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By DEIRDRE BANNONCurrent Staff Writer

A new alcohol rule allowing liquor stores to open on Sundays has left more retailers looking to add liquor to their beer and wine sales. In Northwest, two such applications are in the pipe-line: Trader Joe’s at 1101 25th St. in the West End, and Tenley Mini Market at 4326 Wisconsin Ave. near American University. When the D.C. Council passed the omnibus alcohol bill in December, it contained the new provision allow-ing liquor stores to open on Sundays — just as retailers selling beer and wine are allowed to do. That change has prompted an increase in applications from establish-ments seeking “Class A” licenses that allow sales of liquor in addition to beer and wine, according to

Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration spokes-person William Hager. There are some parameters for operating a liquor store. First, there are a limited number of Class A licens-es available for off-premises consumption — 215 are active now throughout the city, and another 35 could be issued. Such establishments can’t be within 400 feet of a

See Licenses/Page 7

Liquor sales on Sunday prompt license requests

By DEIRDRE BANNONCurrent Staff Writer

Inside a trailer classroom at Lafayette Elementary School Monday morning, a group of D.C. Public Schools principals gathered over coffee to talk shop as part of the “Wilson feeder pyramid.” Wilson High School principal Peter Cahall came up with the idea to bring together the principals from all 14 elementary and middle schools

that ultimately feed into Wilson to open the lines of communication between the schools and to enhance student readiness. “One of our values as a group is to come up with a strategy on how to prepare our kids for Wilson and beyond,” said Hyde-Addison Elementary School principal Dana Nerenberg, “and what we want our kids to get in a vertical way, as well as how we can help apply that verti-cal thinking across the entire school system.” It’s the first group of its kind cre-ated within D.C. Public Schools.

See Wilson/Page 16

Local principals coordinate to ease transition to Wilson

By ALIX PIANINCurrent Staff Writer

The Glover Park/Cathedral Heights advisory neighborhood commission is apparently the first in the city to officially throw its formal support behind the Office of Planning’s proposed rewrite of the

D.C. zoning code. The neighborhood commission unanimously passed a resolution Thursday backing the Office of Planning’s December 2012 code draft, and will urge the Zoning Commission to adopt the proposal. The controversial measures the Glover Park group support include allowances for neighborhood corner stores, potentially more options for homeowners to create affordable housing on their properties, and

reducing or eliminating certain park-ing minimums. The draft proposals by the Office of Planning could make Glover Park “more livable, more walkable, it would allow for responsible growth, and for a community of seniors to age in place” as well as provide more affordable housing for young people, said neighborhood commis-sion chair Brian Cohen. As part of the “zoning regula-

See Zoning/Page 18

Glover Park ANC backs zoning rewrite

Bill Petros/The CurrentThe National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Georgetown celebrated international Commedia dell’Arte Day on Monday with a staged reading of a brand-new play written by local playwrights Mario Baldessari and Tyler Herman.

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■ Planning: Resolution touts local benefits of city proposal

By BRADy HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

After spending well over a year occupying prime real estate at a riverside entrance to Georgetown Waterfront Park, an enclosure of construction materials was removed last week, as the D.C. Department of Transportation declined to renew a public space permit for it to remain. The fenced site was originally on National Park Service land across from the Washington Harbour but was subsequently moved closer to the street into the city-owned right-of-way, according to Bob vom Eigen, presi-dent of the Friends of the Georgetown Waterfront Park. Contractor Consolidated Waterproofing held a permit through Feb. 6 to use the spot, according to Transportation Department spokesperson Monica Hernandez, but over-stayed it. The area, just feet from the Potomac River, was enclosed by a chain-link fence and green tarp, and marked “construction zone — do not enter.”

See Waterfront/Page 10

Construction zone pulled from park

Bill Petros/The CurrentThis construction staging area was removed last week from a waterside entrance to the park after being stored there for more than a year.

■ Schools: ‘Feeder pyramid’ aims to boost students’ skills

St. John’s girls win WCAC crown over rival Good Counsel

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Council reprimands Ward 1’s Graham over contract issue

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Cleveland Park gym hosts photo exhibit on senior athletes

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Bill Petros/The CurrentTrader Joe’s is seeking to add liquor in the wake of a new city law that allows Sunday sales.

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Current Staff Report In the aftermath of recent petition challenges, John Settles has been deemed ineligible as a candidate for the at-large D.C. Council race, while Paul Zukerberg will remain on the April 23 special election ballot. The D.C. Board of Elections requires candidates to collect 3,000 signatures from registered voters.

The board ruled Monday that Zukerberg met that rule — with exactly 3,000 — but Settles didn’t. Both candidates have criticized the election board for database prob-lems and other issues that compli-cate verification of registered voters, which the board vehemently denied. A statement from Zukerberg described how his campaign proved

the validity of contested signatures by hand-matching them to voters who had changed their addresses. Settles this week also criticized the elections board for “faulty data” and procedures that “disenfranchise homeless individuals, seniors, low income individuals and minorities.” In a statement, Settles said his campaign “collected well over the

required number” of signatures, but more than 675 were contested. Settles, who lives in Logan Circle, left his position as branch manager of a Wells Fargo Home Mortgage to dedicate himself to his campaign. The challenges to both Settles’ and Zukerberg’s ballot petitions came from a supporter of at-large

candidate Elissa Silverman, a former reporter and DC Fiscal Policy Institute staffer. The heated at-large council race now includes seven candidates total. Zukerberg, a sole practitioner attorney who lives in Adams Morgan, has vowed to explore how his own case might help Settles get back on the ballot.

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Wednesday, Feb. 27 The Transportation Plan Advisory Committee — convened by the D.C. Department of Transportation as part of the moveDC planning process — will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Reeves Center, 2000 14th St. NW.

Thursday, Feb. 28 The D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board will hold a public hearing on a pro-posed definition of a full-service grocery store. The hearing will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Board Hearing Room, 4th Floor South, 2000 14th St. NW. ■ The Ward 3 Democratic Committee will hold a forum for candidates running for an at-large D.C. Council seat in the April 23 special election. The forum will begin at 7:30 p.m. at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 4201 Albemarle St. NW.

Saturday, March 2 Politics and Prose will sponsor a Wilson High School book fair. The Wilson Parent Teacher Student Association will receive 20 percent of revenue from all book fair purchases Saturday and Sunday at the store, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Patrons may also donate items to the school library and classrooms.■ The West End Citizens Association will hold a membership meeting, which will feature presentations by Darrin Sobin, director of government ethics for the new D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability, and Robin McElhenny-Smith, manager of station area planning for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. at the Hotel Lombardy, 2019 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Tuesday, March 5 The Palisades Citizens Association will hold its monthly meeting, which will feature an update on the Palisades Village’s aging-in-place programs and activi-ties. Speakers will include Palisades Village executive director Peggy Newman and president Phil Potter. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Palisades Recreation Center, Sherier and Dana places NW.

Tuesday, March 13 The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority and Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans will hold a Ward 2 town hall meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at School Without Walls, 2130 G St. NW.

The week aheadBy ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

In a dramatic dressing-down of one of its own, the D.C. Council Monday reprimanded Ward 1 mem-ber Jim Graham for allegedly inter-fering in contract negotiations, then stripped Graham of his longtime oversight of the city’s alcohol bever-age control system. On an 11-2 vote, the council agreed that in a 2008 incident, Graham showed “a complete lack of impartiality” and undermined the public’s confidence in integrity of the District government. In that case, Graham allegedly hinted that he would support a contractor’s bid to run the lucrative D.C. lottery if the same contractor, Warren Williams, dropped out of contention for a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority land development project. At-large member Vincent Orange, who chairs the Committee on Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, will take over oversight of city alcoholic beverage regulation. Chairman Phil Mendelson, chief sponsor of the measure, was both somber and eloquent in explaining the reprimand — only the second in the council’s history. “I do not relish

this situation,” he said. “We learn as council members not to criticize each other, so the situation has to be extraordinary to come before us.” Mendelson said Graham had vio-lated both ethics rules and the coun-cil’s code of conduct. “Procurement is always a source of corruption in government. That’s why we have a procedure in place” to shield con-tracting decisions from politics, he said. “It’s not appropriate for a coun-cil member to work behind the scenes to influence the outcome,” the chairman said, though he added that there was “no indication of a criminal violation.” At issue is a 2008 private meet-ing where Graham — then chair of the Metro board — allegedly sug-gested Williams drop out of the bid-ding to redevelop Metro-owned land on Florida Avenue, in return for Graham’s support on the city lottery contract. Graham has called it ordi-nary political “horse-trading,” but two investigations found the “quid pro quo” improper. Other council members made clear that a series of ethical crises over the past two years spurred them to act. “We have to preserve and keep the public’s confidence. To obtain contracts for friends, and deter them for enemies — we have to stop it,” said Ward 3 member

Mary Cheh. At-large member David Grosso said residents are particularly dis-turbed at manipulations of the con-tracting process, and argued the council should give up its role in approving contracts over $1 million. “This wheeling and dealing in the contracting process has shaken vot-ers’ confidence,” Grosso said. “There’s a crisis of ethics and trust,” said Ward 6 member Tommy Wells. “To suggest ‘horse-trading’ is standard — who will invest here, if we say in backrooms who are the winners and losers?” Wells walked away without commenting when a reporter asked him whether Graham should resign. Only Ward 8 member Marion Barry joined Graham in voting against the reprimand, saying his colleague was denied due process since neither the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability, nor the council, had conducted a full investi-gation, giving Graham a chance to call witnesses and make his case. Barry is still protesting the fact that he was censured by the council three years ago for steering earmarked dollars to a former girlfriend. Graham declined to speak on the reprimand, saying only that it is “time to move on.”

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Woman charged in two bank robberies A Northwest woman has been arrested and charged in connection with two Feb. 4 bank robberies, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Friday. Mercedes Idalia Romero, 36, allegedly demanded money from PNC Bank in the 4200 block of Wisconsin Avenue at 9:13 a.m. and Bank of America in the 3400 block of Connecticut Avenue 16 minutes later, according to a news release from the department. The suspect did not display a weapon and

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Revenue projection rises by $190 million The District’s projected revenue for the 2013 fiscal year is up $190 million, to $6.06 billion, according to a Friday letter from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. Estimates for the 2013 through 2016 fiscal years are in total up nearly $745 million compared to the most recent prior projection. Economic growth is expected to continue, despite the expected fed-eral sequester; even counting the newly projected increases, the growth rate is lower than it had been in some recent years, the letter states. According to the letter, econom-ic growth has come largely from a burgeoning population that has boosted income tax revenues and raised property values.

LaBelle to perform at Ellington fundraiser Award-winning performer Patti LaBelle will headline a benefit con-cert for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts next month, as part of the magnet school’s annual “Performance Series of Legends.” The concert, which will include performances by Ellington students, is scheduled to take place March 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The Legends concert series, which the Ellington school launched in 2008, has raised more than $2 million for its arts curricu-lum, according to a news release from the school.

Tickets for LaBelle’s perfor-mance range in price from $50 to $500 for a VIP package, and are available at kennedy-center.org. Other sponsorship opportunities are available through The Ellington Fund, at info@ellingtonarts.org.

AU names new dorm for donor Cassell American University will name its newest dormitory Cassell Hall in honor of a $3 million gift from trustee and 1977 graduate Jack Cassell and his family, according to a university news release. The building is now under con-struction behind the President’s Office Building near Massachusetts Avenue. The eight-story building will accommodate 360 students in suite-style rooms, and it will include an 8,000-square-foot fitness center. The Cassells’ gift, which will support the university’s Department of Athletics and Recreation as well as the dorm’s construction, is the first naming gift for a residence hall at the university, according to the release. The new building, however, is not the first on campus to bear the family’s name. The multipurpose Cassell Center — named for Jack’s father, Stafford H. “Pop” Cassell — previously occupied the site of the Katzen Art Center. The university’s basketball court is also named for the elder Cassell, who was a long-time coach, athletic director and vice president at the university.

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By ALIX PIANINCurrent Staff Writer

A new photography exhibit at Cleveland Park’s City Fitness Gym shines a light on athletes who have come into their own in their golden years and draws attention to new senior initiatives in the community launching this spring. A collection of photographs fea-turing older athletes participating in highly competitive track and field events drew a small crowd to the fitness center Saturday night, where British photographer Alex Rotas displayed a collection of 16 portraits she completed at the 2012 European Veterans Athletics Championships. The exhibit dovetailed with the gym’s long-standing efforts to appeal to older members of the neighborhood, as well as the upcom-ing launch of the Cleveland Park Village for residents wishing to “age in place” in their own homes. Since taking over the City Fitness Gym in 1996, co-owners Lucinda LaRee and Dega Schembri have expanded the senior popula-tion there by offering early morning and midday classes such as yoga and body sculpting — all of which are typically fully booked. Participants are usually nearby resi-dents in their 60s, 70s and 80s, Schembri said. City Fitness also created a daytime membership pass, which offers discounted rates for those who choose to use the gym on weekdays between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. “They felt comfortable in this setting,” Schembri said, adding that she sees “a lot of potential” for fit-ness work with aging neighbors and future Cleveland Park Village mem-bers. Cleveland Park Village board member Minturn Wright was on hand at the exhibition opening to discuss the options and goals of the

future aging-in-place village, part of his ongoing outreach to encourage older citizens to join and interested neighbors to volunteer at the organi-zation. “One of the big things that we’ve found is the people most in need of village services are the ones less likely to hear about them,” he said. The nationwide aging-in-place village movement got its start in Boston, but Washington provides a special market for this type of orga-nization, Wright said. In D.C., he noted, “a whole lot of people are from somewhere else. You don’t have family that you can just call up and ask your nephew to come over and cut down that tree, or something like that. … There’s a tremendous market for the village movement here.” The Cleveland Park Village board is currently exploring ways to provide seniors with rides to social events and medical appointments, as well as services that would pro-vide snow and leaf shoveling, and computer setup and assistance. “They are all designed to enable people who are getting up in years to stay where they want, because poll after poll has shown — particu-larly in this neighborhood — that people want to stay in their homes,” Wright said. “They don’t want to leave simply because they can’t change the light bulbs or rake the leaves.” The board is interviewing possi-ble executive directors, with a deci-sion likely in March, and is aiming to launch the village in April. While City Fitness does not have a formal relationship with the Cleveland Park Village, the gym hosted a “Meet and Greet” for inter-ested neighbors with representatives of the village last week. Around 50 people attended — a number of whom already belonged to the gym,

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This is a listing of reports taken from Feb. 17 through 24 in local police service areas.

PSA 101

Theft ($250 plus)■ 1300 block, New York Ave.; 11 a.m. Feb. 19.■ 1200 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 1:44 p.m. Feb. 20.Theft (below $250)■ 13th and F streets; 5:20 p.m. Feb. 19.■ 1300 block, F St.; 1:30 p.m. Feb. 20.■ 800 block, 14th St.; 1 p.m. Feb. 21.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1200 block, K St.; 12:01 a.m. Feb. 19.

PSA 102

Robbery (attempt)■ 6th and F streets; 9:45 p.m. Feb. 22.Theft ($250 plus)■ 600 block, F St.; 9:20 p.m. Feb. 20.Theft (below $250)■ 1000 block, 5th St.; 11:10 a.m. Feb. 20.■ 700 block, D St.; 2 p.m. Feb. 20.■ 800 block, 9th St.; 7:25 p.m. Feb. 21.■ 800 block, H St.; 9:20 a.m. Feb. 22.■ 700 block, H St.; 12:30 p.m. Feb. 23.Theft (bicycle)■ 800 block, E St.; 3 p.m. Feb. 17.Theft (shoplifting)■ 800 block, 7th St.; 3:08 p.m. Feb. 19.

PSA 201

Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3500 block, McKinley St.; noon Feb. 21.■ 3300 block, Legation St.; 8 p.m. Feb. 21.■ 5500 block, Broad Branch Road; 10:05 a.m. Feb. 22.

PSA 202

Theft (below $250)■ 5300 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 3:30 p.m. Feb. 24.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 5300 block, 43rd St.; 8:30 p.m. Feb. 19.■ 4300 block, Harrison St.; 10:10 p.m. Feb. 19.

PSA 203

Theft ($250 plus)■ 3000 block, Veazey Terrace; 9:17 a.m. Feb. 19.Theft (below $250)■ 36th and Ellicott streets; 9 p.m. Feb. 17.■ 3500 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11:55 a.m. Feb. 20.

Theft from auto (below $250)■ 4800 block, 36th St.; 7 p.m. Feb. 17.■ 3600 block, Everett St.; 9 p.m. Feb. 17.■ 3500 block, Davenport St.; 12:59 p.m. Feb. 18.■ 3600 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10 p.m. Feb. 20.■ Connecticut Avenue and Rodman Street; 5 p.m. Feb. 22.

PSA 204

Theft (below $250)■ 3600 block, Woodley Road; 5 p.m. Feb. 21.■ 3000 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 10:52 a.m. Feb. 23.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3800 block, Porter St.; 3:30 p.m. Feb. 20.■ 39th and Porter streets; 6 p.m. Feb. 21.■ 38th and Porter streets; 7 p.m. Feb. 21.■ 3800 block, Porter St.; 7 p.m. Feb. 21.■ 3600 block, 39th St.; 8 a.m. Feb. 22.■ 3600 block, 39th St.; 5 p.m. Feb. 22.

PSA 205

Burglary■ 1900 block, 47th St.; noon Feb. 20.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3600 block, 49th St.: 3:45 p.m. Feb. 19.■ 2100 block, Dunmore Lane; 10:06 a.m. Feb. 20.■ 4400 block, Lowell St.; 8:43 p.m. Feb. 20.■ Sedgwick and Tilden streets; 12:21 a.m. Feb. 22.

PSA 206

Theft (below $250)■ 3200 block, M St.; noon Feb. 19.■ 3000 block, M St.; 4:21 p.m. Feb. 19.■ 1200 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 7:35 p.m. Feb. 22.

PSA 207

Robbery (purse snatch)■ 800 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 3:53 p.m. Feb. 24.Assault with a dangerous weapon (miscellaneous)■ 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:10 p.m. Feb. 20.Burglary■ 1600 block, K St.; 10:31 a.m. Feb. 18.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1900 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 9:56 a.m. Feb. 19.■ 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:08 p.m. Feb. 22.Theft (below $250)■ 1400 block, I St.; 1:10 a.m. Feb. 18.

■ 1100 block, 15th St.; 8:50 a.m. Feb. 18.■ 1100 block, 17th St.; 9:44 a.m. Feb. 18.■ 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11 a.m. Feb. 18.■ 2200 block, I St.; 9:37 p.m. Feb. 19.■ 1100 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:30 a.m. Feb. 20.■ 2000 block, L St.; 2:34 p.m. Feb. 20.■ 2000 block, M St.; 5:08 p.m. Feb. 21.■ 1200 block, 24th St.; 6:15 p.m. Feb. 21.■ 1800 block, K St.; 1:50 p.m. Feb. 22.■ 1600 block, L St.; 8:56 a.m. Feb. 23.■ 1000 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:30 p.m. Feb. 23.Theft (bicycle)■ 22nd and I streets; noon Feb. 18.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 26th and L streets; 2 p.m. Feb. 18.■ 1900 block, K St.; 4:404 p.m. Feb. 22.■ 2600 block, L St.; 5 p.m. Feb. 23.■ 2600 block, L St.; 7:45 p.m. Feb. 23.

PSA 208

Burglary■ 1500 block, 17th St.; 9:38 p.m. Feb. 23.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1600 block, Connecticut Ave.; 10:35 a.m. Feb. 21.■ 1200 block, 18th St.; 1:35 p.m. Feb. 23.Theft (below $250)■ 1200 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 6:45 a.m. Feb. 20.■ 1700 block, N St.; 11:29 p.m. Feb. 20.■ 1300 block, Connecticut Ave.; 3 p.m. Feb. 22.■ 1600 block, Connecticut Ave.; 4:30 p.m. Feb. 22.■ 1600 block, Connecticut Ave.; 9:27 p.m. Feb. 22.■ 1200 block, 18th St.; 11:30 p.m. Feb. 22.■ 1800 block, Connecticut Ave.; 1:46 a.m. Feb. 24.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 1800 block, N St.; 4 p.m. Feb. 18.■ 1400 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 2:04 a.m. Feb. 24.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1800 block, N St.; 4 p.m. Feb. 18.■ 16th and O streets, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 18.■ 1300 block, 14th St.; 4:22 a.m. Feb. 19.■ 16th and O streets; 10:18 p.m. Feb. 23.

PSA 301

Burglary■ 1700 block, R St.; 8:45 a.m. Feb. 21.Stolen auto■ 1600 block, 14th St.; 12:01 a.m. Feb. 22.Theft (below $250)

■ 1600 block, 14th St.; 9:20 p.m. Feb. 22.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1700 block, 16th St.; 10 p.m. Feb. 18.■ 1400 block, T St.; 12:30 a.m. Feb. 23.■ 1700 block, T St.; 3:13 p.m. Feb. 23.■ 16th and S streets; 10:55 a.m. Feb. 24.

PSA 303

Robbery (force and violence)■ 2800 block, Adams Mill Road; 9:55 p.m. Feb. 23.Burglary■ 1700 block, Columbia Road; 10:44 a.m. Feb. 23.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1800 block, Clydesdale Place; 2:25 p.m. Feb. 24.Theft (below $250) ■ 1700 block, Columbia Road; 2:50 p.m. Feb. 18.■ 2200 block, Champlain St.; 3:37 p.m. Feb. 19.■ 2400 block, 18th St.; 12:56 a.m. Feb. 22.■ 1800 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:30 a.m. Feb. 22.■ 2400 block, 18th St.; 1:30 a.m. Feb. 23.Theft (bicycle)■ 18th Street and Columbia Road; 8 p.m. Feb. 21.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1600 block, Belmont St.; 5 p.m. Feb. 18.■ 2800 block, Ontario Road; 7 p.m. Feb. 19.■ Kalorama and Ontario roads; 11 p.m. Feb. 19.■ 1800 block, California St.; 1:25 a.m. Feb. 20.■ 1900 block, Belmont Road; 2 p.m. Feb. 21.■ 1600 block, Crescent Place; 1:44 p.m. Feb. 22.■ 1600 block, Euclid St.; 6:15 p.m. Feb. 22.■ 1900 block, Kalorama Road; 9 p.m. Feb. 22.■ 2100 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7 p.m. Feb. 23.

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Assault with a dangerous weapon (miscellaneous)■ 1200 block, 10th St.; 10:09 p.m. Feb. 23.Stolen auto■ 1500 block, 10th St.; 9:30 p.m. Feb. 20.Theft (below $250)■ 1300 block, 14th St.; 10:33 a.m. Feb. 21.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 900 block, L St.; 4 p.m. Feb. 17.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 900 block, M St.; 2:37 a.m. Feb. 18.■ 1100 block, 13th St.; 11 p.m. Feb. 18.■ 900 block, L St.; 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21.■ Kingman Place and Q Street; 11 p.m. Feb. 22.■ 1500 block, Kingman Place; 7:27 p.m. Feb. 23.■ 1700 block, 11th St.; 10:15 p.m. Feb. 23.

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school or city recreation area; nor can they be within 400 feet of anoth-er liquor store. Annual license fees also double from $1,300 to $2,600 with the conversion of the Class B license for beer and wine sales into a Class A to add spirits. Though there have been recent debates over other license changes — such as whether stores like CVS and Walgreens should qualify to sell beer and wine under the exception for “full-service grocery stores” — the Class B to Class A changes have no far not proved controversial. “Personally I’d be supportive so long as the applicant has a responsi-ble track record currently (e.g., no underage issues), the plans don’t take away from providing critical groceries and any other issues are addressed appropriately for the direct neighbors (e.g., loading hours etc.),” West End neighborhood com-missioner Rebecca Coder wrote in an email to The Current. The Trader Joe’s corporate office didn’t respond to questions about why it wanted to expand its offerings to include spirits. The owner of Tenley Mini Market wasn’t available for an interview before The Current’s deadline, but an employee at the market said the ability to sell liquor on Sundays prompted the owner to apply for a change in the license. But it’s not all rosy for market owners who decide to expand their inventory to include liquor sales. William Kim, who has owned Mac Market at 5185 MacArthur Blvd. in the Palisades for eight years, decided to apply for a change in his license from Class B to Class A this past summer when Town Square Market just up the street was in jeop-ardy of losing its license after the owner was found guilty of selling alcohol to minors. Kim was granted the new license and started selling liquor in July, and in early February he was given per-mission to stay open on Sundays. But so far Kim says the new prod-

ucts and new hours of operation haven’t translated into profit. “It was a business decision to sell liquor,” Kim said in an interview. “If Town Square was closed, then resi-dents in the neighborhood wouldn’t have a liquor store to go to; there would be a void in the neighbor-hood.” Kim hasn’t seen results yet,

though. The product is expensive and there’s a very small profit mar-gin — it’s sometimes as low as $1 on a $25 bottle of vodka, he said. Foot traffic on Sundays so far hasn’t drummed up enough business to make it worth his while; additional-ly, until this month, the license con-version meant the store could not sell beer and wine on Sundays.

It’s unlikely that retailers such as CVS or Walgreen’s would apply for a Class A license to get around obstacles in obtaining a Class B license. According to D.C. alcohol regulations, if a chain store is grant-ed a license to sell liquor, it could do so only in one of its locations, and it would have to give up any other liquor licenses it might have, includ-

ing all Class B licenses. Restaurants and bars are also unlikely to be impacted by Sunday liquor store sales, according to Andrew Kline, representative of the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington. “It’s a completely dif-ferent business model,” Kline said. “Restaurants and bars are providing customers with an experience.”

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Moving deliberately During the D.C. Council’s session this week to reprimand Ward 1 mem-ber Jim Graham for inappropriate conduct, only one of his colleagues criti-cized the resolution — in fact, even Mr. Graham himself did not speak out initially. His only comments came after the vote, when the council was con-sidering stripping him of oversight duties over alcoholic beverage control. In the days leading up the meeting, Mr. Graham had said he wanted a hearing and investigation before the council acted. He ultimately decided otherwise, he said from the dais, after being told that his colleagues would act Monday on the reprimand even if they were to set up a special commit-tee to look into the matter. He opted to avoid the “double whammy,” he said. It’s hard to argue with the case laid out in the nine-page resolution intro-duced by Chairman Phil Mendelson and adopted on an 11-2 vote. In 2008, Mr. Graham involved himself in a contractor’s bid to run the D.C. lottery, pushing the contractor — a longtime political foe — to drop out of a land development project with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, upon whose board Mr. Graham then served. Whether that was a quid pro quo for support on the lottery contract is disputed, but even Mr. Graham’s account does not vindicate him from the behind-the-scenes wran-gling that besmirched the council. The appearance of impropriety is clear. Ward 8’s Marion Barry — himself the subject of a censure a few years ago — alone argued against voting on the reprimand, arguing that the coun-cil would be depriving Mr. Graham of due process. But it’s important to note that the council was not conducting a criminal proceeding; it was acting to protect confidence in the council as an institution. As Mr. Barry noted, mem-bers were making a political decision, not rendering a legal verdict. That said, we believe the reprimand process should have included a hear-ing. It would have given Mr. Graham a chance to face his accusers and lay out his case, and it also would have allowed the public an opportunity to bet-ter understand the complex allegations. There are three written reports exam-ining the matter, but that does not obviate the value of a public airing. Sad to say, it’s quite possible that the council will need to consider a reso-lution of reprimand in the future. Now is the time to alter procedures to require a public hearing. Though protecting the rights of the accused is cer-tainly one reason to do so, an equally compelling consideration is protecting the public interest. A hearing might show the reprimand to be undeserved, but it might also show it to be inadequate. In such a well-publicized, thoroughly investigated case, “moving on” — as Mr. Graham and others want to do — is not equivalent to sweeping the matter under the rug. Depending on the circumstances, that might not always be the case. The requirement for a public hearing could prevent future office-holders from seeking to close the book too early on a colleague’s missteps.

Smoke-free playgrounds Some six years after D.C. expanded its workplace smoking ban, the sights and smells of smoked-filled bars and taverns grow increasingly remote. Indeed, it’s hard to recall why there was so much fuss about the idea of banning smoking in bars — or restaurants, or airplanes, or movie theaters. Two newly introduced D.C. Council bills would add new prohibitions — this time outdoors, within 25 feet of a playground or play area. The science as to the health effects of secondhand smoke outdoors is certainly not settled, but we don’t see that as a reason to hold back given the bills’ tight focus on areas set aside for children. Play areas ought to be free of annoying smoke in the air and cigarette butts on the ground. For children with allergies or asth-ma, the issue is not only annoyance but their very ability to enjoy playtime. Some jurisdictions have gone further, banning smoking in all public parks. That’s worth considering but would necessitate much more scrutiny. It appears to reach too broadly, particularly if it were to extend to a 25-foot buffer around the city’s many pocket parks. In other places, critics have decried such proposals as the product of a nanny state gone wild, and argued that enforcement would waste police resources. But neither argument is compelling when it comes to play-grounds. Whether Mary Poppins or the D.C. Council is the one telling you not to smoke next to children at play, it’s a worthwhile rule to follow. And widespread enforcement has not proved necessary to gain general compli-ance with no-smoking rules elsewhere; they quickly become the norm. There are certainly details to work out in committee, such as whether the rules would apply to playgrounds on private space. The matter now rests with the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, chaired by Ward 3’s Mary Cheh. We commend the authors for introducing their mea-sures, and hope to see a consensus version advance.

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And on Monday, the D.C. Council solemnly gathered to render its verdict on Ward 1 member Jim Graham.

But before it did, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson was remarkably blunt. In something that amounted to a soliloquy about how political bodies work, particularly the 13-mem-ber council, Mendelson pretty much said such bodies are go-along-to-get-along societies. “And so it’s not ordi-narily constructive to criticize one another, which is why there is a lot of reluctance to do that and why today is an uncomfortable day for the council,” Mendelson said, barely looking up as he read his statement. “We cannot get to the issues, the important issues of policy, if we spend our times dis-ciplining each other.” Anyone who didn’t know Mendelson might think the chairman was foolish, or didn’t think Graham really needed to be reprimanded. How could Mendelson be so honest about how political bodies work — compromise, vote-trading and dealmaking? But Mendelson was just laying the groundwork. In the real world of politics, you have to do some-thing really out of line, Mendelson said, to draw rebuke from the full council. “The situation has to be extraordinary,” he said. And at that point, Mendelson laid out a seven-point resolution that detailed how he thought three investigations had shown Graham had improperly co-mingled political consideration of developers vying for a city contract and a separate contract with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. “While it may be appropriate for a council mem-ber to publicly express a preference,” Mendelson read, “it is not appropriate for a council member to attempt behind the scenes to say who may win a [contract] bid.” Mendelson then read from the council rules about ethical behavior, how the members had to hold them-selves to “a high level of conduct,” and how they “shall refrain from taking, ordering or participating in any official action which would adversely affect the confidence of the public in the integrity of the District government.” Only Ward 8’s Marion Barry spoke up for Graham. He said Graham deserved a council hearing on all the allegations. And then Barry himself was blunt about politics. “Everybody on this council on a daily basis, a weekly basis, makes arrangements to trade votes on this or that because that’s how the process works,” Barry said. “I’ve done it. Everybody on this council has done it.” Outside of the council chamber, two potential can-

didates for mayor disagreed with Barry. “It goes to the heart of what’s going on with the city council in terms of a crisis of ethics and trust in the community,” said Ward 6’s Tommy Wells, who has formed an exploratory committee for mayor. “The idea that there’s horse trading around contracts and public land should never be acceptable.” Ward 4’s Muriel Bowser helped write the city’s new ethics law. Although there are criticisms that it

doesn’t ban corporate donations, among other issues, Bowser is mak-ing ethics a key part of her preparations — pri-vate so far — for her own mayoral bid.

“We’re going to apply the highest standards of ethics to all of our actions,” she told NBC4 in her office. “In every election that I’ve ever been involved in, we talk about open and transparent government and leading with integrity. And should I be in another election, it won’t be any different.”■ Now what, Jim? Graham last week was vowing to fight a council reprimand. He was insisting that there be a full council hearing so he could defend himself. But over the weekend, Graham apparently decided that the reprimand was the better way to go, to get the issue behind him. In the end, Graham voted against his reprimand but extravagantly praised Mendelson. “You are thoughtful, you are fair, you are determined to do the best thing in your mind by the council. … And while I disagree with the conclusions you’ve reached, I cer-tainly … respect the process you followed.” Translation: It could have been worse. Graham later released his own written statement, saying in part, “It’s time to move on.” Graham lost oversight of alcohol issues as part of his punishment, but he remains chair of the expan-sive Human Services Committee. There is no fine or other punishment. “I will continue to represent the people who elected me to serve with the same pas-sion and fervor as I have from my first day in office,” the statement reads. ■ D.C. vote push. Last week Mendelson kicked off a campaign to get voters to approve a referendum on April 23 to free the city’s budget from congressional oversight. The D.C. Budget Freedom Committee hopes to persuade Congress to allow the city to spend its own local revenues without congressional approv-al and to be exempt from federal shutdowns. One drawback is that Mayor Vincent Gray and D.C. Attorney General Irving Nathan think the ballot measure potentially violates the home rule act and could aggravate Republicans who control the House rather than persuade them. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

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‘Urban park’ would benefit Garrison The community stood up for Garrison Elementary, argued numbers, and saved the school from closure. The community also argued that to become a first-class school Garrison must offer the programming that parents in this neighborhood want (language immersion) and, crucially, must be fully modernized. Garrison sits smack in the mid-dle of the intersection between Logan Circle, Dupont Circle and the U Street Corridor. Garrison’s 4.5 acres of land have a history that goes back to the Civil War —

150 years of uninterrupted educa-tional and communal use. This land and the school build-ing that stands on it have been neglected for decades — slides are boarded up and recurring sink-holes open up whenever it rains. The latest sinkhole reappeared on Sunday. This is unacceptable. Last year, the community engaged in a participatory process to determine the best use for this space. The concept drawings that resulted from this process can be seen at garrisonelementary.org. They include a running track, multipurpose field (Little League baseball and soccer), basketball court, spray park, early childhood playground, regular playground, community square, farmers mar-ket, outdoor performance space and a nature trail.

The beneficiaries of Garrison’s “Urban Park” would be current and prospective students, their families and our entire community — gathering spaces and a strong school will help create a more anchored community. The developments along 14th Street and U Street will attract thousands of additional residents. Where will we all go for recre-ation space? Rock Creek Park? The waterfront? We need an urban park in our neighborhood! Now is the time for us to stand up and demand that Garrison’s grounds be made into a usable space, and an integral part of the Sustainable D.C. policy. Mayor Gray, make this hap-pen!

Roheena TrehanParent, Garrison Elementary School

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Court ruling wouldn’t kill eastbanc projects I would like to clarify several issues relating to The Current’s Feb. 20 piece on the West End Library project appeal since I attended the Zoning Commission hearings, read the briefs and sat through the inter-minable oral argument in the D.C. Court of Appeals. (I favor the proj-ect, but that doesn’t influence my analysis.) As the article pointed out, the primary issue raised by the D.C. Library Renaissance Project was whether the Zoning Commission had improperly refused to re-exam-ine the economic merits of the transfer of D.C. land to the develop-er EastBanc. The commission had not done so because the mayor had proposed the terms of the transfer and the D.C. Council had legisla-tively approved those terms. The commission believed its jurisdiction

was to consider the zoning issues, and not to determine whether the mayor and council had made a bad economic decision. The Library Renaissance Project, on the other hand, believed that the commission was required to consider the eco-nomic terms of the transfer since the commission was required to and did quantify the community bene-fits of the new library and the new fire station which EastBanc would build in exchange for D.C. land. The court, however, will not decide the fate of the project or examine the merits of the land transfer. If the court decides that the Library Renaissance Project had the right to bring the appeal and that the commission should have re-exam-ined and balanced what the mayor and council did against the project benefits, the court will simply send the matter back to the commission with instructions to do so. Presumably, the commission would do so quickly and then issue a revised opinion. It is almost certain that the court decision will merely address the procedural necessity of

the Zoning Commission consider-ing the matter further.

Frederic W. Schwartz Jr.Foggy Bottom

too many politicians remain out of touch Details in Daniel Greenberg’s Feb. 20 Viewpoint about apartment plans for 5333 Connecticut Ave. are absolutely fascinating. He informs us, concisely and clearly, about sys-temic realities and actions (and non-actions) affecting local residents. Do some D.C. Council members want to emulate the isolation and apartness of some politicians on Capitol Hill? Mr. Greenberg is aware of the lack of concern of some project promoters and politi-cians for the needs and desires of neighbors in the vicinity. I have a suggestion for council members. One day a week, they and only they should answer their phones. They might be enlightened about constituents’ concerns.

Bob JonesGlover Park

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

Last week’s Viewpoint concerned the proposed project at 5333 Connecticut Ave. in Chevy Chase. I completely understand the concerns and

anxieties that the nearby neighbors have about a project of this size and design, and I share those concerns. But, unfortunately, those worries have infected the tenor of rhetoric surrounding the project so that the reality and facts of what has happened and what can be done is clouded. So I would like, here, to try to clarify matters. My office has been actively pursuing this project from the moment we became aware of it, when The Current reported on it on Nov. 28, 2012. That very day, my chief of staff reached out to Eric Colbert & Associates, the proposed building’s designer. Soon after, we were able to identify the permits that had been applied for and where they were in the review process. Concerned because of the scope and scale of the proj-ect, we reached out to the director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, who assured us that the process would extend beyond the holiday season and that no permits were expected to be issued before late January at the earliest. My office then began plan-ning for a community meeting to address the concerns that had begun to surface and scheduled it for Jan. 3. We again reached out to the building’s architect, hoping to secure the developer’s presence at the meeting. Around the same time, in late December, my office met with a group of concerned citizens, many of whom are now on the steering committee of the 5333 Connecticut Neighborhood Coalition. They laid out a host of concerns, which ran the gamut from the permit-ting process to the aesthetics to the environmental impact. We informed them of the January meeting and indicated that the relevant agencies would be present to answer many of their questions. We secured the loca-tion at the Chevy Chase Community Center and began advertising the meeting. On the afternoon of New Year’s Eve, we finally received word from Mr. Colbert that the Cafritzes both were willing to be a part of the meeting — which we were certainly glad to hear, as

many of the community’s concerns can only be reme-died by them — but that they would be unable to attend on Jan. 3. That very evening, in an email to constituents and in a posting on the Chevy Chase listserv, we announced that the meeting would be postponed and rescheduled to allow the community to speak, not only with the relevant government agencies, but also with the developer and architects. Contrary to Daniel S. Greenberg’s assertions last week, the Jan. 3 meeting was never canceled, nor was the meeting called only “after much prodding by con-stituents.” The rescheduled meeting was very well attended with many, many residents able to ask ques-tions directly of the developers and relevant govern-ment officials. After the meeting, I created a Web page for this project (tinyurl.com/marycheh5333). There, I have posted relevant information and communications about the project with city officials, the Cafritzes and the commuity. That process continues, and I expect later this week to be posting the traffic analysis that I asked the D.C. Department of Transportation to con-duct. Finally, when a recent community meeting with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs was canceled, I intervened to get it back on track I am troubled, then, by Mr. Greenberg’s thesis that I am shirking my responsibilities as the elected represen-tative of Ward 3 by not using my “political clout to halt the Cafritz project as now designed.” I believe that the facts above reflect far from a passive role as “neutral conciliator.” But I have to make something clear: I can-not and will not use political pressure to stop executive agencies from properly issuing permits to any citizen who is entitled to them, whether that citizen be an indi-vidual homeowner or a large developer. There are legal tools to prevent projects that residents find aesthetically undesirable or contrary to the character of a community — tools such as historic-district designations — but, unfortunately, none of those tools is present here. Therefore, I will continue to urge the Cafritzes to recon-sider their project and its design, continue to remind agencies that permits must comply with the law, and continue to represent my constituents with the same enthusiasm that I have for six years. Mary Cheh represents Ward 3 on the D.C. Council.

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The enclosure held a trash bin, a pile of materials, a portable toilet and, according to vom Eigen, sometimes parked cars. The result: “an obvious eyesore,” especial-ly after the park finished its own construction in September 2011, vom Eigen said. “There’s no reason why [Washington Harbour] can’t keep its materials on its own land,” Stephen Crimmins, another park activ-ist, wrote in an email to The Current last month. “You can’t leave your car across the

park entrance for your convenience, so why can they leave their junk there?” Washington Harbour spokesperson Julie Chase said a condo owner at the complex was responsible for the site. “We have requested the materials be removed and have sought the support of other city government agencies to expedite its removal,” she wrote in an email to The Current last week. According to Hernandez, the Transportation Department had considered requesting that the construction staging area be “consolidated into a smaller and less obtrusive amount of public

space.” But public space manager Matthew Marcou said in an interview yesterday that the materials had already been there long enough. “There was a permit, the permit expired, we issued them a notice to remove their material, and they did so,” Marcou said. The contractor applied for a renewal, but Marcou said that continued use of public space was “no longer warranted” and his agency denied the new permit. “We explained that their [earlier] occupancy was sufficient for their needs,” he said. Unlike some public space permits, tempo-

rary construction staging areas are determined by Transportation Department staff without public comment, according to Marcou. Park activists said they were pleased with the result. Vom Eigen noted that he had been in contact with Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans’ office. “I am not sure who did what, but the bottom line is great,” he wrote in an email yesterday. “This eyesore should have been removed long ago,” added Crimmins. “We finally have a first-class waterfront entrance to this first class waterfront park.”

But on the alcohol oversight issue, Graham argued vehemently that the punishment is unfair. “This is an area where, for fully eight years, now my ninth year, I have been very diligent, dedicated. We’ve tackled every issue — single sales, sales to minors, problems with fake IDs, nude dancing, noise, violence,” he said. Graham noted that in 2001 he pushed to close a U Street club in which Warren Williams had an inter-est, in response to a series of violent incidents there. “Losing this particular responsi-bility under these circumstances is very painful to me. I’m proud of my record on alcohol, my highly honor-able record,” Graham said. “There is no relationship between this repri-mand and my oversight of alcohol.” But, he repeated, it is “time to put this behind us. My hands are full.” He noted he will still serve as chair of the Committee on Human Services as well as serving constitu-ents in Ward 1. He also faces a re-election fight if he decides to run for a fifth term next year. Orange told The Current he has given little thought to how he will oversee alcohol issues, but noted that Graham is still a member of his regu-latory committee. “I will sit down with him and draw on his expertise,” Orange said.

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After a hard-fought battle in last year’s Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title game, Lindsay Allen could only watch as Good Counsel enjoyed the championship celebration and posed for photos with the trophy. That feeling motivated the St. John’s senior coming into this year, and last night the Cadets avenged the loss, beating Good Counsel — their biggest rival — 67-66 at American University’s Bender Arena. “It’s not fun watching another team getting a championship right in front of your face,” said Allen. “We worked hard all season; our motiva-tion was to get here and win the championship.” It was another thrilling chapter to the fierce championship rivalry between St. John’s and Good Counsel. The Cadets fell to Good Counsel in last year’s championship game 79-76. But, back in 2011, the Cadets got the better of the Falcons when they won 62-54.

This season the two powerhouses split their season series, with both teams winning on their respective home courts. Both teams made it to the finals, setting up the rubber match in the championship game at a neutral site. In last night’s title game, Allen led the team with 28 points, while sophomore Amari Carter stepped up with 19, and senior Tori Oliver brought eight. The contest game down to the fourth quarter. On the biggest stage with the highest of stakes, Allen hit four critical free throws in the final two minutes to help the Cadets close out the game. “It’s just ridiculous,” Cadets coach Jonathan Scribner said of Allen’s play. “There’s nothing else to be said. She just refuses to lose — it’s that simple.” Though the Cadets came out as winners, they struggled early in the game and quickly fell into an 11-2 hole. “We came out with no energy and basically gave them everything we said not to do,” said Scribner.

“We did everything the game plan said not to do. But we kept it close, and Lindsay gave us a spurt.” Allen quickly sparked a rally and scored six straight points, while Carter came up with two clutch buckets to cut the deficit to 16-10 by the end of the first quarter. They kept up the momentum, and Carter drained a three-pointer

with 2:04 to go before halftime, giv-ing the Cadets their first lead of the game at 22-20. The team came out of halftime aggressively, as Allen took a fast break down the court to score, and freshman forward Kayla Robbins followed it up with a three-point play to put St. John’s up 27-23. The close battle continued

through the third period as Good Counsel retook the lead with a 9-6 run to make it a 46-41 lead going into the final quarter. In the fourth quarter, with the game on the line, Allen put together a masterful clutch performance. The senior scored two straight baskets to put the Cadets ahead 51-49. But the

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By BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

After being swarmed by the Maret student section and his teammates, Marlon Beck took a seat on the Frogs’ bench on Sunday. The senior buried his face in his hands as tears filled his eyes. Then, after composing himself, Beck rejoined the celebration. It was a moment and the achievement he promised at the start of the season and deliv-ered at the Potomac School, when the Frogs cruised past Sidwell 74-65 to win their first-ever unshared Mid-Atlantic Conference cham-pionship. “It was a great feeling,” said Beck. “I never thought I would achieve something like this. ...To win a school tournament, it’s just the ulti-mate feeling. We put in the hard work, and we got it.” The Frogs were led by senior forward Tre Bowens’ 17 points, while junior guard Steffen Davis had 16, Beck had 13, and senior guard Adam Zeitler had 10. For Sidwell, guard Josh Hart had a game-high 28 points and senior guard Phillip McGloin had 12. The opening quarter was a battle between the two squads, with both hitting big-time shots. The period ended with Maret clinging to a 19-18 lead. But in the second quarter, the Frogs took control of the game. Maret got hot

shooting and finished the game with 11 three-point buckets as Davis and Zeitler caught fire from long distance. Meanwhile Sidwell strug-gled on offense and only mustered eight points in the quarter. The difference in the game was Bowens, who dominated the two regular-season meet-ings between the squads. On Sunday, Bowens controlled the post once again, but also showed off his range by hitting a trey. “We call him Mr. Steady,” said Maret coach Garrett O’Donnell. “He calms us down on offense and leads our defense, provides our physicality. His ability to play inside and out-side is huge.” By halftime the Frogs seized the momen-tum, and their lead was 37-26. After the break Sidwell showed why it had won at least a share of the last three MAC championships, making a furious rally behind Hart. The Quakers cut the lead down to four after Hart scored on a three-point play, which energized Sidwell’s student section. But the Frogs quickly regained control and stomped out the run with a trey by Davis, who scored four three-point buckets in the game. “It’s a great moment for the kids,” O’Donnell said. “They’ve worked so hard. Sidwell is a great team. ... To be able to do this three times against them is a tribute to what our kids have done.”

Maret boys basketball wins its first-ever outright MAC title

Brian Kapur/The CurrentMaret senior guard Marlon Beck, left, embraces senior forwards Ture Lawrence, middle, and Tre Bowens after the Frogs knocked off Sidwell to win the MACchampionship outright Sunday at Potomac School.

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Brian Kapur/The CurrentCadets senior Lindsay Allen, middle, scored a team-high 28 points in St. John’s title win last night.

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Cubs fall in title game Visitation, the reigning Independent School League AA champion, was unable to retain its title Sunday at Sidwell. Bullis con-trolled the title game from the open-ing tipoff, cruising past the Cubs 60-39. “We had a great season with a young team,” said Cubs coach Mike McCarthy. “Bullis is just a really talented team. They came to play, and we looked tired.” Senior guard Taylor Delgado led the Cubs in scoring with 17 points. Bullis jumped out to a quick 22-9 lead and took advantage of strong

post play from junior Lynee Belton, who scored a game-high 21 points. “She’s one of the top post players in the county probably,” said the Visitation coach. “You can only do so much. Some of it was her, and we had some lapses where we let her get the ball too easily.” Visitation freshman Alexis Gray hit a big basket, followed up by a tough bucket from Delgado to cut the Bulldogs’ lead to 12. But the Cubs couldn’t come any closer. Although Visitation lost the tour-nament championship game, it did win a share of the ISL AA regular-season crown. The Cubs will participate in the Bishop Walsh Tournament in Cumberland, Md., from March 7 to

9. The team’s prior commitment to this event will keep it from partici-pating in the new D.C. basketball city title tournament.

Gonzaga stunned in the WCAC first round After a perfect regular season in Washington Catholic Athletic Conference games, Gonzaga was shocked by Bishop Ireton 67-58 in the first round of the conference playoffs at Gallaudet University Saturday. Senior forward Kris Jenkins led the team with 18 points, senior guard Charles Glover had 16, junior Jordan Abdur-Ra’oof had 10, and sopho-more guard Bryant Crawford had 10.

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Before the season started, Marta Sniezek outlined the goal of National Cathedral’s girls basketball team — to get out of the Independent School League’s lower divi-sion. On Sunday, the Eagles did more than that. They dis-mantled Holy Child 57-44 to complete a perfect run through the ISL A, and secured an unshared league championship. By winning the regular-season title ear-lier in the week, the team had already clinched a spot in the AA division next year. “That was our No. 1 goal — to move up into the upper division,” said Eagles coach Brittany Mitch. “I couldn’t have expected to sweep the whole lower divi-sion and then win this championship today. That’s what their goal was, and they did it.” Before the game Sniezek was honored for reaching the 1,000-point mark as merely a sophomore. On the championship stage at Sidwell, Sniezek made sure to add to that total with a dazzling performance that includ-ed a game-high 36 points. Meanwhile National Cathedral freshman Eva Snaith added 10 more points. Sniezek’s development was a major factor in the Eagles’ championship season. Mitch has known Sniezek since she was 10 years old and has had a hand in her progression as a player over the years as her Amateur Athletic Union team coach. “Just through this season she has become more of a leader both vocally and through her actions,” said Mitch. “She is a positive leader; she picks her teammates up. She knows when to step her game up.” The Eagles set the tone for the game early with Sniezek hitting shots from all over the floor to soften up

the defense. With the team up 18-10 in the closing moments of the first quarter, Holy Child had no answers for the sensational sophomore. The Tigers tried to dou-ble-team Sniezek, but she made them pay by dishing the ball to open teammates. Snaith, in particular, came up with two huge shots, including a buzzer beater to give the Eagles a 20-10 advantage at the close of the first period. Holy Child was able to hang around and chip the Eagles’ lead down to eight midway through the third quarter, but Sniezek came up with a momentum-killing play. Stealing the ball, she hit a floater to balloon the lead back to 37-27. In the final period the Eagles cruised as Sniezek piled in 12 more points to seal the championship win.

National Cathedral cruises to ISL A title

Brian Kapur/The CurrentNational Cathedral School won its second straight ISL A tournament championship Sunday.

Falcons answered by retaking the lead 55-54. Allen stepped up by stealing the ball away from a Good Counsel player and racing coast-to-coast to hit a layup. Ahead by 56-55, St. John’s wouldn’t trail again.

SJC boys fall in WCAC title game With a roster of mostly juniors and a first-year head coach in Sean McAloon, St. John’s wasn’t expected to be at the top of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. But the Cadets made an incredible run through the WCAC playoffs, reaching the championship game at

American University’s Bender Arena. The trophy, though, proved out of reach last night when the St. John’s fell 58-53 to Bishop O’Connell. The impressive playoff run began Saturday, when junior forward Darian Anderson hit a half-court buzzer beater to knock off perennial power DeMatha 57-55 at Gallaudet University. The Cadets then defeated Bishop Ireton Sunday to advance to the title game. “We don’t play to anyone’s expectations; we play to our own,” said McAloon. “We set a goal, and it was to get to here and win it. We’re disappointed.” St. John’s had 16 points from junior guard Darian Bryant, 11 points from junior guard Tre Campbell and nine points from Anderson.

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British School of Washington Year 8 recently went on a ski trip. After a six-hour bus ride, we arrived at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. A tour guide told us about the history about radio astronomy. We saw the Green Bank Telescope, which was the biggest and tallest of its kind. Next we headed off to the Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort and started skiing the following day. The first day of skiing ended shortly after it started because the weather was so bad that Snowshoe closed the mountain for the day. Fortunately in exchange we got an extra day of skiing! During the trip, I learned how to ski and now I would say I am pretty decent at skiing.

— Khairul Asyraf, Year 8 Plymouth, seventh-grader

Edmund Burke School In early February, our sixth-grade class went to the National Gallery of Art and to the National Museum of the American Indian, to “gain a deeper understanding of mythology by seeing how the European cultures envisioned it,” says Sean, our sixth-grade teacher. At the National Gallery of Art, we saw many Roman, Greek and mythological paintings and sculp-tures. We were mesmerized by a sculpture that was of the Roman messenger god, Mercury. He was pointing to the light beaming through the glass above. There was also a beautiful painting of Pandora with the box of evil. Our class went then went on to the American Indian Museum. One group completed a quiz game while going through the museum; others saw many kinds of spiritual cloth-ing and masks, as well as foods eaten at tribal events.

— Elya Baker and Jad Diouf, sixth-graders

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week after their two-week intern-ship period. Seventh- and eighth-graders interned around the city, while sixth-graders participated in group activities. For the first week, one group took cooking classes at Hill’s Kitchen. They made dough-nuts, lasagna, salad, ginger ale and more. The other group did art and music activities at Field, such as puppetry, ceramics and playing music. The next week, the groups switched. Overall, most sixth-grad-ers preferred the cooking to the art, but all had a great time. Seventh- and eighth-graders took a field trip last week to the Washington Harbour ice rink. They had the rink practically all to them-selves and had a great time. Before leaving, a group of students and teachers made a “Harlem Shake” video on ice.— Jana Cohen and Lila Bromberg, eighth-grader; and Adam Bressler,

Revbekah Trigo, Jack MacIsaac and Nina Gutzeit, sixth-graders

Georgetown Day School Students are looking forward to spring sports, warm weather and spring performances and concerts. In the meantime, winter sports teams are wrapping up their sea-sons. Last Friday, the boys varsity basketball team played St. James in the first round of the Mid-Atlantic Conference championships. The girls varsity basketball team played Holton-Arms last Friday in the first round of the Independent School League championships, after finish-ing the regular season with a 10-game winning streak! MAC wrestling champion Julia Ernst fin-ished her season with a fourth-place finish at the St. Albans Tournament and a first-place finish at the DC Classic, and she went on to com-pete in the National Prep Wrestling Championships this past weekend. Also, 64 art students recently won multiple Scholastic Art-

Regional Awards, nine current seniors have been named finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Competition, and nine students placed in the top 5 percent of stu-dents nationwide in the American Mathematics Competition.— Carlton Marshall II, 11th-grader

Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital For Art and Science Night, the fifth grade displayed inventions, the

sixth grade did experiments, one kindergarten class made a bridge you could walk on and the other made its own Empire State Building, and the fourth grade had an exploding volcano. People could go to each classroom and answer questions on a quiz sheet to get a prize. For their inventions, the fifth-graders began with learning a bit about simple machines and brain-storming for ideas. Students then

created their inventions, wrote about them, created a diagram or sketch, and then (if they could) made an actual model. There was also a market research element of this project. Each student interviewed about 20 to 50 people and asked them if they would buy his or her invention and how much they would be willing to spend. Some of the inventions included shoes with attachable and

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The principals started meeting at the beginning of the 2012–2013 school year, and get together quarterly. In part, they tackle administrative issues like coordinating school cal-endars to make sure events such as back-to-school nights and gradua-tions are scheduled on different days, so parents with kids at multiple schools don’t have a conflict. The group also shares resources — for instance, when Cahall brings in a consultant for teacher training, faculty from any of the other schools are welcome to attend. And when Hearst Elementary School was look-ing for a space to hold its school play in May — this year it will be “The Lion King” — Cahall offered Wilson’s newly renovated theater. The group also gives the princi-pals a forum to discuss best practices and common challenges, like how to handle growing enrollment at schools that are already over capaci-ty and tight on funds.

“We’re on our own so much of the time; there’s no other high school principal I can go to and say, ‘This is what I’m experiencing,’ because there’s no other high school like Wilson — it’s the largest and the most diverse,” Cahall said Monday. “I feel isolated. That’s why I love this group: because we share some of the same challenges.” The 14 schools that feed into Wilson are Deal and Hardy middle schools; Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (pre-kindergarten through eighth grade); and Eaton, Bancroft, Lafayette, Murch, Janney, Shepherd, Hearst, Hyde-Addison, Key, Mann and Stoddert elementary schools. The group has made a concerted effort to enhance the effectiveness of the core curriculum for its students. On Monday, Deal principal James Albright reported on the first of a series of meetings he held with pyra-mid-school faculty on math curricu-lum to help ensure that middle-schoolers are prepared for high school coursework.

“It was an opportunity for math teachers to express their issues and concerns about the curriculum and interim assessments, and for us to get a sense of the kind of pressure going on around testing,” said Albright. Next month’s meeting will com-mence a similar focus on writing. An instructional coach and faculty members will attend to lay out the groundwork for future discussions. There is a real need to improve writing skills at the high school level, according to Cahall. “It’s the thing we work on the least, and it’s the skill students will need to use the most as adults,” he said. The principals are also working to make the school enrollment peri-od, which begins April 1, easier for parents. Deal will coordinate with its feeder elementary schools to hold registration days there so parents don’t have to trek to the middle school to submit paperwork. Once finalized, dates will be announced in advance so parents can plan ahead. There will also be buddy days for students transitioning from middle school to Wilson to foster familiarity with their new school. Wilson also sends its students to the lower schools to help with tutoring, in what Cahall calls a “win-win”: The high-schoolers are able to fulfill commu-nity service hours, and it helps strengthen relationships among the feeder schools. The principals’ group is also looking at bringing parents into the fold, particularly those interested in looking at the Wilson feeder schools more broadly as well as across the entire school system. Since many parents have expressed to Cahall an interest in better understanding the implications of the No Child Left Behind waiver, he suggested that subject could be a starting point for future meetings. The principals in the group are also interested in introducing them-selves as a team. “It would be great to share with parents what we’ve been talking about and to set goals together,” said Stoddert principal Patricia Pride. “And they may have some goals that we don’t know about or ideas we haven’t thought of.”

Schembri said. Schembri said that once the village launch-es, she would like to organize special fitness events for village members at City Fitness — such as tai chi classes, which she said may improve both physical and emotional health, as well as mental acuity. This year, Schembri and LaRee will cele-brate the 20th anniversary of the gym as well as the 30-year anniversary of the founding of its parent company Fit Physique.

Tamsy Blumer, a Forest Hills resident and member of City Fitness, said she can attest to the benefits of added physical training in her life. An avid tennis player, she started to work with a trainer after struggling with neck and knee pains in her later years. “[The trainer] is very good at figuring out how to work out old ladies who have various problems,” Blumer said. Rotas, herself a tennis player in her 60s who is ranked in the International Tennis Federation, became interested in documenting older athletes while participating in the

European Masters Games, where athletes up to (and sometimes older than) 100 years old compete. She watched men in some events run 100-meter races in 12 seconds — less than three seconds off the pace set by track legend Usain Bolt. An academic with a degree in visual cul-ture, Rotas had long been dismayed at the widespread portrayal of aging. “I was partly motivated by the images that circulate in our culture — they’re so awful, so ghastly — about old people,” Rotas said. “You just get this image of being old meaning that

you’re just going to decline.” But at the games, Rotas was “blown away” by the raw athleticism of the competitors. “We’re not used to seeing women in their 70s in little shorts and stuff like that, so you see what an older woman’s body looks like,” Rotas said. Gesturing toward a portrait of sep-tuagenarian track runner, Rotas added, “She’s got great muscle tone. She’s just radiant.” Rotas’ 16-photograph exhibition exhibit will remain on display for the next two months at City Fitness, located at 3525 Connecticut Ave.

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Keyes’ grandson, Jesse Keyes, remembers that even as a child he knew the house was special. “There is a flow from the interior to the exterior, and an inherent sense of design that kids can pick up on,” he said in an interview. Now a designer in New York City who also studied architecture, the younger Keyes said the house “embodies the essential modernist tenet of building what you need and nothing more, and with this house, my grandfather did that.” Taking an elongated, triangular plot of land, Arthur Keyes built the house using what has been called an upside-down design. The split-level home expands upward and outward, with the top level serving as the main living space, bedrooms on the middle level, and a den on the lower level, which now also includes a 1990s addition Keyes designed that added a guest suite as well as a solarium, indoor pool and sauna. The upper level takes advantage of treetop views with floor-to-ceil-ing as well as clerestory windows that draw the eye upward. The open and airy L-shaped living and dining area with a wood-burning fireplace extends out to a large terrace that spans the width of the room. Keyes

designed the space to take visitors from the inside to the outside in phases: the doorway in the dining area leads to a covered and screened-in porch with unobstruct-ed views of the trees that surround the property, and an adjacent door brings one to a more intimate space that is completely outdoors, with only balustrades to define the area. Also on this level is a rectangu-lar study that incorporates brick walls and built-in bookcases, and overlooks a large oak tree just out-side the window. The adjacent kitchen faces 31st Street, and here again the focal point is a large box window, this one with a deep cop-per planter at its base. The updated kitchen features a Viking range with four burners, a grill and a micro-wave oven. Stainless-steel counter-

tops with natural wood and white cabinets as well as a tile floor bring a modern flair into this space. Three of the home’s four bed-rooms are on the middle level, including the master with en suite bath. In all of the rooms Keyes incorporated built-in bureaus, clos-ets and shelving, which minimizes the need to furnish the rooms, while maintaining the clean lines that are evident throughout the home. On the lower level is a den Keyes used as a sort of home office — his drafting table is placed next to a large window that peers up to the roots of a tree in the home’s front yard. The room also features a wood-burning fireplace. The new

solarium faces the backyard, and its exterior glass walls and terra-cotta tile floors create a soothing indoor environment. Even more luxurious is an indoor wave pool with a glass roof above and an adjacent sauna. An early 20th-century sculpture of a female figure overlooks the pool. A guest suite and full bath can also be found on this level. Rounding out the home’s amenities is a large two-car garage. This four-bedroom home with three full and two half baths at 2605 31st St. is offered for $2,995,000. For details contact John Mahshie of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty at 202-271-3132 or jmahshie@ttrsir.com.

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tions review,” the Planning Office has evaluated the city’s laws govern-ing which types of development and uses are permissible in which areas, and under which conditions. Height and density, parking requirements, accessory dwelling units and corner stores, and environmental impacts are among the zoning code sections that may change as a result of the review. The Zoning Commission will get the ultimate say on the changes later this year, based on the Office of Planning’s advice and additional public testimony. In adopting a formal resolution of support, Glover Park commissioners said they believe the Office of Planning’s draft is a good frame-work — one they wouldn’t want to see derailed by drawn-out debates over comparatively minor details. “Quite frankly, a lot of opposition seemed to be driven by scare tactics and fear mongering,” Cohen said in an interview. While the resolution gives broad support to the zoning draft — echo-ing some of the same points made by “smart growth” supporters of the proposed changes — it also high-lights points commissioners feel would be beneficial to Glover Park. “I think what we’ve done is strike a more positive statement ... in a nar-row way that is related to our local-ity,” said commissioner Jackie Blumenthal. Parking in Glover Park, where traffic is a concern, continues to be a debated point. The commissioners lauded measures that would reduce minimum parking requirements in the neighborhood, arguing that enforced parking would threaten to “undermine market forces, increase housing costs, reduce incentives to use mass transit, and damage the historic and walkable form of many neighborhoods.” But some D.C. residents argue that with a traffic lane recently removed on Wisconsin Avenue, and consistent complaints about parking scarcity and traffic, Glover Park is known as an undesirable place to visit and shop — especially for those who don’t believe the bus system is sufficient. Cohen agreed that the city public transportation system still leaves something to be desired, especially in Glover Park. “Transit … access needs to be improved, period,” he said. But the way to do that, he argued, is to increase the number of Glover Park residents who choose not to own cars. “Metro will have no choice than to improve,” he said. Many civic activists citywide have argued that eliminating parking minimums will lead to reduced street parking as apartment-dwellers have no on-site options for their cars. The Glover Park commission praised the proposal for not modify-

ing parking minimums for large apartment buildings outside of tran-sit zones — though some residents have noted that the draft appears to reduce minimum parking require-ments for certain multifamily hous-ing outside of transit zones, as well as for schools and retailers. Some residents have also pushed back against proposed allowances for more corner stores and provi-sions that may make it easier for owners to rent out areas of their homes or structures on their proper-ty. But commissioners noted that corner stores would have regulated hours — and provide a neighbor-hood service — and that renting out accessory dwelling units could cre-ate more affordable housing. “It’s value added to the neighbor-hood,” said commissioner Joe Fiorello. Alma Gates, a member of the citywide Zoning Review Taskforce as a representative of the Committee of 100 on the Federal City, said she was surprised that the Glover Park commission passed its resolution while the zoning rewrite is still in a draft stage. The task force — a group made up of community representatives (including some appointed by D.C. Council members), government officials and building industry repre-sentatives — is charged with exam-ining issues involving Zoning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustment procedures, enforce-ment and administration. “We the zoning task force know that there is still another draft com-ing, so for an ANC to support chang-es to the zoning codes — which are still in draft form — seems pre-emptive to me,” Gates, former chair of the Palisades/Foxhall advisory neighborhood commission, said in an interview. Gates also said that she thought the resolution was based on incom-plete information about the draft proposal presented by the Office of Planning to Ward 3 constituents and officials in December. She said an agency representative provided highlights of the proposed regula-tions, working from a very rough draft. But Cohen said the commission-ers were well aware of what they were supporting. “We support the draft. It could change in positive ways, it could change in negative ways. We haven’t endorsed a final version.” Blumenthal said that the resolu-tion is meant to underscore the posi-tives in the draft proposal that may outweigh potential negatives — and that commissioners were reluctant to throw the baby out with the bathwa-ter. “Nobody’s gotten out there in front and said, ‘Some of this is good, let’s build on it’ … rather than undo a lot of good work that’s been done over the past seven years,” Blumenthal said.

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ANC 2BDupont Circle

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 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, March 18, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, California Street and Phelps Place NW. For details, visit anc2d.org.

ANC 2EGeorgetownCloisters

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 4, at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 1524 35th St. NW. Agenda items include:■ discussion with Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans, Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh and D.C. Department of Transportation director Terry Bellamy on the effects of the Wisconsin Avenue reconfiguration from Calvert Street to Whitehaven Parkway.■ public safety report.■ community comment.■ consideration of a proposal by the Citizens Association of Georgetown with community input on residential zoning regulations in the Georgetown Historic District.■ consideration of possible Capital Bikeshare stations at 34th and Water streets and at Wisconsin Avenue and O Street.■ consideration of a permit sought for a wedding at Rose Park.■ discussion of the Nike Women’s Marathon Half on Sunday, April 28; Sprint Four the Cure 5K on Saturday, Sept. 21; and the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 27.■ discussion of red light cameras on M Street.■ discussion of the use of Powerhouse, 3255 Grace St., for public events.■ discussion of an alcoholic bever-age control application for a new license at Fiola Mare, 3050 K St. (new restaurant serving gourmet Italian seafood; live entertainment and dancing for brunch and special events only; occupancy load of 315; sidewalk cafe with 76 seats; summer garden with 150 seats; hours of operation from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily).■ consideration of Old Georgetown Board matters: 1576 Wisconsin Ave., gas station, sign scheme for “Shell,” permit/concept; 3407 N St., residence, rear addition, permit; 1438 Wisconsin Ave., commercial, alterations to storefront, permit; 1336 Wisconsin Ave., commercial, signage for “GNC,” permit — revised design; 1101 30th St., office

building, alterations for new door within arcade, permit; 3222 M St., commercial, alterations to storefront, sign scheme for “H&M,” paint first-floor facade, concept; 3222 M St., commercial, alterations to the facade facing the C&O Canal, sign scheme of “Pinstripes,” concept; 3100 Dumbarton St., residence, addition above garage and swimming pool, concept; 1521 31st St., residence, replace wood fence at rear, permit; 3026 O St., residence, rebuild rear two-story porch, concept; 3015 Dumbarton St., residence, one-story addition, window well and re-grad-ing of rear yard, concept; and 1815 Wisconsin Ave., commercial, sign scheme for “Roosters,” including signs at rear and on vehicular gate, awnings, permit. For details, call 202-724-7098 or visit anc2e.com.

ANC 3BGlover Park

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 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. Monday, March 18, at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave.

NW. For details, call 202-657-5725 or visit anc3c.org.

ANC 3DSpring ValleyWesley Heights

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in Room B108, West Hall, George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road NW. Agenda items include:■ police report.■ community concerns.■ presentation by Sandra Osborn-Peters on the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 27.■ consideration of a public space application at 4624 Q St. to permit curbs, gutters and a porous driveway behind the sidewalk.■ consideration of a Board of Zoning Adjustment application to permit expansion of an existing rear deck at 1609 44th St.■ consideration of a Board of Zoning Adjustment application to permit a one-story, 60-square-foot addition connecting the house and pool house at 5063 Overlook Road.■ consideration of a public space application for paving and a new driveway at 5401 Hawthorne Place.■ discussion of D.C. Department of Transportation proposals for new traffic signals at Foxhall Road and W Street and at Dalecarlia Parkway and Loughboro Road.■ discussion of the location of future commission meetings. For details, call 202-363-4130 or visit anc3d.org.

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Citizens Association of Georgetown I haven’t talked about trash and rats in a while, and last night I had a nightmare about being attacked by a rat so here we go. It is D.C. law that all household trash be placed on the curb for pickup in containers with tight-fitting lids no earlier than 6:30 p.m. the night before pickup (in Georgetown, Tuesdays and Fridays unless there is a holiday). Residents who put their trash on the curb in plastic bags are breaking the law and, more importantly, inviting rats into the community. The D.C. Department of Public Works has been issuing citations to resi-dents who do not put their trash in cans with tight-fitting lids. If you do not have a proper trash can, you can call 311 to have one delivered to your house. An alternative is to purchase a similar can and mark it with your address. While this may seem draconian, I understand the need for enforce-ment. When our association’s beautification committee met with Gerard Brown and Gabe Curtis, the city representatives responsible for rat control in Georgetown, they emphasized that one of the primary sources of food for rats is plastic bags left curbside. For rat abatement to be effective, everyone must work together. The city has also been working with the Georgetown Business Improvement District on trouble areas, mostly alleys. The businesses have hired one central exterminator, Western Pest Services. With just the one contractor, efforts are coordinated so rats don’t just move from one spot to another. I highly recommend that residents consider using Western for their homes. Residents having problems are also encour-aged to give group consent to the D.C. Department of Health rodent control program to exterminate on private property. Other actions you can take to mitigate the problem include picking up your dog droppings and cleaning up leaves and debris that can har-bor rodents. We must eliminate food sources and hiding places for rodents. These actions can make a huge impact. With everyone’s coopera-tion, we can get control of the rodent situation in our neighborhood and I’ll be able to sleep a little easier.

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Wednesday, Feb. 27

Concert ■TheCathedralChoralSocietywillbringchoirsfromD.C.schoolstogetherwithmembersoftheDCYouthOrchestrafortheeighthannualCelebrateYouth!highschoolchoirfestival,culminatinginapub-licconcert.7p.m.Free.WashingtonNationalCathedral,3101WisconsinAve.NW.202-537-2228.

Discussions and lectures ■AmericanUniversityofAfghanistanPresidentC.MichaelSmithandtrusteeLeslieSchweitzerwilldiscuss“AmericanUniversityofAfghanistan:U.S.’sPremierLegacyonAfghanSoil.”5:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.RomeBuildingAuditorium,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1619MassachusettsAve.NW.saiscaciforums@jhu.edu. ■IngridAnderswilldiscussherbook“KatVespucciandtheRenegadeProvince.”Theeventwillincluderefreshmentsandaraffledrawing.6:30to8p.m.Free.MountPleasantNeighborhoodLibrary,316016thSt.NW.202-671-3122. ■PanelistsJosefineRaab,AndreaNelson,LaurieSnyderandNateLarsonwilldiscusstrendsinphotographyinconjunc-tionwiththeopeningofanexhibitonGermanphotography.6to8:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Goethe-Institut,8127thSt.NW.202-289-1200,ext.165. ■TechnologyexpertPhilLapsleywillsharehisbook“ExplodingthePhone:TheUntoldStoryoftheTeenagersandOutlawsWhoHackedMaBell.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.

202-364-1919. ■DanishperformanceartistAnnikaLewis,directorB.StanleyandmembersofTheaterDuJourwilldiscussthecreativeprocess,collaborationandthedifferingartisticclimateintheUnitedStatesandScandinavia.8p.m.Free.DistrictofColumbiaArtsCenter,243818thSt.NW.202-462-7833.The discussion series will continue Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Films ■TheHumanRightsWatchFilmSerieswillfeatureLievenCorthouts’film“LittleHeaven,”aboutanorphanageforchildrenlivingwithHIVinEthiopia.7p.m.$10.34.WestEndCinema,2301MSt.NW.202-419-3456. ■TheReelIsraelDCserieswillfeatureArnonGoldfinger’sfilm“TheFlat,”aboutthelong-buriedfamilysecretshediscoveredwhileclearingouttheTelAvivapartmentofhislategrand-mother.8p.m.$11.50;$9forstudents;$8.75forseniors;$8.50forages12andyounger.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.NW.202-966-6000.

Reading ■TheVisitingWritersSerieswillfea-turepoetsIshionHutchinsonandValzhynaMortreadingfromtheirworks.8p.m.Free.ButlerBoardRoom,ButlerPavilion,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.202-885-2908.

Sale ■TheSt.Alban’sOpportunityThriftShopwillholdahalf-pricesale.9:30a.m.to3p.m.Freeadmission.3001WisconsinAve.NW.202-966-5288.The sale will con-

tinue daily through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; there will also be a $7 bag sale on Friday and Saturday.

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

Thursday,Feb.28

Classes and workshops ■TheJewishSocialServicesAgencywillhostaworkshopaboutgettingajobintheageofsocialmedia.1p.m.Free.TakomaParkLibrary,416CedarSt.NW.202-576-7252. ■CapitalAreaAssetBuilderswillhostaworkshoponretirementplanningaspartofaseriesonpersonalfinance.6to9p.m.Free.Suite201,1444ISt.NW.202-419-1440,ext.109.

Concerts ■FolktrioSkaranwillplaytraditionalSwedishtunesaswellasitsowncomposi-tions.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■NationalSymphonyOrchestracon-ductorChristophEschenbachandFinnishviolinistPekkaKuusistowillpresentworksbyLindberg,SibeliusandSaariaho.7p.m.$10to$85.ConcertHall,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.This concert will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. ■StudentsfromtheEuropeanAcademyofMusicandArtwillperformromanticpianomusic.7p.m.$54.EmbassyofAustria,3524InternationalCourtNW.thingstododc.com. ■Norwegianviolinist,fiddlerandcom-poserGjermundLarsenwillperformwithAndreasUtnemonorganandpianoandSondreMeisfjordondoublebass.7:30

and9:30p.m.$25.TerraceGallery,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■Ninesinger-songwriterswillperforminrotationandwitheachotherinthe“9Songwriter”series.8p.m.$10to$15;ticketsrequired.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.800-745-3000. ■AspartofthefourthannualAtlasIntersectionsFestival,theGreatNoiseEnsemblewillperformmusicianMarkSylvester’s“BanjoChamberConcerto,”aswellastheD.C.premiereofcomposerTedHearne’scantata“KatrinaBallads.”8p.m.$15to$25.LangTheatre,AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.The festival will continue through March 10.

Discussions and lectures ■TheGlobalGenderProgram,theInstituteforGlobalandInternationalStudiesandtheNationalDemocraticInstitutewillpresentapaneldiscussionabouthowtogetmorewomeninpoliticaloffice.10a.m.to1p.m.Free.LindnerFamilyCommons,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.bit.ly/WyKbzI. ■TanyaLeeStonewilldiscussherbook“CourageHasNoColor:TheTrueStoryoftheTripleNickles—America’sFirstBlackParatroopers.”10:30a.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■TheEmbassyofSwedenwillhostapaneldiscussionon“AProsperousFutureforAll—Gender,ClimateChangeandBiodiversityinaGlobalizedWorld.”3:30to5:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.EmbassyofSweden,2900KSt.NW.climategenderbio-eorg.eventbrite.com.

■StephenWalt,professorofinterna-tionalaffairsatHarvardUniversity,willdis-cuss“WhyAmericanForeignPolicyKeepsFailing.”4:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.Room806,RomeBuilding,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1619MassachusettsAve.NW.reischauer@jhu.edu. ■PeterAckerman,foundingchairoftheInternationalCenteronNonviolentConflict,willdiscuss“NoOneSawItComing:CivilResistance,theArabSpringandtheConflictsThatWillShapetheFuture.”5:30p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.KenneyAuditorium,NitzeBuilding,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies,1740MassachusettsAve.NW.peterackerman.eventbrite.com. ■ArtistTehchingHsiehwilldiscusshiswork,inwhichheuseshisbodyashismedium—forexample,sealinghimselfinacellforoneyear.6p.m.$10;freeforstu-dents.Reservationsrequired.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.phillipscollection.org/events. ■ScottRuby,associatecuratorofRussianandEasternEuropeanartattheHillwoodEstate,MuseumandGardens,willdiscusstheKremlinworkshopsandtheemergenceofOttomanartinRussia.6p.m.$35to$45;registrationrequired.TextileMuseum,2320SSt.NW.202-667-0441,ext.64. ■ActivistJodyWilliamswilldiscussherbook“MyNameIsJodyWilliams:AVermontGirl’sWindingPathtotheNobelPeacePrize.”6to8p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■GeorgeWashingtonUniversityprofes-sorandformerU.S.ambassadorEdwardW.Gnehmwilldiscussthecostandconse-quencesofU.S.interventioninIraq.6:30to7:45p.m.Free.HarryHardingAuditorium,ElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,1957ESt.NW.tinyurl.com/2013kcl. ■SethCarmichael,co-ownerofCarmichaelGalleryinLosAngelesandNewYorkandpublisherofthecontempo-raryartjournaltasj,willdiscuss“RadiantBabiesandSidewalkRebels:InsideUrbanArt.”6:45to8:45p.m.$42.S.DillonRipleyCenter,1100JeffersonDriveSW.202-633-3030. ■ScholarsRickPotts,AnthonyBarnoskyandEmmaMarriswilldiscuss“TheHumanTouch:WhatIt’sDonetothePlanet.”6:45to8:15p.m.$27.RasmusonTheater,NationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndian,4thStreetandIndependenceAvenueSW.202-633-3030. ■NovelistJamaicaKincaidwilldiscussherbook“SeeNowThen.”7p.m.$12.SidwellFriendsSchool,3825WisconsinAve.NW.events@politics-prose.com. ■EditorsRoyScrantonandMattGallagherandcontributorsPhilKlayandSiobhanFallonwilltalkabout“FireandForget:ShortStories,”ananthologyaboutthewarsinIraqandAfghanistan.7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■“ThePartiesVersusthePeople:HowtoTurnRepublicansandDemocratsIntoAmericans”willfeatureformerU.S.Reps.MickeyEdwards,R-Okla.;DavidSkaggs,D-Colo.;JohnPorter,R-Ill.;andCharlieStenholm,D-Texas.7p.m.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■PolarexplorerBørgeOuslandwilldis-cusshismostrecentexpeditionstotheplanet’shighlatitudes.7:30p.m.$22.

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Wednesday, FebRuaRy 27■Concert:Singer-songwriterEivørwillperformrock,jazz,folk,popandEuropeanclassicalmusic.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

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GrosvenorAuditorium,NationalGeographic,1600MSt.NW.202-857-7700.

Films ■TheNoonMysteryFilmSerieswillpresentJohnGuillermin’s“DeathontheNile”aspartofaspotlightonadaptationsofAgathaChristienovels.Noon.Free.RoomA-5,MartinLutherKingJr.MemorialLibrary,901GSt.NW.202-727-0321. ■The“K-Cinema”serieswillfeatureKangJe-kyu’s2011epic“MyWay,”basedontrueaccountsofaKoreanmandiscov-eredfightingagainsttheAlliesinEuropeduringWorldWarII.6p.m.Free;reserva-tionsrequired.KoreanCulturalCenter,2370MassachusettsAve.NW.koreaculturedc.org. ■“TheGolden60sofCzechoslovakCinema”willfeatureJánKadárandElmarKlos’1965film“TheShoponMainStreet.”7p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.EmbassyoftheCzechRepublic,3900SpringofFreedomSt.NW.czech_events@yahoo.com. ■ThegroupHasNawillhostabenefitscreeningofthe2011Turkishfilm“MyGrandfather’sPeople.”8p.m.$20.AvalonTheatre,5612ConnecticutAve.NW.202-478-1034.

Performances ■ComedianBenjiLovittwillperformstand-upaboutlifeinIsraelasaJewishAmericanimmigrant.7to9:30p.m.$18;tick-etsrequired.WashingtonDCJewishCommunityCenter,152916thSt.NW.washingtondcjcc.org. ■D.C.storytellerswillswaptalesattheshow“#LikeMe:StoriesAboutTechnologyandCommunicationinthe21stCentury.”7:30p.m.$20.SprengerTheater,AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.The performance will repeat Saturday at 7 p.m.

Special events ■U.S.Rep.JamesE.Clyburn,D-S.C.,willspeakaspartofaPresidentLincoln’sCottageprogramcelebratingBlackHistoryMonth.“AttheCrossroadsofFreedomandEquality:TheEmancipationProclamationandtheMarchonWashington”willincludepoetry,areadingofPresidentLincoln’sEmancipationProclamationandmusic.1:30to3p.m.Free;reservationsrequired.ScottBuilding,ArmedForcesRetirementHome,UpshurStreetandRockCreekChurchRoadNW.202-829-0436,ext.

31232. ■PhilipGreene,authorof“ToHaveandHaveAnother:AHemingwayCocktailCompanion,”willsigncopiesofhisbookandhostahappyhour.6:30p.m.$50donationtotheD.C.PublicLibraryFoundationandMuseumoftheAmericanCocktail;reservationsrequired.WathaT.Daniel-ShawLibrary,16307thSt.NW.202-727-4943.

Friday,March1

Concerts ■TheFridayMorningMusicClubwillpresentaconcertofworksbyBeethovenandBrahms.Noon.Free.CalvaryBaptistChurch,7558thSt.NW.202-333-2075. ■Norwegiansinger-songwriterUnniLøvlidwillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheFridayMorningMusicCluborchestraAvantiandcellistTaegukMunwillperformworksbyTchaikovskyandBeethoven.7:30p.m.Free.ChurchoftheEpiphany,1317GSt.NW.202-333-2075. ■TheUnitedChurchwillhostaGermanjazzconcert.7:30p.m.Free.TheUnitedChurch,1920GSt.NW.202-331-1495. ■Theaward-winningDanishgroupYggdrasilwillperformmusicthatdrawsfromethnicmaterial,andimprovisationthatrangesfromfreetoclassicalstyle.7:30and9:30p.m.$25.TerraceGallery,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■AspartoftheFrancophonie2013CulturalFestival,FrenchcellistVincentSegalandMaliankoramasterBallakéSissokowillperform.8p.m.$15to$28.LangTheatre,AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.The festival will continue through April 13 at various venues. ■TheAmericanUniversitySymphonyOrchestrawillperformworksbyWagnerandRavel.8p.m.$10to$15;reservationsrequired.AbramsonFamilyRecitalHall,KatzenArtsCenter,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.202-895-2787.The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m.

Discussions and lectures ■LandscapearchitectRodneyRobinsonandHillwoodexecutivedirectorKateMarkertwilldiscuss“BehindHillwood’sChangingGardens.”1to2p.m.$20;$7forstudents.HillwoodEstate,MuseumandGardens,4155LinneanAve.NW.202-686-5807. ■ErnestFreebergwilldiscusshisbook

“TheAgeofEdison:ElectricLightandtheInventionofModernAmerica.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.

NW.202-364-1919. ■ThePartyforSocialismandLiberationwillpresentacommunityforumon“Drones:Imperialism’sSecretWeapon.”7p.m.Free.JusticeCenter,617FloridaAve.NW.202-234-2828.

Film ■TheKoreanFilmFestivalDCwillbeginwiththeareapremiereofParkChan-wook’s2013mystery“Stoker,”starringNicoleKidmanandDermotMulroney.7p.m.Free.MeyerAuditorium,FreerGalleryofArt,12thStreetandJeffersonDriveSW.202-633-1000.The film will be shown again Saturday at 7 p.m., with the director in attendance.

Performance ■EdmundBurkeSchoolstudentswillperformthehitmusical“Pippin.”7:30p.m.$10;$5forstudents.SamaraTheater,EdmundBurkeSchool,4101ConnecticutAve.NW.202-362-8882.The performance will repeat Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m.

Sporting event ■TheWashingtonWizardswillplaytheNewYorkKnicks.7p.m.$11to$500.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-

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Saturday,March2

book sale ■TheJanneyElementarySchoolPTAwillhostaused-booksale.10a.m.to2p.m.Freeadmission.MultipurposeRoom,JanneyElementarySchool,4130AlbemarleSt.NW.202-282-0110.

Children’s programs ■IncelebrationofDr.Seuss’birthday,theTenley-FriendshipLibrarywillattempttoread50ofhisbooksatanall-dayread-a-thon.9:30a.m.to5:30p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1488. ■“SaturdayMorningattheNational”willfeature“MaryAnnJung:PeeWeePirates.”9:30and11a.m.Free;ticketsrequired.HelenHayesGallery,NationalTheatre,1321PennsylvaniaAve.NW.202-783-3372. ■Childrenages5andolderwilllearnaboutthewinternightskyattheRockCreekParkPlanetarium.1p.m.Free.RockCreekParkNatureCenterandPlanetarium,5200GloverRoadNW.202-895-6070.The program will repeat

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Friday, maRCh 1■Performance:TheInSerieswillpresent“BerlintoBroadwayWithKurtWeill,aMusicalVoyage,”featur-ingacastledbyD.C.cabaretartistSallyMartin(shown).8p.m.$19to$38.Source,183514thSt.NW.The performance will repeat March 2, 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. and March 3 and 10 at 3 p.m.

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Sunday at 1 p.m. ■Atateatimeforkidsandtheirfavor-itedolls,familiescansamplehistoricteablendsanddesserts.ChildrenwillalsolearnearlyAmericandances,andmakecraftsfortheirdollstowearhome.1to2:30p.m.$20to$25forchildren;$10foradults.TudorPlaceHistoricHouseandGarden,164431stSt.NW.tudorplacedolltea.eventbrite.com.

Class ■IcelandicdesignerSteinunnSigurdwillleadahands-onworkshopcelebratingthevalueofknitting.1p.m.Free.GrandFoyer,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Concerts ■PianistPaulLewiswillperformworksbySchubert.2p.m.Free;ticketsrequired.CoolidgeAuditorium,JeffersonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101stSt.SE.202-707-5502. ■TheTaraLinhardtBandwillplayold-time,mountainandbluegrassmusic.2and3:30p.m.Free.KogodLobby,AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993. ■NorwegianviolinistsRagnhildandEldbjørgHemsingwillperform.7:30and9:30p.m.$25.TerraceGallery,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheCongressionalChoruswillper-form.8p.m.Free.KogodLobby,AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993. ■ThePacificaQuartetwillperformworksbyHaydn,ShostakovichandRavel.8p.m.$30to$35.KreegerMuseum,2401FoxhallRoadNW.202-338-3552. ■FatherandsonNasarandKushAbadey—alongwiththeirrespectivebands,SupernovaandKush—willplayclassicjazzandoriginalcompositions.8p.m.$20to$25.LangTheatre,AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.

Discussions and lectures ■NorwegiansolarphysicistPålBrekkeutilizesphotosandvideofootagefromNASAsatellitestodiscussthevisualphe-

nomenonknownastheNorthernLights.10:30a.m.Free.TerraceGallery,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■PersianrugdealerandcollectorDavidZahirpourwillexploreregionalrugtypes,structuresanddesigns.10:30a.m.Free.TextileMuseum,2320SSt.NW.202-667-0441,ext.64. ■Russianscholarswillparticipateinasymposiumcomplementingtheexhibit“PageantsoftheTsars:TheCoronationAlbumsoftheRomanovs.”11a.m.to4p.m.$65;$20forstudents.Reservationsrequired.HillwoodEstate,MuseumandGardens,4155LinneanAve.NW.202-686-5807. ■WilliamBlumwilldiscusshisbook“America’sDeadliestExport:Democracy—TheTruthAboutUSForeignPolicyandEverythingElse.”1p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■LawrenceKramer,professorofEnglishandmusicatFordhamUniversity,willdiscuss“TheVirtuosoSchubert.”1p.m.Free.WhittallPavilion,JeffersonBuilding,LibraryofCongress,101stSt.SE.202-707-5502. ■Iceland’sHallgrímurHelgasonandSweden’sAnneSwärdwilldiscusstheinternaldynamicsofthefamilyasexploredinNordicliterature.1:30p.m.Free.TerraceGallery,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■JohnDouglas,formerheadoftheFBI’sInvestigativeSupportUnit,andco-authorMarkOlshakerwilldiscussDouglas’memoir“LawandDisorder:TheLegendaryFBIProfiler’sRelentlessPursuitofJustice.”3:30p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■JeffreyFrankwilldiscusshisbook“IkeandDick:PortraitofaStrangePoliticalMarriage,”abouttherelationshipbetweenDwightEisenhowerandRichardNixon.6p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■NordicvideogamedevelopersKristofferTouborgandSakuLehtinenwilldiscussthecreativeprocessbehindtoday’spopulargames.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Family programs ■TheCorcoranGalleryofArt’sFamilyDay2013willfeaturefacepainting,gallerytours,artsandcrafts,musicanddancing.10a.m.to3p.m.Free.CorcoranGalleryof

Art,50017thSt.NW.202-639-1700. ■Afamilyfestivalwillcommemoratethecentennialofthe1913NationalWomanSuffrageParadewithspecialdis-plays,curatorconversations,hands-oncraftactivitiesandoralhistoryinterviews.Noonto4p.m.Free.NationalMuseumofAmericanHistory,14thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-633-1000. ■MembersoftheTextileMuseumwillteachfamilieshowtomaketraditionalJapanesekumihimobraids.2to4p.m.Free.TextileMuseum,2320SSt.NW.202-667-0441,ext.64.

Films ■TheBalletinCinemaserieswillfea-turetheBolshoiBallet’s“LaBayadère.”11a.m.$18.80.WestEndCinema,2301MSt.NW.202-419-3456. ■“TheMet:LiveinHD”willfeatureashowingof“Parsifal.”Noon.$18to$24.AMCMazzaGallerie,5300WisconsinAve.NW.fathomevents.com. ■TheNationalArchiveswillscreenthe2004film“IronJawedAngels.”Noon.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7th

and9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■“ResponsibleRealism,”aboutBelgiumfilmmakersLucandJean-PierreDardenne,willfeaturetheirfilms“Rosetta”and“TheSon.”FilmscholarPhilipMosleywillintroducetheseries,andlatersigncopiesofhisbook“TheCinemaoftheDardenneBrothers:Responsible.”2p.m.Free.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

meetings ■TheShawReadingClubwillmeettodiscusstheworksofNobellaureates.10a.m.Free.WathaT.Daniel-ShawLibrary,16307thSt.NW.202-727-1288. ■TheKnit&LitClubwillinstructbegin-nersinterestedinlearningtoknitorcro-chet.3p.m.Free.GeorgetownLibrary,3260RSt.NW.202-727-0232.

Performances ■TheSilkRoadDanceCompany,clas-sicalIndiandanceartistJayanteePaine-GangulyandsoloistAhmadMaatywillpresent“BollywoodFever,”acelebrationofdancescenesfromIndianfilms.1:30p.m.$20;$15forstudentsandseniors.LangTheatre,AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993. ■Highschoolpoetswillcompeteinthe“GrandSlamFinals”forthe2013DCYouthSlamTeam.4to6p.m.$10inadvance;$15atthedoor.GALATheatre,333314thSt.NW.eventbrite.com/event/5484313730. ■DancerLionelPopkinwillperform“RuthDoesn’tLiveHereAnymore,”inspiredbythecareerofRuthSt.Denis.8p.m.$8to$22.DancePlace,32258thSt.NE.202-269-1600.The performance will repeat Sunday at 7 p.m. ■TheAmericanUniversityPlayerswillpresent“EverybodyDoesIt,”writtenandperformedbyErinHannigan.8:30to10p.m.Free.KreegerAuditorium,AmericanUniversity,4400MassachusettsAve.NW.auplayers@gmail.com.

Special event ■TheDanceInstituteofWashingtonwillhostayouthopenhousewithwork-shops,registrationdrives,smallperfor-mancesandmore.3to7p.m.Free.DanceInstituteofWashington,340014thSt.NW.202-371-9656.An adult open house will be held Sunday from 3 to 5:30 p.m.

Sporting event ■TheHarlemGlobetrotterswillshowofftheirone-of-a-kindbasketballskills.1p.m.$15to$154.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-7328.

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Children’s programs ■A“LegoBuild”sessionwillfocusonhowtomakestrong,talltowers(forages6andolder).10:30a.m.tonoon.$15to$20perchild;freeforadults.NationalBuildingMuseum,401FSt.NW.202-272-2448. ■AspartofNationalInvasiveSpeciesAwarenessWeek,aKidsDayattheU.S.BotanicGardenwillfeaturehands-onactiv-ities,demonstrations,songsandstories.Noonto3p.m.Free.ConservatoryWestGallery,U.S.BotanicGarden,100MarylandAve.SW.202-225-8333.

Concerts ■TheAmericanYouthChoruswillper-form.3p.m.Free.KogodLobby,AtlasPerformingArtsCenter,1333HSt.NE.202-399-7993.

■TheFridayMorningMusicClubwillpresentasolorecitalbyMatthewLipman,winnerofthe2012WashingtonInternationalCompetitionforStringsandthe2009JohansenInternationalCompetitionforYoungStringPlayers.4p.m.$20;reservationssuggested.PhillipsCollection,160021stSt.NW.phillipscollection.org/music. ■TheprofessionalChoirofChristChurchwillperformthemusicofHerbertW.Sumsion,GeorgeDysonandJohnGoss.5p.m.Free.ChristChurch,Georgetown,31standOstreetsNW.202-333-6677. ■SouthCarolina-basedorganistCharlesTompkinswillperform.5:15p.m.$10donationsuggested.WashingtonNationalCathedral,3101WisconsinAve.NW.202-537-2228. ■TheViennaPianoTriowillperformmusicbyBeethoven,HaydnandSaint-Saëns.6:30p.m.Free.WestGardenCourt,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-842-6941. ■NorwegianmusicalgroupTordGustavsenEnsemblewillperformjazzinfusedwithScandinavianfolk,gospelandCaribbeanmusic.7:30p.m.$29.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheSmithsonianChamberOrchestrawillperformworksbyRavel,CoplandandShostakovich.7:30to9:30p.m.$22to$28.GrandSalon,RenwickGallery,17thStreetandPennsylvaniaAvenueNW.202-633-3030.

Demonstration ■Denmark’sMadsRefslund,Norway’sMortenSohlbergandSweden’sUlrikaBengtssonwilldemonstrate“NewNordicCuisine.”6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures ■PoetandessayistGigiBradfordwilldiscuss“FaithandPoetry:OrdinaryEpiphanies.”10a.m.Free.St.John’sEpiscopalChurch,LafayetteSquare,16thandHstreetsNW.202-347-8766. ■Swedish,Danish,NorwegianandFinnishcrimenovelistswilldiscusstheNordicnoirgenreanditscharacteristics.Noonand3p.m.Free.TerraceGallery,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■AmandaJirón-Murphy,directorofHamiltonianGallery,willdiscussartistAnnaAncherandD.C.’sthrivingcontempo-raryartcommunity.1to2p.m.Free.NationalMuseumofWomenintheArts,1250NewYorkAve.NW.202-783-7370. ■GeraldSheawillsharehismemoir“SongWithoutWords:DiscoveringMyDeafnessHalfwayThroughLife,”aboutthewayshecompensatedforhishearingloss.1p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■PhillipF.Schewe,directorofcommu-nicationatMaryland’sJointQuantumInstitute,willdiscusshisbiography“MaverickGenius:ThePioneeringOdysseyofFreemanDyson.”5p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■NancyThurston,authorof“BigTopicsatMidnight:ATexasGirlWakesUptoRace,Class,GenderandHerself,”willparticipateinadiscussionaboutusingmemoirsasvehiclestotellpersonalsto-riesaboutrace.5to7p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638.

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Saturday, maRCh 2■Concert: TheWashingtonPerformingArtsSocietywillpresentperformancesbysinger-songwriterSuzanneVega(shown)andlocalmusicianJustinTrawick.8p.m.$35.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.202-785-9727.

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Studio Gallery will open three exhibits today and continue them through March 23.

“Hanna’s Table” features paintings by Chris Chernow of objects commonly found on kitchen tables. “Found Art” presents drawings and paint-

ings by Amy Davis meant to be displayed together. Works by Angelika Wamsler ask questions about identity and spirituality. A “First Friday” reception will take place Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and an artists’ reception will be held March 9 from 4 to 6 p.m. Located at 2108 R St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 1 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. 202-232-8734.■ “Little Theaters,” featuring wall-hanging sculptures in the form of assemblage shadow boxes by Foggy Bottom artist J. Ford

Huffman, will open tomorrow in the Modern Times Coffeehouse at Politics and Prose. The exhibit will continue through April 4. An opening reception will take place Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. Located at 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, the exhibit is open Monday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. 202-362-2408.■ “Through the Trees,” presenting new paint-ings by Virginia Commonwealth University art professor Kurt Godwin, will open Friday at Cross MacKenzie Gallery and continue through April 3. An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. Located at 2026 R St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-333-7970.■ “Silent Calling,” featuring mixed-media art-ist Lien Yao, will open Friday at Parish Gallery and continue through March 13. An opening reception will take place Sunday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Located at 1054 31st St. NW, the gallery is

open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-994-2310.■ Touchstone Gallery will open two exhibits Friday and continue them through March 30. “Icons” presents paintings by Steve Alderton inspired by the stylized techniques found in Byzantine icons. “It’s Greek to Me” highlights Timothy Johnson’s reinterpretations of Greek mytholo-gy through classical portraiture with a 21st-century twist. An opening reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Previews will take place today and tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Located at 901 New York Ave. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-347-2787.■ “Diffusion,” featuring drawings by Amy Lin about cultural diffusion, will open Saturday at Addison/Ripley Fine Art and continue through April 27. An artist’s reception will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. Located at 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the

gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-338-5180.■ Marsha Mateyka Gallery opened an exhibit last week of white line woodcuts by Maryland artist Aline Feldman and will con-tinue it through March 30. An artist’s reception will take place Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. Located at 2012 R St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-328-0088.

Gallery’s offerings include look at spirituality, identity

On exhibit

angelika Wamsler’s “between heaven and earth” is on exhibit at Studio Gallery.

The Washington National Opera will stage Vincenzo Bellini’s “Norma” March 9 through 24 in the Kennedy Center Opera House.

In the midst of the Gallic-Roman wars, the Druid priestess Norma secretly carries on a love affair with

her sworn enemy Pollione. When the younger priestess Adalgisa catches Pollione’s eye, the mystic Norma turns warrior, prepared to seek revenge for the betrayal. Soprano Angela Meade and mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick star in the production, which is led by director Anne Bogart and conductor Daniele Rustioni. Performance times are 7 p.m. March 9 and 18; 7:30 p.m. March 12, 15 and 21; and 2 p.m. March 24. Tickets cost $25 to $300. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.■ Productions from Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden will visit D.C. over the next two weeks as part of the Kennedy Center’s Nordic Cool 2013 festival. Norway’s National Theatre will present Henrik Ibsen’s classic “Hedda Gabler” Feb. 27. The emotional-ly potent drama portrays a woman’s alienation from — and suffocation by — the bourgeois society in which she takes part. Denmark’s Teatret Gruppe 38 will stage “A Sonatina,” a comedic take on the classic children’s story of Little Red Riding Hood, March 2 and 3. In this version, a chicken egg comes to the rescue. Finland’s Tampere Workers’ Theatre will present “The Warmblooded” March 2 and 3. Once the proud owners of a small farm, the Kotalas now live beneath the overpass of a forgotten highway alongside a motley crew of drunks and Romanian gypsies. Sweden’s Royal Dramatic Theatre will stage “Fanny and Alexander,” its adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Oscar-winning film, March 7 and 9. Another Swedish troupe, Backa Teater, will round

out the festival’s theatrical offerings with “Little King Mattias” March 9 and 10. In this U.S. premiere, an 11-year-old becomes king, gives his ministers the boot and transfers power to the children of his kingdom. Performance times vary. Tickets cost $18 to $80. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.■ Georgetown University alumna Allie Villarreal will present her solo work “inFATuation” March 2 through 7 as part of the fourth annual Intersections Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. The piece invites audiences to step into the very big shoes of an array of engaging characters, all sharing the experience of living with fat — and taking it in stride. Continuing through March 10, the center’s three-week Intersections Festival will feature 600-plus artists in 100-plus performances. The diverse lineup is intend-ed to show the collaborative energy of artists and audi-ences in boundary-crossing performances and events. Performance times for “inFATuation” are 9:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Thursday. Tickets cost $15 to $20. The Atlas is located at 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993; intersectionsdc.org.■ The Studio Theatre has extended Stephen Adly Guirgis’ quick-paced black comedy “The Mother------ With the Hat” through March 24. Performance times are 8 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $39 to $82. The theater is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.

Washington National Opera to stage ‘Norma’

On StaGe

Soprano angela meade stars in the Washington National Opera’s production of “Norma.”

Studio theatre has extended its run of Stephen adly Guirgis’ play through march 24.

■MargaretBrunsonwilldiscussherbook“NewGrowth:HowMyHairSavedMyLife.”5:30to7p.m.Free.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-789-2227. ■RecentwinnersoftheNordicCouncilLiteraturePrizewilldiscusstheNordicliter-arytradition.6:30p.m.Free.TerraceGallery,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Film ■TheNationalGalleryofArtwillscreenCharlesBurnett’s1983film“MyBrother’sWedding”andRobertWheaton’s1986film“ALittleOffMark”aspartofitsseries“L.A.Rebellion:CreatingaNewBlackCinema.”4:30p.m.EastBuildingAuditorium,NationalGalleryofArt,4thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-737-4215.

Sporting event ■TheWashingtonWizardswillplaythePhiladelphia76ers.6p.m.$10to$475.VerizonCenter,601FSt.NW.202-397-7328.

Monday,March4

Concerts ■Singer-songwritterRasmusLyberthandaccordionvirtuosoGretaSundströmwillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheIcelandSymphonyOrchestrawillperformaworkbycomposerSibelius,as

wellastheU.S.premiereoftwoworksbyIcelandiccomposersVilmarssonandThorvaldsdottir.PianistGarrickOhlssonwilljointheorchestratoperformGrieg’s“PianoConcertoinAminor.”7:30p.m.$10to$64.ConcertHall,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■Swedishmezzo-sopranoAnneSofievonOtter(shown)willperformwithpianistBengtForsberg.7:30p.m.$45.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures ■Panelistswilldiscussthefederalgov-ernment’sroleinchartingthenexteraofaffordablehousingintheU.S.10:30a.m.tonoon.Free;reservationsrequired.NationalBuildingMuseum,401FSt.NW.202-272-2448. ■KarenMappandMarkWarrenwilldiscusstheirbook“AMatchonDryGrass:CommunityOrganizingforSchoolReform.”6:30to8p.m.Free.LangstonRoom,BusboysandPoets,202114thSt.NW.202-387-7638. ■HistorianHarryButowskywilldiscuss“Churchill’sSecretArmy:ConfusionWasTheirBusiness.”6:45to8:15p.m.$18to$25.BairdAuditorium,NationalMuseumofNaturalHistory,10thStreetandConstitutionAvenueNW.202-633-3030. ■SarahErdreichwilldiscussherbook“GenerationRoe:InsidetheFutureofthePro-ChoiceMovement.”7p.m.Free.

PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■FormerU.S.Rep.RonPaul,R-Texas,willspeakabouthistimeonCapitolHill,hispresidentialcampaignsandthefutureofAmericanlibertiesandfiscalpolicy.7p.m.$10.LisnerAuditorium,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,73021stSt.NW.202-994-6800. ■MusicologistSaulLiliensteinwilltracetheevolutionofMozartfromthewonderchildofSalzburgtothefinalyearsofartistictriumphinVienna.7p.m.$15.SouthOperaTierLounge,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TranslatorsStevenT.MurrayandTiinaNunnallywilldiscuss“FromClassicstoCrime—TranslatingNordicFictionforAmericanReaders.”7p.m.Free.TerraceGallery,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■IsraeliArabwriterandsatiristSayedKashua,creatorofthepopularIsraelitele-visionshow“ArabLabor,”willdiscussthechallengesandopportunitiesofbeingcaughtbetweentwocultures.Aspartoftheevent,Kashuawillshowanepisodefromhisshow’sthirdseason.7:30to9p.m.$15to$18;ticketsrequired.WashingtonDCJewishCommunityCenter,152916thSt.NW.washingtondcjcc.org.

Films ■TheMarvelousMovieMondaysserieswillfeature“CitizenKane,”OrsonWelles’classicfilmaboutapublishingtycoon.2p.m.Free.ChevyChaseNeighborhoodLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021. ■Afilmseriesonimportantphotogra-pherswillfeatureHeinzBütler’s2003film“HenriCartier-Bresson:TheImpassionedEye,”withintroductoryremarksbyNorbertBärlocheroftheEmbassyofSwitzerland.6:30p.m.$4to$7.Goethe-Institut,8127thSt.NW.202-289-1200,ext.160.

Tuesday,March5

Concerts ■TheWashingtonBachConsortwillperformwithorganistPaulSkevington.12:10p.m.Free.ChurchoftheEpiphany,1317GSt.NW.202-347-2635. ■Iceland’sDuoHarpverkwillperform.6p.m.Free.MillenniumStage,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■ZalmenMlotek,artisticdirectoroftheNationalYiddishTheatre-Folksbiene,willexplore100yearsofYiddishmusicwithoperettaarias,vaudevilleballads,klezmermusic,aYiddish-EnglishversionofGilbertandSullivanandmore.7p.m.$12

to$15.WashingtonDCJewishCommunityCenter,152916thSt.NW.washingtondcjcc.org. ■YoungPalestinianandIsraelimusi-cianswillperformtogetheraspartofthe“Heartbeat”youthtour.9to11p.m.Free.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-789-2227.

Discussions and lectures ■TheOsherLifelongLearningInstituteatAmericanUniversitywillpresentatalkbyDanielRosove,JStreetdirectoroflead-ershipoutreach,onAmericanpolitics,theMiddleEastandtheimportanceofachiev-ingatwo-statesolution.12:15to1:15p.m.TempleBaptistChurch,3850NebraskaAve.NW.202-895-4860. ■RetiredU.S.AirForceCol.PatWebbwilldiscuss“SolvingtheMysteryofAmeliaEarhart’sCrash.”Luncheonat12:15p.m.;programat1p.m.$10to$30.Woman’sNationalDemocraticClub,1526NewHampshireAve.NW.202-232-7363. ■LabororganizerJaneMcAleveywilldiscussherbook“RaisingExpectations(andRaisingHell):MyDecadeFightingfortheLaborMovement.”6to8p.m.Free.CullenRoom,BusboysandPoets,10255thSt.NW.202-789-2227. ■FinnishauthorMonikaFagerholmandIcelandicnovelistKristínÓmarsdóttirwilljoinotherpaneliststodiscussmagicalrealisminNordicliterature.7p.m.Free.TerraceGallery,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600. ■TheNationalArchivesandtheNationalCapitalPlanningCommissionwillhostapaneldiscussionon“HeightenedConversations:GlobalPerspectivesontheImpactofBuildingHeightsinNationalCapitals.”7p.m.Free.McGowanTheater,NationalArchivesBuilding,ConstitutionAvenuebetween7thand9thstreetsNW.202-357-5000. ■IanMacKaye—aD.C.native,musi-cian,andco-founderofDischordRecords—willdiscussgrowingupinthecapital,thecultureofWashingtoninthe1980s,andthelegacyofD.C.’spunkrockmusicscene.7p.m.Free;reservationssuggest-ed.CorcoranGalleryofArt,50017thSt.NW.202-639-1700. ■AuthorJodiPicoultwilldiscusshernovel“TheStoryteller,”aboutpainfulfamilymemories.7p.m.$15.SidwellFriendsSchool,3825WisconsinAve.NW.brownpapertickets.com/event/314440. ■LizLermanwilldiscussherbookofessays“HikingtheHorizontal:FieldNotesFromaChoreographer.”7p.m.Free.ArtsClubofWashington,2017ISt.NW.202-331-7282,ext.3. ■BostonGlobejournalistsKevinCullenandShelleyMurphywilldiscusstheirbook“WhiteyBulger:America’sMostWantedGangsterandtheManhuntThatBroughtHimtoJustice.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919.

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Discussions and lectures ■Author,researcherandneighborhoodhistorianMaraCherkaskywilldiscuss“MountPleasant:AnHistoricalOverview.”6:30p.m.Free.MountPleasantLibrary,316016thSt.NW.202-671-3122. ■PrincipalsandfoundersAndreaLeersandJaneWeinzapfelwilldiscusstheworkofBoston-basedLeersWeinzapfelAssociates.6:30to8p.m.$12to$20;reservationsrequired.NationalBuildingMuseum,401FSt.NW.202-272-2448. ■ChefsToddandEllenKaskoffGraywilldiscusstheirbook“TheNewJewishTable.”7p.m.$15.Sixth&IHistoricSynagogue,600ISt.NW.877-987-6487. ■RebeccaGalewilldiscusshernovel“Trying,”aboutarelationshipcomplicatedbygovernmentsecrets.7p.m.Free.Tenley-FriendshipLibrary,4450WisconsinAve.NW.202-727-1488. ■SusanOrlinswilldiscussherbook“ConfessionsofaWorrywart:Husbands,Lovers,Mothers,andOthers.”7p.m.Free.WestEndLibrary,110124thSt.NW.202-724-8707. ■MohsinHamidwilldiscusshisnovel“HowtoGetFilthyRichinRisingAsia.”7p.m.Free.PoliticsandProse,5015ConnecticutAve.NW.202-364-1919. ■Adiscussionserieson“HomeSweetHome”—aboutthenotionof“home”asaplaceofnostalgia,securityandbetrayal—willfocusonNellFreudenberger’snovel“TheNewlyweds.”7p.m.Free.ChevyChaseNeighborhoodLibrary,5625ConnecticutAve.NW.202-282-0021.

Performances ■DancecompanyFuriaFlamencawillperform.5:30p.m.Free.SidneyHarmanHall,610FSt.NW.202-547-1122. ■CarteBlanche,theNorwegianNationalCompanyofContemporaryDance,willperformSharonEyalandGaiBachar’s“CorpsdeWalk.”7:30p.m.$29.TerraceTheater,KennedyCenter.202-467-4600.The performance will repeat Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

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fifth-graders

Key Elementary On Feb. 1, Key students attend-ed a World Family Passport Presentation as we traveled to Colombia. Mr. Bernado Alvarez, parent of kindergartner Martin Alvarez from Ms. Linden’s class, led the presentation. We learned many things about Colombia, including its geography, animal life, terrain and language. The presentation included a video, popular music, and photos of popular attractions such as Lake Guatavita, which spurred the legend of El Dorado. We also learned about animals such as the pink river dolphin and the Andean condor. Students and staff were also fas-cinated to learn Bogata is the third highest capital city in the world, ris-ing 8,612 feet above sea level. Students are excited to travel to another continent for our next Passport Presentation in March! I

wonder where we will land?— Oliver Chipman and

Brandon Milligan, fifth-graders

Mann Elementary The first grade has been count-ing and marking the first 100 days of school. This year, we celebrated the 100th day of school on Feb. 11. Each first-grader was asked to make projects showing 100 objects arranged in groups of two, five, 10, 20 or 50. All of the objects had to be the same and put together at home. Some of the items that stu-dents collected and assembled were cereal, Legos, candy, seeds, nails and beads. On Feb. 11, the first-graders shared their projects and participat-ed in different activities. Some of the activities were making necklac-es out of 100 pieces of cereal, roll-ing die and writing down the num-ber that came up most often, and creating a collage out of 100 pieces of construction paper.

— Joseph Laroski, third-grader

Maret School Every year in February, we have Intensive Study Week. We study one subject for the week. This year we studied “air and space” and vis-ited museums. At the Smithsonian, we watched

an IMAX movie about the Hubble telescope. We saw how a team of astronauts repaired it with lots of teamwork and courage. We saw how stars form in the Orion Nebula and how they die and sometimes form black holes. Another day we went to a plane-tarium. We looked up at a rounded ceiling that was covered with lights to represent the stars and planets. We saw Orion’s Belt and the Milky Way. Lines drawn between the stars showed us what the whole constel-lation looked like in the minds of the people who named it. When we visited the Udvar-Hazy Center, we went into an air-plane and see how to control it. We also saw the space shuttle Discovery and a workroom bigger than a gymnasium, where planes and space ships are repaired for dis-play. We visited the observation tower and saw planes land and take off from Dulles Airport.

— Ms. Tomasi-Carr’s first-graders

Murch Elementary Our papier-mâché planets started out a little rough. Our teacher, Ms. George, told us we were going to make a model of the solar system, so we headed to the science lab to begin. We first made a ball-like form out of paper and tape. Each

had to be in proportion to the sun. We next worked on the sun. The next day we started to papier-mâché the planets. We mas-saged the planets with papier-mâché and then put pieces of paper on the planet. The last color we did would be the base color of the planet! We added finishing touches. Mercury used paint. Venus used tis-sue paper and paint. Earth used tis-sue paper. Mars used paint and glit-

ter to make a terrestrial vibe. Saturn used paint and more paint. Jupiter used tissue paper. It really looked like it was moving! Uranus used paint and tissue paper. Neptune used cotton balls and pompom strings.

— Annie Hedgepeth, third-grader

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part of the time is used for water polo. Water polo is a contact water sport that is similar to handball, basketball and soccer. This curricu-lum helps introduce a more directly team-based element to the mainly individual sport of swimming. Throughout the season we have worked on different formations and tactics, as well as facing off against other schools, including Landon, St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes, Sidwell and Georgetown Day. Water polo has helped many of the swimmers develop better team-work skills.

— Collett Preston, Form II (eighth-grader)

St. Ann’s Academy This week, in honor of African American History Month, the fifth-graders and their kindergarten read-ing buddies made a Freedom Quilt. They created quilt squares using different colors of felt, based on basic shapes and designs that were created in the late 1700s. Freedom Quilts were created by African slaves to provide clues for escaping slaves to reach freedom. Quilts would provide signals to escaping slaves or create maps. Legend has it that the quilts were hung from windows to “air out” during the day and escaping slaves would “read” the clues and make their way north to Canada. Slaves often traveled at night and hid out during the day. Members of the “Underground Railroad” would help escaping slaves make their way north by hid-ing them or providing supplies for their journeys. There are no known “Freedom Quilts” that remain for exhibit, but the legend of their exis-tence and stories remain. The quilt squares from the fifth grade and kindergarten will be on display in St. Ann’s for the remainder of the month.

— Kennith Brandon and Maeve Morris, fifth-graders

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School Last Wednesday, St. Patrick’s seventh- and eighth-graders visited the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore. The seventh-graders took a class called “Dry Ice: How Cool Is That?” The eighth graders took a class about nanotechnology. The seventh-graders put small pieces of dry ice inside cups of water and saw the fog coming out. We hypothesized about what would happen if we put dry ice into liquid dish soap. We learned that fire extinguishers are filled with carbon dioxide, which cancels out the oxy-gen in the air to extinguish the fire, and how carbon dioxide affects our environment. During the nanotechnology class, the eighth-graders placed one drop of nail polish on a thin black piece of paper submerged in water. The nail polish drop spread out to produce a thin film that was only a

few nanometers thick! — Izzy Verdery, seventh-grader,

and Anna Blair Poulson, eighth-grader

School Without Walls The Home and School Association recently met with rep-resentatives from the Local School Advisory Team to discuss Walls’ proposed merger with Francis Stevens Educational Campus, locat-ed about a mile away. Mr. Thomas Anderson from D.C. Public Schools joined us clarify the plan. Mr. Anderson is the instructional super-intendent for the School Without Walls cluster. The community is pleased to hear that options are available with the merger. On Feb. 10, the school held a town hall forum to discuss the merger. There was conflicting opin-ion, but many tried to look on the bright side by proposing advantag-es, including one joint budget. The LSAT and HSA provided feedback from the community and agreed to work on a plan with the principal. Most students acknowledge there will be change in the following years for Walls, correlating with steady increase in enrollment.

— Eleonore Edgell, 11th-grader

Washington International On Feb. 11, the 10th-graders went to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. We had begun learning about Germany before World War II, but nothing could prepare us for what we would see. One of the most impacting exhibits was a simple room filled with the shoes of those who had been murdered in the camps. The knowledge that this vast quantity of shoes represented a fraction of the total was mindboggling. Full of new ideas and thoughts, we separat-ed into groups back in the class-room and created posters with what we took away from the museum. It serves as a potent reminder of what can happen when people, instead of speaking up against injustice, just watch and do nothing.

— Leonardo Mendez and Vishal Ravi, 10th-graders

Washington Latin Public Charter School The Arts Department raised $2,011 at a holiday dinner, which featured performances from jazz band, dance and choir. The dinner, held at the middle school Upshur campus, was the second arts con-cert of the year. Parents, faculty and students attended the event. The program included a Bhangra perfor-mance by the dance group, as well as holiday songs. As part of the event, Washington Latin paid its respects to the tragedy that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Brandi Clarke and Savannah Miller sang “Angel” together in dedication, which was an emotional moment. Washington Latin mailed cards to Sandy Hook, with each person in attendance given a chance to write a note to the victims’ families.

— Cuneyt Dill, 11th-grader

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