East of the River Magazine February 2018

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Congresswoman Norton Leads Busy Schedule of Douglass Bicentennial Events

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Spring Arts Events

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Jazz Avenues

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Faithfully Bearing His Cross: The Work of Buddy Harrison

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Citizen Diplomacy East of the River

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Our River: The Anacostia

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The Numbers

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HOMES & GARDENS 37

Changing Hands compiled by Don Denton

KIDS & FAMILY 38

Notebook

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ON THE COVER: Capitol Movement: Indivisible performs on Feb. 24, 3 p.m. Photo: Courtesy of the Atlas Performing Arts Center. See story on pg. 18.

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America’s Musical Journey

Feb. 17. IMAX at Air and Space for a couple of weeks. It will also be shown on a smaller screen (non-IMAX) starting Feb. 16 for at least a year at the American History Museum. America’s Musical Journey celebrates the unique diversity of cultures and the creative risk-taking that characterize America as told through the story of its music. americanhistory.si.edu.

America’s Musical Journey, New Orleans

SPECIAL EVENTS Mardi Gras at the Wharf. Feb. 13, 5 to 9 PM. Let the good times roll and catch some beads. Cheer on a Mardi Gras parade down Wharf Street. The party will continue at their Pearl Street bars.

Wharf Street, District Pier. wharfdc.com.

Washington’s Birthday Celebration at Mount Vernon. Feb. 17 to 19, 9 AM to 5 PM. Free admission on Feb. 19. Wish the General a happy birthday while enjoying hoecakes made over the open fire. #PoseLikeThePrez in the Education Center Lobby. Observe wreath layings at the Tomb. Watch dancing demonstrations on the bowling green. Listen to members of the Washington family recount stories about the General. Visit with George and Martha Washington in the Interpretive Center. mountvernon.org.

National Portrait Gallery Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of “America’s Presidents.” This February, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its “America’s Presidents” exhibition. The recently transformed exhibition will welcome two additions: the official portrait of former President Barack Obama and the 1843 daguerreotype of President John Quincy Adams, which is the earliest known likeness of a US President. On view Feb. 7. National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. npg.si.edu.

George Washington Birthday Parade. Feb. 19, 1 to 3 PM. The nation’s largest George Washington Birthday parade marches a one-mile route through the streets of Old Town Alexandria. washingtonbirthday.net.

George Washington’s 286th Birthday at Mount Vernon. Feb. 22, 9 AM to 5 PM. Free admission. mountvernon.org.

Fire & Ice Festival at The Wharf. Feb. 24, 7 to 9 PM. Warm up at the blazing bonfires while admiring the glistening ice sculptures on the piers. Live performances will include fire spinning and ice sculpting, as well as music. wharfdc.com.

US Botanical Garden Production Facility Open House. March 10, 10 AM, 10:30 AM, 11 AM, 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 1 PM and 1:30 PM.

ALL THE WAY LIVE TUESDAYS!

Tuesdays through Sept. 25, 7 PM. With a varied line up, this series exemplifies the vibrant creative economy of DMV talent. In addition to an evening of music, guests will have access to in-house boutiques. Free. Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

Cecily appears in an April in an ALL THE WAY LIVE TUESDAYS show.

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The site includes 85,000 square feet under glass divided into 34 greenhouse bays and 17 environmental zones. In addition to foliage and nursery crops, see elements of the US Botanical Garden collection not currently on display, including orchids, medicinal plants, carnivorous plants and rare species. $10. Registration required. usbg.gov.

AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD Queens Girl in Africa at THEARC. Through Feb. 11, 7:30 PM. “Queens Girl In Africa” picks up where Jennings’ “Queens Girl In the World” left off. By the time she graduates middle school, it is 1965. Jackie’s father’s close friend, Malcolm X, is killed. THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. thearcdc.org.

The Raid at Anacostia Playhouse. Through March 18. Idris Goodwin’s The Raid is a fabulation of a debate between two American icons: White abolitionist John Brown and Black abolitionist and social reformer Frederick Douglass. On the eve of Brown’s raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, these men argue the merits of violence, pacifism, order, chaos and possibility of a nation free of the scourge of slavery. Anacostia Playhouse, 2020 Shannon Pl. SE. theateralliance.com.

Nu Sass Productions: The Veil. Feb. 15, 8 PM. A play in which a female Marine returns home from deployment in Afghanistan to begin planning her wedding. While being tormented by her controlling sister and mother, she fights against the ghosts she’s returned with from her experience overseas. $30. The Anacostia Arts Center is at 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

THEARC Theater-A Bi-centennial Celebration for Frederick Douglass. Feb. 16 to 18, 3 PM. THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. thearcdc.org.

RISE 2018 at THEARC. Feb. 16, 7:30 PM and 17, 2:30 and 7 PM. RISE showcases the company’s sheer athleticism and emotional conviction through powerful, historically inspired performances. THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. thearcdc.org.

We plan to scale our strong model and outcomes to serve more students

Stokes School will open its second campus East of the River Fall 2018 During the 2018-2019 school year there will be four pre-kindergarten classes and two kindergarten classes.

An additional grade will be added every year until the school reaches fifth grade. Check our website or call the school for updates.

Accepting Applications for the 2018-2019 School Year Grades PS/PK-5th Apply at: www.myschooldc.org Application Deadline for Grades PK3-8 March 01, 2018

Open House at 3700 Oakview Terrace, NE • Feb. 24th, 2018 Consult our website for more information Preparing culturally diverse elementary school students to be leaders, scholars, and responsible citizens who are committed to social justice.

French and Spanish immersion program Dual focus on academic excellence and community service

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the nation’s capital, and its rich history of civic engagement. Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. anacostia.si.edu.

Deanwood Citizens Association. Fourth Monday, 6:30 PM. Deanwood Recreation Center, 1300 49th St. NE.

CIVIC LIFE

Eastland Gardens Civic Association Meeting. Third Tuesday, 6:30 to 8 PM. Kenilworth Recreation Center, 4321 Ord St. NE. Contact Rochelle Frazier-Gray, 202-352-7264 or richelle.frazier@longandfoster.com.

Congresswoman Norton’s SE District Office.

Open weekdays, 9 AM to 6 PM. 2041 MLK Ave. SE, #238. 202-678-8900. norton.house.gov.

Anacostia Coordinating Council Meeting.

Last Tuesday, noon to 2 PM. Anacostia Museum, 1901 Fort St. SE. For further details, contact Philip Pannell, 202-889-4900.

Avant Bard’s The Gospel at Colonus

Feb. 22 to March 25. The Gospel at Colonus transforms Sophocles’ timeless tale of the last days of Oedipus into a parable for our times. Its message of redemption is sorely needed. Gunston Arts Center, Theatre Two, 2700 South Lang St., Arlington, VA. avantbard.org.

William T. Newman, Jr. plays Preacher Oedipus. Photo: DJ Corey Photography

Frederick Douglass’s Bicentennial Birthday Celebration at Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. Feb. 17 and 18, 10 AM to 4 PM. Find Your Park at the national historic site dedicated to the “Lion of Anacostia” during the 200th-anniversary celebration of Douglass’s birth. This year’s programs and activities will honor the legacy and activism of Frederick Douglass and his connection to the Anacostia community in which his historic home lies.

1411 W St. SE. nps.gov/frdo.

Free Yoga by Transp0se Lite. Feb. 17, 11 AM. Transp0se Lite is a gentle yoga class that infuses yoga and meditation for beginner yogis. Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. transp0se.us.

Film Screening and Discussion with Jenna North. Feb. 17, 2 PM. North is a Washington, DC based interdisciplinary artist, professor and curator. Most of her productions function as social aesthetics. Her work is driven by a deep concern for environmental issues. She often collaborates with a wide range of scientists and artists for public projects and her own work.

Free. The Anacostia Arts Center is at 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

The Tarot Reading at the Anacostia Arts Center. March 9 to 11. A group of eclectic artists create singular acts for one yet many, each inspired by a card of the Tarot. Each act is interactive, performed for and with one adventurous audience member. Part vaudeville, part carnival side-show, part mystical ritual. Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

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Anacostia Weekly Free 5k Run. Saturdays, 9 AM. Anacostia Park, 1900 Anacostia Dr. SE. Registration required before a first run. Join in at whatever pace. Every week runners grab a post park run coffee in a local café. Read more at parkrun.us/anacostia.

Fort Dupont Ice Arena Public Skating. Public indoor ice skating, noon to 2 PM on Feb. 23; 1 to 3 PM on Feb. 10, 17 and 24; 2:30 to 4:30 PM on Feb. 11, 18 and 25; 4 to 6 PM on Feb. 26. $5 for adults; $4, 12 and under and seniors 60 and over; $3 for skate rental. Fort Dupont Ice Arena, 3779 Ely Pl. SE. fdia.org.

The Washington Ballet @ THEARC. Through May 25, 2018. Mondays, 7:15 to 8:30 PM, Adult Vinyasa Yoga; Tuesdays, noon to 1:15 PM, Adult Ballet; Wednesdays, noon to 1 PM, Adult Barre; Thursdays, 10:15 to 11:30 AM, Adult Modern; Thursdays, 7:15 to 8:15 PM, Adult Pilates; Saturdays, 8:30 to 9:30 AM, Adult Zumba. Single classes are $12. A discount of $6 is granted to adults from the zip codes 20020 and 20032. A valid ID is required to receive the discount. Class cards good for 12 classes are $100/$60 for Wards 7 and 8 residents. THEARC is at 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. thearcdc.org.

A Right to the City at the Anacostia Community Museum. April 21 to April 20, 2020.

After a half-century of population decline and disinvestment, DC has been witnessing a “return to the city,” with rapidly growing populations, rising rents and home prices, but also deepening inequality. “A Right to the City” explores the history of neighborhood change in

Historical Anacostia Block Association.

Second Thursday, 7 to 9 PM. UPO Anacostia Service Center, 1649 Good Hope Rd. SE. For further details, contact Charles Wilson, 202834-0600.

Fairlawn Citizens Association. Third Tuesday, 7 PM. Ora L. Glover Community Room at the Anacostia Public Library, 1800 Good Hope Rd. SE. Ward 7 Education Council Meeting. Fourth Thursday, 6:30 PM. Capitol View Library, 5001 East Capitol St. SE. ANC 7B. Third Thursday, 7 PM. Ryland Epworth United Methodist Church, 3200 S St. SE. anc7b@pressroom.com. anc7b@earthlink.net.

Anacostia High School Improvement Team Meeting. Fourth Tuesday, 6 PM. Anacostia High School, 16th and R Streets SE.

ANC 7C. Second Thursday, 7 PM. Sargent Memorial Presbyterian Church, 5109 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. NE. anc7c@verizon.net.

Benning Ridge Civic Association. First Wednesday, 6:30 to 8 PM at the Ridge Road Community Center, 830 Ridge Rd. SE

ANC 7D. Second Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library, 3935 Benning Rd. NE. 7D06@anc.dc.gov.

Capitol View Civic Association Meeting.

Third Monday, 6:30 PM. Hughes Memorial United Methodist, 25 53rd St. NE. capitolviewcivicassoc.org.

ANC 7E. Second Tuesday, 7 PM. Jones Memorial Church, 4625 G St. SE. 7E@anc.dc.gov.

ANC 7F. Third Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Washington

Tennis and Education Foundation, 200 Stoddert Place, SE. ANC 8A. First Tuesday, 7 PM. HCD Housing Resource Center, 1800 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. SE. anc8adc.org.

ANC 8B. Third Tuesday, 7 PM. Seventh District Police Station Community Center, Alabama and McGee Streets, SE. anc8b.org.

ANC 8C. First Wednesday, 7 PM. 2907 MLK Jr Ave. SE. ANC 8D. Fourth Thursday, 7 PM. Specialty Hospital of Washington, 4601 MLK Jr. Ave. SW.

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Triplets: the Enigmatic Egos by Jenna North at Honfleur Gallery

Through March 3. Opening reception, Jan. 26, 6 to 9 PM. Open Wednesdays to Saturdays, noon to 7 PM. Honfleur Gallery, 1241 Good Hope Rd. SE. honfleurgallery.com.

Aqua Family. acrylic on digital photo, with photography assistance by Matt Ossowski.

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Congresswoman Norton Leads Busy Schedule of Douglass Bicentennial Events

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o recognize the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Douglass, community-based programs and events are happening throughout Washington and surrounding areas this month and throughout 2018.

Before the two-day, weekend birthday activities planned for Feb. 17 and 18 at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will host her annual Black History Month event.

On Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 11a.m., join Congresswoman Norton, Ken Morris Jr., the great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass, great-great grandson of Booker T. Washington and president of the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives, and Frank Smith, director of the African American Civil War Museum, at Ron Brown Preparatory High School. The program, held at the school named for former Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, is in Ward 7 at 4800 Meade St. NE and is free and open to the public.

Norton was appointed by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to serve on the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission, which was established by a bill that Norton introduced. Another Norton bill placed a statue of Douglass in the Capitol, representing the District of Columbia, making DC the only jurisdiction that is not a state with a statue in the Capitol.

The bicentennial commission will plan, develop and carry out programs and activities to honor and celebrate the life of Frederick Douglass, the country’s greatest slavery abolitionist, during the bicentennial anniversary of his birth in 2018.

For more information visit https://norton.house.gov/.

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Imagined at National Archives

“Spread Southside Love.” Mural design for 16th and W streets SE by Rebeka Ryvola.

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On the evening of Thursday, Feb. 22, the National Archives at 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW will host an unusual and lively performance featuring Abraham Lincoln (portrayed by George Buss) and political opponent Stephen A. Douglas (portrayed by Tim Connors) as they look back to their famous debates over slavery and equality in the

1858 US Senate campaign in Illinois. Following the first debate will be an “Unknown Lincoln-Douglass,” an “imagining” of a debate between Lincoln (as portrayed by Buss) and Frederick Douglass (portrayed

by Phil Darius Wallace).

For more information visit www.archives.gov/calendar/event/the-lincolndouglass-debates-knownand-unknown.

Frederick Douglass and Howard University On Sunday, Feb. 25, celebrate the sesquicentennial of Howard University and the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Douglass at the Carter G. Woodson National Historic Site at 1538 Ninth St. NW. The presentation will detail the consequential and active role Douglass had in the first generation of Howard University’s history.

After the talk, visitors are welcome to tour the home and learn of Woodson’s connections with Douglass and Howard University. This event is firstcome, first-served, limited to 25 visitors. For more information call 202426-5961 or visit www.nps.gov/cawo/.

Art Exhibit and Bicentennial Events in Annapolis On Saturday, Feb. 17, from 3 to 5 p.m., the Banneker-Douglass Museum, at 4 Franklin St. in Annapolis, will host an opening reception for “Bent, Not Broken,” a unique and timely exhibit by Maryland artist Ulysses Marshall which captures Frederick Douglass’ spirit through a highly expressive mixed-media composition. Marshall’s colorful and poetic collages are delivered with blunt sincerity and talk of the glory, the pain and the hope in Douglass’ life and in the African-American experience.

“Bent, Not Broken” will run from Feb. 13 until May 19.

On Friday, Feb. 23, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m., in the Maryland State Legislative Services Building-Joint Hearing Room in the Maryland State House, European Douglass scholar and author Prof. Celeste-Marie Bernier will give a lecture. She will present her latest work on Frederick Douglass and his family using previously unpublished family scrapbooks from the Walter O. Evans Collection (1818-2018).

For more information on Annapolis bicentennial activities call 410-2800445 or visit www.visitannapolis.org/ discover/articles/frederick-douglassbicentennial-celebration.

New Douglass Mural During the week leading to the birthday celebration, muralist Rebeka Ryvola will be working with community members and school-aged children to install a new mural honoring Frederick Douglass and his friends at the newly renovated corner store at 16th and W streets SE, down the street from the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site.

Ephrame Kassaye, the new owner of the store, has supported an effort to create an honorific and community-based mural on the 16th Street side

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of his building, similar to the mural of the 1963 March on Washington on the side of a building he owns at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Mellon Street in Congress Heights.

The mural, “Spread Southside Love,” recreates an imaginary Sunday literary salon on the back lawn of Cedar Hill. Captured in the public artwork is the historic home, with the Anacostia River, DC Capitol and Washington Monument in the background.

Douglass is joined by friends and contemporaries, including radical abolitionist John Brown, activist lawyer and the first black graduate of Harvard, Richard Greener, journalist and civil rights leader and suffragette Ida Wells, first African-American to serve a full-term in the United States Senate, Blanche K. Bruce, abolitionist and Douglass mentor Wendell Phillips, and groundbreaking journalist Grace Greenwood, seen playing baseball with a number of modern-day neighborhood children. A young violinist serenades the gathering.

Ryvola, who has worked with the Anacostia Watershed Society, will begin mural installation on Tuesday, Feb. 13, and plans to work through Saturday, Feb. 17. Students and families from DC Prep’s Anacostia Elementary Campus and Ketcham Elementary School are encouraged to assist with creation of the public mural. Those interested please call 202-236-3413.

For more information on the mural visit http://rebekaryvola.com/#/frederick-douglass-mural-commission/.

An exhibit documenting the presence and importance of Frederick Douglass murals in Washington and the relationship Douglass had with the DC Public Schools is being planned for the fall at the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives.

For more information about events planned for the bicentennial from DC to Baltimore to Talbot County to Rochester, please visit https://thelionofanacostia.wordpress.com/.

John Muller is the author of “Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia” and has been providing walking tours of Anacostia for the past five years.

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s t n e v E American Ensemble Theater Presents Character Building.

Saturdays, Feb. 3 to 24, 1 PM. This one-man musical is adapted from talks Dr. Washington gave his students at Tuskegee University. What Dr. Washington gives is timeless wisdom for people of any age about how to have a productive life. All tickets are pay-what-you-will, and 100 percent benefits Capitol Hill Arts Workshop and their tuition assistance program. CHAW, 545 Seventh St. SE. chaw.org.

The Raid at Anacostia Playhouse. Feb. 8 to March 18. Idris Goodwin’s The Raid is a fantasy debate between two American icons: White abolitionist John Brown and Black abolitionist and social reformer Frederick Douglass. On the eve of Brown’s raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, these men argue the merits of violence and pacifism, order and chaos and possibility of a nation free of the scourge of slavery. Anacostia Playhouse, 2020 Shannon Pl. SE. theateralliance.com.

Book Signing with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Feb. 8, 3 to 4 PM. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will sign hardcover copies of his book “What Color Is My World: The Lost History of African-American Inventors” outside the

Places of Invention exhibition on the First Floor, West Wing of the American History Museum. Copies of “What Color is My World” available for purchase. americanhistory.si.edu.

Washington Performing Arts presents: Living the Dream....

Singing the Dream. Feb. 11, 7 PM. For more than 25 years, Washington Performing Arts’ Gospel Choir’s annual concert with the Choral Arts Chorus, honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is a joyful celebration of the power of music and the human spirit. $25 to $70. kennedy-center.org.

Frederick Douglass’s Bicentennial Birthday Celebration at Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. Feb. 17 and 18, 10 AM to 4 PM. Find Your Park at the national historic site dedicated to the “Lion of Anacostia” during the 200thanniversary celebration of Douglass’s birth. This year’s programs and activities will honor the legacy and activism of Frederick Douglass and his connection to the Anacostia community in which his historic home lies.

1411 W St. SE. nps.gov/frdo.

A Celebration of Black History in the District. Feb. 15, 2 to 3 PM. Performances by Blacks in Wax, musical selections from the Washington School for Girls and Wilson High School and a book discussion from the authors of ìChocolate Cityî. John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, first floor foyer.

Emancipation Proclamation on View at National Archives. Feb. 17 to 19, 10 AM to 5:30 PM. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War, formally proclaiming the freedom of all slaves held in areas still in revolt. National Archives, Constitution Avenue between Seventh and Ninth Streets NW. archives.gov.

The Great Stain: Witnessing American Slavery. Feb. 22, noon to 1 PM. In her book, author Noel Rae provides first-hand accounts from former slaves, slave owners, and even African slavers. National Archives, Constitution Avenue between Seventh and Ninth Streets NW. archives.gov.

Soul in Motion Players in Prequel. Feb. 24, 8 PM and Fe. 25, 4 PM. This popular annual anniversary show is an audience favorite that reaches across generations with heart-pounding rhythms, stunning choreography from the cultural diaspora and beautiful traditional costuming. $25 for adults; $15 for students and seniors; and $10 for children, 10 and under. Joe’s Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Rd., Mt. Rainier, MD. joesmovement.org.

I Still Have Joy Gospel Concert. Feb. 25, 3 PM. St. Augustine presents Shirli Hughes and the Ovation Ensemble. Special guest soloist: Malivyn Statham, of the original, award winning, Gospel record-

ing artists Clara Ward Singers.

Reception to follow. Free, offering taken. St. Augustine Episcopal Church, 555 Water St. SW. Staugustinesdc.org.

1968: Civil Rights at 50.

Through Jan. 2, 2019. This exhibit explores the tumultuous events that shaped the civil rights movement in 1968, when movement leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, unleashing anger and anguish across the country. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. newseum.org.

City of Hope: Resurrection City & the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign. This exhibition features never-before-seen images from photographers Roland Freeman, Jill Freedman, Robert Houston, Laura Jones, Clara Watkins and Ernest Withers. It also features wooden tent panels, lapel buttons, placards and murals created by and used by some of the nearly 8,000 people who occupied the National Mall for nearly six weeks to call the nation’s attention to the crippling effects of poverty for minorities, children and the elderly. National Museum of American History. americanhistory.si.edu.

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I Am Frederick Douglass Life and Legacy. Feb. 23, 7:00 PM, 1215 U Street, NW doors open at 6:00 PM, free admission. Commemorate the 200th birthday of Frederick Douglass.

Excerpts of the film Enslavement to Emancipation, a panel discussion on his legacy, musicians from the National Symphony Orchestra and a Douglass actor portrayal by LeCount Holmes Jr. Please RSVP at dcarts.dc.gov. For more information call 202-724-5613 A Right to the City at the Anacostia Community Museum. April 21 to April 20, 2020.

After a half-century of population decline and disinvestment, DC and similar urban centers around the country have been witnessing a “return to the city,” with rapidly growing populations, rising rents and home prices, but also deepening inequality. A Right to the City explores the history of neighborhood change in the nation’s capital and its rich history of neighborhood organizing and civic engagement that transformed the city in the face of tremendous odds. Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. anacostia.si.edu.

Fact or Fiction Fridays: The Rosa Parks Story at the Capitol.

Feb. 9, 16 and 23, 1:30 PM. Contrast and compare historic facts to a film clip from the 2002 television movie, “The Rosa Parks Story.” Learn about the documentation Rosa Parks left behind about a day of peaceful defiance that inspired a movement. Meet in the Senate Theater of Exhibition Hall. 30 minutes. visitthecapitol.gov.

National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Open daily, 10 AM to 5:30 PM. Sameday online, weekday walk-up, and advance online passes are needed for entry. Passes go quickly. The National Museum of African American History and Culture is at 1400 Constitution Ave. NW. nmaahc.si.edu.

Visit the MLK Memorial. Open to visitors all hours, every day. 1964 Independence Ave. SW. nps.gov/ mlkm.

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Recovering Voices Mother Tongue Film Festival

Capitol Movement: Indivisible performs on Feb. 24, 3 p.m. Photo: Courtesy of the Atlas Performing Arts Center

Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival The Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival is about presenting excellent art in all its forms that inspires a community to connect and create a vibrant neighborhood, city, and world. Now in its ninth season, INTERSECTIONS is a key layer in DC’s dynamic arts scene. Explore the festival through their more than 100 offerings in Sound, Movement, Story and Family performances. For the full schedule, see the Calendar section in this publication. Children’s programming is in the Kids and Family section. Visit atlasarts.org/intersections. Tickets are on sale now. The Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE.

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The third annual Mother Tongue Film Festival is on Feb. 21 to 25 and features 32 films representing 33 languages across six continents at six venues in DC. Film makers and community cultural leaders from around the world cwill engage with audiences during post-screening discussions as well as participate in a large expert panel. Each day showcases short and feature length films from around the world, each in a unique mother tongue, many of which are indigenous.

Through Recovering Voices, the Smithsonian Institution strives to collaborate with communities and other institutions to address issues of indigenous language and knowledge diversity and sustainability. The full festival catalog will be available at recoveringvoices.si.edu in early February. recoveringvoices.si.edu.

“Keep Talking/Niuygaa Yugaa,” is about the revitalization of the Kodiak Alutiiq language in Kodiak, Alaska. Film website is keeptalkingthefilm.com.

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Cezanne Portraits Bringing together some 60 examples drawn from collections around the world, Cézanne Portraits, March 25 to July 1, is the first exhibition devoted to the famed post-impressionist’s portraits. The revelatory exhibition provides the first full visual account of Paul Cézanne’s portrait practice, exploring the pictorial and thematic characteristics of his works in the genre, the chronological development of his style and method and the range and influence of his sitters. Several paintings are exclusive to the National Gallery of Art’s presentation, while some works have never been exhibited in the United States. nga.gov.

Paul Cézanne, Boy in a Red Waistcoat, 1888–1890, oil on canvas, overall: 89.5 x 72.4 cm (35 1/4 x 28 1/2 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s It’s the 80s as you’ve never seen it before. Explore the iconic decade when artwork became a commodity and the artist, a brand. Razorsharp, witty, satirical and deeply subversive, these nearly 150 works examine the origins and rise of a new generation of artists in 1980s New York who blurred the lines between art, entertainment and commerce. Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s is on exhibition at the Hirshhorn, beginning on Feb. 12. hirshhorn.si.edu.

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (I shop therefore I am), 1987. Photographic silkscreen on vinyl; 111 5/8 in x 113 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in (283.53 cm x 287.65 cm x 6.35 cm). Glenstone Museum, Potomac, MD. © Barbara Kruger. Courtesy Mary Boone Gallery, New York. Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com

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Day to Night: In the Field with Stephen Wilkes Iconic photographer Stephen Wilkes documented four ancient bird migrations across the globe from the majestic flamingos in Kenya to the elegant sandhill cranes in Nebraska’s Platte River for National Geographic’s March 2018 issue. Go behind the scenes of these compelling images in this immersive exhibition that celebrates the mystery and beauty of these important species. Day to Night is on exhibition at the National Geographic Museum, 1145 17th St. NW, Feb. 13 to April 22, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily. Museum admission is $15. nationalgeographic.org/dc.

Photographer Stephen Wilkes’s work ranges from capturing the long-abandoned medical wards on Ellis Island and the impacts of Hurricane Katrina to shooting advertising campaigns for the world’s leading corporations. His photographs are included in public and private collections globally and his editorial work has appeared in National Geographic, the New York Times magazine, Vanity Fair and many others. His highly acclaimed first monograph, “Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom,” was published in 2006. His second, featuring his iconic Day to Night series, will be published in 2018.

The Winter’s Tale at the Folger Transporting playgoers from Sicilia to Bohemia and safely home once more, Shakespeare’s tale of jealousy, prophecy and redemption, celebrating the magic of story-telling and the power of forgiveness. The Winter’s Tale is at the Folger from March 13 to April 22. A brief but cluttered synopsis follows.

The “tale” of The Winter’s Tale unfolds in scenes set sixteen years apart. In the first part of the play, Leontes, king of Sicilia, plays host to his friend Polixenes, king of Bohemia.

Suddenly, Leontes becomes unreasonably jealous of Polixenes and Leontes’s pregnant wife, Hermione. Leontes calls for Polixenes to be killed, but he escapes. Hermione, under arrest, gives birth to a daughter. Leontes orders the baby to be taken overseas and abandoned. The death of the couple’s young son, Mamillius, brings Leontes to his senses, too late. Word arrives that Hermione, too, has died. In Bohemia, a shepherd finds and adopts the baby girl, Perdita. Sixteen years later, the story resumes. Polixenes’s son, Florizell, loves Perdita. When Polixenes forbids the unequal match, the couple flees to Sicilia where the tale reaches its conclusion. Perdita’s identity as a princess is revealed, allowing her and Florizell to marry. Leontes and Polixenes reconcile. Hermione returns in the form of a statue, steps down from its pedestal and reunites with her family. folger.edu.

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The cast of The Wolves. Photo: Theresa Wood

The Wolves at Studio Theater Spend enough time on the field and come away with blood. But the blood that opens Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves isn’t skinned knees or thousands of burst blood vessels congealing into a purple bruise. It’s menstruation in all its coagulated glory. The Wolves’ bloodthirst doesn’t manifest itself in a jealousy-fueled competition. Instead, it finds form in the team’s frantic whispers about a sheltered teammate who chooses pads over tampons and jokes about pregnancy that quickly become unchecked abortion rumors. Make no mistake. The competition is real, and when these young women focus on the stratagems of winning. Don’t be in their sights. These girls are driven. They’re sixteen and it shows. The Wolves is at Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW, through March 6. studiotheatre.org.

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Ready to die for a belief ? Is it better to work within the system to change it or take up arms against the system to destroy it? Idris Goodwin’s The Raid is a fantasy debate between two American icons: White abolitionist John Brown and Black abolitionist and social reformer Frederick Douglass. On the eve of Brown’s raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, these men argue the merits of violence and pacifism, order and chaos and possibility of a nation free of the scourge of slavery. The Raid examines the difference between being an ally and an accomplice, the implications of race in social protest and the limits of radicalism in the age of #Resistance. The Raid is at the Anacostia Playhouse, Feb. 8 to March 18. Adults, $40; senior, student and military, $30; previews are half price. Anacostia Playhouse is at 2020 Shannon Pl., SE. theateralliance.com.

Name-Your-Own-Price tickets are available for each performance to make sure that the price of a ticket does not stop anyone from seeing live theater. To claim a ticket under the program just show up at the Box Office one hour before the show and there will be a minimum of 10 NameYour-Own-Price tickets available.

FEBRUARY HIGHLIGHTS: …

Steve Washington, Feb. 10, The Alex/ Graham Georgetown Hotel ... NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston’s African Rhythms: A Tribute to James Reese Europe, Feb. 10, Kennedy Center …

East River Jazz Brunch, Feb. 11, Anacostia Art Center ... Imani-Grace Cooper, Feb. 14, Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital ... Abby Schaffer, Feb. 14, Twins Jazz ... Eugenie Jones, Feb. 16, Twins Jazz ... Vince Evans Jazz Ensemble, Feb. 16, Westminster Presbyterian Church ... Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, Feb. 16-18, Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel Executive Meeting Center ... Nico Sarbanes, Feb. 17, The Alex ... Integriti Reeves, Feb. 18, Blues Alley … Three’s Company/Gail Marten, Feb. 18, Overlea Senior Center/Baltimore ... Allyn Johnson/Meet the Artist on the Bandstand/ Michael Bowie, Feb. 20, University of the District of Columbia (UDC) Recital Hall Bldg. 46-West ... Noah Haidu, Feb. 24-25, Twins Jazz … Tribute to Buck Hill, Feb. 23, Westminster ... Todd Marcus Quintet: On These Streets, Feb. 23, Atlas Performing Arts Center ... Thinking About Jazz/Roger Wendell “Buck” Hill: The Wailin’ Mailman, Feb. 24, Westminster ... Lafayette Gilchrist and the Sonic Trip Masters All Stars, Feb. 24, Atlas ...

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Feb. 24, An Die Musik/Baltimore ... Tierney Sutton Band, Feb. 26, Blues Alley ...

UDC Small Jazz Ensembles, Feb. 27, UDC Recital Hall Bldg. 46-West …

Joe Vetter, Feb. 28, Twins Jazz ...

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Celebrating DC’s Black History Jazz “Washington [in the early 1900s] was home to two of the founders of Great Black Music, Will Marion Cook and James Reese Europe. A concert violinist, Cook received excellent classical training in both this country and Europe, but as an adult found inspiration in traditional African-American folk tales and spirituals, incorporating them in his compositions. Europe was outspoken in his belief that “we colored people have our own music that is part of us. It’s the product of our souls; it’s been created by the sufferings and miseries of our race.”

- From “Great Black Music and the Desegregation of Washington, D.C.” by Maurice Jackson in “Jazz in Washington,” a 2014 publication of the Historical Society of Washington, DC. We can celebrate our Black History Month in DC this February in a number of ways, notably by visiting the Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives at the University of the District of Columbia, the Library of Congress and other locations to explore the recordings and documents and photographs of jazz. And we can attend live events celebrating the ongoing legacy, the living history, of this original black American art form.

The events include the Randy Weston show on Feb. 10 at the Kennedy Center, “NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston’s African Rhythms: A Tribute to James Reese Europe” (tickets $30, the Terrace Theater; see www.kennedy-center.org). Then there is the Tribute to Buck Hill show at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Feb. 24 and the Thinking About Jazz show honoring Hill the next day, Feb. 25, at Westminster. Hill, our own jazz master saxophonist, bandleader and composer, passed on to ancestry a year ago. See www.westminsterdc.org.

Celebrate Black History Month by enjoying sax man and educator Davy Yarborough leading the Tribute to Buck Hill on Feb. 23 at Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Swings Again Thanks to our inimitable saxophonist, bandleader, educator and executive producer Paul Carr, the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival swings for three hot and heavy days again this February in Rockville. The stars aligned to perform include Chad Carter, DeAndre Howard and the Collectors, Warren Wolf, Paul Carr himself and his Jazz Academy, Buster Williams, Jazzmeia Horn, Lydia Harrell, Braxton Cook, Nasar Abadey, Carmen Bradford, Eric Byrd, The Airmen of Note, The Lovejoy Group, Carmen Lundy, Wes Biles and more – in addition to a fascinating array of crack school bands and line-dance events. See www.midatlanticjazzfestival.org for complete information, free events and ticketed event information and showtimes.

Coda for Reuben Brown Sympathies and best wishes, and also thanks in celebration for the artistry he gave us, for the family of pianist Reuben Brown who passed on last month. Like yours truly, a graduate of DC’s McKinley Tech High School, Brown, also an excellent composer, was known for tasteful, melodic, swinging and elegant work on the keyboard, often at the old One Step Down. His legacy lives in our minds and hearts and on his many Steeplechase and other recordings. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU15rpbs Xiw&feature=share for a sample.

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS: James P. Johnson, Joshua Redman 1; Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz 2; Eubie Blake 7; Chick Webb 10; Machito 16; Stan Kenton, David Murray 19; Nancy Wilson 20; Tadd Dameron 21; James Moody 26; Mildred Bailey, Dexter Gordon 27.

InPerson … Ron Sutton Jr., Reginald Cyntje It was a jamming Sunday night late last month at the Jazz and Cultural Society in Northeast DC as a packed house bobbed their heads, shouted and clapped in appreciation when saxophonist Ron Sutton Jr. and trombonist Reginald Cyntje led their group with searing, soaring riffs on several standards like “Sunflower” in a joint celebration bash for their January birthdays.

Steve Monroe is a freelance writer based in Washington, DC. He can be reached at steve@jazzavenues.com or @jazzavenues.

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Free Tax Help at East of the River Libraries Through April 18, meet with a qualified AARP tax aide at Anacostia Library, 1800 Good Hope Rd. SE, Tuesdays, 11 a.m. and Thursdays, 1:30 p.m.; William O. Lockridge Library, 115 Atlantic St. SW, Saturdays, 10 a.m.; and Deanwood Library, 1350 49th St. NE, Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. For more information and to find other sites offering free tax help, visit dclibrary.org/incometax.

Urban Gardening Victory Gardens are often associated with civilian efforts during World Wars I and II. With the waning interest in gardening in the years after the war, did these gardens ever really go away? The discussions will explore the roots of the return to gardening and highlight the victories communities can claim in their efforts to achieve self-determination. Discussion will be followed by flower arrangement demonstrations. Feb. 24, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE, anacostia.si.edu.

Rehabilitation of Anacostia Freeway Bridges Begins The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will begin rehabilitating the Anacostia freeway bridges over Nicholson Street on Feb. 20. The six-phase project focuses on the rehabilitation of the bridge deck and adjoining ramps on I-295 over Nicholson Street to address deteriorating structural elements. The work will result in temporary lane closures that will impact traffic. During construction, two lanes of traffic will be maintained on both northbound and southbound directions. Visit NicholsonSE.AnacostiaBridges.com for more information.

Gun Violence Town Hall

Entertainment & Sports Arena Topped Out

On Jan. 11, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Events DC, Monumental Sports & Entertainment, Smoot/Gilbane Sports and the Washington Area Design Group celebrated the Entertainment and Sports Arena’s “topping out,” the completion of the steel structure for the 4,200-seat arena. The Topping Out represents a significant milestone with completion scheduled for September 2018.

Events DC will operate and manage the Arena. stelizabethseast.com/entertainment-sports-arena.

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M.I. Mother’s Keeper’s State of the Community Gun Violence Town Hall is on Feb. 25, 1 to 3 p.m. at THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. Confirmed guest speakers are Democratic mayoral candidate, James Butler; Pastor Dr. Robert L. Davis, MPD District 7 Commander Regis Bryant, Ward 5 Democratic candidate Nestor Djonkam, At-Large Council Democratic candidate Marcus Goodwin and Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White (D). Contact Rhonda Hamilton at 240-274-9436 for more information.

Barry Statue Unveiling Mar. 3 Save the date! On March 3 at 11:30, a commemorative bronze of four-term, Marion Barry, Jr., will be unveiled in The John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.The dedication is hosted by Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson (D).

Monthly East River Jazz Brunch The Anacostia Arts Center, in partnership with East River Jazz, hosts a monthly series of free afternoon jazz through September. Enjoy brunch and then listen to cutting edge jazz presented by regional jazz musicians. East River Jazz Brunch takes place on the second Sunday of each month at 3 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Anacostia Arts Center is at 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

EGCA Monthly Meeting Moved Eastland Gardens Civic Association’s (EGCA) monthly meeting, every third Tuesday, 6:30 to 8 p.m., has moved to the Kenilworth Recreation Center, 4321 Ord St. NE.

Investment in Ward 8 Affordable Housing The DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DCHD) has provided Vesta Maplewood LLC, a joint venture between Vesta Corporation and Hopmeadow Development, Inc., with nearly $6.7 million in financing for the preservation of 94 affordable housing units at Maplewood Courts, 2306 Hartford St. SE, in the Garfield Heights neighborhood in Ward 8. The project also received $11.3 million in bond financing issued through DC Housing Finance Corporation as well as $7.5 million in equity raised through an offering of 4 percent bonds. Ten affordable units will be available for households making at or below $33,090, which is 30 percent of Area Median Income (AMI). 84 units will be available for households at or below $55,150 or 50 percent of AMI.

New President of Building Bridges The Board of Directors of Building Bridges Across the River (BBAR), the nonprofit that manages THEARC, have promoted Rahsaan Bernard to President of BBAR. This change reflects the increased responsibilities that Bernard is taking on because of the opening of THEARC Phase III, which will be the third building on

the campus. The opening of Phase III brings an additional 93,000 square feet of health, arts, education and culture space to the existing 110,000 square feet providing 203,000 square feet of human services space to the community. Phase III will also house four new nonprofit partners, bringing the total number of partners at THEARC to thirteen. Phase III has a black box theatre and an expanded medical clinic run by Children’s National Medical Center. When the medical clinic has completed their move into Phase III, the space vacated will become a café and teaching kitchen, providing job training in food service. thearcdc.org.

Nominate Ward 7 Women of Excellence East River Family Strengthening Collaborative (ERFSC) announces the Annual Ward 7 Women of Excellence Awards Luncheon which will be held on March 22. The public is asked to submit nominations for women who live and or work in Ward 7 and who have made significant contributions for at least two consecutive years to the lives of the ward’s senior residents. Nominations must be submitted by Feb. 28 to the attention of Rosie Parke at msrparke@gmail.com.

For more information and nomination packet, visit erfsc.org or the official event site at ward7womenofexcellence.eventbrite.com.

Athbheochan: Untranslatable Wisdom Embracing her Irish roots Meghan Walsh presents “Athbheochan: Untranslatable Wisdom;” an Irish Gaelic work that means “revival.” Each of the pieces in the series contain hidden, untranslatable words from all over the world embedded in a flowing and undulating series of three-dimensional relief mosaics of stone glass and other materials including tire scrap and a horseshoe crab carcass. Athbheachan runs through March 2, in Blank Space inside the Anacostia Arts Center. The Anacostia Arts Center is at 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

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Visitors1, Rhiannon Newman Living Room Gallery and community event. Photo: Courtesy of The Phillips Collection

fies the activism, art, architecture and everyday life in that fateful year. Each day, through Dec. 31, stories and photographs are posted on dc1968project.com and @ dc1968project via Instagram & Twitter. Each daily post includes a photograph, an original story and a geolocation. Some also include audio and video.

Use of Force by DC Police Report

Phillips@THEARC Opens

Phillips@THEARC, The Phillips Collection’s new campus at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC), is now open. Phillips@THEARC will offer Southeast DC residents art and wellness programs, as well as K-12 arts integration for partner schools. Created with community partners, the new Phillips services aim to enhance the museum’s track record of engaging DC residents. Opened in 2005, THEARC is a vital community center that provides high quality programs and services to children and adults living east of the Anacostia River. In 2014, THEARC announced a major expansion, inviting new partners to have a permanent home in a new building. Since the building broke ground in October 2015, the Phillips has been working closely with THEARC and community organizations and stakeholders to determine how the museum can make a vital, ongoing contribution to its community. Learn more about Phillips@THEARC at phillipscollection.org/thearc.

$4.7 Million Invested in Kingman and Heritage Islands In honor of the “Year of the Anacostia,” Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has directed the DC Department of Energy and Environment to designate portions of both islands as a State Conservation Area. In addition, the southern area of Kingman Island will be named a Critical Wildlife Area. The State Conservation Area designation mimics the federal covenant for the islands that restricts their use to environmental, educational and recreational purposes. In addition, the Mayor also announced a new $4.7 million investment for educational and recreational improvements on the islands. Consistent with the Kingman Island & Heritage Island Planning and Feasibility Study, the new investment will support outdoor classrooms, bathrooms and accessible routes and pathways for visitors to the islands. doee.dc.gov.

The Few...The Proud... at Vivid Solutions Gallery In what is sure to be a current and conversation-starting exhibition, mixed media artist Jo Ann Block brings The Few...The Proud... to the new Vivid Solutions

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Gallery, 2208 Martin Luther King Jr Ave., through March 3. Block is known for investigating queer history, sexuality and identity, as they are inscribed within historical and contemporary culture. Gallery hours are Wednesday to Saturday, noon to 7 p.m., and by appointment. Vividsolutionsgallery.com.

Opening Day at DC United’s Audi Field The opening game at DC United’s new Buzzard Point soccer-specific stadium at Audi Field, a 20,000-seat venue, is scheduled for July 14 at 7 p.m. against the Vancouver Whitecaps. The season’s first game is against Orlando City on March 3, 7:30 p.m., at Orlando City Stadium, SC. To purchase season tickets at Audi Field, visit audifielddc.com.

50th Anniversary of 1968 The dc1968 project is a curated and crowdsourced digital project commemorating the 50th anniversary of DC in 1968. Ambitious in scope, the project moves beyond the hyper focus on the uprising after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and ampli-

The Office of Police Complaints (OPC), has released a report to Mayor Bowser, the Council of the District of Columbia and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Newsham regarding the use of force by MPD officers. OPC reviewed and analyzed data beginning from Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 on all types of force incidents involving MPD officers, divisions and officer ranks. OPC found there were 2,224 total reported uses of force by 1,074 MPD officers in 991 districts.

The number of reported use of force incidents increased by 36 percent over the previous fiscal year and the Fifth and Seventh Districts together (Wards 5, 7 and 8) accounted for 38 percent of all reported use of force incidents. The agency also found that since FY13, Black community members were the subjects of 89 to 93 percent of reported uses of force. Additionally, males were the subjects of 80 to 90 percent reported uses of force, while females made up less than 20 percent of reported cases per year. To view the full report, visit policecomplaints.dc.gov.

The Rise of Boutique Farms in American Culture This forum traces the growth and ultimate transformation of the “American farm” in popular imagination from an integral part of food production and the wellbeing of society to producers servicing niche markets.

Discussions explore how farm subsidies may have led to the disappearance of the American farm and farm families. They also examine how present social factors have supported the growth of today’s micro farm movement. Are these micro farms becoming the new American farm? What are the various social, environmental and economic consequences of such shifts?

March 10, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE, anacostia.si.edu.

Free Lifeguard Training The DC Department of Parks and Recreation offers free lifeguard training certification courses for Summer 2018. Courses run through June 2018 and DPR has waived all fees until March 31. DC residents and residents from surrounding areas can register now. Starting April 1, the courses will be available for a nominal fee. For more information on the International Lifeguard Training Program (ILTP), visit jellis.com.

Kick Cigarettes to the Curb Put out that cigarette once and for all. Find the help and support needed to quit smoking with the DC Tobacco Free Coalition at dctfc.org/quitline.

Have an item for the Bulletin Board? Email it to bulletinboard@hillrag.com.

You can benefit from free tax preparation services in all 8 wards and online.

Services are provided for DC families with income up to $54,000.

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Faithfully Bearing His Cross: The Work of Buddy Harrison Finding God After 10 Years in Prison, He Now Works to Save Others

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Lord, grant us strength of purpose that we may faithfully bear our crosses each day.

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On Sept. 14, His Eminence Donald Cardinal Wuerl visited the Catholic Bishop McNamara High School (BMHS, 6800 Marlboro Pike, Forestville, Md.) to participate in a special dedication mass and blessing of the school’s new Andy Mona Student Center. In addition to a newly landscaped outdoor patio and cafeteria lounge, the center features a commissioned series of 14 artworks, each of them a community-focused representation of the Stations of the Cross.

Seated among the honored guests was Buddy L. Harrison, whose likeness was permanently featured in Station Seven, “Jesus Falls for the Second Time.” Terri Quinn, the artist commissioned for the piece, chose Harrison as his subject. Quinn said that Harrison’s service, his work in the community with youth at his Old School Boxing Gym and among the homeless, ideally suited him to a piece used for contemplation of the crosses we all bear.

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While the honor is particularly well suited to Harrison, he continues to express surprise at having been honored together with clergy, a US Senator and Prince George County Police Chief Henry Stawinski. “I never thought I’d even be in a photograph with a police chief,” Harrison declared later, looking at an image taken that day outside the school.

Falling Buddy Harrison has a home in Capitol Hill, where he moved to be nearer to his wife’s workplace, but still keeps a place in Southeast DC, not far from the Hillcrest neighborhood where he was raised. Harrison left school in the eighth grade to run with and eventually lead a street gang. “I got in a lot of trouble,” he said of his childhood, “I’ve been in every reform school you can think of.”

He was in and out of trouble, a self-described “lost kid,” until his arrest and conviction for armed robbery at the age of 19. He was sentenced to 19 years and served nearly 10. After his release, Harrison was determined to turn a new leaf. “I got home, and one day – things were still rough when I got home – I dropped to my knees and I asked God to come into my life.”

“It changed my whole life. Turned everything around.”

Finding it difficult to get employment with his record, and with bills mounting, he decided to start his own business. Having been a boxer in his youth, he used his knowledge and experience to found Old School Boxing Gym in 1990. Harrison would move it to several Southeast locations before finding its current home at the Rosecroft Raceway (6336 Rosecroft Drive) in nearby Fort Washington almost a decade ago.

Working it Out Initially Harrison trained only kids and men he thought had talent. He trained them alongside his own son, Dustin Hernandez-Harrison, now an undefeated welterweight boxing champion represented by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. But Harrison’s goals quickly changed. He wanted to give youth a safe space and attention and direction that he didn’t get. “Most of them come from families without a mom and dad, and they don’t have a lot,” Harrison said.

Harrison also wanted to ensure his kids had a better relationship with law enforcement than he had in his youth. He began to offer free training to all Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and Prince George’s County Police officers. “Growing up as a kid, I was taught that all police are bad. So, these kids are thinking the same thing,” he explained. “My goal was to get them close and help the kids.”

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Officer Rick Volcin has spent three years with the MPD Sixth District, and he agrees that being in the gym alongside the kids has made a difference.

Volcin originally visited the gym two years ago after seeing signs Harrison had posted in MPD stations. An athlete and former football player, Volcin was looking for a place to go after work to stay fit and burn off energy. He got that and much more.

Volcin is now an amateur boxer, training with Harrison for the Golden Gloves Tournament. He is currently undefeated with two knockouts. He also works with Harrison and the kids in the gym, listening to them speak.

Volcin said that training at the gym has developed more than just his boxing skill.

Being around neighborhood kids has brought “a positive light to a different aspect of me” and helped the kids to see him and other officers not as their uniform or badge but as a person just like them.

“Buddy’s a great, god-fearing man,” Volcin said. “There are some great kids that visit there, and God gives Buddy Harrison (second from right) poses with Maryland them Old School BoxState Senate President Thomas Mike Miller, Thy Harrison ing and the freedom to (Buddy’s wife) and Prince George’s County Police Chief Henry be a kid again, no matStawinski after the dedication ceremony at Bishop McNater what they’re going mara High School in September 2017. Photo: B. Harrison through.” He added, “It

brings everyone together. It’s more than just boxing. And that’s a good thing.”

‘Buddy Has a System’ Volcin has also helped Harrison with his other community service endeavors. Every weekend, Harrison drives to the corner of 14th and K streets NW and, standing in the back of the truck, distributes clothes and other necessary items to neighborhood families. In August, he collects shoes to make sure the kids have a new pair for school. Every Thanksgiving and Christmas, he distributes donated meals to those in need.

Harrison is quick to give credit to the network of donors and volunteers that support his endeavors. “If it wasn’t for the people giving me stuff, I couldn’t do it. I give them credit. I don’t have the money to buy all the stuff they give me.”

But it is also his drive and compassion that continues to push Harrison.

“I went down one time – someone seen a video where I only had five purses,” he explained, his voice quiet with emotion. “The ladies were all – they felt so bad they didn’t get one. Within three days I had 400 purses. 400.” His voice was a whisper as he contained his emotion.

For his work on the BMHS installation, Quinn, the artist, accompanied Harrison on one of his trips to 14th and K and has seen the impact of Harrison’s work.

“When his truck pulls up, it’s a thing,” said Quinn, noting that a large number of people quickly find their way to Harrison once he is parked. “And they all wait patiently. None of them were reaching into his truck. Buddy has a system, and he makes sure that you get what’s going to work for you, size-wise. They’re patient, but that truck emptied in 15 minutes.”

‘One of the Biggest Moments of My Life’ After receiving the commission from BMHS President and CEO Marco Clarke, Quinn said he considered staging an event for the piece, but he had heard of Harrison and his work through a mutual friend and saw an opportunity to make the piece more personal and instructive.

“I knew right away that it would be a much more meaningful piece if the persons in there weren’t actors, if you will.”

As he watched Harrison distribute items to the assembled people, the scene happened naturally much as he had visualized it. He knew he’d gotten the perfect photo.

Harrison said that the dedication ceremony and the inclusion of his image as part of the Stations of the Cross E ast

Harrison poses with younger kids from the Old School Boxing Gym after giving one a bicycle. “He was so excited,” Harrison said of the child’s reaction. Photo: B. Harrison/Old School Boxing

was a significant honor. “When that happened, it was probably one of the biggest moments of my life. That was pretty cool, to know that something’s there permanently.”

BMHS Assistant Principal Dian Carter said that the fact that Harrison is a real person, recognizable to many of the staff, students and parents, is significant. “We’ve all fallen by the wayside, no matter what religion you come from. And students have to understand that. You fall, you get back up. And then when you are up, you reach back to help somebody else.”

Students at BMHS are expected to perform 20 hours of community service work, and Carter and Assistant Director of Institutional Advancement Sandy Mammano say that they plan to work with Harrison to distribute meals and items in the future. “This is real. This is what’s going on. And to say: Buddy Harrison can do this, all of us should be able to give an hour and be able to help Buddy with his mission, make it all of our mission,” said Mammano.

Harrison is happy to work with the students and with anybody willing to help him distribute the items he gives to those who need them. He can be reached by email at naylorgardens@aol.com.

In the meantime, Harrison continues his work in the community in which he was born and raised and in which he fell more than once. Each time, Harrison has risen again. He has his own crosses to bear, but he is determined to help those who need a hand in the only city he has ever called home. of the

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Citizen Diplomacy East of the River

by Jonetta Rose Barras

Paul Lachelier and volunteer interpreters Karen and John at the home of a mother (Terri) and daughter (Sandra) in live dialogue via Skype with four families in Porto de la Libertad, El Salvador.

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drian Winslow, a single father rearing two daughters, ages eight and 14, was hoping to find an education program that could excite his children while helping to enhance their academic achievements. Marsha Mayo, caring for her two granddaughters and grandson, had the same thing in mind. Both Ward 8 families found what they sought through Learning Life, founded and directed by anthropologist Paul Lachelier.

“He came to KIPP Charter School, where my grandchildren attend, and asked if anyone wanted to interact with people from other countries,” Mayo remembered. “I thought at the time he was talking about travel.”

He wasn’t. Learning Life, founded in 2012, is what Lachelier has called a “lab for education and innovation projects,” deploying during its initial stages everyday surfaces like placemats and coasters to instigate conversations and learning. Some of his work began while a professor at Stetson University in Florida. In 2009, for example, Lachelier curated dialogues on healthcare and the role of government. In 2011, the organization focused on social media and social change. “That was around the time of the Arab Spring,” said Lachelier.

In November 2015, under Learning Life, Lach-

elier and members of his organization looked at terrorists’ assaults in his home country of France.

Attacks had happened at locations like the one outside Stade de France, at the Eagles of Death concert, and the media organization Charlie Hebdo.

Lachelier said he wanted to challenge what he described as xenophobia.

The Citizen Diplomacy Initiative (CDI) was born from that mission. “We wanted to extend to a much broader audience and to provide an opportunity to explore the world and learn about the world through the internet,” said Lachelier. He decided to launch the project from his home in historic Anacostia in Ward 8, where he and his wife, an American Airlines pilot, had moved; they previously lived in a Capitol Hill basement apartment.

“The idea [of CDI] was to nurture more caring and capable global citizens,” said Lachelier, adding that he and his team of international and local volunteers also wanted “to democratize diplomacy.”

Building a Diplomatic Corps The goals of the Citizen Diplomacy Initiative have involved working with people of the same socioeconomic class, here in the United States, specifically Washington, DC, and abroad, explained Lachelier. All the participating families have household incomes that are less than the median income of their countries. The parents do not hold four-year col-

den, she’s doing honors work.”

Another feature of the program he especially likes is the potlucks. Lachelier said his team of international volunteers prepares foods from their native countries. The DC families bring their favorite dishes. “I love their fish and peanut butter sauce,” said Winslow. “I bring my mom’s good old greens and our macaroni tuna casserole. It’s really a lot of fun.”

Some Turbulence The virtual international travels haven’t been without their turbulence, however. Sometimes families drop out. Last year, the program began with seven DC families. The number dwindled to five. “Two of the families have become homeless while in the program,” explained Lachelier.

Still, he is encouraged by the potential residual effect of the Citizen Diplomacy Initiative. “We hope to have long-term relationship with these families and expect to see improvements in the long term. In some sense, engaging with the wider world can be a ticket out of poverty, if they stick with us.”

It’s not just the families who face challenges, however. Lachelier is running his project and his organization on a shoestring budget. “The organization is all-volunteer until we are able to receive a grant,” he continued.

The financial squeeze hasn’t curtailed the ambitions of the organization, which is expanding the number of countries involved. In 2018, the project has families from Senegal and Jordan while adding El Salvador and possibly China. It is recruiting more families from Ward 8 “I am hoping in the long term we can offer travel for the families. We would never be able to offer it to all of our families [however],” said Lachelier.

“I am doing this out of passion. I want this to develop into something.”

It already has for the Winslows and Mayos.

Jonetta rose barras is a freelance writer based in DC and host of “The Barras Report-TV,” produced in association with the University of the District of Columbia’s cable television station.

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Last year, there were five families in the District and three in foreign countries – two in Dakar, Senegal, and one in Jerash, Jordan. They didn’t meet in homes; libraries were used because the computer equipment was more sophisticated. “This year we are going to do them at the [families’] homes,” added Lachelier.

Mayo said she embraced the project last year because she “became comfortable with Paul.” Also, the concept “seemed interesting and intriguing We go on the internet through Skype and other programs. We ask each other questions about food, transportation and school,” continued Mayo, noting that the youngest grandchild mostly participates in play dates and games. “The other two get into the dialogue; they are really curious. With the grandson, his grades are higher when it comes to geography.”

Each project has a different focus to inspire learning. Last year, participants used photography to focus on civic skill development. Setting a theme can help guide the conversations, taking the edge off the awkwardness that could be present when people who do not speak the same language or embrace similar cultures come together.

Additionally, there is an effort to help develop or improve certain skills.

In 2016, for example, the families used photography to explore the similarities and differences of their communities and cultures. “They went out and took photographs, more than 500 to be precise,” continued Lachelier, adding that the families were trained. In the second round of photo-taking, the result was 70 good photos using five community themes. In 2018, families will focus on food culture while developing interviewing skills.

“It’s a great program,” said Winslow, who was referred to Learning Life by a social worker, “because I was looking to broaden [my daughters’] horizons. They are learning a lot about different cultures and different outlooks on life.”

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Our River: The Anacostia

The Springs Return to Springhouse Run article and photos by Bill Matuszeski

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t has always been pretty clear that to restore the Anacostia the way we all want and hope requires a lot of work on the streams feeding it from upstream as well as those entering into it from here in the city. Prince Georges and Montgomery counties have been doing their share, working with citizen groups along nearly all the major streams. In the District, the job has two pieces. In the parts of the city served by combined sewers, the effort has been by DC Water to build tunnels to hold stormwater and prevent overflows into the river. In the parts with separate sewers, however, where the streams are handling the stormwater and can be restored, the job has gone to the Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE).

The restoration of Watts Branch and the construction of the Marvin Gaye Trail in Anacostia was one of the first DOEE projects. More recently, Pope’s Branch has been beautifully rebuilt through a wooded ravine.

But the most exciting project, the one that really uses state-of-the-art techniques and can use your on-theground help as well, is the restoration of Springhouse Run in the National Arboretum.

A little history about the project. It began as an effort to restore Hickey Run, known as the largest source of toxic pollution to the Anacostia. Hickey enters the arboretum as a storm sewer under New York Avenue, draining a large industrial and residential area to the north, including the enormous Metrobus service yard on Bladensburg Road. A large facility to remove toxics and trash from the water right where it enters the arboretum was built with EPA and city funds.

But removal of those pollutants revealed a major raw sewage signal that was ultimately traced to a large number of illicit connections of sewage lines to the storm sewer. While that was being addressed, it was decided to turn efforts to Springhouse Run, a major tributary of Hickey that also comes into the arboretum as a storm sewer under New York Avenue. The idea was to learn from Springhouse and go back to Hickey with the lessons. And a lot has been learned!

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DOEE used the EPA grant to contract the restoration work, and the winning proposal was by Underwood and Associates of Annapolis. They inherited a storm sewer that ran in a concrete channel past a separated pond and for a quarter mile through woods and fields past a borrow pit and into Hickey Run. What they made of it is a broad valley of pools and riffles and underground water moving through the soils and cleaning itself of excess nutrients and sediments. The ponds are reconnected as part of this regenerative design and play a key role in the cleansing of the waters.

According to Keith Underwood, founder and principal of the contractor, “the science of ecological resThe restored Springhouse Run waiting for new plants in spring.

The springhouses.

toration is still an art, and a project like Springhouse requires a hundred decisions a day.” What he appreciates is the flexibility of the DOEE and the arboretum to let him do the right thing as the site and the conditions demand. To him, “the least disruptive option is the regeneration of the traditional roles of the stream,” moving and cleaning the water and providing habitat.

But in order to do that he needed to remove and replace not a hundred truckloads of contaminated soil under the site, as originally estimated, but a thousand.

He also decided to add a series of swales and berms to slow and absorb the runoff from New York Avenue, not originally part of the project.

The result is a new system that takes the water coming from the storm sewer, runs it through stone and underground, adds the slowed runoff from New York Avenue and surfaces it to join the reconnected pond.

In doing this, it passes by the original “springhouses,” two round brick structures that served as one of two sources of spring-fed bottled water in the District in the early 20th century. From the pond the waters flow through the ground and over rocks to a broad valley with pools of water separated by occasional surface water riffling down and, more often, by areas where much of the flow is underground.

This has made the project partners very excited.

Tommy Wells, the director of DOEE, says that “the sand of these plants, mostly sedges along the open waSpringhouse Run restoration is one of my favorite ter and shrubs and trees that could survive the winter, projects; turning drainage ditches back into natural were set out last fall by volunteers. streams helps to coax nature back into providing the The remaining plants are in the arboretum greenfunctions needed for a sustainable environment.” Tom houses, waiting for spring. Setting these out all over McGuire, executive director of the Friends of the Nathe valley is something you can help make happen. tional Arboretum, points out, “Watching a stream be To join other volunteers from throughout the region, transformed from a gravel-lined ditch to a natural wacall the office of the Friends of the National Arboretercourse where plants and soils are cleaning the watum at 202-544-8733 and join the list to be notified ter is the sort of experience that can shape a child’s when the planting dates are set. Then you can be part view of the world and foster a lifelong interest in naof this magnificent project to help Our River. As Mcture and plants.”

Guire says, “Springhouse’s restoration won’t be done According to Underwood, the reason this ecounless we can mobilize the communities around the arlogical restoration will perform is due to the materiboretum and beyond to help complete the job.” al brought in to replace the soils – with the emphasis on stones, gravel and wood chips. The first two help Bill Matuszeski writes monthly about the Anacostia River. He is move the water down into and through the ground. In the retired director of the Chesapeake Bay Program, a DC memaddition to wood chips, he has scattered tree trunks ber the Citizens Advisory Committee on the Anacostia River and and limbs throughout the site. “Organic carbon is the a member of the Mayor’s Leadership Council for a Cleaner Anfoundation of the aquatic food web,” he says. “The biacostia River. He is also board vice chair of the Friends of the ological processes that initiate the regeneration of bacNational Arboretum. teria for microscopic feeders need carbon to get started.” Those microbial habitats are the key to reducing nutrients and controlling sediments.

Another effect of moving so much water through the ground is that occasionally it returns as a spring and joins the stream on the surface. Underwood notes that with this, “the springs are back at Springhouse Run.” As are the river herring. Native to these kinds of streams, it took only a matter of weeks before they found their way upstream from the Anacostia and settled into their new home.

According to Wells, “Keith Underwood approaches his work like a ministry. He is recreating habitat in The Old Springhouse Run in its ditch. a way that not only looks incredibly natural but cleans the water for the Anacostia River and creates a new home for local wildlife.”

But the story is not over, and this is where you come in, dear reader. This beautiful new stream valley needs to be preserved, and the best way to do that is by setting out native plants.

Over 25,000 of these were collected for the project by arboretum staff at sites all over the region, with the help of volunteers from area garStorm sewer entering the arboretum. den clubs. Seven thou-

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Federal Tax Bill Will Increase Inequality in DC, But We Can Fight Back

by Kitty Richards and Claire Zippel

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ast month, Congress passed a bill that hands out large tax cuts to corporations and the wealthy and puts important social services on the chopping block. DC taxpayers did not ask for these large federal tax cuts or the reductions in federal services likely to accompany them. In fact, Americans overwhelmingly opposed the tax bill. Meanwhile, DC residents face unmet needs in education, affordable housing, health, homelessness and human services.

Yet, media coverage of possible state and local responses to the tax bill has been focused on shielding high-income taxpayers from the few provisions of the bill that do not benefit them.

Instead, DC policymakers should pick up where the federal government is leaving off, by recapturing lost federal revenues to fund our city’s needs and make our own tax code more progressive – reducing taxes for the poor, not the wealthy.

According to recent estimates from the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), District of Columbia residents can expect to receive a $850 million federal tax break this year. Nearly 60 percent of this benefit, or almost $500 million, will flow to the top five percent of DC taxpayers.

News coverage has focused on how the bill limits the amount of state and local taxes that can be deducted on the federal tax return (known as the State and Local Tax deduction, or SALT), meaning that people who pay more than $10,000 per year in DC property and income taxes will lose some federal tax benefits.

But the same high-income taxpayers most affected by SALT are getting tax cuts from other income tax, corporate tax and estate tax cuts in the law. On net, the top one percent of DC taxpayers will get an average federal tax cut of over $67,000.

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equality, which is already the fifth-highest in the nation among large cities. But we have an opportunity to fight back and invest in our city, using the revenue the federal government is giving up.

Building a More Inclusive DC DC should use smart, progressive tax policy to turn these unasked-for federal tax windfalls into investments in the District.

For example, because last-minute congressional negotiations resulted in a 2.6 percentage point cut to the top federal income tax rate, DC could increase its

own top income tax rates to fund progressive investments. This would still allow the richest households to pay less in total taxes this year than last, while raising substantial new revenue for DC priorities.

California and New York have offered plans to shield higher-income taxpayers from the federal SALT changes by, for example, providing a dollarfor-dollar credit on state taxes for charitable contributions to state programs like public education. This lets high-income taxpayers deduct their payments to the government as charitable contributions on their federal tax returns.

homes & gardens / changing hands Changing hands is a list of most residential sales in the District of Columbia from the previous month. A feature of every issue, this list,based on the MRIs, is provided courtesy of Don Denton, manager of the Coldwell Banker office on Capitol Hill.

The list includes address, sales price and number of bedrooms.

This is not great policy on its own, as it skews tax cuts even more toward the wealthy. But a new bill introduced in the DC Council turns the idea into a progressive revenue boost for the city.

The bill would allow taxpayers to contribute to a DC education fund, but only give a 90 percent credit on DC taxes. For taxpayers in high federal tax brackets, it’s worth paying DC 10 percent more (the contribution, plus the taxes left over after the 90 percent credit) in order to deduct the contribution from their federal return and get back up to a 37-percent refund from Uncle Sam. For the city, it’s a chance to raise more revenue – potentially a lot more – from our richest residents, while lowering their overall tax bill.

The DC resident taxes that the federal government is giving up could change the trajectory of our city. With additional revenue, DC should remove barriers to healthcare for thousands of immigrants who are currently forced to wait in line all day at service centers to sign up for insurance. We should put money toward paying childcare providers what they need to give low-income kids the same high-quality early education their high-income peers have access to. We should increase education funding to give every kid what they need to be successful, both inside and outside the classroom. And we should take bold new action to end homelessness and meet our city’s growing need for affordable housing.

Action Needed to Keep Our Code Progressive ITEP estimates that federal tax changes will increase DC personal income taxes by approximately $80 million this year.

This does not include effects on DC’s corporate tax, which are uncertain.

The federal law eliminated the personal exemption, a deduction that taxpayers take for each member of their household. This change increases DC taxes for most households, while other provisions decrease DC taxes for many households. According to ITEP, all together, about 40 percent of DC taxpayers will pay slightly more to DC in personal income taxes, and 60 percent will pay the same or less.

Some lower-income families will be hurt by the removal of the personal exemption, and policymakers should consider protecting them. But there are more progressive options than bringing back the personal exemption. We should use this opportunity to fight inequality, not just keep the status quo.

The personal exemption reduces taxes by decreasing the amount of income that your tax rate is applied to. This means that it is more valuable to higher-income taxpayers – who pay higher tax rates – and doesn’t help the lowestincome taxpayers who may not owe DC income taxes but pay sales and property taxes as well as federal payroll taxes.

In contrast, a refundable personal credit gives the same tax cut to all taxpayers, regardless of their tax rate or how much tax they owe. A child credit would also address economic inequality, lifting some of DC’s 31,000 poor children – 27 percent of DC kids – out of poverty. Either of these options could be structured to give a larger boost to lower-income taxpayers. Similarly, increases in the Earned Income Tax Credit or DC’s Schedule H, which provides direct assistance with property taxes and rent, would be well targeted to families that need relief.

Additionally, the federal law cuts the estate tax dramatically by doubling the threshold below which an estate isn’t taxed at all, to $10 million. Because the DC estate tax is connected to the federal rules, this change will reduce DC revenue, with fewer wealthy households paying the tax. DC should act quickly to protect our most progressive revenue source.

Congress has moved to dramatically cut taxes for the wealthy, which will increase inequality in DC and put pressure on services that are critical for residents. DC should fight back with smart tax policy and bold investments.

Kitty Richards is acting executive director and Claire Zippel is a policy analyst at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (www.dcfpi.org). DCFPI promotes budget and policy solutions to reduce poverty and inequality in the District of Columbia and increase opportunities for residents to build a better future.

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A Bollywood Princess & The Pauper

Set in long ago India, a corrupt Wazir plots to steal the throne from the Sultan’s heirs.

A spoiled Princess Razia forces a shy dressmaker’s daughter, Zainab, to exchange places with her. Razia gradually discovers how unfairly the people are treated and resolves to become a just leader. Can she expose the Wazir’s villainy before he is crowned? In a madcap finale, Razia, Zainab and the people of Delhi rise to crash the coronation. Best for ages 5, up. Plays Feb. 10 to March 18, at Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, MD. imaginationstage.org.

Rani (Alexandra Palting), the dressmaker’s daughter, and Princess Razia (Anjna Swaminathan) meet in the royal mango garden. Photo: Laura DiCurcio

VolcanO: Tales of El Salvador

In Mayan volcano is ixcanul (fire mountain). A volcano’s fire is hot, alive and beautiful, like the stories and folktales from El Salvador. This bilingual and entertaining play is a fun-filled musical spectacle for children 5 to 10 years old that combines past and present, myth and stories of everyday life. VolcanO: Tales of El Salvador plays from March 3 to 17. Tickets are $12 for adults; $10. children. GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. galatheatre.org.

Chinese New Year On Feb. 10, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., celebrate the Lunar New Year at SAAM to begin the Year of the Dog. Enjoy a variety of activities and demonstrations including traditional paper cutting, an art scavenger hunt, red paper lantern making and panda crafts. Performances by special guest artists from Chengdu, China, include traditional music, Sichuan Opera and acrobatics. Help “awaken the lion” and ring in the New Year. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F Streets NW. americanart.si.edu.

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Left to right, Karen Morales, Melissa Strove and Delbis Cardona. Photo: Stan Weinstein

Sunday Afternoon Film Festival Sundays at 2 p.m. is a wonderful time to watch a movie. Come on over to Capitol View and see what’s playing on the movie screen. Bring friends and family and watch a movie. Free. Capitol View Neighborhood Library, 5001 Central Ave. SE. dclibrary.org/capitolview.

Wiggle Time On Thursdays, 10:30 a.m., shake, shimmy and dance to the beat. A movement-and-music-oriented story time, this program is dynamic and interactive. As a story time that emphasizes early literacy skills children are engaged in a playful creative manner. Appropriate for children aged 1 to 6 and their caregivers. Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library, 3660 Alabama Ave. SE. dclibrary.org/francis.

Register for DPR Summer Camps DC Department of Parks and Recreation 2018 summer camp registration has opened. The 2018 summer camp season is June 18 to Aug. 17. Most camps are offered 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For 30 years, DPR provides a wide variety of summer camp experiences for youth ages 3 to 17. On average, over 5,000 children participate in DPR’s camps each summer. DPR offers reduced rates for 2018 Summer Camps for those eligible. Non-DC residents may register beginning March 5. For more information, visit dpr.dc.gov/service/summer-camps or contact the DPR Summer Camp office at 202-671-0372 or DPR.Camps@dc.gov.

Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival for Kids Theatre for the Very Young: Inside Out; Feb. 24, 25, 28; March 1, 2, 3, 4. In Series: Bastian and Bastiana, Feb. 24, Family Fun Day. Shakespeare for the Young: The Tiniest Tempest, Feb. 24. Dreamcatcher Entertainment: Bil-

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the four-day event and report their sightings online at birdcount.org. Anyone can take part in the GBBC, from beginning bird watchers to experts.

Participate from a backyard or anywhere in the world. The 21st annual Great Backyard Bird Count is Feb. 16, through Feb. 19. Visit birdcount.org for more information.

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Discover Engineering Family Day

On Feb. 17, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Discover Engineering Family Day will be held for the 26th time.

Through the years, it has illuminated engineering to thousands of parents, teachers and children. Meet an astronaut. See one of NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon’s racecars. Watch an engineer ascend to the top of the National Building Museum. Family Day is designed to introduce children from ages 4 to 12 to the wonders of engineering. Engineers of all types will be on hand to share their love of the design-and-build process. The National Building Museum is at 401 F St. NW. engineeringfamilyday.org. losophy: For Kids, Feb. 24. Really Spicy Opera: The Princess Pirate Party Musical, March 3. Kidz Musiq Club: Jazzing Up Learning, March 3. Youth Summit: March 10, Dance Exchange, F.R.E.S.H.H. Inc., Capitol Movement Pre-Professional Company, Arena Stage Voices of Now, Elements Dance Company, City at Peace, and Youth Summit Showcase. Capital City Symphony: Family Concert: I Like to Move It!, March 18.

Register for the DC Summer Youth Employment Employers can register for the 2018 Mayor Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (MBSYEP). Employers interested in hosting youth may apply online at summerjobs.dc.gov. The deadline to apply is Feb. 24. Applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. The program will provide six weeks of meaningful employment and work-readiness training from June 25 to Aug. 3.

The Great Backyard Bird Count The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of bird populations. Participants are asked to count birds for as little as 15 minutes on one or more days of

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Enjoy a series of family programs on Presidents Day celebrating the founding fathers and the presidents who have led this country at the National Portrait Gallery (NGA). Activities will include live music, art activities, tours with historians and a special appearance by the Washington Nationals’ Running Presidents. Festivities take place Feb. 17, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard. National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW. npg.si.edu.

Celebrate The Emancipation Proclamation On Feb. 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., stop by the ReSource Room at the National Archives before or after viewing the Emancipation Proclamation and learn more about this important document through hands-on discovery. archives.gov.

Capitol Thursdays On Thursdays, Feb. 8, 15 and 22, learn about the suffragist and abolitionist, Sojourner Truth, and make a collage in honor of this important American freedom fighter. Meet at the entrance of Exhibition Hall. 30 minutes. visitthecapitol.gov.

Orchid Family Day Vanilla comes from an orchid. On March 11, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., learn all about orchids from the experts including how to care for them. Hands-on activities will include the art and science of orchids. Learn how to re-pot an orchid. Pot one up to take home! Visitors of all ages are invited to explore the amazing world of orchids at this year’s Orchid Family Day. This program celebrates the exhibition Orchid Spectrum.

Free. No pre-registration required. United States Botanic Garden Conservatory, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. usbg.gov.

Reduced Rates for DPR Summer Camps DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is now accepting reduced rate applications for its 2018 summer camp season. To apply customers must visit the Summer Camp Office at Columbia Heights Recreation Center, 1480 Girard St. NW, with correct documentation to qualify for discount.

Summer Camp Office hours of operations are: Mondays 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Tuesdays to Fridays, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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On Feb. 13 and 14, 10:15 and 11:30 a.m., enjoy “Meeting Mr. Lincoln.” What would you say if you got to meet one of the greatest presidents of all time? While on an errand for seamstress Elizabeth Keckley, young Eliza finds a barefoot, uneducated country boy sneaking through the White House. Caleb wants to meet his idol Honest Abe—someone who was once like him but who rose to lead the nation. For ages 7 to 12.

On Feb. 15 and 16, 10:15 and 11:30 a.m., enjoy Tot Rock: Percussion Party with Uncle Devin. Ready to make some noise and learn some beats? Early math and numbers add up to plenty of fun when everybody’s favorite musical uncle returns and invites young audiences to hear and play a world of percussion instruments.

For ages 2 to 6.

On Feb. 20 to 23, 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. (also 1 p.m. on Feb. 21 and 22), enjoy Black Diamond. Score a home run with a spiritrousing musical play about the “other” major league. This updated hit from nationally recognized arts leader Michael Bobbitt and tunesmith John Cornelius chronicles the struggles and triumphs of pioneering African American baseball players. For ages 6 to 12.

All shows are at the Smithsonian Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr. SW. Tickets are $6 per child, $3 for under 2 and $8 for adults. discoverytheater.org.

The Uncle Devin Show is a live, interactive musical experience for children by renowned drummer Devin Walker. The show cultivates the minds of children through percussion instruments. The Uncle Devin Show in on Feb. 15 and 16 at Discovery Theater on the Mall.

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In addition to the summer camp office, DPR offers two other locations to apply for reduced rate. These two locations will accept applications through May 4. During this period, applicants must come in-person to turn in and/ or complete a reduced rate application. Applications will be accepted at Barry Farm Recreation Center, 1230 Sumner Rd. SE, weekdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Deanwood Recreation Center, 1350 49th St. NE, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. After May 4, all customers will have to visit the Summer Camp Office at Columbia Heights Community Center, 1480 Girard St. NW. To qualify the applicant must be a DC resident and must provide proof of residency and proof of income below the Federal poverty level.

Sound Health This new series of free workshops designed for families with children under the age of 8 explores the power of the arts to promote wellness of the mind and body. Every second Saturday of the month, local arts organizations offer two 45-minute workshops that will take place at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. in the Kennedy Center Grand Foyer. Tickets are not required, but because this event involves physical activity, all participants must sign a waiver prior to participating. Participants may sign a waiver electronically at kennedycenter.org/ calendar/event/NSMHC or in person at the time of the workshop, but spaces are first come, first served, with priority granted to those who have signed a waiver in advance online. The signup/liability form for each session will be posted two weeks prior to each workshop date. kennedy-center.org.

Beauty and the Beast A romantic tale of a handsome prince and his love, Beauty, set in a great forest in old Russia. There are curses, conflicts, hopes, wishes, dreams and exciting adventures. Imaginative settings and beautiful costumes support this large-scale marionette version of the classic love story. Winner of a Citation of Excellence from the American Center of the Union Internationale de la Marionette, it has

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played successfully to children and families nationwide. On stage at Glen Echo, Feb. 16. to March 25. Recommended for ages 5, up. Tickets are $12.

Remainder of 2017-2018 season shows: Little Red & the Pigs, March 29 to May 12; Sleeping Beauty, May 13 to June 24. thepuppetco.org.

Have A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Alexander is having a bad day. A terrible day. A horrible day. To be quite honest, it’s a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. But then, everybody has bad days, sometimes. Alexander wake up with gum in his hair. His mother forgets to pack him dessert. His bestie decides he’s not his best friend anymore.

Alexander’s brothers don’t have any cavities, but he does. And just when it can’t get any worse, there are lima beans for supper and kissing on TV. It is enough to make anyone want to go to Australia. Uuuugggghhh. All ages. It is on stage at Glen Echo Feb. 9 to March 31. Tickets are $19.50 and can be purchased online at adventuretheatre-mtc. org or by calling 301-634-2270.

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The Bockety World of Henry & Bucket Henry and Bucket are best pals, although sometimes one wouldn’t think so! When these two friends transform their rusty, dusty, battered and bockety world into a place of wonder, their adventures can take them anywhere! Recommended for ages 4, up. Playing at the Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW., March 20 to April 5. keegantheatre.com.

Bubble Guppies Live!

Ready to Rock On April 8, 2 and 6 p.m., the hit preschool show teaches kindergarten readiness skills through musical adventure at The National Theatre. Tickets available online at TheNationalDC.com, in person at the National Theatre box office, weekdays, noon to 6 p.m., or by calling 800-514-3849. The National Theatre is at 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. For more information, visit bubbleguppieslive.com.

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