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The Avalon Theatre has just closed the curtains on another scene in its reopening story: a nearly five-year, $2 million capital campaign. The effort, in the works since March 2008, has made it possible during that time for the nonprofit that runs the Chevy Chase movie theater to open its own cafe, install a new heating/cooling system in the upstairs theater and pay down $200,000 of its mortgage principal. Nearly complete is an update to the main theater’s heating/cool-ing system, and a new elevator is being planned. “It’s just a testament to the perseverance and dedica-tion of a lot of people,” said campaign chair Juliet Zucker. “This is a great achievement, and it’s great that people care that much about the Avalon … and really

believe in it.” Completion of the Avalon Legacy Campaign is hardly the end of fundraising for the theater, though. The operators require annual contributions to cover costs, and even as they finish up the capital improvements on the

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Avalon Theatre raises $2 million for projects

Bill Petros/The CurrentBill Oberdorfer and Juliet Zucker helped spearhead the five-year fundraising effort, which paid for work such as restoration of a ceiling mural.

By DEIRDRE BANNONCurrent Staff Writer

Pending approval of its liquor license, Gypsy Sally’s Acoustic Tavern could soon open on K Street in Georgetown, bringing a new live-music venue to the neighborhood. Owners David and Karen Ensor plan to feature “Americana” music, including acoustic rock, bluegrass and folk, in a 300-person-capacity space on the second floor of 3401 K

St. The tavern would sit above another new venue, Malmaison, a planned restaurant and dessert bar that would also serve drinks. “Gypsy Sally’s will be a comfort-able, intimate atmosphere to enjoy live music,” David Ensor said at last week’s meeting of the Georgetown advisory neighborhood commission. Modeled after City Winery in Manhattan, the tavern would be the kind of place where patrons could sit down and have a meal while listen-ing to nationally known or local art-ists, he said, rather having to “stand on a concrete floor in tight quarters,

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New tavern eyes waterfront for ‘Americana’ music venue

By BRADY HOLT and KATIE PEARCECurrent Staff Writers

It may have not been the biggest question in Washington, D.C., yes-terday, but for city politics, “Brown or Grosso?” was the main uncer-tainty. And by the night’s end, David Grosso appears to have emerged as the near-certain winner. The first-time candidate elbowed out incum-

bent Michael A. Brown in the tight race for one of the at-large seats on the D.C. Council. Grosso will serve alongside his fellow Ward 5 resident Vincent Orange, who was handily re-elected out of a field of seven. As of The Current’s deadline, Democrat Orange held 37 percent of the vote, Grosso 21 percent, and Brown 15 percent. While Orange virtually ensured a win by sealing the Democratic nom-

ination in the primaries last spring, the real competition centered on the other seat — prohibited by law from going to a second Democrat. Grosso and Brown both ran as indepen-dents. In Northwest, Grosso won most precincts in wards 2 and 3, while Orange had a commanding lead in Ward 4. Brown placed last of seven in several precincts, including in the Georgetown and Woodley Park

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Grosso unseats at-large incumbent

Bill Petros/The CurrentStudents from Georgetown’s Hyde-Addison Elementary School participated in a homeless mini-walk dressed in Halloween costumes during last Friday’s Fall Fest celebration. The event raised funds for the Georgetown Ministry Center.

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By DEIRDRE BANNONCurrent Staff Writer

Comcast might be the least popular entity operating in Georgetown right now, according to Tom Birch. The advisory neighborhood commissioner, among others, is outraged over the company’s recent installation of large utility boxes on several sidewalks around the historic neighborhood. The green boxes, which are approximately the size of small refrigerators, started popping up about two weeks ago along 29th Street near both Olive and Dumbarton streets, and are now also on M and 31st streets and on Wisconsin Avenue near K Street. Any change to public space in historic Georgetown must first, by law, be reviewed and approved by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and the Old Georgetown Board. Permits for the work were never submitted to either entity, according to the federal panel’s secretary,

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Comcast boxes cause stir in Georgetown

Bill Petros/The CurrentA Comcast box at 29th and Olive streets is one of several installed in the historic district without design review by the Old Georgetown Board.

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Mayor changes fines for speed violations Just before the D.C. Council began considering legislation to reduce fines from city speed camer-as, D.C. officials acted to alter the fines for speeding in the city. The new fine schedule, announced Friday, is as follows:■ up to 10 mph over the limit: $50 (reduced from $75);■ 11 to 15 mph over the limit: $100 (reduced from $125);■ 16 to 20 mph over the limit: $150 (unchanged);■ 21 to 25 mph over the limit: $200 (unchanged); and■ more than 25 mph over the limit: $300 (increased from $250). Mayor Vincent Gray said the changes came in response to feed-back to the city’s automated traffic enforcement program. “For months since the Metropolitan Police Department put more photo-enforcement vehicles on the street to reduce speeding, decrease traffic fatalities and make things safer for all motorists, pedes-

trians and cyclists, we’ve received lots of feedback — some of it good and some of it bad,” he said in a news release. Gray said he believes the changes “will improve fairness while continuing to ensure and improve public safety.” The changes will be implement-ed through the regulatory authority of the Department of Motor Vehicles and thus can go into effect immediately with legislation. The police department has indicated that motorists caught speeding on cam-era are fined if they are driving more than 10 mph over the limit. Friday’s release also says that officials also plan to “study the safety of altering speed limits in areas where improvements to road-ways may enable changes without compromising safety.” It further notes that some of the funds collect-ed from the cameras will now go toward hiring 100 additional police officers. Meanwhile, the D.C. Council began holding hearings Monday on automated traffic enforcement legis-lation by Ward 3 D.C. Council

member Mary Cheh, Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells and Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry that would set the penalty for speeding above 11 mph and under 20 mph over the limit at $50. The hearing will continue Nov. 13.

Ward 3 Dems to hold caucuses next week The Ward 3 Democratic Committee will hold caucuses to elect 108 new precinct delegates Nov. 12 through 15. Each of the ward’s 18 precincts will elect up to six delegates to serve on the committee. Each dele-gate serves a two-year term. Residents must be registered Democrats in Ward 3 to vote or become a delegate, according to a news release from the committee. The delegates are expected to attend the committee’s regular meetings and engage in outreach efforts to voters throughout the city. Caucuses for precincts 10, 29 and 31 will be held Nov. 12; pre-cinct 33, Nov. 13; precincts 7, 8, 9,

12, 30, 32, 34 and 50, Nov. 14; and precincts 11, 26, 27, 28, 136 and 138, Nov. 15. More information is available at dcward3dems.org.

D.C. begins amnesty on business licenses Mayor Vincent Gray announced a business license amnesty program last week that will allow businesses operating without the required per-mit to obtain one without paying a $2,000 fine. The amnesty period, which impacts businesses whose licenses expired before Aug. 1 as well as those that do not have a license, began last week and will continue through Dec. 31. The D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs conducted a business compliance initiative this year and found “sig-nificant numbers of businesses that were operating with missing or expired licenses or corporate docu-ments.” The amnesty program is aimed

at bringing those entities into com-pliance.

GDS to host lecture by Foer brothers Brothers and best-selling authors Franklin Foer, Jonathan Safran Foer and Joshua Foer will give their first joint lecture Nov. 19 at Washington Hebrew Congregation. The native Washingtonians will spend the eve-ning discussing their craft. The free event is a tribute to the memory of Benjamin Cooper, who was killed in a 1997 accident as a rising senior at the Foers’ alma mater, Georgetown Day School. Franklin Foer is the editor of The New Republic and author of the book “How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization.” Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of the novels “Everything Is Illuminated” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.” Joshua Foer is a journalist and the author of “Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything.” The lecture, which is sponsored by Georgetown Day, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Reservations are suggest-ed; visit gds.org/cooperlecture.

Corrections In the Oct. 31 issue, an article on a rear addition planned at 1321 21st St. misstated the number of units planned — it is four to six, not nine. The article also incorrectly reported that the Dupont advisory neighbor-hood commission voted to oppose the project; its resolution expressed concerns but did not oppose the project. The Current regrets the errors. 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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An 11th-hour budget shift by District officials has added nearly $14 million to the coffers of charter and public schools — including money for major technology upgrades at 32 underperforming public schools. But the late changes and lack of detail left some D.C. Council members fuming. The council, by a 9-2 vote last Thursday, approved “reprogramming” of some $25 million in unspent funds from fiscal 2012, to include $6.9 million to charter schools for facilities or other needs and $6.9 million to public schools for technology improvements. The shift also allotted $6.5 million to Metro, $1.5 million for parks and recreation facilities, and $1.2 million to the Oak Hill juvenile detention center. Aides to Mayor Vincent Gray said the last-minute shifts came because unspent funds couldn’t be calculated until the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, while city law requires that money not reprogrammed by Nov. 1 go back into the city’s reserves. Gray has also touted recent initiatives to fund charter school modernization with local dollars, and to upgrade many park and recreation facilities — both efforts that will be boosted by the extra dollars. But the council, in a two-hour debate, clearly felt left

in the dark. Members hadn’t received precise figures until late the day before their rescheduled Nov. 1 legisla-tive meeting. And they were particularly concerned about the $6.9 million in Internet-access improvements proposed for 32 public schools, some of which have already undergone major renovations. “Are you telling me they’ve upgraded the HVAC, the electric, but they forgot to connect to the Internet?” said Ward 4 member Muriel Bowser. “We’ve already assigned funds to provide these ser-vices,” said at-large member David Catania. “We’re going to essentially give them the money twice.” But D.C. Public Schools spokesperson Melissa Salmanowitz later told The Current that the $6.9 million investment will accelerate needed Internet infrastructure improvements, “focusing primarily on our lowest-per-forming schools,” to provide reliable services for all students. The money will pay for “new and better components, like jacks, ports, wires and systems … that actually use far less electricity,” Salmanowitz wrote in an email, pro-viding “hundreds of new wireless access points in our schools.” She said some schools that received only Phase I modernizations still don’t have adequate information technology capacity, while others modernized more than five years ago have equipment that is now out of date.

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Wednesday, Nov. 7 The Ward 4 Democrats group will hold its monthly meeting, which will include analysis of election results and legislative updates from D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Emery Recreation Center, 5701 Georgia Ave. NW.

Thursday, Nov. 8 The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities will host an open forum on upcoming plans for the District’s increased arts budget for fiscal year 2013. The forum will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in Room A05, Building 44, University of the District of Columbia, 4201 Connecticut Ave. NW.■ The D.C. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration will hold a public meeting

to discuss the rehabilitation of Broad Branch Road between Linnean Avenue and Beach Drive. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Methodist Home of D.C., 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW.■ The Burleith Citizens Association will hold its annual community meeting at 7 p.m. in the student center at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, 3500 R St. NW. The agenda will include remarks by Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans.

Saturday, Nov. 10 The Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy will hold a volunteer day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for volunteers to cut invasive vines and shrubs along the margins of the park’s meadows. Training and tools will be supplied; vol-unteers should meet at the top of Lovers Lane near 30th and R streets

NW. To register, contact Ann Aldrich at [email protected].

Tuesday, Nov. 13 The Brightwood Community Association will hold its monthly meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at St. John United Baptist Church, 6343 13th St. NW.■ The Chevy Chase Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting, which will feature a discussion of local community courts. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Wednesday, Nov. 14 The National Capital Planning Commission will hold an open house to present draft policies for the Federal Urban Design Element of the Comprehensive Plan. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the District Architecture Center, 421 7th St. NW.

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This is a listing of reports taken from Oct. 28 through Nov. 4 in local police service areas.

PSA 101

Theft (below $250)■ 1000 block, K St.; parking lot; 5 p.m. Nov. 2.■ 700 block, 9th St.; unspeci-fied premises; 9:38 p.m. Nov. 3.■ 900 block, F St.; store; 3:40 p.m. Nov. 4.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 800 block, 12th St.; street; 1:30 p.m. Nov. 3.

PSA 102

Stolen auto■ 6th Street and New York Avenue; parking lot; 11 a.m. Nov. 2.■ 4th and K streets; unspeci-fied premises; 8 p.m. Nov. 3.Theft (below $250)■ 300 block, Indiana Ave.; gov-ernment building; 11 a.m. Oct. 31.■ 700 block, 7th St.; unspeci-fied premises; 6 p.m. Oct. 31.■ 7th and G streets; unspeci-fied premises; 9:20 p.m. Oct. 31.■ 700 block, 7th St.; unspeci-fied premises; 8:34 p.m. Nov. 1.Theft (shoplifting)■ 700 block, 7th St.; store; 2:50 p.m. Nov. 2.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 7th and I streets; unspecified premises; 9:53 p.m. Oct. 31.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 400 block, L St.; street; 7 a.m. Nov. 2.■ 400 block, 7th St.; parking lot; 10:20 p.m. Nov. 3.

PSA 201

Burglary (attempt)■ 5800 block, Chevy Chase Parkway; residence; 2:10 p.m. Nov. 2.Theft (below $250)■ Unspecified location; con-struction site; 5:46 p.m. Oct. 28.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3100 block, Legation St.; unspecified premises; 8:20 a.m. Nov. 4.

PSA 202

Theft ($250 plus)■ 5200 block, Western Ave.; store; 5:58 p.m. Nov. 4.Theft (below $250)■ 4800 block, Massachusetts Ave.; store; 4:07 p.m. Oct. 30.■ 5300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 11:48 a.m. Nov. 1.■ 5200 block, 45th St.; resi-dence; 10:30 a.m. Nov. 3.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 4300 block, Harrison St.; unspecified premises; 4:04 p.m. Nov. 3.

■ 43rd and Brandywine streets; street; 5 p.m. Nov. 3.

PSA 203

Theft (below $250)■ 4200 block, Connecticut Ave.; street; 2:08 a.m. Nov. 2.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3400 block, Porter St.; street; 9 p.m. Nov. 3.

PSA 204

Burglary■ 3000 block, Massachusetts Ave.; unspecified premises; 1:57 p.m. Nov. 1.Theft ($250 plus)■ 3800 block, Davis Place; storage facility; 8:51 a.m. Nov. 2.■ 2300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; tavern/nightclub; 2:48 a.m. Nov. 3.Theft (below $250)■ 3400 block, Lowell St.; resi-dence; 11 p.m. Oct. 28.■ 3300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; construction site; 1:30 p.m. Nov. 1.

PSA 205

Theft (below $250)■ 4400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; government building; noon Nov. 1.

PSA 206

Robbery (armed)■ 2900 block, M St.; bank; 5:18 p.m. Nov. 1.Robbery (force and violence)■ 29th and N streets; sidewalk; 10:06 p.m. Oct. 31.Burglary■ 3300 block, Prospect St.; residence; 8:02 p.m. Oct. 31.Theft (below $250)■ 1000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; unspecified premises; 10:15 p.m. Oct. 29.■ 1000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 2:15 p.m. Oct. 31.■ 1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 1:41 p.m. Nov. 1.■ 3300 block, O St.; street; 4 a.m. Nov. 2.■ 3100 block, K St.; street; 12:15 p.m. Nov. 3.■ 3200 block, M St.; restau-rant; 4 p.m. Nov. 3.■ 3200 block, M St.; tavern/nightclub; 5 p.m. Nov. 3.■ 1800 bock, Wisconsin Ave.; grocery store; 7:36 p.m. Nov. 4.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3200 block, N St.; unspeci-fied premises; 11 a.m. Oct. 31.■ 3100 block, P St.; alley; 8:30 a.m. Oct. 28.

PSA 207

Burglary

■ 1600 block, I St.; office build-ing; 6 p.m. Oct. 28.■ 800 block, 15th St.; unspeci-fied premises; 8:01 a.m. Nov. 2.Stolen auto■ 1000 block, 22nd St.; street; 9:30 p.m. Oct. 31.Theft ($250 plus)■ 2100 block, H St.; school; 5:24 p.m. Nov. 3.Theft (below $250)■ 2000 block, K St.; sidewalk; 1 p.m. Oct. 28.■ 1700 block, G St.; medical facility; 6:40 a.m. Oct. 31.■ 800 block, 22nd St.; unspec-ified premises; 8:35 a.m. Oct. 31.■ 1400 block, K St.; unspeci-fied premises; 5:20 p.m. Oct. 31.■ 1100 block, Vermont Ave.; unspecified premises; 8 p.m. Oct. 31.■ 1400 block, I St.; office build-ing; 12:12 p.m. Nov. 1.■ 1800 block, M St.; restau-rant; 10 p.m. Nov. 1.■ 2100 block, H St.; school; 10:10 a.m. Nov. 2.■ 1100 block, 17th St.; tavern/nightclub; 1:34 a.m. Nov. 3.■ 1100 block, New Hampshire Ave.; residence; 4:55 p.m. Nov. 3.■ 2100 block, H St.; unspeci-fied premises; 7 p.m. Nov. 3.■ 1400 block, I St.; tavern/nightclub; 4:49 a.m. Nov. 4.■ 900 block, 23rd St.; street; 12:31 a.m. Oct. 28.■ 2500 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; unspecified premises; 2 a.m. Oct. 28.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 2400 block, M St.; parking lot; noon Nov. 2.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 2000 block, K St.; parking lot; 5:30 p.m. Nov. 2.■ 1100 block, 19th St.; parking lot; 10:06 p.m. Nov. 2.■ 18th and D streets; street; 10 p.m. Nov. 3.

PSA 208

Robbery (gun)■ 1400 block, 20th St.; side-walk; 2:14 a.m. Oct. 28.Robbery (fear)■ 2100 block, P St.; sidewalk; 6:31 a.m. Nov. 1.Robbery (snatch)■ 2000 block, P St.; unspeci-fied premises; 2:21 a.m. Nov. 3.■ 1200 block, 15th St.; side-walk; 1:30 a.m. Oct. 28.Burglary■ 1600 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 9:56 p.m. Oct. 29.Stolen auto■ 21st Street and New Hampshire Avenue; unspeci-fied premises; 10:30 p.m. Nov. 2.Theft (below $250)■ 1500 block, 15th St.; unspecified premises; 8:50 p.m. Oct. 29.■ 1800 block, M St.; tavern/nightclub; 11 p.m. Oct. 30.■ 2100 block, P St.; restaurant;

3:15 p.m. Oct. 31.■ 2100 block, P St.; tavern/nightclub; 9 p.m. Oct. 31.■ 1800 block, M St.; unspeci-fied premises; 9 p.m. Oct. 31.■ 1200 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 3 p.m. Nov. 2.■ 1500 block, New Hampshire Ave.; tavern/nightclub; 7 p.m. Nov. 2.■ 1600 block, Connecticut Ave.; restaurant; 7:10 p.m. Nov. 2.■ 1200 block, 18th St.; tavern/nightclub; 1:55 a.m. Nov. 3.■ 1400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; unspecified premises; 3 p.m. Nov. 3.■ 2000 block, Massachusetts Ave.; hotel; 3:45 a.m. Nov. 4.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1700 block, Church St.; street; 4 p.m. Oct. 31.■ 1500 block, O St.; unspeci-fied premises; 10:40 a.m. Nov. 2.■ 1700 block, P St.; unspeci-fied premises; 6:30 p.m. Nov. 3.

PSA 301

Robbery (snatch)■ 1900 block, 15th St.; unspecified premises; 8:08 p.m. Nov. 4.Stolen auto■ 1700 block, V St.; unspeci-fied premises; 5:40 a.m. Nov. 1.Theft (below $250)■ 1700 block, R St.; restau-rant; 2:08 p.m. Oct. 30.■ 1600 block, U St.; tavern/nightclub; 8 p.m. Oct. 28.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1600 block, U St.; street; 7:30 a.m. Oct. 30.■ 1900 block, 16th St.; street; 2:03 p.m. Oct. 31.■ 16th and Corcoran streets; street; 11:45 a.m. Oct. 28.■ 1700 block, Q St.; unspeci-fied premises; 11:55 a.m. Oct. 28.

PSA 303

Robbery (force and violence)■ 1600 block, Argonne Place; sidewalk; 8:06 p.m. Oct. 31.■ 2200 block, 18th St.; park area; 2:05 a.m. Oct. 28.Robbery (attempt)■ 2400 block, 18th St.; side-walk; 2:25 a.m. Oct. 28.Assault with a dangerous weapon (miscellaneous)■ 2300 block, 18th St.; tavern/nightclub; 1:30 a.m. Nov. 4.Theft ($250 plus)■ 2300 block, Ontario Road; store; 9 a.m. Nov. 2.■ Florida Avenue and U Street; unspecified premises; 8:30 p.m. Nov. 2.Theft (below $250)■ 1600 block, Belmont St.; res-idence; 8:15 a.m. Nov. 2.■ 1700 block, Columbia Road; store; 4:10 p.m. Nov. 2.■ 2400 block, 18th St.; unspecified premises; 2:58 a.m. Nov. 3.

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psa 202■ Friendship heights tenleytown / aU park

psa 204■ MassachUsetts avenUe heights / cleveland parkwoodley park / glover park / cathedral heights

psa 205■ palisades / spring valleywesley heights / Foxhall

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psa 207■ Foggy bottoM / west end

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docket, others arise. “It’s like an old house — something can always be improved,” said Zucker. But for now, she and her team are celebrating their success. “It’s just a huge accomplishment for this relatively small operation here,” said executive director Bill Oberdorfer. “What it really speaks to is the reason the theater exists: People who support the theater real-ly support the theater.” Those supporters contributed an average of $1,100 apiece to the capi-tal campaign, with the largest pledge topping out at $200,000. All of that added up to $2 million — about a third of the amount the Avalon’s operators have raised, from dona-tions and grants, since reopening the space in April 2003. The city’s oldest operating movie house had closed two years before that, with Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp. shuttering the 5612 Connecticut Ave. space and stripping it of its equipment.

After that, developer Douglas Jemal took control of the building, and a group of neighbors launched the nonprofit Avalon Theatre Project to run it as a movie theater. A decade-plus later, the nonprofit owns the building and has made significant strides in updating it. Zucker said the main goals of the just-completed capital campaign were to address the building’s press-ing physical needs, including shor-ing up a sidewalk out front that was collapsing over mechanical equip-ment and updating the theater’s awk-ward concessions stand. “It was just kind of serendipi-tous,” Zucker said of the opening of the cafe after Ben & Jerry’s vacated the space. “We weren’t going to throw anybody out.” Creating the cafe has been bene-ficial, approximately doubling the concession stand’s take, estimated Oberdorfer. Then, partway through the fund-raising campaign, the heating and air-conditioning unit in the upstairs movie theater — home to the small-

er of the Avalon’s two screens — failed, requiring a full replacement. After that, operators moved quickly to replace the downstairs system before it conked out, too. The capital campaign funds have also paid for restoration of a ceiling mural in the main theater and for a contribution to the mortgage princi-pal, which helped reduce monthly payments to $6,700. Zucker said more than 1,700 peo-ple donated to the cause, spurred by numerous parties, direct-mail solici-tations, a phonathon and a couple of

major fundraising events. “They’re our investors and what they’re getting in return for their investment is not a dividend; … it’s a good feeling that they’re keeping an important part of Chevy Chase — but also of the city — operating,” she said. And she and the other members of the Avalon’s board hope to encourage people to keep giving. They run an annual campaign to help cover the theater’s approximately $900,000 operating budget (85 to 90 percent of which is covered by rev-

enue), and they see more capital needs on the horizon — a new pro-jection system, for instance. “There’s a mandatory conversion to digital that is under way in the industry, away from 35 mm, which of course we’ve had for decades,” said Oberdorfer. Oberdorfer estimates a new pro-jection system would cost $125,000 for the two screens. He said there may be enough capital campaign money left over to cover it — or the Avalon Theatre Project may have to launch another fundraising effort.

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At the commission’s Oct. 31 meeting:■ commissioners voted 6-0 in favor of serving as a co-sponsor of a Georgetown parking meeting to take place in mid-November. The D.C. Department of Transportation will solicit ideas from the community on parking management options for Georgetown, including visitor-park-ing permits. The Citizens Association of Georgetown and the Burleith Citizens Association are also co-sponsors.■ commissioners voted 6-0 to sup-port the Citizens Association of Georgetown’s nomination of the D.C. Department of Transportation for a 2013 D.C. award for excellence in historic preservation, for the O and P streets restoration project.■ commissioners voted 6-0 to sup-port Capital Bikeshare’s proposal to relocate its bike station at 1035 Wisconsin Ave., south of M Street, to 1041 Wisconsin Ave. The station needs to be moved because due to construction of a condominium proj-ect.■ commissioners voted 6-0 to pro-test the liquor license application of Gypsy Sally’s Acoustic Tavern, located on the second floor of 3401 K St., pending the negotiation of a voluntary agreement with owners David and Karen Ensor. The estab-lishment would open as a live venue for “Americana” music, including acoustic rock, bluegrass and folk. With a capacity for nearly 300 patrons, it would offer a menu of small plates, craft beer and fine wine. Neighbors of the proposed estab-lishment raised concerns about noise, parking and the ability of emergency vehicles to get to their homes if traffic is congested — a concern that is amplified because another liquor license establishment, Malmaison, plans to open on the first floor, with an occupancy of about 200 seats.■ commissioners voted 6-0 not to protest the liquor license application of Grill Kabob of Georgetown at 3299 M St. The existing license, which has been in safekeeping for more than two years, allows the establishment to be open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., with seating for 125 patrons. Commissioners opted not to protest because of the limited operat-ing hours, and thanks to a productive meeting with the new owners, who own several kabob establishments in the Washington area.■ Citing the vigorous discussions that take place at meetings among commissioners and community members regarding liquor establish-ments, commissioners expressed concerns about Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham’s omnibus alcohol bill, which could go before the council for a vote this month. Commissioners noted that restric-tions on community involvement render the bill “inappropriate”

because it “does an end run around citizen involvement.” They specifi-cally questioned a provision that would limit individual groups of protestants to those that live within 400 feet of an establishment, another that would allow individual protests to be subsumed if the advisory neighborhood commission first reaches a voluntary agreement, and a third provision that would require civic organizations to give public notice to establishments it seeks to protest. ■ commissioners voted 5-0, with Ron Lewis absent, to support a building permit application at 3251 M St., a Sunglass Hut location, to replace its front windows.■ commissioners voted 5-0, with Ron Lewis absent, to support a per-mit that would change the signage at 3320 M St., for Boffi, a home design showroom.■ commissioners voted 5-0, with Ron Lewis absent, to not object to concept plans for 1510 31st St., which propose to build a second floor for residential use on top of a one-story commercial space.■ commissioners voted 5-0, with Ron Lewis absent, to not object to concept plans for the Williams-Addison House at 1645 31st St., to build an underground garage, fenc-ing, swimming pool and paved ter-races.■ commissioners voted 6-0 to sup-port concept plans as proposed for a residence at 3321 N St. The owners seek to give the property its first renovation in more than 40 years, and to add a one-story side addition and projecting bay windows. This is the second time the owners have been before the commission — the first plan was rejected due to the massing of the addition.■ commissioners voted 6-0 to sup-port the concept plans to reconstruct a collapsed building at 1424 Wisconsin Ave. Commissioners did

not object to a third-story addition as long as it would be set back in order to preserve the historic two-story sightline of the building. Commissioners noted that this build-ing is not a contributing structure to the historic district of Georgetown. The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, in the Leavey Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. For details, call 202-724-7098 or visit anc2e.com.

ANC 3BGlover Park

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at Stoddert Elementary School and Recreation Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. Agenda items include:■ police report.■ discussion of proposed citywide parking changes with Angelo Rao of the D.C. Department of Transportation.■ discussion with Washington Gas representatives on work in Glover Park.■ update on the Wisconsin Avenue streetscape project and 37th Street and Tunlaw Road intersection modi-fications.■ open forum. For details, call 202-338-2969, email [email protected] or visit anc3b.org.

ANC 3DSpring ValleyWesley Heights

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in Room B108, West Hall, George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road NW. For details, call 202-363-4130 or visit anc3d.org.


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Citizens Association of Georgetown My feet are still aching from dancing all night at the 2012 Georgetown Gala. The Russian ambassador, His Excellency Sergey Kisylak, hosted us for a glamorous evening complete with Russian vodka, caviar, and Big Ray and the Kool Kats. It felt like all of Georgetown turned out to honor Pamela and Richard Hinds. The embassy looked spectacular, thanks to the creative teamwork of Annemarie Ryan, Colleen Girouard and Robin Jones. Pat and Joe Lonardo were a masterful auctioneering team. Local businesses con-tributed to making the night truly spectacular. I thank everyone who attended, our incredible committee members who made the whole thing happen, and all of the sponsors and donors who contributed. Thank you to our lead sponsor, Vornado Realty Trust and Angelo, Gordon & Co on behalf of the Shops at Georgetown Park. Also a spe-cial thanks to Long & Foster Real Estate — our association’s premier sponsor — and to our cornerstone patrons, gala co-chair Nancy Taylor Bubes with Washington Fine Properties, Chesapeake Management Group, Georgetown University, Jamestown Properties/EastBanc, The Levy Group, M.C. Dean, MRP Realty and Western Development Corp. I am also grateful for the continued support from our friends at Beasley Real Estate, Gregg Busch from First Savings Mortgage Corp., Georgetown University Hospital, M&T Bank, PNC Bank, Securitas Security Services USA, The Georgetown Current, The Georgetown Dish, The Georgetowner and The Wine Room at the Georgetown Safeway. The funds raised at this gala are crucial to this mission. A huge thank you to everyone who made this evening such a success.

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Thomas Luebke, who said in an interview that there is “no question” that the boxes fall under the panels’ jurisdiction. He added that the size of the utility boxes and the scope of the project were “unprecedented.” A Comcast spokesperson said that the company obtained city per-mits and didn’t know the installation required further review. The D.C. Department of Transportation is looking into the matter and examin-ing what went wrong procedurally. “This business is coming into our community and just making an aes-thetic wreck of what we try to pre-serve in the historic district,” Birch said at the neighborhood commis-sion’s Oct. 31 meeting. One of the company’s boxes is located about a hundred feet from Birch’s home. Another box, located on Wisconsin Avenue south of M Street, was placed in such a way that it ren-dered the sidewalk inaccessible for handicapped persons, according to commissioner Bill Starrels. Chair Ron Lewis said the boxes are “growing like weeds,” through-out the neighborhood, and that Comcast has been “unapproachable so far,” in that the company hasn’t responded to his emails or phone calls. Birch added that a pile of debris the size of an automobile has been left near his house in what appears to be a staging area for the construction of Comcast boxes elsewhere in the neighborhood. To add insult to inju-ry, workers are operating a backhoe

that beeps loudly when put in reverse, and they are doing so as early as 5:30 a.m. and as late as 10:30 p.m., according to Birch, well outside the typically permitted con-struction hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. One resident at the meeting said construction debris, including bricks removed from the sidewalk, was left behind by workers, creating an invi-tation for vandalism after they installed what he described as an “icebox” in front of his home. Despite the commission’s frustra-tion with Comcast’s lack of response, Lewis said the D.C. Department of Transportation, which oversees pub-lic-space permit applications, has agreed to investigate the matter and arrange a meeting between the city and the cable company. “DDOT is prepared to contact Comcast in a way that Comcast can-not ignore,” Lewis said. Matthew Marcou is heading up the Transportation Department’s effort, and he said his office is look-ing into what kind of permits were issued to Comcast and why the per-mits weren’t sent to the Commission of Fine Arts and the Old Georgetown Board for review. In an email to The Current, Alisha Martin, a spokesperson for Comcast’s mid-Atlantic office, wrote, “Comcast followed its cus-tomary process and protocol to secure permits through DDOT — which we received for our work in Georgetown. We were not aware of additional requirements. We are meeting with interested parties to better understand their concerns so

we can work to address and find a mutually beneficial solution.” Comcast did not reply to The Current’s questions about the pur-pose and contents of the boxes. This isn’t the first time the cable company has come under fire for installing large infrastructure boxes. In 2007, residents of Manassas, Va., engaged in a protracted fight with Comcast when the company installed boxes on the front lawns of private property in residential neighbor-

hoods without prior notification. Marcou said the boxes will now be reviewed by his agency as well as by the entities that oversee the his-toric neighborhood. Any installation would need to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act, and he said his office would look into any box that could restrict acces-sibility. Work crews also should not leave behind construction debris, Marcou added, and penalties could be levied against the cable company.

If residents see debris or restrictive boxes in the future, they are encour-aged to take photos and call 311. Marcou is confident city agencies will be able to agree on a course of action, and he said a meeting could happen this week. Birch had one further question: “Why,” he asked, “when technology is reducing everything to the size of a pin, did Comcast install something so antiquated it looks like it might have been seen in World War II?”

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Surviving the storm Long after this summer’s “derecho” and similarly devastating storms, the outrage festered — largely over Pepco’s inability to keep the power flowing, though sometimes about the District’s fail-ure to remove dangerous trees before they fell. Calls for under-grounding utilities kept neighborhood listservs lively for weeks. Aside from some scattered electrical and cable outages, the District emerged fairly well from Hurricane Sandy — compared not only to the devastation in New York and New Jersey, but also to the general expectations locally. This time, Pepco even seemed to have proportionately fewer outages and better restoration times than did other utilities in the region. Thus, the major post-storm gripe on one listserv was that postal delivery might have been unwise. On anoth-er listserv, about the only mention of putting wires underground to improve reliability came before the storm hit. In the case of Pepco, some suggest that the praise is primarily because the company’s past failures to maintain its infrastructure set the bar so low. Had the hurricane’s path not spared the District from the catastrophic damage many expected, who knows how the com-pany and the District’s storm crews would have responded? Though that question is unanswerable, we still believe both Pepco and city officials deserve positive marks for their preparations and responsiveness. Pepco marshaled its resources and arranged for plen-ty of help from outside utilities, and both efforts seemed to help it resolve the outages that did occur. It seems possible, as well, that resi-dents who watched their lights flicker at the height of the storm could easily have seen a prolonged outage had utility workers not been at their posts. Similarly, there were reports of a tree that fell near Meridian Hill Park — and then reports soon after that the city had already cleaned up the mess. In terms of the city’s response, the most legitimate criticism in our view involves a lack of communication. The Department of Public Works understandably delayed trash collection on Monday and Tuesday, but the agency failed to send out a clear enough mes-sage about the new schedule. The result was stories of residents wheeling heavy trashcans back and forth to the street or alley unnecessarily. Likewise, D.C. agencies ought to have provided updates on the storm damage that did occur — such as the huge fallen tree that closed a section of Broad Branch Road north of Davenport Street.

New BID leader Joe Sternlieb comes to the top post at the Georgetown Business Improvement District with both a solid résumé — featuring stints at the development company EastBanc, the Downtown Business Improvement District and the D.C. Council’s Committee on Economic Development — and a worthy list of goals, including marketing the neighborhood’s accessibility while also working to improve it. Mr. Sternlieb took over the executive director’s job last month from Jim Bracco, who resigned in July after heading the business-support group for more than three years. In an interview with The Current, the new leader discussed the need to address the physical distance people feel from Georgetown, due to its lack of Metro access. Short term, he wants to develop smartphone applications to help drivers find parking in the neigh-borhood and to promote the use of Metrobus and DC Circulator. Longer term, he wants more public-transit options, including a streetcar line. Mr. Sternlieb is also interested in streetscape improvements, con-tinued attention to trash collection and other city services and the ongoing updates to the Shops at Georgetown Park mall. All are important issues to Georgetown, and we think residents and busi-nesses alike will appreciate Mr. Sternlieb’s attention. We wish him the best of luck at his new job.

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No matter who has won the presidential con-test and assorted U.S. House and Senate races, one thing is pretty certain.

The era of big government is not over. And that’s probably good news for the hundreds of thousands of federal government workers in the Washington region, the scores of military families and the legions more who work in the private sector with government contracts. In this region, we are the seat of government, or “SOG” for short. On Monday before the election, former Northern Virginia U.S. Rep. Tom Davis sat down with NBC4 to discuss the likely impact of the national results on our region. “It’s all on the margins in terms of what govern-ment does,” Davis said of various attempts over the years to grow or curtail government spending. Davis, a moderate conservative, said this time is dif-ferent partially because of the tremendous budget deficits run up in the last decade. “This region has fared better over the last years than other regions because of the expenditures,” Davis said, “but that’s about to end. We’re borrow-ing 40 cents on every dollar [that we spend],” he said, “and at this point, something has to give. We know this is unsustainable, so Congress has got to address this.” Although the most conservative members of Congress vow no new taxes or revenue, Davis said extremes on the right or left can’t be sustained, either. The looming sequestration list of cuts — if allowed — would damage not only the regional economy, but also the national economy. “And they can’t just [fix it] by addressing discre-tionary spending. That cripples this region,” Davis said. “They’re going to have to get into some of the entitlements; they may have to get into some reve-nues.” Davis is not on any ballot, so he can say “reve-nue” without flinching. We’ll see how the survivors of Tuesday’s election feel as they return to the bud-get negotiating table.■ By the numbers. When Ronald Reagan was president, his budget in 1982 totaled about $617 bil-lion, according to figures from the American Presidency Project at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Reagan’s deficit that year was about $128 billion. By the time that George W. Bush left office, the budget was $2.9 trillion and the deficit was $458 billion. Under Barack Obama (and accounting for the policies of the Bush era into 2009) the budget has now reached $3.7 trillion with a deficit of about $1.2 trillion. Enough numbers. We’re getting woozy.■ Tax office crime. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced last week that another former employee of the city’s tax office has pleaded guilty to taking part in a scheme that netted $14.7 million in refunds for 3,700 fake income tax returns. Kimberle Y. Davis, a control technician in the Office of Tax and Revenue, admitted she stole $4 million and handled about 1,000 phony returns. Before you go yelling at Chief Financial Officer

Natwar Gandhi for this latest management problem, note this sentence from the news release sent out by U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen: “The fraudulent activities were uncovered by OTR. The case was investigated jointly thereafter by that agency and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation.” Of course, a grumpy critic might ask why the scheme lasted so long before being found out. Ward

2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans, chair of the Finance and Revenue Committee, has asked similar questions.

But Gandhi himself was proud to note that

this crime, like many others, was first discovered by his employees. “We are pleased that the vigilance of the Office of Tax and Revenue Criminal Investigation Unit uncovered this scheme, which led to this day of reckoning,” Gandhi said.■ Photo finish. Mayor Vincent Gray last week jumped out in front of critics of the city’s speed camera system. The mayor announced that as of this Monday he would lower some of the District’s speeding fines by $25. A fine that was $100 is now $75. There were similar reductions for other infractions. But the mayor did raise one fine. He said anyone going more than 25 miles per hour over the posted limit would pay $300 instead of $250. The mayor’s move was designed to head off leg-islation in the council to reduce speed camera fines even further. But there was precious little support for the mayor’s move. “Most people I talk to are convinced that our automated traffic enforcement program is mostly about raising money for the District’s budget,” said Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells, who is leading the effort to knock down speed camera tick-ets to as low as $50. In Maryland, they’re $40. Wells says there’s no evidence higher fines equate to safer streets. He says research he has seen shows that any serious — though more modest — amount has the same effect. Ward 4 Council member Muriel Bowser, who like Wells is a potential future candidate for mayor, says neighborhoods suffering from raceway road-ways want the cameras and the fines. Any legislative changes in the city’s speed cam-era fines are likely months away. At Monday’s council hearing on the bill — introduced by Wells, Ward 3’s Mary Cheh and Ward 8’s Marion Barry — several council members, including Chairman Phil Mendelson, said it’s important for the city to consider raising the speed limit on roads that can accommodate faster traffic. In the District, if there is no speed limit sign pres-ent, the speed automatically is set at 25 mph. Here’s one more consumer note on the speeding tickets. The reduced fines set by the mayor apply only to tickets given out since midnight Sunday. If you have a speed camera ticket prior to that, you have to pay the fine written on the ticket. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a politi-cal reporter for News 4.

The winner? Big government …

TOM SHERWOOD’S notebook

chevy chase gave to sandy relief I’m writing a letter to thank the Chevy Chase community for its generosity. On Saturday morn-ing, my wife Rosanna, my sons Demetrius and Marcus and I set up a table on Connecticut Avenue

near McKinley Street and sold brownies and cookies to benefit the American Red Cross’ efforts on behalf of the victims of Hurricane Sandy. The heart of this community was so apparent in the nickels, dimes and $20 bills that poured into our milk carton — and in the smiles on your faces after mak-ing your donations. We were able to raise $1,011.03 selling about 100 treats

over three hours, a result we thought was miraculous. The kindness and willingness of our community to help others less fortunate made this happen. The money is on its way to the Red Cross as we speak. Chevy Chase cares, consis-tently. Please keep donating when and what you can. The need continues.

Gregg DeMammosChevy Chase

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story misrepresented 21st street project We would like to respond to The Current’s Oct. 31 article “Projects would convert houses to apart-ments.” As owners of the property at 1321 21st St. NW, we were dis-appointed that we were not contact-ed prior to publication for com-ment. This resulted in incorrect information being printed. We would like to correct the record:■ The Dupont Circle advisory neighborhood commission’s resolu-tion did NOT oppose our plan.■ The Dupont Circle Conservancy voted to SUPPORT our proposed development plan.■ The Historic Preservation Office has issued a report in SUPPORT of our proposed development plan. We are in full compliance with the city’s historic preservation guide-lines.

■ Our plans call for a four- to six-unit building, not nine units as reported. This has been the case in every conversation with the neigh-bors and city.■ The addition will create a foot-print only slightly larger than that of the existing town house. The mass-ing is in scale with the existing neighboring buildings. The new building will be three stories (the same as other buildings on the block) with a true cellar and will bring the lot coverage into compli-ance with zoning regulations.■ The referenced petition is outdat-ed; it was collected in the summer and based on an early “carriage house” concept — long since dis-carded.■ This block of 21st Street between N and O streets has 22 buildings. This is hardly a quiet low-density street with its eight buildings of four-plus units, including 34-, 19-, 11- and 10-unit buildings.■ There is a large 10-story apart-ment building as well as a hotel across the alley from the project site. Both are visible from 21st

Street, while this project will not be.■ There is a well-defined process for community review of projects in neighborhoods with historic des-ignation. We have participated wholeheartedly in this review pro-cess, presenting at two advisory neighborhood commission meet-ings, two Dupont Circle Conservancy meetings, and a ques-tion-and-answer session requested and hosted by the adjoining neigh-bor, Don Hagen (which only three couples attended). Any claim that our project had not been subject to the proper community review is false. There is support for this project from the neighborhood, which has been drowned out. It is unfortunate that members of the small but vocal opposition group, who are unhappy with change and oppose added den-sity in this walkable and close-in neighborhood, have become the only voice heard in the discussion and subverted this process.

Andrew RubinManager,

1321-21st Street Partners LLC


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

In the past year, the District government collected more than $85 million in automated traffic enforce-ment fines. These were for infractions that ranged

from running red lights to driving 36 mph in a 25 mph zone. Although traffic violations that endanger the lives of others should rightly be punished, the penalty should always fit the offense. The bill that I introduced to lower automated traffic enforcement fines was the result of extensive work done by a group constituted of representatives from the Metropolitan Police Department, the D.C. Department of Transportation, AARP-DC, AAA, the Pedestrian Advisory Council, the pedestrian advisory committee from the Council on Court Excellence, the Bicycle Advisory Council, Greater Greater Washington and other groups, as well as experts from Howard and American universities. The purpose of the working group was to chart a course to increase safety for D.C. residents through the use of automated enforcement. The empirical evidence presented to us uncovered the following:■ the current fine structure was crafted to generate rev-enue — not to improve safety;■ fines above a certain dollar amount do not correlate with compliance;■ high fines tend, instead, to produce public outrage and — as in Houston — can lead to efforts to discon-tinue the use of automated enforcement entirely; and,■ compliance is best achieved through certainty of enforcement. Therefore, to maximize safety for District residents, we concluded that we need more cameras throughout the city to increase enforcement (and, beginning soon, we will be deploying cameras to monitor blocking the box and stopping at stop signs), but also that we need a fine structure that has legitimacy in the eyes of the pub-lic. It must be seen to be — and must, in fact, be — fair and proportionate. Automated systems work best with strong community support. Last Friday, the mayor introduced emergency regu-

lations changing the amount of certain traffic fines. Under his new scheme, the fine for speeding between 11 and 15 mph over the limit dropped from $125 to $100 while the fine for driving in excess of 25 mph over the limit was increased from $250 to $300. My bill certainly does not propose to reduce all automated enforcement fines, but it does aim at what science tells us: lower fines with certainty of enforce-ment are effective at changing behavior. So, as for speeding, only the fine for speeding above 11 mph and under 20 mph over the limit would be reduced by my bill; it would drop to $50. Maryland prohibits speed camera fines above $40, and Virginia permits no auto-mated enforcement. Fines for speeds above that would remain as they were before the mayor’s recent change, namely $200 for 21 to 25 mph over the limit and $250 for 26 mph and up. In addition, I insisted that the fine for red-light running stay where it is. This infraction is plainly intentional and inherently dangerous and, unlike speeding, is not subject to variables like downhill place-ments or road alignments that induce speed-ups (like Porter Street through Rock Creek Park). The bill would do more than just reduce fines. It would require that the Department of Transportation review current speed limits to ensure that they’re based on engineering and safety and that they’re not arbitrary or intended to create traps. It also includes a provision that would require the agency to craft a study plan to assess how lower fines affect compliance, and it would require that a portion of the automated enforcement program revenue be devoted to expanding the camera program and other road safety measures. I held a hearing on this bill on Monday, Nov. 5, and I will reconvene that hearing next Tuesday, Nov. 13. My bill, known as the Safety-Based Traffic Enforcement Amendment Act of 2012 (B19-1013), rep-resents what science and the experts in the field tell us will make our roads safer and our fine structure fair and proportional. It reflects a consensus among advocacy groups for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians. And it removes the focus of traffic enforcement from revenue generation — something that inherently causes public distrust and angst — to the promotion of safety. Mary Cheh represents Ward 3 on the D.C. Council.

Keeping District streets safe for everyoneviewPointMaRY CHEH


don’t dismiss valueof nursing homes I shook my head in dismay as I read your Oct. 31 front-page article “Ward 4 plans to create aging-in-place village.” Aging-in-place works well for the healthy. But why does a story about one option, such as aging-in-place, need to include the unin-formed but age-old remarks of poli-ticians and others condemning nurs-ing homes? Would The Current consider a story on our local nurs-ing homes and assisted-living facili-ties, whose staff members are enhancing the quality of life every day for individuals who cannot live on their own due to health issues, or who proactively choose to live in caring communities rather than in the isolation of their own homes? Given the number of people who are aging, we need many options for people to choose from — and nursing homes are the best option for many. Go visit a nursing home today and witness the dedi-cated staff and thriving residents.

Susan HesterWashington, D.C.

aging office helping ward 4 village effort I would like to applaud you for the Oct. 31 article “Ward 4 plans to create aging-in-place village.” Mayor Vincent C. Gray and I are proponents of programs and servic-es that promote community living as the first choice for seniors and persons with disabilities. Villages allow District residents to age in the community for as long as possible with the goal of preventing prema-ture nursing home placement. This is a humanistic approach as people would rather remain in their famil-iar surroundings and maintain their daily routines. The establishment of villages aligns with the D.C. Office on Aging’s mission, which is to advo-cate, plan, implement and monitor programs in health, education, employment and social services that promote longevity, independence, dignity and choice for our senior citizens. Through villages, seniors have options on how they choose to live in their communities. Villages allow seniors to maintain their indepen-dence and to draw upon the support of village members to assist them with the activities of daily living such as trips to stores and home-maker services and companionship programs, while maintaining their independence. Villages are effective at tackling social isolation as mem-bers actively check on each other and assemble social and educational events that bring seniors out of their homes, which promotes longevity. Based on the enthusiasm and interest of the Ward 4 residents who attended the village meeting at Deborah Royster’s home, I am con-

fident that they will establish their village in the near future. Our agen-cy’s staff stands ready to provide technical assistance and will collab-orate with them in ensuring that their village members receive free information, assistance and referrals to long-term services and supports. Again, thank you for raising awareness about the value of villag-es in the District of Columbia.

John M. ThompsonExecutive Director,

D.C. Office on Aging

eastbanc deal should concern taxpayers Advisory neighborhood com-missioner Rebecca Coder writes in defense of the EastBanc scheme to develop two buildings in the West End, one of which would include a new library [“Nader’s appeal goes against neighborhood,” Letters to the Editor, Oct. 31]. She seems to think that West End and Foggy Bottom residents have a nifty deal for a private developer to build them a library. In fact, the proposed new library would be heavily subsidized by all the city’s taxpayers, including many who are less affluent than the aver-age West End inhabitant. And EastBanc’s West End plan sets precedents that would be devastat-ing to the city’s development efforts in the future. EastBanc intends to build a library that, it claims, will cost $10 million. That figure is surely over-stated, but even if it isn’t, the com-pany still comes out far ahead. In exchange for the library, it will receive publicly owned land worth between $30 and $80 million. (The property includes a firehouse that’s part of this complicated swap.) Using the lower number, that means a city subsidy to the project of $20 million. In all likelihood, the value of the public’s gift to EastBanc would be substantially higher. The EastBanc proposal is a planned-unit development. Under zoning rules, developers get added density in exchange for public “amenities.” EastBanc claims that the library is this project’s amenity. But the city, by giving the develop-er the land, is paying the entire cost of the library — and more. So the EastBanc project approved by the Zoning Commission actually has no public amenity. This opens the door to other schemes in which the city gives added land value to develop-ers and gets nothing in return. In addition, EastBanc simply refused to obey the city’s new inclusionary-housing law. It plans to build some “affordable” units atop a new firehouse a few blocks away. But the company will do that only if gets an additional $7 million sub-sidy from the city! And building lower-cost apartments on another site does not satisfy the inclusion-ary-housing law. If EastBanc suc-ceeds in flouting this requirement, other developers will line up for the same giveaway. In short, the EastBanc West End deal has citywide implications and

should concern anyone who pays D.C. taxes. The special treatment that West End and Foggy Bottom residents think they’re getting is at the expense of everyone else in the District.

Kay MarlinWashington, D.C.

small businesses need wide support City Fitness has been Cleveland Park’s neighborhood gym since 1993. As a small, independently owned business and the only wom-an-owned gym in D.C., we are proud of this longevity. We believe that this success is a result of the great services we provide, our warm and inviting facility, our friendly, professional staff, and our commitment to being a socially responsible company. City Fitness is one of the found-ing members of the Cleveland Park Business Association, and we were also one of the original organizers of the very first Cleveland Park Day celebration back in 1999. We have actively participated in the organizing of the last three Cleveland Park Day events and have featured fun, lively fitness activities in the Park-n-Shop. As a small business, we rely on the support of this community for our livelihood and success. Therefore, it was with much dismay when we discovered that Sport & Health Clubs was provided a table at this year’s Cleveland Park Day on Oct. 14 to actively promote its Tenley gym. While we understand that this was an oversight on the part of the organizing committee, it was still quite troubling for us. The company’s table was locat-ed right on Connecticut Avenue for all passersby to visit. Even with all of our activities, we were overshad-owed completely by Petco’s adop-tion area and thus struggled to get folks down to our corner of the Park-n-Shop. Being in the far cor-ner and upper level of the shopping center, we often hear folks tell us that they have lived in this neigh-borhood for years and did not know that we were here. That is why it was even more dismaying to hear Cleveland Park residents make statements to us about matching the great deals Sport & Health was offering at its table! Cleveland Park residents pride themselves on being part of an inti-mate community with small busi-nesses, and we are proud to be one of those businesses. It is important for residents to understand, howev-er, that being a small business means that you don’t have the deep pockets of the big chains, such as, in our case, Sport & Health or Gold’s. If this “village in the city” is to remain so, residents need to sup-port all of the wonderful, small mom and pop businesses that dot Connecticut Avenue. It isn’t always about getting the best deal but more about supporting this community.

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When National Cathedral’s soc-cer team earned a spot in the Independent School League cham-pionship game against Visitation, several players said they had one thing on their mind: revenge. The Eagles knew they had a chance to redeem last year’s cham-pionship loss and snap a three-year drought of title game losses. But they didn’t know they would end up in the exact same scenario they faced a season ago — penalty kicks against Visitation to decide the ISL champi-on at Episcopal in Alexandria. This time, the Eagles flipped the script, soaring past the Cubs 7-6 on junior Hallie Horvath’s game-win-ner to take the ISL tournament crown. “The game was huge for the girls,” said first-year Eagles coach Danielle Malagari. “We set goals in the beginning of the year to win the tournament. They were determined to finally win one after leaving emp-ty-handed the previous three years.” But just getting to overtime and penalty kicks required some heroics. Visitation sophomore Taylor Kirchgessner scored early in the game to put the Cubs ahead 1-0. The Eagles, meanwhile, couldn’t get on the board until nearly the end of the game. Cathedral sophomore forward Rubii Tamen fired the ball past the

Cubs keeper to knot the game at one and force overtime. A big reason for the low scoring was the performance of both goal-keepers. Visitation junior Alexis Bryant made seven impressive saves, while Cathedral freshman Erica Sanders made five stops plus two deflections during the shootout. “Erica did a great job,” said Malagari. “The defense has been solid all year making sure she doesn’t have to do too much during the games.”

By CHRIS TREVINOCurrent Correspondent

The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference boys soccer championship came down to the simplest of choices for Gonzaga senior goalkeeper Ryan Massey: left or right? The senior stood firm in the center of the far side goal, arms outstretched, staring down DeMatha shooter Austin Read. In the blink of an eye, Massey chose left, deflecting Read’s penalty kick and sending the Gonzaga student section into a frenzy. “I don’t how he did it,” senior teammate Conor Smith said. “Getting that block really meant everything — it meant the game, really. It came down to that.” On Sunday night at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Md., the Gonzaga Eagles claimed their 10th WCAC champion-ship by beating DeMatha 5-3 in a penalty kick shootout. Massey’s game-changing save came on

DeMatha’s first penalty kick of the shootout, reclaiming the momentum the Eagles had held most of the night. While Massey didn’t record another block, he didn’t need to, as his team-mates buried all five of their attempts. When senior Nicholas Corriveau converted the fifth kick, the Eagles broke off into a sprint

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When St. Albans goalkeeper Luke Duffy was a freshman, the Bulldogs had a chance to upset then-nationally ranked Episcopal on the soccer pitch. But Duffy wasn’t able to save a penalty kick, which ulti-mately cost St. Albans the win. Duffy, now a senior, called that miss his “lowest moment” and one he vowed never to repeat. That promise was put to the test Friday when, after 90 minutes of physical soccer between St. Albans and Landon, the Interstate Athletic Conference championship game went into a penalty-kick shootout. Despite the pressure of the moment, Duffy stood tall as he deflected the first Landon shot and allowed just one goal on four penalty kick tries. As a result, the Bulldogs edged Landon 4-1 in penalty kicks to secure an unshared IAC title. “I love [penalty kicks], personal-ly,” said Duffy. “As a senior to have the team riding on you — it’s a dream.” Although the game came down to a shootout, the Rmatch was phys-

ical throughout and yielded several injuries on both sides. Late in the first half, a Bulldogs player appeared to be seriously hurt, triggering a call for an ambulance and a 20-minute delay. (The school’s athletic director said this week that the player was still at home recovering but should return to school soon.) With the game deadlocked at zero the game went into penalty kicks. During the shooout Duffy held up his end of the period by allowing just one goal. On the offen-

sive side of the shootout, St. Albans junior middie Nick Notaro scored on the first attempt of the period to put the Bulldogs ahead. Then freshman midfielder Chris Fleischer and senior midfielder Arjan Ganji both con-verted to put St. Albans ahead 3-0. St. Albans senior midfielder Chris Yungu later connected on a cold-blooded shot to secure the win. “We felt we were the best team in the IAC, and we didn’t want to share with anyone,” said Yungu. “Winning it outright felt good.”

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Brian Kapur/The CurrentSt. Albans senior goalie Luke Duffy, center, allowed just one goal during the penalty kick shootout Friday.

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Matt Petros/The CurrentGonzaga won its first WCAC soccer title since 2009 by beating DeMatha Sunday.

Matt Petros/The CurrentNational Cathedral’s soccer team ended a three year title drought.

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After cruising to the Mid-Atlantic Conference boys soccer tournament champi-onship last season, Georgetown Day School came into this year with a target on its back. The Hoppers have since endured a tough regular season in which some of their top con-tributors missed time with injury and every MAC team took its best shot at the defending champions. The result was the lowest seed in this year’s tournament. But when the final whistle of the MAC championship game blew at Sidwell yesterday evening, it was the Hoppers who stood tall as back-to-back champions, after beating the Sidwell Quakers 2-1. “It’s special. There’s nothing like it — especially showing them up on this field,” said senior goalie Will Feldman. Despite being the tournament’s underdogs, the Hoppers had shown signs that they were capable of this championship run, said Georgetown Day assistant coach Harold Newton. The team had gotten healthy and won its last four regular-season games to come into the playoffs red-hot.

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Washington International School’s boys soccer team dominat-ed the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference postseason for two straight seasons — until Sandy Spring halted the Red Devils’ reign last year in the title game. But in a championship rematch Thursday at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Md., the Red Devils avenged that loss and cap-tured their third PVAC postseason title in four years by topping Sandy Spring 1-0. “This … win means a lot because the PVAC split this year into [two divisions]. … [Our] division is a very tight, very even and very com-petitive league. There are no easy wins,” said Washington International coach James Martin. The Red Devils scored the only goal of the game when senior wing Yonathan Dawit drove the ball through a slew of defenders and

dished it to senior Steven Lofton, who redirected it into the goal. On defense, Washington International junior goalie Thomas Fix anchored the unit and came away with five saves. Next, the squad will be part of the newly formed D.C. state playoff tournament this week. “We’re most excited now by the prospect of competing for the D.C. state championship,” said Martin.

WIS girls net three-peat Washington International School senior captain Catherine Tanner has become accustomed to winning the PVAC girls soccer championship. The Red Devils took the last two league titles outright, and the senior wanted to finish her high school career with a three-peat. During Thursday’s conference championship game in Boyds, Md., the captain delivered the only goal of the game, scoring on a rocket shot that arced over the Sandy Spring keeper to propel the Red Devils to a

1-0 title win. With one goal on the board, keeper Sophie Whitehouse went to work making a slew of important saves to preserve the score. The sophomore and the defense allowed only seven goals in 12 conference games this year.

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WIS volleyball falls to Covenant Life in PVAC championship game Monday The Red Devils hoped to end their Potomac Valley Athletic Conference volleyball championship losing streak to Covenant Life Monday night. But the squad never found its rhythm and lost the first two sets of the contest. The team rebounded by winning the third game, but Covenant Life stopped the rally and ended the match in the fourth set with a 3-1 win over the Red Devils.

Wilson girls take DCIAA soccer title The Wilson girls soccer team won the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association championship Saturday. The Tigers beat School Without Walls 4-2 to capture their fourth straight conference title. Senior midfielder Isabel Albee fired in a set kick to put Wilson ahead 1-0. Then, right before halftime, sopho-more Camryn Mackey scored to put the Tigers ahead 2-0 at the break. Walls rallied in the second half and scored two

goals, but Wilson’s Laniyah Elam scored on a cross and Albee put the game out of reach with a goal on an assist from freshman midfielder Kaili Gregory. “This is my third season with Wilson. ... We expect to win DCIAA every year,” said Tigers coach Joanna Gomez. “We have set standards and expectations to be competitive not only with other public schools but all teams in our area.”

St. John’s volleyball drops WCAC semi-final game to Holy Cross Friday The Cadets volleyball squad beat Bishop Ireton in a five-set thriller 3-2 Thursday to earn a spot in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference semifinals, but eventual tournament champion Holy Cross swept St. John’s Friday 3-0.

Bishop O’Connell ousts Cadets girls from WCAC quarterfinals Thursday St. John’s, the defending Washington Catholic Athletic Conference girls soccer champions, never had a chance to protect their crown this year: They fell to Bishop O’Connell 5-1 in the second round of the WCAC tournament Thursday. Senior Liz Parks had the Cadets’ only goal of the contest.

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Matt Petros/The CurrentThe Red Devils ruled the Maryland SoccerPlex Thursday.

Wilson wins title; tourney marred by meleeBy BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

When Wilson junior soccer player Jonah Gigli was asked earlier this season about the team’s prospects in the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association, he was confident and clear. “This year we’re going to take it home,” he told The Current last month. On Saturday, the junior made his prediction come true by hitting the winning penalty kick as the team captured the DCIAA championship, beating Bell 4-2. Gigli’s move ended the penalty-kick shootout that fol-lowed a 2-2 tie in regulation and stalemate in overtime. But the road to the conference championship was tarnished by a melee that broke out during the Tigers’ semifinal match against Roosevelt Friday night at Wilson. According to a police report and witness

accounts, players got tangled and shoving escalated to punches and a bench-clearing brawl. The police report also indicated that a player needed an ambulance after he was hit. The player was taken to the emergency room but released that night. The fracas forced the game to end with Wilson ahead 2-0 and 20 minutes on the clock. According to an email from the Wilson administration, a referee accused a Roosevelt coach of punching one of the game offi-cials. “We certainly have requested for there to be some changes [to security] even prior to this incident,” D.C. athletic director Stephanie Evans said Monday after-noon. “At this point I don’t have a definitive answer as to whether it will happen or not. I certainly hope that it would.” The championship game took place without incident Saturday.

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to mob Corriveau — sliding on stomachs and knees before celebrat-ing with the Gonzaga student sec-tion. The students pushed so hard on the stadium rails that a section col-lapsed and a wall of students fell onto the newly crowned champions. The collapse led to minor injuries, including a possible broken ankle, which required an ambulance. The Eagles had started the game aggressively and pressed the Stags. Despite the consistent pressure from the Eagles, neither team could muster a goal by halftime. After the break, Gonzaga snapped the scoreless evening in the first 20 seconds of the half. On DeMatha’s first touch of the period — a pass back from midfield — the Eagles pressed hard and stole the ball. Senior wing Sean Griffith then sent a high pass into the box, where Smith redirected it into the goal. “I saw the ball bounce once and then I turned onto my left foot and put it in the net,” Smith said. “We

just went crazy.” With a one-goal lead, the Eagles kept pressuring the Stags’ defense, coming close to pushing their lead to two. But in the 65th minute the physicality of the game burned Gonzaga, as Eagles junior Chase Gasper and the Stags’ Julian Dove got tangled up chasing a ball out of bounds. The two players started jaw-ing at one another as they got to their feet, and shoving ensued. Gasper was issued a red card and ejected. The incident forced the Eagles to play a man down for the remainder of the match, and in the 70th minute DeMatha took advantage and knot-ted the game at one to force over-time. But neither team could break through during two extra periods as exhaustion set in. The Eagles regained control of the game during penalty kicks. “We’ve been talking about this game all year,” Massey said. “We knew we would be here and we knew [they] would be here, so we just came out and trusted our abili-ty.”

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“We had a couple of injuries, and I think in the long run it helped us because people got a lot of [playing] time,” said Newton. The Hoppers scored early in the game and seized momentum when senior forward Adam Glaser blasted the ball into the goal from nearly 20 yards out. “We’ve been doing it all tourna-ment — we scored early — and it

really gave us confidence as the underdogs in this tournament,” said Glaser. While Georgetown Day’s offense made early fireworks, Feldman and the defense stonewalled the Quakers. The senior finished with 16 saves. The Hoppers took their 1-0 lead into halftime. During the break, senior midfielder Michael Eppler, who missed a slew of games while recovering from a knee injury, told Glaser, “When you get the ball out

there, look up and you’ll see me streaking [toward the goal].” That situation presented itself 10 minutes into play, when Glaser dished the ball to Eppler, who drilled it into the goal. The play gave Georgetown Day an insurance goal and a 2-0 lead. Sidwell scored a goal with less than four minutes left, but it was only a momentary hiccup before Georgetown Day and its fans rushed the field to celebrate the win.

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British School of Washington In Year Five we have been learn-ing about fairgrounds and roller coasters in our International Primary Curriculum work. At the end of this topic we are going to build model roller coasters that work. But before we can do that, we had to learn about gravity and the forces that are at work during the ride. Some of the forces we have been learning about are gravity, centripetal force, momentum and centrifugal force. We have also been learning about magnetism and electricity. I really enjoyed experimenting with the electric circuits and seeing how the lights turn on and the buzzers buzz. After that we experimented with switches in circuits.

In a different session we investi-gated how friction works. Each group had to choose which variable to change to conduct the experi-ment. My group changed the sur-face and went around the school to see what different surfaces we could find. We investigated whether it had lots of friction or very little friction. Then we learned how to record our results in a scientific table.

— Ellie Wilson, Year 5 Chicago (fourth-grader)

Eaton Elementary In third grade we have been studying Washington, D.C. We learned about the monuments and memorials and their history. To start, we looked at pictures

and built models of some monu-ments with Legos, Lincoln Logs and Magna-Tiles. In small groups, we looked up fun facts about spe-cific buildings. For example, the Washington Monument is 555 feet tall. We made posters with the information and presented them to the class. An architect came and talked to us about D.C. architecture. He explained that the architecture of the monuments is similar to Greek and Roman architecture. After that, we went on a bus tour of the monuments. We visited the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. From the bus, we also saw the White House, the Capitol, Union Station and lots of museums. We also did photo mosaics. We chose one monument and then researched it. We had to find out things like when it was built, who it was named after, what building materials were used, where it is and what you can see from it. We went to All Fired Up and learned how to make mosaics. When they are done, we will display our research and mosaics to show all that we learned about D.C. monuments.

— Lilah Genachowski, Faith Heffernan, Ava Koerner and

Zoe Ogbebor, third-graders

Edmund Burke School This year, I had the privilege of being elected as a grade representa-tive for Burke’s Student Government Association, which plans, helps with and organizes a variety of things at Burke. All voic-es of the school are heard. The association includes two

representatives from each grade and two presidents. The grade represen-tatives are elected at the end of the school year, and then serve during the next school year. The sixth- and eighth-grade students elect only one representative at that time, because class size almost doubles between sixth and seventh grades and eighth grade and ninth grades. This ensures that new students as well as old students get a say in things. The presidents are elected by the whole school. Only juniors and seniors can run for president. Once elected, they can choose whether to be co-presidents or president and vice president. Once all the repre-sentatives and the presidents are chosen, they choose a secretary and a treasurer. The student government helps with a lot of things around Burke. Members help run schoolwide assemblies. We meet twice every seven days. On one of the days, everyone talks together. We discuss possible projects (selling scarves, new ways to receive suggestions) and look at student suggestions. We also review clubs’ funding requests for projects and trips. The other day we meet, we split into three com-mittees.

— Aviva Nemeth, eighth-grader

Field School Last week was a very short week because of Hurricane Sandy. Luckily, the Field community was still able to celebrate Halloween. Every year at Field, students are encouraged to dress up and take part in a Halloween costume con-test. This tradition started when we moved to our current campus. Students gather outside, while par-ticipants parade down the long

stairs from our main building. The first- through third-place winners receive iTunes gift cards. This year the winners included Evan Salerno, dressed as Justin Bieber, for third place; Sam Sallick, dressed as an iPhone 5, for second place; and Katie Villanueva and Danielle Donnally, for the grand first place. They dressed as a pun on “Taco Bell”: One was a taco, and the other was Belle from “Beauty and the Beast.” Tom and Claire Tenhula received an honorable mention for their “Rock and Roll” costumes — dressing as a literal rock and a crescent roll. Oskar Augustsson also received an honor-able mention for his hometown spirit. He dressed as a Viking. To conclude the festivities every year, the middle school music class performs Halloween songs. This year the class covered “Monster Mash,” originally performed by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers. The fall sports season for mid-dle-schoolers officially ended with a championship cross-country meet at Covenant Life. Eighth-grader Wells Thomason won first place in the middle school boys two-mile race. Students are starting their winter sports this week.

— Maddie Williams, sixth-grader, and Jana Cohen and

Lila Bromberg, eighth-graders

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place last Thursday and Friday, so students at the lower/middle school were treated to a one-day week. Halloween festivities at the high school were postponed until Friday, when a celebration took place at lunchtime. The fall season is coming to a close for student-athletes at the high school. The boys varsity cross-country team renewed its Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference championship title, the boys junior varsity cross-country team finished in first place, and the freshman/sophomore team also finished in first place! The boys team had 13 runners finish in the top 10 of their respective races, with Griffin Colaizzi, Zeke Cohen and Gorka Fraeters all finishing first in their races! The girls team clenched third place in the varsity Independent School League championship race, which is the best placement in school history! They were led by Katherine Treanor, Naomi Miller and Julia Ernst, who all finished in the top 10. In addition, the girls junior varsity team finished in fourth place. In soccer, the boys varsity team defeated St. Andrew’s in the first round of the MAC tournament and will play Maret in the semifinals. In volleyball, the girls varsity

team defeated Maret in the first round of the ISL volleyball tourna-ment and will play Madeira in the semifinals. The junior varsity vol-leyball team finished the season with 15 wins and five losses. — Carlton Marshall II, 11th-grader

Hardy Middle School At Hardy Middle School, we had a Hispanic Heritage Month cel-ebration. I was part of the planning committee, and we worked hard preparing for the festival. We prac-ticed intensively every day during lunch and after school. Ms. Garcia directed the program and helped make the show enjoyable. The day of the celebration, we performed poems, showed impor-tant people, sang and danced. It was a great experience and showed peo-ple how Hispanic culture influences our world. — Daniela Orellana, eighth-grader

Janney Elementary A mobile with all different shapes, sizes and colors hangs in the atrium at Janney Elementary School. The mobile is a wonder for all. It was made two years ago by the fifth grade under the guidance of sculp-tor and former Janney parent Kevin Reese. I went on a mission to find out how it got there. As a top-notch detective, I start-ed with the former fifth-grade teachers, because they had firsthand knowledge. The first person I

tracked down was Ms. Laure Hunter, one of the fifth-grade teach-ers that year. I learned that the mobile was specifically built for our atrium and the swirly shapes and colors are meant to represent what the fifth-graders thought of Janney. Then custodial foreman Mr. Jason Lawrence told me one of the most interesting facts about the mobile that I learned through this journey — how you clean it! What you do is take a long pole with a hook on the end to the second floor,

pull each piece up gently and then dust it off. Finally I interviewed Ms. Mary Osterman, another one of the fifth-grade teachers from the 2010-2011 school year. She told me that the mobile had been stored in multiple parts over the summer. When it was brought in, a special lift was used and Mr. Reese gently hooked it into the ceiling. You can visit Kevin Reese’s website at schoolsculptures.com to learn more about his work.

— Jared Cohen, fourth-grader

Lafayette Elementary Last week, Lafayette’s 107 third-graders each received a paperback dictionary from the local Kiwanis Club. This scene was repeated all over the country as third-graders received Webster’s Dictionary for Students, Fourth Edition, from local service clubs. So, why in this modern world of smartphones and computers do peo-ple still need a dictionary? “Dictionaries are a resource for students to check vocabulary, spell-


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ing and grammar during writing,” said Ms. Blake Yedwab, a third-grade teacher. “To write well, kids need to use every possible tool they can. Having a personal dictionary is a great idea.” Mr. Vince Bzdek, a Washington Post editor, helped distribute the dictionaries. “You can have so much fun with a dictionary,” he told students as he challenged them to find the world’s longest word. (It’s too long to write here, but it’s a sci-entific word near the back.) Lafayette’s reading specialist, Ms. Kathy Echave, enjoys the dic-tionary so much that if she could have only one book to read while stranded on a deserted island, she would choose a dictionary. “It’s the only book that you wouldn’t grow tired of,” she said.

— Abigail Evans and Zoe Friedman, third-graders

Lowell School Last week, Lowell School’s sev-

enth-graders went on a field trip to one of the bloodiest places in histo-ry: Antietam. We were studying the Civil War, and our teacher wanted us to see this battlefield where so many Americans were killed or wounded in one day. When we were there, a ranger told us about the battle. We also learned how spies sent secret infor-mation with decoders, and we got a chance to use signal flags to send messages to our classmates sta-tioned across a field. Many of the seventh-graders said they had a fun time on the field trip and after weeks of learning about the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, visit-ing Antietam made what happened more clear to us.

— Jack Pecau, seventh-grader

St. Ann’s Academy Last Friday, St. Ann’s Academy celebrated Halloween with a party and parade. We enjoyed the party because we could get our faces painted to match our costumes. The students showed true creativity in their costume selections. Once

again the eighth-grade class set up a haunted house in our library. The eighth-graders did a great job spooking us in the younger grades. We cannot wait to do it again next year. The first grade got in the Halloween spirit when we created scary stories with our fourth-grade buddies. We were assigned charac-ters and settings at random and then had to create stories that would fit our scenarios, such as werewolves on the moon or zombies at a muse-um. We came up with some great stories. It was a lot of fun to work with our older buddies in creating stories. We also got to carve pumpkins with the kindergartners. We enjoyed scooping out pumpkin guts and then counting all the seeds inside our pumpkin. We learned how to count seeds by fives and tens.

— Arianna Lindenberg, Amelia Richer and

William Howze, first-graders

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School In preparation for Halloween, seventh- and eighth-grade students on the MacArthur campus took charge of several projects around the premises. Under the guidance of the Student Leadership Council, volunteer decorating groups took to the halls for the occasion. Other stu-dents constructed this year’s haunt-ed house, which transformed the school’s library and art room into a full-fledged house of horrors that featured a zombie and a bowl full of brains, among other scary things! The haunted house is only one of

the projects that will be taken on this year by the Student Leadership Council, an elected body whose pri-mary purposes include representing St. Patrick’s to other schools and planning school projects. In addition to decorating for Halloween, the MacArthur campus is busy giving back to the commu-nity through a coin drive for UNICEF and a canned food drive — sponsored by the Community Service Club — which will gather goods for the Capital Area Food Bank. The Community Service Club, an all-school volunteer group that plans activities to serve com-munities both in and out of school, plans to hold three canned food drives this year.— Charlie Hawkings, eighth-grader

School Without Walls Last week at Walls, we had a three-day school week. Hurricane Sandy hit the D.C. area late Sunday night, and the rain continued until Tuesday morning. To be safe, Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and Mayor Vincent Gray closed the schools on Monday and Tuesday. Many students at Walls were worried because during the last nat-ural disaster our school got dam-aged and the necessary repairs took about six months. When the earth-quake hit in 2011, the building shook so hard that some of the mor-tar in our decorative chimney atop the school was loosened and bricks fell from the rooftop. We relocated to another school for two days, while construction employees worked to remove any immediate

danger the bricks posed. During Hurricane Sandy, our school luckily had only a bit of minor water dam-age from the storm. In other news, many sports teams’ seasons are coming to an end. The girls and boys soccer teams advanced to the playoffs, and the field hockey team finished its season against the only other D.C. Public School team, Wilson High School. The volleyball team has a game against Wilson on Nov. 6. Recently the debate team did especially well in the Urban Debate League Competition, winning more than 21 out of 24 rounds it partici-pated in.

— Eleonore Edgell, 11th-grader

Sheridan School On Oct. 25, the third grade went on a science field trip to Breezy Point in Calvert County, Md. Once there, we hunted for and identified fossilized shark’s teeth, did an archaeological dig and learned about the weathering and erosion along the shore. Everyone found teeth. We were able to identify some of them as lemon and sand tiger sharks. These sharks died millions of years ago and lived there to eat baby whales. We used a science journal to help us identify the types of teeth. A good strategy for finding them is to gen-tly skim the top layer of sand. We knew they were fossilized because they were dark in color and a real shark’s teeth would be white. At the archaeological dig we dug up artifacts from a grid. Then we recorded where we found them. We could predict some of the resources people had by what was buried. We have been studying artifacts in social studies, so we will put that information to good use. Along the shore we saw how the waves and sand weathered the rocks. We found sea glass that had been polished smooth. Using a cal-culator, we estimated how many waves came ashore during a day, a month and a year. It was windy



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along the shore. We also found fish bones, parts of a horseshoe crab and jellyfish.

— Third-graders

Sidwell Friends School Sidwell Friends Middle School drama presents Bill Massolia’s adaptation of Andrew Clements’ book “Frindle.” Nobody likes homework — do they? Fifth-grader Niki Allen (the most devious kid at Lincoln Elementary) sure doesn’t. A plan to stop her teacher, Mrs. Granger, from giving her any more homework backfires and Niki must prepare an oral report on “Words and Their Origins” for the class. This sparks the idea of making up a new word — a pen is no longer a pen; it’s a “frindle”! Unfortunately, Niki’s fun with words draws unwelcome attention from Mrs. Granger, Niki’s parents and school authorities. Use of the word “frindle” spreads through the country like wildfire, and Niki is locked in a battle with Mrs. Granger as to which word will dominate. Who will win the battle? Public performances will be held on Friday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 10, at 2 p.m. in the Middle School Drama Studio. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended by calling 202-537-8150.

— Sarah Brodnax and Julian Cividanes, seventh-graders

Stoddert Elementary Hi, I’m Claire and for Halloween I dressed up as a mer-maid for the school’s parade and for trick or treating. My costume was white, blue, green, purple and gold. It was fun walking around the block. Hi, I’m Aiden and I dressed up as a Bionicle. I was a superhero. I had a shield on the front of my cos-tume. It had a laser beam. I didn’t

have a lot of choices at Toys ‘R’ Us — there weren’t too many costumes left. Somebody on my block when trick-or-treating gave me a two-foot-long car! I got to sword fight and to play “Pirates of the Caribbean.” In class we had cup-cakes and marshmallows. We also played Hello Judge, where you put your head down and people dis-guise their voices and you guess who it is. Hi, I’m Ares and I was a Power Ranger. We protect the world. Gold was on my costume. It had a mask, too. My name was on the top of the helmet. In class we had gummy bears, cupcakes and cookies. We played catch. We walked in the school parade. We got to show off our costumes to everyone we hadn’t seen. I went trick-or-treating in my grandpa’s neighborhood near my old school.

— Ares Brown and Aiden Nurse, first-graders, and Clair Conniff,

second-grader

Washington Latin Public Charter School Washington Latin is working with the D.C. government to negoti-ate a 25-year lease for Rudolph Elementary, a 75,000-square-foot building at 5200 2nd St. NW, with the aim that it will be the permanent residence for the school beginning in the 2013-2014 school year. The building was first awarded to Washington Latin in mid-July by the city. There will be an option to renew the lease for 25 more years. Rudolph will house both the middle and upper schools, which will enroll approximately 650 stu-dents. The school currently leases three separate buildings for grades five through 12. The design for the new campus features four science labs, a new gym, an outdoor sports field and a large multipurpose/lunch room. There is even the possibility of a library, called “the forum,” with glass walls that will give a view of the fields and gardens. Renovations will begin in 2013.

— Cuneyt Dil, 11th-grader


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getting your ears blasted out.” Gypsy Sally’s would offer a menu of small plates, including locally sourced fare such as charcuterie, cheeses, salads and flatbreads, as well as craft beer and fine wines. The owners would also have a small room for private par-ties, which could feature an expanded dinner menu. Ensor said that while it’s unusual for a music venue to be known for its cuisine, he hopes people will “come for the food and stay for the music.” In addition to providing evening entertain-ment, the Ensors plan to use Gypsy Sally’s for other purposes — like as a children’s theater, a gallery space for local artists and a classroom for daytime music lessons for both adults and children. The Georgetown advisory neighborhood commission is working with the Ensors, who live in the Kent neighborhood with their two

daughters, to negotiate a voluntary agreement. In the meantime, the commissioners voted last week to protest the application in order to maintain their ability to weigh in on the pro-cess. An Alcoholic Beverage Control Board hearing on Gypsy Sally’s is scheduled for Dec. 3. While generally supportive of the concept, neighbors of the proposed venue raised con-cerns about noise, parking and the ability of emergency vehicles to get to their homes if traffic is congested —fears that are amplified because Malmaison, on the first floor, would have capacity for about 200 patrons. Commissioner Bill Starrels said his prima-ry concern with the voluntary agreement is that it must ensure that Gypsy Sally’s can stay afloat as a business while also maintaining reasonable noise levels so neighbors can enjoy “peace, order and quiet.” Bill Moroney, a resident of the condomini-ums at 3303 Water St., said that beyond noise,

his main concern is that emergency vehicles could have difficulty reaching residences late at night because the two proposed establish-ments could potentially add 500 cars to an area that already sees heavy nightlife congestion. Starrels said he planned to visit the site with a representative from the fire department to ensure that ambulances and fire trucks would still be able to reach homes. A parking plan is also in the works for the voluntary agreement, and commissioner Ed Solomon noted that Gypsy Sally’s would be situated in Georgetown’s most parking-rich area, south of M Street. A resident of 33rd Street asked commis-sioners to include in the voluntary agreement a provision that the establishment could not be turned into a rowdy nightclub, under either current owners or future owners. Starrels con-firmed that the issue was a serious part of the discussions with the Ensors. The Ensors said they’re working to address

neighbors’ concerns and have already met with two civic groups and a representative of the condominium board at 3301 Water St. Starrels assured residents that the voluntary agreement would be a strong one and that it would include measures for parking, security, hours, noise and safety.

Schools set to receive upgrades include H.D. Cooke Elementary and the Columbia Heights Educational Campus in Ward 1, as well as 30 other schools in wards 5, 7 and 8. Council members had fewer con-cerns about the additional local dol-lars for charter schools, noting that

charter leaders often complain they don’t get the same level of funding — for operations or facilities — as traditional public schools. But some members argued that any surplus city dollars should go first to a “wish list” of unfunded priorities created by the council and Gray last spring. The wish list included social and human service

programs, such as assistance for the homeless and children living in pov-erty — groups hard hit by budget cuts during the recession. “We already have priorities. They are in the law,” Catania said. Earlier this fall, $140 million in unanticipated revenues from fiscal 2012 was deposited in the city’s reserve fund. It was clear last week

that most members are reluctant to vote against added funds for the schools. “What good are these dol-lars doing for children, sitting in the reserve?” said at-large member Vincent Orange. “So I will vote yes.” But Jack Evans of Ward 2 noted the city’s schools are already gener-ously funded, with only mixed

results. “These are schools with more money per child than any other jurisdiction. The school system already has a tremendous amount of money, but the question is whether they spend it wisely,” he said. Ultimately, Evans joined the majority in supporting the funding. Catania and Bowser voted no, and Marion Barry of Ward 8 was absent.

BUDGET: Council reluctantly approves mayor’s last-minute reallocation to D.C. schoolsFrom Page 3

TAVERN: Gypsy Sally’s would offer live music venue near Georgetown’s waterfrontFrom Page 1

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and the Georgetown Waterfront Park funneling loads of pedestrians toward the complex’s riverfront shopping and dining. The best part of all that activity for Washington Harbour resident Joan Laflam? It’s there when she wants it — and imperceptible when she doesn’t. “I can’t hear any of it,” Laflam said on one of her two terraces. They face west — for “amazing sunsets,” she said — to the park, Key Bridge and the Potomac River. Even the complex’s rooftop pool, which can be spied from one ter-race, doesn’t add a soundtrack to Laflam’s serene, two-bedroom penthouse. Sporting new hardwood floors, the 2,400-square-foot unit has an open-plan living/dining room that vies with those impressive views for visitors’ attention. Anchored by a wood-burning fireplace with a limestone mantel, the space is gra-

cious and ideal for entertaining. A sizable, marble-floored foyer welcomes guests and connects to a powder room with a vessel sink and a dramatically luxe wallcovering. Wise buyers will consider snag-ging elements of this interior for their own use; many of the furnish-ings, including an L-shaped sofa and a sweeping curve of a ban-quette, were custom-made for the space. But even without those pieces, strong design elements will remain. Chief among those is the repeated use of bird’s-eye maple, found here on built-ins next to the fireplace and the flat-panel television that con-veys with the home. The warm, tac-tile wood reappears nearby on a wet bar and large kitchen island that offers loads of prep space and a spot for visitors to perch. The kitchen is high-design and features names like Miele and SubZero, but the space is clearly not just for show. Open glass shelv-ing keeps oft-used ingredients at hand, and a serious, 48-inch GE gas range is a cook’s dream. Bulky appliances are tucked away, keep-ing the look open and airy. There’s no lack of storage space, though — here or throughout the home. A very large pantry has been

kitted out with Metro shelving and includes the home’s washer and dryer. A door leads to a systems room that offers even more storage space. Next to the kitchen, a service door and back hallway mean that caterers can come and go unseen. That hallway is lined with storage closets, including one that holds controls for the home’s smart-house technology, which allows electron-ics throughout the home to operate wirelessly. The penthouse is the only one in the complex that has two levels.

The living room and kitchen sit on the ground floor, as does a roomy master suite. A sizable bedroom leads to a marble-clad master bath featuring a spa tub and separate shower. The luxurious spot also shows the reach of the unit’s whole-house stereo system: “There’s even a speaker in the shower,” Laflam said with a laugh. On the opposite side of the bed-room, the home’s signature bird’s-eye maple reappears on a built-in

credenza that leads to his-and-hers walk-in closets. Upstairs, the home’s second bed-room has been kitted out in the same wood, which covers the built-in fittings of a home office and a custom-built Murphy bed and stor-age system that will remain in the home. “We didn’t want it to look like a bedroom,” explains Laflam, and indeed the space functions well as a home office-cum-family room

A Look at the Market in Northwest Washington November 7, 2012 ■ Page 19

Waterfront condo offers much more than just views

Carol Buckley/The CurrentThis 2,400-square-foot penthouse unit at 3030 K St. on the Georgetown waterfront is priced at $1,395,000.

ON THE MARKET Carol BuCkley

See Condo/Page 20

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areas, but had a stronger perfor-mance in much of Ward 4 and out-side of Northwest. The D.C. Board of Elections reported that 51 percent of the city’s 483,600 registered voters cast bal-lots on Election Day or at one of the early-voting centers. The numbers released last night by the board don’t include provisional or absentee bal-lots, which will be counted next week. Other races in the city went most-ly as expected, with incumbents hanging on to their seats. Phil Mendelson retained his role as coun-cil chairman, and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton secured a 12th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mendelson’s win will force a special election to fill the now-vacant at-large seat he previously held. Incumbent council members Jack Evans (Ward 2) and Muriel Bowser (Ward 4) ran unopposed to resume their posts, while Marion Barry (Ward 8) and Yvette Alexander (Ward 7) defeated opponents by wide margins. In a political environment where the status quo has largely held, the uncertainties of the at-large race made it the most closely scrutinized. Grosso’s win marks a rare unseat-ing of a council incumbent in the general election. A former council aide and staffer to Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Grosso took leave from his job as vice president of public policy at CareFirst to focus on his campaign. The Brookland resident won atten-tion for successful fundraising — close to $160,000 by October’s end

— and sealing endorsements from outlets like The Washington Post, The Current and The Washington Examiner. Brown was elected to the council in 2008 and has chaired its Committee on Housing and Economic Development. On the campaign trail, he highlighted his work to restore affordable housing and jobs for District residents, and won endorsements from nine local unions. But Brown’s campaign also faced some notable setbacks — chiefly, reports that he had been delinquent on tax, mortgage and rent payments, and the high-profile dis-appearance of large chunk of his campaign treasury. The other at-large candidates — Republican nominee Mary Brooks Beatty, independents A.J. Cooper and Leon Swain, and Statehood Green nominee Ann Wilcox — each received about 6 or 7 percent of the votes. As of last night’s tally, Orange placed lower than second in only four precincts throughout the city. Elsewhere on the ballot, voters supported three charter amendments intended to tighten ethics standards. The races for U.S. shadow sena-tor and U.S. shadow representative went as expected, with Democratic nominees Michael D. Brown and Nate Bennett-Fleming taking those posts, respectively. For the State Board of Education, Mary Lord won the at-large seat. Jack Jacobson was elected unop-posed to fill Lord’s former role as the board’s Ward 2 representative, and D. Kamili Anderson was unop-posed in her re-election to the board’s Ward 4 seat.

ELECTION: Grosso wins seatFrom Page 1

while offering a comfortable spot for guests. The unit’s second terrace waits here, offering guests another retreat. A wet bar with a refrigerator is a useful guest-room feature. The upstairs bath is also lined in marble and offers a walk-in shower. Along with all the amenities of both Washington Harbour and sur-rounding Georgetown, the condo’s

site offers drivers quick access to downtown and Rock Creek Parkway. Those looking for outdoor recreation space would find the Capital Crescent Trail as well as the river-side path. Washington Harbour’s service-oriented staff can’t be beat, said Laflam, adding that residents can have groceries brought up to their homes and have vehicles washed in the garage. And with the high-profile residents who number among

Laflam’s neighbors, it’s no wonder that security is top-notch. Unit 209 at 3030 K St. NW is a two-bedroom, 2.5-bath property available for $1,395,000. Monthly fees total $3,610 and include cable television, gas, water, security, maintenance, a parking space, on-site management and more. For more information, contact Realtor Terri Robinson of Long & Foster Real Estate at 202-602-7737 or [email protected].

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“Passport Please,” featuring new works by Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series

two-time semifinalist Al Burts, will open tomorrow at International Visions Gallery and continue through Dec. 8. Burts uses the thin line of a ballpoint pen to portray African-American themes. An opening reception will take place Saturday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Located at 2629 Connecticut Ave. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-234-5112.■ “Losing something you never had,” an exhibit by Benjamin Bellas that meditates on an uncle of his who died in the Vietnam War, will open Friday at Flashpoint Gallery and continue through Dec. 21. An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Located at 916 G St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-

315-1305.■ “Guardians of the Mosque: African Palestinians of Jerusalem,” featuring photographs by Andrew Courtney, will open with an artist’s reception and book signing Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery. The exhibit will continue through Dec. 1. Located at 2425 Virginia Ave. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-338-1958.■ “Crime & Redemption Theatre,” presenting works by Clara Vannucci that document the therapeutic use of method acting in Tuscany’s Volterra Prison, will open Friday at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery and continue through Dec. 20. An opening reception will take place Friday from 7 to 9 p.m., pre-ceded by an artist’s talk at 6 p.m.

Located at 1632 U St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 202-483-8600.■ The National Portrait Gallery will open a exhibit Friday of recent acquisitions, including paintings of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Adolph Ochs; a bronze of Ethel Waters; photographs of Marjorie Merriweather Post, Mary Pickford and Muhammad Ali; and prints of George Washington and Samuel Adams. The exhibit will remain on view through next October. Located at 8th and F streets NW, the gallery is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-633-1000.■ Robert Brown Gallery will open an exhibit Saturday of prints and drawings by Danish artist Per Kirkeby and continue it through Dec. 15. An opening reception will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.

Located at 1662 33rd St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-338-0353.■ “Linling Lu: Lilac,” presenting abstract paintings by contemporary Chinese artist Linling Lu, will open Saturday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hemphill. The exhibit will continue through Dec. 22. Located at 1515 14th St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-234-5601.■ Goethe-Institut will open an exhibit Saturday that highlights the winners of the new FotoWeek DC photo book competition. Seminars and portfolio reviews are scheduled to coincide with the exhibit, which will continue through Nov. 17. Located at 812 7th St. NW, the institute is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 202-289-1200, ext. 165.

Exhibition features exploration of African-American themes On exhibit

“A Father’s Law,” ballpoint on wood by Al burts, is part of an exhibit at international Visions.

Theater J will present “Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie”

Nov. 8 through Dec. 2 at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center. Celebrating the 100th birthday of Woody Guthrie, the creator of

American classics including “This Land Is Your Land” and “The Ballad of Tom Joad,” this play is a boisterous retelling of his life as an American troubadour. It blends musical numbers, scenes from Guthrie’s life and excerpts from his progressive newspaper column. Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday; 8 p.m. Saturday; and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $15 to $60. The center is located at 1529 16th St. NW. 800-494-8497; theaterj.org.■ American University will pres-ent David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Glengarry/Glen Ross” Nov. 8 through 10 at the Katzen Arts Center. Members of a real estate office jockey for position as top salesman knowing that the lowest performer will lose his job. The play serves not only as a time capsule that pres-ages our current financial state but also as a cautionary tale of what can happen to a family, a business, a nation and an empire when men are the only ones behind the wheel. Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost $10 to $15. American University’s Katzen Arts Center is located at 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2787; american.edu/cas/auarts.

■ Mirenka Cechová and Tantehorse Theatre Company will present “S/he Is Nancy Joe” Nov. 8 through 11 at Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint. A movement and visual perfor-mance piece that utilizes a unique style of street ballet, “S/he Is Nancy Joe” tells the story of questioning and gender identity that leads to self-awareness, discovery and trans-formation. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $10 to $20. Flashpoint is located at 916 G St. NW. 202-885-3872; mirenkacechova.com.■ The In Series will present “Pocket Opera x2: Love & Witchcraft” Nov. 10 through 26 at Source. Shows will feature Henry Purcell’s “Dido & Aeneas,” the story of African queen Dido’s fated love for Aeneas, a Trojan prince, and the envious sorcerer who con-jures love away, and Manuel De Falla’s “El Amor Brujo (Love by

Sorcery),” a ballet about a fearless Spanish gypsy confronting her inner demons as embodied by the ghost of her abusive lover. Performance times vary. Tickets cost $19 to $40. Source is located at 1835 14th St. NW. 202-204-7763; inseries.org.■ The San Francisco Ballet will present a mixed repertory program Nov. 13 and 14 and “Romeo & Juliet” Nov. 15 through 18 at the Kennedy Center. America’s oldest professional ballet company will present a mixed program of “Trio,” “RAkU,” “Voices of Spring” and “Number Nine,” followed by Shakespeare’s timeless tale of two innocent young people who relish the discovery and passion of true love, only to have it shattered by tragic twists of fate and the destructive hatred of their own families. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $25 to $109. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.

Theater J to host look at Guthrie’s life, music

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theater J will host “Woody Sez: the Life & Music of Woody Guthrie” Nov. 8 through Dec. 2 at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center.

Wednesday, Nov. 7

Discussions and lectures ■AngieMorgan,co-founderofLeadStar,willdiscuss“LeadingFromtheFront:PracticalLeadershipStrategiesforAnySituation.”5p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room736,Bernstein-OffitBuilding,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,[email protected]. ■WathaT.Daniel-ShawLibrarywillhostadiscussionof“Reading‘Lolita’inTehran”byAzarNafisi.6p.m.Free.WathaT.Daniel-ShawLibrary,16307thSt.NW.202-727-1288. ■CarlosAndrésGómezwilldiscusshisbook“ManUp:CrackingtheCodeofModernManhood.”6:30to8p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■LocalhistorianandauthorJamesGoodewilldiscuss“Washington’sYesterdays:TheCapitalCityYou’veNeverSeen.”Abooksigningwillfollow.6:45to

8:15p.m.$28.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030. ■PhotographerAnnStevensandwriterGilesKellywilldiscusstheirbook“DiplomaticGardensofWashington,”fea-turing12ambassadorialresidences.7p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1225. ■Abookdiscussionserieson“HomeSweetHome”—aboutthenotionof“home”asanebulousplaceofnostalgia,securityandbetrayal—willfocuson“TwelfthNight”byWilliamShakespeare.7p.m.Free.ChevyChaseLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021. ■KateWhitewilldiscussherbook“IShouldn’tBeTellingYouThis:SuccessSecretsEveryGutsyGirlShouldKnow.”7p.m.$10.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.877-435-9849. ■ContemporaryAmericanartistKerryJamesMarshall,whoseworkcombinesclassicalreferenceswithelementsofAfrican-AmericancultureandAfrican-inspiredmotifs,willdiscuss“SeenandNotHeard.”7p.m.Free.SmithsonianAmericanArtMuseum,8thandFstreetsNW.202-633-1000.

Films ■TheNationalArchives’“Classics

Restored”serieswillpresenttwoU.S.gov-ernment-commissionedWorldWarIIdocu-mentaries—FrankCapra’s1944film“TheNegroSolider”andJohnHuston’s1946film“LetThereBeLight.”7p.m.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■ThePanoramaofGreekCinemaserieswillfeatureVasilisDouros’2008

film“TheMountaininFront.”8p.m.$11.50;$9forstudents;$8.75forseniors;$8.50

forages12andyounger.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.NW.202-966-6000.

Performances ■AspartoftheKidsEuroFestival2012,Cypruswillpresent“Alexander’sMermaidandtheShipofKyrenia.”6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■ScenaTheatrewillpresentastagedreadingof“SomeExplicitPolaroids”byBritishplaywrightMarkRavenhill.7p.m.$15.Sova,1359HSt.NE.703-683-2824. ■“DanceChoreolab:NextSteps2012”willfeatureworksinprogressbystudentchoreographers.8p.m.$5.GreenbergTheatre,AmericanUniversity,4200WisconsinAve.NW.202-885-3634.

Thursday,Nov.8

book signing ■JesseR.Butlerwillsigncopiesofhisbook“ExtraordinaryEncounters.”5to7p.m.Free.HowardUniversityBookstore,2225GeorgiaAve.NW.

Concerts ■TheNationalSymphonyOrchestraandpianistLangLangwillperformworksbyStrauss,BeethovenandDvorák.7p.m.$10to$85.ConcertHall,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. ■TheEmbassySerieswillpresenttheensembleGerdanperformingUkrainianfolk,classical,jazz,sambaandtangomusic.7:30p.m.$80.EmbassyofUkraine,3350MSt.NW.202-625-2361. ■TheMomentaQuartetwillperformmusicinspiredbyBuddhism.7:30p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.MeyerAuditorium,FreerGalleryofArt,12thStreetand

IndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-1000. ■Swedishsinger-songwriterAndersHolstwillperformjazzselections.8p.m.$15.HouseofSweden,2900KSt.NW.202-467-2600.

Discussions and lectures ■TheFoundationforEvangelism’s2012WallaceChappellLecturewillfeatureAndrewRoot(shown),associateprofessorofyouthandfamilyminis-tryatLutherSeminary,andDrewDyson,adjunctprofessoratWesleyTheologicalSeminary,discussing“EvangelismandEmergingGeneration.”10to11:30a.m.Free.OxnamChapel,WesleyTheologicalSeminary,4500MassachusettsAve.NW.wesleyseminary.edu. ■JaneHarman,directoroftheWoodrowWilsonInternationalCenterforScholars,willdiscusshercurrentworkandherninetermsasamemberoftheU.S.HouseofRepresentatives.10to11:30a.m.Free;reservationsrequired.CityViewRoom,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.bit.ly/Van927. ■JakeSullivan,directorofpolicyplan-ningattheU.S.DepartmentofStateandchiefofstafftoSecretaryofStateHillaryClinton,willdiscussU.S.foreignpolicyunderPresidentBarackObama.12:30to1:30p.m.Free.AbramsonFamilyFoundersRoom,SchoolofInternational

ServiceBuilding,AmericanUniversity,NebraskaandNewMexicoavenuesNW.202-885-1747. ■AreadingbyparticipantsintheUniversityofIowaInternationalWritersProjectwillfeatureAlisaGanievaofRussia,TalebAlRefaiofKuwait,BilalTanweerofPakistanandPandoraofBurma.4p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■HenriBarkey,professorofinterna-tionalrelationsatLehighUniversity,andOmerTaspinar,professorofMiddleEaststudiesattheNationalDefenseUniversity,willdiscuss“Turkey,IranandtheArabSpring.”6p.m.Free.Room500,Bernstein-OffitBuilding,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1717MassachusettsAve.NW.sais-jhu.edu. ■GeorgeWashingtonUniversityhistoryprofessorEricArnesonwilldiscusshisforthcomingbiographyoflaborleaderandcivilrightsactivistA.PhilipRandolph.5:30to7:30p.m.Free.Room702,GelmanLibrary,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,2130HSt.NW.gwtoday.gwu.edu/events. ■Agallerytalkwillfocuson“PicturingPerformers:Artists’DepictionsofDramaandDance.”6and7p.m.Bydonation.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.202-387-2151. ■Internationalphotojournalistswillsharetheirworkandreflectonthechal-lengesoftellingcomplexstoriesthroughimages.6to7:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequested.JackMortonAuditorium,SchoolofMediaandPublicAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,80521stSt.NW.globalgoods-fotodc.eventbrite.com. ■PhillipsCollectiondirectorDorothyKosinskiwilldiscussworksinthePerKirkebyexhibitionthatsheco-curatedanddescribehowthecontemporaryDanishartist’spaintingsandsculpturesconnecttohiswritingonÉdouardManet,PaulCézanneandAugusteRodin.6:30p.m.$12;$10forseniorsandstudents;freeforages18andyounger.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.phillipscollection.org. ■WorldWarIIveteranArthurSeltzer,oneoftheliberatorsofDachauconcentra-tioncamp,willspeakto3GDC,alocalgroupforgrandchildrenofHolocaustsurvi-vors.6:30p.m.$10;reservationsrequired.NationalMuseumofAmericanJewishMilitaryHistory,1811RSt.NW.3gdcmilitarymuseum.eventbrite.com. ■PhotographerTarynSimonwilldis-cussherfour-yearproject“ALivingManDeclaredDeadandOtherChaptersI-XVIII,”forwhichshetraveledaroundtheworldresearchingandrecordingbloodlinesandtheirrelatedstories.7p.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.CorcoranGalleryofArt,50017thSt.NW.202-639-1770. ■Geneticist,filmmakerandgayactiv-istDeanHamerwilldiscussthescientificevidencethatsexualorientationhasdeepbiologicalroots.TheeventwillincludeascreeningofDeanHamerandJoeWilson’s2009docu-mentary“OutintheSilence,”aboutasmalltown’sreactionstothefilmmakers’same-sexweddingannounce-mentandthebrutalbullyingofagayteen.7to9p.m.Free.AmericanUniversityMuseum,KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.202-885-2436. ■HumanitiesscholarsMarjorieLightmanandWilliamZeiselwilldiscusstheirbook“Since1851:160Yearsof

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Wednesday NoVeMber 7

Thursday, NoVeMber 8■Discussion:BarbaraKingsolverwilldiscusshernovel“FlightBehavior,”aboutamysteriousfireinruralAppalachia.7:30p.m.$15;$10forstudents.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-2228.

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ScholarshipandAchievementintheNation’sCapital,”aboutthehistoryofhigh-ereducationintheDistrict.7p.m.Free.ClevelandParkLibrary,3310ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-3080. ■Apaneldiscussionon“50YearsAfterMichaelHarrington’s‘TheOtherAmerica’:WhereIstheWaronPoverty”willfeatureWashingtonPostcolumnistHaroldMeyersonandInstituteforWomen’sPolicyfounderHeidiHartmann.Ascreeningofthe1999film“MichaelHarringtonandToday’sOtherAmerica:CorporatePowerandInequality”willprecedethediscus-sion.7to9p.m.Free.McNeirAuditorium,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.guevents.georgetown.edu. ■“CommunicatingtheMessage:ElectionResultsandRamifications”willfeatureSlatejournalistDavidPlotzandfourformermembersofCongress—Rep.AnneNorthrup,R-Ky.,Rep.AlbertR.Wynn,D-Md.,Rep.TomDavis,R-Va.,andRep.BartGordon,D-Tenn.7:30p.m.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■ExplorersandphotographersAngelaFisherandCarolBeckwithwilldiscuss“PaintedBodiesofAfrica.”7:30p.m.$20.GrosvenorAuditorium,NationalGeographic,1600MSt.NW.202-857-7700. ■HistorianandactorRickyJay,authorof“ManyMysteriesUnraveled:ConjuringLiteratureinAmerica1786-1874,”willdis-cuss“Deception.”8p.m.$35.FolgerShakespeareLibrary,201EastCapitolSt.SE.202-544-7077.

Films ■ThePalisadesLibrarywillpresentthefilm“PrideandPrejudice,”starringKeiraKnightleyasElizabethBennetandMatthewMacfadyenasMr.Darcy.4p.m.Free.PalisadesLibrary,4901VSt.NW.202-282-3139. ■TheInter-AmericanDevelopmentBankCulturalCenterwillpresenttheD.C.premiereofPabloAldrete’s2010film“RiverofGold.”6:30p.m.Free.IglesiasAuditorium,Inter-AmericanDevelopmentBankCulturalCenter,1330NewYorkAve.NW.202-623-3558. ■BusboysandPoetswillpresentascreeningof“TheBomb,”thethirdepisodeinOliverStone’snewShowtimedocumen-taryseries“UntoldHistoryoftheUnitedStates.”Aquestion-and-answersessionwithStoneandhistorianPeterKuznickwillfollow.8:30to10:30p.m.Free.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-789-2227.

Performance ■AspartoftheKidsEuroFestival2012,Hungary’sSomaHajnóczywillpres-entaninteractive,fast-paced,humorouseveningofmagic,musicandfun.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Special events ■HemingwayenthusiastandcocktailconnoisseurPhilipGreenewilldiscusshisbook“ToHaveandHaveAnother:CocktailsWithHemingway”andleadatastingofseveralconcoctions.6:45to8:45p.m.$70.MitsitamCafe,NationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndian,4thStreetand

IndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-3030. ■Bluegrass,jazzandbluesmusicianswillperformatanartauctionfeaturingoldandbrokenmusicalinstrumentstrans-formedintoworksofart.ProceedswillbenefitthegroupHungryforMusic.7to11p.m.$30.GibsonGuitarVIPShowroom,709GSt.NW.hungryformusic.org.

tour ■ScottScholz,deputydirectorandcuratoroftheDumbartonHouse,willleadanin-depthtourofobjectsnotusuallyseenbythepublic,includingthemuse-um’sBaltimoredesk,pianoforteandCharlestonsideboard.7p.m.$10;reserva-tionsrequired.DumbartonHouse,2715QSt.NW.curatorsopentour.eventbrite.com.

Friday,Nov.9

Concerts ■TheFridayMorningMusicClubwillpresentaconcertfeaturingworksbyVilla-Lobos,Larsen,Stolz,Debussy,KhachaturianandStravinsky.Noon.Free.CalvaryBaptistChurch,7558thSt.NW.202-333-2075. ■[email protected]’smusicdirectorSonyaSuttonperformingworksbyBach,Vierne,Widor,Rachmaninoff,BarberandWagneronthechurch’sHart-DeGennaroorgan.12:15to1p.m.Free.St.Alban’sEpiscopalChurch,3001WisconsinAve.NW.202-363-8286. ■TheFridayMusicSerieswillfeaturethewomen’sensembleEyaperformingdiversemedievalmusic.1:15p.m.Free.McNeirHall,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.202-687-3838. ■TheFounder’sDayConcertwillfea-tureMortonSubotnick’s“Lucy:SongandDance,anoperawithoutwords,”starringvocalistJoanLaBarbara,pianistJennyLinandmultimediaartistLillevan.8p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.CoolidgeAuditorium,JeffersonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101stSt.SE.202-707-5502.

Discussions and lectures ■CombathistorianPatrickO’Donnellwilldiscusshisbook“DogCompany:TheBoysofPointeduHoc,”abouttheU.S.Army’s2ndRangerBattalion’sroleinWorldWarII.Noon.Free.NationalPortraitGallery,8thandFstreetsNW.202-633-1000. ■“Q&ACafe”willfeatureWashingtonianeditor-at-largeCarolJoyntinterviewingRichardHaass,presidentoftheCouncilonForeignRelations,onU.S.

foreignpolicy.12:30p.m.$35;reserva-tionsrequired.DegreesBar&Lounge,TheRitz-CarltonGeorgetown,3100SouthSt.NW.202-912-9110. ■KoreanpopartistandsatiristSongByeokwilldiscuss“NorthKorea:AttheCrossroadsofPropogandaandPopArt.”1:15p.m.Free.AbramsonFamilyFoundersRoom,SchoolofInternationalServiceBuilding,AmericanUniversity,NebraskaandNewMexicoavenuesNW.202-885-1747. ■AphilosophylectureseriesinhonoroftheRev.KurtPritzlwillfeatureConcordiaUniversityassociateprofessorAndreaFalconon“ThePlaceofthe‘DeAnima’inAristotle’sExplanatoryProject.”2p.m.Free.AquinasHallAuditorium,CatholicUniversity,620MichiganAve.NE.202-319-5259. ■VladimirTismaneanuwilldiscusshisbook“TheDevilinHistory:Communism,Fascism,andSomeLessonsoftheTwentiethCentury.”ScreeningsofAlainResnais’1955film“NightandFog”andRusternAbdrashev’s2008film“TheGifttoStalin”willfollow.5:30p.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.Goethe-Institut,8127thSt.NW.202-289-1200,ext.170. ■CarolinedeMargeriewilldiscussherbook“AmericanLady:TheLifeofSusanMaryAlsop.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-

364-1919. ■SaidTayebJawad,formerambassa-dorofAfghanistantotheUnitedStates,willdiscussthefutureofAfghanistanaftertheU.S.withdrawal.7:30to9p.m.Free;reser-vationsrequired.Room213,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.tinyurl.com/DPEafghan2014.

Films ■TheNationalArchives’“ClassicsRestored”serieswillFrankCapra’s1944film“TheNegroSolider.”Noon.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■RealAffirmationsXTRAwillfeatureDouglasLangway’s2012film“BearCity2:TheProposal,”starringKathyNajimy,GeraldMcCullouchandJoeConti.7and9p.m.$10.CarnegieInstitutionofWashington,1520PSt.NW.reelaffirmationsnovxtra.eventbrite.com.

Performances ■AspartoftheKidsEuroFestival2012,Italywillpresent“Wind,”atheatricalperformanceaboutamanandawomanwhodriftonthewindandeventuallyfindthemselvesfacetoface.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■“SpeakeasyShorts:WhereStoriesMeettheScreen”willfeatureeightlocalstorytellerssharingtalesabouttheirlives,tobecapturedbyeightfilmmakerswhowilleachhavefivedaystomakeaneight-minutemovieaboutoneofthestories.7and9:30p.m.$20to$30.U.S.NavyMemorial,701PennsylvaniaAve.NW.speakeasydc.com.The films will be shown Nov. 16 at 7 and 9:30 p.m. ■WilsonHighSchoolwillperformtheTonyAward-winningmusicalcomedy“GuysandDolls.”7:30p.m.$15;$5forstudents.WilsonHighSchool,[email protected] performance will repeat Nov. 10 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 17 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. ■BlackMovementsDanceTheatrewillpresentitsfallperformance.8p.m.$10;$8forstudents.WalshBlackBoxTheatre,GeorgetownUniversity,36thStreetbetweenNandProspectstreetsNW.202-

687-3838.The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m. ■Themonthlypoetryseries“NineontheNinth”willfeaturewriter,performerandculturalorganizerSilvanaStraw.9to10:30p.m.$5.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

Sale ■TheEmbassyoftheCzechRepublicwillhost“CzechChristmasMarket2012,”featuringhand-blownornaments,adisplayofNativityscenes,ademonstrationofhowCzechwafersaremade,liveperformancesandmore.3to6p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.EmbassyoftheCzechRepublic,3900SpringofFreedomSt.NW.reserva-tions@mutualinspirations.org.The event will continue Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.

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

Saturday,Nov.10

Classes and workshops ■LocalDJsJunebulletandKLaRockwillleadaninteractiveworkshoponthebasicsofdigitalDJingonacomputer.10a.m.tonoon.Free;reservationsrequired.NationalMuseumofWomenintheArts,1250NewYorkAve.NW.202-783-5000. ■JasonGedeik,headofgreenhouseanddesignoperationsatHillwood,willleadahands-onorchidworkshop,“ToRepotorNot.”10:30a.m.tonoon.$25;reservationsrequired.HillwoodEstate,MuseumandGardens,4155LinneanAve.NW.202-686-5807.

Clothing drive ■TheAnnunciationandHolyTrinitychurcheswillsponsoraclothingdrive(par-ticularlycoatsforallagesandmen’scloth-ing)forlocalcharities.9a.m.to5p.m.Gym,ChurchoftheAnnunciation,3810MassachusettsAve.NW.202-531-9087.


Friday, NoVeMber 9■Concert:TheU.S.AirmenofNotewillperformwithjazzvibraphonistJoeLocke.8p.m.Free.LisnerAuditorium,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,73021stSt.NW.202-767-5658.

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Drop-off hours will continue Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Concerts ■PianistChristopherAstillawillpres-entaprogramofProkofievandtheballet,featuringmusicfrom“TheProdigalSon”and“Cinderella.”1:30p.m.Free.AndersonHouse,SocietyoftheCincinnati,2118MassachusettsAve.NW.202-785-2040. ■NationalSymphonyOrchestramem-bersAlexandraOsborne,JoelFuller,MahokoEguchiandRachelYoungwillper-form.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheEmersonStringQuartetwillper-formworksbySchumann,BrahmsandShostakovich.6to8p.m.$67.BairdAuditorium,NationalMuseumofNaturalHistory,10thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-633-3030. ■TheGeorgetownGraceNoteswillhosttheDCACappellaFestival,featuringguestgroupsandsongsrangingfromold-iestorocktopop.7:30p.m.$10;$8forstudents.GastonHall,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.202-687-3838. ■TheAmericanUniversityChamberSingerswillpresent“TheArtofTradition:ChoralMusicofRussiaandtheUnitedStates.”8p.m.$10;$5forstudentsandseniors.AbramsonFamilyRecitalHall,KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.202-885-3634.The concert will repeat Sunday at 3 p.m. ■JazzpianistandcomposerChickCorea(shown)andvibraphonistGaryBurtonwillperformmaterialfromthenewalbum“HotHouse.”8p.m.$62.50to$67.50.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.800-745-3000. ■Braziliansinger-guitaristGilbertoGil,knownasthegodfatheroftheTropicáliamovement,willperform.8p.m.$35to$75.LisnerAuditorium,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,73021stSt.NW.

202-994-6851. ■TheJohnE.MarlowGuitarSerieswillpresentSpanishclassicalguitaristMarcoSociasinconcert.8p.m.$25;$12.50forstudents;freeforages18andyoungerwithanaccompanyingadult.WestmorelandCongregationalUnitedChurchofChrist,1WestmorelandCircle.301-654-6403.

Discussions and lectures ■DanielleCookNavidiwilldiscussherbook“HappilyHungry:SmartRecipesforKidsWithCancer”(forparentsandcare-givers),at10:30a.m.;MargaretTalbotwilldiscussherbook“TheEntertainer:Movies,Magic,andMyFather’sTwentiethCentury,”at3:30p.m.;andMarcusRedikerwilldiscusshisbook“TheAmistadRebellion:AnAtlanticOdysseyofSlaveryandFreedom,”at6p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■AspartoftheD.C.PublicLibrary’s“DCReads”program,AzarNafisiwilldis-cussherbook“Reading‘Lolita’inTehran.”2:30p.m.Free.MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-0321. ■“AllintheTiming:ADiscussionofComedyandJazz”willfeatureJasonMoran,KennedyCenterartisticadviserforjazz;comedianDavidAlanGrier;andDr.CharlesLimb,anassociateprofessoratJohnsHopkinsMedicineandanexpertinneuroscienceofmusic.3p.m.$15.Atrium,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Films ■“BalletinCinema”willfeatureTchaikovsky’s“SwanLake.”11a.m.$18.80.WestEndCinema,23rdStreetbetweenMandNstreetsNW.202-419-3456. ■“TheMet:LiveinHD”willfeaturetheMetropolitanOperapremiereofThomasAdès’“TheTempest.”12:55p.m.$18to$24.AMCMazzaGallerie,5300WisconsinAve.NW.fathomevents.com. ■AspartoftheD.C.PublicLibrary’s“DCReads”program,theGeorgetownLibrarywillpresentStanleyKubrick’s1962film“Lolita.”2p.m.Free.GeorgetownLibrary,3260RSt.NW.202-727-0232. ■AspartoftheD.C.PublicLibrary’s“DCReads”program,theGeorgetownLibrarywillpresentStanleyKubrick’s1962film“Lolita.”2p.m.Free.JuanitaE.

Thornton/ShepherdParkLibrary,7420GeorgiaAve.NW.202-541-6100. ■TheNationalGalleryofArtwillpres-ent“AliceGuyBlanché,TransatlanticSitesofCinémaNouveau,”withmusicalaccom-panimentbyKimandKathrynKluge.2p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■AspartoftheD.C.PublicLibrary’sDCReadsprogram,theMountPleasantLibrarywillpresentAsgharFarhardi’s2011film“ASeparation.”3p.m.Free.MountPleasantLibrary,316016thSt.NW.202-671-3121.

Performances ■AspartoftheKidsEuroFestival2012,ItalywillpresenttheatercompanyLaSocietàdellaCivettaperformingitspro-duction“Wind”(forages2through6).1p.m.Free.RoomA-5,MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-0321. ■AspartoftheKidsEuroFestival2012,CypruswillpresentstorytellerGlafkosCariolou’s“Alexander’sMermaidandtheShipofKyrenia.”3p.m.Free.GeorgetownLibrary,3260RSt.NW.202-727-0232. ■DancEthoswillperformworksby

artisticdirectorTiffanyHaughn,associatedirectorCarolynKamrathandlocalchore-ographersVladimirAngelov,ChristopherK.Morgan,EricaRebollarandKaterinaRodgaard.8p.m.$8to$22.DancePlace,32258thSt.NE.202-269-1600.The per-formance will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m. ■AVeteransDaybenefitfortheYellowRibbonFundwillfeaturelocalcomicsBrianParise,SonnyFullerandSaraArmour.8:30p.m.$15inadvance;$20atthedoor.TiferethIsraelCongregation,770116thSt.NW.improbablecomedy.com.

Special events ■TheninthannualCraftyBastardsArtsandCraftsFairwillfeaturehandmadeitemsfromindependentartists.10a.m.to5p.m.$5;freeforchildren.UnionMarket,3095thSt.NE.washingtoncitypaper.com/craftybastards. ■TheNoKingsCollective,aD.C.-basedartistgroup,willopenitssecondannualSubmergeartfestivalwithanopeningparty.8p.m.to2a.m.Free;reser-vationsrequired.700HSt.NE.submergedc.com.The festival will continue through Nov. 18.

Walks and tours ■Aparkrangerwillleadages7andolderonanintroductorybirdhikeanddis-cusswhichbirdsremainyear-roundinRockCreekPark.9a.m.Free.RockCreekNatureCenter,5200GloverRoadNW.202-895-6070. ■KellyWhitson,aninternattheU.S.BotanicGarden,willleadatouroftheNationalGardenandhighlightplantsofhistoricalsignificance.11a.m.tonoon.Free;reservationsrequired.NationalGarden,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.usbg.gov.

Sunday,Nov.11

Concerts ■TheU.S.AirForceBand’sAirmenofNotewillperformjazzselections.12:30p.m.Free.NationalAirandSpaceMuseum,6thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-767-5658. ■TheDCChamberMusicPlayersChamberOrchestrawillpresentaVeteransDayconcertfeaturingworksbyBrahmsandSchubert.3p.m.Free;donationstotheTowerRestorationFundwelcome.ChurchoftheHolyCity,161116thSt.NW.202-462-6734. ■TheGeorgetownUniversityChamberMusicEnsembleswillpresent“SymphonicSketches.”3p.m.$5;freeforstudents.McNeirHall,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.202-687-3838. ■TheDoricStringQuartetwillper-formworksbySchumann,ChaussonandBritten.4p.m.$20;reserva-tionssuggest-ed.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.phillipscollection.org/music. ■SingerDickKaufmann(shown)andcantorsMikhailManevichandSusanBortnickwillperformworksfromtheGreatAmericanSongbookatabenefitconcertfortheWoundedWarriorProject.5p.m.$25mini-mumdonation.SmallChapel,WashingtonHebrewCongregation,3935MacombSt.NW.202-363-7100.

■DahlakRestaurantwillhostitsweek-ly“DCJazzJam”session.6:30to9:30p.m.Free.1771USt.NW.202-527-9522. ■ProMusicaHebraicawillpresentpianistOrionWeiss(shown)andtheArielQuartetperforming“BetweenTwoWorlds:JewishVoicesinModernEuropeanMusic.”7:30p.m.$38.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■“JazzattheAtlas”willfeaturetheWilliamParkerDoubleQuartetperforming“AlphavilleSuite.”8p.m.$15to$28.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.

Discussions and lectures ■KimberlyDozier,whocoversintelli-genceandspecialoperationsfortheAssociatedPress,willdiscusscurrentevents.10a.m.Free.St.John’sEpiscopalChurch,LafayetteSquare,16thandHstreetsNW.202-347-8766. ■“TheWeightofWar:TheReturningSoldierandtheRoleofSpiritualWellbeing”willfeatureadiscussionwithretiredU.S.NavyRearAdm.ChrisWeaver,retiredU.S.ArmySgt.Maj.ChadChaffeeandU.S.AirForcechiefofchaplainsMaj.Gen.HowardStendhal.10:10a.m.Free.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.nationalcathedral.org. ■AaronB.O’Connellwilldiscusshisbook“Underdogs:TheMakingoftheModernMarineCorps,”at1p.m.;andJamesGoodewilldiscusshisbook“CapitalViews:HistoricPhotographsofWashington,DC,AlexandriaandLoudounCounty,Virginia,andFrederickCounty,Maryland,”at5p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■AndreasHenning,curatorofItalianpaintingsatDresden’sOldMastersPictureGallery,willdiscuss“‘NotaPainting,butaVision!’:Raphael’sSistineMadonnaTurnsFiveHundred.”2p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

Films ■The“FirstChinaOnscreenBiennial”willfeatureFuJieandPanWenzhan’s1970film“TheRedDetachmentofWomen.”Apaneldiscussionwillfollow.2p.m.Free.MeyerAuditorium,FreerGalleryofArt,12thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-1000. ■“ChrisMarker:ATribute”willfeaturetheFrenchfilmmaker’s1968film“Àbientôt,j’espère,”his2004film“CaseoftheGrinningCat”andhis1990film“CatListeningtoMusic.”4:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■StevenScaffidiwillpresenthisfilm“Execution,”aboutthelastweekofacon-demnedman’slifeondeathrow.Aques-tion-and-answersessionwillfollow.7:30p.m.$12.RegalGalleryPlaceStadium14,7017thSt.NW.executionfilm.com.

Performances ■AspartoftheKidsEuroFestival2012,FinlandwillpresentSannaValvanneperforming“SingandShineAroundtheGlobe”(forages5through11).6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■“AnEveningofComedy&Music”willfeaturecomediansDavidAlanGrier,

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Special event ■“TeaWithMrs.B:HolidayEtiquetteandTeaPartyfortheEntireFamily”willfeatureaculinarydem-onstration,instructionabouthealthyeatingand holiday manners, andamenuwithfingersandwiches, desserts and herbal teas. 1 to 3 p.m.$49foradults;$29forchildren.TheFairfaxatEmbassyRowHotel,2100MassachusettsAve.NW.fairfaxtea.eventbrite.com.

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Concert ■“WorldMusicattheAtlas”willfea-tureIranianvocalistMahsaVahdatandAmericanbluesmanMightySamMcClaine.8p.m.$15to$32.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.

Discussions and lectures ■WesleyTheologicalSeminaryprofes-sorSondraElyWheeler—anexpertontheological bioethics and the historical rootsofChristianmoraltheology—willspeakaspartofa“LastLecture”break-fastseries,focusingonthewisdomfromherfieldthatshewouldwanttopassonifthiswereherfinalchancetoteach.7:30a.m.Free;reservationsrequired.WesleyTheologicalSeminary,4500MassachusettsAve.NW.202-885-8630. ■Apaneldiscussionon“ThePromiseandChallengeofCharterSchools”willfea-tureWard6D.C.CouncilmemberTommyWells,D.C.PublicCharterSchoolBoardexecutivedirectorScottPearson,Ward6D.C.StateBoardofEducationmemberMonicaWarren-JonesandWashingtonPosteducationreporterEmmaBrown.6:30to8:30p.m.Free.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-789-2227. ■DebPerelmanwilldiscussherbook“TheSmittenKitchenCookbook.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■BobWoodwardwilldiscusshisbook“ThePriceofPolitics.”7p.m.$12.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.sixthandi.org. ■ArtistIvanSigalwilldiscussthechanging ways photographers tell stories in onlineanddigitalplatforms.7p.m.$12;$6forstudents.Reservationssuggested.CorcoranGalleryofArt,50017thSt.NW.202-639-1770. ■NovelistsRobertStoneandLaurenGroff will read from their works and dis-cusstheidealismandaftermathofutopi-anaspirations.7:30p.m.$15.FolgerShakespeareLibrary,201EastCapitolSt.

SE.202-544-7077.

Films ■AWernerSchroeterfilmserieswillfeatureElfiMikesch’s2011documentary“MondoLux:TheVisualWorldsofWernerSchroeter.”6:30p.m.$4to$7.Goethe-Institut,8127thSt.NW.202-289-1200,ext.160. ■TheWashingtonPsychotronicFilmSocietywillpresentMattCimber’s1973film“TheBlackSix.”8p.m.Donationsug-gested.McFadden’sRestaurantandSaloon,2401PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-462-3356.

Performance ■ThereopeningoftheTheaterLabwillfeatureaneveningofmusicbyGrammy-nominatedjazzvocalistGregoryPorterandspoken word by poets Holly Bass, MahoganyBrowne,VanessaHidaryandKellyZen-YieTsai.6p.m.Free.TheaterLab, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Special events ■AwinetastingwillfocusontheSaint-EmilionregionwithMoniqueSeillanofJacksonFamilyWines.7p.m.$70.Free;reservationsrequired.LaMaisonFrançaise,4101ReservoirRoadNW.tourdefrancewinetasting.eventbrite.com. ■Acharitytrivianightwillbenefitcysticfibrosisresearchandyouthfitnesspro-grams.8to11p.m.$10to$20.Acre121,1400IrvingSt.NW.trivia.eventbrite.com.

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Class ■TheJewishStudyCenterwillpresentatwo-nightclassbyTamInstituteforJewishStudiesfellowJasonSchulmanon“AmericanJewsandLiberalism:MythorReality?”7to8:15p.m.$40.NationalMuseumofAmericanJewishMilitaryHistory,1811RSt.NW.jewishstudycenter.org. The class will conclude Nov. 27.

Concerts ■TheFridayMorningMusicClubwillpresentachamberconcertfeaturingworksbyBach,Devienne,WranitskyandHummel.Noon.Free.DumbartonHouse,2715QSt.NW.202-333-2075. ■TheTuesdayConcertSerieswillfea-tureLevineSchoolofMusicfacultymem-berColeBergeronpiano.12:10p.m.Free.ChurchoftheEpiphany,1317GSt.NW.202-347-2635,ext.18. ■TheU.S.AirForceStringQuartetwillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. ■TheTakácsQuartetandpianistMarc-AndréHamelin(shown) will perform worksbySchubertandBritten.8p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.CoolidgeAuditorium,JeffersonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101stSt.SE.202-707-5502.

■ThebandYemenBlueswillperformitsmixofWestAfricansoundsandenhanced modern compositions. 8 p.m. $20.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.800-745-3000.

Discussions and lectures ■Panelistswilldiscuss“PublicDiplomacyintheNextFourYears:APost-ElectionLookatAmericanStrugglesandPrioritiesforEngagingWiththeWorld.”8to11a.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room602,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.ow.ly/eWkpK. ■TheOsherLifelongLearningInstituteatAmericanUniversitywillpresentatalkbyRonNessen,journalist-in-residenceattheBrookingsInstitutionandWhiteHousepresssecretaryunderPresidentGeraldFord,on“GradingthePerformanceoftheNewsMediainCoveringthe2012PresidentialElection.”12:15to1:15p.m.Free.Room6,TempleBaptistChurch,3850NebraskaAve.NW.202-895-4860. ■ApaneldiscussiononthelateartistBenjaminAbramowitzandtheburgeoning,largely segregated 1940s-era art scene in thenation’scapitalwillfeaturemoderatorSusanAbramowitzRosenbaum,theart-ist’sdaughterandco-curatorofanexhibitofhiswork;ScottBaker,assistantdirectorofHowardUniversityGallery;LilianThomasBurwell,anartistandaformerstudentof

Abramowitz;JeanLawlorCohen,editorofWhereWashingtonmagazine;andMaryAnneGoley,foundingdirectoroftheFederalReserveBoardFineArtsProgram.Luncheonat12:15p.m.;programat1p.m.$10to$30.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. ■Panelistswilldiscuss“NixontoReagan:ReshapingtheSupremeCourt.”1p.m.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■TheHistory/BiographyBookClubwilldiscussAzarNafisi’s“Reading‘Lolita’inTehran.”1p.m.Free.ChevyChaseLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021. ■GeorgetownUniversitylawprofessorsVickiArroyo,PeterByrneandJessicaGranniswilldiscusstheirworkattheGeorgetownClimateCenter.2to3:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.MortaraCenter,GeorgetownUniversity,3600NSt.NW.climatechangecenter.eventbrite.com. ■PeterAmmon,Germany’s ambassador to theUnitedStates,willdis-cussrelationsbetweenthetwocountries.5p.m.Free.

AbramsonFamilyFoundersRoom,SchoolofInternationalServiceBuilding,AmericanUniversity,NebraskaandNewMexicoave-nuesNW.202-885-1747. ■Expertswilldiscuss“TheWoundedWarriorHomeProject,”aboutaFortBelvoir,Va.,efforttohighlightaccessibledesign.6:30to8p.m.$20;$12forstu-dents;freeformilitarypersonnel.Reservationsrequired.NationalBuildingMuseum,401FSt.NW.202-272-2448. ■AndrewJ.Polsky,professorofpoliti-calscienceatHunterCollegeandtheCityUniversityofNewYorkGraduateCenter,willdiscusshisbook“ElusiveVictories:TheAmericanPresidencyatWar.”6:45to8:15p.m.$25.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030. ■IrishauthorColmTóibinwilldis-cusshisbook“TheTestamentofMary.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■PeterStonierandJohnMartinofConservationInternationalwilldiscusshowengaging the right leaders can make a dif-ference between a film that aspires to haveimpactandonethatachievesit.Thepresentationwillincludeexamplesofvid-eos the organization has made. 7 p.m.



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Concerts ■TheGeorgetownUniversityChamberSingerswillperformMonteverdi’s“Magnificat.”7:30p.m.Free.DahlgrenChapeloftheSacredHeart,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.202-687-3838. ■ViolinistJesúsReina(shown)andpianistEdvinasMinkstimaswillperformaspartoftheEmbassySeries.7:30p.m.$160.ResidenceoftheEuropeanUnionAmbassador,2542BelmontSt.NW.202-625-2361.

Discussions and lectures ■TheNationalConsumersLeaguewillsponsorasymposiumonfoodsafety,

sequestrationandprivacyissues.11:45a.m.to3:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.RoomB-369,RayburnHouseOfficeBuilding,45IndependenceAve.SW.nclnet.org. ■SteveMouzon,principalofMouzonDesign,willdiscuss“OriginalGreen,”aconceptthatemphasizessustainableplac-esthatarenourishable,accessibleandserviceablewithbuildingsthataredurable,flexibleandfrugal.12:30to1:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.NationalBuildingMuseum,401FSt.NW.202-272-2448. ■ColumbiaUniversityprofessorRuthDefrieswilldiscuss“HowHumanityCametoDominatethePlanet.”4to6p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.MortaraCenter,GeorgetownUniversity,3600NSt.NW.defries.eventbrite.com. ■ContributorRickAtkinsonwilldiscussthebook“MyBookstore:WritersCelebrateTheirFavoritePlacestoBrowse,Read,andShop,”at5:30p.m.;andDavidNasawwilldiscusshisbook“ThePatriarch:TheRemarkableLifeandTurbulentTimesofJosephP.Kennedy,”at7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■AtanopenmeetingoftheChevyChasechapterofNationalActiveandRetiredFederalEmployeesAssociation,economistWaltonFranciswilladvisefeder-alemployeesandretireesontheirchoicesoftheirhealthinsuranceplanduringthecurrentopenseason.6p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-234-2911. ■MarceeF.Craighill,directoroftheDiplomaticReceptionRoomsattheU.S.DepartmentofState,willgiveanillustratedlectureaboutthecelebratedspacesusedtoentertainofficialguests.6:45to8:45p.m.$45.RasmusonTheater,NationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndian,4thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-3030.Attendees will be able to sign up for a 45-minute tour on a selection of dates. ■TimMcGrathwilldiscuss“JohnBarry,AnAmericanHerointheAgeofSail.”7p.m.Free.AndersonHouse,SocietyoftheCincinnati,2118MassachusettsAve.NW.202-785-2040. ■IreneLevinBermanwilldiscussherbook“‘WeAreGoingtoPickPotatoes’:NorwayandtheHolocaust,TheUntoldStory.”7to8:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.JackMortonAuditorium,SchoolofMediaandPublicAffairs,80521stSt.NW.202-994-7129. ■AspartoftheD.C.PublicLibrary’sDCReadsprogram,theMountPleasantLibraryBookClubwilldiscuss“Reading‘Lolita’inTehran”byAzarNafisi.7p.m.Free.MountPleasantLibrary,316016thSt.NW.202-671-3121. ■MagnumphotographersLarryTowellandPetervanAgtmaelwilldiscuss“TransformingSocietyThroughPhotos:TheRoleofFreeandIndependentPhotojournalism.”7p.m.$12;$6forstu-dents.CorcoranGalleryofArt,50017thSt.NW.202-639-1770. ■AuthorTimothyEganwilldiscuss“Shadows,Reflections,Spirits:TheStoriesBehindEdwardCurtis’sPhotosofNativeAmerica.”7to8:30p.m.$20.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030. ■PeterMatthiessen,co-founderoftheParisReviewandrecipientofNationalBookAwardsfor“TheSnowLeopard”and“ShadowCountry,”willdiscusshislifeandworkinaconversationwithNGTravelereditoratlargeDonGeorge.7:30p.m.$20.GrosvenorAuditorium,National

Geographic,1600MSt.NW.202-857-7700.

Films ■“TheMet:LiveinHD”willfeaturetheMetropolitanOpera’sproductionofVerdi’s“Otello.”6:30p.m.$18.AMCMazzaGallerie,5300WisconsinAve.NW.fathomevents.com. ■TheWoman’sNationalDemocraticClubwillpresentthedocumentary“HalftheSky:TurningOppressionIntoOpportunityforWomenWorldwide.”Lightdinnerbuffetat6:30p.m.;filmat7p.m.$15to$20.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. ■ThePictureHousefilmscreeningserieswillfeatureVanessaGould’s2008documentary“BetweentheFolds.”7p.m.$10donationsuggested.InternationalArts&Artists’HillyerArtSpace,9HillyerCourtNW.meridianhillpictures.com. ■TheLionsofCzechFilmwillpresentRobertSedlacek’s2006film“RulesofLies,”about12recoveringdrugaddictswhoattempttocleanthem-selvesupatamakeshiftrehabcenter.8p.m.$11.50;$9forstu-dents;$8.75forseniors;$8.50forages12andyounger.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.NW.202-966-6000.

Meetings ■ThePreventionofBlindnessSocietyofMetropolitanWashingtonwillhostanewmonthlygatheringon“EnhancingIndependenceThroughArtsandCulture.”11a.m.to1p.m.Free;reservationsrequested.Room215,MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-2142. ■ThegroupParents,Families&FriendsofLesbiansandGayswillhostamonthlymeetingofitsNorthwestDCSupportGroup.7to9p.m.Free.MetropolitanMemorialUnitedMethodistChurch,[email protected].

Performances ■DancEthoswillperformaspartoftheHappeningsattheHarmanseries.Noon.SidneyHarmanHall,610FSt.NW.202-547-1122. ■AspartoftheHappeningsHappyHoursseries,QuestVisualTheatrewillpresent“Alonzo’sLullaby,”aashadowpuppetplayforadults.5:30p.m.Free.SidneyHarmanHall,610FSt.NW.202-547-1122. ■AspartoftheKidsEuroFestival2012,SloveniawillpresentFru-FruPuppetsperforming“Videk’sNewShirt.”6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Special events ■TheVirginiaQuarterlyReviewwillmarkthereleaseofitsfallissueon“TheFemaleConscience”withareadingbyguesteditorMarieAranaandcontributorsJudithWarner,MaryEmmaKolesandSandraBeasley.5:30p.m.Free.ArtsClubofWashington,2017ISt.NW.202-331-7282. ■“CelebratingtheLifeandLegacyofGordonParks”willfeatureayouthphotog-raphyexhibitandapaneldiscussionaboutthecivilrightsphotographer’swork.6to8p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

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