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By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

A Sheridan-Kalorama group is fighting a proposed nine-unit condo-minium building that would be built on a California Street lot now used as a garden. The space is now owned and maintained by the owners of the St. Regis Residences rental apartment building next door, who are under contract to sell the site to MMg Development. The developers have proposed a five-story building at 2225 California St. that adheres to zoning rules, but residents argue that the plan would violate the neighbor-hood’s historic district. “Gardens are what makes this

neighborhood special,” said St. Regis resident James Pepper. “You can walk around other beautiful neighborhoods with grand architec-ture ... but you will not see the kind of expansive open space that we

have here in Sheridan-Kalorama.” Pepper and other members of the Preserve Our Green Space in Sheridan-Kalorama group argue that because green space was integral to the neighborhood’s design, the open spaces are a contributing element to the historic district and must be pre-served. The group has collected 373 signatures from residents within the historic district on a petition oppos-ing the development, he said. The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will review the issue tomorrow, but board members haven’t agreed with neighbors previ-ously about the California Street proposal. The main purpose of this week’s hearing is to study design

Neighbors fight California Street condos

Bill Petros/The CurrentResidents argue that the garden on the site has historic value.

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

The Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital, which wants to open a second campus and slight-ly increase enrollment, last week found its bid for zoning approval complicated by opposition — on very different issues — at both of its upper 16th Street sites. The D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment, after a lengthy hearing on Sept. 25, delayed a decision until Nov. 27, leaving the fate of the pre-k-through-grade-six school up in the air. Jewish Primary Day relocated to 6045 16th St. in 2003, after a long and excruciating search for a perma-nent home. Since then, enrollment has grown, with demand for spaces outpacing capacity. Now the school wants to open a second campus for its younger students about a mile to the south, at 4715 16th St., with a small expansion of the enrollment cap at both locations to accommo-date what school leaders say is a

growing number of young Jewish families in the District seeking a religious and secular education for their children. At the northern, second-through-sixth-grade campus, the enrollment cap would expand from 275 to 300. At the southern, or lower school, campus, the maximum enrollment would rise slightly from 125 to 130, just a bit over what previous private schools at the site were allowed. The school is also seeking approval for an overall increase in faculty and staff from 71 to 98. And at both campuses, the school is seeking permission to have less than the required number of parking

JPDS expansion plan faces resistance from neighbors

Bill Petros/The CurrentAndrea Polo poses with the Geico gecko during Sunday’s biennial open house celebration at the Kreeger Museum, founded by David Kreeger, former chairman of the insurance company. The event featured art workshops, gallery tours, storytelling and free ice cream.

A R T A f I C I O N A D O S

■ Education: School seeks to open second campus

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

Seeking another path to control at least a piece of its destiny, the D.C. Council introduced legislation Tuesday that would have District voters weigh in on whether the city can approve its own budget without interference from Congress. The measure, said D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, would place the question of budget autono-my on the District’s next special-election ballot — probably in April 2013. If voters approve the propos-al, which would amend the city’s home rule charter, Congress would have 35 days to say yes or no. Every council member has already signed on as co-sponsor. Budget autonomy is key, Mendelson said, in part because it would free the District from fear of a shutdown if Congress can’t agree on unrelated budget measures. And it would allow the District to reset its fiscal year, allowing — for exam-ple — the annual school budget to be set before the school year begins. But most important, having

Activists push referendum on autonomy

By DEIRDRE BANNONCurrent Staff Writer

Facing a deadline at the end of this year, Ward 1 D.C. Council member Jim Graham is pushing hard to move forward with the omni-bus alcohol legislation he started crafting in December 2011. With only three months left to go before the council’s two-year legis-lative period comes to an end, the bill risks dying in session. But Graham is working to hold a markup

hearing early this month for the new legislation, which proposes 43 changes to the city’s alcohol laws. Some of the proposed changes have sparked controversy. Many advi-sory neighbor-hood commis-sions and civic organizations have objected to a provision of the bill that would limit the ability of individual residents to file protests. Current law allows any group of five people to lodge a protest; the change would limit complainants to those

Graham hopes to pass ABC overhaul this fall■ Council: Measure proposes 43 changes to alcohol laws

Bill Petros/The CurrentResidents raised concerns about traffic stemming from the planned campus at 4715 16th St.

See ABC/Page 7

See School/Page 5See Garden/Page 9

See Autonomy/Page 8

■ ABC BOARD CHAIR: Council approves Miller despite criticism. Page 3.

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Wednesday, Oct. 3 The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold one of its “Parking Think Tank” meetings to obtain public input on the future of parking in the District. The session will focus on the downtown area of the District. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the West End Library, 1101 24th St. NW. For details, visit ddot.dc.gov/parkingthinktanks.■ The Friends of Stead Park will host a presentation of design concepts for the renovation of the Stead Park athletic field. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW.

Thursday, Oct. 4 The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will hold the continuation of its monthly meeting, which will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 220 South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. Agenda items include new construction at 2225 California St. and at 3538 Ordway St.■ The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold one of its “Parking Think Tank” meetings, focusing on the western area of the District. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at Wilson High School, 3950 Chesapeake St. NW. For details, visit ddot.dc.gov/parkingthinktanks.■ The Georgetown Business Association will hold a candidates forum in the D.C. Council at-large race. The event will be held from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 3240 O St. NW.

Monday, Oct. 8 The Foggy Bottom Association will hear from George Washington University representatives about plans for construction on Square 75A. The meeting will be held from 7 to 9 a.m. at St. Paul’s Parish, 2430 K St. NW.

Tuesday, Oct. 9 The Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a joint community meeting to discuss the remedial action plan for the 4825 Glenbrook Road project. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW. ■ The Brightwood Community Association will hold its monthly meeting, which will include executive committee elections and presentations from several community groups. The meeting will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at St. John United Baptist Church, 6343 13th St. NW.■ The Chevy Chase Citizens Association and the Chevy Chase advisory neighbor-hood commission will host a candidates forum in the D.C. Council chairman’s race. The event will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.

The week ahead

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

Parents and leaders at Mann Elementary School are scrambling to secure funding for a $28 million expansion and renovation project, even as some neighbors of the Wesley Heights school say current plans for an addition are too large and would loom over houses on an adjacent residential street. In an open letter to the Mann community this week, PTA leaders said the latest plans would cost about $28 million, while the city has bud-geted only $10.5 million for the project. They urged school support-ers to contact the mayor’s office to seek the additional funding. The expansion is “urgently need-ed,” they wrote, noting that Mann was built for 213 students and cur-rently enrolls nearly 300, with no gym, a makeshift cafeteria, and some classes taught in trailers, hall-ways and stairwells. The expanded school would accommodate about 400 students. “Without adequate funding, this project becomes a phased effort, which prolongs construction in our neighborhood and on our streets,” the PTA leaders wrote. Ward 3 D.C. Council member

Mary Cheh said Tuesday that she will work to get adequate funding for the full project. Cheh noted that the Wilson High School moderniza-tion was originally budgeted at $60 million, but that the capital budget was eventually expanded to cover the full $120 million cost. “Prospects are good we’ll be able to do the Mann expansion correctly and appropriately,” she said. Meanwhile, some of the school’s neighbors have said they support the modernization project but fear a planned new wing would block views and loom over houses on 45th Street. They also question whether projected enrollment is inflated. The Wesley Heights advisory neighborhood commission will con-sider the latest plans and neighbor-hood concerns at its meeting tonight. Cheh said she has met with City Administrator Allen Lew, who has asked to see more “design options” for expanding the school. “It’s worth noting that all the neighbors who have issues with the design over-whelmingly support the moderniza-tion and expansion,” she said. PTA leaders, in their letter, said the plans are not final. They said the architectural team is still working on a design that “best meets the needs of the school and community.”

PTA leaders push for funds for proposed Mann project By DEIRDRE BANNON

Current Staff Writer

The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously con-firmed Ruthanne Miller as chair of the city’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, but the vote came on the heels of unprecedented testimony against the nomi-nee by two current board members, who criticized Miller’s management style during her nomination hearing last week. Board members Mike Silverstein, who also serves as a Dupont Circle advisory neighborhood commis-sioner, and Nick Alberti testified at Thursday’s hear-ing that they had concerns about Miller’s ability to efficiently lead the board, and they pointed to existing personality clashes. “We have tried to work this out, but it’s become very, very, very difficult,” said Silverstein. He went on to describe the environment as “toxic” and board meetings as “a dysfunctional family picnic.” “It’s been chaotic,” Alberti testified. “We’ve taken much more time than is necessary in our delibera-tions and in our hearings.” Alberti said he had “no confidence” in Miller’s ability to lead the board, and he directly opposed her nomination. Silverstein, while critical of Miller, said he didn’t have a position on her nomination.

In defense of her eight-month term as interim chair, Miller said last week, “I don’t think a good chair should accept the status quo.” “I was dropped into a board of five men who operate a certain way,” she added. “I slow things down sometimes, because sometimes I question the way things are done.” Five others also spoke out on Miller’s behalf, including Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh and at-large member Michael Brown. Lynne Breaux, president of the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington; Susie Taylor of the Cleveland Park Citizens Association; and Anthony Hood, chair of the D.C. Zoning Commission, also testified in support. After the testimony, the council’s Committee on Human Services voted unanimously to support Miller’s nomination for a four-year term as chair, referring the resolution to the full council for a vote. At the council’s legislative meeting Tuesday, mem-bers voted unanimously to confirm her appointment. Cheh said Tuesday that she was “appalled” by the board members’ testimony,” noting that “they were talking about having to work harder, work longer, and yet it turns out that during the tenure of Ms. Miller the backlog of the board has been eliminated.” Cheh added that Miller wants to “introduce values

Council confirms Miller as ABC Board chair

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Man shot dead in Shepherd Park area A 29-year-old man was shot dead in the Shepherd Park area in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Officers responded to the 7400 block of Georgia Avenue at 2:29 a.m. and found Lamar Michael Fonville, 29, dead of a gunshot wound, a news release states. Homicide detectives are investigat-ing the case.

Two men pulled from burning automobile A driver and his front passenger survived a fiery automobile acci-dent after Metropolitan Police Department officers pulled them from their car on Georgia Avenue Sunday in the Petworth area, according to a news release. Their car was struck by another vehicle and caught fire in the 4700 block of Georgia Avenue just after 4 a.m. Sunday. The two men in the burning car were trapped, but responding police officers pulled them out, sustaining minor burns in the process. The occupants of the car suffered third-degree burns over much of their bodies and were hos-pitalized in critical condition. The 38-year-old driver of the striking car was charged with driv-ing under the influence in connec-tion with the crash, according to the release. He and his passenger sus-tained minor injuries.

Researchers launch Spring Valley study Johns Hopkins University researchers are asking some Northwest residents and workers to complete a survey about their health issues in an effort to evaluate the

impact of World War I-era chemical contamination in the Spring Valley area. The study is open to anyone who lives or works — or has done either in the past — in Zip codes 20015 or 20016. Residents of those Zip codes who live outside of Spring Valley itself will be used as the study’s control group. Information about the study and links to download the survey or complete it online are available at jhsph.edu/springvalley; hard copies of the survey are also available at the Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

Commission OKs part of Pepco rate request Pepco will raise its rates to col-lect an additional $24 million in revenue — less than the $42 million it had originally requested, but more than many residents had supported. The Public Service Commission approved the rate increase last Wednesday. The change, which affects only what Pepco charges residents for power distribution, rather than gen-eration, will add $2.60 to the aver-age customer’s monthly bill, according to a commission news release. The higher rate will go into effect later this month. The rate increase came because Pepco was bringing in less than the anticipated revenue. Under its status as a regulated monopoly, the firm is guaranteed a set rate of return. Under the new rate to be paid by customers, that will stand at 8.03 percent. In a news release, the Office of the People’s Counsel, an indepen-dent agency that advocates for rate-payers, lambasted the rate increase. “From a regulatory point of view, awarding Pepco nearly 60% of their request sends a clear message that pitiful service quality will be acceptable to this Commission,” People’s Counsel Sandra Mattavous-Frye says in the release.

New cancer center debuts at Sibley Sibley Memorial Hospital opened its new radiation oncology center Monday in a newly con-structed building behind Hayes Hall on Little Falls Road, according to a news release from the hospital. The one-story, 36,000-square-foot building achieved the silver designation under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards. The center offers stereo-tactic radiosurgery, a computed tomography simulator, tomotherapy and dosimetry, the release states.

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spaces, instead providing satellite parking and expanding its subsidized school bus service to reduce car traf-fic and parking demands. At the surprisingly contentious hearing last week, testimony focused on neighbors’ divergent concerns. At the lower school site, the Carter Barron East Neighborhood Association objected to the school bus using residential streets, and questioned whether off-site parking would work in a neighborhood already so crowded. President Doreen Thompson said there are four schools in the immedi-ate area. “No one has to meet on-site parking requirements,” she said. Thompson said her group is not rejecting the school’s proposal, but wants to limit approval to a 10-year term to test the conditions. Meanwhile, at the original school site, a neighbor has been complain-ing for years that a playground was placed next to her house without promised buffers or trees. Zoning board members listened to both pleas and seemed swayed. “What are you going to do to reme-diate the noise?” asked board chair Lloyd Jordan. Jordan said the board needs a “noise mitigation plan,” as well as a supplemental report on the bus route — both submitted to other parties for comment — before it can act. “I’m pretty hard-pressed not to have a term, with what I’m hearing,” said member Anthony Hood. Christine Roddy, the school’s attorney, said limiting approval to a 10-year term would make it difficult to invest in improvements, or to find a lender to finance them. She argued that the board “typically” doesn’t set time limits on private schools.

“We propose the conditions and terms we feel are necessary,” Jordan replied. Private schools, which require zoning approval if they want to locate in residential zones, often encounter neighborhood opposition at the zoning board. The Jewish Primary case is unusual, with advi-sory neighborhood commissions surrounding both campuses voicing support, but opposition from other neighbors catching the zoning board’s attention. Janine Goodman, president of the school’s board, said the school needs three classes per grade to meet demand and keep finances healthy. “We already had to close off [admis-sion to] pre-k, a difficult decision, and we need to increase the occu-pancy limit in order not to close off kindergarten.” Inability to serve Jewish families in the District, or to accept siblings of current students, would be “a complete failure of our mission,” Goodman said. A transportation study showed “insignificant impact” from the increased growth, transportation analyst Nicole Wright testified. Car traffic to the school declined after it instituted “a very successful bus program,” she said. “The future pro-jected increase is still less than before when we had the school bus.” As for parking, Wright testified, the school has secured spaces in a lot in Silver Spring, where teachers can park and carpool in. The school is also close to an agreement with the Mosaid Church of Nazarene to rent 15 spaces close to campus, Wright said. And running a school bus between the two campuses will give parents even less reason to drive. But Thompson testified that the neighborhood has “45 institutions, almost one on each block. We’re

inundated with traffic, buses stacked up in front of our homes.” In that setting, she said, the Jewish Primary plan “cannot be viewed in isolation.” As well as seeking a 10-year limit for the zoning approval, Thompson’s group asked that any school buses stay off “our tight residential streets.” Wright replied that the school bus connecting the two campuses must turn into residential streets because 16th Street is too busy to allow U-turns. Neighbor Frances Welsing, whose house is now surrounded by upper school property, pleaded with the zoning board for help — perhaps a 40-foot wall — to keep out noise that she said threatens her health. Welsing had previously request-ed a wall to serve as a buffer to the school’s playground, installed in 2008, but school officials at the time had promised that a row of mature evergreens would do the job. Yet when a house on the property was razed, she testified, those 40-foot-tall trees were taken down as well. Now balls and bats fly into her yard, and the constant noise has caused health problems — an increased heart rate, high blood pres-sure, and headaches, she said. Welsing said she’s lived in her home just south of the school for 40 years. “I’m 77, I can’t move,” she said. School officials said they had planted new trees, albeit much smaller, along the property line, and that the city’s zoning administrator recently ruled they were in compli-ance with conditions set by the zon-ing board when it approved the playground. Goodman also revealed that Welsing has filed a lawsuit against the school, seeking a 40-foot-high wall and $25 million in damages.

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This is a listing of reports taken from Sept. 23 through 30 in local police service areas.

PSA 101

Robbery (snatch)■ 9th Street and Constitution Avenue; sidewalk; 1:45 p.m. Sept. 25.Theft ($250 plus)■ 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue; unspeci-fied premises; 4:50 p.m. Sept. 30.Theft (below $250)■ 1300 block, G St.; unspeci-fied premises; 2:48 p.m. Sept. 26.■ 1100 block, G St.; unspeci-fied premises; 12:15 p.m. Sept. 28.■ 800 block, 13th St.; side-walk; 3 p.m. Sept. 29.■ Unspecified location; 2 p.m. Sept. 30.Theft (shoplifting)■ 1200 block, G St.; store; 12:15 p.m. Sept. 29.

PSA 102

Theft (below $250)■ 800 block, K St.; unspecified premises; 11:37 a.m. Sept. 28.Theft (shoplifting)■ 400 block, L St.; grocery store; 12:31 p.m. Sept. 26.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 600 block, E St.; parking lot; 5:32 p.m. Sept. 24.■ 600 block, E St.; parking lot; 12:57 a.m. Sept. 25.■ 7th and I streets; unspecified premises; 11:10 p.m. Sept. 25.

PSA 201

Burglary■ 5700 block, Chevy Chase Parkway; residence; 11:53 a.m. Sept. 25.Stolen auto■ 3300 block, Runnymede Place; unspecified premises; 11:30 a.m. Sept. 24.Theft (below $250)■ 3900 block, Jocelyn St.; resi-dence; 6:15 p.m. Sept. 25.

PSA 202

Robbery (assault)■ 3900 block, Chesapeake St.; school; 3:22 p.m. Sept. 25.Burglary■ 3800 block, Yuma St.; resi-dence; 6:15 a.m. Sept. 25.Theft ($250 plus)■ 4500 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 1:46 p.m. Sept. 28.Theft (below $250)■ 4000 block, Albemarle St.; sidewalk; 8:20 a.m. Sept. 26.■ 4200 block, Fessenden St.; store; 6:20 p.m. Sept. 26.■ Fessenden Street and Wisconsin Avenue; alley; 12:06 p.m. Sept. 27.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3900 block, Windom Place;

street; 12:01 a.m. Sept. 28.■ 3900 block, Windom Place; unspecified premises; 4 p.m. Sept. 28.

PSA 203

Burglary■ 3100 block, Quebec Place; residence; 8:15 a.m. Sept. 25.■ 4500 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 8:08 a.m. Sept. 28.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3700 block, Porter St.; street; 11:55 p.m. Sept. 27.■ 3600 block, Ordway St.; resi-dence; 5 a.m. Sept. 28.

PSA 204

Robbery (pickpocket)■ 2200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; sidewalk; 3:03 p.m. Sept. 28.Burglary■ 2300 block, Huidekoper Place; residence; 12:25 a.m. Sept. 30.■ 3200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; unspecified premises; 3 a.m. Sept. 29.Breaking and entering (vending)■ 2700 block, Devonshire Place; unspecified premises; 9 a.m. Sept. 28.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3100 block, Garfield St.; alley; 10 p.m. Sept. 26.

PSA 205

Burglary■ 5000 block, Weaver Terrace; residence; 2:33 p.m. Sept. 26.■ 3600 block, 49th St.; grocery store; 3:07 p.m. Sept. 26.Theft (below $250)■ 5300 block, MacArthur Blvd.; residence; 10:11 p.m. Sept. 26.■ 3300 block, New Mexico Ave.; office building; 3:30 p.m. Sept. 28.■ 4400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; unspecified premises; 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28.

PSA 206

Stolen auto■ 3200 block, O St.; street; 4:20 p.m. Sept. 24.Theft ($250 plus)■ 3200 block, M St.; restau-rant; 2:23 p.m. Sept. 23.■ 3000 block, M St.; store; 1:55 p.m. Sept. 27.■ 3200 block, M St.; store; 10:09 p.m. Sept. 29.Theft (below $250)■ 3300 block, M St.; store; 11:41 a.m. Sept. 26.■ 3200 block, Reservoir St.; unspecified premises; 3:15 p.m. Sept. 28.■ 37th and O streets; school; 9:02 p.m. Sept. 28.

■ 1500 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 1:30 p.m. Sept. 29.

PSA 207

Robbery (assault)■ 19th and L streets; restau-rant; 8:07 p.m. Sept. 26.Stolen auto■ 1500 block, I St.; unspecified premises; 6:14 p.m. Sept. 26.Theft ($250 plus)■ 2100 block, K St.; tavern/nightclub; 10 a.m. Sept. 24.■ 1500 block, K St.; bank; 3 p.m. Sept. 24.■ 1100 block, Vermont Ave.; unspecified premises; unspeci-fied time Sept. 30.Theft (below $250)■ 2300 block, M St.; unspeci-fied premises; 2 p.m. Sept. 24.■ 1400 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; office building; 4 p.m. Sept. 24.■ 1000 block, Vermont Ave.; restaurant; 2:50 p.m. Sept. 25.■ 1900 block, K St.; restau-rant; unspecified time Sept. 27.■ 2200 block, I St.; restaurant; 2 p.m. Sept. 28.■ 24th and L streets; church; 7 a.m. Sept. 29.■ 2200 block, M St.; store; 4:18 p.m. Sept. 29.■ 1100 block, Vermont Ave.; store; 7:26 p.m. Sept. 29.■ 24th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue; tavern/nightclub; 11:30 p.m. Sept. 29.

PSA 208

Robbery (gun)■ 1800 block, Massachusetts Ave.; unspecified premises; 8:54 p.m. Sept. 30.Burglary■ 1800 block, S St.; residence; 6:50 a.m. Sept. 25.■ 2300 block, Tracy Place; resi-dence; 3 p.m. Sept. 26.■ 1600 block, 22nd St.; resi-dence; unspecified time Sept. 26.Theft ($250 plus)■ Connecticut Avenue and N Street; unspecified premises; 11:31 p.m. Sept. 25.Theft (below $250)■ 1600 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 6 p.m. Sept. 25.■ 1400 block, P St.; liquor store; 7:42 p.m. Sept. 26.■ 1300 block, New Hampshire Ave.; sidewalk; 9 a.m. Sept. 28.■ 1600 block, Connecticut Ave.; tavern/nightclub; 4 p.m. Sept. 29.■ 1600 block, 19th St.; resi-dence; 4 p.m. Sept. 29.■ 1800 block, 18th St.; unspecified premises; 5 p.m. Sept. 29.■ Unit block, Thomas Circle; sidewalk; 8:15 a.m. Sept. 30.Theft (shoplifting)■ 2000 block, P St.; store; 3:45 p.m. Sept. 29.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 2200 block, California St.; parking lot; 8 p.m. Sept. 27.■ 2000 block, Hillyer Place;

unspecified premises; 5:21 p.m. Sept. 28.

PSA 303

Robbery (gun)■ 2400 block, 17th St.; unspecified premises; 1 a.m. Sept. 25.Robbery (force and violence)■ 1700 block, Euclid St.; side-walk; 8 p.m. Sept. 29.Robbery (snatch)■ 1600 block, Harvard St.; unspecified premises; 6:56 p.m. Sept. 25.Assault with a dangerous weapon (miscellaneous)■ 1800 block, Harvard St.; alley; 7 a.m. Sept. 25.■ 1700 block, Euclid St.; street; 2:18 a.m. Sept. 27.Burglary■ 2200 block, 19th St.; resi-dence; 8:15 a.m. Sept. 25.Theft (below $250)■ 1900 block, Belmont Road; residence; 7 a.m. Sept. 27.■ 2400 block, 17th St.; parking lot; 9:05 a.m. Sept. 28.■ 1800 block, California St.; residence; 8 p.m. Sept. 29.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1700 block, Lanier Place; unspecified premises; 10:30 p.m. Sept. 24.■ 2000 block, Allen Place; alley; 7:30 a.m. Sept. 27.■ 2400 block, 20th St.; alley; 12:30 a.m. Sept. 28.■ 1900 block, Biltmore St.; street; 6:16 p.m. Sept. 28.

PSA 307

Robbery (gun)■ 1300 block, P St.; sidewalk; 12:40 a.m. Sept. 26.Robbery (force and violence)■ 11th and M streets; bus stop; 2 p.m. Sept. 24.■ 1700 block, 13th St.; street; 11:07 p.m. Sept. 24.Robbery (fear)■ 1100 block, S St.; sidewalk; 8 a.m. Sept. 30.Robbery (snatch)■ 13th and L streets; park area; 12:02 p.m. Sept. 25.Assault with a dangerous weapon (miscellaneous)■ 1200 block, M St.; resi-dence; 4:15 p.m. Sept. 27.Burglary■ 1100 block, Rhode Island Ave.; residence; 4:05 p.m. Sept. 24.■ 1200 block, Q St.; unspeci-fied premises; 10:19 a.m. Sept. 26.■ 1200 block, 10th St.; resi-dence; 8:30 a.m. Sept. 24.■ 900 block, R St.; residence; 8:15 a.m. Sept. 25.Theft (below $250)■ 1500 block, 10th St.; resi-dence; 7 p.m. Sept. 23.■ 1300 block, Corcoran St.; sidewalk; 4:32 p.m. Sept. 25.■ 1100 block, 10th St.; unspecified premises; 6 pm. Sept. 27.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1300 block, R St.; street; 10 a.m. Sept. 24.

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who live within a 400-foot radius of a licensed establishment. “To say that we are severely lim-iting the ability to protest an alcohol license is just not true,” Graham said in an interview this week. “If you are so many feet beyond the boundary, then of course there is the opportu-nity to go to a citizens association or to the ANC and say ‘Let’s get this together.’” Also under fire is a provision that would automatically dismiss resi-dent-group protests if an advisory neighborhood commission first reaches a voluntary agreement with the establishment. But this detail will be somewhat altered in the marked-up version of the bill, which will be updated to correct three errors. According to Laura Flegel, legis-lative counsel for Graham’s Committee on Human Services, the revised bill will allow protests from citizens associations or neighbor-hood organizations to move forward, even if an advisory neighborhood commission first reaches a voluntary agreement. Flegel said this was always the intent of the legislation. Protests from individual groups of residents, however, would be

automatically dismissed if a neigh-borhood commission reaches a vol-untary agreement, she said. A revised version of the bill should be finalized and available to the public next week, Flegel said. Public comments are still being entered into the record. Meanwhile, residents continue to voice concerns about a possible diminished role in protesting liquor license establishments. At last week’s meeting of the Kalorama Citizens Association, members said disruptions from nightlife in Adams Morgan extend far beyond a 400-foot parameter from any one establishment. Residents suggested that a distance of 1,200 or 1,800 feet would be more reasonable for protest boundaries. “Limits on our ability to redress our government are not helpful, and [Graham] needs to hear that and hear it loudly,” said one resident. In response to the concerns about disruptions that extend beyond 400 feet, Graham said in the interview, “That’s not a bar-related noise, in the sense of holding a specific licensee liable for action.” Noise, safety and traffic problems in the nightlife-heavy Adams Morgan have prompted not only an

increased presence of Metropolitan Police Department officers since summer 2011, through an initiative dubbed “Operation Adams Morgan,” but also regular patrols from the Guardian Angels organization. Residents reported that patrons exiting bars and restaurants yell at each other while trying to find their cars, urinate on buildings and some-times vandalize property. “A protest reserves a slot to speak with an establishment’s owner — without it, the owner has no motiva-tion to talk with us,” said Denis James, president of the Kalorama Citizens Association. But business groups say that the process of negotiating voluntary agreements is unwieldy and results in unreasonable controls on estab-lishments. The concerns led to the proposed legislative fix, which was developed by a 28-member task force that reviewed existing regula-tions and came up with 43 recom-mendations. At a July hearing on the bill, Graham acknowledged that some aspects of the legislation were con-troversial, but he said that he intend-ed to stick to the legislation as writ-ten because it reflects the task force’s recommendations.

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Congress review the District’s local budget each year opens the opportu-nity for any member to attach “rid-ers,” such as provisions forcing the District to loosen its gun laws or prohibiting spending of local funds for abortion. The referendum is being pushed by advocacy group DC Vote, which has tried in vain for years to get the District voting representation in Congress and budget autonomy. Outside the council chamber, DC Vote executive director Ilir Zherka said the organization will continue its two-track strategy, pushing for a congressional vote as well as a local referendum on bud-get autonomy. But, he noted, it’s very difficult to get any District-related bill through Congress with-out an abortion rider, especially since so-called “right-to-life” groups are working to defeat members who don’t toe that line. “Let’s not put all our eggs in that basket,” said Zherka, who is leaving the organization he has led for a decade at the end of the month. “It’s prudent to try another approach.” But others are skeptical that District voters can achieve budget control by simply amending the home rule charter.

In a terse statement Tuesday, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said she “shares the council’s frus-tration at sending the city’s local budget to a Congress” that has no role in raising the city’s revenue, but fears that using the referendum pro-cess to achieve budget autonomy raises “legal and institutional issues.” “In light of these issues and increasing Republican and Democratic support, we will con-tinue to work with our allies in the House and Senate to pass a budget autonomy bill,” Norton said. Zherka, however, said he has consulted several lawyers who see no impediment to putting the issue up for a vote as an amendment to the home rule charter. The same method was used several years ago when voters approved an amendment allowing for the election of the District’s attorney general. Congress let that one pass by remaining silent during its 35-day review, he noted. If approved by the council, the referendum would likely appear on the District’s ballot during a special election next spring to elect a new at-large council member to fill the seat vacated by Mendelson if — as expected — he is elected in November to continue as council chairman.

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of transparency and openness, fewer decisions made behind closed doors and more out in the open, and some-times that sort of thing takes time and commitment.” Though Ward 6 member Tommy Wells supported Miller’s nomination at the hearing and voted for it Tuesday, he countered Cheh’s com-ments. Her suggestion that board members were complaining about

working too hard was “insulting,” Wells said. “It takes a lot of nerve and con-viction” to come before the council, said Ward 8’s Marion Barry. “We should encourage people to come forward.” Miller, who was nominated by Mayor Vincent Gray, is an attorney who has previously served as vice chair and chair of the D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment. She has also served as a member of the Cleveland

Park advisory neighborhood com-mission. The appointment to chair the board is unique in D.C. in that the chair does not serve at the pleasure of the mayor and can be dismissed only for cause. Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham said that stipu-lation “underscores the significance of our confirmation process.” Miller’s appointment will end in May 2016 unless she is nominated at that time for another term.

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changes to the condo building — shaped by board members’ com-ments in January. “The Board heard testimony from some neighbors purporting that the lot constituted a cultural land-scape that warranted preservation,” reads the Historic Preservation Office staff report on the proposal. “However, the Board did not concur with this position and determined that the general conceptual design for new construction was compatible with the character of the historic district.” The report recommends that the board ask developers to modify the proposed windows and color of materials. Opponents are hopeful, though, that the board will also agree to reopen the issue of whether the project should be built at all, and they have filed further details about the history of the garden space. MMg’s Julio Murillo says that issue has already been settled. “Certainly the Historic Preservation Review Board and Historic Preservation Office have all looked into that and nobody agrees that it’s a historic site that needs to be preserved,” Murillo said in an inter-view. “It’s just a vacant yard that happens to look like a garden. I understand the opposition and the interest in protecting the green space, which is very valuable, … but this is a buildable lot.” Project architect Ralph Cunningham noted that developers proposed locating the building more than 12 feet from the St. Regis — the new structure would instead share a party wall with a row house on the other side of the site — and pledged to plant a garden between the two apartment buildings. According to Pepper, the St. Regis building was designed nearly a century ago to overlook gardens on either side, and the building’s size and shape evoke the community’s grand mansions rather than a multi-family building. (Most of the open

space on the other side of the build-ing is now a surface parking lot.) The battle, though, is broader than just the one garden, according to members of the green space group. They founded their organiza-tion in response to this particular project proposal, but members also worry that other treasured sites near-by could also face redevelopment.

“I felt the neighborhood’s special character could disappear if one by one these green spaces that define the neighborhood were built on,” said Saone Crocker, president of the group. There isn’t unanimity from resi-dents, though. The Sheridan-Kalorama advisory neighborhood commission and the community’s

historical society have accepted that development is allowed on the lot and have focused on ensuring that the building is high-quality. “They are exercising their rights as property owners to construct a building within the existing zoning framework,” neighborhood commis-sioner Eric Lamar wrote in an email. “Does every property owner in

Sheridan/Kalorama expect to be accorded the same right? I am bet-ting they do.” The building, dubbed Calistoga, is envisioned as having nine condo units that will likely range in price from the high $500,000s to roughly $1.5 million, according to Murillo. Developers anticipate breaking ground this year.

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Brick flip-flop We’ve seen the scenario a hundred times: A citizen asks a D.C. government official for some improvement or other to his or her neighborhood. The answer’s often the same: We don’t have the money for that. That familiar scene was upended recently, however, when some West End residents asked D.C. Department of Transportation officials to nix plans for brick sidewalks slated to accompany a New Hampshire Avenue redesign. Cheaper concrete, they said, would pose less of a tripping hazard than pricey, hard-to-maintain brick. Having been told by department representatives that plans could change based on community input, the advisory neighborhood com-mission voted to endorse these neighbors’ sentiment. But last week, the Transportation Department rescinded its offer to consider design changes and said it will go ahead with the in-progress project as originally proposed, brick sidewalks and all. Clearly, not all West End residents oppose the planned brick side-walks, which city officials say will not buckle the way older brick sidewalks do. But the mixed messages compounded an aura of confu-sion that has permeated the department’s last-minute efforts to inform residents about the New Hampshire project. We can imagine that changing sidewalk materials at this late date might complicate construction contracts, and there may certainly be other legitimate reasons the design is staying as is. But department officials owe residents a full accounting of the reasons behind their decision to ignore the advice they so recently solicited from an entity that is supposed to receive “great weight.”

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If you have a disability placard on your vehicle, or you’re a driver who’s been parking at those red-top meters around town — pay attention.

The District is finally about to take action to clari-fy who gets to park, who pays, and what they pay at the city’s red-top meters. Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh is pro-posing legislation that basically uses Arlington County’s policies as a guide. She introduced the new bill this week after a summer of review by her office and the D.C. Department of Transportation. The city last March suspended enforcement of the new meters, saying there was too much confu-sion after the switch from blue-top meters. In addi-tion, some of those red-top meters for disability driv-ers were impractically placed next to high curbs, tree boxes and other obstructions. Drivers with disabilities couldn’t access the meters set aside for them. Cheh told NBC4 that the Transportation Department has surveyed the meters and is making necessary changes. Under the new legislation, those red meters — and more, to be created — will again be set aside for drivers with disabilities who display visible placards. The drivers will have to pay meter rates but will get twice the time of an ordinary meter. At all other meters, Cheh’s new legislation adopts the “all may park, all must pay” policies of Arlington. On Monday, Cheh said she was still deciding whether to try to fast-track her new bill through the council as emergency legislation. And it was still not clear whether there will be a “grace period” with public service announcements before the city starts writing all those expensive parking tickets. ■ New crime lab. After three years and $210 mil-lion, the District has a new, state-of-the-art crime lab. It officially opened on Monday on 4th Street SW. The environmentally friendly building also will be home to the D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and its morgue, as well as the Department of Health’s chemical analysis facilities. The overall move-in will continue into December. The medical examiner will finally have a real place to work. The facilities on the old D.C. General Hospital grounds were, in short, horrendous. Police will be able to test fire weapons, store evi-dence and do advanced chemical/biological analysis in the facility. Your Notebook doesn’t live too far from the building, so we were glad to hear that it has multiple layers of redundant security devices.■ Drunk driving. On a related matter, after a couple of years of delay, the city is now using breath tests to

detect drunk driving. There was so much confusion about the validity of previous tests that they were suspended. Federal officials gave the city $150,000 to help reboot the program. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner — using its fancy new lab — will help ensure that the breath test equipment is used and cali-brated properly.

The breath tests come as the city has toughened its drunk driving laws.

As of Aug. 1, the law imposes higher penalties for first-time drunk driv-ers, more severe manda-tory minimum sentences for repeat offenders, and

tougher consequences for drivers with very high breath alcohol scores. The new law is also tougher on drivers of vehicles for hire and commercial vehicles and any drunk driver with children in the vehicle.■ Not gonna happen. The efforts to promote D.C. voting rights and statehood are taking another turn. You may remember a few months ago that advo-cates came up with a graduated “sick-out” plan in which they wanted thousands of people to show up 15 minutes late for work on a given day. That would be followed by a 30-minute sickout, a 45-minute sickout and then an hour-late grand finale. To many, the whole thing sounded complicated, too diffuse and likely to be ineffective. The plan got a smattering of media attention and then slipped quiet-ly into the background. Meanwhile, the D.C. Democrats’ effort to hold a protest at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte sputtered and basically flopped. Now there comes a new proposal, by consumer rights activist Ralph Nader. Nader, who has lived in the District for decades but is a legal resident of Connecticut, is asking President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to participate in a new and separate debate solely on D.C. issues. Nader thoughtfully asks candidates Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party) and Jill Stein (Green Party) to agree to the same. In a news release, Nader said the debate of course should be held in the District and that it should focus on “sovereignty (statehood), budget autonomy, and the unique needs of the District both economically and in the area of public services.” Nader’s group notes that two-dozen individuals and various activist groups have signed his letter, including Mayor Vincent Gray. We’ll let you know when the presidential candidates rearrange their last-minute schedules to fit this idea in. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a politi-cal reporter for News 4.

A full fall agenda …

TOM SHERWOOD’S NotebooK

time to modernize police facilities, too With the mayor’s recent rib-bon-cutting at the modernized Anacostia High School and the unveiling of the new design for Ballou High School, and as plans for updating Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library get under way, it has become glaringly clear that the D.C. government needs to jump-start the same endeavor for our police facilities. The legacies of Mayor Williams and Mayor Fenty are both highly burnished by having launched the revitaliza-tion process for our library and school facilities, and residents today are reaping the benefits of

these efforts. Any inspection of where our safety officers are now stationed shows the need for the same focus, creativity and high standards for our police force. The headquarters at 300 Indiana Ave. NW is a historic building, but it’s a warren of poor user flow and antiquated systems and a leader of lost costs in energy consumption and maintenance. The same can be said for a num-ber of the dated, poorly designed district headquarters. To look at the 2nd, 3rd and 4th District head-quarters, their top design goal seemed to be provision of surface parking space! These sites are cer-tainly large enough that their modernizations might well lend themselves to additional mixed uses — possibly housing libraries (desperately needed for the Adams Morgan, Dupont Circle

and U Street areas), neighbor-hood-related retail, housing or even educational uses. The 2nd District site might well accommo-date a new middle or high school, which would relieve the tremen-dous enrollment pressure on Deal Middle or Wilson High. In any case, it is time to engage neighborhood and civic leaders to help in the goals and designs for modernized police facilities. Our front-line officers and their leaders deserve smart, effective, green buildings that can enhance their efforts. The nation’s capital city should be setting the standard of smart, user- and com-munity-friendly police headquar-ters, much as it is trying to do with its schools and libraries.

Terry LynchExecutive Director, Downtown

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Letters tothe eDitor

By BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

Wilson’s boys soccer players have a simple goal this season. “We’re trying to go undefeated,” said midfielder junior Jonah Gigli, one of the team’s leaders. The Tigers fell to Bell in the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association championship game last fall, and that loss has motivated the squad to excel this year. “Our goal is to win [and] to just not lose anything,” said Gigli. “It’s been awhile since we’ve had the trophy in our house. This year I think we’re a stronger team. … This year we’re going to take it home.” While Wilson’s players have high goals, Tigers coach Sal Caccavale has another expectation. “Every coach would love to say they had an undefeated season and hopefully give up less than 10 goals on the season,” said Caccavale, who is in his second year with the squad.

“That would be great. I’m less con-cerned about results and more con-cerned about their development.” On Monday evening, the Tigers took a step toward meeting both goals by edging School Without Walls 3-2. The Tigers wasted little time pouncing on the Penguins. Early in the game, senior forward Max Fedeli nailed a header to give Wilson a 1-0 lead on the grassy field at Fort Reno. Wilson kept the pressure on, and minutes later the Tigers had a corner kick. Midfielder junior Adam

Burnaby-Atkins lined up for the opportunity and sent the ball into the circle and toward the Penguins’ goalkeeper. It appeared that he would save the ball, but he mishan-dled it and the ball trickled into the goal to give Wilson a 2-0 lead. Despite the setback, Walls refused to fold. Penguins senior middie Kyle Landis fired the ball into the back of the net with less than 13 minutes to go in the first half. Then forward Matias De Solminihac, an exchange student, kicked a float-

By BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

After St. Albans football practice last Wednesday, junior wide receiver Matt Sniezek walked off the field carrying his helmet in one hand. In the other, he hefted a black metal lunchbox with motivational sayings and four players’ names scribbled on it with silver ink. The team calls it the “WETSU” box, mean-ing “We Eat This Stuff Up.” It’s given to the squad’s player of the week, and this time it was Sniezek’s turn to take home the box and its contents: a Moon Pie, a jar of brown sauce and an RC Cola. The squad doesn’t eat that junk food — perhaps because the players are too busy feast-ing on yards and opposing defenses. The Bulldogs’ high-scoring offense has lit up the scoreboard for at least 34 points in each of the team’s first five games and has fueled a three-game winning streak, including a 35-13 beatdown of Allegany High School of Cumberland, Md., Saturday. St. Albans has traditionally used a ground-and-pound rushing offense, but this season the squad has had a more balanced approach because of the team’s skill players. “We have pretty good athletes this year,” said coach Gary Schnell. “We’re trying to spread people out. … We’re only at about 20 passes a game, but we have one of the leading receivers in the area in Matt [Sniezek]. We’re getting a lot of yards with the kids after the

catch.” The Bulldogs still use the ground attack to set up the pass, and it is senior tailback Arthur Jones who softens up the defense with punish-ing runs. The senior has racked up 448 yards on the ground so far. Those plays have helped anchor the Bulldogs’ high-flying offense, which has built up impressive numbers. Senior quarterback Mike McCurdy has thrown for 1,191 yards, putting him third in the area, and he’s scored

14 touchdowns. “McCurdy is awesome. Me and all the wideouts have had tons of passes through the season, and [McCurdy] is really good at reads,” said Sniezek. “He puts the ball out there. He’s definitely the best quarterback.” The biggest beneficiary of McCurdy’s pre-cise passing has been Sniezek, who has 725 receiving yards — tops in the area — and eight touchdowns. Senior Chris Fraser, a fellow

wideout, has five scores. The Bulldogs have scrapped the tight end position and instead run an offense with two tailbacks and three receivers. In base sets, Sniezek lines up in the slot inside of Fraser, which helps create coverage problems for the opposition. “It makes him get either a linebacker or a safety in coverage the majority of the times,”

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By BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

Coming into this season after graduating 14 players, the St. John’s girls soccer players knew their young roster would have growing pains. Those challenges were on dis-play in a rematch of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference cham-pionship game that the Cadets won last fall. But on Thursday, Bishop Ireton flipped the script by trounc-ing St. John’s 3-0 in Alexandria. “We showed a little bit of our inexperience in the midfield and defensively,” said Cadets coach Devin Payton. “Ireton came ready to go. I think we — coming off homecoming and those type of things — weren’t mentally into it.” The Cadets’ slow start allowed Ireton to build a quick 2-0 lead by halftime. After the break, St. John’s finally got on track and began to win the ball and possession. But another defensive lapse gave the Cardinals a goal and put the game out of reach. Despite the setback, the Cadets continued to play hard, which impressed the coach. “I was really proud of them in

the second half,” said Payton. “I thought the game was even.” For the Cadets, the tough loss was a lesson learned. They’ll get a second chance against Ireton in a few weeks. “We have always said [that] it’s not how you start; it’s how you fin-ish,” said Payton. “I think going into the second time around [against Ireton] we will be mentally pre-pared. We’ve been a team that has the resilience to come back, and we will work hard to come back.”

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Matt Petros/The CurrentSt. Albans wide receiver Matt Sniezek, above right, leads D.C. area wideouts with 725 yards, and quarterback Mike McCurdy, left, is third in the area with 1,191 yards.

Wilson edges Walls to stay pitch perfect

Matt Petros/The CurrentWilson’s players hope to go undefeated this season. They topped School Without Walls 3-2 Monday.

Brian Kapur/The CurrentThe defending WCAC champs fell in a title rematch last week.

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Sidwell’s path to perfection continues The Quakers pushed their record to 4-0 by throttling Hancock 34-14 Saturday. Senior quarterback Chris Plebani, who scored four touch-downs — three on passes and one on a sneak — led Sidwell’s offense, throwing for 145 yards. His three touchdown strikes went to sopho-more Oscar Boochever, junior Diamente Holloway and senior Kiko Al-Sabah.

Cadets tame the Lions St. John’s thrashed Archbishop Carroll 50-0 Saturday. Junior quarterback Will Ulmer led the Cadets’ offensive explosion with 97 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Sophomore tailback Omar Garcia added 92 yards on the ground.

Gonzaga tops McNamara The Eagles edged McNamara in Forestville, Md., 24-17 Saturday. The star of the afternoon was Gonzaga junior running back Robbie Walker, who rushed for two scores and caught one late in the fourth quarter to seal the win. He finished

with 78 yards from scrimmage. Senior quarterback Chris Schultz also stood out, completing 14 passes for 194 yards and one touchdown. His go-to guy was sophomore wide-out Jabari Greenwood, who snagged seven balls for 118 yards.

Maret can’t rally past Riverdale Baptist The Frogs fell to Riverdale Baptist 20-13 Friday. Maret junior quarterback Marco Tornillo led the charge by throwing for 181 yards and one touchdown. The junior’s favorite targets were senior wideouts Tre Bowens and Drew Reid, who combined for 170 receiving yards and one touchdown. The Frogs balanced out their offense with a potent rushing attack; senior running back Michael Greene carried the ball for 101 yards on nine touches.

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FootballAnacostia 48, Bell 6Riverdale Baptist 20, Maret 13St. Frances 62, Coolidge 27Spingarn 34, Roosevelt 6H.D. Woodson 32, Wilson 8St. Albans 35, Allegany 13St. John’s 50, Carroll 0Gonzaga 24, McNamara 17

Sidwell 34, Hancock 14

Girls soccerSt. John’s 3, Ryken 0NCS 1, Stone Ridge 0WIS 1, Oakcrest 0GDS 2, Potomac School 0Maret 4, Holy Child 0St. Stephen’s 2, Walls 0Sandy Spring 1, WIS 0Wilson 4, Potomac School 2Visitation 1, O’Connell 1NCS 3, McNamara 0GDS 2, St. Andrew’s 0

Boys soccerSt. Albans 2, Episcopal 1WIS 2, Saint Anselm’s 9St. John’s 2, Ryken 0Bell 2, Roosevelt 0Gonzaga 4, Ireton 1Flint Hill 2, Maret 1GDS 3, Potomac School 2Burke 4, Latin 1Ireton 4, St. John’s 3Sandy Spring 4, WIS 2St. Stephen’s 3, St. Albans 1GDS 5, Saint James 0Wilson 3, Walls 2

Sidwell 4, WIS 3O’Connell 5, St. John’s 3

VolleyballVisitation 3, Holy Child 1NCS 3, Stone Ridge 0WIS 3, St. Stephen’s 0Episcopal 3, NCS 2Wilson 2, Cardozo 0Visitation 3, St. Stephen’s 1WIS 3, Holy Child 0Madeira 3, GDS 0 O’Connell 3, St. John’s 1Flint Hill 3, Sidwell 0

Holy Child 3, Sidwell 1Good Counsel 3, St. John’s 1WIS 3, Stone Ridge 0GDS 3, Saint James 0St. John’s 3, Maret 0

Field hockeyNCS 1, Ryken 0Holy Cross 2, Visitation 1Visitation 5, Madeira 2Sidwell 5, Calverton 0NCS 4, Holy Child 0St. John’s 3, Ireton 0Visitation 2, Good Counsel 1

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said St. Albans receivers coach Malcolm Pittman. “He’s getting a better matchup because of how good we are at the other positions.” Although Sniezek has emerged as a star this season, he wasn’t always so successful. He came to St. Albans as a natural athlete, but was far from a polished football player. Pittman has been Sniezek’s position coach since his freshman year and has helped mold the player. He described the receiver as a playground type: He’d just go and play. But Sniezek’s game has reached another level this season, the coach said. “He has become more disci-plined. … Now he’s not just more

athletic, but he always pays atten-tion. How can you stop that?” The junior often asks Pittman questions during practice, or the coach corrects him on his responsi-bility or route on a certain play. That constructive relationship has helped Sniezek excel. “Since I was a freshman, he helped build everything,” Sniezek said of his coach. “I wasn’t that knowledgeable about how to run routes, footwork or blocking. He has actually taken everything and broken it down into the smallest detail.” Sniezek, who also plays basket-ball and lacrosse, comes from a fam-ily of nine children, which he believes has helped him as an ath-lete.

“It helped me grow my competi-tive edge,” said Sniezek. “There’s always a competition at my house.” But for now, Sniezek’s main con-cern is on the football field — help-ing the Bulldogs reach the top of the Interstate Athletic Conference. “I just want to win,” said Sniezek. “However we do it, we just need to win. My expectations are [that] we win the IAC.” To do that, the junior believes it’s all about the contents of the “WETSU” box, which include noth-ing of relevance to any other team. It’s significant only to the Bulldogs, who aren’t revealing its secrets. “It’s all about us,” Sniezek said with a smile. “If we focus on ourselves, we will win every single game.”

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er over the Tigers’ goalkeeper to tie the game at two just before halftime. “We were up 2-0, then we lost that,” said Gigli. “We were really mad at halftime, but coach Sal kept us together.” In the second half, Wilson’s players took out their frustrations on the Penguins, controlling both the ball and the tempo. Their persistence was rewarded when

Fedeli scored the decisive goal midway through the final half. Caccavale was pleased with his team, which faced adversity for the first time this season. The team had allowed only two goals all season prior to this contest. “Having a 2-0 lead and then giving two up, ... the other team gets a little hyped,” said Caccavale. “We make other teams frustrated with the way we play and move the ball out of the back and keep the ball for long periods of time.”

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The no-frills Lunar Massage studio is expanding this week, adding a Dupont loca-

tion to its sites in Adams Morgan and Mount Vernon Square. Joanna Robinson founded the company three years ago to fulfill a specific need. “I’m not a massage therapist,” she said. “I started the business because I was solving my own problem. This was the kind of place I wanted to go to.” The challenge was this: When Robinson wanted a massage, her goal was typically to relieve pain or stress. She didn’t need the fancy trappings of a spa, nor did she want to pay for them. “I’m a military kid, … so I was aware that massage could be done in more of a utilitarian way,” she said, explaining that she lived in countries including Korea and China where massages are viewed as health treatments, rather than indulgences. “We just didn’t have that in D.C.,” she said. Instead, Robinson said, she would find herself in “cheesy” spas where she was told to pick among options like deep tissue, shiatsu and hot stone. “Blech,” she said. “I just want a massage. … I can’t pick the modality off a menu — I don’t know what they are.” In one particularly fraught instance, she decided to get a pricey massage because a weekend of moving had left her back “on fire.” Unsure what to pick, she opted for

hot stone. “It was absolutely not what I needed,” she said. “I felt totally devastated that I just dropped $120 of money that was scarce to me.” At Lunar Massage, clients can just show up and explain what hurts — no need for a game plan. And they can get in and out without dropping a huge portion of their paychecks: Massages range from $31 for 20 minutes to $113 for 90. Members, who pay a $40 annu-al fee, get $5 discounts, among other perks. With the cheaper prices, you lose some of the niceties of typical Washington treatments: Lunar has an open studio, with partitions dividing massage tables and chairs. You are not expected to take off your clothes, though you can if you want, paying an extra $5 for drap-ing sheets. But for those seeking relief for aching muscles, the casual atmo-sphere may be just the ticket. “We hear a lot of ‘wow, that was amazing,’ and ‘now I see what all the fuss is about,’” says a section of

the company’s website, lunarmas-sagedc.com. “We’ll make it easier for you than most places to address pain, stress, and knotted up mus-cles.” Robinson says the concept is simple and practical — just what she was aiming to offer.

“My passion is making things that are kind of opaque and complicated and cheesy much easier to consume and more aestheti-cally pleasing — or appealing to the younger generations,” she said.

The new studio is located on the third floor of 1515 17th St. NW. Massages started there this week, though a grand opening is still in the future.

Long & Foster buys firm The Randall Hagner Residential real estate firm has been acquired by Long & Foster Real Estate, the latter company announced in a news release Monday. Former Randall Hagner associ-ates will operate as part of Long & Foster’s W.C. & A.N. Miller brand and work in the Spring Valley sales office at 4910 Massachusetts Ave., the release states. Randall Hagner was founded in 1904 and was pre-viously owned by the J Street Cos.

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Blessed Sacrament School Blessed Sacrament School start-ed the new year with the wonderful announcement that our school was just named a 2012 Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education! This award honors pri-vate and public middle, elementary and high schools around the country whose students show exemplary academic performance. We are proud and happy to be one of just two schools to receive this award this year in the District of Columbia. The award reflects all of the work that Blessed Sacrament has done since the Holy Cross Sisters founded the school more than 80 years ago. The award was announced at morning prayer. We celebrated by fastening big blue ribbons to the mural of our school mascot, the

bulldog, in the gym and to all of the bulldogs around the school, and we tied balloons and ribbons to the stage. “We are delighted to receive the award, but we know that we can continue to make Blessed Sacrament a better, stronger school in the future,” said Mr. Christopher Kelly, our principal.

— Emily Orem, sixth-grader British School of Washington The Year 3 Atlanta and Nottingham classes have been look-ing at inventions as part of our International Primary Curriculum work. To begin our topic, we had a

Victorian School Day. We had to dress up in smart clothes so we looked like Victorian children. Then we had to wait outside the class-room for our very strict teacher to arrive. When he arrived, our teacher inspected our fingernails and told us all to tuck in our shirts. We went into the classroom and had to stand behind our wooden desks. We began the day using chalk and chalkboards to write cur-sive letters from a to f. After that, we looked at some toys from Victorian times and discussed how they are different to our toys today. From one of our information books, we discovered that children had to work at a very young age in Victorian times, and we talked about the boys who had to climb up chimneys to clean them. We also talked about punishments at school during Victorian times and found out that they used the cane if chil-dren were naughty. For lunch, we had cold food kept in brown paper bags because we were pretending we had traveled back in time. After lunch, we got to use quills and ink to write with. We got a practice sheet before having to write out two sentences in our best handwriting, or else we might get the cane! The quills were a bit messy but we all really enjoyed it.— Lucrezia Adani and Rahil Naik,

Year 3 Atlanta (second-graders)

Edmund Burke School There are many different types of schools. Some schools are like halls of mirrors — every child is the

same. Some are like pyramids — a few students set themselves above the rest. Burke is not like that. Burke is like a hall filled with paint-ings by Salvador Dali. All students there are unique, and all students there are different. Everybody is accepted. Two eighth-graders agree that Burke is a “fun place to be.” And one of the ways that this mani-fests itself is on class trips. On Sept. 13, the entire eighth grade went to Philadelphia, where the students participated in a range of activities from visiting art galler-ies to playing mini-golf to checking out aquariums to watching Revolutionary War re-enactments. New students, such as myself, enjoyed a stress-free and open envi-ronment in which to bond in fun ways, like learning how to “load” a piece of wood vaguely shaped like a musket and walking around a market, looking at things like live lobsters and chocolate-covered onions. It truly brought us together. But the bonding continued the next day, when the eighth grade had a day of trust and team-building activities. Students had to transport a pot filled with smallpox (not real-ly), make circles out of string and fit on tiny mats. Not even in my second month yet, I can already tell that I will be able to succeed here. Coming from an environment I did not succeed in, I am very grateful and excited.

— Jonah Aronson, eighth-grader

Field School Students were buzzing with

excitement last Monday, when Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Soni came to campus to share her enthusiasm for hard work and per-severance. Soni, a world-record breaststro-ker, revealed that she didn’t always enjoy swimming. Early on in her swimming experience, she used to hide in the locker room during prac-tice and take naps. Soni explained that she started going to the pool because her older sister was swim-ming. Her parents wanted her to participate, but she was reluctant because she felt it was her sister’s domain. Eventually those feelings waned and Soni, motivated by her parents, began to feel that the sport was more her own. Her story inspired many students to ask questions. Afterward, Soni was swarmed by students wanting autographs and to be photographed with her as she held her medal. She signed everything from shirts to cellphones. As the week ended, middle-schoolers were eagerly anticipating a Friday overnight, a longtime Field tradition. Students left school early on Friday to get to know one anoth-er while taking part in a bonding experience on a ropes course in Sandy Spring, Md. After a full day at the ropes course, students returned to Field for an overnight at school. Students had an array of activities planned, including board games and crazi-ness on the soccer field. After a catered Mexican dinner, middle-schoolers watched a movie in the living room. Seventh- and eighth-graders spent the night at school, while sixth-graders went home to sleep in their own beds.

— Maddie Williams, sixth-grader, and Lila Bromberg and Jana

Cohen, eighth-graders

Georgetown Day Lower School Inner Quest is a set of team-building exercises that take place on the campus of The Madeira School in Virginia. You and your class-mates try to work together to finish each challenge. My homeroom did three different exercises: the work email challenge, the Hogwarts snitch challenge and the acrobat’s challenge. The object of the work email challenge was to get the email (a ball) to the other side by passing it to each other. Every person had to touch the ball to get it to the other side. There were a few obstacles, and here are two of them: You could not pass the ball to the person next to you, and you could not drop the ball on the ground or it would catch a virus. My class got seven balls at the most. The Hogwarts challenge was the most difficult. You and a partner had to walk on tightropes to the other side, but you had to be touch-ing the entire time. The problem was the tightropes got wider and wider apart the farther you went.

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My partner and I got about half of the way across before we fell off. The object of the acrobat chal-lenge was to get at least half the team across the tightrope. If you fell off, though, you became a tree. One other person and I made it across before it started to rain. We had to stop then and get ready to return to school.

— Julia Hay, fifth-grader

Georgetown Day High School Last Friday at the high school, students rallied together for the annual schoolwide “Powderpuff” football tournament. No, Georgetown Day has not added a football team. However, at these games, the girls have an opportunity to play flag football. Teams are sep-arated by grades and are girls-only. Another staple of these games are the custom T-shirts that each grade designs for the occasion. Rain or shine, the exhilarating tournament must go on. In league competition, the boys varsity soccer team gutted out a big win against the Potomac School last Thursday, with a final score of 3-2. Our cross-country teams also had a successful day at the Oatlands Invitational on Sept. 22. The boys varsity team finished in 10th place out of 100 schools, and the girls varsity team finished in seventh place. In the junior varsity competi-tion, sophomore Liam Monheim had an incredible race, finishing first ahead of 940 runners! All of Georgetown Day’s athletic teams have been doing well leading up to Sports Saturday, which took place

last weekend. As of Sept. 27, the golf team has a record of 4-3, the girls junior varsity soccer team is 3-3, the girls varsity soccer team is 3-0-2, the boys junior varsity soccer team is 5-2-1, and both volleyball teams are 6-1.— Carlton Marshall II, 11th-grader

Key Elementary Fifth grade has always been a monumental year for kids, as it symbolizes a transition from being a kid to more of a preteen. When the year began, I was apprehensive because I heard from kids at other schools that “Oh, fifth grade is tor-ture! You get so much homework.” And “Ugh! Fifth grade was the worst year of elementary school.” However, soon into the year, I realized that fifth grade was going to be amazing! The fifth-grade teachers are also well known throughout the school, as they work closely with our prin-cipal to organize things like student council. Ms. Shields is truly a math master, making math a thing that can tie into your everyday life. Ms. Williams knows how to make read-ing a thing that can make any day exciting and fun. Fifth grade is also the year that students can apply for student coun-cil president and vice president, the most important student council positions in the school. Children starting in third grade can vote. All of these things make me confident that fifth grade will be the best year of elementary school, and that it will be a year to remember.

— Oliver E. Chipman, fifth-grader

Ross Elementary In writing class, the fourth grade researched planets, and the fifth grade researched inventions. The

students were allowed to pick which planet or invention to research. Both classes found their research from online resources and in books. One fourth-grader said he chose Saturn because it was an interesting planet. His favorite part about researching was finding out about Saturn’s rings. Another fourth-grad-er said she liked being able to pick which planet she wrote about because it made her feel more grown up. A fifth-grader chose to research the automobile. He picked it because he wanted to know why people invented it and how people invented it. His favorite part about researching was learning about horsepower.

— Kevin Rivera, fifth-grader

St. Albans School On Sept. 21, St. Albans and its sister school, National Cathedral, went to a ropes course at Calleva for some team-building exercises. Students from St. Albans and Cathedral do not get to see each other during the school day until high school, so many of the stu-dents from each school were shy when they met each other. We split into 12 groups of 10 people, with each consisting of five boys and five girls. By the time we reached Calleva, every team had to come up with a team name, team sound and team movement. After that we all got our assigned exercis-es, such as zip-lining, round robin, trapeze and think tank. Although zip-lining and other exercises did not seem like team activities, each exercise did indeed utilize the team. For instance, the zip line required encouragement

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Home buyers who want retro style in a livable package should check out this red-

brick Colonial in Chevy Chase.

The 1940 property has all of its original charm intact. There’s the large, wood-burning fireplace that sits between six-over-six windows in the living room. In the same room, iron railings and arched openings onto the stair landing cre-ate an opportunity for dramatic entrances. Wood floors run through-out the home’s upper levels, and fans of prewar homes will appreci-ate other details, such as hefty hard-ware and high ceilings. Those buyers will also be impressed by the home’s baths, which are — on the ground and second levels, anyway — original to the home. Typically, unrenovated bath-rooms in a 1940 property wouldn’t be a plus. But these spots are in absolutely pristine condition. And the black-and-white palette, pedes-tal sinks with delicate chrome legs and other details are never going out of style.

Other spots, however, have been updated. Behind the living room, a sunroom with casement windows, a ceiling fan and wood-paneled ceil-ing looks out on a side yard and connects to the home’s one-car garage. According to Realtor Peter Sarro, similar homes nearby have connected the sunroom and garage into one sunny, loftlike space. A U-shaped kitchen includes space for a table, and the efficient layout provides plenty of prep area. If new owners wanted a bigger kitchen, there’s space to bump out the walls. Wood floors continue here, and the lighter wood pops nicely against the darker wood of the cabinets. A half-bath nearby is a useful first-floor feature, and the kitchen connects to a bright dining room. Four bedrooms wait on the sec-ond floor. That’s an unusual feature; most similar homes in the area have three on that level. Two of these rooms share a hall bath (once again, pristine), and two are connected by the master bath, which features a marble vanity next to a window, ideal for applying makeup in natu-ral light. One of the connected bedrooms features two large closets and built-in shelves. If buyers wished, they

could wall off one of the bath’s entrances to create a more private master suite. A top-level spot is the home’s fifth bedroom. Stucco covers the sloping walls, and buyers who don’t need this room as a sleeping space will likely use it as a playroom or home office. Downstairs, the bottom level includes a family room with a sec-ond wood-burning fireplace, and wide-plank wainscoting ups the cozy vibe. There’s a large storage area and laundry spot down here as well.

A full bath and a bedroom also wait on this walk-out level, though small windows keep the bedroom from meeting code requirements. So although the space doesn’t con-tribute to the property’s official bed-room count, it’s a helpful spot as a guest room or other use. Mature perennials provide some screening from Fessenden Street, and there’s open green space across that street, where Fort Reno Park and the athletic fields of Deal

Middle School wait. The shops and restaurants along Connecticut Avenue are a couple of blocks away, and longer walks lead to the Tenleytown and Friendship Heights Metro stations. This five-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 3823 Fessenden St. is offered for $999,000. For more information, contact Peter Sarro of W.C. & A.N. Miller Realtors, a Long & Foster Co., at 703-625-3028 or peter.sarro@lnf.com.

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Chevy Chase house sports pristine 1940 details

Carol Buckley/The CurrentThis five-bedroom, 3.5-bath Chevy Chase house is priced at $999,000.

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NEW LISTINGS

CHEVY CHASE4400 JENIFER STREET NW

202-364-1700

DUPONT1509 22ND STREET NW

202-464-8400

Chic & SophisticatedDupont Circle. Terri� c location for this 1 bedroom 2 level condo in boutique bldg. Bamboo � rs, frpl, renovated kitchen. W/D in unit. Walk to all the action. $349,500

Dina Paxenos  202-256-1624

Brilliant DesignPalisades. New price for this magni� cent new home w/cutting edge green technology, stunning design & high style. 6 BRs/5 FBAs, 2 HBAs. Gorgeous garden w/pool. $2,785,000

Nancy Hammond 202-262-5374

Village FlairGeorgetown.

Beautifully renovated Federal on charming one block street. Sun

� lled & enhanced w/renovated kitchen & baths. Great lower level, expansive deck & � agstone patio.

Parking!  $1,225,000

Simply ElegantChevy Chase, MD. 1918 beauty w/6 BRS, 3 BAs & 2 HBAs. Large kitchen open to family rm. Finished walk-out LL. Screen porch, deck & patio. Lge lot less than a mile to Metro & shops. $1,995,000

Marcie Sandalow   301-652-7949Catarina Bannier  202-487-7177

A Certain StyleKenwood. Charming 4 bedroom, 4 bath Colonial w/pool on surprisingly large lot. Family rm w/French drs to rear garden. Screen porch.$1,690,000

Pat Lore  301-908-1242Ted Beverley  301-728-4338

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Space & LocationCleveland Park. Renovated 1800 sf unit at � e Broadmoor Coop. Wonderful views, � ooded with light. 2 BRs, 2 BAs, 2 home o� ces. Gorgeous kitchen. $749,900

Nancy Hammond  202-262-5374Beverly Nadel 202-236-7313Melissa Brown 202-469-2662

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ANC 2DSheridan-Kalorama

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact davidanc2d01@aol.com.

ANC 3CCleveland ParkWoodley ParkMassachusetts Avenue Heights

At the commission’s Sept. 18 meeting:■ commissioners unanimously rec-ommended that the Historic Preservation Review Board approve three items: the concept of an addi-tion to a residence at 3416 30th St. that’s considered “non-contributing” in the historic district; solar panels on a pergola at 2325 Porter St.; and the concept of an addition to All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church, at 2300 Cathedral Ave. ■ commissioners unanimously approved a Cathedral Commons construction management agree-ment with Bozzuto Development Co. “Nobody got everything they wanted,” said commissioner Nancy MacWood, but “the issues of great-est interest were addressed.” The full agreement will be on the commission’s website, anc3c.org. Bozzuto has agreed to brief the com-mission on a regular basis, to pro-hibit construction workers from parking in the immediate area, and to limit trucks to certain streets. Jeffrey Kayce, a Bozzuto vice president, said demolition of the Giant and surrounding buildings will start once all the utilities have been terminated. The firm is surveying the physical condition of nearby houses and commercial buildings so that it can measure any possible damages to them caused by the construction. ■ commissioners unanimously agreed to oppose an application by

CVS Pharmacy at 2601 Connecticut Ave. for a beer and wine license since CVS does not have a certifi-cate of occupancy as a full-service grocery store, and because beer and wine sales could cause problems with parking, pedestrian safety, trash and noise, they said. Scott Staso, a manager with CVS, said another of the chain’s stores had been selling beer and wine without any issues. And he pointed out that a nearby Walgreens has a beer and wine license and that many stores with grocery licenses make only one-third of their sales from grocery items. Commissioner Lee Brian Reba said the other CVS got its license before a moratorium on non-grocery beer and wine licenses was instituted and that it has adequate off-street parking. As for Walgreens, he said, “we are not here to repeat a mis-take.” ■ commissioners unanimously agreed to offer no objection to most of the proposed changes in a house at 3530 Ordway St. within the Cleveland Park Historic District as long as the window openings and roof overhang treatment are consis-tent with what is there now; new picture windows on any side of the house have “the same unembellished style” as at present; and the Historic Preservation Review Board “care-fully” considers the proposed change to the ground-floor window sill and the taller second-floor windows. ■ commissioners voted, with three abstentions, to recommend that the Historic Preservation Review Board reject the concept for a proposed new house on a newly subdivided lot at 3528 Ordway St. as too wide, too tall and too massive. They also asked the board to see if the subdivision would leave enough space for a neighboring house.■ commissioners voted, with one abstention, to spend $250 for police awards provided that D.C. officials approve the expenditure. The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. For details, call 202-657-5725 or visit anc3c.org.

ANC 3DSpring ValleyWesley Heights

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in Room B108, West Hall, George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road NW. Agenda items include:■ police report.■ community concerns.■ consideration of a public space application for paving a new drive-way at 4626 Garfield St.■ consideration of a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for a special exception at 5606 Potomac Ave. to allow a rear deck addition to a home not meeting side-yard requirements.■ consideration of a Board of Zoning

Adjustment application for a special exception at 4817 U St. to permit the site’s continued usage as a surface parking lot.■ presentation on and discussion of revised plans for additions to Mann Elementary School.■ consideration of a Board of Zoning Adjustment application by the Field School, 2301 Foxhall Road, for a special exception to increase the enrollment cap from 320 to 400 stu-dents and the faculty and staff cap from 74 to 110.■ consideration of a resolution call-ing for modernization of notice to the city’s advisory neighborhood commissions by D.C. agencies.■ commission business, including a discussion of commission compli-ance with the District’s open meet-ings law. For details, call 202-363-4130 or visit anc3d.org.

ANC 3ETenleytownAmerican University Park

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, at St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church, 42nd and Fessenden streets NW. Agenda items include:■ open forum.■ discussion of and vote on a resolu-tion and proposed voluntary agree-ment relating to the planned-unit development application for the Babe’s site at Wisconsin Avenue and Brandywine Street.■ discussion of and vote on a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for variances at the Friendship Animal Hospital site on the 4100 block of Brandywine Street to allow an addition to the existing facility.■ discussion of and vote on a Board of Zoning Adjustment application by the National Presbyterian Church, 4120-4124 Van Ness St., for an area variance and special exception to allow a three-story addition to the National Presbyterian School, an increase in the student enrollment cap to 320, an increase in the faculty and staff cap to 70, and a temporary modular trailer.■ discussion of and vote on the Alcoholic Beverage Control applica-tion for the Range restaurant, to be located at Chevy Chase Pavilion.■ presentation by the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority regarding an upcoming project at Fessenden Street and Belt Road.■ consideration of a resolution encouraging the use of bicycles and the placement of Capital Bikeshare stations in Ward 3. For details, visit anc3e.org.

ANC 3FForest Hills

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, at the Capital Memorial Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 3150 Chesapeake St. NW. For details, call 202-362-6120 or visit anc3f.us.

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CHEVY CHASE, MD $2,888,000Exceptional Home & Garden. Authentic c1915 Arts & Crafts brick home. 12,000 SF level lot with lush private gardens. Formal rooms, Cook’s kitchen, Conservatory, bedroom suite on first. 3 finished levels, 2 car garage, Custom upscale amenities.Sheila Leifer 301.529.4130 / 202.364.1300 (O)

WASHINGTON, DC $1,075,0001925 Stucco Col w 4 fin lvls incl 6 BRs/4 ren FBs. LR w FP, DR, upd TS Kit & FR. 3 BRs/2FB up. Attic w skylights & 2BRs/1FB. LL Rec Rm, Kit, 1BR/FB for au pair suite. Fenced yd & deck. Gar. Metro!

Miller Chevy Chase North 202.966.1400

BETHESDA, MD $1,250,000Elegant home with superb space, ideal location perfect for entertaining, swimming pool, two car garage, all set way back, providing great privacy.

W.C. & A.N. Miller Bethesda Office 301.229.4000

BETHESDA, MD $2,050,000 Glen Echo Heights Gem offers incredible space & inviting flow. Luxurious finishes, professional appliances. 6BR, 5.5BA, built in 2005. 4 floors of Space & Solitude.Lydia Chopivsky Benson 202.365.3222 W.C. & A.N. Miller Bethesda Office 301.229.4000

MOUNT PLEASANT, DC $1,095,000Grand 4 unit historic townhouse. Three 1BR+den and one large 1BR. Warm hardwood floors, high ceilings, rear decks, patio, & porch, 2 car garage, & a new roof! Six blocks to Metro. A great opportunity, ideal for investor or owner.Roby Thompson 202.255.2986 / 202.483.6300 (O)

KENT / PALISADES, DC $1,749,999Over 6,000 SF of luxury living awaits you in this expertly crafted, finely appointed 5BR, 4+BA, Elevator to all 4 levels, 2 car garage, lovely terrace, true gourmet kitchen, and so much more!

Miller Spring Valley Office 202.362.1300

WASHINGTON, DC $1,799,000Entertainer’s delight! Spacious 6BRs, 5BAs, one of a kind English Cottage on large corner lot. Beautiful HW floors, 2 guest suites on 3rd level, lower level rec room. Walk out to stately sized pool and landscaped yard. Attached 2 car garage.Chevy Chase Office 202.363.9700

BETHESDA, MD $1,499,000A wonderful blend of old charm and new construction, this comfortable colonial set in the desirable Bradley Hills neighborhood sits on just under an acre of land. No detail overlooked with charm and convenience in mind.Chevy Chase Office 202.363.9700

WESLEY HEIGHTS, DC $910,000Very gracious townhome in very private location in this sought after community. Features include a spacious top floor master bedroom suite with 9 ft ceiling, 2 spacious guest bedrooms, dining room with 2 story ceiling and windows, 2 fireplaces.Miller Spring Valley Office 202.362.1300

KENT DC $1,295,000SPACIOUS single fam det brick Col w/ driveway/gar. 3 lvls: 4 BR/2.5 BA. Sep DR. Kit opens up to sunrm onto patio, back yd. Large LR, libr/den. 2 FPs. Large entry foyer. Wood flrs, new paint. Great for entertaining. Min to Gtown, dwntwn DC, VA & MD. Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

BETHESDA, MD $2,250,000Stunning Contemp near DC, 5BR, 5.5BA, 40’ in-ground pool, tons of upgrades! MB ste w private balcony, SubZero, Asko & GE Monogram appl’s, custom deck off main level, oak HWs & sound system. Central vac, 2 car garage, 2 gas frplcs.Foxhall Office 202.363.1800

CHEVY CHASE, MD $1,799,000The most STYLISH choice in Chevy Chase! 4 finished levels of perfection. 6BR, 5.5BA, huge open spaces, chef’s KIT with bkfst room, family room opens to lush rear yard/patio, majestic MBR, lower level w/2nd family room.Chevy Chase Office 202.364.1300

ALExANDRIA, VA $990,000Huge and rare 4BR, 4BA detached rambler with new kitchen and granite, four new luxury baths, stone fireplace in south facing living room is adjacent to banquet dining room. So much more!Friendship Hgts Ofc 202-364-5200 / 703-522-6100

BRINKLOW, MD $1,299,900Exciting & immaculate 7BR, 4.5BA home setting on 6.2 acres. Expansive custom contemporary/rambler one level living, walls of light, expansive views from every room, large entertaining, & surrounded by picturesque view of pond.Friendship Hgts Ofc 202-364-5200/301-652-2777

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Classes ■GenKelsangVarahiwillleadaweek-lyclasson“TransformingConflictThroughSkillfulAction.”7to8:30p.m.$12.VajrayoginiBuddhistCenter,1803ConnecticutAve.NW.202-986-2257. ■TheParentEncouragementProgramwillbeginaneight-weekworkshopforpar-entsof5-to12-year-olds,focusingonskillstohandlechallengingbehaviorintheirchildrenwhileraisingthemtobecomerespectful,confidentindividuals.7:30p.m.$248.LowellSchool,1640KalmiaRoadNW.301-929-8824.

Concerts ■MembersoftheNationalSymphonyOrchestrawillperformworksbyHaydnandSmetana.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheweeklyHarbourNightsconcertserieswillfeatureKerryMcCool.7to9p.m.Free.Plaza,WashingtonHarbour,3050KSt.NW.202-295-5007. ■“OneBeat”willfeatureaneclecticandinternationalgroupof32youngmusi-ciansaspartofaU.S.StateDepartmentefforttopromote“artpower”andperson-to-persondiplomacythroughmusic.7:30p.m.Free.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993. ■Ghanaian-bornrapperBlitztheAmbassadorwillperform.7:30p.m.$20.GrosvenorAuditorium,NationalGeographic,1600MSt.NW.202-857-7700.

Discussions and lectures ■ArtistMitchellJohnsonwilldiscusshisuseofcolor.4p.m.Free;reservationsrequested.WashingtonStudioSchool,2129SSt.NW.202-234-3030. ■ChadJordanofCornerstoneInternationalwilldiscusshisbook“ShutUp&Give?:EradicatingGlobalPovertybyBreakingtheCycleofDependencyWeCreated.”5:30to7p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room505,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.oid@gwu.edu. ■JawedLudin,deputyforeignminis-teroftheIslamicRepublicofAfghanistan,willdiscuss“AfghanistanandthePoliticsofRegionalEconomicIntegrationinCentralandSouthAsia.”5:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.RomeBuildingAuditiorium,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1619MassachusettsAve.NW.saiscaciforums@jhu.edu. ■CarmetaAlbarusandJonathanMackwilldiscusstheirbook“TheMakingofLeeBoydMalvo:TheD.C.Sniper.”7p.m.Free.

PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■ChrisClevewilldiscusshisnovel“Gold,”abouttwoOlympichopefulsinthesportofsprintcyclingwhoarerivalsonthetrackandbestfriendsoffit.7p.m.$12.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.800-745-3000. ■TheFriendsoftheTenley-FriendshipLibrarygroupwillpresentatalkbywriter,historianandlocalresidentScottD.Seligmanonhisbook“ThreeToughChinamen,”aboutbrotherswhoimmigrat-edtotheUnitedStatesandchallengedsocialboundaries.7p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1225. ■Holistichealthpractitioner,chiroprac-tor,acupuncturistandclinicalnutritionistNateMayfieldwilldiscuss“Regeneration,RejuvenationandLongevity.”7:30p.m.$35.InstituteforSpiritualDevelopment,5419SherierPlaceNW.202-363-7106.

Films ■A30thanniversaryeventwillfeaturearemasteredversionofStevenSpielberg’s“E.T.:TheExtra-Terrestrial.”2and7p.m.$12.50.AMCMazzaGallerie,5300WisconsinAve.NW.fathomevents.com. ■TheMountPleasantLibrarywillpres-entWalterSalles’2004film“TheMotorcycleDiaries.”6:30p.m.Free.MountPleasantLibrary,316016thSt.NW.202-671-3121. ■“SpiesonScreen”willfeatureCarlColby’sdocumentary“TheManNobodyKnew:InSearchofMyFather,CIASpymasterWilliamColby.”Adiscussionwillfollow.6:30p.m.$9.InternationalSpyMuseum,800FSt.NW.202-393-7798. ■UnionTempleBaptistChurchandtheNAACPDCBranchwillpresentthedoc-umentary“SlaverybyAnotherName,”aboutthegrowthoftheprisoneconomy.Apresidentialdebatewatcheventwillfollow.7p.m.Free.UnionTempleBaptistChurch,1225WSt.SE.uniontemple.com. ■ThePanoramaofGreekCinemaserieswillfeatureSyllasTzoumerkas’2010film“Homeland,”aboutthreegener-ationsofaGreekfamilytornapartoveranadoption.8p.m.$11;$9forstudents;$8.25forseniors;$8forages12andyounger.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.NW.202-966-6000.

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Benefit ■ThegroupFriendsofRoseParkwillholditsannualFallParty,withproceedsgoingtowardthepark’sannualmainte-nancecosts.6:30to8:30p.m.$150.2819PSt.NW.roseparkdc.org.

Class ■TheParentEncouragementProgramwillbeginaneight-weekworkshopforpar-entsofpreschoolers,focusingonpositivewaystohandlecommonchallengesliketantrumsandpowerstruggles.7:30p.m.$217.TempleMicah,2829WisconsinAve.NW.301-929-8824.

Concerts ■CellistVasilyPopovandpianistRalitzaPatchevawillperformworksbyLiszt,SchedrinandHindemith.Noon.Free.AuditoriumA-5,MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-0321. ■JazzsingerLenaSeikalywillperformaspartofthe“FirstThursday@FirstChurch”series.5:30to7p.m.Free.FirstCongregationalUnitedChurchofChrist,10thandGstreetsNW.firstuccdc.org. ■TheNationalSymphonyOrchestraandmezzo-sopranoKelleyO’ConnorwillperformworksbyWagner,LiebersonandTchaikovsky.7p.m.$10to$85.ConcertHall,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. ■TheNationalEndowmentfortheArtswillpresentitsNationalHeritageFellowshipsConcert,featuringTidewatergospelbythePaschallBrothersquartetandinnovativeklezmermusicbyAndyStatman.7:30p.m.Free;ticketssuggest-ed.LisnerAuditorium,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,73021stSt.NW.202-994-6851. ■“AtlasPresents”willfeatureRupaandtheAprilFishes.8p.m.$15.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.

Discussions and lectures ■ArchitectToddRaywilldiscuss“DwellinginPoeticSpace,”abouthomesthatachieveanemotionalandpoeticsenseofpurpose.Noonto1p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.DistrictArchitecture

Center,4217thSt.NW.aiadc.com/calendar. ■ScholarEmilyRosewilldiscuss“HughofLincoln,RitualMurder&HenryIII.”Noon.Free;reservationsrequested.McShainLounge,McCarthyHall,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.pjc.georgetown.edu/events. ■ExplorerThorleifThorleifssonwilldis-cuss“VoyageAroundtheNorthPole:ExplorationandClimateChange.”Noon.Free.AbramsonFamilyFoundersRoom,SchoolofInternationalServiceBuilding,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW. ■Panelistswilldiscuss“Georgia’sParliamentaryElections:Democracy,SecurityandInternationalImplications.”Noonto1:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room505,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.go.gwu.edu/georgia2012. ■AmnestyInternationalUSAwillhost“TheXXFactor2012:TownHallonWomen’sRights,”featuringakeynoteaddressbyplaywrightandperformerEveEnslerandadiscussionofthenationalandglobalwomen’srightsagenda.Noonto7p.m.$25to$65;registrationrequired.1777FSt.NW.amnestyusa.org/xxfactor. ■JeffFaux,principalfounderoftheEconomicPolicyInstitute,willdiscuss“TheServantEconomy:WhereAmerica’sEliteIsSendingtheMiddleClass.”Luncheonat12:15p.m.;programat1p.m.$10to$30.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. ■CookbookauthorSheilahKaufmanwilldiscuss“IntheSultan’sKitchen:ImperialCuisineoftheEmpire.”6p.m.$45;reservationsrequired.TextileMuseum,2320SSt.NW.202-667-0441,ext.64. ■TheD.C.LibraryAssociationandtheLubutoLibraryProjectwillpresentadis-cussionofthewayslibrariescanhaveanimpactonchildrenandyoungadultsincommunitiesacrosstheglobe,featuringLubutopresidentJaneMeyers,hercol-leaguesfromZambiaandD.C.PublicLibraryyouthprogramscoordinatorRebeccaRenard.6to8p.m.Free;reserva-

tionsrequested.ClevelandParkLibrary,3310ConnecticutAve.NW.dcla.org/events. ■TheMysteryBookGroupwilldiscuss“StillLife”byLouisePenny.6:30p.m.Free.Barnes&Noble,55512thSt.NW.202-347-0176. ■DonaldMackay,economiccounselorattheEmbassyofCanada,willdiscuss“EconomicDevelopmentandTrade.”6:30to8p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room505,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.lasp@gwu.edu. ■VanderbiltUniversityanthropologyprofessorEdwardF.Fischerwilldiscuss“TheOnceandFutureMayaofGuatemala—CulturalSurvivalandResurgenceintheModernWorld.”6:30p.m.Free.IglesiasAuditorium,Inter-AmericanDevelopmentBankCulturalCenter,1330NewYorkAve.NW.202-623-3558. ■Apanelofarchitects,developersandpreservationistswilllookbackatWashington’shistoryofmid-centurydesignanddiscusstheprogressmadeonpre-servingthisbuildingstockwhileupgradingitforcurrentuse.6:30to8p.m.$20;$12forstudents.Reservationsrequired.NationalBuildingMuseum,401FSt.NW.202-272-2448. ■HerCorner,aD.C.-basedgroupforwomenbusinessown-ers,willpresentatalkbyCarolynHerfurthofTheBizTruthon“SalesandtheArtoftheAsk.”6:30to9p.m.$65.KogodSchoolofBusiness,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.hercorner.org/events. ■NateSilverwilldiscusshisbook“TheSignalandtheNoise:WhySoManyPredictionsFail—ButSomeDon’t.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■FormerABCNewspresidentDavidWestinwilldiscusshistenureandthechangingmedialandscape.7p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.RoomB07,MediaandPublicAffairsBuilding,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,80521stSt.NW.westinsmpavip.eventbrite.com. ■StacyLondonwilldiscussherbook“TheTruthAboutStyle.”7p.m.$18.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.800-745-3000. ■JamesE.Young,professorofEnglishandJudaicstudiesattheUniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,willdiscuss“FromBerlintoGroundZero:TheConstructionofaMemorialVernacular.”7to8:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequested.U.S.HolocaustMemorialMuseum,100RaoulWallenbergPlaceSW.ushmm.org/events/meyerhoff2012. ■LegendaryclimberPeterAthans,photographerCoryRichardsandarchaeol-ogistMarkAldenderferwilldiscuss“SkyCavesofNepal,”abouttheirexplorationofthetreasure-ladencavecomplexinacrumblingsandstonecliff.7:30p.m.$20.GrosvenorAuditorium,NationalGeographic,1600MSt.NW.202-857-7700.

Films ■AHispanicHeritageMontheventwillfeatureCiroGuerra’s2009film“TheWindJourneys.”Noon.Free.MaryPickfordTheater,MadisonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101IndependenceAve.SE.202-707-6404. ■A50thanniversaryeventwillfeatureadigitallyrestoreddirector’scutof

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“LawrenceofArabia.”1and7p.m.$12.50.AMCMazzaGallerie,5300WisconsinAve.NW.fathomevents.com. ■The2012HumanRightsFilmSerieswillfeatureOmarShargawi’s2011film“1/2Revolution,”aboutagroupoffriendslivingindowntownCairowhostruggletostaytogetherduringthefirstchaoticdaysofEgypt’srevolution.Adiscussionwillfol-low.5:30to8p.m.Free.AbramsonFamilyRecitalHall,KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.centerforsocialmedia.org. ■TheNationalPressClubwillhostanadvanceshowingof“Codebreaker,”aboutAlanTuring’sheroiclife,tragicdeathandlegacyasthe“fatherofcomputing.”Apaneldiscussionwillfollow.6p.m.$10to$20.NationalPressClub,52914thSt.NW.eventbrite.com/event/4205384418. ■AspartofafestivalcelebratingtheworkofCzech-AmericandirectorMilosForman,CzechfilmhistorianPavelJiraswilldiscussthepathstakenbyFrantisekVlácilandMilosFormantobecomingmas-tersofcinematography.TheeventwillincludeadocumentaryaboutVlácil’slifeandwork.6:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.EmbassyoftheCzechRepublic,3900SpringofFreedomSt.NW.reservations@mutualinspirations.org.

Performances ■TheBoys&GirlsClubsofGreaterWashingtonwillpresent“Icon12,”featur-ingthe10finalistsinthegroup’stalentcompetition.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■“VoicesofStrength:TwoProgramsofContemporaryDance&TheaterbyWomenFromAfrica”willfeature“Correspondances,”choreographedbyKettlyNoëlofHaiti/MaliandNelisiweXabaofSouthAfrica,and“QuartiersLibres,”choreographedbyNadiaBeugréofCôted’Ivoire.7:30p.m.$45.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Special event ■“PhillipsAfter5”willfeatureatalkonthe“DarkSideofthePhillips”—aboutmoody,mysteriousandgothicdramasfromthemuseum’spermanentcollection—andtheWashingtonBalletpresentingexcerptsfromMichaelPink’s“Dracula”andteachingchoreographyfromMichaelJackson’smusicvideo“Thriller.”5to8:30p.m.$12;$10forseniorsandstudents.Reservationssuggested.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.phillipscollection.org/calendar.

tour ■AtouroftheWashingtonNationalCathedralwillfocusonironwork.3p.m.$10;reservationssuggested.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-6200.

Friday,Oct.5

Class ■TheParentEncouragementProgramwillbeginaneight-weekworkshopforpar-entsofpreschoolers,focusingonpositivewaystohandlecommonchallengesliketantrumsandpowerstruggles.9:45a.m.$217.TempleSinai,3100MilitaryRoadNW.301-929-8824.

Concerts ■TheFridayMusicSerieswillfeaturesopranoKatherineKeemandpianistMichaelSheppardperformingworksbyShostakovich,RachmaninoffandRimsky-

Korsakov.1:15p.m.Free.McNeirHall,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.202-687-3838. ■TheKCJazzClubwillpresenttheMulgrewMillerTrio.7:30and9:30p.m.$26to$30.TerraceGallery,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■“WorldMusicattheAtlas”willfea-tureMalianmusicianFatoumataDiawara.8p.m.$15to$25.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993. ■TheAllianceFrançaisedeWashingtonwillpresenttheJacquesSchwarz-BartQuartetper-formingjazzselections.8:30and10:30p.m.$25.BohemianCaverns,200111thSt.NW.francedc.org.The performance will repeat Saturday at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m.

Discussions and lectures ■MarshaOrgeronwilldiscussherbook“LearningWiththeLightsOff:EducationalFilmintheUnitedStates”andshowclipsfromthegenre.Noon.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■Horticulturist,naturalistandconsul-tantRickJ.Lewandowskiwilldiscusstreesinthefirstofthreelecturesonnativeplants.Noonto1p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.ConservatoryClassroom,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.usbg.gov. ■AsymposiumwillfocusontheworkandlifeofAmericanrealistpainterGeorgeBellows.Noonto5p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.The symposium will continue Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. ■“Arts@Midday”willfeatureauthorandWashingtonPostcolumnistMichaelDirdadiscussinghisfavoritebooks,hisownwritingandtoday’spublishingworld.12:15to1p.m.Free.St.Alban’sEpiscopalChurch,3001WisconsinAve.NW.202-363-8286. ■PaulCollier,directoroftheCentrefortheStudyofAfricanEconomicsatOxfordUniversityandauthorofthe“TheBottomBillion:WhythePoorestCountriesAreFailingandWhatCanBeDoneAboutIt,”willdiscuss“MakingNaturalResourcesWorkforDevelopment.”12:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.KenneyAuditorium,NitzeBuilding,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1740MassachusettsAve.NW.paulcollier-saisdrt.eventbrite.com. ■AphilosophylectureseriesinhonoroftheRev.KurtPritzlwillfeaturetheRev.ArthurMadiganofBostonCollegediscuss-ing“DialecticalInquiryinAristotle,‘DeAnimaI.’”2p.m.Free.AquinasHallAuditorium,CatholicUniversity,620MichiganAve.NE.202-319-5259. ■Abooklaunchfor“TangledTitans:TheUnitedStatesandChina”willfeatureDavidShambaugh,professorofpoliticalscienceandinternationalaffairsatGeorgeWashingtonUniversity;BonnieGlaser,seniorfellowattheCenterforStrategicandInternationalStudies;TerryLautz,visit-

ingprofessoratSyracuseUniversity;andCharlesFreemanIII,vicepresidentforAsia,MiddleEastandAfricaatPepsiCo.4to6p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room602,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.go.gwu.edu/Shambaugh. ■RalphNaderwilldiscusshisbook“TheSeventeenSolutions:BoldIdeasforOurAmericanFuture.”6:30to8p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■TomReisswilldiscusshisbook“TheBlackCount:Glory,Revolution,Betrayal,andtheRealCountofMonteCristo.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■PhotographerChrisRainierwilldis-cusshisbook“CulturesontheEdge.”7:30p.m.$20.GrosvenorAuditorium,NationalGeographic,1600MSt.NW.202-857-7700.

Films ■The13thannualDCPacificAsianAmericanFilmFestivalwillfeatureDavidRousseve’s2011film“TwoSecondsAfterLaughter”andYurikoGamoRomer’s2012film“Mrs.Judo:BeStrong,BeGentle,BeBeautiful.”7p.m.Free.MeyerAuditorium,FreerGalleryofArt,12thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.

apafilm2012.com.The festival will run through Sunday at various venues.

Performances ■D.C.-basedchoreographerSydneySkybetterwillpresent“Eveningland,”aboutayoungboyandhismemoryofthelossofhisgrandmother.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.The performance will repeat Saturday at 6 p.m. ■“VoicesofStrength:TwoProgramsofContemporaryDance&TheaterbyWomenFromAfrica”willfeature“Sombra(Shadow),”choreographedbyMariaHelenaPintoofMozambique,and“MadamePlaza,”choreographedbyBouchraOuizguenofMorocco.7:30p.m.$45.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■Theopeningcelebrationof“MakingLifeVisible:PlaybackTheatreontheNorthAmericanStage”willfeatureperformancesbyeldersandyouthoftheOglalaLakotaTribeandbythelocalSynergyinActiontheatercompany.7to9:30p.m.$15;$10forstudentsandseniors.SidwellFriendsSchool,3825WisconsinAve.NW.playbackfestival.org.The four-day confer-ence will continue through Monday.

Special events ■The(e)mergeartfairwillfeatureadynamic,internationalrosterofexhibitingandperformingartists,alongwithpaneldiscussionsonsubjectssuchasartfund-ingandtheimpactofperformanceart.Noonto7p.m.$15;$10forseniorsandstudents.CapitolSkylineHotel,10ISt.SW.emergeartfair.com.The event will continue Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. ■AuthorMonicaBrownandillustratorJuliePaschkisof“PabloNeruda:PoetofthePeople”andauthorMargaritaEngleof“HurricaneDancers:TheFirstCaribbeanPirateShipwreck”willreceivetheAmericasAwardsforChildren’sandYoungAdultLiterature.3p.m.Free.MumfordRoom,MadisonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101IndependenceAve.SE.202-707-5221.

tour ■ArtsinFoggyBottomwillpresentatwilighttourofitsexhibit“SculptingOutsidetheLines,”ledbycuratorLauraRouletandfeaturingtheprojectionofJeffersonPinder’svideos“CarWash,”“InvisibleMan”and“ElevatorMusic.”6p.m.Free.NewHampshireAvenueandIStreetNW.foggybottomassociation.com.

Saturday,Oct.6

Children’s program ■Childrenwillhearastoryaboutchef,

restaurateurandactivistAliceWatersandthencreateaspecialpieceofart.1to4p.m.Free.NationalPortraitGallery,8thandFstreetsNW.202-633-1000.The pro-gram will repeat Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m.

Class ■Oncologynurseandhealthsupport-ivechefLauraPolewillleadaclasson“EatingforaLifetime:EverydayPrinciplesforHealthyCooking.”10a.m.to12:30p.m.$30;reservationsrequired.SmithCenterforHealingandtheArts,1632USt.NW.smithcenter.org.

Concerts ■TheFreerGalleryofArtwillhost“BardicDivas:Women’sSongsFromKazakhstan.”7:30p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.MeyerAuditorium,FreerGalleryofArt,12thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-1000. ■Thesix-pieceinstrumentalrockgroupBalmorheawillperform.8p.m.$10inadvance;$12onthedayoftheshow.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.800-745-3000. ■TheWashingtonConservatorywillpresentCanadianpia-nistAudreyAndristperformingworksbyBeethoven,SchubertandSchumann.8p.m.Free.WestmorelandCongregationalUnitedChurchofChrist,1WestmorelandCircle.301-320-2770. ■TheMoscowSretenskyMonasteryChoirwillperformsacredmusicfromtheOrthodoxliturgy.8p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.CoolidgeAuditorium,JeffersonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101stSt.SE.202-707-5502.

Discussions and lectures ■U.S.BotanicGardenvolunteerToddBrethauerwilldiscusschrysanthemumsandhowmodernbreedingmethodsarebeingappliedaroundtheworldtoimproveproduction.10:30a.m.tonoon.Free;res-

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Friday, oCtoBer 5 ■Concert:TheKCJazzClubwillpresenttheDr.LonnieSmithTrio,featuringorganist/pianistSmith(shown),guitaristJonathanKreisberganddrummerJamireWilliams.7:30and9:30p.m.$26to$30.TerraceGallery,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

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ervationsrequired.ConservatoryClassroom,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.usbg.gov. ■CartoonistStephanPastiswilldis-cusshisbook“PearlsFreaksthe#*%#Out,”at1p.m.;JamesMeekwilldiscusshisnovel“TheHeartBrokeIn,”at3:30p.m.;andA.M.Homeswilldiscusshernovel“MayWeBeForgiven,”at6p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■“ConversationsAboutCulture”willfeatureareamusiciansandteachersFredFoss,CoreyNull,VinceEvansandHarlanJonesdiscussingbestpracticesinjazzmusiceducation.1to3p.m.Free.TwinsJazz,1344USt.NW.202-262-7571. ■“EmbracingtheGuitar”willfeatureapaneldiscussionabouthowresearchersatmanufacturerC.F.Martin&Co.arecollab-oratingwiththeSmithsonianInstitutiontouseCTscansandotherhigh-techmethodstomakefineacousticguitars.Ademon-strationandconcertwillfollow.7to9p.m.$25.NationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndian,4thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-3030.

Festivals ■ThesixthannualColumbiaHeightsDaywillfeaturelivemusicandartsperfor-mances,familyactivities,localartisansandfoodtrucks.10a.m.to6p.m.Freeadmission.Field,TubmanElementarySchool,KenyonStreetbetween11thand13thstreetsNW.columbiaheightsday.org. ■TheTasteofDC2012willfeaturesamplesfrommorethan50arearestau-rants,aswellas30specialtybeers,achili-eatingcontestandlivemusic.Noonto7p.m.$10admission;$3pertaste.PennsylvaniaAvenuebetween9thand14thstreetsNW.thetasteofdc.org.The fes-

tival will continue Sunday and Monday from noon to 7 p.m.

Films ■“OperainCinema”willfeatureOperaAustralia’sproductionofVerdi’s“LaTraviata.”11a.m.$18.80.WestEndCinema,23rdStreetbetweenMandNstreetsNW.202-419-3456. ■“OutdoorMoviesatthePalisadesPark,”sponsoredbyFriendsofPalisadesParkandthePalisadesCommunityFund,willfeaturePhilAldenRobinson’s1989film“FieldofDreams,”starringKevinCostner,JamesEarlJonesandRayLiotta.6:30p.m.Free.PalisadesRecreationCenter,DanaandSherierplacesNW.

Performances ■The“MakingLifeVisible:PlaybackTheatreontheNorthAmericanStage”conferencewillfeatureperformancesbytheimprovisation-basedensemblesVillagePlaybackTheatreandPlaybackMemphis.7to9:30p.m.$15;$10forstudentsandseniors.SidwellFriendsSchool,3825WisconsinAve.NW.playbackfestival.org. ■NathanAndaryandTzvetaKassabovaofAndaryDancewillperform“GoingViral.”8p.m.$8to$22.DancePlace,32258thSt.NE.202-269-1600.The performance will repeat Sunday at 7 p.m.

Walks and tours ■ThegroupAdvocatesforJusticeandEducationwillhostthesecondannualRun/Walk/RollAgainstBullying,a5KinRockCreekPark.7:30a.m.tonoon.$15to$20;$5forstudentsinkindergartenthrough12thgrade.MeetneartheWilliamH.G.FitzGeraldTennisCenter,16thandKennedystreetsNW.aje-dc.org. ■NativeWashingtonianandfreelancewriterRoccoZapponewillleadaninterac-

tive“WalkingTourasPersonalEssay,”filledwithhisreminiscencesandimpres-sionsofalifetimeinD.C.10a.m.orbyappointment.$25.MeetatthestatueofAndrewJacksoninLafayetteSquare,16thandHstreetsNW.202-341-5208.

Sunday,Oct.7

Class ■GenKelsangVarahiwillleadaweek-lyclasson“AdviceforLife—RelyingUponConscientiousnessandMindfulness.”10to11a.m.$6.VajrayoginiBuddhistCenter,1803ConnecticutAve.NW.202-986-2257.

Concerts ■“ThePresident’sOwn”MarineChamberEnsemblewillperformworksbyKodály,DelibesandCopland.2p.m.Free.JohnPhilipSousaBandHall,MarineBarracksAnnex,7thandKstreetsSE.202-433-4011. ■TheJupiterStringQuartetwillper-formworksbyMozart,BartókandBrahms.3p.m.Free;res-ervationssug-gested.Auditorium,NationalAcademyofSciences,2100CSt.NW.jupiter.eventbrite.com. ■ThePhillipsCameratawillperformworksbyFrenchcomposersDebussyandRavel.4p.m.$20;reservationssuggested.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.phillipscollection.org/music. ■TheprofessionalChoirofChristChurchwillperformworksbySmith,StanfordandBrahmsaspartofitsChoralEvensongseries.5p.m.Free.ChristChurch,Georgetown,31standOstreetsNW.202-333-6677. ■WashingtonNationalCathedralassistantorganistBenjaminStraleywillpresentanorganrecital.5:15p.m.Free.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-6200. ■GuitaristMakGrgic(shown)andorganistStephenAckertwillperformworksbyIsaac,Kohaut,WeissandHagen.6:30p.m.Free.WestGardenCourt,NationalGalleryofArt,6thStreetand

ConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■DahlakRestaurantwillhostitsweek-ly“DCJazzJam”session.6:30to9:30p.m.Free.1771USt.NW.202-527-9522.

Discussions and lectures ■FormerRep.MickeyEdwards,R-Okla.,willdiscusshisadvocacyoflesspartisanshipandideo-logicalrancorinWashington,thesub-jectofhisbook“ThePartiesVersusthePeople:HowtoTurnRepublicansandDemocratsIntoAmericans.”10a.m.Free.St.John’sEpiscopalChurch,LafayetteSquare,16thandHstreetsNW.202-347-8766. ■JoelF.Salatin,afarmerinVirginia’sShenandoahValleywhodescribeshisworkas“ministry,”willdiscuss“IfGodIsGreen,IsGreenAlwaysGodly?”10:10a.m.Free.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-6200. ■TheSwarthmoreBookgroupandRachelBuurma,associateprofessorofEnglishliterature,willdiscuss“TheVictorianNovelandthePromiseofPrint,”at1p.m.;andRobinSloanwilldiscusshisbook“Mr.Penumbra’s24-HourBookstore,”at5p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■DorothyRoberts,professoroflaw,African-AmericanstudiesandsociologyatNorthwesternUniversity,willdiscussherbook“FatalInvention:HowScience,Politics,andBigBusinessRe-CreateRaceinthe21stCentury.”5to7p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

Films ■TheMuseumofWomenintheArtswillpresentArneJohnsonandShaneKing’s2008film“GirlsRock!TheMovie,”aboutacampforgirlsages8through18inPortland,Ore.Adiscussionwillfollow.1to3p.m.Free.NationalMuseumofWomenintheArts,1250NewYorkAve.NW.202-783-5000. ■“ASenseofPlace:FrantisekVlácil”willfeaturetheCzechdirector’s1962film“TheDevil’sTrap,”at2p.m.;andthepre-miereofhis1967film“MarkétaLazarová,”at4:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

Performance ■Aspartofthe“MakingLifeVisible:PlaybackTheatreontheNorthAmericanStage”conference,psychotherapistandperformerJudyFreedwillpresent“FoodFight:ASoloPerformanceAboutEatingDisorders.”7to8:30p.m.$10;$5forstu-dentsandseniors.SidwellFriendsSchool,3825WisconsinAve.NW.playbackfestival.org.

tours and walks ■TourguideDwaneStarlinwillleadawalkingtourofGeorgetown’sEastVillagestreetsasJosephNourse,thefirstresidentofDumbartonHouse,wouldhaveviewedhisneighborhoodintheearly1800s.10to11a.m.$10.Meetat27thandQstreetsNW.dumbartonhouse.org. ■AtouroftheWashingtonNational

Cathedralwillfocusonironwork.1:30p.m.$10;reservationssuggested.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenuesNW.202-537-6200.

Monday,Oct.8

Children’s program ■“FairiesintheGarden:TeaandTreats”willfeatureasamplingofsavories,sweetsandtea,followedbyavisittotheTudorPlacegardensandacraftactivity.1to2:30p.m.$20;$10foraccompanyingadults.Reservationsrequired.TudorPlaceHistoricHouseandGarden,164431stSt.NW.tudorplaceoctfairytea.eventbrite.com.

Class ■“IntheTudorPlaceKitchen&Garden:ASpecialTourandHerb-GardeningWorkshop”willfeaturealookattheGeorgetownmansion’shistoricgar-denand1920skitchen,ledbydirectorofgardensandgroundsSuzanneBouchardanddirectorofeducationTaliaMosconi.Afterward,expertswillexplainhowtostartakitchengardenbyplantingpottedherbs.10to11:30a.m.$20;reservationsrequired.TudorPlaceHistoricHouseandGarden,164431stSt.NW.tudorplacekitchenandherb.eventbrite.com.

Concerts ■TheColorado-basedacousticquartetElephantRevivalwillper-formsoulful,experimentalfolkmusic.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheMoscowSretenskyMonasteryChoirwillperformraremasterpiecesofancientRussianchant,folksongsandpopular20th-centuryromances.7:30p.m.$30to$50.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures ■WesleyTheologicalSeminaryprofes-sorofpreachingWilliamB.“Bobby”McClainwillspeakaspartofa“LastLecture”breakfastseries,focusingonthewisdomfromhisfieldthathewouldwanttopassonifthiswerehisfinalchancetoteach.7:30a.m.Free;reservationsrequired.WesleyTheologicalSeminary,4500MassachusettsAve.NW.202-885-8630. ■U.S.BotanicGardenvolunteerToddBrethauerwilldiscusstheproduction,pro-cessingandhistoryofspices.10:30a.m.tonoon.Free;reservationsrequired.ConservatoryClassroom,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.usbg.gov. ■ScottSagan,professorofpoliticalscienceatStanfordUniversityandseniorfellowattheCenterforInternationalSecurityandCooperation,willdiscuss“SharedResponsibilityforNuclearDisarmamentandNuclearNon-Proliferation.”Noonto1:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room602,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.go.gwu.edu/sagan. ■MicheleBollinger,DaoX.Tran,LailaAl-ArianandMaryBethTinkerwilldiscussthebook“100Changemakers:RebelsandRadicalsWhoChangedU.S.History.”6:30to8p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-

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Studio Gallery will open three exhibits today and continue them through Oct. 27.

“Zion Connected” presents paintings by Freda Lee-McCann that explore the topogra-phy of Utah’s Zion National Park in a mod-ernized Chinese style. “The Drake’s Progress” is a multimedia exhibit by artist Langley Spurlock and poet John Martin Tarrat that tells the story of a rubber duck whose life has gone astray. “Sky Mind” high-lights Eleanor Kotlarik Wang’s visu-al responses to the act of meditating. A “First Friday” reception will take place Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and an opening reception will be held Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. An artists’ talk will be given Oct. 20 from 4 to 6

p.m., and a closing reception will take place Oct. 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. Located at 2108 R St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 1 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. 202-232-

8734.■ Touchstone Gallery will open two exhibits today and continue them through Oct. 28.

“To Plant Flowers While Waiting” is a visual response by artist Ai-Wen Wu Kratz to Samuel Beckett’s play “Waiting for Godot.”

“The Drag Illusion” is a photo

essay by Michael Lang about drag queens and the illusion they create. An opening reception will take place

Friday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Located at 901 New York Ave. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-347-2787.■ The (e)merge art fair will begin tomorrow and continue through Sunday at the Capitol Skyline Hotel, located at 10 I St. SW. The fair opens tomorrow with a preview from 7 to 9 p.m. Hours on Friday and Saturday are noon to 7 p.m., and hours on Sunday are noon to 5 p.m. wpadc.org.■ “Three Visions of Expansion,” featuring paintings by Tina Palmer, Duane Cregger and Nia Tavlarides Stratos, will open tomorrow with a reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Aaron Gallery and continue through Nov. 30. Located at 2101 L St. NW, the gallery is open by appointment only. 202-234-3311.■ “Corporeal Perspectives,” presenting ceramic sculpture by Jason Walker that explores the conflict between nature and technology, will open Friday at Cross MacKenzie Gallery and continue through Oct. 31.

An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Located at 2026 R St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-333-7970.■ “New Glass, With Drawings, by Nancy Donnelly,” featuring Donnelly’s abstract glass sculptures of plants and watercolors, will open Friday with a reception from 6 to 8

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“introspection” is part of a Studio Gallery exhibit of Freda Le-McCann’s paintings.

Washington Improv Theater will relaunch its long-form improv production “POTUS Among Us” Oct. 11 through Nov. 3 at

Source. The comedy troupe puts the entire election process

back into the rightful hands of “the people” with its new show, which engages audiences in the entirety of the U.S. presidential election process — from candi-dates’ agendas to pundit polling to voting. Performance times are 8 p.m. Thursday and 8 and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets cost $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Source is located at 1835 14th St. NW. 202-204-7770; washingtonimprovtheater.com.■ GALA Hispanic Theatre’s GALita family program will present Juan Ramón Jiménez’s “Platero y yo” Oct. 12 through 27. Based on one of Jiménez’s famous 20th-centry Spanish prose poems, this bilingual adaptation follows a young poet and his don-key Platero as they journey through the Andalusian countryside. The show fea-tures familiar children’s songs. Performance times are 3 p.m. Saturday. The show will also be performed at 10:30 a.m. weekdays for students. Tickets cost $10. GALA Theatre is located at 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174; galatheatre.org.■ St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Ballet will bring “Cinderella” to the Kennedy Center Oct. 16 through 21. Alexei Ratmansky’s romantic, contemporary take on the classic fairy tale blends tradition with innovation. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $29 to $150. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.■ Ireland’s Druid Theatre Company will present “DruidMurphy” — a three-play story of Irish emigra-

tion — Oct. 17 through 20 at the Kennedy Center. In “Conversations on a Homecoming,” it’s the 1970s, and Michael, after a 10-year absence, suddenly returns to County Galway from New York. “A Whistle in the Dark” centers on the uprooted Carney family as its members try to adapt aggressively to life in an English city in 1960. And the villagers of Glanconnor face the real prospect of starvation as the second crop of potatoes fails in 1846 in “Famine.” The three will be presented together starting at 1 p.m. Saturday. “Conversations” will also be presented at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, “Whistle” will also be present-ed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and “Famine” will also be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets cost $35 to $65 for the individual shows and $66 to $135 for all three on Saturday. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.■ Holly Twyford will star in the world premiere of Bryony Lavery’s “Dirt,” presented Oct. 17 through Nov. 11 at Studio Theatre. “Dirt” follows five lives as they sprawl and inter-sect: Harper is about to die. Elle is her waitress. Matt will eventually sleep with them both. May tries to get through a lecture in quantum physics without her cell-phone going off. Guy is a healer and, well, a guy. Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $20. Studio is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.■ Spooky Action Theater will present Craig Lucas’

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Special event ■InhonorofColumbusDay,theLibraryofCongresswillopentheJeffersonBuilding’sGreatHallandexhibitionstothepublicfrom8:30a.m.to4:30p.m.,withaspecialMainReadingRoomopenhousefrom10a.m.to3p.m.Freeadmission.JeffersonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101stSt.SE.loc.gov.

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Tuesday,Oct.9

Concerts ■TheTuesdayConcertSerieswillfea-tureguitaristDouglasRogersandpianistAlexPeh.12:10p.m.Free.ChurchoftheEpiphany,1317GSt.NW.202-347-2635,ext.18. ■TheinstrumentalrockgroupYevetowillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■ThebandBajofondowillperform.8p.m.$45.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.800-745-3000.

Discussions and lectures ■ThePreventionofBlindnessSocietyofMetropolitanWashington’s“LowVisionLunch&Learn”eventwillfeatureanoph-thalmologist-leddiscussiononbestpractic-esforusingeyemedications.11a.m.to12:45p.m.Free.WashingtonHospitalCenterNationalEyeCenter,110IrvingSt.NW.202-877-5329. ■TheOsherLifelongLearningInstituteatAmericanUniversitywillpresentatalkbyAmericanUniversitypoliticalscienceprofessorAllanLichtmanonhisbook“TheKeystotheWhiteHouse”andhispredic-tionsforthe2012presidentialelection.12:15to1:15p.m.Free.Room6,TempleBaptistChurch,3850NebraskaAve.NW.202-895-4860. ■MarthaJoyntKumar,professorof

politicalscienceatTowsonUniversity,willdiscuss“ManagingtheMessage:TheWhiteHouseCommunicationsOperation.”Luncheonat12:15p.m.;programat1p.m.$10to$30.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. ■TheChevyChaseHistory/BiographyBookClubwilldiscuss“TheUnknownMatisse”and“MatissetheMaster,”bothbyHilarySpurling.1p.m.Free.Chevy

ChaseLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021. ■Kerri-AnnJones,assistantsecretaryforoceans,environmentandscienceattheU.S.DepartmentofState,willdiscuss“ForeignPolicyandScience:AnEssentialPartnership.”4:30to6:30p.m.Free;reser-vationsrequired.Room602,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.go.gwu.edu/dwiajones. ■JohnBanvillewilldiscusshisnovel“AncientLight.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■ClassicalmusiccriticCeceliaPorterwilldiscussherbook“FiveLivesinMusic:WomenPerformers,Composers,andImpresariosFromtheBaroquetothePresent,”withmusicalaccompanimentbysopranoRosaLamoreauxandpianistsStanEngebretsonandAnnSchein.7:30to9p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.EmbassyofAustria,3524InternationalCourtNW.202-895-6776.

Films ■TheGeorgetownLibrarywillpresentChristopherGuest’s1996film“WaitingforGuffman.”6p.m.Free.GeorgetownLibrary,3260RSt.NW.202-727-0232. ■TheFrench-AmericanCulturalFoundationwillpresentPhilippeFaucon’s2011film“Ladésintégration(Distintegration).”7p.m.$8;$5forstu-dents.LaMaisonFrançaise,4101ReservoirRoadNW.disintegration.eventbrite.com.

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Benefit ■AmericanplaywrightandauthorTrishVradenburgwillpresentareadingofthefirstactofherplay“SurvivingGrace,”abouthertimeasanAlzheimer’scaregiverforhermother.ProceedswillbenefittheUSAgainstAlzheimer’sNetwork.6p.m.$250.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.survivinggrace.org.

Concerts ■TheHappeningsattheHarmanserieswillfeaturethefemaletrioOperaBelleperformingariasandensem-blesfromoperas,aswellassacredmusic,popularBroadwayselectionsandartsongs.Noon.SidneyHarmanHall,610FSt.NW.202-547-1122. ■AcclaimedChineseinstrumentalistandvocalistWangLiwillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■ABaroqueorganrecitalwillfeatureRolandVoit.7:30p.m.Free.TheUnitedChurch,1920GSt.NW.202-331-1495. ■TheFortasChamberMusicConcertsserieswillfeaturetheSphinxVirtuosiwiththeCatalystQuartetandviolinistElenaUrioste.7:30p.m.$32.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4700. ■TheEmbassySerieswillpresentmezzo-sopranoVeronikaDobi-KissandpianistGeorgePeacheyperformingworksbyWagner,Saint-Saëns,Verdi,Gluck,Donizetti,PonchielliandBizet.7:30p.m.

$100.EmbassyofLatvia,2306MassachusettsAve.NW.202-625-2361. ■ViolinistPamelaFrankwillperformworksbyDvorák,SchoenbergandBrahms.8p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.CoolidgeAuditorium,JeffersonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101stSt.SE.202-707-5502. ■“JazzattheAtlas”willfeaturearrang-erMarkMastersandGrammy-winningsax-ophonistGarySmulyanperformingarrangementsofDukeEllington’smusic.8p.m.$15to$25.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.

Discussions and lectures ■BrianLatellwilldiscusshisbook“Castro’sSecrets:TheCIAandCuba’sIntelligenceMachine.”Noon.Free.InternationalSpyMuseum,800FSt.NW.202-393-7798. ■“ArabTransitionstoWhat?”willfea-turepanelistsEvaBellin,professorofArabpoliticsatBrandeisUniversity;TamaraWittes,directorandseniorfellowattheBrookingsInstitution;andDanielBrumberg(shown),senioradviserattheU.S.InstituteofPeaceandprofessorofgovernmentatGeorgetownUniversity.Noonto2p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room602,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.tinyurl.com/ckbvbdf. ■SaraRoy,seniorresearchscholarattheCenterforMiddleEastStudiesatHarvardUniversity,willdiscuss“ADeliberateCruelty:RenderingGazaUnviable.”12:30to2p.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.ThePalestineCenter,2425VirginiaAve.NW.202-338-1290. ■LouiseErdrichwilldiscusshernovel“TheRoundHouse.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■Abookdiscussionserieson“HomeSweetHome”—aboutthenotionof“home”asanebulousplaceofnostalgia,securityandbetrayal—willfocusontheSeamusHeaneytranslationof“Beowulf.”7p.m.Free.ChevyChaseLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021. ■Critic,essayistandjournalistAdamGopnikwilldiscuss“WhatMakesAmericanArtAmerican?”7p.m.Free.SmithsonianAmericanArtMuseum,8thandFstreetsNW.202-633-1000. ■ScientistsAdamRiess(shown)andKennyBroadwilldis-cuss“BlueHoles&DarkEnergy:MappingtheUnknown.”7p.m.$22.GrosvenorAuditorium,NationalGeographic,1600MSt.NW.202-857-7700.

Film ■MeridianHillPictureswillpresentlocalfilmmakerNinaShapiro-Perl’s2011film“ThroughtheEyeoftheNeedle:TheArtofEstherNisenthalKrinitz.”7p.m.$10donationsuggested.InternationalArts&Artists’HillyerArtSpace,9HillyerCourtNW.meridianhillpictures.com.

Meeting ■ThegroupParents,Families&FriendsofLesbiansandGayswillhostamonthlymeetingofitsNorthwestDCSupportGroup.7to9p.m.Free.MetropolitanMemorialUnitedMethodistChurch,3401NebraskaAve.NW.ltagmiles@aol.com.

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from team members for those who were scared. A particular favorite of mine was round robin. The objective was to run the course while everyone else was also running it, but in a differ-ent direction. At first this sounded easy and everyone tried to go as fast as they could to beat everyone else. However, no one knew that if someone fell off then everyone had to start over. We then realized that we had to put our teammates over ourselves in order to complete the course. By the end of the exercises, instead of being two separate schools, St. Albans and Cathedral seemed like one school.

— Victor Salcido, Form II (eighth-grader)

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day Despite an unexpected tornado warning, the first Wolfhound soccer season on our beautiful new turf field got off to a big start. The ’Hounds kept fans on their toes in their first several games. The excitement began when the girls varsity team won its season opener against Westminster School

in a 5-0 blowout. The team’s next game was an exciting double-over-time contest, ending in a penalty shootout that, sadly, resulted in a 3-2 loss to Langley. Then, the boys junior varsity “A” team won its home opener, with goalies Kevin Murphy and John Paul saving shots, and players Jacob Morales, Jack Steel and Bora Hayri racking up goals in a 4-0 victory over Green Acres. The girls junior varsity “A” team also shined in a 6-0 win against Green Acres, with sixth-grade stars Chloe Chapman and Espeana Green scoring five goals and one goal, respectively.

— Kevin Murphy, sixth-grader

School Without Walls Although easily unnoticed by some, college representatives have been visiting our school for the past few weeks. With permission from their teachers, juniors and seniors can leave class to hear a representa-tive speak about his or her college. The college visits meet in the cafe-teria while everybody is in class and vary from 20 people attending to a mere one person. Some may not notice these college visits, just as I didn’t when I was an underclass-man, but they are no secret thing. Signs about the upcoming colleges that are visiting are posted on the

second floor, and counselors can help those students who would like to sign up. This past week hasn’t been com-pletely focused on academics, how-ever. Sports teams have had games and have been doing well. The girls soccer team and volleyball team beat Bell, which is a very worthy opponent. In addition to these more traditional sports, Walls has crew, ultimate Frisbee, ski and sailing teams. The sailing team recently placed second in a regatta in Baltimore.

— Delmar Tarragó, 11th-grader

Shepherd Elementary Sept. 22 was our school’s annual Fall Fest, and it was amazing. Everywhere you turned there was at least one fun thing to do! There was a cookie-decorating booth, a moon bounce and a booth where you could win goldfish. There were a lot of people there and it was crowded, but it was worth it if you had to wait in a line! P.S. If anyone won a goldfish during the Fall Fest make sure to take extra good care of it!

— Colyar Trimble, fifth-grader

Sidwell Friends Middle School Going to a new school for me

was pretty hard. I had been at the same school since third grade, and now I’m in seventh grade. I really missed all my friends, but I hoped I would make new ones at my new school. But there was one catch to all this: I wasn’t going to any school; I was going to Sidwell Friends. On orientation day I felt really nervous, but by the end of the day I really felt like I belonged. The environment was so friendly, so welcoming. On the first day of school I wasn’t nervous at all; I felt like I had known everybody for a long time. I became friends with new students and with returning students. At lunchtime I didn’t know where the cafeteria was, but lucky me — I was at Sidwell, so someone showed me the way. So fitting in for me wasn’t very hard; it was actually a nice experi-ence. At Sidwell Friends School, everyone is a family because of the diversities. What makes us different is what makes us us.

— Iman Hassen, seventh-grader

Stoddert Elementary Hi. I’m Catharine, and I wanted

to enter the garden writing contest because I want to be a writer when I grow up, so I like to write. We were invited to write about our school garden and why it is the best in the city. I also wanted to write about the garden because I like being outside with nature. I thought it would be interesting to write about the garden and all the things I’ve learned. I think the best thing about the gar-den is how the kids, parents and teachers are involved. I enjoy writ-ing about my feelings. If I’m shy about saying something, I can just write about it. I can also make up my own ideas when I’m writing fic-tion. I love to read, too! Hi. I’m Mackenzie. I wanted to write about our garden and enter the writing contest because it’s impor-tant having green things at our school. We can grow things and eat things from our garden. It’s great learning about fruits and vegetables, and when we get to eat them it’s a real treat. The garden has really improved our school.

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