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By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

Sonny Bono came to Washington 20 years ago, an entertainer-turned-politician who had just been elected as a California congressman. Following his death in 1998, a local friend — D.C. developer Geary Simon — memorialized Bono at a pocket park in Dupont Circle, bordered by New Hamp-shire Avenue and 20th and O streets NW. Originally, the revamped 800-square-foot spot had elaborate landscap-ing, lighting and sprinklers. But over time, the park dwindled to its present condition of some grass, shrubs and benches surrounded by a low fence. Officials at the Heurich House Museum, located across New Hampshire from the park, think the site can be more, and the institution became its official D.C.

Department of Parks and Recreation partner last year. “For years, we have witnessed the neglect of Sonny Bono Park; not only were the plants not being main-tained regularly, but it was often filled with large piles of abandoned trash,” museum spokesperson Kimberly Bender wrote in an email. “Now that this museum has

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New campaign aims to beautify Dupont park

Brian Kapur/The CurrentThe Heurich House Museum hopes to spruce up the small park, created as a memorial to Sonny Bono.

By DEIRDRE BANNONCurrent Correspondent

The D.C. Department of Energy & Environment has proposed a new Wildlife Action Plan, but the Wash-ington Humane Society has objec-tions to the way the city wants to handle the feral cat population.

The debate stirs up a decades-long argument over the best way to control wild cats while also protect-ing other native species. The public

has an opportunity to weigh in on the plan until the deadline for public comment closes on Monday.

The overall goal of the wildlife plan is to create a “roadmap for the next ten years of conserving, sustain-ing, and protecting the District’s wildlife and habitats for the benefit and enjoyment of residents and visi-tors,” according to its preface.

“It’s the first comprehensive wildlife action plan done in the city and it’s the first time the whole plan has been built around empirical evi-dence, where we’re going out during the daytime and at night and observ-

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Draft wildlife plan prompts heated debate over feral cats

By MARK LIEBERMANCurrent Staff Writer

Citizens associations and other groups representing communities near the Potomac River have been struggling for almost two years to reconcile with the Federal Aviation Administration over their concerns

about airplane noise in their neigh-borhoods.

But last week, nine organizations including five citizens associations joined together and filed a petition for review before the U.S. Court of Appeals — the first step in what could become a lengthy litigation battle against the FAA. The Aug. 24 filing is a response to what many citizens say is an increasing problem with noise from airplanes coming in and out of Reagan National Airport.

Citizens Association of George-town president Bob vom Eigen said he has noticed within the past few months that planes no longer fly the route that the associations and avia-tion officials had agreed upon — directly over the Potomac River. Upon departure from the airport, for instance, they’re flying past the back side of the Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School and Georgetown University, and over Hillandale and

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Rise in aircraft noise sparks appeal

Brian Kapur/The CurrentWashington Nationals relief pitcher Drew Storen visited the Tenley-Friendshp Library on Saturday to read to kids as part of D.C. Public Library’s 2015 Summer Ready program. The pitcher took questions from the children and even demonstrated the proper hand placement for a four-seam fastball. The Nationals have made a three-year, $750,000 commitment to the reading program through tickets, merchandise and other support.

P I T C H I N g S T O R I E S

By MARK LIEBERMANCurrent Staff Writer

When Mayor Muriel Bowser first heard the plans to convert the grounds next to the under-construction Lafayette Elementary School building into a network of trailers and tents for the entire school year, she was hesi-tant.

“I wasn’t sure how it was going to look,” Bowser told the school’s principal, Carrie Broquard, during a tour of the facility last Wednesday. “But it looks good.”

Bowser was smiling throughout her lengthy walk-through of the premises at 5701 Broad Branch Road NW, flanked by Broquard, members of her staff, mem-bers of the construction project team and, for the last half, Ward 4 D.C. Council member Brandon Todd.

At times, hordes of schoolchildren crossed the tour group’s path on their way to greet their parents. Bowser engaged them happily, signing autographs with the

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Lafayette adjusts to temporary trailers

■ Aviation: Local coalition challenges FAA’s new routes

Mark Lieberman/The CurrentMayor Muriel Bowser toured Lafayette Elementary on Wednesday to check on its temporary facilities during the Chevy Chase school’s modernization.

■ Environment: Agency says intent is to help native species

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neighborhoods to the immediate west.

“Reagan National is routing planes more quickly and they’re actually crossing Georgetown, which is of course a historical land-mark,” vom Eigen said. “The ques-tion is whether there shouldn’t be

some concession made to that loca-tion.”

Discussions with the FAA about increased noise in and near George-town began in fall 2013. Hillandale Homeowners Association president Cynthia Howar, whose home falls squarely within the flight path that affects residents most directly, thinks the agency purposely stalled conver-

sations so it could run out the clock on a comment period during which the affected parties could object to the administration’s procedures.

“It’s difficult to believe that there’s an agency that could do something like this to its own city,” Howar said. “We’re in a difficult situation.”

The deadline for that comment

period was Aug. 24, and that’s the day the group filed the petition to review, which serves as a legal appeal of the federal agency’s deci-sion, in the D.C. Circuit Court. Fur-ther filings including issues on appeal and a docketing statement could follow. Vom Eigen said the interested parties weren’t aware of that deadline until the Friday imme-

diately before.Georgetown advisory neighbor-

hood commissioner Ed Solomon has been at the center of discussions with the FAA since the fall of 2013. Solo-mon said the administration indicat-ed it was testing new routes this summer, but didn’t mention that the new routes would cause issues in local communities.

Solomon’s commission passed a resolution Monday supporting the communities’ petition. Solomon said it’s a rarity for many groups to come together over a common issue in this way. The petitioners are the citizens associations of Burleith, Foxhall Community, Georgetown and Pali-sades; the Hillandale Homeowners Association; the Colony Hill Neigh-borhood Association; the Foggy Bottom Association; Georgetown University; and the Georgetown University Student Association.

“It’s remarkable that eight com-munities can get together and sup-port a cause,” Solomon said.

During the negotiation process, the FAA assured D.C. residents that the flight path would have as little of an impact on them as possible. But when the path abruptly changed, citizens were not happy with offi-cials’ dismissal of their concerns. The administration tried to argue that the planes’ modern engines would be less noisy than older engines, and that noise monitors hadn’t recorded a significant uptick in decibel levels since the routes changed.

“Those are points that obfuscate the real issue, which is that there’s more traffic going on over our neigh-borhoods and creating more noise,” Howar said.

A spokesperson for the FAA did not provide comment on the com-munity groups’ issues on Tuesday.

Hillandale Homeowners Associ-ation vice president Todd Daubert said none of the parties involved in the litigation are particularly keen on an extended legal battle.

“The FAA is supposed to serve the public interest. They’re supposed to be serving us,” he said. “The fact that they’ve gotten into a situation where they’re arguing with us shows that they’ve failed in their mission.”

Howar said she wishes the group didn’t have to take legal action.

“My hope is that the FAA will take note of the deep concern of the communities and the negative impact that their actions have had and they’ll voluntarily step back,” Howar said. “Nobody wants to con-tinue with the litigation. Nobody wants to make this into a long-last-ing precedent.”

Despite the potential for a pro-tracted battle, Howar hopes that by acting together the community orga-nizations will be able to successfully challenge the bureaucracy.

“I think we have a very big fight. But I think there are enough people who are really angry,” Howar said. “This is destroying the peace and quiet of our neighborhoods, and it’s basically an environmental nuisance. We didn’t come to it. It’s coming to us.”

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Wednesday, Sept. 2 The D.C. State Board of Education will hold a working session from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Room 1114, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. Agenda items include a presentation on the MySchoolDC lottery, discussion of an amendment to the District’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act waiver, an update on PARCC standards and testing, and an update on the High School Credit Flexibility Task Force.■ The Woodley Park Community Association’s executive board will meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Undercroft of All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church, 2300 Cathedral Ave. NW.

Thursday, Sept. 3 The National Capital Planning Commission will meet at 1 p.m. in Suite 500N, 401 9th St. NW. The agenda will include preliminary site and building plans sub-mitted by the U.S. Institute of Peace to rehabilitate buildings 6 and 7 at the Potomac Annex north of the current facilities; final adoption of the updated poli-cies for the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital’s Federal Urban Design Element; and approval of a staff report on the District’s zoning regulations rewrite.

Tuesday, Sept. 8 The Glover Park Citizens Association will meet at 7 p.m. at Stoddert School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW.■ The Brightwood Community Association will meet at 7 p.m. at St. John United Baptist Church, 13th and Tuckerman streets NW.

Saturday, Sept. 12 Ward 1 D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau will host a neighborhood watch training session for Ward 1 residents and business leaders. The event will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Columbia Heights Education Campus, 3101 16th St. NW.■ The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs will host an Action Forum from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in West Salon G and H at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW. To register, visit dctakesaction.eventbrite.com.

Wednesday, Sept. 16 The D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary will hold a public hearing on ris-ing violent crime in the District and on the Sale of Synthetic Drugs Amendment Act of 2015. The hearing will begin at 5 p.m. in the Council Chambers, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.■ The Metropolitan Police Department will host a neighborhood watch crime pre-vention training session led by Samantha Nolan, the District’s citywide neighbor-hood watch trainer. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at the 2nd District Police Head-quarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. To register, email nolantutor@yahoo.com or call 202-244-2620.

The week ahead

By MARK LIEBERMANCurrent Staff Writer

After 44 years in business, Hud-son Trail Outfitters is shutting its doors across the D.C. metro area, including its Tenleytown store, according to an email sent to cus-tomers Monday.

The outdoor equipment and apparel company has four locations scattered throughout the region, including in Rockville, Fairfax and Pentagon Row. The Tenley store is located at 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW, next to Middle C Music and just two blocks from the area’s Metro station.

In a statement on the company’s website, Hudson CEO Sandy Cohan said the economic climate in the last three years has made keeping the business open increasingly difficult, and he’d rather close the stores on his own terms than compromise relationships with customers through a decline in the quality of service.

Going-out-of-business sales will begin soon at all four locations, according to a response from the Hudson Trail Outfitters Twitter account to a concerned customer. A

firm closing date has not been deter-mined, the tweet said.

“During this transition, all cus-tomers and all employees can count on continued excellence and pride from all associations with the Com-pany,” the website’s statement reads. “HTO firmly believes that an order-ly wind-down of affairs provides the best opportunity for professional closure and maximum success and efficiency in what are otherwise sad and nostalgic circumstances.”

Tenleytown advisory neighbor-hood commissioner Jon Bender said he’s sorry the store is shutting down and hopes observers don’t assume the closure is a reflection on Tenley-town’s fortunes.

“This doesn’t reflect the business climate in Tenleytown, but rather on HTO’s fortunes,” Bender said. “It may say something about broader issues with smaller companies trying to compete with the likes of Amazon and megastores.”

The loss of Hudson Trail Outfit-ters will leave the corner of 41st and Brandywine streets with its second prominent open storefront following

Hudson Trail Outfitters set to close down its four stores Core 72 offers a range of athletic and casual

apparel, mostly united by two themes: inspired by West Coast aesthetics, and manu-

factured by women-owned and -operated compa-nies.

“It’s that idea of not just taking a men’s shirt and making it smaller and calling it a women’s shirt,” said the store’s owner, Ferrall Dietrich. “They tailor it to women.”

Dietrich’s vision for Core 72, which just opened its second location in the Cathedral Commons com-plex at 3316 Wisconsin Ave. NW, was also inspired by trips across the country with her two sons from their home in Chevy Chase. Though some of the items at Core 72 come from New York, most recall the West Coast in their design and texture.

“It’s a little bit more of a relaxed, comfortable lifestyle,” Dietrich said. “Clothes that allow you to look great when you’re running around outside.”

The company was conceived five years ago. The first store opened in March 2013 in Chevy Chase, at 5502 Connecticut Ave. NW. After it proved success-ful, Dietrich and her team began to consider expanding. One possibility was adding the option for online purchases, but Dietrich said she’d prefer sacrificing an expanded demographic to giving up on providing a friendly experience.

Around this time, representatives from Cathedral Commons, the new mixed-use development at Wis-consin Avenue and Newark Street, called with an interest in bringing Core 72 to the complex’s retail section. After a week of deliberations, Dietrich and

her team agreed it was the right move.“When they approached me, it certainly was

sooner than I had anticipated doing it. But we were doing well here,” Dietrich said. “I feel like that loca-tion was too good to pass up.”

Opened in June, the new space sells the same types of goods as the Chevy Chase store. Theappar-el and gear is appropriate for running, yoga, Pilates, cycling, swimming and skiing, and brands include Nux USA, Splits59, Sundry and Sunski, among others. Also available are sweaters, leggings, scarves, socks and various accessories like water bottles, cycling helmets and backpacks.

Dietrich said Core 72 doesn’t discriminate against brands manufactured by men or those based in places other than the West Coast. But those two distinguishing features are always in the back of her mind when she considers new offerings.

“I’m always looking at bringing new things in — things that we can’t find here that I think people will like. Most of the time they do. Sometimes it’s a little esoteric,” she said.

The store’s distinguishing features are embedded in its name. The “core” in “Core 72” refers to the strength and power of each individual’s center, and 1972 is the year that Title IX, the legislation banning gender-based discrimination in athletics, was passed in Congress.

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gDS dials back height of Tenleytown project Georgetown Day School is amending its Wisconsin Avenue NW development plans in response to community objections to the original proposal’s height and den-sity, the school said yesterday. In a message to the Tenleytown

listserv yesterday afternoon, the school’s Alison Grasheim said the two residential high-rises would each shrink by two stories and 10 feet in height, and roughly 65 planned apartment units are being eliminated. Now, Georgetown Day is pro-posing two 80-foot-tall apartment buildings, eight and seven stories, containing 110 to 120 units and 160 to 170 units, respectively. Some res-idents had argued that tall buildings were out of character with the area of Tenleytown near 42nd and Dav-enport streets NW; Grasheim wrote that the changes were “informed by community input and close study by our development consultants.” Planned retail space remains unchanged at 38,500 square feet. Georgetown Day purchased the Davenport Street Safeway and the Martens car dealership site for a large-scale development project. The school hopes to bring lower grades from the Palisades to new facilities it will construct adjacent to its 4200 Davenport St. NW high school, and is planning the mixed-use high-rises as an investment project. The proposal requires zon-ing review for its level of height and density, and also to ensure that the school’s operations don’t unduly harm residential neighbors. Georgetown Day will discuss the changes to its proposal at the Ten-leytown/Friendship Heights adviso-

ry neighborhood commission’s meeting on Sept. 9, as well as its own meeting at the high school on Sept. 21. In her announcement yesterday, Grasheim also noted that the school updated its website for the project — gds.org/campusplanning — in response to community feedback.

Police investigating sexual assualt case A woman was sexually assaulted by her taxi driver in Cleveland Park early Sunday, according to a Metro-politan Police Department news release. The assault occurred between 1:15 and 2 a.m. Sunday in the 3200 block of Highland Place, police say. The suspect, whose nationality is unknown, was driving a red-and-black-colored cab, according to the release. Anyone with information should call police at 202-727-9099 or send a text to 50411. The department offers a reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to arrest and conviction of a person responsible for assault committed in D.C.

Archbishop honors Our Lady of Victory Cardinal Donald Wuerl, arch-bishop of Washington, celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Victory

School on Sunday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Palisades preschool-through-eighth-grade institution. During the Mass, Wuerl installed the Rev. David Fitz-Patrick as pas-tor of the school’s parish. Fitz-Pat-rick has been at Our Lady of Victo-ry since 2014. “Both the installation of your pastor and the sixtieth anniversary of Our Lady of Victory School are profoundly connected because the pastor has the responsibility of shepherding the flock of the Lord entrusted to his care and part of that responsibility includes the passing on of the faith which of course is the primary focus of the parish school,” Wuerl said as he began his homily, according to a news release. Our Lady of Victory is one of 95 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Washington, which includes D.C. and Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s counties in Maryland.

georgetown group to hold Oct. 23 gala The Citizens Association of Georgetown’s annual Georgetown Gala will be held Oct. 23 at the Four Seasons Hotel. Dubbed “Bar 1878: Georgetown After Dark,” this year’s event will “highlight Georgetown’s unique

combination of history, style and allure,” according to a news release from the association. The event will include cocktails, dinner and live music from the BroadSide Sound band. There will also be a silent auction featuring prizes such as use of homes in Paris, Aspen and Nantucket, a full-access Colonial Parking Pass and a rooftop July Fourth celebration. Sponsorships are welcome via cagtown.org or the association office, and invitations will be mailed early this month, with tick-ets available online.

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ing wildlife and listening to ani-mals,” said Tommy Wells, Energy & Environment Department director.

The plan classifies cats as “non-native predators that have been among the worst invasive species globally. … In the District, they take the form of free-ranging animals that damage bird, mammal, and reptile populations.”

The plan recommends that the city revisit its trap-neuter-return pro-gram, which has been in place since 2007, and instead go back to its pre-vious policy of capturing free-rang-ing cats and taking them to adoption facilities in the District. That earlier policy dates back to the early 20th century.

“The job of [our agency] is to focus on the whole population of wildlife in the city,” said Wells. “There’s been a decline in the popu-lation of 240 species of songbirds — we don’t prioritize feral cats over birds.”

To create the Wildlife Action Plan, the Energy & Environment Department established a review team and consulted with representa-tives from about 20 organizations, including the American Bird Con-servancy. The plan cites a 2000 study used by the bird conservancy that says outdoor cats are responsible for the deaths of birds and small mammals. Advocacy groups say that study is outdated, but that’s only one of their objections to the research.

“The study has been criticized by scholars all over,” said Scott Gia-coppo, a spokesperson with the Washington Humane Society. “The statistical data was gathered over 30 years ago, the researchers used a very small sample size and the study wasn’t peer reviewed. When the American Bird Conservancy put together a new study in 2013 [also referenced in the Wildlife Action Plan], they didn’t do new scientific research; they pulled data from the old study done 30 years ago.”

Neither the Washington Humane Society nor the Alley Cat Allies, a national nonprofit based in Bethesda that aims to protect and improve the

lives of feral cats, was consulted for the Wildlife Action Plan.

The Washington Humane Soci-ety argues that trap-neuter-return programs are the best way to control the feral cat population while also protecting other wildlife. The organi-zation first started the program as a pilot in 2007, funded by the Ameri-can Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and PetSmart Charities as well as individual donors.

Based on that model, the District government in 2008 passed a law that said it would promote trap-neu-ter-return “practices as a means of controlling the feral cat population; provided, that all efforts shall be made to adopt out a trapped, tamable kitten.” According to Lisa LaFon-taine, president of the Washington Humane Society, that policy has come to be viewed nationally as a progressive model that other cities want to replicate.

“We have a fair amount of exper-tise in this — we’ve been overseeing animal issues, both wild and domes-tic, for 145 years — and TNR is the best way of managing the cat popu-lation that we know of right now,” LaFontaine said.

The program works by using animal officers and volunteers to capture outdoor cats and take them to the society’s clinic, where they are sterilized, vaccinated and treated for any illnesses. If a cat is young enough that it could adapt to indoor life, it’s adopted out, but otherwise the cats are returned back into the same area where they were captured. Volunteers who live in those neigh-borhoods work with the society to keep an eye on the cats and make sure they remain healthy.

“Cats that live outside are territo-rial — they won’t let other cats into their area. If we sterilize those cats, they won’t breed, so the population will go down,” LaFontaine explained. “If you remove those cats from an area, new cats will come in because it’s likely a spot that has available food and water, and they will breed so there will be more cats. A policy that simply takes cats away will have no impact on reducing the

cat population.”Though the program is relatively

young, LaFontaine said she’s encouraged by figures that show the District’s free-range cat population is starting to decline and she expects that trend will continue.

Rounding up feral cats and pre-suming they can be adopted, as the city’s wildlife plan proposes, has been proved over many decades not to work, according to the Humane Society.

“Nobody wishes more than us that we could take free-ranging cats and turn them into indoor cats, but it just doesn’t happen — they can’t adapt. It’s magical thinking to think you can turn an adult outdoor cat into a pet,” said LaFontaine.

Instead, outdoor cats when placed in shelters often become sick and

diseased, or infect other cats in the shelter — and because they aren’t candidates for adoption, they are euthanized, LaFontaine said. The concern with the city’s proposed approach is it will simply result in euthanizing most feral cats.

“This is a dilemma — we love all animals — and it’s not a black and white issue, but do we really want to put people in a position of euthaniz-ing healthy cats because they might kill a bird?” said LaFontaine. “We’re being asked to make a choice about which animal’s life is more valuable. TNR is not a perfect solution, but it’s the best one we have right now — and the situation will not be made better by taking the program away.”

For Wells, he says he has to look at the whole environmental picture.

“Cats are not a big threat to

humans, but they are having a devas-tating effect on the rest of the envi-ronment,” he said.

“Everything is on the table,” Wells said, referring to the city’s decision-making process. “Maybe the feedback will warrant a new study on feral cats. … The point of the draft is that we want comments from everyone to determine best practices.”

The Wildlife Action Plan can be found at 1.usa.gov/1JKwCRE; com-ments should be marked “Wildlife Action Plan” and can be emailed to SWAP.Comments@dc.gov or mailed to D.C. Department of Ener-gy & Environment, Fisheries and Wildlife Division, 1200 1st Street NE, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20002, Attention: Wildlife Action Plan.

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Fighting crime The “Black Lives Matter” protest soaked up most of the media spotlight at Mayor Muriel Bowser’s crime plan rollout last week. The activists’ calls for focusing more on jobs than cops were fair; unemployment is hardly a recipe for peace. But we think the protesters’ emphasis on police numbers is a bit misleading, and detracts from some of the valuable aspects of the may-or’s “Safer, Stronger D.C.” proposal. First of all, the Metropolitan Police Department’s numbers are down: WTOP reported in August that the department had 3,865 sworn officers but was authorized for 4,000. The tally is poised to drop further, thanks in part to a pending spike in retirements. So hiring more staff is hardly a surprising move. We also appreciate the mayor’s plan to offer financial incentives to retain experienced officers and recruit new ones. Second, there’s more to Ms. Bowser’s plan. Her proposed focus on repeat offenders, such as additional power to hold someone on pretrial supervision who violates a stay-away order, seems reasonable and logical, given the sig-nificant role recidivists are playing in local crime. There are legitimate ques-tions about some of the specifics, such as how to safely carry out illegal-gun searches of violent convicts who are released early under supervision. It’s crucial to proceed with caution in such areas. The increased penalties for violent crimes that occur on transit or at parks or recreation centers are wise. As with hate crimes, these incidents have a broader impact on the community, making residents afraid to use the city’s resources. Deterring users from recreation spaces is hardly conducive to reducing crime. Not all aspects of the plan focus on increasing police powers or penalties. Some increase civilian rights. The mayor would narrow the definition of behavior that constitutes a misdemeanor assault on a cop; repeal vehicle vio-lations for things like hanging items from a rearview mirror (to avoid the perception of pretextual stops); and drop the requirement for officers to issue two tickets when they stop a driver who has no proof of insurance. “Safer, Stronger” also calls for a new grant program to support nonprofits working in violence-ridden communities and for an increase in employment, social and health services for residents of such neighborhoods. But Mayor Bowser needs to provide a lot more detail before it will be clear if these approaches will make any difference. And we think she can do still more. We hope the mayor and the D.C. Council will pair the above ideas with broader initiatives to address the root causes of crime, such as poverty and unemployment. One possibility would be replicating, for jobless adults, the Mayor Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program. Ultimately, the city must work at both ends: eliminating the desperate environments in which crime breeds, and stopping it on the street. We hope council members will work with the mayor to add to her ideas with just such a goal.

An excessive wait time After 13 years of deliberating and prodding, the city finally began con-struction on a traffic signal that will allow pedestrians and bikers to safely cross Canal Road NW to access Fletcher’s Boathouse and the towpath. The pedestrian-activated light will also turn red for cars on Canal when other vehicles are waiting on nearby Reservoir Road or in the driveway lead-ing up from the boathouse. No local safety issue should take so long to resolve. We hope Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh, head of the committee overseeing local transportation matters, can convince officials to use this as a case study so they can quicken the pace for similar projects. As for the Canal Road signal, resident Howard Bray and other communi-ty members began pushing for the signal in 2002, and a D.C. Department of Transportation study of the Palisades later that year included the request — which, it turned out, echoed a plan in a government map from 1972. Officials promised forthcoming work in 2005 and 2008. Finally, in early 2014, a transportation staffer said the design was 90 percent complete but the National Park Service hadn’t yet signed off. Therein lies much of the rub. Because the site is on parkland, environmental reviews were required — as was coordination among agencies, which is notoriously difficult. Even the Federal Highway Administration was involved, because Canal Road receives federal funds for maintenance. Eventually, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton got involved, and now the project has begun. Shouldn’t there be a simpler way to coordinate with these federal agencies? Still, we’re thrilled that the light will be complete in November. It’s (obviously) long overdue.

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At Mayor Muriel Bowser’s anti-crime meeting in Ward 8 last week, the mayor did two things.

She either lost control of her public meeting to rowdy protesters, or she endured disruptions to show that she’s not backing down in the face of public pro-tests over her crime-fighting efforts. Maybe it was a little of both. When protesters began shouting the slogan “Black Lives Matter” and other chants, Bowser at first tried to ignore the dis-traction, then sought to reason with the protest-ers, and then tried to talk over them. “Who’s with me?” the mayor herself chanted at one point. “Who’s with me? Who’s with me?” Hun-dreds of residents — including a good portion of Bowser’s staff and appointees — stood up and applauded to drown out the protests. “I will not be shouted down, because I’m telling the truth,” Bowser said defiantly. Part of the problem is that an angry and frustrated public is looking for short-term answers to long-term problems. That’s not possible, but the city has to respond to the outbreak in violence. If you like the mayor, you like that she waded into a public auditorium and gave a 25-minute speech. She detailed the things she’s done and will do to address the homicide spike, one that has doubled the homicides east of the Anacostia River compared to last year. (Elsewhere in the city, violent crime is up about 8 percent, according to some counts.) Wherever the killings occur, the city has exceeded the 104 in all of last year with four months still on the calendar for 2015. As Monday arrived, the disgruntled police union announced the results of its “no confidence” vote in Police Chief Cathy Lanier. It said of 1,150 officers who responded, 95 percent voted no confidence. But there are about 3,600 officers eligible to vote, so less than one-third bothered. What does that say? D.C. police specifically have a legitimate complaint about wages and the last contract — in which they got no retroactive pay after seven years! But the “no confi-dence” may well bolster Lanier. If the chief — who again was strongly backed by the mayor on Monday — is unpopular, it doesn’t show in her acceptance around town. As for Bowser, the general public in the city could have seen the mayor last week and seen that she’s in control even if there’s no clear reason why homicides have shot up. But looked at another way, the mayor appeared politically desperate to show that she’s in control even when the violent crime situation appears to be out of control. She recalled the onslaught of crime that roiled the city in the 1980s and 1990s. “We are nowhere near the bad old days of the ’90s, and we’re not going back there either,” she declared. One labor leader in the audience, who supports Bowser, declined to be interviewed by NBC4. But he angrily told us off-camera that the news media has created a city in fear with its sensational crime report-ing. But, if we could take a different view, it’s not

“sensational” reporting by the media when people are shot dead on city streets, or stabbed to death on a Metro train. The events themselves are sensational. Some activists complain of a racial bias, that the homicide spike really wasn’t recognized by the media and others until whites were among the vic-tims. On the WAMU Politics Hour last Friday, Chief Lanier acknowledged the racial element, but with a different twist. She said her officers investigate each

murder thoroughly but the news media doesn’t cover each murder with the same intensity — leaving many African-Americans and others to believe their lives in fact

don’t matter.■ Now back to the mayor. In a lengthy list, she touted any number of community and police actions she has taken in this summer of violence. She cited the summer jobs program that included people as old as 24 rather than the earlier cutoff of 21. She said nearly 200 more police are patrolling streets on over-time, with a total of 235 officers now working 12-hour shifts and focusing on narcotics, gangs and illegal guns. There’s also an effort to use civilians rather than officers to perform administrative duties. One Bowser plan got particular attention from the protesters. It’s her proposed idea to allow parole offi-cials or police to potentially search the homes of parolees to check for illegal guns whenever the pro-bation officers make visits to supervise those on release for violent offenses. It’s unclear that plan will pass the D.C. Council, but it certainly riled the pro-testers. Bowser specifically addressed some reports that most anyone’s home might be entered. “To basically search anyone, anytime, anywhere; that is blatantly false,” she said. The auditorium clearly favored the mayor, but her administration clearly invited sympathetic people inside. The protesters came in, too. The coming weeks and months will tell more about the city’s response than the shouting and clapping we heard last week.■ What to do? Washington Post columnists Colbert I. King and Courtland Milloy both addressed the homicides this past week. Both acknowledged long-term problems and racial disparities have contributed to the violence, but both said citizens and communi-ties must step up to stem the violence no matter its long-term causes. “When it comes to the causes of homicide among black people,” Milloy wrote, “there’s something a lot of black people are saying among themselves: It’s not all due to institutional racism. Few dare say it public-ly, lest some animus-filled, right-wing conservatives hail you as their kind of black. “But the subject must be broached, especially now that homicides are spiking like mad in urban areas throughout the nation. If racist cops are part of an institutional threat to black people, there are also black men and women dying at the hands of people who look like them. It is the enemy within. Call out one, you have to call out the other.” Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a politi-cal reporter for News 4.

No justice, no peace …

TOM SHERWOOD’S NotebooK

District right to stop legislating morality I don’t know what D.C. is coming to with its continuing pat-tern of giving up attempts to legis-late morality. The revolutionary movement began some decades ago when we stopped arresting people for viewing or selling

“dirty” books and films. Next we repealed our sodomy laws, thereby making homosexual behavior among consenting adults fully legal. And most recently we passed legislation allowing people to grow and smoke marijuana. Now, D.C. Council at-large member David Grosso is consid-ering introducing legislation to decriminalize prostitution in the city, a policy in line with the recently announced stance of Amnesty International.

At the rate we are going, there will nothing left for D.C. police officers to do … except of course to track down real criminals such as robbers, murderers and rapists. With such a new focus for the Metropolitan Police Department, perhaps D.C. will finally achieve its goal of making every neigh-borhood safe to walk anytime by anyone.

Dennis SobinDirector,

Safe Streets Arts Foundation

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Delays at roosevelt betray the community The Current’s Aug. 19 article “ANC pushes earlier return to Roosevelt” peeled back two layers of a rotten onion. It exposed D.C. Public Schools officials’ lack of integrity and their betrayal of the trust placed in them, when we hand our children over while pre-paring them for life. However, we’re still missing an explanation of how that betrayal is detrimental to the students, parents and community. In other words, how is this going to affect us? The growth and development of our children is like that of any plant: Put it in a small pot (home and elementary school) and watch it grow until it gets bigger; then transfer to a slightly bigger pot (middle school); and, nearing matu-rity it’s time for another transition (high school). Then, reaching their limit at home and school, they’re replanted in the “garden of life.” The school system’s delay in the reopening of Roosevelt is prolong-ing a step. They’re stunting the growth and development of our children, 40 percent of whom are already not completing high school — a number that correlates with a 2007 District-ordered study that showed 40 percent of D.C. resi-dents were functionally illiterate. Four out of 10 will lose interest in continuing their development yet again, siphoned off into the criminal industrial complex — a pipeline to prison — not because “they” did anything wrong, but because the “educators” couldn’t get it right. They didn’t lie or cheat; they just weren’t “transpar-ent.” It goes back to integrity and betrayal. We’re allowing our children to linger in a dilapidated middle school, for a full year, when they should be in an environment that nourishes their development and potential to thrive, be healthy and prepare for their next phase in life. The school system, citing a “chaotic” reopening of another modernized school to explain why it won’t do a midyear move, says our children are not even worth the extra effort. It explains administra-tors’ own deficiency in failing to learn previous lessons. That’s a poor example for young people, and it places the school system’s inadequacies front and center. What they took away from a bad experience was not how to improve on their own per-formance next time, but instead that they shouldn’t try again. In other words, quit!

Betrayal leads to anger, fol-lowed by emotional responses and even patterns of irrational behav-ior. In order for any society to function at its optimum level, it needs to produce citizens with integrity, and its systems must pos-sess that same character trait. Without it that system is doomed, and so are its people.

Taalib-Din UqdahCommissioner, ANC 4C01

Leaf blowers’ noise harms neighborhoods Silence, peace, listening to birds singing ... my goodness, how rare these moments of serenity have become. And yet, it’s for these very reasons that I cherish our neighbor-hood, which I find a luxury in the heart of a world capital city. I love silence, which allows me to concentrate, to work or think efficiently and to feel serene. My husband and I transformed our gar-den some years ago, removing the lawn in large part not to undergo — or inflict on others — the very disturbing noise of a lawnmower. But now, there is a new scourge around: leaf blowers. At first, I thought they would be limited to the fall season. But no, they are an all-year-round nuisance. Just the other day, a leaf blower ruined our early morning, blowing nearby from about 7 to 9. Another time, one ruined an afternoon I was looking forward to spending out-side, with another two-hour blow-ing session, accompanied by fuel fumes that made their way to me. Do we really have to submit helplessly to this horrible noise pol-lution, day after day? For our com-mon good, I ask all who use leaf blowers, or who employ landscap-ing services that use them, to reconsider their decision.

Fabienne SpierAmerican University Park

Lessons learned all around at Wilson Congratulations to the leaders of the student newspaper at Wilson High — the Wilson Beacon — and Wilson principal Kimberly Martin. The recent controversy around Principal Martin’s proposed move to review Beacon copy before pub-lication and her ultimate decision to stand down from requiring such a review is a great reflection on both the Beacon and the principal. The Wilson Beacon is a great source of news and a place where students learn and grow enormous-ly. (Note: Go online and subscribe.) No doubt, with the best of inten-tions, based on her prior experience, Principal Martin opened the year by implementing the policy of “prior review.” In response, the students laid out

a dispassionate and compelling case against the policy. Many in the community rallied to support them. Principal Martin paused, recon-sidered and found a path to lift the prior review policy. The students showed intelli-gence and independence, calmly standing up to a key authority fig-ure in their world. Principal Martin showed wis-dom and leadership through a will-ingness to listen and adjust. Both the students and the princi-pal deserve high praise. It is not surprising that there would be con-troversy at a dynamic place like Wilson High. It is wonderful that, in this case, at the outset of Principal Martin’s tenure, it was resolved in such a constructive manner.

Matthew FruminAmerican University Park

Planned GDs steps won’t benefit public Georgetown Day School’s plans for its “Spanish Steps” from Wis-consin Avenue to 42nd Street NW will basically serve as nothing more than a fancy entryway to its school-yard. The steps are no amenity for our neighborhood. In fact, the steps will likely be nothing but a mighty windy canyon between the two nine-story apartment buildings planned for Wisconsin. It would be better to keep those buildings low and to open up Dav-enport Street so that parents can drop their kids off at school without blocking commuters on their way to work.

Roseanne and Philip ClausenTenleytown

eastbanc’s rhetoric riles Georgetowners EastBanc rides a mighty high horse into our town. When asked if the “tweaks” will leave their proposed ziggurat sub-stantially unchanged from the origi-nal proposal for the key 2715 Pennsylvania Ave. NW site, Ms. Mary Mottershead, the EastBanc spokesperson, replied: “It depends on what you think of as largely similar. To you, it might be largely similar; to the architects, it proba-bly wouldn’t be.” So. EastBanc’s fastidious Euro-pean architects are better judges of what is good for us dimwitted pro-vincials of Georgetown? Come on. Why can’t EastBanc rely on talented American archi-tects who know our town, some of whom have lived here for decades? This has all the hallmarks of getting something shoved down our throats. We should put a tighter leash on EastBanc and its seeming contempt for Georgetown.

Robert AndrewsGeorgetown

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the temporary closure of The Dancing Crab. But Bender is optimistic that the neighborhood can work with interested businesses to revital-ize the area, an effort being undertaken by Bender and other leaders of the nascent Ten-leytown Main Street group.

“Right now with HTO heading out of busi-ness and the Dancing Crab vacant, we’re kind of in a trough,” he said. “As ANC commission-ers, we want to try to help people get out of that

and turn this again into a virtuous circle, and I think we will. I think that’s going to be a great corner.”

Bender said he’s heard from numerous constituents already expressing disappoint-ment about Hudson’s closure. Middle C Music assistant manager Conor Buckley said he has bought bicycles, sleeping bags and other gear from the store going back to his childhood in D.C. He said he’ll miss working next door to Hudson, but even more, he’ll miss the appeal of its offerings and customer

service.“They have always been so helpful. I love

that it was local,” Buckley said. “And overall [I’m] just very sad to lose them.”

Myrna Sislen, the owner of Middle C, hadn’t heard the news until The Current called her store for comment. She said repeatedly that she’s sorry to see the store go and is surprised that the amount of business Hudson has been getting wasn’t sustainable.

As for the impact on her own store, Sislen expects there will some, but it won’t be crip-

pling. Still, the prospect of working next to a vacant storefront is dispiriting, Sislen said, and the community will feel the loss of the store.

“That’s going to be huge,” Sislen said. “That’s going to be terrible.”

Sislen said she hopes a similar store takes Hudson’s place, maintaining the presence of locally owned businesses in that part of Ten-leytown.

“What we offer the community you can’t get online,” Sislen said. “The community val-ues this store.”

HUDSON: Local camping goods chain’s closing will shutter prominent site in TenleytownFrom Page 3

grown and become a stable part of the neighborhood, I felt that we were in a good position to take care of it alongside our own gardens.” The Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets group has done most routine maintenance at the park in the last year, including repainting the fence, Bender added. But the museum last week announced an $8,000 plan to transform the park into “a beautiful year-round garden with colorful low-maintenance plants.” Heurich House is seeking $3,125 in commu-nity donations through an Ioby (“in our backyards”) page at tinyurl.com/bono-funds — $575 had been raised by Tuesday evening — and the rest from “institutional and corporate partners.” A $125 fee will go to the Ioby website. A rendering of the project by

Heurich House shows flowers lining the park’s boundaries, many tower-ing over the low metal fence. Mike Silverstein, a Dupont advi-sory neighborhood commissioner whose single-member district includes the park, recounted the site’s rise and fall. “The little triangle that is now Sonny Bono Park was a dumping ground before Geary Simon fixed it up and dedicated it to Sonny,” Sil-verstein wrote in an email. “But, over time, maintenance became a problem as did litter.” In addition to Heurich House, Silverstein said residents of build-ings that overlook the park have also expressed interest in helping with gardening and maintenance there. “The time has come to fix up the park, and make it into more of a garden,” he wrote. “We can and will make this happen.”

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phrase “Study hard!” and asking each student how they like their new classrooms. “Good!” several stu-dents replied dutifully.

“This is a pretty amazing trans-formation,” Bowser said, noting that none of the makeshift school setup had been up and running on her last visit in June, at the beginning of the modernization project.

The $78 million reconstruction and renovation of Lafayette began in earnest as soon as the school year ended in June. The project is sched-uled to wrap up in time for the start of the 2016-17 school year.

In the meantime, students navi-gate a maze of 48 trailers obtained from Mobile Modular, according to D.C. Public Schools press secretary Michelle Lerner. Some of them are outfitted with smartboards and other modern technology to counteract the unusual surroundings. There’s also a large, soft white tent that serves as a cafeteria and gym. And students can take advantage of the nearby Lafay-ette Park for outdoor lunch and recess, with the permanent playing field set to be finished by Dec. 1.

Broquard said in an interview last Wednesday that she had to keep reminding herself that school had been open for only a few days, because things were running far more smoothly than she anticipated. “It’s a small force of nature that

landed all of these trailers here,” she said.

Learning how long it takes to walk from one trailer to another proved to be important, but by day three, the routine was running well, Broquard said.

To keep the community abreast of the process, Broquard posts weekly updates and monthly photos on the school’s website at lafay-ettehsa.org. She said parents have been pleased with the progress.

One parent stopped Mayor Bowser during the tour to sing prais-es of the school’s staff.

“I’ve been so impressed by how fast the move into the trailer was,” the parent said. “And the kids don’t care!”

Indeed, the students have taken to their new surroundings with gusto, Broquard noted.

“They’re so excited. They have been thrilled,” the principal said. “The tent is a big hit. The kids have been over the moon.”

A paint smell lingered on the air inside and outside during the tour, a reminder of the school’s temporary nature. But Bowser said all signs point to a strong year for a school in transition.

“I am very happy with it,” the mayor said. “I knew what it would look like on paper, but I’m glad to see that those plans were well-laid and that it’s working well for kids in the neighborhood.”

LAFAYETTE: Bowser takes tourFrom Page 1

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By BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

The Maret football team has struggled to field 20 players in recent seasons. But this year’s squad has roughly 23 players, and its starters on both sides of the ball appear capable of competing with any team in the Mid-Atlantic Conference or D.C. State Athletic Association. Now the issue will be how the Frogs hold up over a full game and season. They have again focused on conditioning in the preseason, and they hope to run an up-tempo offense to tire out opposing defens-es. The team had a good showing against St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes in a joint practice and scrimmage on Friday in Alexandria. Maret’s offense moved the ball well at times thanks in large part to wideout Coby Davis. The junior dominated the Saints defense during one-on-one drills, where he was up against a St. Stephen’s cornerback, and he continued to make plays in the scrimmage. “I just saw what they were doing, and I just read their feet and tried to

make a good move,” said Davis. Maret’s offense will be orches-trated by junior quarterback Garri-son Burnette and will feature a vari-ety of running options, including handoffs to the running back, option plays and jet sweeps. Though the unit had success at times during the scrimmage, Maret coach Mike Engelberg wants the team to run an even quicker offense to keep the opposition off balance. “Offensively, we have to get a lot

better at running the next play,” he said. Meanwhile, the team is already gelling on defense. The unit returns 10 starters, and their experience showed as they forced four turn-overs in Friday’s scrimmage. “I’m most impressed with our defense and how we were flying around,” said Engelberg. “Consider-ing this was just our fifth day and our second in full pads, I was impressed

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By BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

After spending last season traveling from field to field for practices, and borrowing Coolidge for home games, Gonzaga’s football team has been eagerly awaiting the opening of the revamped Buchanan Field. On Saturday, the Eagles celebrated the big moment with jam-packed stands, droves of alumni in attendance and an atmosphere that would put most homecoming games to shame. Rather than wilting under the spotlight, Gon-zaga gave its supporters more reason to cheer as the team routed Baltimore’s Calvert Hall 28-7. “That was one of the biggest student sec-tions I’ve ever seen,” said senior captain Luke McCaleb. “It was crazy. This new field is such a big deal. Starting the season 1-0, we have a lot of confidence and it was a big deal. Every-one was just hyped up.” But the Eagles had plenty on their minds going into the game, not only their new field but also the sudden death on Aug. 25 of long-time school faculty member Dr. John Warman, who attended Gonzaga before working there as a Latin and Greek teacher, serving as a musical director and a mentor. The team’s staff on the sidelines, and nearly every Gonzaga fan, wore a sticker with the word “Doc” to honor the long-time Eagle. “You have to try to put everything in per-spective,” said Eagles second-year coach

Randy Trivers. “It was the I Street dedication and the first game here in several months. But also the passing of the beloved ‘Doc’ Warman. There was just a lot of different things going on in the guys’ hearts and minds this week. But at the end of the day it’s a football game. You have to play and you have to go execute, block, execute, tackle, throw, run and do things to be successful in a football game. The guys did a good job of focusing.” Gonzaga was able to strike a happy chord on Saturday thanks to all three phases of the game — the offense, defense and special teams — with each unit making plays in big moments. In the first half, the Eagles’ defense shut out the Cardinals while forcing a pair of turnovers. Gonzaga freshman defensive back Dean Engram intercepted an errant Calvert Hall pass, and senior defensive lineman NaSheed Bridgeman scooped up a fumble after the

Eagles drilled the Cardinals’ quarterback with a perfectly timed blitz. “We’ve been going hard all week and everybody was just hyped up playing on the new field, and we just wanted to make turn-overs and get to the ball and make plays,” said McCaleb. Despite the strong defense in the first half,

the offense struggled to capitalize on extra opportunities and were kept out of the end zone. But Gonzaga turned to senior kicker Brian Johnson, who proved himself reliable in drilling a pair of field goals from 27 and 42 yards respectively. Johnson was also important in shaping field position by punting the ball

Eagles christen field with rout

Brian Kapur/The CurrentGonzaga celebrated the opening of its new field in style with a 28-7 win. Junior running back Tyree Randolph dashed through the Cardinals’ defense for three rushing scores on Saturday as the Eagles buried Calvert Hall with a second-half onslaught.

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Brian Kapur/The CurrentThe Frogs will rely on junior Coby Davis, left, to provide a boost on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball this fall.

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After an early exit from last year’s D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association boys soccer playoffs, School Without Walls comes into this season with an experienced ros-ter featuring five seniors and eight juniors. The veteran squad gives the Penguins high hopes. “One of our goals is to be at the top of the league standings and com-pete for the championship this sea-son,” said Walls coach Philip Tava-res. “I truly feel that the leadership we have at the top should trickle down and we can build on that.” The Penguins saw their first action of the sea-son last Wednes-day in a scrim-mage at Sidwell, which ended in a 1-1 tie. “It was our first outing against another team,” said Tavares. “We mixed it up a little bit and we had the chance to get

guys out there for a good 25 minutes and worked on their fitness.”

Moving forward, the team will look to a pair of four-year varsity letter winners: midfielders Peter

Schans and Yared Lingo.

“I can’t speak highly enough about these guys,” said Tavares. “They’re the most coach-able players in

the District, and I think we can put it together to make a deeper run than in

Walls soccer eyes title run

Brian Kapur/The CurrentWalls battled Sidwell to a 1-1 tie in a scrimmage last Wednesday.

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❝I think we can put it together and make a deeper run than in the past. ❞

—Walls coach Philip Tavares

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with good hang-time to keep Calvert Hall buried deep in their own end of the field, aiding the Eagles’ stout defense. “He is a great weapon,” Trivers said of Johnson. “We’re blessed to have Brian Johnson because field position is so big in football. Having him change field position is huge — and the ability to kick those field goals. There aren’t a lot of teams that have a guy that’s as automatic.” After the Gonzaga defense and special teams provided the Eagles with a 6-0 lead at halftime, the offense took flight in the second half. Junior running back Tyree Ran-dolph gashed the Cardinals for a trio of touchdowns, including an electri-fying 50-yard scamper that broke the game open in the fourth quarter as Gonzaga took a 21-7 lead. “The outside linebacker creeped in, and I just tried to make a move and go,” said Randolph. The running back finished the game with 29 attempts for 166 yards. Meanwhile, Gonzaga had first-year starting quarterback Sam Brown pace the offense with an efficient 12 completions on 19 throws for 123 yards. The junior’s go-to wideouts were Engram, who had two catches for 22 yards; junior tight end Miles Brown, who grabbed three for 55 yards; and senior tight end Patrick Hesse, who made four receptions for 36 yards. The defense made sure the Cardi-

nals couldn’t make a comeback, as senior cornerback Tre Jones batted a Calvert Hall pass into the air and McCaleb, a free safety, corralled the ball for an interception. “McCaleb is a fantastic leader on the team,” Trivers said. “He is one we’re counting on to have a lot of days like today. He’s an excellent tackler and cover-man. He has a lot of great intangibles that really help make our team go.” The Eagles will return to the grid-iron on Friday when they host a matinee against McKinley at 4:30 p.m.

St. John’s romps Sharks in season opener 41-0 The St. John’s football team blanked Atlantic — a Florida school — in the Sunshine State on Friday 41-0. The Cadets’ defense suffocated the Sharks’ offensive attack. As a team, St. John’s collected 13 quarter-back sacks, led by senior defensive lineman Terrell Hall’s four take-downs and another three from junior defensive end Kofi Wardlow. Ward-low also led the team in total tackles with nine. When the defense wasn’t harass-ing Atlantic’s passer, St. John’s was taking the ball away. Wardlow and senior defensive lineman Savohn Hunt each recovered a fumble while junior cornerback Darryl McDaniel blocked a Sharks punt. While St. John’s was stingy with defense, it was every bit as greedy

with offense. Senior quarterback Talik Mann threw three touchdown passes and totaled 73 yards through the air. His favorite targets were sophomore wideout Charles Bris-coe, who had a score; Quincy Hall, who made four catches for 27 yards; Ed Lee, who made a touchdown; and freshman running back Keilan Robinson, who also scored in the Cadets’ victory. On the ground, the Cadets saw freshman Maurice Bellan average 8.4 yards per carry on his team-high five attempts and a touchdown. Junior Ryan Vessels and senior Kordell Brown also notched scores on the ground. St. John’s will look to push its record to 2-0 when the team hosts Archbishop Spalding on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Other football scores■ Good Counsel 48, Wilson 0■ Dunbar 37, Roosevelt 0

Upcoming football gamesFriday■ Maret at St. Albans, 11 a.m. (scrim-mage)■ McKinley at Gonzaga, 4:30 p.m.■ Bell at Ballou, 6 p.m.■ Sidwell at Pallotti, 7 p.m.■ Yorktown at Wilson, 6 p.m.■ Richard Wright at Roosevelt, 6 p.m.

Saturday■ Coolidge at Forestville, 2 p.m.■ Spalding at St. John’s, 2 p.m.

FOOTBALL: Eagles, Cadets roll in season openersFrom Page 9

with how willing we were to get to the football. I’m excited about that.” The team has several talented linemen, but on Satur-day it was sophomore DeVonte Brooks who stood out, with several tackles for losses. “He has all the potential in the world. He’s 6-foot-4 and 264 pounds. He can do whatever he wants to do — he just has to decide what he wants to do,” Engelberg said of Gordon, who also plays basketball for the Frogs. Maret will also rely on senior offensive lineman Ron-nie Brooks, who Engelberg says is the team’s best player in the trenches. Brooks, who has an offer from the Naval Academy, didn’t participate on Saturday due to a pre-season injury. The Frogs’ strong showing despite missing one of their best players was an encouraging sign for the coach. “We didn’t have him today and played so well — that was huge,” he said. Maret will scrimmage at St. Albans on Friday at 11 a.m. before beginning the season at the DCSAA kickoff classic on Sept. 11 against Roosevelt at St. Albans.

MARET: Frogs batter Saints in preseason scrimmageFrom Page 9

Brian Kapur/The CurrentThe Frogs moved the ball well against the Saints in Friday’s scrimmage.

the past. I’m ready to rock and roll, and these guys are too.” The team will also welcome back junior goalie John Phillips, who will help anchor the defense, and junior Jakob Hegewisch-Allen, who missed last season due to

a trip abroad. “I’m excited to see his talent and skill level back in the States,” said Tavares. The Penguins will play their first regular-season game of the season on Thursday when they battle Capital City Public Charter at 4:30 p.m. at Takoma Field near Coolidge.

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The over-3,400-square-foot dwelling is one of a handful of penthouses in this massive residen-tial complex completed in 2000 at 1111 23rd St. NW. Priced at $4,250,000, the residence has four bedrooms and five-and-a-half baths. It also has a monthly fee of $4,769 that covers, among other amenities, valet parking, porter service, 24-hour on-site security and two garage parking spaces.

In addition to the main terrace, the home has two other balconies that take advantage of the lofty set-ting, offering aerial views of the neighborhood.

Bright and welcoming, the foyer is anchored by marble floors adorned with a black-and-white-feather motif. A tray ceiling is punc-tuated by track lighting, lending a

gallery-like vibe to this centered entryway.

Picture windows in the living and dining rooms — on opposite ends of the residence — can be seen from the foyer. And the white marble floors continue to glisten in both areas.

On the unit’s east end is a for-mal dining area, which has access to the large terrace overlooking the cascading waterfall that dominates the complex’s courtyard. At 1,400 square feet, this outdoor space is ideal for entertainment — especial-ly as it offers convenient access to the adjacent kitchen and family

room, which share an open layout. The kitchen is anchored by a

center island with six pendant lights above it. White wooden cab-inets complement black granite countertops and slate stone floors. A light shade of aqua on the back-splash adds a lively touch.

Stainless steel appliances include a Samsung refrigerator with French doors, two separate freezer drawers and a stacked dou-ble oven. The room is also equipped with a U-Line wine refrigerator and Kraus sink.

A short hallway at the kitchen’s entrance links to the main corridor,

laundry closet and two of the four bedrooms. Each bedroom comes with a private bath and more views, particularly one that has its own balcony.

The master suite, accessed from the foyer, is marked by dark wood-en herringbone flooring. The cor-ner bedroom boasts multiple expo-sures and a tray ceiling. The suite also features two private baths and two large walk-in closets.

The living room opens to a bal-cony that it shares with the fourth

bedroom, which also comes with a bath. The powder room and coat closet are also in this section of the home, just off the foyer.

The PH2A unit at 1111 23rd St. NW has four bedrooms and five-and-a-half baths. It’s offered at $4,250,000 plus a monthly fee of $4,769. For more information, contact Washington Fine Proper-ties’ Matthew McCormick, at 202-243-1651; Ellen M. Morrell, 202-243-1616; or Ben Roth, 202-243-1619.

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Ritz-Carlton penthouse shows off the high life

Photos courtesy of Washington Fine PropertiesThis four-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath penthouse at the Residences at The Ritz-Carlton in the West End is priced at $4,250,000.

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Selling The Area’s Finest Properties

High SpiritsFriendship Heights. Spacious & sun- lled home w/5 BR, 5.5 BA, deluxe Kit w/FR, stunning owner’s suite, garage, swimming pool & exquisite outdoor space.    Only two blocks from Metro, shops,  restaurants & more. $1,499,000

Guy-Didier Godat 202-361-4663

Bright DelightMartin’s Addition. Colonial w/open �r plan, 3/4 BR, 3.5 BA, updated kit & baths, re nished �oors, LR w/ WBFP & built-ins, formal DR, SR/FR,  nished LL w/wetbar & o¢ce or guest BR,   nished 3rd �. Walk to grocery, pharmacy, diner & park. $1,240,000

Laura McCa�rey 301-641-4456

Stunning & StatelyGlen Echo Heights. Magni cent 9 year-old colonial w/wrap-around porch sits on a cul-de-sac up high facing southwest, & has 7 BR including a 1 BR apartment on lower level, & a studio above detached 2-car garage. $1,780,000

Guy-Didier Godat 202-361-4663Capitol ClassicCapitol Hill. Chic 3BR, 1.5BA rowhouse on quiet street w/lg DR & renovated kit w/granite & SS appliances. Original HW �oors, FP & built-ins. LL w/ W/D. Stone patio & brick walled herb garden. Near Metro. $715,000

Tracy Tkac 301-437-8722

Coming SoonPalisades. Magni cent year-round views of the Potomac River Valley.  Classic center hall colonial has 3BR, 2BA, balcony, in-law suite w/kitchenette, BA & sep entrance. Back porch, deck, garage +  1 o¬-st pkg sp.  $1,685,000

Nancy Hammond 202-262-5374

Palisades PrizePalisades. Graceful open spaces, plentiful natural light & neighborhood views of Palisades & beyond! Enjoy 5 BR, 5.5 BA, designer kitchen & bright “get-away” suite over garage. Just broke ground. Your oppty to customize  nishes is here! $2,500,000

Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

ANC 3DSpring ValleyWesley Heights

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Sibley Memorial Hospital Medical Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. Agenda items include:■ police report.■ presentation on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s six-month progress report.■ update on the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure cycling event on Sept. 26.■ consideration of a Board of Zon-ing Adjustment application for a special exception at 4334 P St. NW for side-yard and lot-size relief to build a screened-in porch.■ consideration of a public space application at 4640 Q St. NW for a driveway, lead walk and tree remov-al.■ consideration of a public space application at 3949 52nd St. NW for a new driveway and lead walk for a single-family house.■ update on the status of a public space application in the 2900 block of 49th Street NW to build a walk-way and steps to connect Hawthorne and 49th streets NW.

■ consideration of a public space application at 4885 MacArthur Blvd. for a new unenclosed sidewalk cafe.■ consideration of a historic land-mark application for the Dr. Ernest Hadley House at 4304 Forest Lane NW.■ consideration of a historic land-mark application for the Scheele-Brown Farmhouse at 2207 Foxhall Road NW. For details, call 202-957-1999 or visit anc3d.org.

ANC 3ETenleytownAmerican University Park

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, in Ten-leytown Room I, Embassy Suites Hotel, Chevy Chase Pavilion, 4300 Military Road NW. (Note that the meeting date was changed from the commission’s usual schedule.) Agenda items include:■ announcements/open forum.■ police report.■ presentation of and possible vote on a grant application from the Lis-ner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home for support of Zoo Day.■ presentation of and possible vote on a grant application from the Met-

ropolitan Police Department’s 2nd District Citizens Advisory Council for plaques to honor outstanding law enforcement personnel.■ presentation by Iona Senior Ser-vices on a grant application to sup-port publication of the Iona Resourc-es Guide for senior-related services.■ discussion of and possible vote on a resolution providing relief to Dis-trict Taco from “chain store” restric-tions on commercial tenants at Ten-ley View.■ discussion of and possible vote on a Board of Zoning Adjustment spe-cial exception application for relief from side-yard setback and noncon-forming-structure requirements to build an addition to a one-family house at 4108 Garrison St. NW.■ presentation regarding redevelop-ment of the Superfresh site.■ presentation by Georgetown Day School of plans for an expanded school and mixed-use development on the Safeway and Martens lots in advance of the school’s planned-unit development filing in October.■ discussion and possible resolution on proposed regulations requiring homeowners and businesses to clear their sidewalks of snow. For details, visit anc3e.org.

ANC 3FForest Hills

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at Forest Hills of DC, 4901 Connecti-cut Ave. NW. For details, call 202-670-7262 or visit anc3f.us.

ANC 3/4GChevy Chase

The commission will meet at 7

p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, at the Chevy Chase Community Center, Connecticut Avenue and McKin-ley Street NW. For details, call 202-363-5803, email chevychaseanc3@verizon.net or visit anc3g.org.

ANC 4AColonial VillageShepherd ParkCrestwood

The commission will meet at 7

p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6. The location has not been announced. For details, call 202-450-6225 or visit anc4a.org.

ANC 4CPetworth/16th Street Heights

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Petworth Library, 4200 Kan-sas Ave. NW. For details, call 202-723-6670 or visit anc4c.org.

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Chevy Chase Citizens Association Summer is almost over, and the pace of activities at our local Chevy Chase Community Center is picking up fast. The center is located at Connecticut Avenue and McKinley Street NW. This Friday, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., there will be a back-to school night that is open to all. Instructors for fall classes at the center will be on hand to discuss their programs, and the Metropolitan Police Department will provide Ident-a-Kid, a child identification card that provides parents and law enforcement with important information if a child is lost or missing. Registration for classes began yesterday. The classes do not begin until the week of Oct. 26, and will run until mid-December. You can register in person at the center or online through the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation’s website. The course index, available at tinyurl.com/dprcourses, lets you find the classes that interest you. The center is open between 8:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. weekdays and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Its phone number is 202-282-2204. Classes available for this fall at our center include ballet for adults and children, karate, pottery, slimnastics, fencing, guitar, qi gong, gym-nastics, art for kidz, drawing, painting, photography, youth chess, chair aerobics, bridge and yoga. On Thursday, Sept. 10, the D.C. Lottery will sponsor a one-time “Senior Bingo Kickoff” at the center from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Mark your calendars for the annual Chevy Chase D.C. Day, which our association and local businesses will sponsor on Saturday, Sept. 12, along the Connecticut Avenue business district and in the commons area between the community center and Chevy Chase Library. Busi-nesses will offer discounts starting at 10 a.m., and there will be special activities, including a scavenger hunt, between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. The farmers market will be open as usual from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day. See our column here next week for more details of this exciting community event, which is open to everyone.

— Ted Gest

Shepherd Park Citizens Association This week is a time for shoutouts to people and places in our com-munity. Angelico Pizzeria at 7311 Georgia Ave. NW has won high praise for its quality, prices and service from a Silver Spring professional who has found its sandwiches just right for office meetings. Ledo Pizza has been commended for its regular hosting of com-munity meetings and support of events, as well as its encouragement of other Georgia Avenue businesses to help in revitalizing upper Geor-gia Avenue. The Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library has a newly appointed manager, Katie Nye, who’s working with the Friends of the Library to bring increased program offerings. The every-other-week free yoga classes for beginners received kudos from the 13 people from age 7 to 70 who rolled out their mats for a recent 3:30 p.m. Sunday session. Norris Dodson, a longtime Shepherd Park resident, joined docu-mentary filmmaker Aviva Kempner for a discussion before Monday’s showing of Kempner’s film “Rosenwald” at the Avalon Theatre on Connecticut Avenue. Dodson, a board member of the Thurgood Mar-shall Center and a former basketball player at the Marshall YMCA, is interviewed in the film. Julius Rosenwald, the documentary’s subject, is known as the head of Sears, but he also financed schools and art programs for African-Americans in the South. A Shepherd Park resi-dent who saw the film said it is a must-see. Wayne Savage, a DC State Fair volunteer, has shared news of this year’s event, scheduled for Sept. 12 at 925 Rhode Island Ave. NW, just two blocks from the Shaw Metro station. The DC State Fair will have exhibits, contests and fun. If you are proud of your jams, jellies, honey, vegetables, fruits, flowers, knitting, photography or crafts, check the website, dcstatefair.com, and enter your wares. The entry is free.

— June Confer

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Georgetown – 3303 Water Street NW #3A. Over 2500 sf, 2BR, LR/DR w/frplc, walls of windows, chef’s kit w/eating area/den, private Mste; 2 WALK-OUT TERRACES (one w/gas hookup), 2-car pkg, priv storage. Pets OK. Roof-top pool, fitness, 3 roof terraces. Concierge, 24-hr front desk/doorman. Fee incls all utilities. Center of Gtown. $3,199,000.

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Chevy Chase – 5368 27th Street NW. Unparalleled luxury in Chevy Chase DC! Expansive 9,546 sf home is perfectly sited across from Rock Creek Park on nearly ½ acre lot. A plethora of amenities! Park 8+cars, includes 2-car garage. $2,995,000.

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Kalorama – 2101 Connecticut Avenue NW #55. NEW LISTING! Park Ave lifestyle. Rare Kalorama apt fronts to Conn Av, beautiful, light public rooms, renov kitchen/baths, 24-hr staff. Xtra storage & covered pkg convey. Sep entrance for groceries/catering. Bldg gym. Fab roof deck. $1,875,000.

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Kalorama – 1909 23rd Street NW. Waddy Wood gem, designed for his sister. Spacious, private garden, open from kitchen/LL. LL has full-height windows in bonus room. Renov kit & baths - white tiles/cabinets, gran counters. Sellers have parked in front of the house daily for 10 years. $1,695,000.

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Adams Morgan – 1661 Crescent Place NW #309. A Best Addresses Listing, classic 2-level post-WWI coop unit, approx 1,950 sf, 3BR, 2.5BA, unique flexible den, formal DR & banquet size LR w/gas frplc. En suite elevator & gar pkg. Side tree-lined street next to Meridian Mansions, Meridian Hill Park & Metros, U St, restaurants, etc. $1,249,000.

Georgetown Office 202.333.6100MLS: DC8667515

Bloomingdale – 2037 1st Street NW. Renovated Victorian. 4BR, 4.5BA (3 en-suite). Legal English-basement. 2-story rear glass wall. 4 “round rooms”, restored turrets, roof deck & pent-room. Claw-foot tub. Master has dual vanities, separate tub/shower. Massive kitchen. Solid Hickory floors. www.2037-1st.com.

James Kastner 202.531.9918

Foggy Bottom – 2533 Queen Anne’s Lane. 3-level townhouse 2BR, 2.5BA has warm, soft colors, clean lines & classic appointments, 2 frplcs, new BAs, FR, DR and more including secluded private garden, patio and garage. Just 2 blocks from Foggy Bottom Metro, near GW Hospital, Georgetown, IFC, IMF, Kennedy Ctr. $4,600/mo.

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Burleith – 3722 R Street NW. A unique 4BR/Den, 3.5BA, one block from Georgetown Univ. Hospital. Loft style kitchen, w/Additional kitchen (bsmt), master suite w/fireplace & walk-in closet. Living space extended approx. 16ft Rear deck w/greenhouse potting shed. Includes 2-pkg spaces. $1,295,000.

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Eckington, Washington, DC – 29 Q Street NE, No. 2. New Condo Conversion. Access to 360 and Washington Monument view, roof deck from living level. 3+ BRs, 3BA. 18+ SF! Large kitchen with built-ins. Living space has multiple seating areas. New roof, HVAC, electric/plumbing. $735,000.

James Kastner 202.531.9918MLS: DC8721278

Falls Church – 7003 Hickory Hill Road. PRICE REDUCED! Renov Broyhill Pk home. New wood flrs. 2 Mstes on 2nd, w/marble Baths. 2BR/FBA on main. LR w/frplc. Open kitchen w/gran counters. Main level laundry. CAC. Kit/din to deck/fenced yard. $545,000

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Columbia Heights – 929 Florida Avenue NW #3001. Stunning unit at the Floridian! HWFs, soaring ceilings, sleek light fixtrs. Kit w/ss appl. Storage w/lrg clst in BR & hall, walk-in w/stckd W&D Balcony w/views. Secure entrance w/Concierge, rooftop deck. Pet OK. Great U St corridor location & EZ access to metro. Walk Score 96. $489,000.

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Forest Hills – 2710 Brandywine Street NW. Restored, renovated and reinvented, mid-century modern art-showcase home. 4500 sf, 6BR, 5.5BA. Nano-walls/expansive windows and fireplace. Formal/casual spaces, Au-Pair suite, wine room. Lush green forest, adjacent to Rock Creek Park. www.2710Brandywine.com

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Wednesday, Sept. 2

Art show■ RAW:DC will present “BOLD,” a multi-

faceted artistic showcase featuring cre-atives in film, music, fashion, art, perfor-mance art, hair and makeup. 7 to 11:30 p.m. $15 to $20. Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. rawartists.org/washingtondc/bold.

Classes and workshops■ CityDance POP! will present a

“Zumba at the Library!” class. 5:30 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wis-consin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

■ “Sunset Fitness in the Park” will feature a one-hour class presented by Down Dog Yoga. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Waterfront Park, Potomac and K streets NW. georgetowndc.com/healthydays.

■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a weekly class on meditation. 7 to 8:30 p.m. $6 to $12. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202-986-2257.

Concerts■ The band

Tal National will perform West African guitar music. 6 p.m. Free. Millenni-um Stage, Ken-nedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Harbour Nights summer concert series will feature Justin Trawick and the Common Good. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202-

295-5007.■ The Vinyl Lounge Grateful Jam will

feature Grateful Dead music. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ Herb Scott will host a weekly Capitol Hill Jazz Jam. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412.

Discussions and lectures■ Delphine Schrank and Kimberly

Burge will discuss their respective books “The Rebel of Rangoon” and “The Born Frees.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ John Darnielle will discuss his novel “Wolf in White Van.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Bus-boys and Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St. NE. 202-636-7230.

■ Curator Melanie Bühler of Amster-dam, curator and critic Karen Archey of New York, artist Adam Cruces of Switzer-land and curator Vivien Trommer of New York will discuss how art and digital culture have changed since the inception of the “Lunch Bytes” discussion series in 2011. 6:30 p.m. Free. Ring Auditorium, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 700 Inde-pendence Ave. SW. 202-633-1000.

■ Dina Gold, co-chair of the Washing-ton Jewish Film Festival and senior editor at the independent Jewish magazine Moment, will discuss her book “Stolen Leg-acy: Nazi Theft and the Quest for Justice at Krausenstrasse 17/18, Berlin.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ David Nicholson will discuss his book “Flying Home: Seven Stories of the Secret City.” 7 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100.

Film■ The Programmer’s Choice series will

feature Kimber-ly Levin’s 2014 film “Runoff,” about a woman fighting to save her family’s farm when a corporate competitor threatens their liveli-hood. 8 p.m. $8.50 to $11.50. Avalon The-atre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

Performance■ Busboys and Poets will host an open

mic poetry event. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

Teen program■ Jennifer E. Smith will discuss her

book “Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between” (for ages 13 through 16). 7 p.m. Free. Children & Teens Department, Poli-tics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Thursday, Sept. 3

Children’s programs■ Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson

will discuss their book “Leo: A Ghost Story” (for ages 3 through 6). 10:30 a.m. Free.

Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Friends of the Cleveland Park Library will present weekly chess instruction for kids of all ages. 5 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.

Classes and workshops■ The Golden Triangle Business

Improvement District will present an hour-long “Pilates in the Park” class led by a certified instructor. 5:30 p.m. Free. Farra-gut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com. Class-es will continue each Tuesday and Thurs-day through Sept. 29.

■ The DC Small Business Development Center will host a Small Business Develop-ment Workshop. 6:30 p.m. Free; reserva-tions required. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. dclibrary.org/node/46879.

■ VIDA Fitness and the Capitol River-front Business Improvement District will present a weekly outdoor Zumba class. 7 p.m. Free. Boardwalk, The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. vidafitness.com. The class will also be offered Sept. 10.

■ Joe Ryan, managing principal of CareerMentor.us, will lead a workshop for job seekers. 7 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ Rabbi Laurie Green will lead a class on “The Akeidah Through the Arts: What Music and Painting Can Tell Us About One of the World’s Most Popular Bible Stories.” 7 to 9 p.m. $15. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Concerts■ The Brown Bag Concert series will

feature a chamber music performance. Noon. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza” series will feature Michael Muse perform-ing 1970s soul music. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and Interna-tional Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ The American Songbook Ambassa-dors will perform with members of the American Pops Orchestra. 6 p.m. Free. Mil-

lennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Music on the Lawn series will feature Yamomanem performing New Orleans-style jazz. 6 to 7:15 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-7100.

■ The Art on 8th series will present the Duende Quartet performing Latin jazz. 6:30 p.m. Free. Arts Walk at Monroe St. Market, 716 Monroe St. NE. danceplace.org.

■ Singer-songwriter Paul Edelman will perform as part of the Capital Americana series. 7 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ Split String Soup will perform blue-grass, Americana and contemporary music. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412.

■ Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run will per-form a mix of bluegrass, Americana, folk and country. 8:30 p.m. $15. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ The “Textiles at Twelve” series will

feature an informal conversation with the museum’s curatorial and conservation staff. Noon to 2 p.m. Free. George Wash-ington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

■ Hector Tobar will discuss his book “Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

■ The Mystery Book Group will discuss “Walking the Perfect Square” by Reed Far-rel Coleman. 6:30 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176.

■ The Hurston/Wright Foundation and the D.C. Public Library will celebrate Rich-ard Wright’s birthday and the 70th anniver-sary of his memoir “Black Boy” with read-ings and a discussion. 6:30 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.

■ Contemporary artists Monika E. de Vries Gohlke, Amy Lamb and Janaina Tschäpe will discuss Maria Sibylla Merian’s influence on their performances, photogra-phy, videos and prints. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. $12 to $15; reservations suggested. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370.

■ Linda Hirshman will discuss her book “Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films■ The Palisades Library will present the

classic movie musical based on Frank K. Baum’s book “The Wizard of Oz.” 6 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139.

■ “Thursdays at La Luna” — a silver-anniversary showcase of Teatro de la Luna’s best stage performances over the last 25 years — will feature a video of Ven-ezuelan playwright José Ignacio Cabrujas’ play “El Día que me Quieras/The Day You Love Me” (in Spanish). 7 p.m. Free. Casa

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Thursday, sePTember 3■ Discussion: Michèle Flournoy, co-founder and CEO of the Center for a New American Security and former U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy, will discuss “Leadership in International Security.” 2:30 to 4 p.m. Free. Abramson Family Found-ers Room, School of International Service Building, American Universi-ty, Nebraska and New Mexico ave-nues NW. american.edu/sis/events.

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de la Luna, 4020 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-882-6227.

■ The Capitol Riverfront’s outdoor movie series will feature the 1965 film “The Sound of Music,” starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Sundown. Free. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. capitolriverfront.org.

Performances and readings■ Step Afrika! will perform as part of its

third annual Step Xplosion tour. Noon. Free. Pepco Edison Place Gallery, 702 8th St. NW. 202-872-3396.

■ Student participants in Writopia Lab DC’s summer program will read from their original works of poetry and fiction. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

■ The First Thursday Evening Poetry Reading series will feature two local poets, followed by an open mic. 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

special event■ This month’s “Phillips After 5” install-

ment — “The September Issue,” about the intersection of photojournalism and fash-ion — will feature art projects and the opportunity to snap and print your own photos. 5 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $12; reser-vations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events.

sporting event■ The Washington Nationals will play

the Atlanta Braves. 7:05 p.m. $10 to $345. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will continue Fri-day and Saturday at 7:05 p.m. and Sunday at 1:35 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 4

Class■ “Friday ARTnights” will feature a

drop-in figure drawing class facilitated by artist Will Fleishell. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. $20. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839.

Concerts■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza”

series will feature Sam Kendrick & Friends performing jazz and R&B. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsyl-vania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ The opening performance of the Kennedy Cen-ter’s “Finding a Line: Skate-boarding, Music, and Media” festival will feature Loud Boyz (shown), a D.C. band that mixes punk, hardcore and garage rock influenc-es. 6 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Cen-ter. 202-467-4600.

■ The Yards Park Friday Night Concert Series will feature a Dave Matthews Band tribute performed by Crowded Streets. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. capitolriverfront.org.

■ The Abigail Palmer Group will per-form. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ “Jazz on the Hill” will feature Dial 251 for Jazz. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412.

■ Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain and singer Padmashri Hariharan will per-form. 8:30 p.m. $50 to $250. Lisner Audi-torium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800.

■ The AJ Ghent Band (shown) and Backbeat Underground will perform. 9 p.m. $12 to $16. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions■ Libba Bray, Daniel José Older and

Jon Skovron will discuss their respective books “Lair of Dreams: A Diviners Novel,” “Shadowshaper” and “This Broken Won-drous World” (for ages 15 and older). 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Con-necticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Performances and readings■ The Art on 8th series will feature con-

temporary dance improv performed by RebollarDance. 6:30 p.m. Free. Plaza, Bus-boys and Poets Brookland, 625 Monroe St. NE. danceplace.org.

■ Beny Blaq will host the “Live! From Busboys Talent Showcase.” 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

special events■ As part of the “Finding a Line: Skate-

boarding, Music, and Media” festival, the Kennedy Center will host an open skate session hosted by Palace 5ive with music by Loud Boyz at a specially commissioned skate park. 6 to 9 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ As part of the monthly First Friday Dupont art event, the Heurich House Museum will open its first floor and the historic carriage house used by the artists of Brewmaster Studios. The event will fea-ture a performance by Steven Schwarz of the Friday Morning Music Club on the Heu-rich family’s 1901 Steinway piano. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Heurich House Museum, 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-429-1894.

sporting event■ The U.S. men’s national soccer team

will face Peru in an international friendly. 7 p.m. $32 to $250. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 800-745-3000.

Saturday, Sept. 5

book signing■ Sandra O’Connell will sign copies of

her book “An American Family in World War II.” Noon to 5 p.m. Free. Mall Store, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000.

Children’s programs■ “Shake Up Your Saturdays” will fea-

ture acting lessons, straight from Shake-speare’s plays. 10 to 11 a.m. for ages 5 through 9; 11 a.m. to noon for ages 10 through 14. Free; reservations required. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capi-tol St. SE. folger.edu.

■ The weekly “Arts for Families” series will offer a chance to create a compass rose like those featured on historic maps. 1 to 4 p.m. Free. George Washington Uni-versity Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

■ Children will hear a story about Davy Crockett and then create a special piece of art. 1 to 4 p.m. Free. National Portrait Gal-

lery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. The program will repeat Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m.

Classes and workshops■ The Mount Pleasant Library will pres-

ent “Saturday Morning Yoga.” 10 a.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122.

■ Heather Markowitz, founder of With-LoveDC, will lead a “Stop & Smell the Roses” yoga class. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Free. National Garden, U.S. Botanic Gar-den, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 11 a.m. Free. Petworth Library,

4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.■ Bahman Aryana of Rendezvous

Tango will lead a class on the Argentine tango. 2:30 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King

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Friday at the smithsonian American Art museum and continue through Jan. 31. Located at 9th and G streets NW, the museum is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-633-1000.■ “Seeing Through the Mind’s Eye,” featuring oils and water-colors by Deborah Addison Coburn, will open today at studio Gallery and continue through Sept. 26. A “First Friday” recep-tion will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m., an artist’s recep-tion will be held Sept. 19 from 3 to 5 p.m., and there will be an “Art All Night DC” reception Sept. 26 from 7 p.m. to mid-night. Located at 2108 R St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-232-8734.■ Hillyer Art space will open three exhibits Friday with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. They will continue through Sept.

26.“Lay of the Land” pres-

ents paintings by Sue Grace inspired by the mountains of West Virginia.

“Longing for Distant Skies” is an installation by Novie Trump that combines porcelain and other materi-als and draws inspiration from the sky.

“Under the Sun” high-lights 14 artists from Balti-more’s Sol Print Studio.

Located at 9 Hillyer Court NW, the gallery is open Mon-day from noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday from

noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-338-0325.■ The Arts Club of Washington will open two shows Friday and continue them through Sept. 26. A reception will be held for them Sept. 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Artworks by Kate McConnell, Wayne Paige and Sidney Xunnian Zhang will be on view in the Monroe and MacFeely

galleries. Photographs by Buzz Covington will be spotlighted in the Spilsbury Gallery. Located at 2017 I St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 202-331-7282.■ Touchstone Gallery will open three exhibits Friday and continue them through Sept. 27. An opening reception will take place Sept. 11 from 6 to 8:30 p.m., and an “Encore” reception will be held Sept. 26 from 2 to 4 p.m., with an artist talk at 3 p.m. The exhibits can be previewed today and tomor-row during regular hours. “Layers” features diverse works by gallery members. “Metropolis” is a series of new works by McCain McMurray inspired by cityscapes. “Quarter Sections” presents Janet Wheeler’s assemblages based on oppositions such as manmade vs. natural. Located at 901 New York Ave. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Satur-day and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-347-2787.■ The National museum of Women in the Arts will open an exhibit Friday of photography by Esther Bubley (1921-1998) that chronicles life in 20th-century America. It will con-tinue through Jan. 17, Located at 1250 New York Ave. NW, the museum is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission costs $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors; it is free for ages 18 and younger. Free “Community Days” are the first Sunday of every month. 202-783-5000.

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Concerts■ The Brass Trio — featuring Rodney

Marsalis on trumpet, Zenas Kim-Banther on trombone and Sophia Kim Cook on piano — will perform a dance from the Ibe-rian Peninsula, a Danish romance and favorites from “Porgy and Bess.” 1:30 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040.

■ The Chattanooga, Tenn.-based duo Rye Baby will perform folk and Americana music. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ “Ladies of Jazz” will feature Renee Tannenbaum. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412.

■ The Reggae Summer Farewell Party will feature S.T.O.R.M., the Pocket Band, the Blac Dá-Lite Band and Chanty Town. 8:30 p.m. $10 to $12. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ U.S. Botanic Garden science educa-

tion volunteer Todd Brethauer will discuss “Pome Fruit: Apples, Pears & Quince.” 10:30 a.m. to noon. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ University Legal Services will offer a credit seminar for first-time homebuyers (presented in English and Spanish). Noon. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3121.

Festivals■ The Kennedy Center’s 14th annual

Page to Stage Festival will feature readings and open rehearsals by more than 50 area theater companies. 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Free. Various locations, Kennedy Cen-ter. 202-467-4600. The festival will contin-ue Sunday from 6 to 7 p.m. and Monday

from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.■ The 27th annual DC Blues Festival

will feature Sharrie Williams, James Arm-strong, Full Power Blues, the Mojo Priests, and Jackson & Oziel. Noon to 7:30 p.m. Free. Carter Barron Amphitheatre, 16th Street and Colorado Avenue NW. 202-426-0486.

Films■ “Titanus Presents: A Family Chronicle

of Italian Cinema” will feature Dino Risi’s 1955 film “The Sign of Venus,” at 1 p.m.; and Carlo and Luca Verdone’s 2013 docu-mentary “Alberto the Great,” at 3 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Performances■ As part of the Page to Stage Festival,

the Washington Improv Theater will pres-ent a performance by the iMusical ensem-ble. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kenne-dy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ KanKouran West African Dance Company will present “Mandinka,” based on the rise and spread of the legendary Mali Empire of West Africa. 8 p.m. $20 to $25. Lisner Auditorium, George Washing-ton University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800.

special events■ Minyan Oneg Shabbat will present

“Mindfulness Practice Through a Jewish Lens,” led by Rabbi Mark Novak and Klia Bassing. 10:15 a.m. Free. Geneva Room, Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW. MinyanOnegShabbat.org.

■ As part of the “Finding a Line: Skate-boarding, Music, and Media” festival, the Kennedy Center will host an open skate session hosted by Pitcrew with music by McRad and DJ Alec MacKaye at a specially commissioned skate park. 1:30 to 9 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The National Capital Astronomers will present “Exploring the Sky,” featuring a night of stargazing through the lens of a telescope. 8 p.m. Free. Military Field near the Picnic Grove 13 parking lot, Glover Road near Military Road NW. 202-895-6070.

Walks and tours■ A relaxing walk at the Georgetown

Waterfront Park to various local overlooks

will share the bittersweet history of how Georgetown became an attractive and vibrant community (for ages 7 and older). 11 a.m. Free. Meet at the fountain in the Georgetown Waterfront Park, Wisconsin Avenue and K Street NW. 202-895-6070.

■ Washington Walks’ “Get Local!” series will explore the U Street Corridor and describe its legacy as a neighborhood shared by African-American intellectuals, business leaders and families of all economic levels. 11 a.m. $15 to $20. Meet outside the 13th Street exit to the U Street/Cardozo Metro station. washingtonwalks.com.

Sunday, Sept. 6

Children’s programs■ Stephen Savage will discuss his

books “Where’s Walrus? And Penguin?”

and “Ice Cream Summer” (for ages 5 through 7). 1 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ A park ranger will lead a half-mile “Habitat Hike” (for ages 5 and older). 2:30 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

■ A park ranger will present “A Quas-quicentennial of Discovery,” a special plan-etarium program on advances made in astronomy since Rock Creek Park was founded in 1890 (for ages 7 and older). 4 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

Classes and workshops■ Dumbarton House will host an “Eng-

lish Country Dance” workshop. 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. $5. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. 202-337-2288.

■ A teacher from Yoga Activist will pres-ent a “Soothing Sunday Yoga” class for adults. 1:30 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.

Concerts■ CUE, the adult division of YouthCUE,

will present a choral concert featuring 140 singers from across North America. 7:30 p.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. nationalcathedral.org.

■ The National Symphony Orchestra’s Labor Day Capitol Con-cert 2015 — featuring vocalist Kate Davis (shown) and the Sol-diers’ Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band — will present patriotic favorites, Aaron Cop-land classics, American Songbook stan-dards and folk hits. Open rehearsal at 3:30 p.m.; performance at 8 p.m. Free. West Lawn, U.S. Capitol. 202-416-8114.

Discussion■ Georgetown University theology pro-

fessor Father Leo Lefebure will discuss Pope Francis’ recent encyclical on theology and ecology. 7 p.m. Free. Our Lady of Vic-tory Church, 4835 MacArthur Blvd. NW. 202-337-4835.

Films■ “Golden Sunday Movie” will feature

Mel Stuart’s 1971 movie “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” starring Gene Wild-er. 2 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

■ “Titanus Presents: A Family Chronicle of Italian Cinema” will feature Vittorio De Seta’s 1961 film “Banditi a Orgosolo,” at 2 p.m.; and Francesco Rosi’s 1959 film “I Magliari,” at 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Performances■ As part of the Page to Stage Festival,

a VSA Playwright Discovery performance will feature staged readings of four winning scripts by high school students. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Regie Cabico and Danielle Evennou will host “Sparkle,” an open mic event for LGBT-dedicated poets. 8 to 10 p.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

special events■ Petco will host the Washington

Humane Society’s mobile pet adoption

center Adopt Force One with adoptable cats and dogs. Noon to 3 p.m. Free. Petco, 3505 Connecticut Ave. NW. washhumane.org/adoptionevents.

■ The National Museum of Women in the Arts will hold its monthly Community Day. Noon to 5 p.m. Free. National Muse-um of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370.

■ As part of the “Finding a Line: Skate-boarding, Music, and Media” festival, the Kennedy Center will host an open skate session hosted by Buhi World Skate Shop with music by the Shirks and DJ Marshall Law at a specially commissioned skate park. 1:30 to 9 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Ken-nedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Teen program■ Writer and

recently retired “Sesa-me Street” star Sonia Manzano will discuss her book “Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx” (for ages 13 through 17). 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Tako-ma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

Walks and tours■ The Spies in the Shadow of the

White House walking tour will feature tales of Civil War and Cold War espionage. 1 p.m. $15. Meet at the statue of Andrew Jackson in the center of Lafayette Square, 16th and H streets NW. 703-569-1875.

■ A tour will explore some of the 1,500 pieces of needlework in the Washington National Cathedral and the messages they convey. 1:30 p.m. $16 to $20; reserva-tions suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

Monday, Sept. 7

Film■ The Music and Poetry Club will

screen “Showboat,” starring Kathryn Gray-son, Ava Gardner and Howard Keel. A per-formance by the Blues Muse ensemble will follow. 7:30 p.m. Free. St. Mary’s Court, 725 24th St. NW. 202-393-1511.

Performances■ As part of the Page to Stage Festival,

the Synetic Theater Company will demon-strate the “Synetic Technique” and per-form scenes from the upcoming produc-tion of “Alice in Wonderland.” A Q&A will follow. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Ken-nedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Laugh Index Theatre will present “Improv Wars” with a competition between Licorice Sisters and the winner of the sec-ond contest. 7:30 p.m. $10 to $15. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. improvwars.brownpapertickets.com.

special event■ As part of the “Finding a Line: Skate-

boarding, Music, and Media” festival, the Kennedy Center will host an open skate session hosted by sPACYcLOUd and Skate Girls Trip with music by AndyCAPPS, Ron Allen and See-I at a specially commis-sioned skate park. 1:30 to 9 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

sporting event■ The Washington Nationals will play

the New York Mets. 1:05 p.m. $10 to $345. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will con-

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Saturday, sePTember 5■ Festival: The 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival will feature talks and signings by Tom Brokaw, Thomas Mallon, David Marannis, Edmund O. Wilson, Kate DiCamillo, Louise Eldrich, Marilynne Robinson (shown) and more than 175 notable authors and illustrators, as well as family activities such as photo ops with literary characters. Evening programs will include a poetry slam, a forum on “Books to Movies,” and panel discussions with romance novelists and graphic artists. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Free. Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW. loc.gov/bookfest.

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Classes and workshops■ A certified yoga instructor will lead a

class targeted to seniors. 10 a.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. geoyogarsvp@dc.gov.

■ The Georgetown Library will host an introductory yoga class. 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. geoyogarsvp@dc.gov.

■ CityDance Pop! will celebrate its grand opening in Tenleytown with an open house featuring introductory sessions of its classes, including “Pre-Ballet” (for ages 5 and 6), at 4:45 p.m.; “Hip Hop: POP! Cul-ture” (for ages 10 through 14), at 5:45 p.m.; and “Adult Zumba,” at 7 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. CityDance Pop!, 4435 Wisconsin Ave. NW. citydance.net. The open house celebration with free classes will continue through Sept. 12.

■ VIDA Fitness and the Capitol River-front Business Improvement District will present an outdoor Vinyasa yoga class. 7 p.m. Free. Boardwalk, The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. vidafitness.com.

■ Yoga Activist will present a weekly yoga class geared toward beginners. 7 p.m. Free. Second-floor meeting room, Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.

■ Yoga Activist will present a class for beginners. 7:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.

Concerts■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza”

series will feature the Soul Messengerz performing gospel. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ As part of the Tuesday Concert Series, pianist Magdalina Melkonyan will perform. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635.

■ The Kennedy Center’s “Finding a Line: Skateboarding, Music, and Media” festival will feature Darren Harper’s The Dynasty Band, a D.C.-based, 13-member ensemble. 6 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kenne-dy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The monthly labor series Bread & Roses will feature a performance by broth-ers Peter Jones and Steve Jones, local singer-songwriters. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Bus-boys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

■ Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge will host its weekly open mic show. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ The Prevention of Blindness Society

of Metropolitan Washington will present a presentation on “Who’s Who in Eye Care.” 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving St. NW. 202-877-5329.

■ Sen. Amy Klobu-char, D-Minn., will dis-cuss her book “The Senator Next Door: A Memoir From the Heartland.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

■ Jeff Smith will discuss his book “Mr.

Smith Goes to Prison.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ Joyce Carol Oates will discuss her memoir “The Lost Landscape: A Writer’s Coming of Age.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ The Chevy Chase Library Book Club will discuss “The Hare With the Amber Eyes” by Edmund de Waal. 7 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

Films■ “Tuesday Night Movies” will feature

the 1999 film “Jakob the Liar,” starring Robin Williams as a Jewish shopkeeper in World War II Poland who brings hope to his fellow man with fabricated stories about the war. 6 p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

■ The Georgetown Sunset Cinema series — featuring movies filmed in or inspired by Georgetown — will present the 2008 spy comedy “Burn After Reading,” starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt (rescheduled due to inclement weather in July). 7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Water-front Park, K Street and Cecil Place NW. georgetowndc.com/sunsetcinema.

Performances and readings■ Story District will present its monthly

show “Catfished: Stories about things that aren’t as they seem.” 8 p.m. $16. Town Danceboutique, 2009 8th St. NW. storydistrict.com/shows.

■ The Washington Improv Theater’s “Harold Night” will feature performances by the ensembles Richie and Discoteca!, at 8 p.m.; and by Madeline and another troupe, at 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org.

■ Busboys and Poets will present an open mic poetry night hosted by Pages Matam. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

special event■ As part of the “Finding a Line: Skate-

boarding, Music, and Media” festival, the Kennedy Center will host an open skate session hosted by Art Under Pressure with music by Darren Harper’s The Dynasty Band and Javier Starks at a specially com-missioned skate park. 4 to 9 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

sporting event■ The Washington Mystics will play the

Indiana Fever. 7 p.m. $19 to $300. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Teen program■ The Georgetown Library’s teen movie

series will feature the 2012 film “Pitch Per-fect,” starring Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and Rebel Wilson. 4 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Wednesday, Sept. 9

Classes and workshops■ Iona Senior Services’ Take Charge/

Age Well Academy will begin a four-week class on “Eat Well/Move Well,” following the tenets of the inspirational Go4Life National Fitness Month program. 3 to 5 p.m. $80. Iona Senior Services, 4125 Albe-marle St. NW. 202-895-9448.

■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a weekly class on meditation. 7 to

8:30 p.m. $6 to $12. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202-986-2257.

Concerts■ To celebrate the legacy of pioneering

old-time musician Ola Belle Reed, the Homegrown Concert series will feature her son Dave Reed, her nephew Hugh Camp-bell and members of the acclaimed blue-grass band Danny Paisley and Southern Grass performing bluegrass and gospel songs of their Appalachian heritage. Noon. Free. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Build-ing, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5510.

■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza” series will feature East Coast Cowboy per-forming country music. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and Interna-tional Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ The Kennedy Center’s “Finding a Line: Skateboarding, Music, and Media” festival will feature the Chariots, a D.C. ska band. 6 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The U.S. Army Blues will perform as part of the 2015 Summer Concert Series sponsored by the Friends of the National World War II Memorial and the National Park Service. 6 p.m. Free. World War II Memorial, 17th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 703-696-3399.

■ The Harbour Nights summer concert series will feature solo musician Phil Kominski. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Wash-ington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202-295-5007.

■ The Wilderness will perform folk, rock, indie and blues. 7 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gyp-sysallys.com.

■ The Delafield String Band will pres-

ent a bluegrass jam session. 8 to 11 p.m. Free. Reading Room, Petworth Citizen, 829 Upshur St. NW. petworthcitizen.com.

■ The Mike + Ruthy Band, the Hello Strangers and the Appleseed Collective (shown) will perform. 8 p.m. $10 to $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ Herb Scott will host a weekly Capitol Hill Jazz Jam. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr. Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412.

Discussions and lectures■ “Building Bridges — Strengthening

Educational & Citizen Exchange Linkages Between the United States and Cuba” will feature panelists Frank Sesno, director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University; Mary Kane, president and CEO of Sister Cities Interna-tional; and Evan Ryan, U.S. assistant sec-retary of state for educational and cultural affairs. 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free; reserva-

tions required. Jack Morton Auditorium, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University, 805 21st St. NW. elliott.gwu.edu.

■ Joe Urschel, executive director of the National Law Enforcement Museum, will discuss his book “The Year of Fear: Machine Gun Kelly and the Manhunt That Changed the Nation.” Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Build-ing, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ David Major, retired supervisory spe-cial agent of the FBI and director of coun-terintelligence and security programs at the National Security Council, will discuss recent intelligence and security issues, breaches and penetrations. Noon. Free. International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798.

■ Heather Slania, director of the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, will discuss pieces in the special exhi-bition “Vanessa Bell’s Hogarth Press Designs.” Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370.

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Sept. 11 through Oct. 18 in the Kreeger Theater. On a stormy night in Bellarica, Mexi-co, two baby girls are born — one into a life of privilege and one into a life of pov-erty. When the newborns are swapped by a former beauty queen with an insa-tiable lust for power, the stage is set for two outrageous misfortunes to grow into one remarkable destiny. Actor Nicholas Rodriguez returns to Arena as part of an all-Latino ensemble for the produc-tion, part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival. Tickets cost $40 to $90. Arena Stage is located at 1101 6th St. SW. 202-488-3300; arenastage.org.■ studio The-atre will open its season with the U.S. premiere of Lucy Kirkwood’s Olivier Award-winning drama “Chimerica” Sept. 9 through Oct. 18.

In 1989, Joe, a young American journalist, photographs a protester fac-ing down four tanks in Tiananmen Square. In 2012, with election season bringing U.S.-China relations into the spotlight, Joe decides to seek out the subject of his most famous image — just as an old friend from China reaches out with an agenda of his own. Tickets cost $44 to $88. The theater is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.■ Woolly mammoth Theatre Com-pany will stage the world premiere of Sheila Callaghan’s “Women Laughing Alone With Salad” Sept. 7 through Oct. 4 as part of the Women’s Voices The-ater Festival. What’s on the menu for Meredith,

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■ GALA Hispanic Theatre will open its 40th anniversary season with the world premiere of Spanish playwright Fernando J. López’s new adaptation of “Yerma” Sept. 10 through Oct. 4. Renowned Spanish poet and writer Federico García Lorca wrote the dramat-ic tragic poem in 1934. The new version reduces the cast to five characters, heightening the oppression of a loveless marriage, forbidden desires and repres-sive society faced by Yerma in her rural environment. The production will be pre-sented in Spanish with English surtitles. Tickets cost $26 to $42. The theater is located at 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174; galatheatre.org.

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■ Kathleen R. McNamara, associate professor of government and foreign service and director of the Mortara Center for International Studies at Georgetown University, will discuss her book “The Politics of Everyday Europe: Constructing Authority in the European Union.” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University, 1248 36th St. NW. politicsofeverydayeurope.eventbrite.com.

■ “Book Club With a Beat: A Daytime Music Discovery Program” will feature the music that inspired Chris Raschka’s illus-trated picture books, such as “John Col-trane’s Giant Steps,” “Mysterious Theloni-ous” and “Charlie Parker Played Be Bop.” 2 p.m. Free. Room A-10, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

■ Plamen Press editor-in-chief Rachel Feingold and translator Roman Kostovski will discuss the first English-language edi-tion of the late Czech writer Hana Adroni-kova’s novel “The Sound of the Sundial.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

■ Jen Chaney will discuss her book “As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as Told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ “D.C. Builds: Master Planning for Union Station’s Second Century” will fea-ture Lezlie Rupert of Union Station Rede-velopment Corp., David Zaidain of Amtrak and David Tuchmann of Akridge. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $12 to $20; reservations required. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.

■ David Gariff, senior lecturer at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss “Sculp-ture in the Age of Impressionism: Rodin, Degas, and Rosso.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jef-ferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Journalist Don Fulsom, a former White House correspondent and former

UPI bureau chief in Washington, will dis-cuss his book “Treason: Nixon and the 1968 Election.” 7 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-727-8707.

■ Gregory Pardlo, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, will discuss his book “Digest.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Artist Trevor Paglen will discuss “How to See the Surveillance State.” 7 p.m. Free; tickets distributed at 6:30 p.m. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., will discuss her book “Plenty Ladylike: A Memoir” in conversa-tion with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. 7 p.m. $15. Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st St. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films■ Friendship Place will host a special

screening of Ramin Bahrani’s forthcoming thriller “99 Homes” to raise money to help nine families in D.C. secure their first month of affordable housing. 7:30 p.m. $20. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. friendshipplace.org/99homes.

■ The Film in Focus series will feature Bryan Reisberg’s 2013 comedy “Big Signif-icant Things,” about a man who impulsive-ly sets out on a solo road trip across the U.S. to see the nation’s largest sites a week before he’s set to move across the country with his girlfriend. 8 p.m. $8.50 to $11.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

Performances and readings■ The Grapevine Spoken Word Series

will feature guest performers Jon Spelman and Shirleta Settles, followed by an open mic. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. $10 donation sug-gested. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

■ The 2015 District Improv Festival will open with performances by New York City’s Call Your Mom, Washington Improv Theater’s Commonwealth and Baltimore’s Gus, at 7:30 p.m.; and by Washington Improv Theater’s iMusical ensemble and New York City’s Kibbles and Bits, at 9:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. districtimprov.org/2015-festival-dates. The festival will continue through Saturday; tickets for performances range from $5 to $25.

■ Laugh Index Theatre will present “Three’s Comedy,” featuring long-form improv from Mr. Lifeguard, improv games from Community Sauna and stand-up from the group’s house comics. 7:30 p.m. $5 to $10. DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. laughindextheatre.com.

■ Busboys and Poets will present “Nine on the Ninth,” a poetry night hosted by Derrick Weston Brown. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

■ Elizabeth Acevedo will host an open mic poetry event. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

special events■ As part of the “Finding a Line: Skate-

boarding, Music, and Media” festival, the Kennedy Center will host an open skate session hosted by Grand National Skate-boards with music by the Chariots and DJ Baby Alcatraz at a specially commissioned skate park. 4 to 9 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Smithsonian Encore Chorale for Older Adults will begin a 15-week evening session of weekly rehearsals under the direction of conductor Jeffrey Dokken, cul-minating with a public performance. 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. $180 to $215. S. Dillon Rip-ley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

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Art event■ The “Well Beyond HIV” art exhibition,

curated in collaboration with Walgreens and the Graying of AIDS, will depict the challenges and triumphs of those aging with HIV through portraits and testimonials. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. Literary Hall, Carnegie Library, 801 K St.

NW. wellbeyondhiv.com. The exhibit will continue Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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■ Friends of the Cleveland Park Library will present weekly chess instruction for kids of all ages. 5 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.

Classes and workshops■ The Golden Triangle Business

Improvement District will present an hour-long “Pilates in the Park” class led by a certified instructor. 5:30 p.m. Free. Farra-gut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com. Class-es will continue each Tuesday and Thurs-day through Sept. 29.

■ VIDA Fitness and the Capitol River-front Business Improvement District will present an outdoor Zumba class. 7 p.m. Free. Boardwalk, The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. vidafitness.com.

■ A weekly Introduction to Flamenco class will feature an intense, full-body warmup followed by a lesson in basic flamenco technique and choreography. 7 to 8:15 p.m. $20 per session. Chevy Chase Baptist Church, 5671 Western Ave. NW. azulojos@gmail.com.

Concerts■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza”

series will feature Encantada and Julie Mack performing Brazilian jazz. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ An American roots concert series will feature blues musician Jonny Grave. 3 to 5 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ “Luce Unplugged” will feature a per-formance by the North Country. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Free. Luce Foundation Center, Smith-sonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ The Music on the Lawn series will feature Sandra Y. Johnson and friends per-forming hard-swinging, bluesy vocals and instrumentals. 6 to 7:15 p.m. $10 dona-tion suggested. Grace Episcopal Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-7100.

■ Singer-songwriter Justin Trawick will perform bluegrass and roots music as part of the “Tunes in the Triangle” concert series. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Milian Park, Mas-sachusetts Avenue at 5th and I streets NW. mountvernontriangle.org.

■ The Woman’s National Democratic Club will present a dinner and an evening of open mic cabaret music featuring accompanists Bob Smith on piano and Robert Vetter on trumpet. 6 to 9:30 p.m. $25 to $35. Woman’s National Democrat-ic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.

■ The Art on 8th series will present Cheick Hamala Diabaté per-forming con-temporary West African music. 6:30 p.m. Free. Arts Walk at Monroe St. Market, 716 Monroe St. NE. danceplace.org.

■ The Grammy-nominated harmony duo the Milk Carton Kids will perform. 8 p.m. $35 to $45. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800.

■ Hollertown will perform bluegrass and contemporary music. 8 to 11 p.m. No cover; two item per person minimum. Mr.

Henry’s Restaurant, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. 202-546-8412.

■ A second anni-versary celebration for Gypsy Sally’s will fea-ture musician Jim Lau-derdale (shown) and the Human Country Jukebox. 8:30 p.m. $15 to $20. Gypsy Sal-ly’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Demonstration■ Writer Adrienne Cook and nutritionist

Danielle Cook will present a “Mediterra-nean Magic” cooking demonstration fea-turing ingredients such as olives, lemon, garlic, oregano, cinnamon, lentils and cucumber. Noon and 12:45 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

Discussions and lectures■ Leonardo Arizaga, vice minister for

foreign affairs and political integration of Ecuador, will discuss “Achievements and Challenges of the Citizen Revolution.” 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free. Room 241, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.

■ Gerald Anderson will discuss his book “Still Standing: How an Ex-Con Found Salvation in the Floodwaters of Katrina” in conversation with Street Sense editor Susan Orlins. Noon. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

■ Robert E. Mutch will discuss his book “Buying the Vote: A History of Campaign Finance Reform.” Noon. Free. Room G-25, National Archives Building, Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ Poet Srikanth Reddy will read from and discuss his work. Noon. Free. Mary Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5394.

■ The “Textiles at Twelve” series will feature a talk on “Art Therapy Through Arpilleras” by Lisa Raye Garlock, licensed art therapist, textile artist and a faculty member with George Washington Universi-ty’s art therapy program. Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

■ Scholars of music and folklore will discuss the impact of Ola Belle Reed’s leg-acy on traditional music today and talk about the new publication “Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line.” 1 to 5 p.m. Free. Mont-pelier Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5510.

■ The D.C. Office of Human Rights will present a seminar on housing discrimina-tion and the right to fair housing in the Dis-trict. 2 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.

■ “The Iran Nuclear Deal: The Techni-cal Debate Clarified” will feature physicist and arms control researcher Frank von Hippel of Princeton University, radiochem-ist Ollie Heinonen of Harvard University and former Iranian diplomat Hossein Mousavian of Princeton University. 4:30 to 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room B17, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/2iw.

■ John F. Sopko, special inspector gen-eral for Afghanistan reconstruction, will dis-

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cuss “Assessing Ground Truths,” about the importance of having accurate data when assessing the progress made in Afghani-stan by the American reconstruction effort. 4:30 to 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University, 1248 36th St. NW. 202-687-5679.

■ A forum on “Fair and Just Transit for DC Residents and Workers” will focus on complaints that the multi-modal transit system developed by the D.C. Department of Transportation has been used to enrich private firms, bust unions, lower wages of transit workers and thwart District laws. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

■ Louise Mackie, curator of textiles and Islamic art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, will discuss her book “Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles From Islamic Lands, 7th-20th Century.” 6 p.m. $10; reserva-tions required. George Washington Univer-sity Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-7394.

■ Azar Nafisi will discuss her journey to becoming an American citizen and her book “The Republic of Imagination,” which blends memoir with close readings of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” 6:30 p.m. $10 to $12. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events.

■ A symposium will focus on “Civil Rights, Identity and Sovereignty: Native American Perspectives on History, Law, and the Path Ahead.” 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Coolidge Audi-torium, Jefferson Building, Library of Con-gress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-1743.

■ George Scheper, senior lecturer in advanced academic programs at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss “Oaxaca: Crossroads of a Continent.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Natasha Sinel will discuss her book “The Fix” (for ages 15 and older). 7 p.m. Free. Children & Teens Department, Poli-tics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Washington Post from 1991 to 2008 and a professor of journalism at the University of Arizona, will reflect on his career and the state of the news industry. 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

■ Adam Johnson will discuss his book “Fortune Smiles: Stories.” 7 p.m. Free. Poli-tics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films■ The National Archives will present

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■ The West End Interim Library will host a Thursday night film series. 6:30 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8698.

■ The DC Shorts Film Festival & Screenplay Competition 2015 will open with an eight-film showcase including “Shok,” about a friendship tested as two boys battle for survival during the Kosovo

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■ The National Archives will present Lionel Rogosin’s 1956 documentary “On the Bowery,” about three days in the drink-ing life of a part-time railroad worker adrift on New York’s skid row. Film preservation-ist Dennis Doros will introduce the screen-ing. 7 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ The Washington DC Jewish Community Center will present Giulio Ricciarelli’s 2014 film “Labyrinth of Lies,” based on the investigations that led to the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials in the 1960s. 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. $13. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

■ Dupont Festival’s fifth annual “Cine-ma in the Circle” will feature an open-air screening of Penny Marshall’s 1992 film “A League of Their Own,” starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna (rescheduled due to inclement weather in June). 8:30 p.m. Free. Dupont Circle, Con-necticut, Massachusetts and New Hamp-shire avenues NW.

Performances and readings■ The Kennedy Center’s “Finding a

Line: Skateboarding, Music, and Media” festival will feature Cuban skateboarders Orlando Rosales, Reinaldo Reyes and Yojani Rivera. 6 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Alliance for New-Music Theater will present a theatrical reading with music of “R.U.R.: A Retro-Futuristic Musical,” a new adaptation of a play written in 1920 by Czech playwright Karel Capek. 6 p.m. Free; reservations required by Sept. 8. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. rurreading.eventbrite.com.

■ A poetry reading and discussion will feature Donald Berger, author of “The Long Time”; Joshua Weiner, author of “The Figure of a Man Being Swallowed by a Fish”; and Terence Winch, author of “This Way Out.” 7 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com.

special events■ The U.S. Army Military District of

Washington will present “Spirit of Ameri-ca,” featuring traditional and modern music, disciplined drill and historical narra-tives. 10:30 a.m. Free. D.C. Armory, 2001 East Capitol St. SE. 866-239-9425. The event will repeat Friday at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

■ As part of the “Finding a Line: Skate-boarding, Music, and Media” festival, the Kennedy Center will host an open skate session hosted by Cuba Skate at a special-ly commissioned skate park. 4 to 9 p.m. Free. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ “Pop Quiz: Back to School” will fea-ture a trivia contest about American inven-tors, innovators, scholars and more. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kogod Courtyard, National Por-trait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000.

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Children’s program■ A children’s open house will feature

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Class■ A “Restorative Yoga” class will

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■ Organist John Cannon of Cooper-stown, N.Y., will present a “Memorial Con-cert for September 11.” 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103.

■ The Yards Park Friday Night Concert Series will feature Sara Gray performing modern country. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. The Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. capitol-riverfront.org.

■ Musician Sean Croft will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ The Embassy Series will present vio-linist Lana Trotovsek and pianist Anna She-lest performing works by Tchaikovsky, Brahmas, Granados, Kreisler and Bartók. 7:30 p.m. $90. Embassy of Slovenia, 2410 California St. NW. 202-625-2361.

■ Amharic singer Mahmoud Ahmed will present an Ethiopian New Year con-cert. 8 p.m. $29.75 to $35. Lisner Auditori-um, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800.

■ Nadis Warriors and Box Era will per-form. 9 p.m. $10 to $14. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussion■ Joy-Ann Reid will discuss her book

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Film■ The Kennedy Center’s “Finding a

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Performances and readings■ The Art on 8th series will feature DC

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■ As part of the “Finding a Line: Skate-boarding, Music, and Media” festival, the Kennedy Center will present pianist Jason Moran and his group the Bandwagon per-forming and improvising live as regional and national skateboarders react to and complement the music on the skate ramp constructed specially for the festival. 8 p.m. $22. Front Plaza, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

special event■ A cultural season kickoff and open

house will feature French mini-classes, placement tests and a preview of upcom-ing events. 5 to 8 p.m. Free. Alliance Fran-çaise de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org.

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