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Georgetown bowling alley wins zoning board approval

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By DEIRDRE BANNONCurrent Staff Writer

Kuwait’s preliminary plans to build a four-story chancery on a vacant lot on Tilden Street next to its embassy received a mostly positive response at the Forest Hills/Van Ness advisory neighborhood commis-sion meeting Monday, though neighbors requested some design changes. Residents who live near the Embassy of the State of Kuwait were generally supportive of the project, noting that the embassy has been a good neighbor. However, many expressed concerns about the new building’s height and modern exterior design, which could include a large glass street-facing atrium. Recognizing that plans are in the early stages, they asked embassy representatives to consider a design that

would blend better with residential buildings on the street. The embassy, located in a two-story building at 2940 Tilden St., needs more space to accommodate its pro-gramming, said Faisal Al Enezi, second secretary with

See Embassy/Page 18

Kuwait eyes adjoining parcel for new chancery

Bill Petros/The CurrentThe existing embassy building on Tilden Street would become the ambassador’s residence if Kuwait is allowed to build a chancery next door.

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

Leaders of four language-based elementary charter schools are mak-ing plans to open a merged middle school in fall 2014, at least a year before their innovative language immersion program moves into per-manent digs at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The newly hatched District of Columbia International Public Charter School combines resources of four small charters that now offer French, Spanish, Mandarin and English instruction in various parts

of the city. The new school will allow their students to continue on to middle and eventually high school, leaders say, perhaps with space to enroll additional children as well. The language immersion school also hopes to gain accreditation as an International Baccalaureate pro-gram, offering what sponsors say is a rigorous education for “world citi-zens.” The middle and upper school, once they are lodged in permanent facilities at Walter Reed, could enroll about 1,000 students. But the big push for now is find-ing temporary, or “incubator” space,

See Bilingual/Page 5

Bilingual charters hone plan for combined upper school

By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

George Washington University’s plans to construct a new office build-ing in the 2100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue won a preliminary approval from the Zoning Commission Monday night.

But commissioners said they agreed with community objections that the plan could eliminate night-time businesses in the block, and asked the university to hash out more specifics about its proposed retail tenants before they take a sec-ond vote. The 11-story, 130-foot building will replace six university-owned historic row houses — which have for years hosted small local busi-nesses along with some university

functions — and the adjacent eight-story office building that previously housed Kaiser Permanente. The project, which includes 6,600 square feet of ground-floor retail, is an investment property for the univer-sity that will fund its operations rather than serve a specific academic purpose. The university got approval for a smaller building on the site of just the row houses as part of its 2007

See GWU/Page 16

GWU office tower wins zoning nod

Bill Petros/The CurrentThe National Symphony Orchestra presented a free concert Saturday at the historic Lincoln Theatre as part of a weeklong “National Symphony Orchestra in Your Neighborhood” initiative focusing on the U Street, Shaw and Logan Circle neighborhoods.

N E I G H B O R H O O D S O U N D S

By DEIRDRE BANNONCurrent Staff Writer

Plans to upgrade Dupont Circle’s Stead Park and make it more functional for a variety of community members have taken a step forward, with the project winning support from the neighborhood’s advisory com-mission and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson. A revised landscape design compared to a previous proposal includes a slight increase to athletic field space — which would allow for two games to be played simul-taneously. The renovation would also include extra seat-ing, new fencing and a water element. Plans first proposed by Friends of Stead Park this past fall recommended a 25 percent reduction of the existing athletic field, to make a larger portion of the park avail-able to those not there to play sports, like young children and older adults. But pushback from several adult sports leagues, which use the fields almost daily, prompted the

See Stead/Page 7

ANC backs revised plan for Stead Park

■ Development: Panel seeks commitments on retail uses

Bill Petros/Current File PhotoThe new design for Dupont Circle’s Stead Park would allow two athletic games to be played simultaneously.

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By ALIX PIANINCurrent Staff Writer

A 163-year-old farmhouse on Foxhall Road may have a “new house” sign on the front lawn, but the structure appears to be staying put for now. Despite neighborhood specula-tion that the “Shugrue House” might be torn down soon to make way for construction, no recent permits have been requested for the property, said Helder Gil, spokesperson for the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. After a blogger at palisades-dc.com noticed a sign reading “new house” — along with the name of a construction company — in front of the farmhouse at the beginning of January, some took it as a warning sign that the Shugrue House’s days were numbered. According to Paul DonVito, chair of the Foxhall Community Citizens Association’s preservation committee, former advisory neighborhood commis-sioner Alma Gates then took to the Palisades listserv to rally locals around the farmhouse history. “The house really represented part of a much earlier past of our

neighborhood,” said DonVito — a somewhat forgotten agricultural era, when farmland defined the area. The 1850 house, built on an 11,625-square-foot property, was long home to the Shugrues and Malones, a pair of families who operated the Palisades Dairy Farm during the 19th century. Gates said neighbors who had known the Shugrue family reached out to her after the listserv posting, and explained the extensive reach of the family’s farmland — from the area of the farmhouse west to what is now Arizona Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. Located just south of the Field School, the farmhouse at 2207 Foxhall Road had more recently been home to Sylvia Shugrue, an Atlanta-born educator who began teaching elementary school in D.C. in 1952. Shugrue passed away last August. Shugrue sold the farmhouse on Feb. 14, 2008 — to a revocable trust bearing her name. While the now-vacant property is still listed under Shugrue’s name in the city’s proper-ty sales records, the mailing address provided is in Vienna, Va. In order to tear down the existing

farmhouse, the owners would need to apply for a raze permit with the regulatory agency, said Gil, as well as obtain clearance from city agen-cies such as the D.C. Historic Preservation Office, the Department of Transportation and the Department of the Environment. The owners would then need to post a notice on the property for at least 30 days declaring submission of the raze application before the regulatory agency could grant one. If that happened, only a historic landmark application would halt the raze application, Gil said. According to a representative from the city’s Office of Planning, no one has sub-mitted an application seeking his-toric designation for the farmhouse. Gates said she does not yet have enough information to decide whether to file an application. DonVito said the demolition would follow a pattern of the area’s older homes being redeveloped in recent years. “I’m really sad to see that much history disappear,” he said. “I don’t think the community wants to see everything frozen in time, but pretty much that entire area will become rebuilt … with no reminders of what had been there.”

In Foxhall, uncertainty over 1850 farmhouse

By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

A Tenleytown mixed-use building with just one park-ing space won enthusiastic preliminary approval from the Zoning Commission Monday night. Commissioners praised the developer for working with the community, and rejected a neighborhood group’s assertion that the project would cause parking problems. The Bond at Tenley, a glassy 60-unit rental apartment building with about 20,000 square feet of retail space, will be located on the long-vacant Babe’s Billiards site at Wisconsin Avenue and Brandywine Street near the Tenleytown Metro station. The commission’s prelimi-nary approval comes more than two years after Douglas Development first filed plans to redevelop the site, and a reversal seems unlikely before the second vote that’s required on major projects. The years of discussion surrounding the Babe’s proj-ect mostly swirled around parking. This type of develop-ment would normally require more than 80 spaces, but Douglas balked at building an underground garage because it would require demolition of the existing struc-ture — which is sturdy enough to support five stories of new construction on top of it. Developers offered to locate some parking spaces in that existing structure, but determined that there was more community support for street-level retail space. Douglas says the project will target residents who prefer to use bicycles and transit, and leases will prevent tenants from having cars in the area. Furthermore, Douglas signed an extensive agreement with the Tenleytown/Friendship Heights advisory neighborhood commission, which stipulated costly community ameni-ties like underground utilities and requirements for cer-tain types of retail tenants, among other conditions. “This is an extraordinary package that the ANC worked out with the applicant, and I’m looking forward to seeing the revitalization of this important corner in Tenleytown after nearly eight years of blight,” zoning commissioner Robert Miller said at Monday’s meeting. With its extensive amenities agreement in hand, the neighborhood commission unanimously supported the Babe’s project, as did many residents. But many other neighbors, and the Tenleytown Neighborhood Association, vehemently opposed the plans — mainly

for the lack of parking. Even if most tenants take transit to work, they argued, many would want to own cars and would likely park them on nearby streets regardless of attempts to restrict them. So, too, they said, would the residents’ guests, employees and customers of the retail component, and contractors servicing the building. “Parking spaces cannot be inserted under a multi-family project once it is built,” the neighborhood asso-ciation wrote in a 26-page Dec. 3 Zoning Commission filing. “The Commissioners must recognize that DC’s minimum parking requirements represent the commu-nity’s ounce of prevention. We have no pound of cure.” Douglas, backed by the D.C. Department of Transportation and Office of Planning, countered that prospective tenants will be well aware of The Bond’s restrictions and that those who want cars will choose to live elsewhere. Developers contended that the effect will be reduced traffic and parking congestion in the area compared to apartment buildings with parking spaces. The Zoning Commission, during Monday’s brief public deliberations, mentioned the neighborhood asso-ciation’s filing only in passing. Commissioners were more swayed by the arguments from the developers and their supporters. “I think that the big concern about whether there’s going to be a traffic impact from this project basically has been addressed more thoroughly than any other proj-ect I’ve seen where there was parking relief sought,” zoning commissioner Peter May said, “and it has been done in a direct and an enforceable way, unlike many of the other things we’ve seen.” May added that Douglas’ environmentally friendly decision to retain the existing Babe’s building rather than demolish it to make a garage, and the company’s exten-sive community negotiations, made The Bond stand out from other projects. “This is an unusual case; we’re not going to start seeing zero-parking buildings bursting all over the city because of what we do here today,” said May. “It’s an unusual situation and an unusual solution.” Beyond the waiver of parking requirements, Douglas also needed permission to build a taller, denser building than would normally be allowed on the site. Commissioners agreed that the 71-foot-high building was reasonable in the Wisconsin Avenue corridor near a Metro.

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Wednesday, Jan. 16 The D.C. Office of Planning will hold a Ward 4 community meeting to discuss draft proposed changes to the District’s zoning regulations. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Takoma Education Campus, 7010 Piney Branch Road NW. For details, visit dczoningupdate.org.■ The Georgetown-Burleith advisory neighborhood commission and the D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting to discuss community ideas and input on parking in the Georgetown and Burleith neighborhoods. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Hardy Middle School, 1819 35th St. NW.

Thursday, Jan. 17 The Cleveland Park Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting, which will feature a program on “The Future of Parking in D.C.” Speakers will include Angelo Rao of the D.C. Department of Transportation, John Townsend of AAA Mid-Atlantic and Susan Lihn of the Cleveland Park Business Association. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW.■ The Tenleytown Neighbors Association will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 220 at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 42nd and Albemarle streets NW.

Tuesday, Jan. 22 The D.C. Federation of Citizens Associations will hold its monthly meeting, which will feature a presentation by Mohammad Akhter, chair of the D.C. Health Benefit Exchange Authority, about implementation of the Affordable Care Act in the District. The meeting will begin at 6:45 p.m. at All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church, 2300 Cathedral Ave. NW.

Wednesday, Jan. 23 The D.C. State Board of Education will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Old Council Chambers, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW.■ Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh will hold a public forum to discuss the proposed development at 5333 Connecticut Ave., owned by Calvin Cafritz Enterprises. Cafritz representatives are expected to attend. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Thursday, Jan. 24 The Crestwood Citizens Association will hold its bimonthly meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 1761 Crestwood Drive NW. Agenda items will include pedestrian safety and recommended safety enhancements at Blagden Avenue and Beach Drive, as well as reactivation of Orange Hat patrols to deter crime.

The week ahead

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

The Historic Preservation Review Board, taking a second look at a condominium project in Kalorama Triangle, agreed Tuesday to reopen a case that was approved without debate before abutting neighbors were notified. A new hearing is scheduled for Jan. 24. The neighbors — residents of historic apartment buildings that bookend two 1908 town houses that Lock 7 Development wants to expand into a 17-unit condo — argue that the project would have a significant impact on their block. They’ve hired two architectural his-torians and a traffic engineer, archi-tect and zoning lawyer to make their

case. Lock 7, whose website says it specializes in “environmentally-friendly building techniques and … conscientious historic preservation,” plans to renovate the fronts of the two town houses at 2012 and 2014 Kalorama Road, demolish some of the rears, and add a three-story addi-tion behind each house running nearly the width of both lots. A Historic Preservation Office staff report, recommending approv-al, says the plan is compatible with the Kalorama Triangle Historic District because one of the town houses has already been consider-ably altered. It says the project offers “significant preservation benefit in the restoration of the façade and

Preservation board to review decision on Kalorama condo

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

A hastily drawn agreement between Pinstripes Bowling and residents of Georgetown Park Condominiums cleared the way yesterday for zoning approval of a 12-lane bowling alley and bocce ball courts at the rede-veloping Shops at Georgetown Park mall. The Board of Zoning Adjustment unani-mously endorsed the plan after viewing a

detailed — and legally binding — set of oper-ating conditions for the bowling alley and its various eating and drinking facilities. The agreement was being finalized right as the zon-ing hearing began. The upscale bowling alley, complete with bars, an Italian bistro and upstairs banquet facility, is a key part of Vornado Realty Trust’s effort to transform the underused mall at Wisconsin Avenue and M Street into a more attractive shopping and entertainment destina-

tion. Pinstripes, which already has four venues in the Midwest, envisions using 28,000 square feet of space on two levels of Georgetown Park, sandwiched between a parking garage below and condos above, for its first East Coast location. Dale Schwartz, Pinstripes’ founder and chief executive officer, said the concept “redefines entertainment and dining,” and said more than 80 percent of the business is “beverage and dining,” with bowling only

offered as one option. “Bowling alleys historically attracted the Harley-Davidson crowd,” he told the board. “That’s clearly not what we do.” But the plan initially ran into significant resistance from the condominium association, which feared a bowling alley would create disturbing levels of noise and vibration. Already frayed by the noise of construction elsewhere in the mall, the condo owners united

Bowling alley wins approval after accord with Georgetown Park condos

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Metro sets schedule for Inauguration Day Metrorail will operate for 22 hours on Inauguration Day, accord-ing to a news release. Rush-hour rail service will run from 4 a.m. to 9 p.m., with peak fares in effect. From 9 p.m. until 2 a.m., off-peak fares will be in effect. Three Metro stations — Smithsonian, Archives and Mount

Vernon Square — will be closed throughout the day. Four others — Union Station, Judiciary Square, Capitol South and Federal Center SW — should be used only by those with inauguration tickets, according to Metro. Bus service will run on a regular weekday schedule. An early after-noon rush hour will help inaugura-tion attendees travel after the cere-mony and parade. Officials are highlighting several bus corridors — including Wisconsin Avenue, Massachusetts Avenue, Connecticut Avenue, 16th Street, 14th Street, Georgia Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard — as the best way to get to and from the National Mall area. Several dozen routes, however, will be shortened due to road closures near the Mall. Temporary stops will be located at sites along the security perimeter. Details on Metro’s plans are available at wmata.com under “Inauguration Information.”

Service day cleanups set for Rock Creek The Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service will commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service with four cleanups in Rock Creek Park on Saturday morning. Tasks will include removing trash and cutting English ivy and periwinkle from trees. Tools, gloves and training will be provided. Work will take place in Soapstone Valley, on Albemarle

Street east of Connecticut Avenue; along Piney Branch, between Mount Pleasant and Crestwood; in the Little Forest, on 28th Street near Military Road; and at Normanstone, in front of the British Embassy on Massachusetts Avenue. Registration information and other details are available at rockcreekconservancy.org.

Kennedy Center gala honors top teachers Some of the District’s standout teachers got a long-awaited ovation Monday at the Kennedy Center as Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack — herself a former D.C. teacher — and others gathered for a high-profile gala and awards show. Originally scheduled for Oct. 29 but postponed because of Hurricane Sandy, the third annual “A Standing Ovation for D.C. Teachers” honored nearly 1,000 educators who have earned “highly effective” ratings under the school system’s Impact evaluation system. The event also featured special honors for seven teachers and one principal with $10,000 prizes for excellence. The winners of the 2012 Excellence in Teaching prize were Sarah Bax, who teaches math at Hardy Middle School; Mayra Canizales, instructional coach, Columbia Heights Education Campus; Hope Harrod, fifth grade, Burroughs Education Campus; Valyncia Hawkins, fifth grade,

Anne Beers Elementary School; Kristin Schrauth, preschool, Francis-Stevens Education Campus; Brian Thompson, world history, Cardozo High School; and Camille Townsend, fifth grade, Ketcham Elementary School. The winner of the 2012 Excellence in Leadership Award was David Pinder, principal of McKinley Technology High School.

Exhibit to raise funds to improve Francis The Friends of Francis Field group will launch a new fundraising campaign this weekend with an exhibit of artwork by two local resi-dents, according to a news release. “A Night of Art” will take place Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Lucent Lounge at the WestEnd25 apartment building, 1255 25th St. NW. The featured artists are painter Fran Beard and photographer J.P. Kadzinski, who will donate 10 per-cent of the proceeds to the group’s campaign. Dubbed “Let’s Make Francis Field Green,” the effort will seek funds to replant or resurface the playing field. For details, visit fffdc.org.

United Way grants go to local nonprofits The United Way of the National Capital Area last week announced grants worth a cumulative $358,271 to 20 D.C. nonprofits, according to a news release.

Recipients included Ayuda, the Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place, the DC Central Kitchen, Food & Friends, the Georgetown Ministry Center, Iona Senior Services, Joseph’s House, Jubilee Jobs and Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care. The funds came through the District of Columbia Community Impact Fund in the United Way’s annual workplace giving campaign. Each grant addresses the group’s focus areas of education, health and financial stability. At Jubilee Jobs, the funds will go toward the salary of a job coun-selor, according to the release. Meanwhile, Iona will use its grant to provide direct care and supportive services to vulnerable older adults in its service area. Director Sally S. White noted in the release that foundation, corporate and individual donations have become increasingly important due to a decline in government grants. D.C. organizations seeking fund-ing from the Community Impact Fund submitted 175 proposals total-ing more than $3.6 million, accord-ing to the United Way. A volunteer task force made the funding decisions, in many instanc-es favoring proposals for fresh approaches.

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said Mary Schaffner, founder and director of Yu Ying Public Charter School. The four charters currently operate in scattered buildings, including some closed public schools, and need to find a bigger location to open a middle school with sixth through ninth grades in 2014. Schaffner said plans are still on track to open at Walter Reed for the 2015-2016 school year. The four schools, of various sizes and class ranges, include Yu Ying, which has a Chinese immersion program in Brookland; Latin American Montessori Bilingual (LAMB), which has a Spanish-English curriculum at the old Military Road School and a smaller site in Michigan Park; Mundo Verde Bilingual, which offers Spanish and English instruction near Dupont Circle; and the Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom School in Brookland, which has French and Spanish programs. The consolidation concept was born after Yu Ying won rights to coveted space at Walter Reed as part of an ongoing effort to redevelop the former Army hospital to serve District needs. Yu Ying will place a middle and high school in 100,000 square feet at a former nurses’ resi-dence known as Delano Hall. LAMB, by the same process, won rights to 35,000 square feet in the same building. But school leaders soon realized they could combine forces — and money — to offer an even better program to more kids. Under current plans, Yu Ying and LAMB will con-trol the space at Walter Reed, col-lecting rent from the other two schools, with a student body large enough to support a full academic program as well as the athletic and social programs older kids need. But the need for a middle school seemed too pressing to wait for the transfer of Walter Reed from the federal government to the city, and for the extensive renovation required

before the 1933 Delano Hall can accommodate a school. Elsie Whitlow Stokes, which started in Mount Pleasant 15 years ago serving largely immigrant fami-lies, is the oldest of the bilingual charters. “By the third year, parents were asking about middle school,” said director Linda Moore. “But we could never figure it out. You need a certain amount of size to have a credible program.” So when Shaffner first broached the idea of a consolidated middle and high school, “I got incredibly excited,” Moore said. “It’s a won-derful idea. This will be new for all of us, because none of us have space for a middle and high school.” Adding grades so that students can continue in the same program will also please parents, she said. “Having an end point will increase their interest.” The four charters all immerse children in a new language at a very young age — the ideal time to learn a language. So for the older grades, “there is an assumption of a certain level of fluency,” Moore said, noting for example that a science class taught in Spanish at the seventh-grade level would by “pretty diffi-cult for someone with poor Spanish skills.” Thus the District’s rules for char-ters, requiring them to enroll all comers regardless of ability, will be “a bit tricky,” Moore said. “It’s important to explain the expecta-tions to parents. We have to tell par-ents it might not be a good idea.” Yu Ying is already an International Baccalaureate School, a respected model that “incorporates language, culture, lots of high-ordered think-ing,” Moore said. She expects the consolidated middle and high school to win IB accreditation as well. Moore envisions a publicly fund-ed version of the Washington International School, the acclaimed multilingual kindergarten-through-12th-grade private school in Burleith and Cleveland Park, but with a less affluent student body.

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This is a listing of reports taken from Jan. 6 through 13 in local police service areas.

PSA 101

Theft ($250 plus)■ 1200 block, G St.; unspeci-fied premises; noon Jan. 12.Theft (below $250)■ 1000 block, F St.; store; 11:07 a.m. Jan. 8.■ 1200 block, G St.; store; 11:05 a.m. Jan. 10.■ 700 block, 14th St.; medical facility; 2:55 p.m. Jan. 11.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1000 block, 10th St.; unspecified premises; 9:30 a.m. Jan. 8.■ 1000 block, 11th St.; unspecified premises; 1 p.m. Jan. 11.

PSA 102

Theft (below $250)■ 400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; medical facility; 8:50 a.m. Jan. 8.■ 400 block, K St.; residence; 10 a.m. Jan. 8.■ 800 block, 7th St.; grocery store; 4:24 p.m. Jan. 10.■ 400 block, L St.; grocery store; 10:30 a.m. Jan. 11.■ 400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; medical facility; 8:06 p.m. Jan. 12.Theft (shoplifting)■ 400 block, H St.; medical facility; 8:04 p.m. Jan. 9.

PSA 203

Robbery (force and violence)■ 4700 block, Connecticut Ave.; street; 2:36 a.m. Jan. 12.Burglary■ 4200 block, Connecticut Ave.; school; 10:44 p.m. Jan. 7.Stolen auto■ 5100 block, Linnean Terrace; unspecified premises; 5 p.m. Jan. 6.Theft (below $250)■ 3400 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 3 p.m. Jan. 8.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 35th and Macomb streets; street; 1:40 a.m. Jan. 9.■ 3300 block, 36th St.; street; 8:56 a.m. Jan. 9.■ 2800 block, Porter St.; unspecified premises; 5:30 p.m. Jan. 12.

PSA 204

Stolen auto■ 3700 block, Calvert St.; street; 8 p.m. Jan. 11.■ 2500 block, Woodley Road; street; 2:23 p.m. Jan. 12.Theft (below $250)■ 2100 block, Wisconsin Ave.; hotel; 3:57 p.m. Jan. 7.

■ 2600 block, Connecticut Ave.; unspecified premises; 10:30 p.m. Jan. 7.■ 2400 block, Tunlaw Road; residence; 9 p.m. Jan. 9.■ 2400 block, Wisconsin Ave.; tavern/nightclub; 12:45 a.m. Jan. 11.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 38th and Rodman streets; street; 7:40 a.m. Jan. 9.■ Unspecified location; 7:41 a.m. Jan. 9.

PSA 205

Breaking and entering (vending)■ 4500 block, MacArthur Blvd.; unspecified premises; 5 p.m. Jan. 7.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 5000 block, V St.; street; 3:48 p.m. Jan. 9.

PSA 206

Burglary■ 3500 block, T St.; residence; 10:40 a.m. Jan. 7.■ 1400 block, 35th St.; resi-dence; 6 p.m. Jan. 11.Stolen auto■ 3000 block, R St.; street; 5:30 a.m. Jan. 10.■ 3600 block, O St.; street; 3 p.m. Jan. 11.Theft (below $250)■ 3100 block, M St.; store; 2:51 p.m. Jan. 7.■ 3200 block, M St.; store; 10:38 a.m. Jan. 8.■ 3100 block, O St.; residence; 2:30 p.m. Jan. 8.■ Unspecified location; side-walk; 7 p.m. Jan. 8.■ 2800 block, M St.; store; 9:14 a.m. Jan. 9.■ 37th and O streets; unspeci-fied premises; 12:40 p.m. Jan. 10.■ 2600 block, P St.; store; 4:45 p.m. Jan. 10.■ 2800 block, M St.; sidewalk; 3:12 p.m. Jan. 12.■ 1000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; store; 6 p.m. Jan. 12.■ 3200 block, M St.; store; 6:32 p.m. Jan. 12.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3100 block, Dumbarton St.; unspecified premises; 5 p.m. Jan. 8.■ 3300 block, Q St.; unspeci-fied premises; 7:32 a.m. Jan. 9.

PSA 207

Burglary■ 1400 block, K St.; office building; 10:06 a.m. Jan. 7.Theft (below $250)■ 1600 block, I St.; restaurant; 2:13 p.m. Jan. 8.■ 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 1:40 p.m. Jan. 9.■ 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 4:45 p.m. Jan. 10.■ 2100 block, I St.; restaurant; noon Jan. 11.■ 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.; hotel; 12:33 p.m. Jan. 11.

■ 900 block, New Hampshire Ave.; store; 3:52 p.m. Jan. 11.■ 1100 block, 15th St.; store; 4:59 p.m. Jan. 11.■ 2100 block, K St.; unspeci-fied premises; 2:45 a.m. Jan. 12.■ 900 block, 23rd St.; medical facility; 8 a.m. Jan. 12.■ 21st and G streets; street; 9 a.m. Jan. 12.Theft (shoplifting)■ 1500 block, K St.; store; 3:23 p.m. Jan. 7.■ 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 9:25 p.m. Jan. 9.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1700 block, De Sales St.; unspecified premises; 3:46 a.m. Jan. 8.■ 24th and L streets; unspeci-fied premises; 8 p.m. Jan. 8.■ 1700 block, K St.; unspeci-fied premises; noon Jan. 11.■ 2400 block, N St.; street; 1:35 a.m. Jan. 13.

PSA 208

Robbery (snatch)■ 1700 block, Massachusetts Ave.; sidewalk; 7:09 p.m. Jan. 9.Burglary■ 1800 block, 19th St.; resi-dence; 3:55 p.m. Jan. 8.■ 1800 block, 19th St.; resi-dence; 3:55 p.m. Jan. 8.■ 1800 block, 19th St.; resi-dence; 3:55 p.m. Jan. 8.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1200 block, 19th St.; restau-rant; 11 p.m. Jan. 7.■ 1500 block, New Hampshire Ave.; unspecified premises; 3 p.m. Jan. 11.Theft (below $250)■ 2000 block, P St.; unspeci-fied premises; 10 p.m. Jan. 8.■ 1500 block, Massachusetts Ave.; unspecified premises; 2:30 a.m. Jan. 9.■ Unit block, Thomas Circle; unspecified premises; 5 p.m. Jan. 10.■ 1700 block, Q St.; sidewalk; 9:07 p.m. Jan. 11.■ 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; restaurant; 11:42 p.m. Jan. 11.■ 1300 block, 19th St.; restau-rant; 1:32 a.m. Jan. 12.■ 2200 block, Massachusetts Ave.; street; 12:47 a.m. Jan. 13.Breaking and entering (vending)■ 1700 block, 19th St.; unspecified premises; 5 p.m. Jan. 8.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1800 block, T St.; parking lot; 8 p.m. Jan. 8.

PSA 301

Robbery (force and violence)■ 1400 block, Q St.; sidewalk; 10:10 p.m. Jan. 11.Burglary■ 1700 block, T St.; residence; 1:27 p.m. Jan. 10.Stolen auto■ 1600 block, 16th St.;

unspecified premises; 10 p.m. Jan. 10.Theft (below $250)■ 1400 block, Corcoran St.; sidewalk; 11 p.m. Jan. 7.■ 1800 block, 18th St.; office building; 3 p.m. Jan. 10.■ 1700 block, 16th St.; unspecified premises; 9:30 p.m. Jan. 10.■ 17th and U streets; sidewalk; 1 a.m. Jan. 13.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 1700 block, Johnson Ave.; unspecified premises; 3:34 p.m. Jan. 13.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1400 block, S St.; unspeci-fied premises; 7:30 a.m. Jan. 8.■ Unspecified location; gas sta-tion; 7:30 a.m. Jan. 10.■ 2100 block, 15th St.; unspecified premises; 1 p.m. Jan. 10.■ 1500 block, T St.; unspeci-fied premises; 6:40 p.m. Jan. 12.

PSA 303

Robbery (gun)■ Kalorama and Ontario roads; restaurant; 11:20 p.m. Jan. 10.■ 1800 block, Summit Place; sidewalk; 10:10 p.m. Jan. 12.Robbery (force and violence)■ Euclid Street and Ontario Road; sidewalk; 10:30 p.m. Jan. 11.Burglary■ 1700 block, Columbia Road; unspecified premises; 8:30 p.m. Jan. 12.Stolen auto■ 2400 block; 19th St.; unspecified premises; 7 a.m. Jan. 11.Theft (below $250)■ 1800 block, Connecticut Ave.; store; 8 p.m. Jan. 10.■ 2400 block, 18th St.; tavern/nightclub; 1 a.m. Jan. 13.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1900 block, Calvert St.; park-ing lot; 10 a.m. Jan. 6.■ 1800 block, Columbia Road; unspecified premises; 1:26 p.m. Jan. 12.

PSA 307

Robbery (attempt)■ 1200 block, S St.; sidewalk; 11:07 a.m. Jan. 10.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1200 block, 14th St.; side-walk; 12:37 a.m. Jan. 9.■ 1500 block, 14th St.; store; 9:40 p.m. Jan. 9.Theft (below $250)■ 1400 block; 11th St.; side-walk; 11 p.m. Jan. 11.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1200 block; M St.; unspeci-fied premises; 9:13 p.m. Jan. 8.■ 900 block, M St.; unspecified premises; 4 a.m. Jan. 11.■ 900 block, P St.; street; noon Jan. 11.■ Unspecified location; alley; 4:02 p.m. Jan. 12.■ 1300 block, Q St.; unspeci-fied premises; 5 p.m. Jan. 12.

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Current Staff Report The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has won long-sought permission to investigate an “anomaly” in the backyard of a Spring Valley property, which officials believe might be the site of another World War I-era burial pit. The work could begin this fall. The owner of the property, in the 3700 block of Fordham Road, agreed verbally to an extensive investi-gation, Army officials reported at last week’s meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board, which oversees the long-running efforts to clean up the neighborhood. Nearly a century ago, American University hosted an Army munitions testing program, with soldiers firing weapons into then-undeveloped woods and burying unwanted materials in unmarked pits in the area that later became Spring Valley. A 1918 aerial photo of the Fordham Road property shows a scar on the ground similar to another where workers have found munitions. The Army’s cleanup project manager, Dan Noble, secured the verbal agreement with the property owner there after many years of unsuccessful attempts, officials

reported at the meeting. The owner had previously resisted allowing the work, which Army officials have described as “intrusive.” Due to the long delay in finally winning the approval, the Army will have to prepare a separate “task order” to solicit cleanup proposals from new contractors, which means the work probably won’t begin until October at the earliest. At the meeting, Noble also disclosed the Army Corps has launched an investigation into “potentially responsi-ble parties” regarding 4825 Glenbrook Road — which is believed to be the site of another larger munitions pit — as well as 4835 Glenbrook Road and American University’s Public Safety Building. After spending tens of millions of dollars excavating the 4825 Glenbrook site, the Army demolished the long-vacant home there last fall in the belief that the burial pit was located beneath the structure. Excavation work there is now under way. The Army Corps is looking for information regarding the past development of the properties.

Army gets OK to investigate backyard siteFriends group to go back to the drawing board. “We met with community mem-bers and worked to address their issues with the design,” said Victor Wexler, a former Dupont Circle advisory neighborhood commis-sioner who now serves as the com-mission’s Stead Park liaison. Upgrades to the city-owned park located in the middle of a block bor-dered by P, Q, 16th and 17th streets are expected to cost approximately $1.2 million. Friends of Stead Park, a local group that works with the Department of Parks and Recreation to help maintain the park through an endowment established 60 years ago, is now lobbying elected offi-cials to fund improvements to the much-used athletic field — the only one in the neighborhood. The group also hired landscape architect firm Studio39 to help design the park. Jeff Garigliano, a member of the friends group’s board, described a meeting Monday with Mendelson as “very helpful,” in an email to The Current. Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans is also working to secure city funds for the park, according to Garigliano. The group further hopes to win support from Mayor Vincent Gray, who in October launched a playground improvement project to renovate 32 city parks this year. A significant part of the Stead Park project involves replacing the patchy athletic field, which is prone to flooding, with artificial turf. At the Dupont Circle advisory commission meeting last week, newly elected commissioner Leo Dwyer ques-tioned the decision to use an artifi-cial rather than natural surface, and a resident at the meeting agreed, call-ing it “not a very ‘green’ option.” But commissioners explained that after a rainfall, the field often remains waterlogged and muddy for days, rendering it unusable until conditions dry out. Installing a drain-age system proved too costly, so artificial turf was determined to be

the best solution. This change is expected to allow teams to be able to use the heavily programmed field on the same day as a rainfall. Garigliano noted that the switch to artificial turf could impact vol-leyball teams, which would need to find a new way to install their nets on the surface. The proposal received much sup-port for making sure the renovated athletic field can still accommodate two games at one time. Garigliano said his group asked the heads of adult sports leagues which dimen-sions would be needed, and revised the design accordingly. Stonewall Kickball, which uses the field often, signed off on the plans. The proposed design also includes installing benches along the perimeter of the field, as well as a grassy berm at the southwest corner. Perimeter fencing would be low-ered from its current 16 feet height to 10 or 12 feet, which some say will make the park more welcoming to visitors while still keeping stray balls inside. Proposed new fencing between the field and the pavilion area of the park would allow the field to be locked at night, while keeping other areas open for events like summer movie nights. A low-maintenance water feature is also proposed for the northwest corner of the pavilion area of the park. Described as similar to a sprin-kler element, the interactive feature is designed to engage kids, and would incorporate a non-skid paver surface and a timer to turn off the water. Any changes to the site require approval from the parks department; the Friends group has been meeting regularly with the agency to discuss proposed improvements. Backers hope to obtain funding in the 2014 city budget, to be announced this spring; the permitting process and search for a contractor could begin thereafter, Garigliano said. In the meantime, Garigliano said, “We’re happy to listen to communi-ty feedback anytime.”

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Striking a balance This week, the D.C. Zoning Commission approved redevelopment of the Babe’s site in Tenleytown as a mixed-use project with apartments, retail and just one parking space. The developer — confident that the nearby Metro station and amenities within walking distance will attract renters — says the building’s residents won’t be allowed to bring cars to the neighborhood. We have our doubts about the likelihood of avoiding negative impacts on the community, since some people coming to visit the building’s residents or to patronize the planned businesses will undoubtedly drive. But at least the review process forced a careful look at mitigation measures. In contrast, pro-posed changes to the District’s zoning regulations could make this type of parking situation much more common — and routine. In considering the proposed rules, it’s important to note that the Office of Planning isn’t suggesting a wholesale elimination of parking requirements. The new rules would discard parking minimums for “the areas where cars are needed and used least — in Downtown and in mixed-use and apartment zones within easy walking distance of transit,” according to an Office of Planning fact sheet. We agree that less parking is needed in such areas, but eliminating the requirements goes too far. “If you don’t build it, they won’t come by car” just doesn’t work as a precept. It’s clear that many people find it perfectly convenient to live without a car, but others consider automobile ownership essential to their way of living. Easy access to transit doesn’t mean everyone will arrive by transit, bike or foot. A compromise solution could allow a developer to obtain a parking exception like the one being granted at Babe’s — after appropriately addressing parking and traffic impacts. Even with the proposed zoning rules, some off-street parking will undoubtedly be built (thankfully, planners pulled back from a plan to set maximums, a much more intrusive approach). The desire to enhance a proj-ect’s marketability is likely to convince developers to include some parking whether or not it’s required. The amount, however, may not be enough to minimize community impacts, even if the District enacts and enforces prohi-bitions on residential parking permits for residents of new rental and condo buildings, as planned with the Babe’s project. Reducing parking minimums in some areas — downtown and near Metro stations — makes sense. Striking the right balance is clearly a chal-lenging, complicated task that requires a lot of research and analysis. But eliminating the requirement altogether is unreasonable.

No drugstore loophole For years, few D.C. supermarkets could sell beer and wine, with licenses restricted to one per chain. In 2000, the D.C. Council added flexibility in hopes of encouraging supermarkets in areas of the city, exempting new “full-service grocery stores” and those undergoing “substantial” renovation. In recent years, big pharmacy chains such as CVS and Walgreens have sought to add beer and wine in new stores along with groceries. At first, the requests drew only minor scrutiny, with locations in Cleveland Park and the West End obtaining licenses with relatively little resistance. But contentious skirmishes in Woodley Park and Van Ness brought the issue to the forefront, and the D.C. Council rightly directed the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to review the situation. As a result, the board is working to clarify its regulations. Caught in a 45-day hold are applications from Walgreens at 4225 Connecticut Ave. and CVS at Calvert Street and Connecticut Avenue. We’re glad the board is taking a look at the issue. Beer and wine sales at supermarkets do not seem to have created many adverse impacts, and the last decade has certainly brought a lot of new stores and renovations. But there seems to be much less of a basis for luring new chain drug-stores, which have grown in number here even without lucrative alcohol sales. We count at least seven just along Connecticut Avenue north of Taft Bridge. In addition, granting them full access to beer and wine licenses could hamper the viability of liquor stores and corner markets that rely on alcohol sales to remain profitable — not to mention the few remaining independent drugstores, which would be at a competitive disadvantage. We doubt seriously that automatically exempting drugstores is worth-while. A full-service grocery is defined in the D.C. code as a store whose “primary business and purpose … is the sale of a full range of fresh, canned, and frozen foods.” The regulations should carry out this definition. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and D.C. Council ought to con-sider, however, allowing special exceptions in areas of the city that would benefit from encouraging the opening of new chain pharmacies.

It’s a given. Any president’s second inaugural real-ly isn’t as big a deal as the first.

That’s doubly so for President Barack Obama. How does he top his historic election in 2008 and inaugural party that followed? Crowds for the festivities through Monday’s cere-mony and parade are expected to be respectable, but a fraction of the estimated million-plus that flooded the city four years ago. Street vendors under-stand what’s happening. In 2009, more than 1,000 vendors sought special licenses to sell wares on the street. This year, just about 100 or so vendors signed up. (That’s still pretty good. City officials say that for the second George W. Bush inaugural in 2005, only about two dozen vendors applied.) The Notebook is bummed that Aretha Franklin is not making a return appearance this year. Her rendi-tion of “America (My Country, ’Tis of Thee)” was so powerful. And, of course, the dramatic hat had the country talking. The New York Times a couple of days later reported: “She reached back to her gospel roots and adorned herself as if for church, topping her outfit with a dove-gray wool chapeau, dominated by a giant bow set off at a jaunty angle and ringed in spar-kling Swarovski crystals. “The hat was an instant sensation. Even before Ms. Franklin had finished singing ‘My Country, ’Tis of Thee’ on the inaugural podium, calls began pour-ing in to her hat designer, Luke Song, 36, of Mr. Song Millinery in Detroit, Ms. Franklin’s home town.” And the Smithsonian itself asked for the hat for its collection. Just for the record, singer Kelly Clarkson will sing “My Country, ’Tis of Thee” on Monday. She’s good. But she’s not Aretha.■ The oath. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will again swear in President Obama. But the public ceremony in front of the Capitol will be only for show. By law, the president has to be sworn in by noon on Jan. 20. That’s a Sunday this year. Obama will take the oath in private at the White House, and they’ll do it again for the public on Monday. “I will be honored to again stand on the inaugural platform and take part in this important American tra-dition,” Obama was quoted as saying in the official announcement.■ Purple tunnel of doom. Four years ago thousands of people who thought they had preferential inaugu-ral seating (the purple section) wound up being stuck in the 3rd Street Tunnel. There aren’t any purple-col-ored tickets this year, and the tunnel will be closed. We’re sure there will be some kind of snafu some-where — just because the inaugural is so huge an undertaking, even if it is a second one for Obama.■ On the home front. What’s an inaugural without a protest? Mayor Vincent Gray has said he would erect

some kind of sign in front of the Wilson Building to protest the city’s lack of voting rights and/or state-hood. As our deadline arrived, we were still awaiting word on what type of protest it might be. The city did get good news this week that the White House will put the city’s “taxation without representation” license tag on the presidential limou-sine. The White House said it would stay on through the Obama second term.

“President Obama has lived in the District now for four years, and has seen firsthand how patently unfair it is for working families in D.C. to work hard, raise

children and pay taxes, without having a vote in Congress,” said White House spokesperson Keith Maley. “Attaching these plates to the presidential vehicles demonstrates the President’s commitment to the principle of full representation for the people of the District of Columbia and his willingness to fight for voting rights, home rule and budget autonomy for the District.” The D.C. Council passed a resolution urging Obama to put the District’s “taxation without repre-sentation” tags on his car. President Bill Clinton used them, but Bush and Obama didn’t play along. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Ward 3’s Mary Cheh, who authored the unanimous resolution, took the plate to the White House last week. They met briefly with an official but came away with no immediate assurance the tag will be used. And worse, much of the media coverage came as ridicule because the council leaders initially tried to get a city police escort to the White House, about three blocks away. The sporadic efforts in the city to highlight the District’s second-class citizenship seem never to take hold. There’s a dramatic decision at one point for people to get arrested; then the effort fades away. There’s a march on Congress; then, there’s nothing. There are meetings on the Hill and then, again, noth-ing. The fight for voting rights in the city has ebbed and waned. The organization DC Vote has tried any number of things. When will something stick? Maybe the activists should get Aretha Franklin to sing for them? And she can wear that hat.■ March for Life. Just four days after the inaugural, the city really will have a massive crowd in town. It’s the 40th annual March for Life protesting the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortions. Whether you are “pro-life” or “pro-choice” or any other designation when it comes to abortion, the crowd that annually assembles in Washington is huge. The rally starts at noon on the National Mall, and the march itself begins about 1:30 p.m. It takes several hours for the crowd to march up Constitution Avenue to Capitol Hill and then assemble in front of the Supreme Court building. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

Inaugural buzz and bummers …

TOM SHERWOOD’S notebook

Zipcar is registering vehicles in district Recently, a member of the community wrote in regarding his observation of a Zipcar parked on-street with New York tags [“City should review Zipcar require-ments,” Letters to the Editor, Jan. 2]. He had expressed concern that Zipcar was not adhering to the District’s laws regarding titling and registration of vehicles.

In late October, Zipcar started transferring 150 vehicles from our New York fleet to the Washington, D.C., fleet as a means of refresh-ing our cars for our members. These low-mileage vehicles are helping us provide a well-main-tained, up-to-date fleet for our members in the local area. We have been working with the Department of Motor Vehicles to transfer titling and registration of these vehicles to D.C. and cur-rently have more than one-third already registered in the city. Our transfer of these vehicles was held up with some outstanding parking

and red-light ticket issues that were discovered during this trans-fer. We have since resolved these tickets and are continuing to re-register and title all of these trans-ferred vehicles in the District. We expect that this process should be concluded in the next few weeks. Zipcar values its partnership with the District of Columbia, the Department of Transportation and the surrounding jurisdictions, and we welcome any comments from the public to improve our service.

Scott HallWashington, D.C., general manager,

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Proposed graduation standards need work I’m writing regarding your Jan. 9 editorial “Graduation require-ments.” The D.C. State Board of Education’s proposed high school graduation requirements fail to embrace, encourage or create condi-tions favorable for meaningful improvements in education. They purport, on the one hand, to embrace “flexibility” by allowing students to meet additional, and some existing, requirements in ways other than taking a class. On the other hand, ironically, they take flexibility away from schools by increasing the total num-ber of credits required in order for students to graduate. The proposal contains an explicit acknowledgment that “proficiency” in a subject matter can — and, in many cases, should — be used

instead of time spent in a classroom to satisfy some requirements. At the same time, the proposal increases the number of require-ments and therefore the amount of time that students must spend in order to satisfy them regardless of their proficiency. The proposed requirements pur-port to function as a “one-size-fits-all” approach to high school educa-tion, when many schools, especially public charter schools, are bringing innovations to the classroom that may not necessarily fit the one-size-fits-all model. Finally, the proposed graduation requirements come at a time when there is robust conversation around the country about moving education in the direction of being more tai-lored and flexible as opposed to being more rigid. Successes in public education are happening in schools that, beyond meeting minimum core requirements, have the flexibility to be innovative, and tailor their pro-grams to meet the needs of their

students in exciting ways. Imposing additional requirements beyond basic core standards stifles teaching, learning and success. The State Board of Education should hold off on approving the proposed graduation requirements until further consideration can be given to new emerging concepts in education reform, such as compe-tency-based standards and greater flexibility. The board may find, after a more thorough review, that fewer required credit hours, not more, coupled with greater flexibili-ty and room for innovation, may lead to better outcomes. While the proposed policies con-tain some good ideas, they general-ly are at odds with what is working best in schools today, especially the public charter schools that currently educate 43 percent of D.C. public school students. They also go in the wrong direction for improving out-comes for District students.

Robert CaneExecutive director,

Friends of Choice in Urban Schools

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The D.C. Office of Planning’s recent Ward 3 meeting on the zoning regulations review unfor-tunately missed the mark on providing anything

more than minimal opportunity for public input. Officials described three goals for the meeting: first, providing information about zoning code revisions in a formal presentation; second, providing an opportunity for attendees to understand the regulations “in greater detail” during smaller sessions with Office of Planning staffers; and third, enabling attendees to provide their thoughts, questions and comments to staff members. Assuming attendees learned something about zoning code revisions from the presentation or the handouts, goal No. 1 was fulfilled. However, it would be appreci-ated if speakers would refrain from using industry jar-gon throughout their remarks. Attendees should not have to continually refer to the provided glossary of terms just to follow along. As to the second point, why was the decision made to host meetings in every ward rather than a single, Metro-accessible location downtown? I expected that the Ward 3’s meeting would discuss “in greater detail” certain aspects of the Office of Planning’s proposal as it related to this ward. Conversely, if I had traveled down-town that night, I would not have expected anything more than a generic presentation with questions and answers, which is what we got. For future meetings, tailoring the presentation even slightly to that ward would go a long way to reassure skeptics that the effort to erect a “sustainable community” in D.C. was not planned in a vacuum. It’s a nice idea, in theory, to give attendees 30 min-utes to speak with the Office of Planning’s staff follow-ing the presentation. However, how was one expected to visit six different stations located around a very large auditorium in that amount of time — an average of five minutes per topic? Each station had a different focus, and one had to wait among the crowd gathered to have one’s question answered. I gave up. How about revising the ground rules to suggest that residents of that particu-lar ward be given first priority to ask their questions?

Now, I realize the Office of Planning can’t enforce it, but it would have been a nice gesture to cater to ward pride and get its residents out on time. In considering the third stated goal, I might have believed that city officials were committed to a fair and democratic process if Neighbors 4 Neighborhoods DC (N4NDC) representatives had been invited to voice their concerns to everyone in the public forum instead of literally being denied a seat at the table. N4NDC is made up of caring and concerned homeowners, some of whom I’m proud to say are my constituents. Their primary goal is to preserve the unique character of Chevy Chase and protect the significant financial and personal investment we’ve all made in choosing to live uptown. We all lost by not having their input except through handouts as we walked in the door. I’d like to give a shoutout to Chairman Phil Mendelson for staying afterward to speak with resi-dents. I clarified my beef with the proposed regulations, and it went something like this: “For residents in Chevy Chase, having peaceful surroundings, lots of green space and being able to drive our cars was a worthwhile trade-off for ceding the higher property values to home-owners living closer to the city center. The proposed zoning regulations compromise why we chose to live here without the benefit of increasing our property val-ues. So what will we receive for this concession? Nothing, and it’s not right.” Bottom line: I want to know when the Office of Planning will drill down and weigh the strengths and weaknesses of their uniform, “one-size-fits-all” propos-al within various wards. How will our comments inform the process given the lack of any context of location or lifestyle? Clearly, it didn’t matter who made the comment or where they were from or what their lifestyle is. Clearly, the proposed regulations will benefit devel-opers and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, but what about D.C.’s citizenry? With no ombudsman to negotiate the best possible outcome for Chevy Chase and other neighborhoods, the road ahead looks mighty foreboding. ISO a ringmaster to rein in the circus. Carolyn “Callie” Cook is a member of the Chevy Chase advisory neighborhood commission.

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ANC 1CAdams Morgan

At the commission’s Jan. 9 meeting:■ commissioners elected new offi-cers, including Billy Simpson as chair, Elham Dehbozorgi as vice chair and treasurer, Ted Guthrie as secretary and Gabriela Mossi as rep-resentative to the Adams Morgan Business Improvement District.■ commissioner Marty Davis report-ed on a meeting Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson held with neigh-borhood commissions citywide, focusing on her school closure pro-posal. Davis said he asked Henderson to consider that Marie Reed Learning Center is slated to absorb about 200 students from closed schools, while modernization for the school has been pushed back from 2014 to 2015. “The improvements need to move forward, so we’re not bringing new people to an old and battered building,” Davis said. He asked the commission to write a letter to D.C. Public Schools urging that Marie Reed’s modernization be included in 2014 capital budget.■ commissioner Marty Davis report-ed that Catholic University School of Architecture students will present a PowerPoint report on Adams Morgan’s current resources Feb. 6 as part of a longer term Adams Morgan Vision Program.■ commission chair Billy Simpson announced a new system to provide “much more advance notice” of top-ics coming before the commission’s

committees, as well as better report-ing of actions each committee takes.■ commissioners approved a resolu-tion to continue renting meeting space at Mary’s Center for the next two months while considering alter-native locations, including the Marie Reed school.■ commissioners discussed a possi-ble bylaw change to better notify the public of the commission’s activi-ties. The proposal, by chair Billy Simpson, would require advance announcement of the commission’s agenda and community notification each week of commission actions and impending items.■ commissioners voted unanimous-ly to ask the Historic Preservation Review Board to revoke its approval of a condo project at 2012-2014 Kalorama Road, and to reopen the case because abutting neighbors were not properly notified and want to present evidence in opposition.■ commissioners approved a resolu-tion on temporary relaxation of the commission’s voluntary agreements to allow longer bar hours during the inauguration weekend. An amend-ment to a previous resolution was needed to allow later hours on Jan. 21, extending until 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, at Mary’s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org.

ANC 2AFoggy Bottom

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, at School Without Walls, 2130 G St. NW. Agenda items include:■ election of officers.■ approval of meeting dates.■ public safety report.■ public comments.■ updates on the D.C. Department of Transportation’s New Hampshire Avenue project; proposed zoning regulation revisions; and new Capital Bikeshare stations at 20th Street and Virginia Avenue, 23rd and E streets and 21st Street and Constitution Avenue.■ consideration of matters before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board: Froggy Bottom Pub summer garden and Watergate Hotel license applica-tion.■ consideration of matters before the D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment: Hillel at George Washington University.■ consideration of matters before the Public Space Committee: Tonic out-door dining space and EastBanc’s development of the West End fire station and library sites.■ consideration of a certificate of need application for MinuteClinic outpatient facilities in the area.■ presentation by George Washington University on its Square 77 residence hall project.■ discussion of proposed street clos-ings for the Nike Women’s Marathon Half DC, on Sunday, April 28; the

St. Patrick’s Day 8K to benefit Back on My Feet, on Sunday, March 10; the Scope It Out 5K to benefit Chris4Life Colon Cancer, on Sunday, March 24; and the Race for Hope 5K to benefit Accelerate Brian Cancer Cure, on Sunday, May 5. For details, visit anc2a.org.

ANC 2BDupont Circle

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit dupontcircleanc.net.

ANC 2DSheridan-Kalorama

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. Agenda items include:■ election of officers.■ government reports.■ report from the Sheridan-Kalorama Historical Association.■ discussion of plans for 2305 Bancroft Place.■ open comments. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact davidanc2d01@aol.com.

ANC 2EGeorgetownCloisters

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. For details, call 202-724-7098 or visit anc2e.com.

ANC 2FLogan Circle

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, at Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW. For details, call 202-667-0052 or visit anc2f.org.

ANC 3BGlover Park

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at Stoddert Elementary School and Recreation Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. For details, call 202-338-2969, email info@anc3b.org or visit anc3b.org.

ANC 3CCleveland ParkWoodley ParkMassachusetts Avenue Heights

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. For details, call 202-657-5725 or visit anc3c.org.

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What makes a city thrive? In the years since the 2008 economic reces-

sion, it’s a question many local offi-cials are asking themselves. In his new book, D.C. author and urban planner Jeff Speck has defined what he says is a critical piece of the puz-zle — walkability. In “Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time,” published in November, Speck outlined 10 steps that he says can help any city become more vital by attracting businesses and residents to spur growth. The key is to create desir-able neighborhoods with convenient amenities, he says, which can accel-erate both new development and more sustainable practices. According to Speck, who lives and runs a design firm in the Cardozo/Shaw neighborhood, cit-ies need “useful, safe, comfortable and interesting” walking environ-ments that provide residents with what they need — like grocery stores and neighborhood schools, for example — along with features they desire — like good restaurants and recreational areas. Two segments of the popula-tion, millennials and empty nesters, are moving to urban cores in ever-increasing numbers, Speck writes in his book. In what could be called the “Seinfeld” or “Friends” effect, Speck says characters from these iconic television programs modeled an ideal city life centered around walkability: traveling on foot to meet friends at a local cof-feehouse or to run errands. Millennials in particular, Speck

says, decide where they want to live first, then look for a job next. While some cities like San Francisco, for example, have been attracting new residents and businesses for decades, Speck argues that smaller cities can replicate those suc-cesses. That can be achieved, he says, by creating unique buildings and landscapes, what he calls “outdoor living rooms,” rather than blank settings such as a block of identi-cal buildings or large parking lots that don’t offer compelling visual or practical reasons for resi-dents to walk by them. “We want to create walk-ers by choice, because driving and parking con-tinue to be an inexpensive option for people,” Speck said in an interview. While Speck calls his theory on walkability a “work in progress,” the idea comes by way of significant experience as an urban planner and architectural designer. A former director of design at the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 to 2007, Speck oversaw the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, where he worked one-on-one with a number of city mayors to solve their most pressing plan-ning issues. In 2001, he co-wrote the best-selling book “Suburban Nation,” which condemns suburban sprawl. Today, Speck leads a design

practice in the District, the city he has called home for nearly 10 years. He currently lives with his wife, Alice, and two young children in a home the couple designed on Florida Avenue. When one of Speck’s children attended Ross Elementary at 1730 R St., he said he saw firsthand how neighborhood schools that parents and their children can walk to also help communities come together.

“First you come to pick up your kids, then you help

clean up the school playground, and then you help clean the streets around playground — and you care because your kids are going to school there,” said Speck. “Any ideal image of urban functionality involves walking your children to neighborhood schools.” The District is the seventh most walkable city in the country, according to Walk Score, a nation-ally recognized organization that ranks walkability among U.S. cit-ies. Breaking it down by neighbor-hood, Dupont Circle is the most walkable, followed closely by the West End and Logan Circle. Harriet Tregoning, director of the D.C. Office of Planning, called Speck’s book “very practical” and said in an interview that “walkabili-ty is a great lens through which to examine the environment and urban design.” “Even if you are a very small community, there are things every neighborhood can do to make it more walkable,” she added. “Residents can petition their gov-ernment to improve walkability,” including weighing in on what kinds of buildings will be con-structed in their neighborhood. According to Speck, many U.S. cities, particularly those in the Sun Belt, have suffered after relying too much on car-centric designs. These

cities built big parking areas and multi-lane roads and highways, rather than creating interesting, pedestrian-friendly streetscapes. In some cases by failing to support walkability, populations and econo-mies have declined in such cities. A study Speck cites says that “cities with the largest drops in housing value (such as Las Vegas, down 37 percent) have been the most car-dependent.” Other cities, like Portland, Ore., stand out for prioritizing walkabili-ty in their long-term city planning and for earning back what’s called “walkability dividends,” Speck writes. He cites another study showing that Portland residents, by spending more time walking or biking and less time in their cars since 1996, have saved an estimat-ed $1.1 billion each year — money that is often churned back into the local economy. According to Speck, any city neighborhood — whether in the District or elsewhere — can improve its walkability, often by starting small and focusing on one block at time. “A little bit of a great down-town,” he writes, “can help push a whole city into the great category. That’s the place to begin.” “Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time,” published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, is avail-able in hardcover and digital edi-tions.

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Local author espouses benefits of walkability

Top, left: Courtesy of Jeff Speck; below: Bill Petros/The CurrentJeff Speck, an urban planner who lives in the Cardozo/Shaw area, outlines 10 strategies to help cities in his book. The West End, below, ranks as one of D.C.’s most walkable neighborhoods.

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British School of Washington BSW’s House Cup is always exciting. This one was no excep-tion. With the houses gearing up for this term’s cup, no one could rest peacefully. The atmosphere around the school had become tense, ready for 2012’s showdown between the teams; Chesapeake, Shenandoah, Potomac and Patuxent. To add to the excitement, the House Christmas Tree Competition results were going to be announced and would add to the totals. Going into the assembly Chesapeake were favourites. Then came the Christmas tree results and Chesapeake came in fourth, a bit of a blow to their title hopes. Shenandoah won the contest. The moment of truth arrives. Everyone is waiting patiently. House points are awarded for sports, whole school competitions, earning class and subject trophies, behaviour and work. Over a term, thousands are earned by BSW pupils. The results: “In fourth place, Shenandoah”. The students couldn’t believe their ears. As the Shenandoah House captains pulled off the blue ribbon from the cup, everyone wondered what had hap-pened to Shenandoah, which had been in second place up until a week ago. Then came “Potomac” (red ribbon removed), “In second place, Patuxent” (gone was the yel-low ribbon). A huge cheer came from Chesapeake. They had won, and the green ribbon would stay on the cup for next term. Everyone had

a good time. I certainly did.— Matteo Cardarelli,

Year 5 (fourth-grader) and member of Chesapeake

Eaton Elementary Last Wednesday, nine John Eaton students competed in the eighth annual GeoPlunge Tournament held at the National Portrait Gallery. One of our three teams came in fifth place out of 74 teams from D.C. elementary and middle schools! GeoPlunge is a fun, educational card game about U.S. geography. There are three different games in the GeoPlunge Tournament. In “Guess the State,” you have to guess your opponent’s state by getting clues from the other team. The clues are facts about the states, including state flowers and birds; rankings in size, population and statehood; and state capitals. Another game is “Race for the Borders,” which is where you are dealt cards and each team has to find sets of bordering states quicker than the other team. The last game is “Play the Ranks,” where you use the popula-tion, statehood and size ranks to beat your opponent. The goal is to always have a higher ranking than your opponent. We learned that there is a lot of strategy in all of the games, but especially “Play the Ranks.” The Eaton GeoPlunge teams

have been preparing since September. On some days, we spend lunch and recess practicing the games and memorizing the facts with our coach, Ms. Pugh.

— Jack Wallis, Matthew O’Toole and Cormac Bianchi,

fourth-graders

Edmund Burke School I thought that entering a new school at the middle of the year would be a major change and some-what hard for me, but it has turned out to be easy to get used to. At Burke there are multiple things that are far better than at my former school. First off, many of the teach-ers here are very caring and have a great sense of humor. At Burke it feels like the teachers are complete-ly there for you. They work to try to connect with their students so as to know and really care about them. Also, the students at Edmund Burke are really helpful and help you get used to the routine. There is also a lot more personal freedom at Burke. For example, there are some free periods where students get to go off campus for an hour or so and go to nearby stores like 7-Eleven, CVS Pharmacy and Starbucks (most people’s favorite in my grade). There are also longer transition times here from class to class, which really helps to keep me organized and unstressed. Although we have all this free-dom, with it also comes the great responsibility that you get back to school and to your next class on time. If you come late to school or

class and or don’t finish your home-work, you are sent to promptness workshop at lunchtime, which is similar to a study hall. This really isn’t too bad as it’s a quiet place to finish your homework. These are some of the things that made my transition easy and make Edmund Burke School one of the best schools I’ve ever been to.

— Stefan Cabrera, eighth-grader

The Field School Field students returned to school last Monday. The students are look-ing forward to the second half of this school year, which will be high-lighted by our two-week internships in February, the Science Expo in March, and end-of-the-year festivi-ties in June. On Thursday, middle school stu-dents played a spirited basketball game against Field’s faculty mem-bers. This annual tradition is excit-ing both for students playing in the game and students cheering on the sidelines. At the end, the scoreboard indicated that the students had pulled off a miraculous, lopsided victory of 199-0, which may have had more to do with the fact that the official scorekeeper was an eighth-grader, Tom Tenhula, than with the actual results on the court. It should be made known that the faculty did get in a few good dunks before the score went awry. Last Friday was Diversity Day at Field. Kevin Jennings, a supporter of the gay rights movement, came to speak to students. Afterward, stu-dents attended workshops through-

out the school, which were run by teachers and focused on differences in race, religion and ability. Field’s middle school girls bas-ketball team played two games last week, winning one 18-6 and losing the other. The boys team lost to Covenant Life.— Jana Cohen, eighth-grader; and Nina Gutzeit and Adam Bressler,

sixth-graders

Holy Trinity School Our second grade class is study-ing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King did an “I Have a Dream” speech so that white and black peo-ple could be treated fairly and not be judged by the color of their skin. We also learned that he was a pastor. Both he and Jesus handled problems with peace and love. Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Our class did a presentation for the lower school about his life. We talked about how changing things begins with one person and one step.

— Catherine Patterson, second-grader

Mann Elementary A few weeks ago, the whole school planted trees. Peter Forbes from Trees for the Planet, with the help of student vol-unteers, planted one tree for each grade on the school grounds. The trees planted included Red Chokeberry, American Holly and Witchhazel. We planted the trees in what will be the school’s new gar-

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den. We are moving Horace Mann’s gardens to make room for the upcoming renovation of the school. We hope that the new garden will attract wildlife such as butterflies, birds and deer. The trees can make homes for birds and other animals. We planted each tree in the ground and put “Groasis Waterboxx Technology” around the tree. A Waterboxx is a plastic container that holds four gallons of water and gives a certain amount of water to the tree each day. It also collects rainwater and moisture from the air. The Waterboxxes help trees grow strong roots, which promotes long-term survival. On Dec. 11, Peter Forbes planted one more tree on school grounds. It was an older, larger Hawthorn. The tree was dedicated to Horace Mann’s teachers and faculty.

— Joseph Laroski, third-grader

Maret School At Maret students learn how to

make their community flourish through service learning. One of our many projects is a partnership with an organization called Martha’s Table, which donates endlessly to the homeless and hungry. Each month, a lower school class makes soup, chopping and then delivering the ingredients. We also create and teach lessons for Martha’s Table preschoolers, teaching language development and academic skills. One of the things that Maret fourth-graders will always remember is the look of pure glee spreading from one small cheek to the next when the pre-schoolers start to decipher the les-son, and no fourth-grader can remember a time when they were unhappy with their preschool buddy. Every year, around the holidays, teal blue tubs are distributed around the school with neon yellow “Toy Drive” signs in heavy black type. Then the miracle happens! Hundreds of toys are piled in the tiled lower school lobby. Brilliant hues of plastic, wood, cloth and cardboard with catchy labels pro-

duce a mountainous pile of toys. Jumbles of huge black trash bags are loaded on to the bus. A grand total of 364 toys making D.C. a bet-ter place!

— Lindsay Kaplan, fourth-grader

Powell Elementary After the horrible event that occurred in an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., we all spent a moment of peace to think about the individuals and their families that were the victims of this unthinkable tragedy. Teachers and administrators

asked us how we think about peace. I think for me that peace is when I feel safe and content in whatever I do or wherever I am and what I strive to have daily. This tragedy affects us in some way because we are children and lots of innocent children were killed in the massa-cre. Here at Powell Elementary, our teachers and the principal helped us understand that whatever questions and any confusion we have, they are there to support us, that we are never alone, and no matter what we face, someone will always be there

to help us rise to the challenges set before us. They taught us that every day is important.

— Jeff Williams, fifth-grader

Ross Elementary This past Wednesday nine Ross students, including myself, went to the annual GeoPlunge Challenge Tournament. It was hosted at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. This tournament is an opportunity for students to work in groups of three and compete with

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campus plan. But the school now needs approval to incorporate the Kaiser Permanente site that became available more recently, as well as for the detailed design of the glassy building. As part of the “planned-unit development” process, the universi-ty must provide community ameni-ties to offset the impacts of its proj-ect. The Foggy Bottom/West End advisory neighborhood commission, the Foggy Bottom Association and the West End Citizens Association identified community-serving retail

as the most valuable amenity the school could provide. The university, however, instead offered 7,209 square feet of afford-able housing as its main amenity. The plan calls for rehabilitating three university-owned row houses in the 2100 block of F Street. “To get affordable large units in Foggy Bottom is a significant ame-nity in my view,” zoning commis-sioner Robert Miller said before Monday’s vote. Other promised benefits include $100,000 toward office space for the Foggy Bottom/West End Village aging-in-place program, $100,000

toward a real-time transit message board for the neighborhood, $51,000 for the Francis-Stevens Education

Campus and up to $55,000 toward a landscape buffer with The President condominium, which backs to the project. The university also dropped plans to relocate an alley closer to

The President after residents com-plained. Neighbors said they appreciated many of the other amenities, but that the affordable housing would have little direct benefit for the commu-nity and might simply provide hous-ing for university graduate students. Retail would make a more critical difference right around the project site, they said, and the university has not yet specified what types of busi-nesses it would lease to. Something like a bank that would close after business hours would harm the block, residents said, and locally owned small businesses

would be more valuable than chains. Miller agreed. “I think that is a legitimate point — the Pennsylvania Avenue frontage in that area does need activation so it doesn’t just become an office canyon at night.” Commission chair Anthony Hood noted that the body can’t specify which amenities a developer will offer. Rather, it can encourage a developer to promise certain bene-fits, and vote down projects that don’t meet that standard. The com-munity groups urged the commis-sion to do just that if the school doesn’t provide more details on the planned retail before the final vote.

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in opposition to a venue they feared might make the disruption permanent. Their opposition swayed the Georgetown advisory neighborhood commission to vote unanimously against Pinstripes’ zoning appli-cation, but the commission indicated it would withdraw its opposition if Pinstripes and the condo owners reached an agreement. Pinstripes attorney Allison Prince and condo association attorney Marty Sullivan scrambled Tuesday to finish the long agree-ment — and an attached set of conditions — before the zoning board could act.

“We’re very close to agreement, 98 percent there,” said Sullivan as the day opened in the board’s hearing room. When the case was called about an hour later, Prince said: “We have crossed that 2 percent threshold.” Sullivan’s clients formally withdrew their opposition. With the agreement in hand, board chair Lloyd Jordan noted, “the ANC moves to the support column.” Among the agreement’s conditions, Pinstripes is pledging to:• allow the condo association’s own sound engineer complete access during construction, to make sure all soundproofing specifications are met.

• limit the number of people who can use out-door patios on both levels, and end outdoor operations at 10 p.m. on weekends and 9 p.m. on weekdays. None of the facilities, indoors or out, would open before 8 a.m.• put screening around the patios to protect “the privacy of neighbors” on both sides of the C&O Canal, which flanks Georgetown Park. Movable walls will be used to prevent noise from escaping whenever amplified music is used inside. In addition, as Prince pointed out, the entire operation will be bound by D.C. code requir-ing any establishment serving alcohol in Georgetown’s waterfront zone to limit noise

escaping its doors. Even so, board members had some doubts about whether the noise controls would work at Georgetown Park. Despite a lengthy report by Pinstripes’ sound engineer, Jordan noted, “I don’t see any actual readings from this facili-ty.” But members seemed reassured when Vornado official Scott Milsom described the 12-inch concrete slab between the bowling alley and floor above, and another thick slab between the banquet level and condos. Schwartz said Pinstripes hopes to begin construction in the next few months, and to open by the end of 2013.

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ready for occupancy this fall), a well-appointed two-bedroom sales model is available for viewing across the street from the project, tempting prospective buyers with an alluring package of city living. London-based Foster + Partners designed the condos’ exteriors and interiors, aiming for a contemporary yet warm aesthetic, according to John Mullin, director with Hines, the firm that developed the project along with Archstone. Units will range in size from roughly 700 to 3,000 square feet, and while no two will be identical, all will incorporate glass and wood elements and an open layout. Each one is designed to offer a direct sightline from any vantage point to dramatic, floor-to-ceiling windows spanning the unit’s width. Custom 6-foot-wide sliding glass doors provide access to pri-vate outdoor space, which will vary with each unit. Some will have Juliet balconies, and others will have 4-foot-deep terraces with Cumaru wood decking. Eleven of the units will come with fully land-scaped patios ranging from 900 to 1,200 square feet. Inside the model unit, almost as eye-catching as the oversized win-dows are the gleaming white oak floors with 7.5-inch-wide planks. In all of the residences,

these floors will extend throughout. In the model kitchen, the L-shaped design features custom cabinetry by Italian company Molteni/Dada. Created to resemble a piece of furniture, the sleek cabi-nets are available for other units in three finishes — bleached white oak, bleached walnut or white lac-quer — and conceal all of the appli-ances, save for the Bosch electric and microwave ovens. Other appli-ances include a refrigerator by Thermador or Liebherr, a dishwash-er by Miele and a Bosch gas stovetop. White Caesarstone quartz countertops, a Kohler stainless-steel sink and Grohe faucet complete the modern look. Units will also include a Bosch stackable washer and dryer tucked discreetly behind a closet door.

In the model, the same clean lines of the kitchen continue into the bath and powder rooms, where Molteni/Dada and Caesarstone ele-ments again make their mark. With innovation in mind, some units will include a sliding wall to separate the sink and toilet — accessible from the living areas — from the private shower or soaking tub area, which opens to a bedroom. Other features include built-in drawers, open shelving and porcelain tile flooring. In the bedrooms, floor-to-ceiling windows let natural light flood the space. Some will also open onto a

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Kuwaiti Embassy. “We want your feedback, positive and negative,” he added. Plans call for a reception hall as well as space for events, offices and executive functions to shift into the new building, which would allow the existing building to be used solely as a residence for the ambassador and his family. Despite adding more physical space for the embassy, staffing levels would not increase. The Kuwaiti government finalized its purchase of the adjacent vacant lot three weeks ago, and its plan to expand operations has the approval of the U.S. State Department. “The intent of the project is to depict Kuwait as a growing, progressive country,” said Rod Henderer, an architect with local firm RTKL Associates, who pre-sented the conceptual design plans at the meeting. The new structure would measure 43 feet in height, with a glass atrium spanning all four floors and facing Tilden Street. Connecting the new building to the old one would be an exterior courtyard and ground-floor passageway. A 27-space parking garage would be built beneath the courtyard, and a mechanical penthouse would be placed at the rear of the roof. Henderer said the building is ideally situated to take advantage of solar energy, though he noted it’s too early to talk about specific “green building” plans. The vacant lot on Tilden Street has a contentious recent history, going back to 2006 when Clark Realty proposed a six-story residential development for the site. The commission and nearby residents vehemently opposed that plan, citing concerns about the project’s height and density. The empty lot has been “a neighborhood heartbreak over the years,” said one resident who lives in an apart-ment building directly behind the embassy. “That his-tory impacts our reaction” to any development, she explained. Longtime neighborhood commissioner Karen Perry, who was involved with the fight against the Clark devel-opment, sympathized with concerns of neighbors, but said, “something’s going to go there — it’s not going to remain empty.”

Perry said she supports the plans of the Kuwaiti embassy, which she said has been a good neighbor, and noted that another developer could again propose to build a much taller structure there. Whayne Quin, an attorney representing Kuwait on the project, was careful to point out that the four-story structure is consistent with the heights of nearby resi-dences. Commissioner Bob Summersgill and residents of the apartment building behind the proposed building expressed concerns about water runoff on the site, which slopes back toward the apartments. Quin and Henderer said plans could include stormwater gardens and permeable pavers. They said parking congestion due to embassy events, another concern raised by neighbors, would be mitigat-ed by the underground parking garage. Quin added that embassy representatives would be willing to meet informally with neighbors and commis-sioners to address concerns as the project moves for-ward. More detailed plans could come before the neighbor-hood commission again in two to three months. The building application will be filed with the Foreign Missions Board of Zoning Adjustment, a division of the D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment that works with embassies, and a decision is expected to take six months, according to Quin. Once plans are finalized and permits are obtained, construction will likely last 18 months.

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Bill Petros/Current File PhotoKuwait plans to build a chancery on the long-vacant lot next to its existing embassy building.

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entertaining, as is a wine-tasting lounge that comes complete with private wine storage. But perhaps what steals the spotlight are the multiple rooftop gardens that feature built-in seating, fire pits and water elements, providing residents with relaxing outdoor spaces. Two

rooftop-dining areas include long tables with seating for 12 and adjacent outdoor kitchens, each with a gas grill, refrigerator and sink, which would make hosting parties a breeze. Since vying for parking downtown is no party, condominium owners will have access to a gated parking area within the develop-ment’s underground garage.

The two condominium buildings them-selves are expected to achieve a Silver rating from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, for water and energy effi-ciency, lighting and use of sustainable materi-als. The broader CityCenterDC project is aim-ing for a Gold certification overall.

One-bedroom condominiums start at $500,000 and two-bedrooms range from $800,000 to $3,500,000. A sales gallery with a two-bedroom model is located at 901 New York Ave. NW, Suite 305 West. Call 202-232-2022 to schedule an appointment or go to residencesatcitycenterdc.com for more infor-mation.

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front yard” and that an eight-story apartment building to the east and “massive” nine-story apartment to the west will make the additions “minimally visible from the front.” But the developers had said in last year’s historic preservation application that abutting neighbors were notified of the plans, a require-ment for Historic Preservation Review Board consideration. In reality, Lock 7 now acknowledges, the project was placed on the board’s consent calendar and approved with-out debate last Oct. 25, before the affected apartment dwellers had a chance to weigh in. “They did intend to notify abut-ting neighbors,” said Cary Kadlecek, attorney for Lock 7. The check-off on the city application form, he said, meant that “abutting neighbors would be notified.” “We all know they lied,” Adams Morgan advisory neighborhood commissioner Marty Davis said at a commission meeting Jan. 9. Davis, who represents the area, said Lock 7 showed the commission plans for a “matter of right” development last fall, indicating neighbors had been notified. “There was no such con-versation with the two very large buildings on both sides. It should never have gone forward.” Kadlecek said Lock 7 initially presented the project to the neigh-borhood commission in late September and then again in October. “My client said he was in the process of meeting with neigh-bors,” the attorney said, and the commission decided not to take a position. “We were following direc-tions of the ANC, so it’s a little dis-ingenuous to say we lied,” Kadlecek said, adding that the project was “adequately noticed” on the web-sites of both the neighborhood com-mission and the preservation board. David Marlin, a resident of the historic apartment building next door at 2010 Connecticut Ave., said residents learned of the project only after Denis James of the Kalorama Citizens Association, who routinely scours the board’s meeting informa-tion, sent them a “courtesy email.” Last Wednesday, the neighbor-hood commission voted to ask the preservation board to revoke its approval and reopen the case. A unanimous resolution said neighbors from 2010 Connecticut had submit-ted “substantial new information

asserting that the project may not lawfully be built. … The ANC now asks HPRB to afford the neighbors the same rights they would have had if the process had worked correctly.” The situation left the city preser-vation office, and the board, in an awkward position. Chair Gretchen Pfaehler announced in December that the board’s “longtime policy has been not to reconsider cases unless there is substantive new information regarding the design or preservation issues.” She gave neighbors until Jan. 14 to submit their case. It took the board only one day to review the raft of new information from the neighbors, and agree to the new hearing, starting at 9 a.m. on Jan. 24, deputy preservation officer Steve Calcott told neighbors in an email Tuesday. But the neighborhood commis-sion is asking for even more time so it, too, can review the reams of docu-ments hurriedly assembled by neighbors to show why the planned additions would negatively impact the historic district. “We’re asking the ANC’s help so we can at least be heard,” said attorney Emily Vaias, representing the neighbors. Mary McReynolds, another resi-dent of the 2010 Connecticut coop-erative, gave a sampling of the con-cerns. “This project would transform two historic row houses into a 17-unit condo, obliterating back gar-dens. People in 2010 will almost be able to reach out and touch them.” She said her building was “designed specifically” in 1927 so that east-facing units had windows to let in light and air. If the condos are built, she said, residents would instead face “a three-and-a-half-sto-ry blank brick wall with no win-dows. How could that be compatible with the historic district?” Neighbors also object that the additions would be built out nearly to the property line, destroying joint-ly owned trees. There are also con-cerns — outside the preservation board’s purview — that the 17 con-dos will exacerbate parking prob-lems on the street. Kadlecek said no permits have been issued yet for the project. He said Lock 7 is continuing design work, and also meeting with neigh-bors “about possible design chang-es.” He said he doubted the neigh-bors’ fresh evidence would change things. “They’re basically saying the Historic Preservation Office staff didn’t do their job.”

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Wednesday, Jan. 16

Children’s programs ■Second-throughfifth-graderswillparticipateinactivitiesexploringthelibrary’snonfictionsectionandlearningabouttheDeweyDecimalSystem.4p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1488.This program will repeat Jan. 23 and 30 at 4 p.m. ■AcollaborativepoetryprojectwillhonorthelegacyofDr.MartinLutherKingJr.4p.m.Free.WathaT.Daniel-ShawLibrary,16307thSt.NW.202-727-1288.This project will continue through Monday. ■TheRockCreekParkNatureCenterwillhostaweeklyintroductiontothenightskyforyoungastronomersatitsplanetari-um.4p.m.Free.RockCreekParkNatureCenterandPlanetarium,5200GloverRoadNW.202-895-6070.

Concerts ■MembersoftheNationalSymphonyOrchestrawillplayclassicalworks.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■VocalArtsDCwillpresenttenorTobySpenceinhisWashingtonrecitaldebut.7:30p.m.$45.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures ■GeorgetownUniversityprofessorJoannaLewiswilldis-cussherbook“GreenInnovationinChina:China’sWindPowerIndustryandtheGlobalTransitiontoaLowCarbonEconomy.”5:30p.m.Free.MortaraBuilding,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.guevents.georgetown.edu. ■Apre-inaugurationpaneldiscussionon“TheFirstLady’sFirstFamily:MichelleObama’sAncestralPathwaystotheWhiteHouse”willfeatureRachelL.Swarns,areporterforTheNewYorkTimesandauthorof“AmericanTapestry:TheStoryoftheBlack,White,andMultiracialAncestorsofMichelleObama”;DanaA.Williams,pro-fessorofAfrican-AmericanliteratureatHowardUniversity;andGregE.Carr,asso-ciateprofessorofAfricanastudiesatHowardUniversity.6to8p.m.Free.EastBallroom,BlackburnCenter,Howard

University,23976thSt.NW. ■WenonahHauterwilldiscussherbook“Foodopoly:TheBattleOvertheFutureofFoodandFarminginAmerica.”6:30to8p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■AlecturewillcomparetheleadershipstylesofDr.MartinLutherKingJr.andMohandasGandhiastheypromotednon-violentaction.6:30p.m.Free.WathaT.Daniel-ShawLibrary,16307thSt.NW.202-727-1288. ■NovelistBradMeltzerwilldiscusshislatestD.C.thriller“TheFifthAssassin.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■PanelistsLisaGuernsey,JackHardcastleandAprilMcClain-Delaneywilldiscuss“ParentingtheDigitalNative.”7p.m.$10;reservationsrequested.LowellSchool,1640KalmiaRoadNW.parented@lowellschool.org. ■Israeliplaywright,journalistandpolit-icalactivistBoazGaonwillleadaninterac-tivelectureabouttheevolutionofIsrael’ssocialprotestmovement.7:30to9:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequested.AbramsonFamilyFoundersRoom,SchoolofInternationalServiceBuilding,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.202-885-3780.

Films ■TheInstituteforPolicyStudieswillleadapaneldiscussionandpresentthefilm“ThePowerofDialogue:PeaceFromUnexpectedPlacesandUnexpectedPeople,”aboutgangtrucesinElSalvador.6to8p.m.Free.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-789-2227. ■TheTenley-FriendshipLibrarywillscreenWai-keungLauandAlanMak’s2002film“InfernalAffairs”aspartofitsforeignfilmseries.6:30p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1488. ■“TheMet:LiveinHD”willfeatureanencorepresentationofVerdi’s“Aida.”6:30p.m.$18.AMCMazzaGallerie,5300WisconsinAve.NW.fathomevents.com. ■TheFrenchCinémathèqueserieswillfeatureOlivierNakacheandEricToledano’s2011film“TheIntouchables,”

aboutthefriendshipbetweenaquadriple-gicaristocratandhisstreet-smartcaretak-er.8p.m.$11.50;$9forstudents;$8.75forseniors;$8.50forages12andyounger.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.NW.202-966-6000.

Meetings ■TheTenley-FriendshipLibrarywilldis-cussitsnewTeenAdvisoryBoard.5:30p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1488. ■TheMysteryBookClubwilldiscuss“TheNo.1Ladies’DetectiveAgency”byAlexanderMcCallSmith.7p.m.Free.ChevyChaseLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021.

Performances ■TaffetyPunkTheatreCompanywillpresentShakespeare’s“TheRapeofLucrece”asaconcertpoem.5:30p.m.Free.SidneyHarmanHall,610FSt.NW.202-547-1122. ■LYGODCwillpresentacomedyshowfeaturingJonEick,KyleMartinandSchewitzWhichard.7p.m.$10.Codmother,1334USt.NW.lygodc.com. ■JonathanTuckerwillhostanOpenMicPoetrynight.9to11p.m.$5.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-789-2227.

Special event ■JournalistsNinaTotenberg(shown),ClarencePageandTedKoppelwilltesttheirknowledgeofnewstriv-iaandswapcommen-taryduringNPR’slive“ThePoliticalJunkieRoadShow.”7p.m.$20.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.877-987-6487.

Thursday,Jan.17

Children’s programs ■Astorytimewillcelebratethebirth-dayofDr.MartinLutherKingJr.throughbooksandmusic.10a.m.Free.MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-0321. ■Atanewstorytimewithgames,

craftsandactivitiesforchildrenlearningtoread,librarianswillread“FrogandToadAreFriends”byArnoldLobel(programrec-ommendedforchildreninpre-kindergartenthroughsecondgrade).4p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1488. ■Librarianswillreadanddiscuss“LuluandtheDuckinthePark”byHilaryMcKay.4p.m.Free.PetworthLibrary,4200KansasAve.NW.202-243-1188.

Classes ■GardeningspecialistAdrienneCookandnutritionistDanielleCookNavidiwilldemonstratehowtocookwithshellbeans.Noonto1:30p.m.Free.ConservatoryGardenCourt,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.202-225-8333. ■TheParentEncouragementProgramwillbeginaneight-weekcourseforparentsof5-to12-year-oldsonwaystodisciplinewithoutpunishing,gaincooperationwith-outyelling,andmakeparentingeasierandmoresatisfying.7p.m.$248perperson.TempleMicah,2829WisconsinAve.NW.301-929-8824.

Concerts ■NewYork-basedbandBadBukawillperformhigh-energygypsypunkrock.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheStarryMountainSingerswillpresentharmo-nysingingfromCorsica,CaucasusGeorgia,BulgariaandAmerica.7:30p.m.$10to$15donationsuggested.ChurchoftheHolyCity,161116thSt.NW.202-462-6734.

Discussions and lectures ■TheOsherLifelongLearningInstituteatAmericanUniversitywillpresentatalkbybiologistDennisO’Connoronthesocialandethicalaspectsofcontemporarybio-logicalresearch.10to11:50a.m.Free.AbramsonFamilyRecitalHall,KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.202-895-4860. ■TheJewishHistoricalSocietyofGreaterWashingtonwillpresentatalkby

historianJaniceRothschildBlumbergonherbook“ProphetinaTimeofPriests:Rabbi‘Alphabet’Browne1845-1929,”abouthergreat-grandfather.Noon.Free;reservationsrequired.WashingtonDCJewishCommunityCenter,152916thSt.NW.202-789-0900. ■EvanThomaswilldiscusshisbook“Ike’sBluff:PresidentEisenhower’sSecretBattletoSavetheWorld.”Luncheonat12:15p.m.;programat1p.m.$10to$30.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. ■VeselaSretenovic,seniorcuratorofmodernandcontemporaryartatthePhillipsCollection,willdiscuss“(IN)bal-ance,”XavierVeilhan’sfirstmajormuseumpresentationintheUnitedStates.6p.m.Bydonation.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.202-387-2151. ■Agallerytalkwillfocuson“OnceUponaPicture:LawrenceasStoryteller,”aboutJacobLawrence’suseofpatternsandboldcolorstotellthestoryofthegreat20th-centuryexodusofAfrican-AmericansfromtheruralSouthtotheurbanNorth.6and7p.m.Bydonation.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.202-387-2151. ■TurkishCulturalFoundationscholarRecepKaradagwilldiscussthesecrettechniquesbehind16th-and17th-centuryOttomandyersandweavers.6p.m.$35to$45;registrationrequired.TextileMuseum,2320SSt.NW.202-667-0441,ext.64. ■PBSbroadcasterTavisSmileywillmoderate“VisionforaNewAmerica:AFutureWithoutPoverty,”anationallytele-viseddiscussionfeaturingauthorandPrincetonUniversityprofessorCornelWestandformerU.S.HouseSpeakerNewtGingrich.6:30to9p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.LisnerAuditorium,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,73021stSt.NW.tavistalks.com/visionforanewamerica. ■MarkJ.Basil,aformeragentwiththeU.S.SecretService,andDanielJ.Mulvenna,aformermemberoftheSecurityServiceoftheRoyalCanadianMountedPolice,willdiscuss“OntheFrontLine:ProtectingPresidentsandPrimeMinisters.”6:30p.m.$15.InternationalSpyMuseum,800FSt.NW.202-393-7798. ■GraceCohenGrossman,formerseniorcuratorattheSkirballCulturalCenterinLosAngeles,willdiscuss“FaithandForm:TheArtandArchitectureoftheSynagogue.”6:45to9p.m.$42.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030. ■WardWilson,aseniorfellowattheCenterforNonproliferationStudiesoftheMontereyInstituteofInternationalStudiesandauthorof“FiveMythsAboutNuclearWeapons,”willdiscussfivereasonstoreassesscurrentpolicy.7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■ArtistVitoAcconci—knownasapio-neerofinstallation,performanceandvideoart—willdiscusshis2008-2010col-laborationwithAiWeiweiatPara/SiteArtSpaceinHongKong.7p.m.Free.RingAuditorium,HirshhornMuseumandSculptureGarden,7thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-1000.

Films ■TheNationalArchiveswillscreenselectedfilmsfromtheinaugurationsofPresidentsLyndonJohnson,RichardNixonandJimmyCarter,aswellastheswearing-inofGeraldFord.Noon.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000.

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Thursday, january 17■Concert:TheNationalSymphonyOrchestraandpianistTzimonBarto(shown),ledbyconductorChristophEschenbach,willperformBartók’s“PianoConcertoNo.2.”7p.m.$10to$85.ConcertHall,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.The perfor-mance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

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■ThePhillipsCollectionwillpresentJordanFeldman’s2009film“VeilhanVersailles.”7p.m.Bydonation.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.202-387-2151. ■TheFreerGalleryofArtwillscreen139independentandexperimentalfilmsfromtheArabworld,allofwhichwerecuratedbytheGoethe-InstitutinCairo.Amman,Jordan-basedartistAlaYouniswillintroducetheprogram.7p.m.Free.MeyerAuditorium,FreerGalleryofArt,12thStreetandJeffersonDriveSW.202-633-1000.The program will repeat Friday at 7 p.m.

Meetings ■TheClassicsBookGroupwilldiscuss“AnnaKarenina”byLeoTolstoy.7p.m.Free.BarnesandNoble,55512thSt.NW.202-347-0176. ■TheGeorgetownBookClubwilldis-cuss“TheMarriagePlot”byJeffreyEugenides.7:30p.m.Free.GeorgetownLibrary,3260RSt.NW.202-727-0232.

Special events ■TheSixth&IHistoricSynagoguewillhostatrivianightwithakosherdinneranddrinks.7p.m.$15inadvance;$18ondayofevent.Registrationrequired.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.tinyurl.com/thursday-trivia. ■TheWashingtonDCJewishCommunityCenterwillpreparefoodforlocalhomelesssheltersaspartofitsongo-ingHungerActioninitiative.7to9p.m.$5;reservationsrequired.WashingtonDCJewishCommunityCenter,152916thSt.NW.washingtondcjcc.org.

Tour ■SidneyHart,theNationalPortraitGallery’sseniorhistorian,willdiscusstheriseoftheU.S.NavyviaportraitsofJohnAdams,IsaacHullandTheodoreRoosevelt.Noon.Free.NationalPortraitGallery,8thandFstreetsNW.202-633-1000.

Friday,Jan.18

Class ■IranianlinguistAbbasMousaviwilldiscussanddemonstratesomeofthetechnicaldetailsinvolvedinartisticArabiccalligraphy.1to2p.m.Free;registrationrequested.ThePalestineCenter,2425VirginiaAve.NW.202-338-1290.

Concerts ■AmericanabandPoorOldShinewillplayfolkandAppalachianmountainmusicwithavarietyofeclecticinstruments.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■OrganistandpianistStephenAckertandcellistBenjaminWenselwillpresentanall-BachconcertaspartoftheConcordiaDCseries.7:30p.m.Free.TheUnitedChurch,1920GSt.NW.202-331-1495. ■MusiciansAndreasKernandPaulCibis(shown)willgohead-to-headinapianobattle.7:30to9p.m.$25to$50.EmbassyofAustria,3524InternationalCourtNW.202-289-1200.

Discussions and lectures ■SocietyoftheCincinnaticuratorEmilySchulzwillpresentanddiscussa

19th-centuryhand-drawnmapbyPierreL’Enfant.12:30p.m.Free.AndersonHouse,2118MassachusettsAve.NW.202-785-2040. ■FrederickE.Hoxiewilldiscusshisbook“ThisIndianCountry:AmericanIndianActivistsandthePlaceTheyMade.”2p.m.Free.RasmusonTheater,NationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndian,4thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-1000. ■CriminalprofilerPatBrownwilldis-cuss“TheMysteriousDeathofCleopatra.”6:30p.m.Free.RomeBuildingAuditorium,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1619MassachusettsAve.NW.arcedc.org. ■TheSmithsonian’sAnacostiaCommunityMuseum’s28thannualMartinLutherKingJr.ProgramwillfeatureatalkbyMajoraCarter(shown),aPeabodyAward-winningradiobroadcaster,aneco-entrepreneurandanurbanrevitalizationstrategist.Theeventwillincludeaperfor-mancebyhip-hopartistChristylezBacon.7to9p.m.Free;reservationssuggested.BairdAuditorium,NationalMuseumofNaturalHistory,10thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-633-4875. ■AuthorChristopherKennedyLawfordwilldiscusshispersonalandprofessionalexperienceswithaddictionwhilepresent-inghisbook“RecovertoLive:KickAnyHabit,ManageAnyAddiction.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Festival ■Inhonorofthepresidentialinaugura-tion,theNationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndianwillpresent“OutofMany:AMulticulturalFestivalofMusic,Dance,andStory.”10:30a.m.to5p.m.Free.RasmusonTheater,NationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndian,4thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-1000.The festival will continue Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Films ■TheNationalArchiveswillscreenselectedfilmsfromtheinaugurationsofPresidentsRonaldReagan,GeorgeH.W.BushandBillClinton.Noon.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■AllianceFrançaisedeWashingtonwillscreentheanimatedfilm“LeChatduRabbin.”7p.m.$4to$6.AllianceFrançaisedeWashington,2142WyomingAve.NW.francedc.org.

Performances ■TheScore,SistineRobotandother

localimprovgroupswillpresent“Aboulia!InauguralBall.”7:30and10p.m.$8to$10.DistrictofColumbiaArtsCenter,243818thSt.NW.202-462-7833.The performance will repeat Saturday at 7:30 and 10 p.m. ■KanKouranWestAfricanDanceCompanywillpresent“Diamono(Roots),”anathletic,family-friendlyperformanceoftraditionalWestAfricandancinganddrum-mingpresentedinhonoroftheRev.MartinLutherKingJr.8p.m.$8to$22.DancePlace,32258thSt.NE.202-269-1600.The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m. ■TheCharlieVisconageShowwillfea-turecomedianBrandonWardell,promoterTyroneNorrisandmusicalguestJennyLee.9:30p.m.$15.FortFringe—TheShop,607NewYorkAve.NW.web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/9743218.

Service ■TheSixth&IHistoricSynagogueandTurnerMemorialAfricanMethodistEpiscopalChurchwillcommemoratetheworkofDr.MartinLutherKingJr.withajointserviceandaperformancebytheAfro-SemiticExperienceensemble.7p.m.$6.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.tinyurl.com/mlk-shabbat.

Special event ■TheWoman’sNationalDemocraticClubwillhostapre-inauguralreceptioninhonorofthenewfemalememberselectedtothe113thU.S.Congress.6p.m.$45.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. Tours ■TudorPlacewillpresentanew,hour-ly“TourforthePresidentialInaugural”with

alookbackatpastpresidencies.10a.m.to4p.m.$12;$5forages12andyoung-er.Reservationsrequired.TudorPlaceHistoricHouseandGarden,164431stSt.NW.202-965-0400,ext.115.The tours will continue Saturday and Monday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. ■BiochemistBethBurrouswillhigh-lightpoisonousandmedicinalplantsinatouroftheU.S.BotanicGarden.Noonto1p.m.Free.ConservatoryGardenCourt,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.202-225-8333.

Saturday,Jan.19

Children’s programs ■Studentswillhavetheopportunitytoworkas“juniorstaff”atTudorPlace’stwo-daycuratorcamp(forages10through15).9a.m.to3p.m.$60to$85.TudorPlaceHistoricHouseandGarden,164431stSt.NW.202-965-0400,ext.110. ■AparkrangerwillleadamorninghikeontheTrackTrail(forages6through12andfamilies).10a.m.Free.PicnicGrove2,BroadBranchRoadandBeachDriveNW.202-895-6070. ■AfamilytouroftheNationalGalleryofArtwillexploretheshapesandcolorsof

PabloPicasso’scubistpaintings.10:30a.m.,11:30a.m.,12:30p.m.and1:30p.m.Free.EastBuildingAtrium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.This program will repeat Jan. 26 at the same times, and Jan. 20 and 27 at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. ■TheNationalSymphonyOrchestrawillperformanodetoteddybears(forages3through5).11a.m.and1:30p.m.$18.FamilyTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.This program will repeat Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. ■ChildrenwillbeabletoexploreandtouchChineseartintheFreerGalleryataninteractivecart.1:30to3:30p.m.FreerGalleryofArt,12thStreetandJeffersonDriveSW.202-633-1000.This program will repeat Sunday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. ■Aplanetariumprogramwillexplorethebirth,life,deathanddiversityofstars(forages7andolder).4p.m.Free.RockCreekParkNatureCenterandPlanetarium,5200GloverRoadNW.202-895-6070.This program will repeat Jan. 26 at 4 p.m.

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Friday, january 18■Discussion:JusticeSoniaSotomayorwilldiscusshermemoir,“MyBelovedWorld,”aboutherjour-neytobecomingtheSupremeCourt’sfirstHispanicmemberin2009.7p.m.$25to$40.LisnerAuditorium,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,73021stSt.NW.tinyurl.com/sotomayor-memoir.

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partworkshoponpastelandoilpainting.10a.m.to1p.m.$285.ArtsClubofWashington,2017ISt.NW.artsclubofwashington.org. ■Anarchivistwillbeavailabletoanswerquestionsfromgenealogyresearchers.Noonto4p.m.Free.ResearchCenter,NationalArchivesBuilding,PennsylvaniaAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■Atypingclinicwillofferpracticetuto-rialsandcustomkeyboardlessons.12:15p.m.Free.Room311,MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-0321.

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

Discussions and lectures ■U.S.BotanicGardenvolunteerToddBrethauerwilldiscussthebotany,historyandproductionofsugar.10:30to11:30a.m.Free;registrationrequired.ConservatoryClassroom,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.tinyurl.com/sugar-lecture. ■AspartofAdasIsraelCongregation’sDr.MartinLutherKingJr.Weekend,adis-cussionon“TheCrisisofHomelessnessintheDistrict”willfeatureJean-MichelGiraud,executivedirectoroftheCommunityCouncilfortheHomelessatFriendshipPlace,andNechamaMasliansky,anadvocateatSoOthersMightEat.1p.m.Free.AdasIsraelCongregation,2850QuebecSt.NW.202-362-4433. ■Russian-born,D.C.-basedartistAnastasiaRurikovSimeswilldiscussher

work.2to4p.m.Free.InternationalVisionsGallery,2629ConnecticutAve.NW.202-234-5112. ■RichardRashkewilldiscusshisbook“UsefulEnemies:JohnDemanjukandAmerica’sOpen-DoorPolicyforNaziWarCriminals.”3:30p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■PaulDicksonwilldiscusshisbook“WordsFromtheWhiteHouse:WordsandPhrasesCoinedorPopularizedbyAmerica’sPresidents.”6p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Films ■TheTenley-FriendshipLibrary’sfilmnoirserieswillfeaturethe1947film“TheLadyFromShanghai,”starringRitaHayworth,OrsonWellesandEverettSloane.2p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1488. ■AspartofaseriesonFrenchfilm-makerJeanGrémillon,theNationalGalleryofArtwillscreen“Gueuled’amour,”at2p.m.;and“Madlone”and“Chartres,”at4p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

Performances ■CollectiveVoices,apoetryensemblethatfocusesonsocialconsciousness,willpresentits17thannual“PoetryExtravaganza,”atributetoDr.MartinLutherKingJr.1p.m.Free.MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-0321. ■LYGODCwillpresentacomedyshowfeaturingKomplex,ReggieMelbrough,Bigg

NezandMaxRosenblum.3to5p.m.$10.Shaw’sTavern,520FloridaAve.NW.lygodc.com. ■Ayouthopenmicnightwillfeatureworkfromlocalmiddleandhighschoolstudents.5to7p.m.$5.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-789-2227. ■TheGeorgetownUniversityImprovAssociationwillpresentanightofunscript-ed,unrehearsedcomedy.9p.m.$4to$6.BulldogAlley,LeaveyCenter,GeorgetownUniversity,37thandOstreetsNW.202-687-2787.

Services ■Sixth&IHistoricSynagoguewillhostaPresidentialInaugurationShabbatser-vicefocusedoncommunityandsocialjus-tice.9a.m.Free;reservationsrequested.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.sixthandi.org. ■AspartofAdasIsraelCongregation’sDr.MartinLutherKingJr.Weekend,EnterpriseCommunityPartnersvicepresi-dentDavidBowers—anationalandlocalexpertonhousingandanordainedUnitedChurchofChristminister—willpresentahomilyattheendofaShabbatmorningservice.9a.m.Free.AdasIsraelCongregation,2850QuebecSt.NW.202-362-4433.

Special events ■TheRockCreekConservancyandtheNationalParkServicewillcelebratetheMartinLutherKingJr.DayofServiceby

removingEnglishivyfromtreesinRockCreekPark.9a.m.tonoon.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.BeachDriveandRockCreekParkwayNW.kzeiter@rockcreekconservancy.org. ■VolunteerswillremoveEnglishivyatGeorgetown’sDumbartonOaksParkandclearshrubsfromtheedgesofthemead-owsandwoods.10a.m.to2p.m.Free.LoversLaneentrance,DumbartonOaksPark,31standRstreetsNW.aaldrich@dopark.org. ■“ANightofArt,”afundraiserfortheFriendsofFrancisField,willfeaturetheworkofpainterFranBeardandphotogra-pherJ.P.Kadzinsky.6to9p.m.Free.TheLucentLoungeatWestEnd25,125525thSt.NW.friendsoffrancisfield.org. ■YalaFitnessandtheSportClub/LAwillhostan“InauguralFitnessParty,”fea-turingafashionshowwithathleticwearbyLululemon,theYaladanceexperiencewithinteractivevideo,andanafter-partywithchampagneandchef-inspiredhorsd’oeuvres.8:30p.m.$50inadvance;$75atthedoor.SportsClub/LA,117022ndSt.NW.yalafitness.com. ■ChefArtSmithwillhostaChefsBalltocelebratePresidentBarackObama’sinaugurationwithlivemusic,anopenbarandlate-nightbitespreparedbyhostsErikBruner-Yang,ScottDrewno,ToddGray,RockHarperandMikeIsabella.11p.m.to2a.m.$75to$125.ArtandSoul,415NewJerseyAve.NW.chefsball.eventbrite.com.

Walk ■TheGeorgetownBusinessImprovementDistrictandWashingtonWalkswillpresentaninauguration-themedtourofGeorgetown,featuringlooksatJohnF.Kennedy’soldresidences,Sen.JohnKerry’shomeandFrancisScottKeyPark.10a.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Startpointprovideduponregistration.washingtonwalks.com.

Sunday,Jan.20

Concerts ■CellistJamieWaltonandpianistFinghinCollins(shown)willperformworksbyBeethoven,Janácek,BrittenandRachmaninoff.4p.m.$20;reservationssug-gested.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.phillipscollection.org/music. ■MembersoftheWashingtonNationalOperaChoruswillperformworksbyGeorgeGershwin,MarkFaxandCarlyleFloydataconcerttobenefittheReliefFundoftheAmericanGuildofMusicalArtists.4p.m.Free;donationsencouraged.St.Ann’sCatholicChurch,4001YumaSt.NW.agmareliefconcert.org. ■TheprofessionalChoirofChristChurchwillperformthemusicofRichardAyleward,JohnBlowandAdamDrese.5p.m.Free.ChristChurch,Georgetown,31standOstreetsNW.202-333-6677. ■StephenAckertandM.FrankRuppertwilldiscusstheworksofSchubertandVali,followedbyaperformanceofthecomposers’worksbyviolinistCyrusForough(shown),cellistKatyaJanpoladyanandpia-nistSung-ImKim.Discussionat6;con-certat6:30p.m.Free.WestBuildingLectureHallandWestGardenCourt,NationalGalleryofArt,6thStreetand

ConstitutionAvenueNW.202-842-6941. ■DahlakRestaurantwillpresentitsweekly“DCJazzJam”session.6:30to9:30p.m.Free.1771USt.NW.202-527-9522.

Discussions and lectures ■MelodyBarnes,PresidentBarackObama’sformerdomesticpolicyadviser,willdiscussthedomesticpolicy-makingprocessintheWhiteHouse.10a.m.Free.St.John’sEpiscopalChurch,LafayetteSquare,16thandHstreetsNW.202-347-8766. ■FormerCIAanalystMelvinA.Goodmanwilldiscusshisbook“NationalInsecurity:TheCostofAmericanMilitarism.”1p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■TamelynTucker-Worgs,professorofpoliticalscienceatHoodCollege,willdis-cuss“AnsweringtheKnockatMidnight:MartinLutherKingJr.’sLegacyintheContemporaryBlackChurch.”1p.m.Free;reservationsrequested.St.Luke’sEpiscopalChurch,151415thSt.NW.stlukemlkprogram.eventbrite.com. ■BenSchrankwilldiscusshisnovel“LoveIsaCanoe,”ahumorouslookatromance,wisdomandbooks.5p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Films ■TheNationalGalleryofArtwillscreenfiveshortfilmsbytheVienna-basednonprofitdistributorSixpack.Noon.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■AscreeningofJamesBlue’s1964film“TheMarchtoWashington”willcom-memoratetheanniversaryofDr.MartinLutherKingJr.’s“IHaveaDream”speech.2p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■AseriesonFrenchfilmmakerJeanGrémillonwillfeaturetheAmericanpre-miereofthedigitalrestorationofthe1943film“Lumièred’été,”or“SummerLight.”4p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215. ■TheAnacostiaCommunityMuseumwillpresentCharlesS.Dutton’sfilm“TheObamaEffect,”featuringDuttonasamanwhoimmerseshimselfintheObamacam-paignafterexperiencehealthandlifechal-lenges.5:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.AnacostiaCommunityMuseum,1901FortPlaceSE.202-633-4875.

Performances ■PoetsClintSmithandJamaalMay(shown)willperforminSplitThisRock’smonthly“SundayKindofLove”program.Anopenmiceventwillfol-low.5to7p.m.$5.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■LatinoartsandcultureorganizationswillcelebratethepresidentialinaugurationwithaprogramfeaturingAntonioBanderas,RitaMoreno,GeorgeLopez,BalletHispanicoandotherentertainers.7p.m.$150to$300.OperaHouse,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

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Sunday, january 20■Concert: TheKennedyCenterandGeorgetownUniversitywillhostamusicalcelebrationofDr.MartinLutherKingJr.’slegacy,featuringGrammyAward-winnerSmokeyRobinsonandtheLetFreedomRingChoir.6p.m.Free;ticketswillbedistributedintheHallofNationsat4p.m.ConcertHall,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

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“Towards Abstraction,” featuring acrylic and oil paintings by a group of Corcoran College of

Art + Design students called the Now Painters, will open today at Watergate Gallery and continue through Feb. 5. The painters include Cheryl Bearss, Arleen Cheston, Jean Eckert, Harry Harper, Magida Hyatt, Gregory Jones and Lois Kampinsky. An open-ing reception will take place today from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Located at 2552 Virginia Ave. NW, the gal-lery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-338-4488.■ “Captured Moments,” presenting paintings by Clarice Smith, will open tomorrow at

George Washington University’s Luther W. Brady Art Gallery and continue through March 15. An opening reception will take place tomorrow from 5 to 7 p.m. Located at 805 21st St. NW on the second floor, the gallery is open Tuesday through

Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-994-1525.■ “One Man’s Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection,” featuring

Chinese archaeological objects from the col-lection of New Jersey psychiatrist-turned-col-lector and scholar Paul Singer (1904-1997), will open Saturday at the Arthur M. Sackler

Gallery and continue through July 7. Located at 1050 Independence Ave. SW, the gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000.■ “Rabín Ajaw: Indigenous Ceremonial Dress of Guatemala,” presenting photography taken by Juan Carlos Lemus Dahinten to highlight indigenous dress at the Mayan pag-eant known as Rabín Ajaw in 2011, opened last week at the Organization of American States’ F Street Photo Gallery, where it will continue through March 29. Located at 1889 F St. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-463-0203.■ “Mental Maps,” highlighting new gouache paintings by Ted Milligan and glass wall mosaics by Michael Curry, opened last week at Gallery plan b and will continue through Feb. 17. Located at 1530 14th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. 202-234-2711.■ “Rise and Shine: New Paintings by Patrick Brennan,” presenting abstract mixed-media

pieces by the Brooklyn-based artist, opened last week at Heiner Contemporary and will continue through Feb. 23. Located at 1675 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the

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Gregory jones’ “Golden Gate” is part of an exhibit at Watergate Gallery.

R&B recording artist Michelle Williams will star in a touring production of the Broadway musi-cal “Fela!” Jan. 29 through Feb. 10 at the

Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Sidney Harman Hall. The winner of three Tony Awards, “Fela!” is the true story of the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti,

whose soulful Afrobeat rhythms ignited a generation. Inspired by his mother, he defied a corrupt and oppres-sive military government and devoted his life and music to the struggle for freedom and human dignity. Performance times are Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Sunday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $30 to $100. Sidney Harman Hall is located at 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org.■ The Studio Theatre will present Stephen Adly Guirgis’ black comedy “The Mother------ With the Hat” Jan. 30 through March 10. Jackie, out on parole and newly sober, is determined to start anew with his childhood sweetheart Veronica. But her unrelenting cocaine addition, his slick-talking AA sponsor and the discovery of another man’s hat in his living room all threaten to derail Jackie’s tenuous progress. Performance times are Tuesday through Sunday at 8 p.m., 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $39 to $82. The Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.■ Spooky Action Theater will stage “Kafka on the Shore” Jan. 31 through Feb. 24. Adapted by Frank Galati from the novel by Haruki Murakami, the play acts as a kaleidoscope of images and characters who morph, combine and fall into pat-terns of perfect dream logic. At age 15, Kafka Tamura escapes Tokyo and his dangerous father. Away from home, he moves simultaneously through contemporary Japan and through a world of spirits that echo the ghostly Japan of the past. Performance times are Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $20 to $25. Spooky Action Theater is located at 1810 16th St. NW. 202-248-0301; spookyaction.org.■ The Shakespeare Theatre Company will present Eugene O’Neill’s “Hughie” Jan. 31 through March 17

at the Lansburgh Theatre. The two-man show, one of O’Neill’s later works, is a commanding study of “Erie” Smith, a man whose illusions of a grand lifestyle are wavering after the death of the stranger who quietly validated his larger-than-life confidence. Unless he can find a new person to affirm his transparent fantasies, he will be forced to confront his crushing self-pity. Richard Schiff of NBC’s “The West Wing” and Broadway’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” stars. Performance times are generally Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $43 to $100. The Lansburgh Theatre is located at 450 7th St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org.■ Georgetown University’s Nomadic Theatre will present Eugène Ionesco’s “The Bald Soprano” Jan. 17 through 26 at the Davis Performing Arts Center. Considered a cornerstone of the Theater of the Absurd movement, the play depicts an English tea party unraveling at its own tweedy seams. Performance times generally are Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $10 to $12. Georgetown University is located at 37th

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Obama’ssecondterm.8to10p.m.$25to$50.BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.newcolumbiavision.org. ■FortKnoxRecordingsandDCBrauBrewingCo.willcelebrateMartinLutherKingJr.Dayandthepresidentialinaugura-tionwith“Funk4PeaceBall,”featuringDJNu-MarkofJurassic5andotherperform-ers.10p.m.to4a.m.$10;reservationssuggested.UStreetMusicHall,1115USt.NW.ustreetmusichall.com.

Walk ■WalterPierceParkArchaeologyProjectvolunteersEddieBeckerandMaryBelcherwillleadawalkingtour,“FromSlaverytoFreedominAdamsMorgan.”1p.m.Free.MeetatSunTrustBankPlaza,18thStreetandColumbiaRoadNW.maryjbelcher@comcast.net.

Monday,Jan.21

Class ■TheWashingtonNationalCathedralwillcontinueasix-partcourseonCelticspirituality.7to9p.m.$10persession.WashingtonNationalCathedral,MassachusettsandWisconsinavenues

NW.202-537-6200.This course will meet each Monday through Feb. 11.

Concert ■StudentsfromNewJersey’sPrincetonHighSchoolwillperformjazzmusic.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Film ■TheWashingtonPsychotronicFilmSocietywillpresentWilliamWitney’s1975film“DarktownStrutters.”8p.m.Donationsuggested.McFadden’sRestaurantandSaloon,2401PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-462-3356.

Special events ■InhonorofMartinLutherKingJr.Day,BehrendBuilderswillleadagroupavolunteerstopaintlocalstructuresinneedofrepairs.10a.m.to2p.m.$10;reserva-tionsrequired.WashingtonDCJewishCommunityCenter,152916thSt.NW.washingtondcjcc.org. ■TheAfricanAmericanCivilWarMuseumwillhostaviewingofthepresi-dentialinauguration.11a.m.$5donationsuggested.AfricanAmericanCivilWarMuseum,1925VermontAve.NW.afroamcivilwar.org.

■TheWoman’sNationalDemocraticClubwillcelebratethepresidentialinaugu-rationwithablack-tieball.8p.m.tomid-night.$150to$175.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. ■TheWashingtonDCJewishCommunityCenterwillhostthe“InauguralBallfortheRestofUs:FourMoreYears,”withdancing,horsd’oeuvresanddrinks.8:30p.m.tomidnight.$55to$65;reser-vationsrequired.WashingtonDCJewishCommunityCenter,152916thSt.NW.washingtondcjcc.org.

Tuesday,Jan.22

Classes ■Localknittersandcrochetenthusi-astswillparticipateinafiberartswork-shop.7p.m.Free.ClevelandParkLibrary,3310ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-3080. ■TheWashingtonNationalCathedralwillbeginaweeklyBiblestudyanddiscus-sioncourse.7p.m.$104.CollegeLibraryBoardRoom,WashingtonNationalCathedral,3101WisconsinAve.NW.espencer@cathedral.org.This class will continue each Tuesday through May 14.

Concerts ■Baltimore-basedclarinetistandcompos-erToddMarcuswillperformwithhisensemble.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheCapitolHillArtsWorkshopwillholda“RemembranceofMartinLutherKingJr.,”featuringFortissima,theCapitolHillYouthChorusandperformersfromtheBokamosoYouthCenterinSouthAfrica.7p.m.Free.CapitolHillPresbyterianChurch,4thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSE.202-547-6839.

Discussions and lectures ■TheOsherLifelongLearningInstituteatAmericanUniversitywillpresentatalkbyShawnArmbrust,executivedirectoroftheInnocenceProjectandaprofessoroflawatGeorgetownUniversity.10to11:50a.m.AbramsonFamilyRecitalHall,KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.202-895-4860. ■IslamicartcuratorMassumehFarhadwilldiscusstheartisticandcultural

exchangesthatshapedthehistoryofancientArabia.Noon.Free.SacklerGalleryofArt,1050IndependenceAve.SW.202-633-1000. ■“GirlsandWomeninScience,Technology,EngineeringandMath,”aboutinterventionstrategiestoovercomestereo-typesandencouragefemaleparticipation,willfeaturepanelistsJoleneJesseoftheNationalScienceFoundation,JaniceKochofHofstraUniversityandAprilOsajimaofGirlsInc.Noonto1:30p.m.Free.ClearinghouseofWomen’sIssues,1DupontCircleNW.202-744-6592. ■RadiopersonalityJoeMadisonwilldiscusstheimpactofthecivilrightsmove-mentontoday’ssociety.6:30p.m.Free.MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-0321. ■LilitheditorinchiefSusanWeidmanSchneiderandlocalartistRachelFarbiarzwillleadadiscussionabouthowraceandethnicityfactorintothedailylivesofJewishwomen.7p.m.$10.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.202-408-3100. ■FormerRep.TomAllen,D-Maine,willdis-cusshisbook“DangerousConvictions:What’sReallyWrongWiththeU.S.Congress.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

Films ■GeorgetownLibrarywillscreenGiuseppeTornatore’s1988film“CinemaParadiso”aspartofitsItaliancinemaseries.6p.m.Free.GeorgetownLibrary,3260RSt.NW.202-727-0232. ■ThePopularFilmSerieswillfeatureMariusA.Markevicius’2012film“TheOtherDreamTeam,”aboutthe1992Lithuanianbasketballteamanditssuc-cessattheBarcelonaOlympics.6p.m.Free.MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-0321.

reading ■PoetShondaBuchananwillreadfromherbook“Who’sAfraidofBlackIndians?”6:30p.m.Free.Room316,MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-0321.

Sporting event ■TheWashingtonCapitalswillplaytheWinnipegJets.7p.m.$44to$365.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-7328.

Wednesday,Jan.23

Class ■TheCorcoranGalleyofArtwillholdaprintmakingworkshopandhappyhour.6:30to8:30p.m.$20to$35;reserva-tionsrequired.CorcoranGalleryofArt,50017thSt.NW.202-639-1700.

Concerts ■“EveningsWithExtraordinaryArtists”willfeaturetheDixiePowerTrioperformingitsblendofNewOrleansDixieland,zydeco,jazzandCajunsounds.5:30p.m.$20;reservationsrequired.ArtsClubofWashington,2017ISt.NW.202-331-7282,ext.116. ■Inthefirstofthreeconcertstocom-memoratethebirthdaysofAustriancom-posersFranzPeterSchubertandWolfgangAmadeusMozart,theEmbassySerieswillpresentbaritoneJeromeBarry,violinistYevgenyKutikandpianistsGeorgePeachey,EdvinasMinkstimasandTimothy

BozarthperformingworksbySchubert,LoeweandLiszt.7:30p.m.$55.EmbassyofAustria,3524InternationalCourtNW.202-625-2361. ■Jerseyband,abandthatcombineshardcoremetalmusicwithjazztrumpets,willperform.8p.m.$15to$25.AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.

Discussions and lectures ■TheOsherLifelongLearningInstituteatAmericanUniversitywillpresentatalkbyRobertKramerandE.JamesLiebermanabouttheirbook“TheLettersofSigmundFreudandOttoRank:InsidePsychoanalysis.”10to11:50a.m.Free.TempleBaptistChurch,3850NebraskaAve.NW.202-895-4860. ■FormerSen.TomDaschle,D-S.D.,willdiscusshisbook“TheU.S.Senate:FundamentalsofAmericanGovernment.”Noon.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■ScottBates,presidentoftheCenterforNationalPolicy,willleadapaneldiscus-sionassessingTaiwan’scurrentstrategicposition.12:30to2p.m.Free.Room602,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.go.gwu.edu/taiwan21. ■AmaneyJamal,associateprofessorofpoliticsatPrincetonUniversity,willdis-cussherbook“OfEmpiresandCitizens:Pro-AmericanDemocracyorNoDemocracyatAll?”6to8p.m.Free.Room602,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.tinyurl.com/bpf296p. ■AlexanderNagel,assistantcuratorofancientNearEastartattheFreerandSacklerGalleries,willdiscuss“ErnstHerzfeld’sArchaeologicalJourneys:FromtheAncientNearEasttoWashington.”6:45to8:15p.m.$25.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030. ■JournalistFredKaplanwilldiscusshisbook“TheInsurgents:DavidPetraeusandthePlottoChangetheAmericanWayofWar,”abouthowU.S.forcesadaptedtechniquesofinsurgents.7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■SlatejournalistsEmilyBazelon,JohnDickersonandDavidPlotzwilldiscusstheinaugurationinalivetapingoftheirpod-cast“PoliticalGabfest.”7p.m.$15.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.877-987-6487.

Performance ■EducationandmediaorganizationStoryPirateswillperformamusicalsketchcomedyshowfeaturingstorieswrittenbystudents.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

reading ■AmericanUniversity’sVisitingWritersSerieswillpresentafacultybenefitreadingbyKyleDargan(shown),DanielleEvans,StephanieGrant,AndrewHolleran,DavidKeplinger,EliseLevineandRachelSnyder.7:30p.m.$5donationtobenefit826DC.7:30p.m.826DC,323314thSt.NW.202-885-2908.

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Tuesday, january 22■Concert: TheTuesdayConcertSerieswillfeatureharpistLilyNeillperformingmusicfromtravelsinLithuania,Finland,Russia,Irelandandbeyond.12:10p.m.$10donationencouraged.ChurchoftheEpiphany,1317GSt.NW.202-347-2635,ext.18. Monday january 21

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other teams in several games that are based on the geography of the United States. My team played against many teams. We won five and lost the rest. My favorite part of the day was our delicious pizza lunch. One of the Ross teams won an award for sportsmanship. The team members received special medals. When I spoke to one of these winners, he said he felt good about winning. He was proud of himself and proud of his teammates.

— Kevin Rivera, fifth-grader

St. Albans School After the winter break, some stu-dents are refreshed and ready to go. Others wish the winter break were a little longer. School resumed on Jan. 2, and now we are preparing for our mid-term exams. These will be taken during the week of Jan. 14. Each class, from Form A (sixth grade) onward, takes midterms, which grow progressively more important to our grades. This year, Form II exams range from 10 per-cent of our grade in English and history to 20 percent in math. Many winter sports teams have started playing against schools around the region. The swim team has won both of its meets — one against Flint Hill and one against St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes — while the three basketball teams, Form A, Form I and Form II, also beat the Saints on Wednesday. The other sports are wrestling, ice hockey,

winter track and winter soccer. Also, instead of weekly assem-blies, we are starting our clubs. They range from Ultimate Frisbee to cooking and will continue until the end of March. These, among other things, will electrify and chal-lenge us during the rest of the year.

— Dinesh Das Gupta, Form II (eighth-grader)

St. Ann’s Academy As we approach our hundredth day of school this year, we have learned and grown so much! We are learning to read sentences and books, and have learned all of our letter sounds, even our vowels! We enjoy storytime and having special visitors come and read to us. In math, we are learning to count and how to put information and votes onto graphs and charts. In science, we made predictions about what would happen when we blended food coloring together, and we also used stethoscopes to measure our heart rates before and after exercise to measure changes in how hard our bodies work! One of our favorite days so far this year was teddy bear day. We brought our favorite stuffed animals to school and presented them to the class. We also used paper clips, counting cubes and pennies to mea-sure how tall they were. We did a fun activity where we sorted differ-ent-colored teddy bears into groups and graphed our results.— Ms. Zupkus’ kindergarten class

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School Once a month, instead of regular

chapel, we have a special chapel called Taizé. When we walk into the Nave on Taizé chapel days, there are people holding signs that say “SILENCE” in big, bold letters. This is an instant symbol that this is a sacred space that we, as students, should respect. One of the wonderful things about Taizé is that if you don’t feel like joining in a song or a prayer, you feel no pressure to do so. Another great thing about these ser-vices is that all of the songs are repeated multiple times so everyone can get a feel for them. Most people will listen to the songs once or twice just to get the gist of them, and start singing somewhere around the third repeat. Not everybody sings the entire time; some just sit in silence respecting the other peo-ple who choose to sing. The only prayer that is recited in a group is the Our Father. The rest of the prayers are read by students who volunteer for chapel duty. The musical accompaniment is much lighter and quieter than the usual pipe organ. The songs are most often played on a keyboard or on the grand piano at the front of the chapel. Taizé is a very inspiring experience for me and my peers.

— Kate Purdum, seventh-grader

School Without Walls School Without Walls and Meridian International will host a Knit-a-Thon on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Meridian International is a nonprofit in D.C. that brings people of different backgrounds together to promote leadership development. A Knit-a-Thon is a gathering of

knitters, both expert and novice, whose goal is to knit scarves and hats for charity. It is a social gather-ing with a larger purpose — to assist those in need. If the scarves are not finished, the expert knitters will finish them at home. Various knitting and crocheting groups around the area are expected to join and donate materials. The Global Issues Network Club is hosting this as its project for the Global Service Leaders National Day of Service. The club is partner-ing with a school in Cameroon that is doing a similar project for charity. Additionally, we will be hosting a clothing drive to benefit the same charity. School Without Walls invites any readers who like to knit or crochet to attend the gathering.

— Eleonore Edgell, 11th-grader

Stoddert Elementary We are all in Mr. Duff’s fifth-grade class, and we made it to the GeoPlunge contest. You have to know your geography to participate and win. Hi, I’m Ava and I really studied the East Coast states and state-hoods. I know all the states and when they became part of the United States. At GeoPlunge we played about 30 teams and we lost four games. The border states was the hardest part. Hi, I’m Oskar and I studied mostly capitals and borders. I was best at the central states. In fact, I knew all of them. Hi, I’m Rami and the hardest thing for us was always getting the state flower and bird questions. I really studied the capitals and the

size of each state measured in miles. We came up with a strategy to divide into what we knew best. Everyone was polite at the contest. They served us a pizza and salad lunch with water. We ate with a team we didn’t know, but we ended up talking. We received ribbons and a certificate as we got to go onstage. We made 10th place out of 74 teams of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders in the District.— Rami Chiaviello, Oskar Floman

and Ava Mackaye, fifth-graders

Wilson High School At Wilson’s Jan. 11 open house, attendees flocked to the auditorium at 9 a.m. — parents eager to see what sort of school they would be sending their children to, and a few Wilson students wondering what on Earth they had gotten into. When I arrived, there were four students standing at the bottom of the stage. Parents were asking them questions as they responded with smiles and clarity. Soon it was time for the tour of the building, where parents and prospective students were told to latch onto a Wilson stu-dent to be led around the facilities. A classmate and I led a group of 11 or so. Overall, the parents seemed much more at peace as we walked through the halls. They would peer into the windows of classrooms at students sitting attentively (or some-times not) in their seats, staring at the board in front of them. The last three open houses for this school year will take place on Feb. 1, Feb. 22 and March 15.

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and O streets NW. 202-687-2787; performingarts.georgetown.edu.■ Constellation Theatre Company will present “Zorro” Jan. 17 through Feb. 17 at Source. Performance times generally are Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $25 to $45. Source is located at 1835 14th St. NW. 800-494-8497; constellationtheatre.org.■ The National Ballet of Canada will stage a theatrical production of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” Jan. 18 through 27 at the Kennedy Center Opera House. Performance times generally are Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Tickets cost $45 to $150. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.■ Rorschach Theatre will join with Atlanta’s Synchronicity Theatre to present the world pre-miere of Anna Ziegler’s “The Minotaur” Jan. 18 through Feb. 17 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Performance times are Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $15 to $30. Atlas Performing Arts Center is located at 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993; atlasarts.org/events. ■ The Studio Theatre has extended “An Iliad” through Jan. 20. Director Lisa Peterson and actor Denis O’Hare adapted Homer’s epic poem into a one-man show that brings the classical story onstage with a contemporary retelling. Performance times are generally 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $35 to $72. The Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.■ Folger Theatre will stage Shakespeare’s war epic “Henry V” Jan. 22 through March 3 at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $30 to $68. The Folger Shakespeare Library is located at 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077; folger.edu/theatre.■ Ford’s Theatre will stage a 75th anniversary production of Thornton

Wilder’s classic “Our Town” Jan. 25 through Feb. 24. Performance times are generally 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets start at $15. Ford’s Theatre is located at 511 10th St. NW. 800-982-2787; fords.org.■ The Washington Stage Guild will present the area premiere of Karoline Leach’s romantic thriller “Tryst” through Jan. 25 at the Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church. Performance times generally are 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $20 to $50. The church is located at 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 240-582-0050; stageguild.org.■ The In Series will present Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” Jan. 26 through Feb. 3 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Performance times are 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $42 for general admis-sion, $38 for seniors and $21 for students. The Atlas Performing Arts Center is located at 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993; atlasarts.org.■ Keegan Theatre will present the Tony Award-winning musical “Cabaret” Jan. 26 through Feb. 23 at the Church Street Theater. Performance times generally are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $35 to $40. The Church Street Theater is located at 1742 Church St. NW. 703-892-0202; keegantheatre.com.■ Holly Twyford stars in the U.S. premiere of British playwright Mike Bartlett’s “Contractions” through Jan. 27 at Studio 2ndStage. Performance times are 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets start at $30. The Studio Theatre is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.■ Theater J will present the English-language premiere of “Boged (Traitor): An Enemy of the People” through Feb. 3 at Georgetown University’s Davis Performing Arts Center. Performance times are generally Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $35. Georgetown University is located at 37th and O streets NW. 800-494-8497; theaterj.org.

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Georgetown. Transformed 3 BR,

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ESTATE SETTING Kenwood, Md. Magnifi cent & grand

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including a beautiful curving staircase to both the 2nd & 3rd fl oors. $2,795,000

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recently expanded & renovated. High endkitchen w/island breakfast area, Great room MBR suite w/spa bath. 5 BRs,

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PICTURESQUE HALLMARKChevy Chase, MD. Constructionis starting on this impressive and

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STYLISH FLAIRMt Vernon Square.

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renovation of detached home w/garage. 4 BRs, 4 BAs,

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Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971Karen Kuchins 301-275-2255

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2 Metros. $574,000

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