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vehicle eight to 10 hours a day, you want something safe, something comfortable,” Frankel said. “There’s not a cab driver out here who wouldn’t want to drive a brand-new vehicle.” Independent of the taxicab com-mission’s proposal, Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh put forward a series of proposed taxi reforms last month in the Taxicab Commission Service Improvement Act. Among that bill’s provisions is

a surcharge on taxi fares that would go into a fund to help cover upgrades to city cabs. Other aspects of the council’s proposal will be shaped in part by responses to an online survey Cheh launched last Wednesday, available at taxi.marycheh.com. “There’s a lot of work to be done before a program is devised, but the idea is to find a way to make it eco-nomically more feasible to upgrade the fleet,” said Linton. According to Frankel, as long as there’s money to do it, few taxi driv-ers would oppose getting newer vehicles — but so far, fares are too low to fund buying new cabs that frequently. “I won’t argue that would be a nice situation if we could afford it,” Frankel said. “If you want newer vehicles, you have to pay a reason-able price.” The Taxicab Commission is now taking written comments at [email protected], and it will take oral testimo-ny at its Jan. 11 meeting. According to Linton, the commission could pass the rules as early as February, but any major revisions to the pro-posal based on feedback would be subject to further comment.

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Bright spots Politically speaking, it’s unlikely anyone would rush to declare 2011 a good year for the District. The mayor, the D.C. Council chair-man and a ward council member are all the subject of ongoing inves-tigations, and several other elected city officials came under scrutiny for ethically questionable activities. In significant ways, though, it was actually quite a good year for the city. Officials balanced the budget while laying out a plan to build up the city’s depleted reserves. There also was almost unassailable progress in two key statistics used repeatedly over the past few decades to deride Washington, D.C. In mid-December, the U.S. Census Bureau released estimates of population changes since the 2010 Census. D.C. bested all 50 states in terms of growth, reaching a population of 617,996 as of July 1. The District grew by 2.7 percent in 15 months — an increase of 16,273 residents, or more than half the growth over the prior decade. Even more dramatic is the drop in homicides. There were 108 murders in the District in 2011, an 18 percent drop from 2010. More important, it was the lowest total since 1963 — and a remarkable reduction from the peak of 479 in 1991. Police Chief Cathy Lanier and Mayor Vincent Gray are right to push for further improvement and to note that even one homicide is one too many, but that doesn’t diminish the progress. While the significance of both statistics seems evident, the expla-nations are hard to ascertain — and undoubtedly will be the subject of debate. Yet it seems clear that some credit should go to the District leaders who brought the city back from fiscal ruin and insisted on bet-ter service from city employees. The list must start with former Mayor Anthony Williams, and should include both Adrian Fenty and Vincent Gray — particularly for selecting and retaining Chief Lanier.

Uncertain mood After a fight inside Shaw’s Mood Lounge spilled into the street and two people were stabbed last week, city officials suspended the club’s liquor license yesterday, effectively extending a police-ordered closure at least until a possible Alcoholic Beverage Control Board appeal and hearing. Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans had called for the lounge’s closure before the ruling, noting the many reg-ulation violations at Mood that led to an alcohol board hearing weeks before the latest incident. While our sympathies certainly do not lie with Mood’s operators — permanent closure may indeed be the best option here — we believe that proprietors and residents alike would benefit from a stan-dardized set of penalties for these types of situations. Such a system should avoid the overreactions that can occur after a high-profile inci-dent, but neither should it impose a mere slap on the wrist. For establishments with a history of violence or rule-breaking, a violent incident like that at Mood — or like the recent shooting out-side Dupont’s Heritage India following an argument indoors — should trigger a one-month license suspension. For a second incident, a two-month suspension. And a third violent occurrence within a five-year period would invite the license’s revocation. The tool needn’t be completely blunt. Establishments that truly make good-faith efforts to improve after a suspension could be less likely to incur the stepped-up penalty if another incident occurs. Such a system could motivate improvements from troubled establishments that could also make life safer, easier and quieter for neighbors. The history at Mood Lounge would clearly make the nightspot a candidate for suspension under this rubric. Open less than a year, the club quickly won vocal opponents among neighbors, some of whom have complained of public urination, sex and fighting by patrons. We urge the alcohol board to consider neighbors’ input carefully in the event of an appeal and subsequent hearing. But in the future, our three-strike system would leave neither owners nor residents in their current positions of uncertainty.

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If the D.C. homicide rate continues to go down each year, do you think the woefully named Washington Wizards might change their name back to the Washington Bullets? We were never offended by the name “Bullets,” and we have never warmed up to “Wizards.” But late team owner Abe Pollin didn’t like the association of “Bullets” in a city that some called the murder capital of the nation. New crime statistics show the ugly moniker is a thing of the past. In all of 2011, there were 108 murders in the District. (There was one on New Year’s Eve, but it’s counted officially as the first homicide of 2012.) That 2011 total is the lowest number in almost half a century. In 2010, there were 131 homicides. Both years are a far cry from the murder rates in the low- to mid-400s in the early 1990s. “While a single murder is one too many, this fig-ure shows our city is on the right track,” Mayor Vincent Gray said in a prepared statement. “The days when the District was known as the nation’s ‘Murder Capital’ are long behind us … .” Gray also said he hopes a realignment of the city’s police service areas will make for even more effec-tive use of police resources. There are now 56 patrol areas within the city’s seven police districts. It’s not clear how much credit you can give to police and the policies of politicians — but we all know they certainly get the blame if crime goes up. Last May, The New York Times reported that vio-lent crime in the United States was at a 40-year low even though experts normally expect increases in crime during tough recessions. The newspaper said that, last spring, the odds of being murdered in the United States were about half of what they were in the early 1990s. Whatever the cause, whatever the effect, let’s hope 2012 returns equally encouraging numbers.■ Solving murders? While the number of murders has gone down, the case closure rate has gone up. Police officials say the closure rate for homicides in 2010 was 79 percent. Last year, that figure rose to 94 percent.■ A ballot deadline. Today is the deadline for candi-dates trying to get on the April 3 primary ballot.

Petition forms have been available since Nov. 14. The challenge period for any petitions expires Jan. 17. By then, we should have a clear picture of the candidates. Over the weekend, we were asked what would happen in case of a sudden vacancy on the D.C. Council (say, for example, in Ward 5). Election veter-ans say that if a vacancy occurs soon, the D.C. Board of Elections could schedule a special election to coin-

cide with the April 3 pri-mary.

And a group that hopes to recall Ward 5’s Harry Thomas Jr., Mayor Vincent Gray and Council Chairman

Kwame Brown says it will be filing soon to start the recall process. Any person or group that files for a recall election has six months to get the required number of signa-tures, and then the election would be scheduled. In a citywide race, it’s 10 percent of the voters, or about 45,000 names. Any recall election would likely not be held until November. Collecting that many signatures is a tough order. But it could all be short-circuited if U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen takes action to remove any elected officials. Then the recall would be moot, and we could move on directly to elections.■ The ballot quirk. Independents who want to run in city elections this fall have a longer window to qualify for the Nov. 6 ballot. Blank nominating petitions will become available on June 15, and the deadline to submit them is Aug. 8. The dates are important this year because for the first time, the schedule allows a candidate who loses in the April 3 primary to run as an independent. In the past, the deadline to file as an independent conflicted with the party primaries that were held in September. You had to choose whether to run in the primary or the general election. But now, with the earlier primary, a candidate could have two bites at the ballot apple. The primary was moved up from September to April in part to sat-isfy a federal law requiring more time for armed forces personnel serving overseas to obtain ballots for elections back home. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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TOM SHERWOOD’S NotebooK

Don’t alter schedule for D.C. firefighters As a resident of D.C. living in a town house, I am very much disturbed by D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe’s plans for changing firefighters’ schedules. I believe it would be detrimental to the department’s operations and to my safety and that of my home. It seems to me that the current schedule — 24 hours on the job and 72 hours off — ably serves the firefighters, as well as the peo-ple they protect. It allows them sufficient rest to do their work. The proposed plan — to have firefighters work three 12-hour day tours, followed by three night tours — envisions very tired men and women, whose internal clocks are all screwed up. I don’t want them called to my house when they may not be at their peak. It makes no sense to me. The firefighters have built their lives around this schedule, which

allows them to care for their chil-dren and often their parents on their days off. Suddenly disturbing their routine is unfair, even if it does save money as he predicts (a claim with which many disagree). It is my understanding that the 24-/72-hour tours are widespread and work well. I urge the chief to keep them in place in D.C.

Ellie BeckerFoggy Bottom

Spring Valley board fought health study In Malcolm Pritzker’s latest stab at rewriting history [Letters to the Editor, Dec. 21], he boasts again of how the Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board was instrumental in securing $250,000 for the Johns Hopkins University follow-up health study, designed to monitor the health effects of buried World War I-era munitions and chemicals. While Dr. Pritzker is entitled to his own opinions on the matter, he’s not entitled to his own facts. At the board’s public April 12 meeting, when new members pro-

posed writing to Mayor Vincent Gray to request spending authority so the D.C. Department of the Environment could contract for the study, Dr. Pritzker actually helped lead the effort to torpedo this initiative. A sanitized version of his attack on the health study, as well as the board’s subsequent failure to act, is documented on pages 12 through 16 of the meet-ing minutes posted eight months ago at the Spring Valley Army Corps website. But to truly appre-ciate how vehemently Dr. Pritzker and other board members fought against funding the follow-up study, I urge readers to listen to an audio recording of their actual 29-minute discussion posted at tinyurl.com/rab-recording. When he first asserted in his July 20 letter to the editor that “members of the Restoration Advisory Board asked the city to allocate funds” for the study, I ignored the spurious claim. Does Dr. Pritzker now think that by repeating this myth often enough, it will somehow become true?

Allen Hengst Washington, D.C.

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ANC has important role in cleanup work A recent letter to the editor ques-tioned Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D’s review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ pro-posed plans for cleanup and restora-tion of 4825 Glenbrook Road in Spring Valley. The cleanup, begin-ning in August/September 2012, is expected to take about two years. Following completion of the Glenbrook remediation, the Army will propose final action on cleanup of the whole Spring Valley site and present plans for long-term moni-toring of contamination in the area. The Army has stated that over the past 10 years, more than 500 munitions, 400 pounds of American University Experiment Station glassware and 100 tons of contami-nated soil have been removed from 4825 Glenbrook Road.

Advisory neighborhood com-missioners, elected by their neigh-bors, consider many issues affecting their constituents. Although primar-ily concerned with D.C. govern-ment actions, the commissioners are authorized by law to present their views to federal agencies. It is important to note that commission-ers have been involved in the Spring Valley project for years. In 2009, commission chair Tom Smith and I worked with Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh to provide additional protection and an evacuation plan for the residents and members of the public during the investigation of 4825 Glenbrook. Commissioners also worked with Cheh and with D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton on funding for the project, including the Johns Hopkins University health study of Spring Valley. In August 2011, the Army pro-posed to complete the removal and restoration of this site. Our commission has discussed the Army’s proposal at the past four

meetings. At the Oct. 5 meeting, the commission passed a resolution endorsing the Army’s preferred Alternative 5 for 4825 Glenbrook Road. While all commissioners have stated their support for demo-lition of the house, several have also requested investigations of adjacent properties to make certain that remediation of the area is com-pleted. In the past, the Army has been required to return to some areas for additional work. To ensure complete remediation, it is very important that our com-mission and residents of the com-munity be involved and fully informed throughout the Army’s cleanup of the area. The commis-sion’s next meeting is Jan. 11. More information is available at anc3d.org. A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency page on the cleanup is available at tinyurl.com/epa-spring-valley; the Army’s web-site is accessible at tinyurl.com/army-spring-valley.

Nan WellsCommissioner, ANC 3D03

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For many families in the metro area of the nation’s capital, child and parent alike look forward to — and expect to make — the journey of going to

college. But in the low-income neighborhoods that Friendship Public Charter School serves in D.C. and Baltimore, college is not the norm for parents or chil-dren. This is not because these communities and their children would not benefit from the presence of col-lege-educated adults and college-bound children — but rather because of society’s low expectations of children from low-income families. Earning a college degree offers students from low-income families access to opportunities that are simply not available without one. Adults with a bachelor’s degree earn over 60 percent more on average than those with only a high school diploma, according to U.S. cen-sus data; over a lifetime, the earning gap can be as high as $1 million. Moreover, adults who have graduated only from high school are 12 times more likely to be incarcerated compared to college-educated peers, according to research by the College Board. My school, which has 11 campuses serving nearly 8,000 mostly disadvantaged students, attempts to pro-vide the many resources that support middle-class chil-dren on their journey to college. One example involves our work with the U.S. Department of Education’s Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). This innovative program provides an organized and systematic pathway through high school to college starting in the seventh grade, and continuing through the first year of college. Friendship then follows the students through college graduation. Many of our students participating in this program at our flagship charter high school, Collegiate Academy, have benefited from taking college courses with part-ners such as the University of Maryland. The GEAR UP program also offers financial aid to help students apply to and graduate from college, organizes campus tours for high school students and helps them through

the application process. The funding from this important program has enabled us to enlist the expertise of guidance counselors and mentors — important resources in supporting our students’ paths to college and every related issue — from living away from home to matching college coursework with career aspirations and abilities. The GEAR UP program also has helped students make site visits to dozens of college campuses — important learning trips that would not have taken place without this funding. These activities can be as critical as mentoring or tutoring. They reinforce the idea that college can be part of a student’s future. Getting stu-dents to think of themselves as college-bound changes the way they approach their schoolwork, and increases their personal commitment. It also changes the family dynamic. Because students need family support to enter and complete college, significant resources are devoted to parent involvement. This spring, our first group of GEAR UP students will graduate. Further funding would enable us to build on the lessons learned and launch a new cohort of 350 more students. A new grant would expand our Advanced Placement and pre-AP programs in middle school. These courses provide the academic rigor that we believe is necessary for students to succeed in col-lege. It also would enable us to expand our Early College program with our college partners, and our work with corporate partners providing internships in STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — subjects. We would also be able to build on our part-nership with George Washington University, through which health professionals mentor and support students interested in pursuing health-care careers. Providing urban youth with the well-proven sup-ports that enable children at selective and private schools to succeed is central to our mission. Three in four students at our charter high school are economical-ly disadvantaged. GEAR UP has been a major contribu-tor to the 96 percent graduation rate of our high school students and to the 100 percent college acceptance rate of the program’s graduating class. Donald Hense is chairman and founder of Friendship Public Charter School.

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Spotlight on Schools10 Wednesday, January 4, 2012 The CurrenT

British School of Washington On a recent Monday morning, we went to Whole Foods as part of our French lesson. We applied our knowledge of food to a real-life situation, follow-

ing the manager around the store. She was very kind, speaking in French and talking to us about the food. We asked questions, and so did she. We didn’t understand everything that was said in French, but we were able to guess most of it. The manager showed us some food we had never seen before, including a kind of lemon with a very weird shape. A Moroccan chef who works there spoke with us in French about some of the dishes he had prepared. Finally, we were allowed to buy some of the delicious food and eat it in the little cafe. We talked in French about all of the food we had bought. We returned to the school to continue to discuss our experi-ences. This was a very fun French lesson.

— Year 7 French group (sixth-graders)

Eaton Elementary Last week, we had winter break, and it was relaxing. This week, we are back at school. Everyone is excited because a jazz pianist will be coming to our school this weekend. It’s really cool because he has the same name as our school: John Eaton! We hope that the kids will get to hear him

practice his music during the day on Friday. He will play for the adults on Saturday night. Mr. Eaton is really nice to do this concert, which will benefit the art and music classes that we have. In music class, the fourth- and fifth-graders learn guitar on instru-ments that our music teacher, Ms. Walson, got for our school. The younger kids learn to sing and to play drums, xylophones and recorders. To add to learning in music class, we also have a spring musi-cal every year that Ms. Walson

helps with. We get to sing and play our instruments for big audiences! In art, we learn about art around the world because we are a World Cultures school. We make flags of the countries that we study, and we learn about symbols of the coun-tries. We also do projects that cor-respond to the seasons, like haunted houses in October and snowflakes in December. Thank you, John Eaton, for helping John Eaton Elementary School!

— Ava Koerner, second-grader, and Lilly Koerner, fourth-grader

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Bill Petros/The CurrentRecent Wilson High School graduates Nathan Kohrman and Alexandra Jensen were honored Dec. 19 as the 2011 College Board State AP Scholars for the District. Mayor Vincent Gray and administration officials presented the awards in a ceremony at Wilson High School. Jensen’s sister Izzy accepted the award on behalf of her sister, who was delayed by traffic on her way from the airport to the ceremony.

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Coming into this season, Gonzaga head coach Nate Jackson knew sophomore goaltender Nick Platais, who had made a sensational freshman campaign, would be stout between the pipes. But he didn’t know exactly how good his keeper could be. “He was solid last year, and I could tell he had a bright future ahead of him,” said Jackson. “I didn’t quite know he was going to put up numbers this early in his sophomore year.” In the championship game of Gonzaga’s Purple Puck tournament, held Friday at Fort Dupont Ice Arena, Platais played with the poise of a grizzled veteran. The Eagles allowed a goal just two minutes into the game, but Platais wasn’t rattled. Instead, he locked down the net and shut out Georgetown Prep’s offense. With the net secure, the Eagles drubbed the Little Hoyas 5-1 to win the National Capital Hockey Tournament championship for the first time since 2008. “It’s a good barometer for where we stand in the season,” said Jackson. “It’s a good opportunity to

play good out-of-town teams that we wouldn’t normally play. It’s nice to prove to yourself that you can beat [them].” Platais finished with 24 saves on 25 shots and was named the tourna-ment’s MVP. “He had an impressive tourna-ment all around,” said Jackson. “The numbers don’t lie — those are pretty serious numbers he put up. It’s very exciting for us to know we can fall back and rely on goalkeeping when the puck isn’t bouncing our way.” Platais’ play in goal gave the Eagles’ young offense time to find its groove. With 14 minutes remain-ing in the first half, junior forward Michael Logan scored, tying the game at one. Just six minutes later, the Eagles struck again, with junior forward Jack Slater firing a shot into the back of the net. The Eagles crushed the Little Hoyas’ spirit right before halftime, when Logan rebounded a shot in front of the goal and fired it into the net with seven seconds to go before intermission. Sophomore defender Joey Downey and Slater each added a goal in the second half to pad the Eagles’ win. “They kind of came alive last week,” said Jackson. “I could tell

from practice that I had talented kids, and I was just waiting for them to come out of their shell a little bit. I was waiting for them to blossom and it seems like every year some

kid blossoms around the Purple Puck. It just happened to be a bunch of my young guys.” The Eagles will look to keep their momentum going when they

return to the ice Friday to play Bullis at Fort Dupont. “We’re a good team and we’re peaking heading into the second half of the season,” said Jackson.

Eagles trounce Hoyas to capture Purple Puck title

Matt Petros/The CurrentFreshman Connor Greshan and the young Eagles blossomed in last week’s Purple Puck tournament.

By BRIAN KAPUR Current Staff Writer

With less than 10 minutes to play, St. Albans’ ice hockey team clung to a one-goal lead over Loyola Academy. But the Bulldogs committed a critical mistake — a tripping infraction — that gave the Ramblers an opportunity for a power play. The penalty proved costly. Loyola Academy took advantage of the man-up situ-ation and tied the game at three with 7:57 to play. Though the Bulldogs pushed the puck and tried to salvage the win, they were unable to break the stalemate and had to settle for a 3-3 tie Thursday at Fort Dupont Ice Arena. “We took a penalty and it really killed us,” said junior forward Taylor Dremluk. “It was rough to get scored on there. If it was even, we definitely could’ve battled. I thought we could’ve won it.” The tie kept the Bulldogs from potentially competing in the National Capital Hockey Tournament’s championship game Friday. “We came out today just looking for a win; we tied, which is upsetting,” said Dremluk. “At times, we could’ve finished, but we didn’t.” The Ramblers jumped on top of the Bulldogs early and scored the first goal just

eight minutes into the game. St. Albans answered seven minutes later when senior defender Sean Heaslip showed he could play offense, lighting the lamp with a goal. Sophomore forward Alex Mandel and Dremluk assisted Heaslip on the scoring play. “Sean is just a really good hockey player,” said Bulldogs head coach Dan Ryan. “He often knows what the other team is going to do with the puck before they do.” The score remained tied 1-1 at halftime. In the second half, the Ramblers again

scored first, 1:30 into the period, to take a 2-1 lead. That’s when Dremluk — nicknamed “Moose” by his teammates — put the team on his back. With 18 minutes to play, the Bulldogs had a chance to score, but both teams were bat-tling for the puck in a scrum. Dremluk kept his eye on the puck, and when it squirted out of the pile, he buried it into the goal to tie the game at two. Junior forward Jon Kang and Heaslip were credited with assists. “Moose just works extremely hard, and he’s got a lot of skill,” Ryan said of Dremluk. “He’s a smart hockey player, and he’s able to create offensive opportunities not only for himself but also for his line-mates.” Six minutes later, Dremluk gave the Bulldogs their first lead of the game when he scored a top-shelf goal to put St. Albans ahead 3-1 with 11:19 to play. Mandel and Heaslip both notched an assist on the play. But in the end, it wasn’t enough for a win. “I think on at least two of the goals against we just lost puck battles and you can’t do that,” said Ryan. “You have to win one-on-one battles for the puck, and we aren’t winning enough of them.” St. Albans will look to bounce back today when the team travels to Landon to play the defending Mid-Atlantic Prep Hockey League champions at 4:30 p.m.

Matt Petros/The CurrentJunior forward Taylor Dremluk led St. Albans with two goals Thursday.

Bulldogs notch tie in D.C.-based national tournament

Gonzaga’s basketball team continued its undefeated season by blowing away the competition in North Charleston, S.C., at the Piggly Wiggly Round Ball Classic last week. The Eagles won their three tourna-ment games by an average of 23 points and moved to a 9-0 record. The tournament win came Friday, when the Eagles pounded Georgia’s South Effingham 51-31. Junior point guard Nate Britt was named the tournament’s most outstanding player and junior forward Kris Jenkins was named MVP. “They were all teams that were undefeated or had one loss going into the tournament,” said Gonzaga head coach Steve Turner. “Every opportunity that we can take to go up against another opponent to become better as a team is always huge. To play against another state’s top teams and come out with wins — it bodes well to build confidence going into league play.” During the three-game tournament, Britt averaged a shade over 15 points, while Jenkins averaged 14 points. The tournament was also a chance for teammates to continue to develop chemistry and for some role players to step into the spotlight. Senior Will Rassman had a solid tournament with 17 total points, and junior guard Tavon Blackmon continued to make key contributions. “When maybe one guy didn’t have it going, the next guy stepped up,” said Turner. “I was able to play a lot guys against good competition and see who will be ready for us when we step into league play.”

Gonzaga is 1-0 in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference and will continue its league schedule with a big game at Bishop O’Connell tomorrow night.

— Brian Kapur


Northwest Sports

Visitation’s basketball team won the Pohanka Chantilly Christmas Classic tournament in dramatic fashion last week, led by seniors Kate Gillespie and Maddy Williams, who scored 27 and 12 points, respectively. The Cubs beat the tournament host, Chantilly High School, 44-43 Thursday to win the event for the second consecutive year. “It gives us confidence,” said Cubs head coach Mike McCarthy. “It’s always nice to win a tourna-ment like that. We’ve lost a couple of close games, so it was good to win a close one. We’ve had a brutal schedule, and I think we are battle-tested.” At halftime, the Cubs faced a 10-point deficit to Chantilly, prompting McCarthy to make sev-eral adjustments. “We switched from a zone press to straight full-court man-to-man on

defense, and that got us moving,” said McCarthy. “[Chantilly] played a really spread-out zone [defense], and we switched from our zone offense to our man offense and got some movement, and it freed us up a lot.” The tactical changes proved to be shrewd. Visitation outscored the hosts 19-4 in the quarter, led by 10 points from Gillespie, who was named the tournament’s MVP. Down the stretch in the fourth quarter, Williams made a clutch 3-point bucket to give Visitation a 40-39 lead. After trading a couple of baskets, the Cubs clung to a 44-43 lead with eight seconds to go. Chantilly made one final attempt, but Cubs center Libby Mosko con-tested the potential game-winning shot, which clanged off the rim. The Cubs played Georgetown Day yesterday and will continue Independent School League play

Jan. 14 against Sidwell. “Our main goal is to win the ISL every year,” McCarthy said. “We have a big target on our back — everybody is after us. But we’re ready; we’re up to the challenge.”

— Brian Kapur

Cubs win Chantilly tourney championship

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Boys basketballBell 76, Bel Air 43Coolidge 91, Lackey 47Benedictine 61, St. Albans 52Wilson 75, Forest Park 55Sidwell 64, Atlantic City 51Germantown Academy (Pa.) 70, St. Albans 62Gonzaga 64, James Island High School 42Roosevelt 75, Lee 47Red Lion Christian 83, St. John’s 79Coolidge 99, Westlake 55Wilson 67, Chantilly 51North Point 59, Coolidge 57Gonzaga 73, Goose Creek (S.C.) 45

Wilson 56, Green Run 46Abington Friends 55, Sidwell 54St. Albans 79, Hanover 72Dunbar (Baltimore) 42, St. John’s 36Gonzaga 51, South Effingham (Ga.) 31Booker T. Washington 46, Maret 44St. John’s 48, St. Frances 47

Girls basketballVisitation 66, Langley 35Kennedy 32, Roosevelt 27Visitation 52, Mills Godwin 37Mater Dei 66, Wilson 34Fairfax (Calif.) 52, Coolidge 46Visitation 44, Chantilly 43St. John’s 56, Mater Dei 54Cathedral 62, Montrose Christian 38St. John’s 56, Wilson 28

Score Box

Brian Kapur/Current file photoTavon Blackmon played key minutes in the tourney.

Brian Kapur/Current file photoKate Gillespie was named MVP.

Eagles cruise through Piggly Wiggly Classic

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SPORTSPHOTOSFrom Previous

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Say “goodbye,” two-oh-one- one, Such high hopes … well,

now you’re done.What on earth were we to makeOf a year that brought a quake?Message from some higher power?Note Cathedral’s central tower.There it toppled pinnacle.(Or is that thought too cynical?)Cracks in nation’s obelisk;Can’t go up; it’s still a risk.

Council started with much promise;Then came Graham and funds and Thomas.Brown (K) favored SUVs;Cronies seemed the ones to please.Brown (S) made us ask intent: HeSought a job by dissing Fenty??Hard to tell what’s pay, what’s play.Few clean lines — more shades of gray.Now new ethics rules are drawn.Who’ll enforce? J. Edgar’s gone.

Town/gown siblings might get friendly?

Not in Georgetown – maybe Tenley.UDC must problem-solveAs expansion plans evolve.Though the schools have lost M. Rhee,Wilson High is great to see!

Rows of red bikes, there to share,People pedal everywhere.Still one issue: Ride with care,Maybe risking “helmet hair.”Watch pedestrians, please do.One of them just might be you. Cellphone driver, don’t you seeThat we’re crossing? OMG!Let’s establish rights-of-way.That’s a goal for Mary Cheh.

Changing landscapes in our town:Some “thumbs up” and some “thumbs down.” Petworth gets a hardware store. Walter Reed is ours no more. New Spring Valley digging foundMore bad stuff still in the ground.

Chevy Chase (they nixed “historic”)Suddenly was not euphoric,When a teardown, if it’s done,Means two houses, not just one.

After years of brokered deals,“OK, Giant,” says Appeals.High-rise, streetscapes now in plans. Just please bring back Sullivan’s.

Georgetown boasts new river park.Georgetown Park, though, may go dark.Boathouse once again seeks “go.”Georgetown U. needs place to row.Wash’ton Harbour needs repair;Next flood, raise the gates! (They’re there.)

Whole Foods, Foggy Bottom goes.Watch your prices, Trader Joe’s!Megastores can’t beat the easeOf a Georgetown stroll to Scheele’s.Local merchants view with frownWalmart’s slow march into town.Georgia Avenue one site?Should the locals stand and fight?

Politics and Prose new leadersKeep inspiring city’s readers.Your great novel incubating?Big machine will print. No waiting.

Dupont Sundays: farmers mart.Or “First Fridays,” view good art,Sample wine and nibble cheese,All in walking-distance ease.Old D.C. deserves affection:Go see Kiplinger collection.

Go slow when you pass the Mall:Note a monument bright white and small.World War I: These soldiers died;Men who then were D.C’s pride.Their memorial’s restoration

Underscores: We’re part of Nation.Fight, pay tax? We do. So note:Congress, we deserve the vote.

Past year just seemed out of joint.Weather pattern made that point:Shaking ground and falling crane,Early snow, late hurricane.Look ahead: Must we expect aYearly weather-born trifecta?

Hopefully, not same-old-same.(Redskins might just win a game.)

Old stuff? Better we should shelve,Then step boldly into ’12.

— Lee Sturtevant

The People and Places of Northwest Washington January 4, 2012 ■ Page 13

How we weathered 2011’s storms ...

Bill Petros/Current file photosTop: Mayor Vincent Gray, top left, and Council Chairman Kwame Brown are under investigation, and a crane repairing the National Cathedral after August’s earthquake toppled. Bottom from top left: Residents protested Walmart, Capital Bikeshare expanded, Politics and Prose got a print-on-demand book machine, Georgetown U. still wants to build a boathouse, Whole Foods opened in Foggy Bottom, Washington Harbour flooded and Wilson High School reopened.

ANC 1CAdams Morgan

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, at Mary’s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. Agenda items include:■ election of officers.■ public safety report.■ update on the 18th Street recon-struction project.■ consideration of a report to the Board of Zoning Adjustment regard-ing the neighborhood commission’s appeal of the decision to grant a certificate of occupancy to Peking Garden for a fast-food and delivery establishment at 2008 18th St.■ consideration of recommenda-tions regarding a Historic Preservation Review Board applica-tion for an addition at 1845 Kalorama Road. For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org.

ANC 2AFoggy Bottom

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at School Without Walls, 2130 F St. NW. For details, visit anc2a.org.

ANC 2BDupont Circle

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, in the Brookings Institution building, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.

ANC 2DSheridan-Kalorama

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, 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. Monday, Jan. 30, 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. Thursday, Jan. 12, 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. Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. Its regular meeting date falls on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For details, call 202-657-5725 or visit anc3c.org.

ANC 3DSpring ValleyWesley Heights

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, in the new medical building at Sibley Memorial Hospital, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. Agenda items include:■ police report.■ community concerns.■ presentation on the Wesley Theological Seminary’s proposed 2012-2021 campus plan.■ commissioner updates. For details, call 202-363-4130 or visit anc3d.org.

ANC 3ETenleytownAmerican University Park

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church, 42nd and Fessenden streets NW. For details, visit anc3e.org.


Northwest Real Estate

Citizens Association of Georgetown Georgetown came to be a historic treasure thanks in part to bad luck. One of the main reasons there even is a historic neighborhood here, with beautiful 18th- and 19th-century homes, is that during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, economic progress passed by much of Georgetown. The neighborhood simply stopped keeping up with the architectural changes that were swept in with the 20th cen-tury (e.g. Neoclassicism, modernism, et cetera) because those with money spent it elsewhere in D.C. But the 20th century did leave one lasting impact on Georgetown: historic preservation. Notably, Georgetowner Eve Hinton was an early proponent of historic preservation for the neighborhood. She and others helped push for the Old Georgetown Act, which was passed by Congress in 1950. This law set up a new protection regime for the entire neighborhood. That act continues to play a profound role in shaping Georgetown today. Any proposed change to a building — commercial or residen-tial — that would be visible from any public road (including many alleyways) in Georgetown must be approved by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. The commission delegates most of its oversight role to a subcommittee called the Old Georgetown Board. It is the Old Georgetown Board, along with its diligent staff, that does the actual reviewing. Any resident who has gone through this effort probably has a complaint or two (or three) about the process. And improvements are always worth considering. But the impor-tance to Georgetown of a strong historic preservation regime cannot be overstated. This doesn’t mean the neighborhood should be cast in amber and stuck on a shelf; there is room for modernity. But the essential core of the neighborhood, its rich stock of 18th- and 19th-century buildings, must continue to be protected from the death by a thousand cuts that has slowly wiped other historic neighborhoods off the map.

— Topher Mathews

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ANC 2E■ GeorGetown / cloisters burleith / hillandale

ANC 2A■ FoGGy bottom / west end

ANC 2D■ sheridan-kalorama

ANC 2B■ dupont circle

ANC 1C■ adams morGan

ANC 3B■ Glover park/cathedral heiGhts

ANC 3D■ sprinG valley/wesley heiGhtspalisades/kent/Foxhall

ANC 3C■ cleveland park / woodley parkmassachusetts avenue heiGhtscathedral heiGhts

ANC 3E■ american university parkFriendship heiGhts/tenleytown

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In an intriguing attempt at “adaptive reuse,” a developer wants to turn the fire-scarred Meridian Hill Baptist Church into residences, with a skinny seven-story addition on the south side. The proposal won tentative support from the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board last month, with discussion focus-ing on details about the modern tower to be built next to the historic church at 3146 16th St. NW. The church has been vacant for years, since its congregation decamped to the suburbs, and the rear of the building was badly dam-aged by a 2008 fire that swept through the Deauville Apartments on Mount Pleasant Street. The pro-posal by Bozzuto Homes to largely restore the exterior of the limestone church has already won support from the preservation board. But the side addition has proved a bit problematic. In the rendition reviewed Dec. 15, the brick tower would have a roof terrace sheltered by a canopy, and a partial seventh story set back behind it; the ground floor, facing 16th Street, would be dominated by a large garage door. “We agree it would be better to

put the garage in back, but the only way to [access] parking is in front,” architect Tom Johnson told the board. “We’ve tried to play down the garage, but it’s still out there on the street. It’s 11 feet wide, and we don’t think cars could maneuver” with less. City archi-tectural historian Tim Dennée was critical of both the roof canopy and the large garage door. The canopy, he said, is “a 1950s-type feature, out of place on 16th Street.” And the wide garage door, as drawn, “becomes the focal point of the composition, something that is very unfortunate in any building and especially on 16th Street.” He sug-gested narrowing the door to allow only one car to pass at a time, acknowledging that doing so would create some inconvenience for resi-dents. Faye Armstong of Historic

Mount Pleasant said she was pleased with the evolution of the design. As to the garage door, Armstrong said, “parking is very important in this neighborhood, and there’s no other place to put it.” The board had mixed views about the top floor. “This is our one case this year where we’d encour-age you to add a story,” rather than an awkward canopy and set-back seventh floor, said chair Catherine Buell. But members agreed that the garage door, if necessary, has to be smaller or more detailed. “The garage door cannot be solid, no

matter how well you design it. It’s got to be broken up,” said member Robert Sonderman. The board’s resolution approved the concept, suggesting more study of the top floor and a “smaller and deeply set” garage door.

Firm vows improvements to affordable apartments The new owner of four Northwest apartment complexes will upgrade the facilities while continuing to target moderate-income young professionals and families, according to a company news release. Jair Lynch Development Partners last year bought properties at 6676 Georgia Ave., 1111 Massachusetts Ave., 930 Randolph St. and 1339 Fort Stevens Drive that total more than 400 housing units, the release states, as well as 80 more in Northeast. According to the release, the company, which prides itself on “social responsibility,” picked apart-ment projects that would keep some affordable housing in gentrifying areas. Household incomes for the apartments are projected at no high-

er than $43,000 to $64,000, varying by location, the release states.

Dupont Realtor elected to group’s board of directors Dupont Circle-based real estate agent David Bediz of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage was recently elected to the 2012 board of directors of the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors. The association represents more than 9,000 Realtors and related pro-fessionals in D.C. and Montgomery County, accord-ing to a news release from Coldwell Banker. Bediz, who has worked in real estate for seven years, has received a number of past recogni-tions from Coldwell Banker, according to the release. He became a member of the firm’s “Elite Team” last year. As a director, Bediz will meet regularly with officers to develop and evaluate programs and services.

A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington January 4, 2012 ■ Page 15

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Bill Petros/The CurrentThe Meridian Hill Baptist Church was badly damaged in a 2008 fire.

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Classes ■TheCapitolHillArtsWorkshopwillhosta“DarkroomPortraits”classledbyteachingartistBruceMcKaig.7to8:30p.m.Free;res-ervationsrequired.202-547-6839. ■Aweeklyworkshopwillofferinstructionin“SahajaYogaMeditation.”7p.m.Free.WestEndNeighborhoodLibrary,110124thSt.NW.202-724-8707.

Concerts ■RobertMcCormick,directorofmusicatSt.Paul’sParish,KStreet,willpresent“NoelsOld&New:WorksbyDaquin,Dupré,andanImprovisationbytheArtist.”12:10p.m.Free.St.John’sEpiscopalChurch,LafayetteSquare,16thandHstreetsNW.202-347-8766. ■VocalistSofiaRei,anativeofBuenosAires,willperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■MembersoftheNationalSymphonyOrchestrawillperformworksbyBeethovenandDvorák.7p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

Discussions and lectures ■TheOsherLifelongLearningInstituteatAmericanUniversitywillpresentatalkbyMetroStageartisticdirectorCarolynGriffinandactressNatasciaDiazabouttheAlexandria-basednonprofittheatercompany.10to11:50a.m.Free.TempleBaptistChurch,3860NebraskaAve.NW.202-895-4860. ■TheShepherdParkBookClubwilldis-cuss“TheGirlWiththeDragonTattoo”byStiegLarsson.1:30p.m.Free.JuanitaE.Thornton/ShepherdParkNeighborhoodLibrary,7420GeorgiaAve.NW.202-541-6100. ■Collegestudentswilldiscusstheirexpe-riencesinapaneldiscussionforareateens.5p.m.Free.PetworthNeighborhoodLibrary,4200KansasAve.NW.202-243-1188. ■OriZ.Soltes,residentscholarintheolo-gyandfineartsatGeorgetownUniversity,willleadadiscussionof“TheMoor’sLastSigh”bySalmonRushdieaspartofaserieson

heroicadventureinWesternliterature.6:30p.m.Free.WestEndNeighborhoodLibrary,110124thSt.NW.202-724-8707.

Films ■“TheMet:LiveinHD”willfeaturetheMetropolitanOpera’sproductionofHandel’s“Rodelinda.”6:30p.m.$18.AMCMazzaGallerie,5300WisconsinAve.NW.fathomevents.com. ■ThePanoramaofGreekCinemaserieswillfeatureNadiaTass’2010film“MatchingJack,”aboutawomanwhoselifeisturnedupsidedownafterachanceencounterwithanIrishsailorandhisson.8p.m.$11;$9forstudents;$8.25forseniors;$8forages12andyoung-er.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.NW.202-966-6000.

Performance ■PoetHollyBasswillhost“WednesdayNightOpenMicPoetry.”9p.m.$4.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-332-6433.

Thursday,Jan.5

Antiques show ■TheWashingtonWinterShow—featur-ingantiques,finearts,anda“TreasuresoftheFirstFamilies”exhibition—willopenwithachampagnereceptionforsponsorsandbenefactors,from5:30to6:30p.m.;andforgalapatronsandyoungcollectors,from6:30to9p.m.$125to$500.KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.washingtonwintershow.com.

Book signing ■GeorgeNorfleetwillsigncopiesofhisbook“APilot’sJourney,”abouttheTuskegeeAirmen.Noonto5p.m.Freeadmission.MuseumStore,NationalMuseumofAmericanHistory,14thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-633-1000.

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Discussions and lectures ■TheOsherLifelongLearningInstituteatAmericanUniversitywillpresentatalkbyfor-merNBCNewscorrespondentandWhiteHousepresssecretaryRonNessenonhismemoir“MakingtheNews,TakingtheNews:FromNBCtotheFordWhiteHouse.”10to11:50a.m.Free.TempleBaptistChurch,3860NebraskaAve.NW.202-895-4860. ■WashingtonPostreporterEliSaslowwilldiscusshisbook“TenLetters:TheStoriesAmericansTellTheirPresident.”11:30a.m.$30.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. ■NationalGalleryofArtlecturersJamesMeyerandSallyShelburnewilldiscuss“ArtTalk:IntheTower:MelBochner.”Noon.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■TheMysteryBookClubwilldiscussAustralianauthorPeterTemple’s“TheBrokenShore.”6:30p.m.Free.Barnes&Noble,55512thSt.NW.202-347-0176. ■RogerRosenblattwilldiscusshisbook“KayakMorning:ReflectionsonLove,Grief,andSmallBoats.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Special event ■“PhillipsAfter5”willfeatureFrenchmusicalperformancesandrefreshments,multilevelFrenchlanguagelessons,earlymotionpicturesdepictingwomenperformers,andatalkon“PasdeDeux:Degas’sRepresentationsofEleganceandStrength.”5to8:30p.m.Costvariesbyactivity;registra-tionsuggested.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.phillipscollection.org/phillipsafter5.

Friday,Jan.6

Antiques show ■TheWashingtonWinterShowwillfea-tureantiques,finearts,andanexhibitionon“TreasuresoftheFirstFamilies.”11a.m.to8p.m.$20.KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.

washingtonwintershow.com. The show will continue Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Concerts ■TheFridayMorningMusicClubwillpresentaconcertofworksbyJ.S.Bach,Janácek,SchnittkeandPoulenc.Noon.Free.CalvaryBaptistChurch,7558thSt.NW.202-333-2075. ■Theseven-piecebandCanzoniereGrecanicoSalentinowillperformanupdatedtwistontraditionalItalianfolkmusic.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheFolgerConsort,femalevocalensembleAnonymous4(shown)andinstru-mentalistsShiraKammenandDebraNagywillpresent“HeavenlyRevelations:HildegardvonBingenandMedievalFrance.”8p.m.$30to$40.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-544-7077. The concert will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m. ■“NewMusicattheAtlas”willfeatureelectricguitaristandcomposerD.J.Sparr.8p.m.$15to$25.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.

Discussions and lectures ■TheWashingtonWinterShowwillfea-turealecturebyNancyClarke,formerchieffloristoftheWhiteHouse.10:30a.m.$125.KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.washingtonwintershow.com. ■JournalistandauthorThomasFrankwilldiscusshisbook“PitytheBillionaire:TheHard-TimesSwindleandtheUnlikelyComebackoftheRight.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Performances ■Scientist-turned-comedianTimLeewill

perform.6and8p.m.$20.LabTheatreII,AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.The performance will repeat Saturday at 6 and 8 p.m. ■ImprovtroupeJustMoxiewillpresent“It’sJustGoodKarma.”8:30and10p.m.$10.MeadTheatreLabatFlashpoint,916GSt.NW.justmoxiekarma.eventbrite.com.The performance will repeat Saturday at 8:30 and 10 p.m.

Sporting event ■TheWashingtonWizardswillplaytheNewYorkKnicks.7p.m.$10to$780.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-7328.

Saturday,Jan.7

Benefit ■AD.C.StatehoodBenefitPartywillfea-turealiveperformancebysingersGlennLeonard,JoeColemanandJoeBlunt,formermembersoftheTemptations,PlattersandDrifters.8and10p.m.$50to$100.CarnegieInstitutionofWashington,1530PSt.NW.202-457-0800.

Children’s programs ■GeorgetownFamilySaturdayswillfea-tureaperformancebytheGreatZucchini.Proceedswillbenefitthechil-dren’sroomandchildren’spro-grammingattheGeorgetownNeighborhoodLibrary.10:30a.m.$25perfamily.St.John’sEpiscopalChurch,[email protected]. ■TetsuoShibatawillteachchildrenages12andoldertheartofmodel-making.1to3p.m.$10perchild;reservationsrequired.DistrictArchitectureCenter,4217thSt.NW.202-347-9403. ■Childrenages5andolderwilllistentoaDr.Seussstoryandcreateaspecialpieceofart.1to4p.m.Free.NationalPortraitGallery,8thandFstreetsNW.202-633-1000.The program will repeat Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m.

Class ■Aweekly“Yoga@YourLibrary”classwillofferinstructiongearedtobeginners.11a.m.Free.PetworthNeighborhoodLibrary,4200KansasAve.NW.202-243-1188.

Concerts ■BachtoRockwillhost“B2RBattleoftheBands,”featuringlocalelementarystu-dentscompetingforthewinningtitle.11a.m.to4p.m.$5.9:30Club,815VSt.NW.b2rmusic.com. The middle school competi-tion will be held Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the high school competition will be held Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ■TheWashingtonPerformingArtsSocietywillpres-entaconcertbypianistOrionWeiss.2p.m.$38.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheAsianAmericanMusicSocietywillpresentaconcert.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■SingerNancyScimonewillperformjazzselections.7:30to11:30p.m.Free.BlueBarLounge,HenleyParkHotel,926MassachusettsAve.NW.202-638-5200. ■PianistAlexanderPaleywillperformanall-Tchaikovskyprogram.8p.m.Free.WestmorelandCongregationalUnited

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Saturday, jAnuAry 7■Concert: JazzpianistJohnEatonwillperformatabenefitconcerttosupportartseducationatJohnEatonElementarySchool.7p.m.$25.MundayTheater,EatonElementarySchool,3301LowellSt.NW.eatondc.org/john-eaton-jazz-pianist/.

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Discussions and lectures ■TextileMuseumtrusteeandcollectorWendelSwanwilldiscuss“CopyingRugDesignsandStructures:FromTraditiontoFakery.”10:30a.m.Free.TextileMuseum,2320SSt.NW.202-667-0441,ext.64. ■MembersoftheFortStevensWorkingGroupwilldiscussnewresearchfindingsaboutCivilWarWashington.9a.m.Free.RockCreekNatureCenter,5200GloverRoadNW.202-895-6070. ■“FlourPower”willexplorehowthecity’slastremaining1800sgristmillusedwaterpowertomakeflourandhelpadvancetheIndustrialRevolution.Noonand2p.m.Free.PeirceMill,TildenStreetandBeachDriveNW.202-895-6070. ■ParvanehBaharwilldiscussherbook“ThePoet’sDaughter:MalekO’ShoaraBaharofIranandtheImmortalSongofFreedom,”at1p.m.;andEricWeiner(shown)willdiscusshisbook“ManSeeksGod:MyFlirtationsWithDivine,”at6p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■“TheUnion’sFieldHospital”willdiscusstheexperiencesofwoundedandsicksoldiersinWashingtonduringtheCivilWar.2p.m.Free.RockCreekNatureCenter,5200GloverRoadNW.202-895-6070.

Films ■“MauriceTourneur:1930s”willfeaturetheFrench-Americandirector’s1935film“JustindeMarseille.”12:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■ThePhillipsCollectionwillpresenta2009filmofChristopherWheeldon’sproduc-tionof“SwanLake,”featuringstagingandcostumesinspiredbyEdgarDegas.2p.m.$12;$10forseniorsandstudents;freeforages18andyounger.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.202-387-2151. ■TheNationalGalleryofArtwillpresentaretrospectiveofOskarFischinger’spoeticandabstractanimations.CindyKeefer,direc-toroftheCenterforVisualMusic,willmakeintroductoryremarks.3and4:45p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

Walks and tours ■NativeWashingtonianandfreelancewriterRoccoZapponewillleadaninteractive“WalkingTourasPersonalEssay,”filledwithhisimpres-sionsofalife-timeinD.C.10a.m.orbyappointment.$25.MeetatthestatueofAndrewJacksoninLafayetteSquare,16thandHstreetsNW.202-341-5208. ■Aparkrangerwillleadages8andolderonaone-milehiketoFortDeRussyanddis-cusswhatlifewaslikeforUnionsoldiersencampedthere.11a.m.Free.RockCreekNatureCenter,5200GloverRoadNW.202-895-6070. ■Aparkrangerwillleadages7andolderonavigorouswinterhikeinRockCreekPark.

Noon.Free.RockCreekNatureCenter,5200GloverRoadNW.202-895-6070.

Sunday,Jan.8

Children’s programs ■Workshopparticipantswillmakerub-ber-band-propelledmodelairplanes(forchil-drenages8andolder).9a.m.to4p.m.$14;registrationrequired.NationalBuildingMuseum,401FSt.NW.202-272-2448. ■MembersoftheDCMaxecuterswillflytheirmodelairplanesintheGreatHall.11a.m.to4p.m.Free.NationalBuildingMuseum,401FSt.NW.202-272-2448.

Concerts ■SouthKoreanpianistKo-EunLeewillperformworksbyBach,Chopin,LisztandRochberg.4p.m.$20.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.202-387-2151. ■TunisianviolinistNidhalJebaliandAmericanpianistKimballGallagherwillper-formtheirowncompositions,aswellasworksbyFranck,PaganiniandJaloulAyad.6p.m.Free.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■DahlakRestaurantwillhostitsweekly“DCJazzJam”session.6:30to9:30p.m.Free.1771USt.NW.202-527-9522. ■TheSongwritersAssociationofWashingtonandBusboysandPoetswillpres-entanopen-miceventforsinger/songwriters.7to9:30p.m.$3.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■TheSmithsonianChamberMusicSocietywillpresentBach’s“GoldbergVariations.”7:30p.m.$28.HallofMusicalInstruments,NationalMuseumofAmericanHistory,14thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-633-3030.

Discussions and lectures ■TheSundayForumserieswillfeatureatalkbyElainePagels,professorofreligionatPrincetonUniversityandauthorof“TheGnosticGospels,”“TheOriginofSatan”and“Adam,EveandtheSerpent.”10a.m.Free.St.John’sEpiscopalChurch,LafayetteSquare,16thandHstreetsNW.202-347-8766. ■ChristianeL.Joost-Gaugier,professoremeritaofarthistoryattheUniversityofNewMexicoandavisitingscholaratAmericanandGeorgeWashingtonuniversities,willdiscuss“PythagorasandArtHistoryFromAntiquityto

theRenaissance.”2p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■ConstantinePetridis,curatorofAfricanartattheClevelandMuseumofArt,willdis-cuss“ArtandtheCultureintheCongoBasin:WheretheSacredMeetstheSecular.”2p.m.$25;reservationsrequired.TextileMuseum,2320SSt.NW.202-667-0441,ext.64. ■ContributorsRaeBryant,BethFrerking,JenniferHoward,EstherIverem,ColleenKearneyRich,KimRoberts,WandaWarnerandKathleenWheatonwilldiscuss“AmazingGraces,”ananthologyofworksbyareawomenwriters.5p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■FabrangenwillpresentatalkbyHasiaDiner,professorofHebrewandJudaicstud-iesatNewYorkUniversity,on“TheFutureofAmericanJewry:AHistorian’sPerspective.”7:30p.m.Free.WashingtonEthicalSociety,775016thSt.NW.301-585-1162.

Film ■TheNationalGalleryofArtwillpresentAlanSchneider’scinematicrenditionsoftwo

scriptsbySamuelBeckett—1961’s“WaitingforGodot”and1965’s“Film.”4:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

Special event ■GALATheatre’s“ThreeKingsDayCelebration/FiestadelosReyesMagos”willfeaturesong,danceandstory-telling,aswellasthetradition-alnativityandthegivingofgiftsbytheMagi.2p.m.Free;ticketssuggested.GALATheatre,333314thSt.NW.202-234-7174.A procession with the Three Kings and live ani-mals will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the corner of 14th Street and Park Road NW.

Sporting event ■TheWashingtonWizardswillplaytheMinnesotaTimberwolves.1p.m.$10to$500.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-7328.

Walks and tours ■AparkrangerwillleadatourofGeorgetown’sHerringHillneighborhood,a

vibrantAfrican-Americancommunityinthe1800s.10a.m.Free.OldStoneHouse,3051MSt.NW.202-426-6851. ■Aparkrangerwillleadages7andolderonavigorouswinterhikeinRockCreekPark.10a.m.Free.PeirceMill,TildenStreetandBeachDriveNW.202-895-6070. ■ThePhillipsCollectionwillpresentatouroftheexhibition“Degas’sDancersattheBarre:PointandCounterpoint.”Noon.$12;$10forseniorsandstudents;freeforages18andyounger.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.202-387-2151.

Monday,Jan.9

Children’s program ■“TheSelma-to-MontgomeryMarch:APicturingAmericaProgram,”forchildrenages6through12,willusefilms,videoclips,booksandsongstoexploretheeventsofMarch1965andtheroleoftheRev.MartinLutherKingJr.1p.m.Free.JuanitaE.Thornton/ShepherdParkNeighborhoodLibrary,7420GeorgiaAve.NW.202-541-6100.The program will repeat at 1 p.m. daily through Friday.

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Sunday, jAnuAry 8■Concert: TheNationalGalleryofArtOrchestraandpianistJean-LouisSteuermannwillpresentaBrazilian-AmericanNewYearConcert.6:30p.m.Free.WestGardenCourt,NationalGalleryofArt,6thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

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willleadaweeklyyogaclass.5:30p.m.Free.WathaT.Daniel-ShawNeighborhoodLibrary,16307thSt.NW.202-727-1288.

Concert ■NationalSymphonyOrchestramusi-ciansNatashaBogachek,ZinoBogachek,EricDeWaardtandYvonneCarutherswillperformworksbyGliere,DvorákandBeethoven.5:30p.m.Free;reservationssuggested.WashingtonDCJewishCommunityCenter,152916thSt.NW.washingtondcjcc.org.

Discussions and lectures ■TheChevyChaseDCLibraryBookClubwilldiscuss“Endurance”byAlfredLansing.7p.m.Free.ChevyChaseNeighborhoodLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021. ■SciencefictionauthorWilliamGibsonwilldiscusshisnovel“DistrustThatParticularFlavor.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Films ■TheChevyChaseNeighborhoodLibrarywillpresentthe1996film“TheWhiteBalloon.”2p.m.Free.ChevyChaseNeighborhoodLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021. ■“HomagetoChristophSchlingensief”willfeatureashowingofthedirector’s1985-86film“MenuTotal,”aboutamentalhospitalwhereadoctorisvomitingincessantlyandanotherpersonrunsaroundinaNaziuni-form.6:30p.m.$7.Goethe-Institut,8127thSt.NW.202-289-1200,ext.160. ■TheWashingtonPsychotronicFilmSocietywillpresentThomasCasey’s1971

film“SometimesAuntMarthaDoesDreadfulThings.”8p.m.Donationsuggested.McFadden’sRestaurantandSaloon,2401PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-462-3356.

reading ■“NineontheNinth,”hostedbyDerrickWestonBrown,willfeaturepoetsRachelElizaGriffiths,BettinaJudd,ErnestoMercerandMendiLewisObadikerespondingtotheCorcoranGalleryofArt’sexhibition“30Americans.”9to11p.m.$5donationsug-gested.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

Tuesday,Jan.10

Classes and workshops ■TeacherandtherapistHeatherFerriswillleadaweeklyyogaclass.Noon.Free.WathaT.Daniel-ShawNeighborhoodLibrary,16307thSt.NW.202-727-1288. ■YogaActivistwillpresentaweeklyyogaclassgearedtowardbeginners.7p.m.Free.ClevelandParkNeighborhoodLibrary,3310ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-3080.

Concert ■PreservationHallJazzBandmemberClintMaedgenwillperformwithcellistandvocalistHelenGillet.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures ■TheOsherLifelongLearningInstituteatAmericanUniversitywillpresentatalkbyDCVotepublicaffairsdirectorEugeneKinlowon“WashingtonDCandtheStruggleforFullDemocracy.”10to11:50a.m.Free.AbramsonFamilyRecitalHall,KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.202-895-4860. ■ThePreventionofBlindnessSocietyofMetropolitanWashingtonwillpresent“BetterLightforBetterSight,”avideopresentationwithaudiodescription.11a.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.WashingtonHospitalCenterEyeClinic,110IrvingSt.NW.202-877-6081. ■AmandaSmithwilldiscussherbook“NewspaperTitan:TheInfamousLifeandMonumentalTimesofCissyPatterson.”11:30a.m.$30.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. ■Gen.NicholasB.Kehoe,presidentoftheCongressionalMedalofHonorFoundation,willleadadiscussionwithMedalofHonorrecipientsHarveyC.“Barney”BarnumJr.andBrianThacker,amongothers.

Abooksigningof“MedalofHonor:PortraitsofValorBeyondtheCallofDuty”willfollow.Noon.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■EditorsDaphneCarrandAlexRosswilldiscussthebook“BestMusicWriting2011.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■Apanelofarchitectswilldiscusswaysthatpeopleuseandenjoypublicparks.7p.m.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000.

Films ■TheGeorgetownNeighborhoodLibrarywillpresentthe1976film“TheDeerHunter.”5p.m.Free.GeorgetownNeighborhoodLibrary,3260RSt.NW.202-727-0232. ■TheCloseGuantanamoCoalitionandthegroupWorldCan’tWaitwillpresentthefilm“OutsidetheLaw:StoriesFromGuantanamo.”5:30to7:30p.m.Free.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■TheD.C.PublicLibrarywillhostascreeningofSteveJamesandAlexKotlowitz’s2011documentary“TheInterrupters,”aboutthreeChicagoresidentswhousebravado,humilityandevenhumorastheytrytoprotect

theircommunitiesfromthekindofviolencetheyonceemployed.Apaneldiscus-sionwillfollow.6p.m.Free.MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-0321. ■BusboysandPoetswillpresentIbiIbrahim’s2012film“SoundsofOud,”aboutaMiddleEasterncouplewhomovetoAmericaalongwithacollegefriend.6to8p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

Performances ■SpeakeasyDCwillpresent“AnimalHouse:Storiesaboutpartydaysandwildnights.”8p.m.$15.TownDanceboutique,20098thSt.NW.speakeasydc.com. ■BusboysandPoetswillhost“TuesdayNightOpenMic,”aweeklypoetryevent.9to11p.m.$4.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

Sporting event ■TheWashingtonWizardswillplaytheTorontoRaptors.7p.m.$10to$475.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-7328.

Wednesday,Jan.11

Class ■HousingCounselingServices,alocalnonprofit,willpresentaforeclosure-preven-tionclinictohelphomeownersindangeroflosingtheirhomes.Noon.Free.Suite100,241017thSt.NW.202-667-7712.The event will repeat Jan. 18 at noon and Jan. 25 at 6 p.m.

Concerts ■Composer,singerandsongwriterPierredeGaillandeandhisbandwillperformEnglishver-sionsofsongsbyiconicFrenchpoet/singerGeorgesBrassens.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheChrisByarsOctetandpianistFreddieReddwillperformjazzselections.8p.m.$15to$25.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.

Discussions and lectures ■TheOsherLifelongLearningInstituteatAmericanUniversitywillpresentatalkbyAbderrahimFoukara,bureauchiefofAljazeera’sSatelliteNetwork,on“WillArabRevolutionsLeadtoRealChange?”10a.m.Free.AbramsonFamilyRecitalHall,KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400

MassachusettsAve.NW.202-895-4860. ■EricKaufmannofBirkbeckCollege,London,willdiscuss“ShalltheReligiousInherittheEarth?”4to6:30p.m.Free;reser-vationsrequired.MortaraBuilding,GeorgetownUniversity,[email protected]. ■GinaA.Rudanwilldiscussherbook“PracticalGenius:TheRealSmartsYouNeedtoGetYourTalentsandPassionsWorkingforYou.”6:30p.m.Free.Barnes&Noble,55512thSt.NW.202-347-0176. ■HicksStone,theyoungestsonofarchi-tectEdwardDurellStoneandauthorofhisbiography,willdiscussthebreadthofhisfather’slifeandcareer.Abooksigningwillfol-low.6:30to8p.m.$20.NationalBuildingMuseum,401FSt.NW.202-272-2448. ■LindaVoris,assistantprofessoroflitera-tureatAmericanUniversity,willdiscuss“GertrudeStein:AWriterIsaWriterIsaWriter.”6:45to8:30p.m.$35.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030. ■DonnaBrittwilldiscussherbook“Brothers(andMe):AMemoirofLovingandGiving.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Films ■ThePetworthNeighborhoodLibrarywillpresentanepisodeofthedocumentaryseries“EyesonthePrize.”Adiscussionwillfollow.3:30p.m.Free.PetworthNeighborhoodLibrary,4200KansasAve.NW.202-243-1188. ■“TheMet:LiveinHD”willfeatureMetropolitanOpera’sproductionof“Faust.”6:30p.m.$18.AMCMazzaGallerie,5300WisconsinAve.NW.fathomevents.com. ■AKurdishfilmfestivalwillfeatureShawkatAminKorki’s2009film“Kick-Off.”7:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.EmbassyofAustria,3524InternationalCourtNW.202-895-6776.

Health event ■Ahealthfairwillofferfluvaccinations,eyeexams,prostateandcoloncancerrefer-rals,andHIVtestingandcounseling.1to3p.m.Free.TrinityEpiscopalChurch,7005PineyBranchRoadNW.202-726-7036.

Meditation ■TheDivineScienceChurchwillofferaweeklyhourofsilentmeditation.Noon.Free.202535thSt.NW.202-333-7630.

Performance ■The“HappeningsattheHarman”serieswillfeaturenewworkfromlocalchore-ographers.Noon.Free.SidneyHarmanHall,610FSt.NW.202-547-1122.

Sporting event ■TheWashingtonCapitalswillplaythePittsburghPenguins.7:30p.m.$92to$205.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-7328.

The Current welcomes submissions for the Events & Entertainment calendar, although space constraints limit the number of items we can include. Items must be sub-mitted at least two weeks prior to the event, and they should include a summary of the event and its date, time, location with com-plete address, and cost to attend (indicate “free” if there is no charge). Also, please list a phone number for publication and a phone number for an editor to reach a contact per-son. Entries may be sent to [email protected] or The Current, P.O. Box 40400, Washington, D.C. 20016-0400.

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Monday, jAnuAry 9■Concert: ArgentineanbandoneónistHéctorDelCurtowillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

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“A Natural Progression,” featuring new oil paintings by Georgetown artist Edward Bear Miller, will open today at the

Foundry Gallery and continue through Jan. 29. Subjects include nudes, portraits, cityscapes, the Adirondack Mountains and the parks and waterways of the artist’s native Washington, D.C., all painted in what

has been described as an “immediate, vivid and mod-ern” style. An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Located at 1314 18th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-463-0203.■ Studio Gallery will open two shows today and con-tinue them through Jan. 28. “Reverb + Echo: A Haitian Landscape” presents photographs by Keith Lane of everyday life in post-earthquake Haiti, each paired with a print by Jenna Crowder inspired by the photograph. “A Pair of Scopes” includes graphite portraits by Jenna Crowder and photographic landscapes by Keith

Lane from his travels in the United States and abroad. A “First Friday” reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. An artist’s talk is slated for Jan. 14 from 5 to 6 p.m. A closing reception will take place Jan. 28 from 4 to 6 p.m. Located at 2108 R St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday and Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m., Friday

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Oil paintings by Georgetown artist Edward Bear Miller are on display at Foundry Gallery.

Arena Stage will present John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play “Red” Jan. 20

through March 4 in the Kreeger Theater. At the height of his career, abstract expressionist painter Mark

Rothko struggles with a series of grand-scale paintings for New York’s elite Four Seasons restau-rant. When his new assistant, Ken, challenges his artistic integrity, Rothko must confront his own demons or be crushed by the ever-changing art world he helped cre-ate. The co-production with Chicago’s Goodman Theatre stars Edward Gero as Rothko and Patrick Andrews as Ken. Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $40 to $85. Arena Stage is located at 1101 6th St. SW. 202-488-3300; arenastage.org.■ Rorschach Theatre will stage the world premiere of Fengar Gael’s “The Gallerist” Jan. 20 through Feb. 19 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Upon discovering some forgotten paint-ings, a Manhattan gal-lery owner also unearths a sordid fami-ly history of repressed artistic passions and animal possessions set against the backdrop of London between the wars. Performance times are generally

8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $25. Atlas Performing Arts Center is located at 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993; rorschachtheatre.com.■ Ford’s Theatre will present Richard Hellesen’s “Necessary Sacrifices” Jan. 20 through Feb. 12. Hellesen’s fourth commission for Ford’s Theatre explores the two documented encounters between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Douglass challenges Lincoln to use

his power as president to bring truth to America’s founding ideal that “all men are created equal.”

Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $20 to $33. Ford’s Theatre is locat-ed at 511 10th St. NW.

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In an interview last week, Graham said he remains skeptical about the decision, but respects Lanier’s authority and hopes the crime data bear her out. Graham said he thinks six months will be a suffi-cient trial period. “I’m not wishing for a bad thing here,” said Graham. “It would be best if she was right and everything was good. I don’t want turf battles for the sake of having a turf battle, it’s just that we weren’t convinced it was a good move.” Graham said he also wanted to be sure there would be enough officers in each newly reshaped police ser-vice area, and he has had trouble getting that information. Capt. Jeffrey Herold, acting commander of the 2nd District during the holidays, said his district worked to minimize changes to its staff, but did pick up a few officers from other districts. “Like with anything, there’s going to be adjustment and learning the new areas, but we’re not anticipating anything major,” Herold said. Other commanders contacted by The Current referred questions to police spokesperson Gwendolyn Crump, who said it was too early to comment last week and didn’t

respond to questions yesterday. Kristopher Baumann, chair of the D.C. Fraternal Order of Police union, said in an interview yesterday that he’s heard concerns from officers about how patrol cars and personnel are being allotted to different service areas and districts. “Any time you do something this large, there are going to be some rough patches,” he said. But on only the third day with the new boundaries, he added, it was too early to judge whether changes will be needed. Baumann said it would likely take a week or two to spot the first areas that need adjustment, and a few months to identify an impact on crime data. Most of the changes that went into effect Sunday were presented to the public over the summer; others, such as an expansion of Police Service Area 203 farther south and west into Cleveland Park, appeared on the police website as PDF docu-ments dated November 2011. In an email, 2nd District Citizens Advisory Council chair George Corey said he was not aware of that change. Maps of the new districts and police service areas are available at tinyurl.com/psamaps.

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parks — positions that could go to unemployed residents. Gray said he thinks organizations or foundations interested in ecology might be will-ing to help finance such an effort. The mayor also discussed efforts to strengthen the city’s pre-kinder-garten offerings. Successful pro-grams would yield tremendous sav-ings to the city by cutting costs for special-education programs and the juvenile justice system, Gray said. He pointed out that it now costs the District about $50,000 a year to sup-port a child in the justice system. He said the city is now working with education professors at George Washington University to develop an evaluation model to apply to pre-kindergarten programs. The quality of such programs, he said, should be determined by “how well kids are doing at the next level.” Currently, pre-kindergarten pro-grams are available through D.C. Public Schools, charter schools and community-based organizations. Gray predicted that community organizations will “eventually lose market share” to charters and regular public schools since children in such programs tend to not “seamlessly” transition to elementary schools. Gray said he hopes to see commu-nity organizations working on help-ing infants and toddlers whose par-ents are illiterate or in lower-income groups. The mayor also discussed chang-ing requirements for taxi drivers in the District. As is, he said, about 90 percent of the drivers in the District reside in either Maryland or Virginia and have drivers licenses in those states. Gray wants to look into whether drivers who work in the city should be required to hold D.C. driv-ers licenses.

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box, but most are 4 feet by 9 feet or 6 feet by 10 feet. The fences should also be set back from the curb 6 to 10 inches to allow car doors to swing open. Thomas said the biggest problem he sees with tree-box fences are those that are closed on all four sides and made of concrete or brick, as they shut off the tree from stormwa-ter that is needed to help it grow. Plus, by absorbing the water, trees help prevent pollutants from making their way to the Potomac River. “We want residents to know that we pride ourselves on tree preserva-tion and inspection, and we want to work with residents who want to help beautify tree box spaces,” said Thomas. The Urban Forestry Administration has a staff of 10 arborists and two others who helped to inspect 42,000 trees across the city last year. Thomas emphasized that the agency relies on calls from residents to report problems with the condition of trees or their fences.

Both Thomas and Altemus encourage the public to call the city’s 311 line, or visit 311.dc.gov, to report issues. Altemus added that the Citizens Association of Georgetown is also able to help residents connect with contractors experienced in installing tree-box fences in the neighborhood. For Betsy Emes, the biggest problem is enforcement. There is “no point having these regulations if DDOT is not going to enforce them,” she said. Both she and her husband would like to see fines assessed to homeowners with non-compliant tree-box fences. Now, when urban forestry deter-mines a tree-box fence is noncom-pliant, the agency simply removes it. Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans is also involved. After learning of Emes’ fall — which sparked concern from many resi-dents about both tree-box fences and the poor condition of some side-walks — Evans’ office arranged a walkthrough with Transportation Department officials next month. More information on tree-box fences and the city’s tree preserva-tion programs is at ddot.dc.gov.

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rather than entering a sole-source contract with a private firm to demolish and rebuild there. And they say the Army has expressed willingness to let the District use Walter Reed’s own fire station, a larger building near the center of the campus, on a temporary basis until the city can build a per-manent new firehouse. In a unanimous resolution in late November, the Takoma-Manor Park advisory neighborhood commission also questioned what it describes as “a transaction under which the U.S. Army would lease the Building 18 site to Keenan, and Keenan — in turn — would lease the site to the District for a sum of money, yet to be determined.” The neighborhood commission is asking the D.C. inspector general and attorney general to investigate the city and federal government’s authority to negotiate with Keenan. It also wants a cost-benefit analysis of working through a private devel-oper versus having the city acquire the property directly and at no cost. Other activists say the transaction seems like a real estate “flip,” allow-ing a private firm to profit by acting as a middleman between the Army and the District. “Why is Keenan involved at all?” one asked in an interview. “They have no right or interest in the Building 18 site at this time. There’s city money involved, and no one will tell us how much.” Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser said she also has

questions about the proposed deal with Keenan. But “I don’t start from the premise that it’s not in our best interest, and I want the project to move quickly,” she said yesterday. Bowser said she hopes to arrange a meeting this week to discuss the issue with citizens and D.C. officials. Meanwhile, the city’s economic development office is sticking to its stance. “The enhanced use lease between Keenan and the Army Corps of Engineers predates the site’s surplus designation,” a spokes-person for the deputy mayor for planning and economic develop-ment wrote in an email to The Current last week. The city is now negotiating with Keenan but can’t comment on the details, according to spokesperson Jose Sousa. This route is more effi-cient, he wrote: “Waiting to receive the land from the Army could take a few years or more.” Keenan’s office in Columbia, S.C., has not responded to repeated requests for comment. The District has been trying for years to relocate Engine Co. 22, now at Georgia and Missouri avenues. The historic station can’t readily be modernized, and relocation farther north would improve response times to parts of Ward 4. But as discussions over the clo-sure of Walter Reed dragged on, District development officials reject-ed a proposal to put a new firehouse on the main campus at Aspen Street, saying it would interfere with mixed-use development planned for the Georgia Avenue frontage about to come under the city’s control. Instead, they chose the some-

what notorious Building 18, a decrepit former hotel on the east side of Georgia Avenue that was high-lighted by The Washington Post in 2007 in its investigation of blighted conditions at Walter Reed. Building 18 was emptied after the exposé and sat unused until the city started eying the site for a fire station last year. Negotiations with Keenan under the supposed “enhanced use lease” have been ongoing since. Last summer, at the behest of the economic development office, the D.C. Council introduced emergency and temporary bills to exempt the proposed demolition of Building 18 and construction of a new fire station from regular procurement laws. The council’s emergency decla-

ration stated that “A private third-party developer holds the develop-ment rights for a portion of Walter Reed, including rights to Building 18, through an enhanced use lease executed with the Army.” Exemption from competitive bidding rules would allow “the expeditious design, development and construction” of a new firehouse, the document says. The council in early fall approved the provision without a public hear-ing or committee report on the Building 18 provision. An “enhanced use lease” is a tool to allow private developers to upgrade facilities when the federal government doesn’t have the funds to do the work itself. The private firm then gets to use a portion of the property.

Keenan did sign an enhanced use lease for Building 40, a red-brick building in the center of the Walter Reed campus. It was executed in 2004, before the decision to relocate the Army hospital to Bethesda. It appears little work was done under that lease, and Building 40 is now set to be transferred to the U.S. Department of State. One clause in that 2004 lease refers to Building 18, saying Keenan could submit a new business plan and add Building 18 to its lease, all subject to approval by the Army. But an Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson says that clause was “never executed.” She said, however, that “discussions are going on between the District, Keenan and the Army to exercise that option … .”

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from 1 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. 202-232-8734.■ “Tickling the Ivories,” featuring works by Irish contemporary artist Aoife Collins made from materials like artificial flowers and freshwater pearls, will open Friday at Flashpoint Gallery and continue through Feb. 4. Presented in partnership with the D.C.-based Irish arts organization Solas Nua, the exhibit explores the collision of fashion, social mores and history in works that blur the distinction between high and low culture. An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m., and the artist will give a talk Jan. 12 at noon. Located at 916 G St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-315-1305.■ “The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji,” highlighting imagery by the Congolese photographer about the “beautiful time” when Congolese laborers built a flourishing copper industry before corruption brought an end to it after the country’s inde-pendence in the 1960s, will open Saturday at the National Museum of Natural History. The show will remain on view for a year in the African Voices Focus Gallery on

the first floor. Located at 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, the muse-um is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000.■ The Carnegie Institution of Washington will host an evening

exhibition Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to midnight of paintings by Laura Elkins from her “Civil Liberties” series, in conjunction with a “D.C. Statehood Winter Teach In” that evening. The purpose of the event is “to inform and educate citizens about issues relating to D.C. statehood,” said organizer Johnny Barnes. There will be panel presentations and opportunities for audience par-ticipation.

Elkins’ paintings highlight the District’s vulnerability to control by the U.S. Congress without voting representation. She paints herself as various first ladies who illustrate contentious issues like reproductive rights, the needle exchange pro-gram, gay marriage and medical marijuana. For example, she shows herself in one portrait as Michelle Obama smoking marijuana to address the issue of legalizing medi-cal marijuana. The Carnegie Institution of Washington is located at 1530 P St. NW. 202-387-6400.■ “Stepping Over the Line,” featur-ing works by Upper Georgetown artist Shahla Arbabi, will open Saturday at the Mansion at Strathmore and continue through Feb. 4. Located at 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, Md., the gal-lery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday until 9 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 301-581-5125.■ “Bon Appétit! Julia Child’s Kitchen at the Smithsonian,” which re-creates the exuberant chef’s leg-endary kitchen in Cambridge, Mass., will close Sunday at the National Museum of American History for about half a year while renovations take place in the build-ing’s west wing. Located at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, the muse-um is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000.

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Jan. 4 through 29 at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center. The production anchors Theater J’s new festival, “Locally Grown: Community Supported Art From Our Own Garden.” Performance times generally are 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $35 to $60. The Washington DC Jewish Community Center, is located at 1529 16th St. NW. 202-777-3214; theaterj.org.■ Washington Stage Guild will present “Amelia” Jan. 5 through 29 in the Undercroft Theatre of Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $40 to $50. The church is located at 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 240-582-0050; stageguild.org.■ The In Series will present “Barber & Barberillo” — a double bill featuring Samuel Barber and Giancarlo Menotti’s “A Hand of Bridge” and Francisco Asenjo Barbieri’s “The Little Barber of Lavapies” — Jan. 7 through 22 at Source. Performance times vary. Tickets cost $40 for adults, $36 for seniors and $20 for students and youth. Source is located at 1835 14th St. NW. 202-204-7763; inseries.org.■ Scena Theatre will present Irish playwright Brian Friel’s translation of “Hedda Gabler” Jan. 7 through 29 at the H Street Playhouse. Performance times generally are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $16 to $40, with $10 previews through Jan. 11. The H Street Playhouse is located at 1365 H St. NE. 703-683-2824; scenatheater.org.■ The hit Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” will close Jan. 7 at the National Theatre. Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and

Saturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $41.50 to $276.50. The theater is located at 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-6161; nationaltheatre.org.■ The Shakespeare Theatre Company will close an extended run of “Much Ado About Nothing” Jan. 7 at Sidney Harman Hall. Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $20 to $100. Sidney Harman Hall is located at 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org.■ The Kennedy Center’s production of Mo Willems’ “Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical” will close Jan. 8 in the Family Theater. Performance times vary. Tickets cost $20. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.■ Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will close Chicago comedy troupe The Second City’s new work, “Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies,” Jan. 8. Performance times are generally 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Ticket prices start at $30. Woolly Mammoth is located at 641 D St. NW. 202-393-3939; woollymammoth.net.■ Faction of Fools Theatre Company will present an adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” Jan. 12 through Feb. 4 at the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint. Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $20 for students and $15 for children ages 12 and younger. Flashpoint is located at 916 G St. NW. 800-838-3006; factionoffools.org.■ The Kennedy Center is presenting “Ann: An Affectionate Portrait of Ann Richards,” starring Emmy Award-winner Holland Taylor, through Jan. 15 in the Eisenhower Theater. Performance times vary. Ticket prices start at $54. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.■ “Billy Elliot the Musical” is at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House through Jan. 15. Performance times vary. Ticket prices start at $25. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.

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Laura Elkins’ paintings will be on display in conjunction with a forum on D.C. statehood.

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