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Vol. VII, No. 41

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The Foggy BoTTom CurrenT

Design tweaks sought for two playgrounds

■ Parking: Program won’t

expand citywide after all

Current Staff Writer

By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

Jumping into the fray about visitor parking passes, the D.C. Council yesterday unanimously rejected a D.C. Department of Transportation plan to offer the precious — and free — placards to all households in residential permit parking zones.

Members adopted an emergency bill from Ward 4 member Muriel Bowser to “preserve the status

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Saturday’s fourth annual 17th Street Festival featured live musical performances, pet adoptions, artist vendors, a kid zone and appearances by city officials who helped celebrate the businesses along the corridor from Riggs Place to P Street.

By GRAHAM VYSE Current Staff Writer

NEWS

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A city proposal would charge a fee for newspaper boxes.

and carry liability insurance against damage caused by their boxes. Publishers would also need to disclose ownership of their boxes and hold a basic D.C. business license.

Commission chair Will Stephens,

who introduced the resolution, called the proposed regulations unnecessary and overzealous, and objected to the very concept of permits for publisher boxes. While acknowledging concerns such as unsightliness and obstruction of pedestrian and cycling traffic, his resolution states that free speech and freedom of the press must be protected.

Commissioners specifically criticized the fee as too expensive, said that disclosing ownership is a violation of privacy, and argued that it’s too onerous to require a business license.

The resolution passed 5-1, with Kishan Putta voting nay after a cordial but contentious back-and-forth See Debate/Page 7

EVENTS

DC Water provides new details about planned sewer work — Page 3

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quo”: visitor passes distributed to neighborhoods on a case-by-case basis. The Transportation Department had announced its intent to put a citywide system in place Oct. 1, allowing all residents who live in permit parking zones to request a pass online.

The proposal spurred widespread protests, from advisory neighborhood commissions, civic associations and other council members, who fear a proliferation of visitor passes would lead to more cars clogging streets and, perhaps, to residents selling the free passes to the highest bidder.

See Parking/Page 2

Permit delays leave home half-built in Spring Valley

ANC opposes fees for publication boxes It sounded like something out of a graduate seminar in journalism.

The Dupont Circle advisory neighborhood commission had a spirited debate last Wednesday about First Amendment rights in public spaces, ultimately passing a resolution objecting to proposed city regulations on “publisher boxes,” those ubiquitous sidewalk containers that hold newspapers, magazines and pamphlets.

The D.C. Department of Transportation is proposing that publishers be required to obtain an annual permit to place their boxes in public space, pay a $5 annual fee per box,

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Council nixes agency plan for visitor passes

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By KAT LuCERo Nearing the final stages of gathering community input, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation presented updated plans for playgrounds in Georgetown and Forest Hills at separate meetings last week.

Both projects are allocated $1 million, with renovations expected to begin in spring 2014 and finish that summer.

The playgrounds are among the 32 that were promised city funding for comprehensive overhauls last year as part of the “Play DC” initiative. On some of the projects, including these two in Northwest, the parks department has partnered with two entities — landscape architect firm Smith and Murray Studios, and The Trust for Public Land, a national organizations that works on conservation issues for parks.

Residents at both meetings last week shared concerns about safety and making the playgrounds intergenerational spaces for both adults and children can enjoy. In Georgetown, the designs received a more See Playgrounds/Page 41

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Studio Lab to host premiere of new play ‘Red Speedo’ — Page 47

■ Development: Expansion

project on hold since June

By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

Since June, a half-built 4,200-square-foot house has sat untouched — clad in Tyvek and sporting violation notices from the District, with weeds growing ever taller in the torn-up yard — on a street of relatively modest homes in affluent Spring Valley.

Some neighbors are upset by the sheer size of the new structure, which is replacing a modest stone and frame house at 3816 49th St. But they’re even more upset at the lack of progress, and ensuing disorder, since the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs served a stop-work order on developer Morris-Day, a McLean, Va.-based builder of high-end homes.

“It’s an eyesore certainly, it’s dangerous, and way out of scale,” said Stephen Graham, who lives next door. “The back is wide open, accessible from the alley. Ditches and craters are not covered at all, and kids could wander in.

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The property has been cited for debris and overgrown vegetation.

“And there doesn’t seem to be any movement,” said Graham.

“We’re kind of scratching our head — how could this be OK?” Rob Morris, president of the development firm, said the project — technically an expansion of the existing house — meets applicable zoning requirements. But work stopped dead, he said, after he made slight design tweaks to his plans and the changes restarted the city’s building permit review process for the entire project.

Morris-Day received its original permits in April 2012. The first big delay came after a neighbor protestSee Construction/Page 2

INDEX

NEWS

D.C. Council doesn’t override Gray veto on living wage bill — Page 5

Calendar/42 Classifieds/53 District Digest/4 Exhibits/47 Foggy Bottom News/13 In Your Neighborhood/8

Opinion/10 Police Report/6 Real Estate/Pullout School Dispatches/15 Service Directory/50 Theater/47

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PARKING: D.C. Council passes emergency legislation to stop agency’s visitor-pass plan

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Bowser noted that residents of many parts of the city, including wards 3 and 4, had been getting the passes in the mail automatically, while some other more dense wards have specifically rejected the idea, fearing it would exacerbate their parking problems.

“It’s one size fits all, and that would be an

absolute disaster,” Bowser said. “And it’s not broken now.”

Protesters have argued that the visitor pass policy should fit specific circumstances. Free passes may be appropriate for neighborhoods with ample street parking, they say, but not for congested areas like Georgetown or downtown, where even residents scramble to find parking for their own cars. All residents

can currently get a limited-term visitor pass from their local police station.

“It’s easy political-think to just give everybody free parking,” said Ward 6 member Tommy Wells. “But this blows up so many plans, so many agreements. DDOT made an absolute mess of this.”

The Transportation Department has not publicly addressed criticism of the proposed

policy, and a spokesperson for the agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment yesterday.

Bowser said that under her bill, visitor passes valid until Sept. 30 will continue to be valid until new ones are sent out. In the future, the Transportation Department will be required to mail new passes 30 days before the old ones expire, she said.

CONSTRUCTION: Need for revised permit leads to eyesore for Spring Valley residents

From Page 1

ed the planned removal of a tree that she said was on her property. Morris is confident it’s on his own land, but to be neighborly he promised to save the tree, he said — requiring a slight redesign of a basement entrance. “It took two months to get the city arborist and the zoning guy” out here to sanction the change, he said.

Then, in June of this year, building inspectors determined that the relocated areaway, replacement of the old stone wall with a new one, and a window moved to allow retention of the original home’s chimney were “not according to plan.” They issued the stop-work order and “claimed the change necessitated a comprehensive new set of drawings and resubmission,” Morris said.

Morris submitted revised plans Aug. 9, and he is still waiting to hear back. “It’s really remarkable, because the revised drawings are not

so much different than the original,” Morris said. He called the project the “most protracted experience I have encountered in over 25 years of doing high-end renovations, in Chevy Chase, North Arlington, McLean and Northwest D.C.” “There are always hurdles, stumbling blocks,” he said, “but what they’ve effectively done is stop the project.”

Helder Gil, spokesperson for the regulatory agency, said late last week that “the building permit application is still under review and hasn’t been approved. It has to go through zoning and structural reviews.”

And while the site sat untouched, the weeds grew, and protective plastic fencing got trampled — issues that were addressed only last week.

In August, Graham, the neighbor, complained via email to Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh.

“Do you want this monstrosity in your neighborhood?” he asked.

In response, Cheh requested that the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs visit 3816 49th St. In response to an Aug. 20 inspection, the agency issued a citation for “overgrown vegetation and trash/ debris” and ordered him to clean up the site.

A repeat inspection Sept. 10 found he hadn’t. “If, after a reinspection, the violation hasn’t been corrected, a fine will be issued to the property owner, and DCRA can abate the violation and lien the property for the cost of the abatement,” Gil said.

Morris said he never received the violation notices. But late last week, after a call from The Current, he sent a worker to cut the grass and begin cleaning up the site.

Even with the belated cleanup, it’s not clear the end is in sight. “It’s been one and a half years, the longest we’ve ever worked on a house,” said Morris. It will take about four

months to complete construction, “but there’s no start date on the horizon.”

Some neighbors question whether the project should have been allowed to begin with. Morris-Day’s original permit was for “construction of a three-story addition and renovations to existing 3-story single family home.” The plan, Morris said, was to retain a chimney, a side wall, and the distinctive stone facade, then take off the second floor and “build up” to the 40-foot height limit.

“He essentially took the former house down, and left the chimney standing,” said one neighbor.

Such projects have become common in the city’s more desirable neighborhoods, many of which feature homes that predate the city’s 1958 zoning code and are smaller than those regulations allow.

Morris-Day, in fact, put big additions on two other 49th Street houses, and he is now building a larger

house on the Glenbrook Road site of an old stone house that burned down.

But the specter of “McMansions” looming over adjacent homes has aroused some fierce protests — even if sanctioned by zoning.

Morris says — and D.C. regulators appear to agree — that his design fits within the zoning envelope. But the demolition and construction upset neighbors, perhaps more so when Morris, just before construction began, circulated a flier inviting them to a “Tear the Roof off this Sucker Barbeque.”

But Morris thinks the furor will die down once construction is complete. “A house during the framing stage looks like a child does in a sonogram,” he said.

When finished, “the detailing and trim brings it into scale.” This house, he said, “clearly stopped at that sonogram. The house should be finished by now, and if it was, it’d look a lot smaller, and a lot better.”

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DC Water estimates costs, maximum tree impacts for park sewer projects

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

More details have emerged about plans to address aging sewer pipes in two national parks in Northwest.

The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority is standing by its earlier assessment that relining the pipes in Glover Archbold and Soapstone Valley parks remains the “least impactful� solution, despite the need to cut down many

trees.

Speaking to three local advisory neighborhood commissions in the past week, DC Water project supervisor William Elledge said estimates floated by the National Park Service exaggerated the scale of the disruption. Those estimates, projecting possible losses of more than 4,000 trees, were based on the total number of trees in the area around the pipes, he said.

Elledge promised that no more than 400

trees would be removed from Glover Archbold Park, and that no more than 100 would be lost in Soapstone Valley Park. He emphasized that these figures represent absolute maximums — not estimates — and wrote in an email to The Current that “the field crew counted the tree if they could not touch their fingers around the trunk.�

Under the relining proposal, most of the pipe work would actually take place underground. The tree loss would result from creat-

ing roads for construction vehicles to access the sewer lines, likely by widening existing trails.

The existing sewer pipes have tree roots growing through them, ground eroding around them, and corrosion and other damage that allows groundwater to filter inside. These issues increase the risk of sewer overflows or blockages, and once-buried pipes that end up entirely above ground could break apart, See Sewers/Page 41

The week ahead Thursday, Sept. 19

The D.C. Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing on Pepco’s application to increase distribution rates and charges. The Ward 4 hearing will begin at 6 p.m. at Emery Recreation Center, 5701 Georgia Ave. NW. ■The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will hold a public hearing on proposed changes for various bus routes, as reflected in the agency’s Docket B13-02. D.C. routes slated for reduction or elimination are 5A, 34, 74, 80, M2, M8 and M9; those slated for improvements include 31, 32, 36, 42, 96, 97, D6, E2, E4, E6, H1, H3, H8, U2, V7, V8, V9 and W1. The hearing will begin at 6 p.m. in the auditorium at LaSalle-Backus Education Campus, 501 Riggs Road NE. ■The Shaw-Dupont Citizens Alliance will hold a membership meeting. The featured speaker will be at-large D.C. Council member Vincent Orange, chair of the Committee on Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, which has oversight over the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Thurgood Marshall Center, 1816 12th St. NW. ■The Kalorama Citizens Association will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. at Good Will Baptist Church, 1862 Kalorama Road NW. Agenda items include an alcoholic beverage control license renewal application by NY NY Diva, an update from the Walter Pierce Park Archaeology Project, a presentation on a rear addition at 2322 19th St. and a presentation on the National Capital Planning Commission’s study of the D.C. building heights act.

Saturday, Sept. 21

The D.C. Office on Aging will convene the “Age-Friendly DC Forum� for the public to discuss aspects of civic life — including transportation, housing, and health and wellness — that affect the District’s development of age-friendly programs.

The event will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. Reservations are requested; visit dcoa.dc.gov or call 202-724-5622. â– The Chevy Chase Citizens Association, the Chevy Chase Community Center and other groups will sponsor Chevy Chase DC Day from 1 to 4 p.m. At the Chevy Chase Commons outside the center (5601 Connecticut Ave. NW), there will be free ice cream, activities and music. Nearby, along Connecticut Avenue and neighboring streets, many businesses will offer discounts and other promotional activities. There will also be a scavenger hunt. For details, visit chevychasecitizens.org.

Tuesday, Sept. 24

An educational forum on DC Health Link will explore the online marketplace for health insurance being created under the Affordable Care Act. The event will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. â– The D.C. Federation of Citizens Associations will hold its regular meeting, which will feature a talk by at-large D.C. Council member David Catania, chair of the Committee on Education. The meeting will be held from 6:45 to 9 p.m. at All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church Hall, 2300 Cathedral Ave. NW.

Thursday, Sept. 26

The Ward 3 Democratic Committee will hold precinct caucuses to fill vacancies for delegate positions in precincts 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 50, 136 and 138. The caucuses will be held from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. at the Methodist Home of D.C., 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW. To vote or run for precinct delegate, you must be a registered Democrat in the relevant precinct. At 7:30 p.m., following the caucuses, D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan will speak and answer questions. For details visit ward3democrats.com. â– The Citizens Association of Georgetown will hold its regular meeting, which will feature a discussion of developments along the Potomac waterfront. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Potomac Boat Club, 3250 Water St. NW. Reservations are required; call 202-337-7313.

Saturday, Sept. 28

The D.C. Office of the Tenant Advocate will hold its sixth annual Tenant and Tenant Association Summit at the Kellogg Conference Center, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave. NE. Registration will open at 8 a.m., and the program will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Reservations are requested; call 202-719-6560 or visit tenantsummit2013.eventbrite.com.

Wednesday, Oct. 2

The D.C. Office of Planning, the National Park Service, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation and the Downtown Business Improvement District will hold a kickoff public presentation on the Franklin Park Vision and Transportation Plan.

The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 1201 K St. NW.

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District Digest Politics and Prose mulling Georgetown

Politics and Prose is weighing opening a second location, complementing its 5015 Connecticut Ave. bookstore with a shop in Georgetown, Washingtonian magazine reported Monday.

According to the Washingtonian article, the storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owners are considering the former Georgetown Theatre near the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and O Street, which is on the market for $4 million. The purchase would be funded in part

by the Georgetown Business Improvement District and several local residents, the article states.

The Georgetown Politics and Prose would be smaller than the Connecticut Avenue store but would also offer book talks and a coffeehouse, bookstore co-owner Bradley Graham told the magazine.

D.C. court expands its marriage bureau The D.C. Superior Court has expanded its marriage bureau in response to a major increase in

license applications and civil courtroom ceremonies.

The court opened a new marriage ceremony room this week and added a new dedicated marriagelicense application center and additional staff. The expansion should allow for the number of ceremonies performed per day to double, according to a news release.

Superior Court clerk Duane Delaney attributed the increase to the result of the Supreme Courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent ruling on same-sex marriage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last two months we have seen a doubling in the usual number of marriage license applications, with more than 100 customers served each day,â&#x20AC;? said Delaney.

Kingsbury set to hold 75th anniversary gala

Journalist Katie Couric will serve as the master of ceremonies at a 75th anniversary gala next week for the Kingsbury Center, a nonprofit serving children and adults with learning differences.

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Ritva Koukku-Rone will join Couric in hosting the event at the Embassy of Finland, according to a news release. The gala will honor Dr. Mark Batshaw, physician in chief of Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Medical Center; U.S. Reps. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Julia Brownley, D-Calif., co-chairs of the Congressional Dyslexia Caucus; and Debra Lee, chairman and CEO of BET Networks.

The Kingsbury Center, located at 5000 14th St. NW, operates a day school and offers diagnostic and psychological services and tutoring.

New coffee shop opens in Takoma

Long-awaited coffee shop La Mano opened this month in Takoma, with little fanfare but lots of enthusiasm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We whispered that we were open â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a great day,â&#x20AC;? co-owner Javier Rivas wrote in an email on opening day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are happy and so grateful weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re elated to be open.â&#x20AC;?

The shop offers various drink choices from local roaster Ceremony Coffee, as well as a rotating breakfast and lunch menu that shifts based on â&#x20AC;&#x153;whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in season and our chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inspiration,â&#x20AC;? said Rivas.

The shop, located at 304 Carroll St. NW, is open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the week and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the weekend.

Local studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essay wins second place

Northwest D.C. resident Jessica Holloway has won second place in the Library of Congressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; National Book Festival Summer Writing Contest.

The contest, which expanded from D.C. to the Mid-Atlantic region this year, is run through local librariesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; summer-reading programs.

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Holloway, who submitted her essay via the Juanita E. Thornton/ Shepherd Park Library, wrote about â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jeffersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sonsâ&#x20AC;? by Kimberly Bradley.

Holloway was one of five D.C. finalists, joining Anu Hansa Desai, who entered via the Palisades Library; Grace Dodd, Southeast Library; Eleanor Holt, Southwest Library; and TaKayla Keys, Capitol View Library.

Holloway will receive $250 in gift cards and will read her essay during the â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Book That Shaped Meâ&#x20AC;? presentation at the National Book Festival, to be held Sunday on the National Mall.

Smashburger opens Dupont restaurant

National chain Smashburger has expanded into the District, adding a Dupont outpost to its lengthy restaurant roster.

The new spot at 1739 Connecticut Ave. NW â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which had its official opening last week â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is the second in the region, with the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Smashburger having opened about a year ago in Fairfax, Va. Smashburger bills its product as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;better burger,â&#x20AC;? created with never-frozen Angus beef, smashed on a 400-degree flat grill and served on toasted â&#x20AC;&#x153;artisanâ&#x20AC;? buns. The Dupont location serves a couple of offerings unique for the chain: the Capital Burger and Capital Chicken Sandwich, both of which are topped with aged Swiss cheese, baby arugula and applewoodsmoked bacon, and served on a brioche bun.

GU school moves to downtown campus

Georgetown Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School of Continuing Studies has opened its new Massachusetts Avenue location.

The new â&#x20AC;&#x153;Downtown Campusâ&#x20AC;? adds more than 3,500 students, faculty members, administrators and staff to the Gallery Place area, according to a news release. The law school has been located nearby since 1971.

Georgetown University had vowed in its campus plan to relocate 1,000 graduate students from the main campus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a goal accomplished a semester ahead of schedule, the release notes.

Opening activities in late August included a day of community service at two neighbors of the new campus at 640 Massachusetts Ave. NW. About 40 students and staff helped out at the Central Union Mission and the Asian and Pacific Islander Senior Center.

Corrections

As a matter of policy, The Current corrects all errors of substance.

To report an error, call the managing editor at 202-567-2011.

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D.C. Council comes two votes shy of overturning vetoed living wage bill

By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

As expected, the D.C. Council yesterday failed to muster the votes to override Mayor Vincent Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s veto of a bill setting a superminimum wage for large, non-unionized retailers. The councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s action presumably sets the stage for Walmart and other large retailers to open more stores in the District.

But the debate that has raged all summer over the Large Retailer Accountability Act continues. Council members on both sides introduced legislation Tuesday to gradually raise the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $8.25 minimum hourly wage for all workers. Ward 6 member Tommy Wells, who opposed the large-retailer bill, would raise it to $10.25 an hour over three years, while at-large member Vincent Orange, a big backer, would push it up to $12.50 by January 2018.

Gray is also pledging to push for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;reasonableâ&#x20AC;? hike in the minimum wage for all Dis-

trict workers, although he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t proposed a specific figure. Ward 4 member Muriel Bowser, who also opposed the large-retailer bill, offered Tuesday to establish a â&#x20AC;&#x153;minimum wage revision commissionâ&#x20AC;? to determine what an appropriate wage floor would be.

The commission, she said, would consider â&#x20AC;&#x153;the impact on small businesses, our retail corridors, and the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competitivenessâ&#x20AC;? with suburban stores and suburban jurisdictions with lower minimum wages, and report back its recommendation in nine months.

And the coalition of unions, clergy members and activists that fought fiercely for what has become known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walmart billâ&#x20AC;? vowed to punish dissenters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including Gray, if he runs for re-election â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mayoral election. The councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debate was accompanied by loud shouts in the chamber. And after the vote, supporters angrily marched out, shouting, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget.â&#x20AC;?

The large-retailer bill would have forced companies with more than $1 billion in gross

Council adopts emergency bill to reform tax lien sales

By ELIZABETH WIENER Current Staff Writer

D.C. officials scrambled this week to reform the city Office of Tax and Revenueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s system of putting homes that are behind in property taxes up for auction, following a Washington Post report that detailed cases of owners losing their homes over minor tax debts.

Advocates for the elderly have been warning for several years that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;tax lien salesâ&#x20AC;? are rife with problems. Outside investors buy small liens at the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual auction, then jack up the cost of redemption by tacking on what at least one judge has called â&#x20AC;&#x153;predatoryâ&#x20AC;? legal fees. The tax office has also put some liens up for sale in error.

But in either case, homeowners have been forced to pay far more than their original debt, or face foreclosure. Legislation to correct the problems has languished, until The Postâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three-part series earlier this month spurred officials to action.

Mayor Vincent Gray and Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi agreed last week to review tax sales from previous years, allow the tax office to negotiate payment plans with delinquent owners, appoint an ombudsman to help them through the process, and cap legal fees.

The D.C. Council also adopted two emergency bills yesterday to

rein in tax sale abuses.

A bill by Ward 2 member Jack Evans will cap attorney fees imposed by tax lien purchasers at $1,500, and bar tax sales of homes owned by senior citizens, veterans and the disabled, as well as homes with delinquent taxes under $2,000.

Only Tommy Wells of Ward 6 did not support the bill. He abstained, saying he questioned why the District is privatizing tax collection efforts to begin with.

Members then unanimously approved an emergency bill from Ward 3 member Mary Cheh to set up a review of the past decadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax sales to determine whether the city could compensate homeowners who lost their homes in error or because of minor tax delinquencies.

She said the review, to be completed by January, would determine the cost of such compensation, with further action up to the council.

Theresa Bollech, a Chevy Chase resident who almost lost her home through a questionable tax bill and a 2011 tax sale she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know about, sat through the entire council session. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I testified last fall, came last spring and knocked on every door â&#x20AC;&#x201D; nothing,â&#x20AC;? she said.

But she applauded the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s belated action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think any homeowners should lose their home through this predatory process,â&#x20AC;?

Bollech said.

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sales nationwide to pay the equivalent of $12.50 an hour in wages and benefits in their D.C. stores of over 75,000 square feet. It was carefully targeted to exempt companies with collective bargaining agreements, which â&#x20AC;&#x201D; supporters say â&#x20AC;&#x201D; already negotiate fair wage and benefit packages with their employees.

Opponents said the bill unfairly targets Walmart, which plans to open six stores here.

They say it would deter major retailers from locating in the District, particularly in underserved areas starved not only for jobs but also for reasonably priced stores.

Gray, in vetoing the bill last Friday, called it a â&#x20AC;&#x153;job killer.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;This bill to me looks like protection for workers in unionized stores,â&#x20AC;? at-large member David Catania said during debate Tuesday.

But supporters said Walmart and other superstores with low wages and minimal benefits often force their workers to live in poverty or survive on public assistance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been able to keep their prices low

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because they did it on the backs of their workers,â&#x20AC;? said Council Chairman Phil Mendelson.

Walmart, which threatened to cancel plans for three stores in District and perhaps reconsider three others already under construction, issued a statement immediately after the vote. â&#x20AC;¨ â&#x20AC;&#x153;We look forward to being part of the solution in communities across D.C., especially in areas east of the river that have been traditionally overlooked by major retailers, when it comes to creating jobs, economic development opportunities and more affordable shopping options,â&#x20AC;? a corporate spokesperson said.

It takes nine votes to override a mayoral veto. The councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vote to override was 7-6, with Bowser, Catania, Wells, at-large member Anita Bonds, Mary Cheh of Ward 3, and Yvette Alexander of Ward 7 voting to sustain the veto. Alexander said her constituents are eagerly awaiting construction of the two Walmarts planned for Ward 7. Bonds had backed the legislation when the council passed it over the summer.

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Police Report This is a listing of reports taken from Sept. 9 through 14 in local police service areas.

Information for Sept. 15 was not available in time for The Currentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deadline.

psa PSA 101 101 â&#x2013; downtown

Assault with a dangerous weapon â&#x2013; 700-723 block, 14th St.; 3:10 a.m. Sept. 9 (with knife).

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 13th and I streets; 12:56 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; K and 12th streets; 4:44 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 900-999 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 10:55 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1000-1025 block, 10th St.; 10:31 p.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 1200-1251 block, New York Ave.; 11:52 p.m. Sept. 13.

Theft â&#x2013; 13th and G streets; 1:01 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 700-723 block, 14th St.; 1 p.m. Sept. 10. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, H St.; 12:08 p.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 600-699 block, 13th St.; 2 p.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 700-799 block, 12th St.; 6:04 p.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 600-699 block, 13th St.; 3:45 p.m. Sept. 13.

psa 102

â&#x2013; Gallery place PSA 102

PENN QUARTER

Robbery â&#x2013; 600-699 block, H St.; 6:44 p.m. Sept. 11.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; H and 5th streets; 11:40 p.m. Sept. 10. â&#x2013; 9th and K streets; 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 9th and K streets; 7:39 p.m.

Sept. 13.

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Theft â&#x2013; 600-699 block, Indiana Ave.; 3:55 p.m. Sept. 10. â&#x2013; 700-799 block, 7th St.; 10:54 a.m. Sept. 11. â&#x2013; 800-899 block, 7th St.; 11:58 a.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 400-499 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 6:28 p.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 700-799 block, G St.; 10:42 a.m. Sept. 13. â&#x2013; 700-799 block, 6th St.; 6:08 p.m. Sept. 13. â&#x2013; 700-799 block, 7th St.; 8:45 p.m. Sept. 13. â&#x2013; 800-899 block, 8th St.; 11:30 p.m. Sept. 13.

Ave.; 8:04 p.m. Sept. 9.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 2300-2599 block, 42nd St.; 10:19 a.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; Klingle and Woodley roads; 5:51 a.m. Sept. 10. â&#x2013; 2200-2274 block, Cathedral Ave.; 9:45 a.m. Sept. 10. â&#x2013; 2700-2899 block, 28th St.; 11:01 a.m. Sept. 11. â&#x2013; 2600-2699 block, Woodley Place; 10:42 a.m. Sept. 14.

Theft â&#x2013; 2400-2798 block, Calvert St.; 2:35 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 3900-3979 block, Fulton St.; 7:14 p.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 2000-2099 block, 37th St.; 11:45 p.m. Sept. 13.

psa PSA 206 206

â&#x2013; georgetown / burleith

Assault with a dangerous weapon â&#x2013; Q Street and Wisconsin Avenue; 9 p.m. Sept. 10 (with knife).

Burglary â&#x2013; 3000-3099 block, Cambridge Place; 3:47 p.m. Sept.

13.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1000-1053 block, Potomac St.; 10:09 a.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 1321-1399 block, 31st St.; 2:33 p.m. Sept. 13.

Theft â&#x2013; 3200-3277 block, M St.; noon Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 3000-3091 block, K St.; 3:10 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 3300-3399 block, Reservoir Road; 8:17 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 71-1099 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 11:13 a.m. Sept. 10. â&#x2013; 3808-3899 block, Reservoir Road; 4:50 p.m. Sept. 10. â&#x2013; 2300-2699 block, Q St.; 8 p.m. Sept. 10. â&#x2013; 1000-1119 block, 30th St.; 9:12 a.m. Sept. 11. â&#x2013; 3808-3899 block, Reservoir Road; 2:47 p.m. Sept .12. â&#x2013; 3632-3635 block, M St.; 6:09 a.m. Sept. 13. â&#x2013; 3600-3699 block, O St.; 2:20 p.m. Sept. 13. â&#x2013; 3600-3699 block, O St.; 2:50 p.m. Sept. 13. â&#x2013; 3100-3199 block, M St.; 1:18 p.m. Sept. 14. â&#x2013; 3100-3199 block, K St.; 1:33 p.m. Sept. 14.

8:55 a.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, H St.; 11:08 a.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, Vermont Ave.; 8:52 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 2000-2099 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 9:10 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, H St.; 11:06 a.m. Sept. 11. â&#x2013; 1600-1699 block, K St.; 9:21 a.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; Vermont Avenue and L Street; 4:45 p.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 2300-2399 block, M St.; 4:33 p.m. Sept. 13. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, L St.; 5:43 p.m. Sept. 14. â&#x2013; 2200-2299 block, M St.; 6:59 p.m. Sept. 14.

psa 208

â&#x2013; sheridan-kalorama

PSA 208 dupont circle

Robbery â&#x2013; 2000-2013 block, P St.; 12:45 p.m. Sept. 14.

Assault with a dangerous weapon â&#x2013; 2100-2199 block, Ward Court; 9:30 a.m. Sept. 11. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, P St.; 9:40 a.m. Sept. 13.

Burglary â&#x2013; 1700-1771 block, N St.; 12:08 a.m. Sept. 14.

Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 2000-2099 block, 24th St.; 7:51 p.m. Sept. 12.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; Bancroft and Phelps places; 2:27 a.m. Sept. 14. â&#x2013; 1600-1699 block, M St.; 4 a.m. Sept. 14.

Theft â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, P St.; 8:22 a.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, 16th St.; 1:47 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1800-1899 block, M St.; 5 p.m. Sept. 10. â&#x2013; 1200-1215 block, Connecticut Ave.; 9:11 a.m. Sept. 11. â&#x2013; 1600-1699 block, P St.; 6:06 p.m. Sept. 11. â&#x2013; 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:30 p.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 1-6 block, Dupont Circle; 9:58 p.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 1517-1599 block, 17th St.; 11:25 p.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 2:38 p.m. Sept.

13.

psa PSA 207 207

psa PSA 301 301

Burglary â&#x2013; 1100-1199 block, 23rd St.; 3:17 p.m. Sept. 12.

Robbery â&#x2013; 1700-1723 block, 17th St.; 7:12 p.m. Sept. 10.

Burglary â&#x2013; 3700-3799 block, Macomb St.; 9:53 p.m. Sept. 9.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1000-1050 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11:33 a.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1500-1599 block, M St.; 5:02 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 2400-2499 block, N St.; 3:29 a.m. Sept. 13.

Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 2111-2199 block, Wisconsin

Theft â&#x2013; 2100-2499 block, K St.;

Theft from auto â&#x2013; Q and 15th streets; 10:36 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, T St.; noon Sept. 11. â&#x2013; 1600-1699 block, Corcoran St.; 2:48 p.m. Sept. 11. â&#x2013; 1700-1799 block, Swann St.; 10:44 a.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 1400-1499 block, T St.; 7:34

psa 204

â&#x2013; Massachusetts avenue

heights / cleveland park woodley park / Glover PSA 204 park / cathedral heights

â&#x2013; foggy bottom / west end

â&#x2013; Dupont circle

a.m. Sept. 14.

Theft â&#x2013; 1718-1799 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 1:34 p.m.

Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1818-1899 block, 18th St.; 12:25 a.m. Sept. 14.

psa PSA 303 303

â&#x2013; adams morgan

Motor vehicle theft â&#x2013; 1603-1699 block, Argonne Place; 9:28 a.m. Sept. 13. â&#x2013; Cliffbourne Place and Calvert Street; 10:03 a.m. Sept. 14.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 19th and California streets; 9:56 a.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1600-1629 block, Euclid St.; 11:15 a.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1730-1797 block, Lanier Place; 11:36 p.m. Sept. 13. â&#x2013; 1781-1799 block, Columbia Road; 2:48 a.m. Sept. 14. â&#x2013; 2200-2260 block, Champlain St.; 3:01 a.m. Sept. 14. â&#x2013; 1700-1733 block, Columbia Road; 10:40 a.m. Sept. 14. â&#x2013; 2416-2499 block, 19th St.; 3 p.m. Sept. 14. â&#x2013; 1801-1898 block, Calvert St.; 7:48 p.m. Sept. 14.

Theft â&#x2013; 2700-2799 block, Ontario Road; 9:21 a.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1730-1797 block, Lanier Place; 11:36 p.m. Sept. 11. â&#x2013; 2300-2399 block, 18th St.; 4:55 a.m. Sept. 14.

psa PSA 307 307

â&#x2013; logan circle

Robbery â&#x2013; R and 9th streets; 12:20 a.m. Sept. 11.

Assault with a dangerous weapon â&#x2013; 14th and Riggs streets; 8:53 p.m. Sept. 12 (with gun). â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, 13th St.; 5:39 a.m. Sept. 13.

Theft from auto â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, R St.; 11:21 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 900-999 block, N St.; 9:24 a.m. Sept. 10. â&#x2013; Kingman Place and Q Street; 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12. â&#x2013; 1300-1499 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 10:04 p.m. Sept.

12. â&#x2013; 1700-1721 block, 13th St.; 1:36 a.m. Sept. 13. â&#x2013; 1406-1425 block, 10th St.; 1:54 p.m. Sept. 13. â&#x2013; 1200-1299 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 3:50 a.m. Sept.

14. â&#x2013; 1300-1337 block, 10th St.; 5:23 p.m. Sept. 14.

Theft â&#x2013; 900-999 block, M St.; 11 p.m. Sept. 9. â&#x2013; 1100-1127 block, 13th St.; 9:43 a.m. Sept. 10. â&#x2013; 1600-1627 block, 14th St.; 12:23 p.m. Sept. 11. â&#x2013; 1300-1399 block, Corcoran St.; 12:32 p.m. Sept. 12.

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DEBATE: Dupont Circle ANC opposes proposal for permits, fees for publisher boxes From Page 1

with Stephens. Putta said he rejected the premise that permitting for these boxes is fundamentally unreasonable. He asked his fellow commissioners whether theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d considered potential consequences of under-regulation, such as cluttered containers full of litter and rotting food. He also sought to re-frame the discussion, saying free speech wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the issue at hand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see anything here along the lines of

censorship,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think that word belongs in this discussion, because you are free to publish and distribute, just not in a box on public space.â&#x20AC;?

But Stephens, a Harvard-trained lawyer, said the proposed regulations would create a â&#x20AC;&#x153;chilling effectâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a legal term used to describe the inhibition or discouragement of constitutionally protected speech. He said the regulations would do particular harm to free publications that lack the funding and credentials to purchase permits. He even suggested

Lab School proposes to add new facilities for high school

By BRADY HOLT Current Staff Writer

The Lab School of Washington is proposing to build a new high school wing along Whitehaven Parkway as part of its Palisades campus.

Connected to the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing gymnasium, the new brick building would be four levels high â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one partially below grade â&#x20AC;&#x201D; replacing two single-family homes the school owns and uses as support facilities.

The Lab School is not seeking to increase its caps on numbers for its students or faculty and staff, administrators said at last Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Palisades/Foxhall advisory neighborhood commission meeting. Rather, the goal is to shift the high school students out of cramped, aging quarters on a single floor of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in desperate need of more space and upgraded space,â&#x20AC;? head of school Katherine Schantz said in a site tour before the meeting. Schantz and other school officials showed neighbors small classrooms â&#x20AC;&#x201D; former dormitories â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that must each hold up to a dozen high schoolers, which administrators consider an optimal class size for their students.

The Lab School now enrolls 275 students at the campus located at the corner of Reservoir Road and White-

haven Parkway, comfortably within its cap of 330. Students range from age 10 to high school seniors; the high school enrollment is about 120.

The private school targets students who have had trouble learning in traditional academic settings, boasting a 90-plus-percent college acceptance rate.

The expansion plans do not affect Labâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elementary school campus, located at 1550 Foxhall Road.

Because private schools need zoning approval to operate in a residential neighborhood, the Lab School will go before the Board of Zoning Adjustment with its plans Nov. 19. School officials said they hope to gain approval in time for construction to begin in the spring, with the new high school wing opening by fall 2015.

At that point, the former high school space would be renovated to serve Labâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior high program.

That buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;arts wingâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on the northeast edge of the campus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would also be raised one story taller, matching an adjacent section of the building.

Lab School operations manager Peter Braun said enrollment may come closer to the 330-student cap once the facilities are expanded and upgraded, but he reiterated that the cap is not changing.

that Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Founding Fathers themselves would disapprove of the proposed rules. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of these things would chill the kind of pamphleteering that founded the nation.

Thomas Paine couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comply with any of this stuff,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Commissioner Leo Dwyer said he also worried about newspapers such as The Washington Blade and Metro Weekly, which may not have $1,000 extra in their annual budgets to pay new fees. Directly countering Putta, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do look at charging for this as censor-

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center, 2355 Ontario Road NW. For details, call 202-332-2630 or visit anc1c.org.

ANC 2A ANCBottom 2A Foggy â&#x2013; Foggy bottom / west end The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at Heart House, 24th and N streets NW. Agenda items include: â&#x2013; safety report. â&#x2013; public comments. â&#x2013; updates on matters before the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development: EastBancâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s library and firehouse projects, temporary relocation of the West End firehouse, and Stevens School redevelopment. â&#x2013; update from Ian Swain of the D.C. Department of Transportation on the New Hampshire Avenue project. â&#x2013; presentation from Chris Sondreal about the Ward 2 Education Network. â&#x2013; discussion of proposed Metrobus service changes. â&#x2013; discussion of a liquor license application from the GCDC grilled cheese restaurant, 1730 Pennsylvania Ave. â&#x2013; discussion of George Washington Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed alley closing and reconfiguration in Square 75.

For details, visit anc2a.org.

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The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit dupontcircleanc. net.

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

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At the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sept. 9 meeting: â&#x2013; commissioner Greg Melcher announced that the Blagden Alley Association with host its annual pic-

nic on Sept. 28 at 3 p.m. â&#x2013; a Metropolitan Police Department representative reported that crime statistics are still low for Police Service Area 307. He reported 23 total arrests from Aug. 1 until Sept. 9, including three related to assaults with dangerous weapons and a few for solicitation in the area of the 1200 block of M Street. â&#x2013; a member of the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration committee announced that a meeting will be held on Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Washington Plaza Hotel to look at how the commission can deal with liquor policies more clearly. Commissioner and committee chair John Fanning added that a meeting agenda would be posted Sept. 12. â&#x2013; commissioners voted unanimously to approve the community development committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support of a valet parking permit application for Brasserie Beck, 1101 K St. â&#x2013; Â commissioner Walt Cain reported that the community development committee addressed the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parking visitor program and will continue to do so, as it is what he called a â&#x20AC;&#x153;squishy topic.â&#x20AC;? â&#x2013; commissioner Chris Linn reported that the crime and public safety committee will have a meeting on Sept.

18 at the Washington Plaza Hotel to discuss fall outreach events and review summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s low crime rates. â&#x2013; commissioner Matt Connolly reported that a joint education committee meeting with the Foggy Bottom and Logan Circle citizens associations will be held at 10 a.m. Sept.

21 at Luther Place Church, 1226 Vermont Ave. At this meeting, the Logan Circle association is also expected to provide an update on the curriculum regarding local neighborhoodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; history taught in area schools. â&#x2013; commissioners voted unanimously to recommend that the city Public Space Committee approve outdoor plans for the expansion of Morrison Clark Hotel at 1107 L St., adding a suggestion that the D.C. Department of Transportation return some spaces to general public use given the scarcity of parking. Residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concerns about the expansion include loss of parking, the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s height and the lack of notification about amended construction plans. â&#x2013; commissioners voted unanimously to support a public space application for Cafe Phillips, 1451 L St. â&#x2013; commissioners didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t vote on a change to hours of operation for The American, 1209-1213 10th St., since representatives of the upcoming Blagden Alley restaurant couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it to the meeting. The restaurant asked for a 30-day extension. â&#x2013; commissioners voted unanimously to support the nomination of Le Diplomate Restaurant, 1601 14th St., for inclusion in the 2014 D.C. Historic Preservation Awards Competition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The restaurant has added character to the neighborhood and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re delighted about that,â&#x20AC;? commissioner Matt Raymond said. â&#x2013; commissioners voted unanimous-

ly to support a request for outdoor seating for Ghibellina, 1610 14th St. â&#x2013; Â commissioner Chris Linn reported that the commission will hold a Sanitation, Education and Enforcement Summit on Oct. 17.

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW. For details, call 202-667-0052 or visit anc2f.org.

ANC 3B ANCPark 3B Glover â&#x2013; Glover Park / Cathedral heights At the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sept. 12 meeting: â&#x2013; commissioners unanimously endorsed a public space application from the Glover Park Citizens Association to place two 4-foot benches facing south in the triangle park bordered by 37th and Calvert streets and Wisconsin Avenue. Management of a nearby apartment building has agreed to trim the grass.

The D.C. Department of Transportation has expressed concerns about safety at the park because 16 crashes have occurred at the intersection in the past year, according to the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jarrett Ferrier. The D.C. Public Space Committee will make the final decision.

Commissioner Mary Young said the traffic keeps the air from being fresh at this triangle, but she said the benches would make a warm welcome to Glover Park. Commissioner Brian Cohen said he would not want to sit there. â&#x2013; William Elledge of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority discussed options for addressing a deteriorated sanitary sewer pipe in Glover Archbold Park.

DC Water hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet selected how it will address the situation, but options include relining the existing pipe, replacing the pipe or pumping the sewage to new pipes located outside of the park. The National Park Service, as the landowner, must approve the plan DC Water selects, and officials there are concerned about impacts on trees.

Much of the impact would come from building an access road for construction vehicles to access the pipe, unless it were abandoned in place, Elledge said. But relocating the pipes outside of the park would require a system of potentially noisy and smelly pumping stations, he said, because only the pipeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current location follows the flow of gravity.

Failing to address the situation within five years would greatly increase the chance that the pipe could fail, discharging untreated sewage into the park, Elledge said â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the National Park Service shares DC Waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal of preventing that outcome.

The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Community Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. For details, call 202-338-2969, email info@anc3b.org or visit anc3b. org.

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Homeowner protection

The images were haunting. A shadow-filled shot showed 76-year-old Bennie Coleman perched on a twin bed in his group home, his arms folded, head downturned. “Left with nothing,” read the headline.

The exhaustive reports that followed in The Washington Post early this month told a heartbreaking tale of residents wrested from their homes by a seemingly unfair system after failing to pay meager overdue property taxes.

Outside companies had been buying residents’ overdue debt and then levying fees, often increasing the amount owed so much that the beleaguered homeowners had no chance. Then came the foreclosures.

Mr. Coleman, a retired Marine sergeant with dementia, lost his Northeast duplex over a $134 bill.

When the story broke, local leaders snapped into action. They promised change: a new minimum debt, maybe $2,500, before a lien can be sold; a cap, possibly $2,200, on how much lien-purchasing companies can charge homeowners in fees; a “property tax ombudsman” to help direct the distressed homeowners to assistance.

But the extensive Post reports weren’t the first public notice of this problem. Back in 2009, the city’s attorney general sued one of the companies buying local tax liens, charging Aeon Financial LLC of Chicago with “abusive and fraudulent conduct,” including inflating attorney fees and misrepresenting homeowners’ legal rights.

Then, more than a year ago, a group of advocates and law firms wrote to the mayor and council to warn that the tax lien-sale system was mistreating homeowners. An AARP official raised similar concerns last fall before Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans’ Finance and Revenue Committee.

Both The Post and The Current ran articles about Northwest homes entangled in the tax lien process, but we didn’t press the issue then. And while Council member Evans proposed legislation to reform the tax sale process, he didn’t schedule hearings until this month.

It took a dramatic media report, filled with horror stories, to inspire change — including an emergency consumer protection measure adopted with just one dissent yesterday by the D.C. Council. Kudos to the Post team that worked for months to put together these stories.

Less praise is owed to city leaders, who should have acted sooner to prevent scores of residents — mostly low-income — from losing their homes.

Where credit is due

Nearly a century ago, the U.S. Army committed a devastating error in judgment: Left with an unneeded stockpile of deadly chemicals and munitions, it buried them in the woods next to its American University weapons facility.

There can be no dispute today that the move was unwise. Fortunately, the Army is now taking every appropriate action to address the issue affecting the land now known as 4825 Glenbrook Road in Spring Valley, believed to be the site of the particularly notorious burial pit.

On Monday, the Army Corps of Engineers will begin its careful, laborious investigation of the unexplored section of 4825 Glenbrook: the land that lay below a house constructed there 20 years ago, which the Army tore down last fall.

Over the past decade or so, workers have removed more than 500 munitions items, 400 pounds of laboratory glassware and more than 100 tons of soil contaminated with arsenic and other hazardous substances from this quarter-acre site. And that’s before excavating the home’s footprint.

In all, the years of cleaning up 4825 Glenbrook Road will cost the Army nearly $60 million, out of the $237 million it is projected to spend in Spring Valley overall. But when the work wraps up in December 2014, the site will have been cleared to bedrock and replaced with new, untainted soil — restored fully to residential standards. The community deserves no less.

We also appreciate the measures the Army is taking to protect neighbors while the cleanup is underway.

The cleanup site is enclosed in a large tent known as an “engineering control structure,” complete with a filtration system and air-quality monitoring. And if these precautions fail, a system of alarms will alert neighbors and American University students, faculty and staff to shelter in place.

We have not supported everything the Army and city officials have done as part of the Spring Valley cleanup. Notably, the District recently commissioned a study from Johns Hopkins University that used shaky methodology to give the neighborhood a clean bill of health.

But we are happy to give credit where credit is due, and we have nothing but praise for the Army’s handling of the current 4825 Glenbrook work.

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his time, it was the Navy Yard in Southeast Washington. “Pow, pow, pow,” one witness told TV reporters on Monday, recounting the rapid fire shots.

Details emerge, swirl and change, but we know the basic story.

Whether it’s at the Holocaust Museum in 2009 or just last year at the Family Research Council, shots can ring out any time, in any severity, in any place.

That’s why even as the terrible Navy Yard incident is investigated, it’s important that people like D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton decry the shootings but urge the nation’s capital to resist the certain calls to close down access even more.

On Monday, as the Navy Yard shooting captured the nation’s attention, a Capitol Hill resident tweeted a question. The police were urging people to avoid the Navy Yard area and to “shelter in place” if nearby. So your Notebook got this tweet: “Want to support local [Capitol Hill] businesses tonight and be around neighbors. Are we still to shelter in place?”

Your Notebook responded, “If you’re not near the immediate shooting area, great idea to be out to support [local] businesses. Fight fear with action!”

Enough said. Or, as the English properly said on a poster way back in 1939 to reassure a nervous public about possible bombing attacks, “Keep Calm and Carry On.” ■ Us and them. District citizens have carried on through more than two years of scandal and public corruption. And no doubt there’s more to come. We just don’t know when.

Back in the 1990s when the federal control board ran the city, your Notebook periodically ran items that we called “We are not alone.” Those items detailed the malfeasance, corruption and other wrongdoing found in cities and states across the nation.

We haven’t done that in a while. But a recent New York Times article described how three mayors of Florida towns near Miami had recently been arrested for various corruption charges.

Here’s the lead sentence in the Sept. 1 report by reporter Nick Madigan: “Even by Florida standards, the arrests of three suburban Miami mayors on corruption charges within a month were a source of dismay, if not exactly a surprise.”

Officials say Homestead Mayor Steven Bateman was arrested for allegedly accepting under-the-table payments from a company that wanted to open a clinic. And — attention District employees! — he was turned in by members and staff of the city council.

In August, the Times reported, the mayor of Sweetwater was arrested along with two lobbyists in an alleged kickback scheme. (Mayor Manuel Maroño, by the way, is president of the Florida League of Cities.)

Miami Lakes Mayor Michael A. Pizzi also was arrested in the same scheme.

The Times reported that prosecutors said Mayor Maroño received more than $40,000 in bribes while Mayor Pizzi allegedly received $6,750. The mayors and lobbyist were targets of an FBI sting operation and could face 20 years in prison.

“We bought the trifecta,” said Carla Miller to the Times. Miller is the ethics officer for Jacksonville and a former prosecutor. “It’s bad when three mayors get led out in handcuffs,” she told the paper, “What’s left of the public trust gets ground into little pieces.”

Florida has a corruption history dating back to the days when the Mob controlled Miami. And don’t get us started on the corruption found today in Illinois.

It’s ingrained, just like Washington Post columnist Colby King says of the District.

The Times also quoted Katy Sorenson, a former Miami-Dade County commissioner who runs a good government initiative for the University of Miami.

“They get drunk on power,” she told The Times.

“There’s a certain psychology to some of the people who run for office here — they don’t think they’re going down the wrong track, but there’s a slippery slope,” she added. “There’s a lack of self-awareness, an immaturity, brazenness, of feeling like a big shot.

So when they’re arrested, they’re very surprised.”

Well, we can’t resist asking, are there any politicians in Washington who fit that description?

Even one case of public corruption elsewhere is no leavening agent for the sordid corruption still being unearthed in the District. But when some prejudiced or ignorant folks offhandedly say the District’s 630,000 citizens don’t deserve voting rights or other treasures of American democracy, it does help to know of other cases.

Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

TOM SHERWOOD’s

Notebook

Letters to the Editor Spring Valley study had serious flaws

I share the concern in your Aug. 7 editorial about the Johns Hopkins University health study related to the burial of World War I munitions in Spring Valley.

My brother, my sister and I grew up in Spring Valley and went to the neighborhood public school, and while we have gone our separate ways, between us we know — or know how to find — many of the families who lived there from the 1940s on. I wrote to Hopkins several times offering to provide a list of folks from that period who lived on Rockwood Parkway, Glenbrook Road, Indian Lane, Quebec Street, 49th Street, et cetera for follow-up. I got one response to the three letters I sent, promising to contact me in “the future.” I’m still waiting.

An online survey of current residents is not exactly relevant.

Relevant would be the health of those who lived there for a long period of time. The current population of Spring Valley is far larger and very different from that of 40 to 60 years ago, and their experience and health history is, I would guess, very different from that of those who were exposed for long periods of time. It is hard to take seriously any study that did not attempt this sort of analysis.

Instead what we got was a waste of time, money and opportunity.

In particular, the children who grew up in Spring Valley and who spent many hours playing in those woods and around those bunkers, as my brother and I and our friends did, should have been looked at, for children are often particularly susceptible to the potential effects of the various substances found there. Many of us have died; I have no sense of whether the numbers or the causes are anomalous, but we’ll never

know. Nobody asked for the information.

Patricia Meyers Adams Morgan

Local author’s series deserves attention I am writing in reference to the Sept. 11 article “Worthy of best supporting setting: District hosts countless books and films.” Please update the list of D.C.-based books to include the fabulous murder mystery series penned by local author and sleuth Pat Nicolette, the Nick Mercante Mysteries. The action takes place in Spring Valley, the Palisades, Glover Park and surrounds. And as a native American University Parker, I really enjoy trying to pinpoint the fictionalized settings Mr. Nicolette describes.

The books are page turners, and anyone familiar with Northwest D.C. is sure to enjoy the ride.

Bonnie Coe

American University Park

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ANCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secret Cafritz deal fails important test VIEWPOINT daniel s. Greenberg

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he multiuse theater at the Chevy Chase Community Center has been the setting for many performances, but for sick comedy it would be difficult to top the meeting that took place Aug. 27. It featured a cast of some 100 fuming Chevy Chase residents and their supposed link to democratic government, the Chevy Chase advisory neighborhood commission.

Mighty matters do not ordinarily confront this seven-member commission, but heartfelt ones do, such as parking and noise regulation. In recent months, a deeply heartfelt matter has roiled the community and its neighborhood commission: plans for a 261-unit apartment house on a site at Connecticut Avenue, Military Road and Kanawha Street. Developers Jane and Calvin Cafritz moved stealthily last year to obtain the requisite building permits, disregarding city policy that encourages developers to consult the neighborhood to minimize disruptions.

Revelations about the building set off an earthquake of opposition. Clad in blue glass, the originally proposed structure resembles a suburban bank headquarters. Inadequate garage parking would increase pressure on scarce street parking. The garage exhaust vent was to be located at ground level close to single-family homes. Truck access to the building would be along a 10-foot-wide alley lined by single-family homes. On a cold night in early January, 250 residents roared their opposition in a meeting at the community center.

At another meeting that month, hundreds more Chevy Chase neighbors crowded in there to meet with the Cafritzes. Mrs. Cafritz, visibly dismayed by the fired-up audience, pointed to a picture of the building and stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to build,â&#x20AC;? followed by a semi-retraction to the effect that changes were contemplated. Maybe.

Meanwhile, the community has organized into the 5333 Connecticut Neighborhood Coalition and dug in to tell the Cafritzes: We are not against a building, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re against your proposed building because of the ill effects it would have on our neighborhood.

Research into the construction plans revealed numerous violations of D.C. regulations, including strict limitations on building height. Parts of the building would invade public space. A major portion would be on land zoned for single-family houses. A semiunderground floor was misrepresented as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;cellar,â&#x20AC;? thus increasing the allowable number of apartments by 17 units. The Cafritzes remained unresponsive to the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s objections. Preparations for appeals proceeded.

Letters to the Editor Altering meter hours would help neighbors

The Currentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sept. 4 article regarding new parking restrictions noted that the Tenleytown/Friendship Heights advisory neighborhood commission has supported such rules for the 4900 block of 43rd Street. As a longtime neighborhood resident, I think the article missed a key aspect of the problem on that block. It is my view that the evening parking problem on that block stems from the presence of several restaurants on the 4900

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the neighborhood commission came in. These commissions exist to tell city officials what the local folks are thinking. D.C. courts have ruled that city officials must seriously consider matters raised by them. The support of our commission would be helpful, though not indispensable, for blocking the Cafritzesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; illadvised building plans. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why the 5333 Connecticut Neighborhood Coalition sought and welcomed the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision in April to join the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appeal.

As summer wore on and appeal preparations proceeded, the commission on short notice announced a public meeting, to be held three days before the Labor Day weekend. About 100 residents showed up and heard commission chair Jim McCarthy deliver a bombshell announcement: He and commissioners Henry Griffin and Randy Speck had met secretly with Cafritz representatives and struck a deal embodied in a memorandum of understanding in which Cafritz made what McCarthy described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;significantâ&#x20AC;? concessions: The exhaust vent would be moved 30 feet away from nearby dwellings, traffic would be routed away from the alley, 40 spaces would be added to the garage, and Cafritz would ask D.C. to deny street parking permits to building residents, thus encouraging them to use the garage. McCarthy cited other â&#x20AC;&#x153;concessionsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; minor items that the Cafritzes had already accepted. McCarthy then introduced a motion to drop the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support for the pending appeals. The audience loudly expressed opposition.

Commissioners Carolyn Cook and Rebecca Maydak protested the secrecy and short-notice announcement of the Cafritz agreement, pleading for further discussion at a later meeting. Commissioner David Engel sided with McCarthy and his secret collaborators, while Gary Thompson voted for postponement.

Attendees argued that the deal lacked enforcement mechanisms and real concessions while giving additional benefits to the Cafritzes. They also protested that the secret negotiations lacked input from the most affected residents. The motion to approve the memorandum and drop the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support for the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appeals passed, 4-2, with Thompson abstaining.

Despite the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surrender, the appeals remain on track, backed by abundant evidence that the proposed building is an outlaw.

The commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secret dealings with the Cafritzes may or may not be legal. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certain is that they fail a rigorous standard in politics: the smell test.

Daniel S. Greenberg is a member of the steering committee of the 5333 Connecticut Neighborhood Coalition.

block of Wisconsin Avenue, including Peteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Apizza, Matisse and others.

Patrons park on 43rd Street in the evenings because meters on Wisconsin require payment until 10 p.m. Instead of paying $2 per hour for evening parking on the main commercial street â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and chancing a ticket if dinner runs a bit long â&#x20AC;&#x201D; drivers look for free neighborhood parking.

The clear answer to the evening parking problem would be to end meter payments at 6:30 in the evening. An informal drive-by survey I took recently found that no meter payment is required after 6:30 in Cleveland Park (on both Wisconsin and Connecticut). So a patron

going to Cafe Deluxe can park free in the evenings on Wisconsin, but a diner has to feed the meter in order to be fed at Matisse â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or more likely will park on neighborhood streets.

Perhaps the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office or Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh can explain to us why the Tenleytown and Friendship Heights portions of Wisconsin Avenue have the evening meter payment but Cleveland Park does not. Let me be clear: I am not advocating that Cleveland Park should have a payment requirement â&#x20AC;&#x201D; only that Tenleytown and Friendship Heights should not.

David Yudin Washington, D.C.

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D.C. charter schools open with more choices VIEWPOINT robert cane

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s D.C. students begin a new school year, there are more choices than ever before — thanks to D.C.’s public charter schools. Last year some 43 percent of all D.C. public school students were educated at charters, which are publicly funded but operate independently of the city’s traditional public school system. Four new charters have also opened this year — Somerset Preparatory Academy, Ingenuity Prep, Sela and Community College Preparatory Academy.

Public charter schools are tuition-free, publicly funded schools that are free to determine their own school culture and curriculum while being held accountable by the city’s Public Charter School Board for improved student performance. So popular are these public school options that charters received 22,000 more applications than their available spaces last year. Some D.C. charters are now statistically harder to get into — they must hold a lottery if they are over-subscribed — than Ivy League schools.

The high demand for these unique programs is a function of the superior public education they offer. For example, District public charter schools’ on-time highschool graduation rate is 21 percentage points higher than that of the city’s public high schools. And in recent standardized tests, charter students — especially those from the city’s most disadvantaged communities — outscored their traditional public school peers.

In wards 7 and 8, which are located east of the Anacostia River and have the District’s highest rates of poverty, unemployment and crime, students at charters significantly outperform their school system peers on standardized reading and math tests. In math, charter schools average 31 percentage points higher in Ward 8 and 19 percentage points higher in Ward 7. In reading, charter schools average 21 points higher in Ward 8 and 17 points higher in Ward 7.

In fact, students at D.C.’s charters outscore their D.C. Public Schools peers in every ward except the District’s affluent Ward 3, where there are no charter schools — as charters choose to locate in the most dis-

Letters to the Editor District should name a block after Kaylor

There surely must be a number of Dupont Circle residents who share my view that a tree box, while a fine idea, is hardly an adequate tribute to Annie Kaylor.

Surely we can do better. I would like to suggest naming the block of 17th Street NW between Q and Corcoran streets as Annie Kaylor Way. Perhaps commissioner Kishan Putta can take that suggestion to city officials along with ideas presented by other residents.

Averil Kadis Dupont Circle

Kaylor tribute evokes many fond memories

The beautiful tribute to Mrs. Annie Kaylor brought a rush of wonderful memories. The first place I “ate out” when I moved to 1600 16th St. on Oct. 1, 1949, was at the Italian restaurant Cassanova at the site of the current Annie’s.

The original Paramount Steakhouse is occupied with the JR’s crowd.

Annie ran a tight ship as a warm and nurturing woman who opened

advantaged and underserved neighborhoods. In a new ranking system by the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education, public charters have 19 “rising” or “reward” schools — the highest classifications — in wards 7 and 8; D.C. Public Schools has only three.

Charters’ superior results have occurred in part because of market forces — parents must choose charters for their children, and if they don’t, charters don’t get paid. This operates as a strong incentive for charter school leaders to make sure their schools offer a good education. Another incentive is that charters can be closed for underperforming academically or mismanaging public funds. (About one-third of those opened have been closed.)

Charters’ success was a critical component of the 2007 decision by the D.C. Council to take control of the school system out of the hands of the old Board of Education and institute mayoral control, which led to the appointment of two reforming chancellors — Michelle Rhee and Kaya Henderson. The result has been a five-year improvement in math and reading test scores in the school system, although performance still lags far behind that of the city’s charters.

Remarkably, charters have transformed public education while successive mayoral administrations have consistently flouted the charter law, disproportionately allocating city funds to the less-well-performing cityrun school system. Charter students, on average, receive less in school operating funds than their peers in cityrun schools each year. In the current fiscal year this underfunding amounts to $1,700 per student. The disparity in capital funding is even greater: $10,000 per school-system student compared to just $3,000 per charter school student.

This unfair funding, which is illegal under the legislation that established charter schools in the city, discriminates against those who are least well served by the traditional system. Charters serve higher shares of minority students and those receiving federal lunch subsidies. Just imagine what they could accomplish with access to the same resources as provided to the city-run schools.

Robert Cane is executive director of Friends of Choice in Urban Schools.

her heart to many, but especially the much-put-upon gay community. Is there any wonder she was so loved?

The article shows, above the sidewalk restaurant, the 1920s and/ or 1930s facade of this beloved landmark.

I close with a paraphrase from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”: Farewell gallant Annie, and may flights of angels now sing thee to thy rest.

Kay Eckles Dupont Circle

Defense of wedding shows entitlement

On the Sunday before Labor Day, the minister of my church in Georgetown gave a sermon in which he stated how entitled those in the Washington area believe they are. Had Mr. Schaefer’s letter [“Let residents enjoy wedding at home,” Sept. 4] been published the week prior, the minister could have used it as a prime example.

Mr. Schaefer seems to believe that because he was hosting a wedding party, it should be immune to any laws. He apparently feels that the wedding for his son even trumps other parents possibly throwing a party for the release of their Peruvian pan flutist daughter’s new CD, also perhaps a once-in-alifetime event. And of course, it is

much more important than say, a group of sorority sisters throwing a lavaliere party for a happy member of their organization, her boyfriend and his fraternity brothers.

I’m sure that Mr. Schaefer and his wife knew what the rules were before they planned their “joyous” event. After all, a quick call to 311 lets you know that the D.C. noise ordinance goes into effect at 10 p.m. every night. But the Schaefers decided that the rules shouldn’t apply to them. Mr. Schaefer even stated that “it was only 10 p.m. on a Saturday for God’s sake.”

Fortunately laws aren’t written to protect those who feel entitled to have large tent parties at any hour of the night for whatever reason they have deemed so important, but those who the entitled choose to bully into getting their way by “notifying them” ahead of time. Mr. Schaefer and his wife knew the law.

But they decided they didn’t like the law and therefore planned to ignore it, and then chose to whine when their neighbor didn’t let them get away with it. It was a $100-persong gamble that didn’t pay off.

Maybe next time they will be more neighborly and start their event earlier so it will be finished by the proper hour.

Ronda Bernstein Georgetown

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Spotlight on Schools Aidan Montessori School

Aidan Montessoriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upper elementary classroom is going to Echo Hill Outdoor School on Sept. 23 for three days. This will be the sixthgradersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; last time, the fifth-gradersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; second time and the fourth-gradersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first time! Echo Hill is the most anticipated part of the year!

My favorite part of Echo Hill was EAS or Early American Studies, where we learned about the early Americans in our area. This year I wonder how much it has changed. Many of us are excited for the great food and fun activities like the giant swing! I was very scared doing it last time, but this year, like many others in the class, I want to go to the top! We are all very exited for another great year at Echo Hill! â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alana Hodge, sixth-grader

Blessed Sacrament School

This is Blessed Sacramentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 90th year as a school! For this exciting milestone, our principal, Mr. Kelly, wants us all to try and make this the best year yet! He said that in order to do this, every student should try to improve on one thing. Whether it is being more organized or working harder, if we improve on one single thing, we can easily make this a great year for ourselves as well as our school.

So what are the students doing to improve? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to improve on my grades, because the lessons are important and they can help you later,â&#x20AC;? says Peter, a sixth-grader.

Fourth-grader Darwin adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am trying to improve on speaking French.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to be a better friend,â&#x20AC;? says Claire, in second grade.

I also asked Mr. Kelly how he was taking his own advice into account. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to improve by helping each of my teachers be the best teacher they can be,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to be available for regular classroom visits and to be a visible presence in the classroom.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Emily Orem, seventh-grader

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British School of Washington

In Year 5 and Year 6 at the British School of Washington, you get to take on positions of responsibility. These are eco prefects, librarians, House Captains and prefects. These jobs are awarded to Year 5 and 6 because they are the oldest members of the Primary School. If you would like one of the jobs, you have to write a letter to apply saying why you want to get the job and why you would be good at it. The teachers then read the letters and make the difficult decisions, because lots of people want the jobs.

Ruth and I applied to be prefects because we wanted more responsibility and we felt we were ready for the job. We were rewarded for our applications by being named as the Head Girl and Head Boy. We felt surprised, happy and joyful, as it was not something we were expecting. We are both really excited for the year ahead. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Filip Stamm and Ruth Williams, Primary Head Boy and Head Girl (fifth-graders)

Eaton Elementary

We are finally fifth-graders! That means this is our last year at Eaton.

This year will be a lot of work but also lots of fun.

We must be responsible for our actions because the younger grades are looking up to us. As fifth-graders, we have to be good student leaders and should always be on our best behavior because the little kids are watching us. We can show them how to be leaders by always taking care of our school and our environment, by showing respect to kids and adults, by showing everyone how intelligent we are and by showing all that we can accomplish.

In the classroom, we always have to pay close attention to our wonderful teachers because they

have a lot planned for us. We know that we will have geography projects, science experiments, difficult math lessons, research projects, lots of writing and many books to read.

There will be interesting field trips that will help us learn more. Our tests will be harder and more complicated than before but that will help us be better students and get ready for next year.

Fifth grade is also lots of fun. At John Eaton, we have Eagle Time on Fridays where kids get to choose an elective class. The choices are: Sports Predictions & Statistics, Archery, Robotics, Continent Quest, Chinese, Star Search and Art. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Amaya Berry and Knasir McDaniel, fifth-graders

The Field School

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On the first days of school we had lots of fun, including a lot of class meetings. The new kids were introduced to the returning students.

Also, new kids were introduced to their teachers and advisers. We got our schedules, but it was a little confusing on the first day of school, though most were able to find their way. The Field School is really nice; the buildings are awesome!

At the end of the first week, all middle school students took a rafting trip that was a good deal of fun!

We rode on a boat and paddled for hours. Safety was important. We had life jackets and helmets on.

Some people fell out, but they ended up getting back in the boat safely. We stopped on an island for lunch and then went paddling again.

This all was on just our third day of school!

Over the summer, the construction crew worked hard to finish the

On Monday, Honeywell and NASA visited Hardy Middle School in Georgetown to launch an updated version of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Forces in Motion,â&#x20AC;? an award-winning hip-hop physics education program.

third floor of the Sapere Building.

On the new floor there are new faculty offices and classrooms. There is also a new bridge that connects the Cafritz and Sapere buildings.

There is still construction on the Elizabeth Ely meetinghouse, which will be finished next year. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; David Ayers and Kameron Pool, seventh-graders; and Freddie Skelsey, sixth-grader

Georgetown Day School

Last week was the first full week of schooling for Georgetown Day students. At the high school, clubs and extracurricular activities are just starting up. As a result, the past few days of school have been relatively uneventful.

One such club that has started up again this year is the Black Culture Club. Open to all students, BCC is a club that provides a place for students to converse about topics and current events relating to the black community. In our first meeting of the year, last Wednesday, we discussed the leadership positions available for this school year. During our next meeting we will select co-chairs, co-communications directors and a secretary. We also briefly discussed our plans for the annual BCC assembly, taking place later in the year.

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DISPATCHES From Page 15 extraordinarily well.

The boys varsity soccer team defeated St. James to bring its season record to 1-1-1. Additionally the girls varsity soccer team defeated Stone Ridge and Sandy Spring to bring its season record to 2-0-1. The girls varsity volleyball team defeated the National Cathedral School in its home opener and currently stands at 1-1 overall. The boys var-

the Current sity cross-country team clenched first place at a recent Lake Forest Invitational meet, while the girls varsity cross-country team came in eighth place. Lastly, sophomore Jack Klein shot a 1-under-par 35 in the golf team’s first match of the season.

— Carlton Marshall II, 12th-grader

Our Lady of Victory School

The first week of school we gave our teacher Mr. Price a buzz cut. But first you had to read 1,000 pages over the summer. Mr. Price

grew his hair long. Now it is really short. He was brave to let the thirdand fourth-graders use the electric razor on his head!

At the beginning of the summer 1,000 pages seemed like too much.

So I read a few pages every day and it added up. It helped that I had a goal. At the end of the first week of school, we had a school mass at the church. Father Dave asked some of the kids how they read 1,000 pages.

My friend Jack said he did it by reading something every day. Father Dave said it was like the Bible story

We’re in the practice of caring.

when the smart women brought enough oil for the lamps to the wedding feast — they planned ahead.

Father Dave said we have to keep in mind our goal of heaven and prepare for it every day just like Jack and I did our reading every day.

We made a list of classroom rules for the year. My list is: 1.

Never give up 2. Follow directions 3. Help your friends 4. Let your imagination run free!

Also in third grade we have lots of new tablet computers this year, which makes math a lot more fun!

— Charles Carroll Carter II, third-grader

St. Albans School

Charles Dickens may as well have described the first week of school in his book, “A Tale of Two Cities”: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … .”

Students looked forward to seeing their friends, but they dreaded waking up early in the morning.

Students wanted to learn new things, but they feared their natural enemy: homework. And the first week of school was all about one thing: organization. Some students are very organized, and the first week proved to be easy. For some of the others, this week became the subject of their nightmares.

Our first test came on the second day of school, when the teachers asked us to go to our lockers and straighten them up. Most of us passed, but our definition of “straightening” and our teachers’ definition of the same word varied just a bit. Remembering our locker combinations for both our sports and academic lockers was also a challenge, but we met this challenge like pros (with some help from our teachers and advisers, who have all the combinations stored on a nice, clean spreadsheet).

On Friday, the entire lower school (grades four through eight) went to our first assembly, a St. Albans lower school tradition. The teachers talked about what it means to be a St. Albans man: having honesty, respect, compassion and responsibility. Then the prefects spoke about their experience in the lower grades.

I am sure we will endeavor to be greatly organized all year.

— Nareg Balian, Form II (eighth-grader)

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St. Ann’s Academy

A new school year brings old and new faces back to St. Ann’s Academy. Teachers, staff and students are excited to start the year. In the seventh grade, we have a few new faces. One of them, Ronald Cook, said, “My first days at St. Ann’s were great! I got to meet my new teachers, I made new friends, and I got the chance to develop and adapt to my new environment. I feel good about going to a new school because I get to do things that are new and different and change who I am.”

Another new face is Quinten Johnson. He said, “My first days at St. Ann’s Academy were terrific and

challenging. In my old school, there were a lot more students, but at St. Ann’s, the class sizes are small. It is exciting to meet and get to know everyone in my class. The students at St. Ann’s that I have gotten to know are nice and fun to be with.”

The seventh grade is looking forward to a challenging and fun academic year.

— Seventh-graders

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School

St. Patrick’s seventh- and eighthgrade students traveled to the Terrapin Adventures Ropes Course last week. While there, we worked to develop traits and skills like teamwork, leadership and role-playing.

During one team-building activity, we tried to flip over a tarp with 15 students standing on it. This made us think “outside of the box.” One classmate reported, “I believe this activity helped me with my teamwork and cooperation.” We also rode a giant swing and a zipline.

By the end of the day, it seemed like students had learned many things and had lots of fun. Another classmate stated, “The activities helped me overcome my fear of heights in a supportive way.” I am glad we had this opportunity, because I feel like we all got to know each other just a little more.

— Alexander Samadi, seventh-grader

School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens

My music class has a lot of instruments. I played the drums, tambourine and maracas to a song in class. At home I play the guitar. I do the “surfs up” dance on the playground. I like music and dancing.

In kindergarten we do not take a nap. It is a long day. We are learning to count to 100 by ones and by 10s. I asked Mommy when I can get 100 days off from school.

— Maya M. Hendricks, kindergartner

School Without Walls High School

Three weeks have passed and summer feels like lifetimes ago.

Sports have begun, classes are in full swing and waking up early to go to school is now routine. Seniors are applying to college, stressed out at times, yet proud to be the oldest in the school; juniors feel the confidence of upperclassmen as they prepare for the SAT; sophomores get their taste of an Advanced Placement course (all sophomores are required to take AP World History); and freshmen are immersed into the Walls community.

Students and faculty are not the only ones coming to school each day as colleges come to visit the school every week. College visits take place throughout the day and seniors and juniors can leave class to attend these. Popular visits include Columbia, Georgetown and Rice universities. For seniors dealing with the college application process these visits prove to be espeSee Dispatches/Page 54

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Realtors see strong D.C. housing market with low inventory of homes

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s D.C. Realtors look ahead to the fall real estate market, many say they are upbeat, even though August’s inventory was looking a bit low.

“It’s shaping up to be pretty strong,” said Jim Bell, founder and managing partner of Beasley Real Estate. “The market really hasn’t taken too much of a summer

break.”

Bell said he had recently seen what he described as a customary surge from sellers that happens at this time every year. “People put stuff on the market right around Labor Day,” he said.

Echoing Bell’s optimism was Evers & Co. founder Donna Evers, who has three decades of experience in the local market.

“We really ought to have a great fall,” she said, adding only the

caveat that buyers should realize this is a sellers’ market and avoid holding out on purchases for too long.

“It’s like the stock market,” she — people wait until the last minute before making their moves.

Related to that lack of recognition of the seller’s advantage, Evers said the biggest problem with the market today is the low inventory — a perennial issue in recent years.

Recent data from the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors and RealEstate Business Intelligence showed 14 percent fewer properties on the market in D.C. this August compared to last August — 34 fewer single-family homes and 145 fewer condos and co-ops. In addition, this year’s total active listings in August represented a five-year low for the month.

But not all Realtors read the data exactly the same way. Joseph

Some developers thinking smaller

Himali, the principal broker at Best Address Real Estate, advises an alternative look at inventory levels.

“Although inventory is down year-to-year, it’s up from where it was in the spring,” Himali said.

Data from the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors data demonstrate the recent uptick in new listings. For example, there were 377 new-this-month listings for single-family houses this See Market/Page RE16

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By KATIE PEARCE Current Staff Writer

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ow do you fit a kitchen, a bathroom, and space for living and sleeping all within 400 square feet?

For architect Peter Fillat, who’s working on a “micro-unit” rental project in the 1400 block of Church Street, the solution involves using compact fixtures and appliances, and squeezing everything together resourcefully.

In the 38 tiny apartments that will make up the new Logan Circle building, Murphy beds will fold down at night, preserving space during the day. Bathroom sinks will be placed outside of the bathroom itself.

Water heaters will be installed above the fridge. And laundry will be both cleaned and dried, in separate phases, in a singleunit washer/dryer.

But even if everything fits in successfully, how do you make sure the apartments don’t feel like cramped shoeboxes? Fillat says it’s important to let in light and air — in this building, through floor-to-ceiling glass windows, small balconies and “carved-up” layouts that aren’t strictly square or rectangular.

“It’s a very cool, livable space, but at the same time, no frills,” Fillat says.

These type of design challenges could be facing more developers and architects in D.C. as the trend of the micro-unit takes off.

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For some area Realtors, office remodeling has brought open, flexible spaces

Renderings courtesy of Peter Fillat Architects

Thirty-eight “micro-units” — between 375 and 425 square feet — are planned for a project on the 1400 block of Church Street.

In cities where living space is tight and comes at a premium, smaller units (a “micro” is usually defined as under 400 square feet) are starting to seem like a logical solution to some common housing issues.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg sparked national attention last year with a competition inviting designs for apartments under 300 square feet. Other expensive cities like Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles have also pursued micros as a way to provide more affordable options for a growing number of single- or double-occupant households.

Before the trend arrived in the U.S.,

micro-apartments were already gaining popularity in crowded international cities like Tokyo, London and Hong Kong.

In D.C., a number of projects including micro-units are starting to sprout up across the city.

For a new development at 1250 9th St. in Shaw, the CAS Riegler firm is planning for a handful of units under 320 square feet. Plans for “The Wharf,” a mixed-use development on the Southwest Waterfront, call for 150 units between 330 and 380 square feet.

On Church Street, developer Brook Rose is working with Fillat to transform three historic buildings into one apartment complex with units between 375 and 425 square feet.

The projected opening is early 2015.

Of course, the concept of the tiny city See Micro-units/Page RE16

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Nonprofit links sponsors to home repair projects

By DEIRDRE BANNON Current Correspondent

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n a steamy Sunday afternoon this summer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one that might be best suited for relaxing with some iced tea on a porch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a house on Morton Street in Columbia Heights was instead buzzing with activity. A teenager was putting a fresh coat of paint on the dining room walls. A woman was power-washing the wood deck just off the kitchen. And several adults were clearing brush from the spacious backyard.

The homeowner, Maureen, was pitching in everywhere, with a broad smile on her face. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the inaugural recipients of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Neighbor to Neighborâ&#x20AC;? homeimprovement program from Yachad, a local nonprofit based in Dupont Circle that, among other things, helps low-income homeowners repair and maintain their properties.

Maureen, who asked that her last name not be used, grew up in this house on the 700 block of Morton Street. She moved away as a young adult, and then bought the house from her sister about 18 years ago.

Now in her 60s, Maureen has maintained the home as best she could, but some of the bigger repairs had become overwhelming â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and not knowing what to do, she found that that feeling worsened over time. One of the most intimidating and problematic repairs was her basement, which flooded almost every time it rained.

Then, through a friend at her church, she learned about Yachad.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went from overwhelmed to empowered, thanks to Yachad,â&#x20AC;?

Maureen said as she took a quick break from repair work that afternoon in July.

Maureen was selected as one of the first participants in Neighbor to Neighbor, a new initiative for Yachad that matches corporate sponsors with individual homeowners in need of help with big repair projects and home maintenance.

Nancy Taylor Bubes, a Realtor with Washington Fine Properties in Georgetown, was the first corporate sponsor to sign up for the program, and she was matched with Maureen.

Sponsorships start at $10,000 per home; Yachad then coordinates with contractors willing to provide services for reduced fees, so that donated $10,000 can turn into $20,000 or $30,000 for big projects like roofing, plumbing or electrical work, according to Kendra Rubinfeld, program director with Yachad.

Donors, if they so choose, can also volunteer their help with certain elements of the project, like painting, minor carpentry or yard work â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which Taylor Bubes did with a team of volunteers she recruited.

What sets this program apart from similar home-improvement efforts is that the homeowners not only receive help with house repairs, but they also participate in a series of three workshops, totaling about 10 hours, on topics including do-it-yourself maintenance, knowing when and how to hire a contractor, budgeting for such projects, and further financial counseling.

The goal is to not only assist with a one-time effort on a big proj-

ect â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like Maureenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basement, which professionals repaired thanks to Taylor Bubesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; donation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but also to give homeowners the tools they need to stay on top of home maintenance going forward, said Rubinfeld. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly how Maureen feels about her experience with Yachad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I go to Home Depot, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much fun now,â&#x20AC;? said Maureen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know how to analyze homerepair problems â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I can do research, figure out how long it would take me to do it myself, what tools I might need, and how to save costs on the repairs.â&#x20AC;? She also feels she knows enough about various home-maintenance issues that if she needs to hire a contractor, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll know how to handle it.

Yachad will be there for ongoing help, too â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the nonprofit maintains relationships with the homeowners, who can reach out to Yachad staff members and workshop instructors anytime they have a question.

The programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;neighbor to neighborâ&#x20AC;? intention extends to the sponsors as well. Taylor Bubes, who was hands-on at Maureenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home repair event in July, plans to

Photos courtesy of Yachad

Nancy Taylor Bubes, far left, and others clear brush with a team of volunteers she recruited for a Yachad home improvement project at a Columbia Heights house. The Washington Fine Properties Realtor is the first corporate sponsor for Yachadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Neighbor to Neighbor Initiative. stay in touch with Maureen and help out with any questions or concerns she has. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a Realtor, this kind of project relates to our business,â&#x20AC;? said Taylor Bubes, who started volunteering with Yachad about four years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone in our industry knows a plumber or a painter or an electrician. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a win-win for everyone when we help connect people with resources they may not have.â&#x20AC;?

For the house repair day at Maureenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Taylor Bubes brought together a team of volunteers that included agents in her office as well as family members and friends.

And despite the heat and humidity, everyone was all smiles, laughing their way through a long day of labor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone needs a comfortable

place to sleep â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essential,â&#x20AC;? said Taylor Bubes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything we can do to help make someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home a little bit better is so worthwhile.â&#x20AC;?

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping others in the industry will follow suit.

So far, Yachadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program is gaining traction, with plans to sponsor 10 home repairs this year. The organization has four local corporate sponsors for this initiative â&#x20AC;&#x201D; JBG Cos., Forest City Enterprises, Bernstein Management Corp. and Washington Fine Properties â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as well as individual donations from local philanthropist Irma Poretsky and other Yachad board members.

Yachad, which is a Jewish organization (Yachad means â&#x20AC;&#x153;togetherâ&#x20AC;? in Hebrew), helps homeowners throughout the greater Washington area. For details visit yachad-dc.org.

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Seeking out niches, Realtors revamp offices

By MATT SWENSON Current Correspondent

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arj Rosner is never quite sure where the furniture is going to be when she arrives at work each day. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because the tables, chairs and even the bookcases have wheels on them at the two Long & Foster offices she manages, both of which are undergoing dramatic makeovers.

The thought behind the movable furniture is simple, Rosner explains.

If one of her real estate agents doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like how an office is set up, they can change it. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even paint to add some contrast to the neutral taupe dominant at the locations on Jenifer Street in Friendship Heights and on New Mexico Avenue in Wesley Heights. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A work environment is not onesize-fits-all,â&#x20AC;? said Rosner, a vice president and sales manager at Long & Foster. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been much more successful than I expected.â&#x20AC;?

The new look, which Rosner first conceived of four years ago and which started coming to fruition in the spring, is part of a growing trend of an industry remaking itself after decades of redoing peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homes and businesses. Instead of just assisting in property transac-

tions, managers like Rosner are selling a sense of home in their work environment.

Gone are the crowded rows of cubicles. Open spaces, like ones their clients covet when house hunting, are becoming the norm. Welcoming art and impressive conference rooms greet employees and customers at a growing number of branches.

Adding to the open feel is a noticeably smaller number of Realtors, whose need for a dedicated desk has diminished as technology has advanced. Whereas an agent in the past would need to spend hours at an office filing paperwork and creating brochures, most of that same work can now be done remotely.

This extends to contracts, where computer programs such as DocuSign have replaced pen and paper.

While not as innovative as what Google and Amazon offer their employees, the change in philosophy is in line with government agencies and private-sector employers liberalizing policies on teleworking and dress codes to keep up

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Marj Rosner, left, ordered her Long & Foster offices revamped with wheeled furniture that can easily be rearranged. Slate Properties, above, sought a distinctly urban look at its Florida Avenue space. with societal changes.

The trailblazers in real estate are small, boutique firms, of which there are many in Washington. Slate Propertiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; slogan, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Urban Real Estate. Redefined,â&#x20AC;? begins with its office in Dupont Circle. Opened in February, the location remains a work in progress for company founder Andrew Turczyn, who continues to add personal touches â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as a metal shelf installed this month â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to add to a modern feel.

With its street-front window on Florida Avenue, Slateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distinctly urban look â&#x20AC;&#x201D; complete with brick walls and stools â&#x20AC;&#x201D; catches the eye of casual passersby and clients alike, Turczyn said.

After hosting initial sessions with customers, Slateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team of Realtors takes advantage of the central location to, for example, quickly get on Rock Creek Parkway or scout properties in Shaw. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think of [our office] as a meeting place,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding that â&#x20AC;&#x153;an agent sitting in the office isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t making money.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Time is money,â&#x20AC;? Turczyn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When places go on the market, they can be gone within hours.â&#x20AC;?

Turczyn and Beasley Real Estateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s managing partner, Jim Bell, believe Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s educated demographic â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is adept at technology and extremely knowledgeable of the market â&#x20AC;&#x201D; has moved beyond the traditional massive real estate firm armed with thousands of agents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;D.C. is not a corporate town,â&#x20AC;? said Bell, whose boutique company, based downtown, recently opened a new location in Bethesda.

The expansion is a sign of Beasleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smaller, personal approach paying off, according to Bell. He said sales are up 60 percent in the past year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a boom period in D.C. real estate, he acknowledges.

Bell believes that many larger organizations in the industry are hampered by their relationship with Realogy, which owns and franchises a vast majority of real estate firms in the world, including Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Century 21.

Rick Hoffman, the broker in charge of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Georgetown office, has a different perspective. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Real estate isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t local, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s global,â&#x20AC;? he said, touting Coldwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reach with 87,000 agents in the U.S. and locations in 50 countries worldwide. That reach is vital in commercial real estate as more and more companies expand beyond one countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s border.

Coldwell, too, is part of Realogyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s massive brand, but the branch neighboring the Potomac River is not trapped in the old model.

Opened four years ago, the location has a sleek, modern feel featuring glass walls meant to keep conversations private.

Just like at boutique firms, the office is fully outfitted with Wi-Fi and designed to impress clients and accommodate agents who often prefer working remotely. Offices are treated like hotel rooms, as agents find an available space on a given day rather than get assigned to permanent work stations.

Hoffmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agents use the office primarily for meeting with clients or for camaraderie-building activities, such as group training or speaking events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a different industry,â&#x20AC;? said Hoffman.

Not everyone is sold on certain aspects of the new approach to office management. Donna Evers, the broker and owner of Evers & Co., has remodeled her locations over the years, yet she is a firm believer that Realtors work better in the office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re old-fashioned,â&#x20AC;? she admitted.

While there are no specific guidelines for agents to be in the office, Evers says the traditional central location has resources that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be replicated off-site. The advantages to staying in the office, Evers said, include immediate access to the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graphic designers and top-flight printing equipment. But the biggest benefit is the brainstorming fostered in a workplace environment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you have very smart people working together, everyone benefits from opinions,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the office, everyone can come together and exchange ideas.â&#x20AC;?

At Long & Foster, Rosner says the revamped approach to her offices is quickly becoming a selling point in her recruiting efforts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a trend also seen at Slate and Beasley.

Rosner said prospective employees sense a new vitality in the workplace. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the perception was Long & Foster is an older company,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We needed to be a little edgier.â&#x20AC;?

In trying to attract young and talented Realtors, Rosner visited many offices before beginning her redesign. She learned one mistake many companies make is undertaking only superficial changes, such as installing the â&#x20AC;&#x153;chair of the futureâ&#x20AC;? or the â&#x20AC;&#x153;desk of the future.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We needed to take it a step further,â&#x20AC;? Rosner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to create a culture where people wanted to come to work.â&#x20AC;?

After all, real estate is big business. The industry might be changing, but no one is ready to say the office isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t still a necessary tool.

Remodeling can allow a firm to prove it has embraced the new era of technology or help streamline the process of buying and selling. Perhaps most importantly, though, real estate firms are trying to create an environment for employees to thrive, just as is the goal in any field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy agents are productive agents,â&#x20AC;? Hoffman said.

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Realtor adds bit of philanthropy

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very house sold is a big step in someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a move to a different city, a different neighborhood or a new level of success. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a process rooted in emotion and mapped by communities.

Joshua Oliver, an agent and vice president at Georgetownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s M Squared Real Estate, sees his job as an invitation into a clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world and the neighborhood around them.

He wants to invest in every step and recognize the buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s process as what it is: a time flooded with â&#x20AC;&#x153;anxiety, grief, enjoyment and pure happiness.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;People donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy a home simply because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a home. They buy a home because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re invested in a certain lifestyle, invested in a certain community,â&#x20AC;? Oliver said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to realize thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a link between the two.â&#x20AC;?

Oliver has now vowed to grow his real estate philosophy further, into an opportunity for communitywide philanthropy. The therapistturned-agent donates 0.5 percent of a homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final sales price to a charity of the clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a program he started six months ago that he hopes will grow to other Realtors. His wife pitched the original idea for the charity giveback, Oliver said, and he started taking it to his clients. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to ask about the philanthropic program or present any kind of secret password or code. Oliver lets each client know about the deal upfront. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always funny to see peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faces when you bring up the

program. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always waiting for the catch,â&#x20AC;? Oliver said.

And even with market unpredictability, Oliver said he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen a hit and isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worried about the toll the donations could take on his own income. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know getting into it, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cost associated,â&#x20AC;? Oliver said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether it works out or not, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way it can be a bad thing.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new program without a name so far. None of Oliverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s M Squared colleagues have opted to match the model and, largely, the philanthropic approach hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been seen at this individual scale in the area. Sara Wiskerchen, spokesperson for the National Association of Realtors, said she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know of anyone with a similar program.

Oliver said he does hope to see the philanthropic program grow into a group of Realtors with a shared community-centric mindset in the market â&#x20AC;&#x201D; maybe it will take on a name, and maybe it will grow larger than the District.

Besides the community benefit of the donations, Oliver said he has found it makes business sense as well. Although he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen repeat clients within six months, or within a short three-year real estate career, he has seen an uptick in referrals as a result of the donations.

Oliverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest donation thus far has been about $2,500 on a $500,000 listing, and clients have most often chosen to make their contribution to D.C. Public Schools.

People want to donate to somewhere they have ties to, Oliver said.

He estimated that a third of his clients have children in the public school system. (Two of his own

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Joshua Oliver three children now attend city public schools as well.)

Oliver has another connection to education. He first started his career as a therapist in Marylandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s juvenile detention centers before moving to The Lab School of Washington.

Real estate was initially a hobby he and his wife, Erin, exercised through their own moves â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from Capitol Hill to Dupont â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and weekend indulgences. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sundays would just be open house days,â&#x20AC;? Oliver said.

He shifted to a career in real estate three years ago with every intention to weave a taste of his old work into the people and places he serves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were always invested in the schools, but more in the community â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge part of what real estate is,â&#x20AC;? he said.

And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why Oliver has chosen to give back with each home sold, he said: Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s invested past the sale and wants to remain a permanent fixture past the closing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Real estate can be as simple as selling a home. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different to provide a concierge service where people feel like you are truly invested in every part of their life,â&#x20AC;? Oliver said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nobody loses when the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s benefiting as well.â&#x20AC;?

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When a piece of commercial or residential property in D.C. is sold for more than $400,000, both the buyer and seller owe a tax of 1.45 percent of the propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sale price; less expensive transactions are assessed at 1.1 percent. The city collected $285 million from these taxes in the 2012 fiscal year, according to an expert report submitted to the Tax Revision Commission.

The report, by Howard University economics professors Rodney Green and Judy Mulusa, recommends modest tweaks: taxing the first $400,000 of any sale price at the lower rate, and increasing the tax rate for high-demand office properties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the final analysis, recordation and transfer taxes are modest one-time levies,â&#x20AC;? the report states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adjustments in them will have only modest impact on the economic development of the city.â&#x20AC;?

Not so fast, says Bonnie Roberts-Burke, a longtime D.C. Realtor and president-elect of the local Realtors association. She says the report relies on misinformation: that homebuyers can roll the tax into their mortgages, spreading out the cost.

But stricter lending practices in recent years mean that the fee must be paid upfront, she said in an interview. And residents moving within the District must pay the tax for both their old and new homes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every little increase in closing costs makes it a little harder to buy a house,â&#x20AC;? said Roberts-Burke.

The impact, she said, is that many residents stay longer in rental housing while they save up enough for a large down payment and cash closing costs, which typically add up to about 3 percent of the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total price. Other residents wait longer to sell their home and buy another because of the prices.

And some are avoiding the District altogether, she said, in favor of markets with lower taxes on property sales â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.

Virginia assesses a combined tax (the sellerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rate plus the buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) of 0.433 percent, and Marylandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ranges from 1.5 percent to 2.45 percent, compared to the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2.2 percent to 2.9 percent. Only New York City has a higher rate, according to the report to the Tax Revision Commission, and several states donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have these taxes at all.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I sit down with purchasers coming from another jurisdiction â&#x20AC;Ś you just watch their mouths gape openâ&#x20AC;? when the taxes are described, said Roberts-Burke.

The DC Fiscal Policy Institute, a think tank that analyzes local budget issues, believes the issue is overblown and that the taxes should remain at their current rate.

Jenny Reed, the instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy director, said in an interview that

â??You can see in D.C. that we have the tax but still have a strong real estate market.â?&#x17E; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jenny Reed itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commonplace for governments to tax the best-performing assets of their economy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and in the District, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real estate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The real estate market is such a force of economic activity that you can levy [taxes on property sales] and raise revenue without it really hurting the economy,â&#x20AC;? said Reed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can see in D.C. that we have the tax but we still have a strong real estate market.â&#x20AC;?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not entirely the point, counters Roberts-Burke. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not saying itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stopping sales; sales are still booming. But just because we can tax it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fair.â&#x20AC;?

She said the taxes have unseen impacts on an individual level, such as delayed home buying and selling, that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily show up in citywide data. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just because a deal eventually closes doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that the deal wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t significantly impeded by the high recordation and transfer tax,â&#x20AC;? Roberts-Burke said.

One sticky factor in reducing the taxes is that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a dedicated source of funding for low-income housing in the District â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 15 percent of the funds generated through these taxes are set aside for the Housing Production Trust Fund. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one absolute undeniable need in the District, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the lack of affordable housing,â&#x20AC;? said Frank Demarais, vice president at Manna, a nonprofit that helps lowincome residents find housing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any reduction in those funds would have an immediate and obvious impact.â&#x20AC;?

Though Roberts-Burke said she supports affordable housing, she believes the District should find another source of revenue for it, perhaps by cutting its budget elsewhere.

She added that reducing or eliminating deed recordation and property transfer taxes would actually increase the supply of affordable housing in the District â&#x20AC;&#x201D; because people currently living in See Taxes/Page RE16

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D.C. Association of Realtors to celebrate 100th birthday

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century ago, a group of gentlemen met at Old Ebbitt House, the old, old Old Ebbitt Grill in D.C., to form the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first real estate association.

It started as a sort-of social club, with a goal to network and promote professionalism within the very differently defined profession in 1913.

But over 100 years the organization has grown to become the primary advocate and regulator in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well-developed market.

The District of Columbia Association of Realtors, as it is now known, will celebrate â&#x20AC;&#x153;a century of successâ&#x20AC;? with a lavish gala at the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s touchstone Old Ebbitt Grill on Sept. 28. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are going right back to where we started,â&#x20AC;? said Bonnie Roberts-Burke, the president-elect of DCAR and the galaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chair.

The associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history chronicles major shifts in the profession of an agent, the demands of consumers and the state of both the nationwide and local markets.

When Samuel Thorpe founded the National Association of Realtors in 1908, brokers bought property themselves. They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t act on behalf of their clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real estate, but instead would sell the properties they had purchased.

Thorpe came from Chicago to D.C. in 1912 to visit Herbert Shannon, a prominent agent in the city.

He asked Shannon to create a statelevel group for real estate in D.C.: the Real Estate Brokers Association of the District of Columbia (the present-day DCAR). â&#x20AC;&#x153;The underlying concept that started the whole association was to be able to establish some standards of professional conduct,â&#x20AC;? said Bo Menkiti, DCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current president.

In 1913, both the national group and the newly formed D.C. associa-

tion created separate codes of ethics.

According to Menkiti, who recently compiled DCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;living historyâ&#x20AC;? for the upcoming gala, the association was at the forefront of several huge moments: the influx of veterans back into the city after World War I and World War II, the suburban expansion into Northern Virginia and Montgomery County in the 1950s, and the advent of fair housing policy in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s.

In the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s, condos came to D.C. as a different form of ownership, Menkiti said. In the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s there was a large consolidation in the industry.

Then in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s, technology started to creep into the market.

The multiple listing service, operated by Metropolitan Regional Information Systems Inc. in the Mid-Atlantic region, took on its current form in the 1990s. Fifty years ago, a buyer would have to go to a Realtor and look through a thick book of properties, said Men-

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The initial switch to digital listings hurt revenue streams and shrunk budgets. A lot of associations at the local level couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t survive. (Generally, local associations provide training and supplies, and the state-level groups are devoted to advocacy.)

The D.C. association acted as both a The D.C. Association of Realtors will return to state and local branch until 1998, when the the place of its birth for the upcoming party.

Greater Capital Association of Realtors spun off into a tion for their clients. local-level group. Last year, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The job extends beyond data DCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name was changed from into human elements â&#x20AC;&#x201D; personal the Washington D.C. Association of taste, family dynamics and broader Realtors to the District of Columbia family needs,â&#x20AC;? Menkiti said.

Association of Realtors to further And the District has taken parsolidify its state-level classification. ticularly well to the shifts in both In its current capacity, the D.C. the profession and the demand for association fights for comprehenreal estate. sive tax reform â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the District has â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have seen that D.C. has been some of the highest taxes on transa good market consistently. We fers of property in the nation, Menhave avoided much of the drama of kiti said â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and against extra taxathe markets in the rest of the countion of vacant properties. It is also try,â&#x20AC;? said Roberts-Burke, who has currently supporting legislation to worked as an agent in the city for revive the $5,000 first-time-home20 years. buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s credit in the District that Menkiti said where there was a expired last year. loss in population for a long time, Although the multiple listing the District has gained residents service shook up some stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struc- over the past few years. Especially, tures, the profession has managed both agents agree, in two big to make it through the transition. groups: 20-somethings and empty â&#x20AC;&#x153;In many ways, I think people nesters. forget that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s [the National Associâ&#x20AC;&#x153;People are trading size and ation of Realtors] that created the space for convenience and lifeonline listing and still controls a lot style,â&#x20AC;? Menkiti said. of it,â&#x20AC;? Menkiti said.

And people arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid to buy, The National Association of Roberts-Burke said. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had secRealtors is one of the biggest stake- ond-, third- and fourth-transaction holders in multiple listing services customers in two decades. across the country, Menkiti said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stay in our house all which has helped safeguard the pro- our lives like the past generation fession when websites Redfin, Trudid,â&#x20AC;? said Roberts-Burke. lia and Zillow are often the go-to Through all of the market agents. changes, and all of the shifts to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Associations have been very four-room house with a backyard forward-looking in investing in the beyond the Beltway and back, technology so it can be more conDCAR has adapted. sumer-friendly going forward,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The association brings out a Menkiti said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken steps in spirit of collaboration â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the past decade to open up the data best for your colleagues, the indusin a different way.â&#x20AC;? try and your clients,â&#x20AC;? Menkiti said.

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everal D.C. Realtors have begun offering customized mobile phone applications as part of their businesses, declaring that the technology has benefited sellers, buyers and agents over the past few years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Apps are becoming more and more important for real estate agents in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s digital world,â&#x20AC;? said Anna Bagirov, a spokesperson for PropertyMinder, a Californiabased real estate technology provider with 16 customers in the District.

Bargirov said investing in such applications â&#x20AC;&#x201D; software designed to run on portable, often handheld, digital devices â&#x20AC;&#x201D; allows Realtors to seem tech-savvy and leverage the popularity of smartphones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re only as good as how you cater to your clients,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Many local Realtorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; apps provide users with photos of properties and information such as prices, square footage, number of stories and number of bedrooms and bathrooms â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all of which, they say, is useful to clients as they explore neighborhoods.

To provide this service, PropertyMinder collects Realtorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; business logos, usually with customized colors and fonts, and charges $100 a

month to produce their apps and websites. (Five dollars a month buys an app without a website.)

Bagirov said her company started producing apps only last year, but the demand isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dipping. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really only a matter of time before it becomes widespread,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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â??The beauty of it is, it just makes consumers and agents more empowered.â?&#x17E; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Andrew Strauch has sold hundreds of apps to Realtors in D.C., for $10 a month, according to spokesperson Andrew Strauch. Like PropertyMinder, his company provides Realtors with the ability to customize apps with their own branding. Strauch said Metropolitan Regional Information Systems also offers the most up-to-date listings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The beauty of it is, it just makes consumers and agents more empowered,â&#x20AC;? he said of the app phenomenon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ability to be productive when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not neces-

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In interviews, area Realtors say they share these assessments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it helps folks on the fly while theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re out and about,â&#x20AC;? said Skip Singleton, the principal broker and co-owner of DC Living Real Estate.

Singleton said his business at 4933 MacArthur Blvd. was the first in the D.C. area to operate without paper and use electronic signatures, so he understands how new technology creates efficiency. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how we compete with some of the big boys,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Jim Bell, the founder and managing partner of Beasley Real Estate at 2020 K St., said 3,000 clients are using his companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s app.

On the iPad version, users can select a mode to find propertiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; proximity to landmarks such as grocery stores, banks and schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This sort of technology empowers buyers,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding that it allows them to complete much of their search for a property without any help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They can operate independently until they want to view the property,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Still, Singleton said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think apps will completely replace older tools for Realtors, especially because people tend to consume large amounts of information on conventional computers.

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he District has a number of programs aimed at helping lower-income residents afford to buy or stay in their homes. But now the Housing Finance Agency, an independent arm of the government, is trying to help the middle class buy into the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pricey housing market by lending down payment money.

DC Open Doors, which the agency launched in June, offers down payment loans covering up to 3.5 percent of the purchase price to individuals earning less than $123,395 a year. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no limit on the price of the home being purchased, although thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a $417,000 loan limit.

The loans, made through participating banks and other lenders, are available to first-time homebuyers, repeat buyers and those who simply want to refinance.

And the income limit applies only to individual buyers, not whole households. Homebuyers in all eight wards of the city are eligible for down payment assistance.

In perhaps the most unusual feature of the program, 20 percent of the down payment loan will be forgiven every year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; meaning that after five years the borrower owes nothing back. The only caveat is that borrowers must have a minimum credit score of 640, and must take eight hours of homebuyer education classes, either in person or online.

The Housing Finance Agency does not shy away from explaining why this new program focuses on the middle class, even announcing in its brochures that the loans are designed for â&#x20AC;&#x153;potential homeowners who have good salariesâ&#x20AC;? but often not enough savings to put down a 10 or 20 percent down payment on a pricey house or condo.

Carisa Stanley, director of single-family programs at Housing Finance Agency, told a real estate blog that the program is targeted at â&#x20AC;&#x153;young professionals â&#x20AC;&#x201D; [Capitol Hill] staffers and young attorneys â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who might not have significant savings but make good salaries.â&#x20AC;? She

noted that paying a big down payment is often the biggest stumbling block for would-be homebuyers, and said the program will encourage young workers to buy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and to stay â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the District.

Agency spokesperson Lee Whack expanded on that in an email to The Current: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We designed the program to fill a niche market in D.C.,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our target borrower is someone whose income is close to or below the Area Median Income (AMI), putting them solidly in the middle class. Our goal is to reach borrowers who do not qualify for other DC homeownership programs but who still need assistance to buy a home.â&#x20AC;?

Whack notes the prohibitive nature of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;very expensiveâ&#x20AC;? residential market in D.C., where the median sales price for single-family homes was $461,000 last month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With such a high median sales price, prospective homeowners making the maximum borrower income and below often have a difficult time buying a home in D.C.â&#x20AC;?

The generous income limits and five-year forgiveness clause have spurred some skepticism about the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Open Doorsâ&#x20AC;? program. One blogger noted that previous government housing programs â&#x20AC;&#x153;were designed specifically to put more people in homes who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford them. Now it seems the government is eager to take on even more of the housing market by doling out checks to those who can afford one.â&#x20AC;? She called the probable outcome â&#x20AC;&#x153;another housing bubble waiting to happen.â&#x20AC;?

Even so, District taxpayers wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be footing the bill.

According to Whack, the Housing Finance Agency â&#x20AC;&#x153;does not receive D.C. taxpayer dollars for any of its programs. DCHFA uses its own funds to finance the DC Open Doors program.â&#x20AC;? Though down payment loans can be forgiven, the program is â&#x20AC;&#x153;self-fundingâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the authority issues revenue bonds to cover the cost of issuing mortgages, and then repays investors as homeowners pay their mortgages.

Whack said the agency anticipates processing $10 million in DC Open Doors mortgages in the coming fiscal year, but that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too early to share statistics on the demographics or income levels of borrowers.

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ome may say summer’s the time for outdoor living, but don’t give fall short shrift: With the cooling temperatures and bug-dispelling breezes, now is the perfect time to enjoy patios, decks and lawns.

Here are a few fabulous outdoor spaces at houses in Northwest that are on the market or have recently sold. (Properties clockwise from top) ■ 4 Thompson Circle $6,749,000 This 1929 estate offers more than 9,000 square feet of renovated space, with a gym, a wine cellar, a motor court and even a tower. An expansive terrace overlooks a manicured lawn and gardens, with views of the woods beyond.

William F. Moody, Washington Fine Properties 202-243-1620 williamfx.moody@wfp.com ■ 5020 Palisade Lane $2,700,000 This meticulously renovated pre-war Colonial on a corner lot offers five bedrooms, 4.5 baths, a gourmet kitchen, three wood-burning fireplaces and landscaped gardens surrounding a pool, hot tub, gazebo, koi pond, fountain and greenhouse.

Sally Marshall, Washington Fine Properties 202-254-3020 sally.marshall@wfp.com Jamie Peva, Washington Fine Properties 202-258-5050 jcpeva@me.com ■ 1531 S St. Sold This three-bedroom row house is in the heart of Dupont Circle, where it offers a renovated gourmet kitchen, garage parking, a rental unit and this tranquil landscaped patio.

Lindsay Reishman, Lindsay Reishman Real Estate 202-491-1275 lindsay@reishmanrealestate.com ■ 2957 Newark St. Under contract This 1909 classic has a welcoming front porch, a romantic turret, an in-law suite and room for five cars. Out back is a formal Japanese garden with bamboo-lined walkways, mature plantings and a fountain.

Anne Hartfield Weir, Washington Fine Properties 202-255-2490 anne.weir@wfp.com ■ 5302 14th St. Sold This charming renovated Craftsman has four bedrooms and two remodeled bathrooms, as well as front and back porches.

The manicured private courtyard provides a leafy respite from city living.

Matt McHugh, Lindsay Reishman Real Estate 202-276-0985 matt@mattandheatherdc.com Heather Davenport, Lindsay Reishman Real Estate 202-821-3311 heather@mattandheatherdc.com ■ 2740 32nd St. $8,450,000 Updated in 2004, this 6,500-squarefoot manor includes a kitchen surrounded — and topped — by glass, a separate catering kitchen, a media room, a library and a whirlpoolstyle swimming pool.

William F. Moody, Washington Fine Properties 202-243-1620 williamfx.moody@wfp.com

Compiled by Beth Cope ■ Photos courtesy of Realtors

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Town house offers affordable entry to upscale Chevy Chase

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Built in 1939, the house is the center property in a row of three town homes on the crest of Jenifer Street. It was designed by the Kirkhuff and Bagley firm, as identified by a black metal sign on the front porch. The architects of this local firm were part of the Chevy Chase Land Co., which developed much of the neighborhood and designed such area buildings as the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church and the Chevy Chase Shopping Center.

The trio of homes was commissioned by three friends, who each occupied one of the houses, according to Realtor Jennifer Knoll and the current owners, who researched the history of their house. This property incorporated many features that were unusual to small homes of the period, including central air conditioning and plenty of storage space, including a living room coat closet.

The front of this 1,344-squarefoot home features a comfortable porch with enough room on each side for a small bench and a large door flanked with sidelight windows.

The living room and the dining room/kitchen occupy the first floor, with an archway between them. A recent remodeling of the kitchen created continuity with the dining area and added a small island outfitted with plenty of storage space, as well as granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Since the lot sits atop a hill, the windows in the kitchen and dining room look upon the upper portions of mature trees on neighboring streets.

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An updated bathroom off the hallway serves all three bedrooms.

The owners left some of the original details intact, such as the white ceramic tiles and the skylight that provides ventilation. The updated vintage-inspired pedestal sink and medicine cabinet are also in keeping with the design of that period.

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This three-level brick home in Chevy Chase is listed for $675,000.

The hallway includes a half linen closet that uses dead space to create a spacious storage area.

Outside, a long back deck â&#x20AC;&#x201D; accessed from the kitchen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; offers an excellent space for outdoor entertaining. Toward the back are stairs leading to a rear alley. A small plot next to the deck is just large enough for a modest vegetable garden. A bottom-level entrance to the basement, where the utility space is outfitted with the latest laundry appliances, is also at the rear of the home.

The utility room leads to a recreation area and renovated bathroom with a far more contemporary design than its upper-level counterpart. Toward the front of the basement is a sunny fourth bedroom, which currently serves an exercise room and study and offers built-in shelves.

This four-bedroom, two-bath, three-level brick home located at 3717 Jenifer St. is offered at $675,000. For more information contact Jennifer Knoll of TTR Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Realty at Jennifer.Knoll@SothebysRealty.com or 202-441-2301.

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n the 1990s, the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy was in a tailspin. The solution, according to D.C. Financial Control Board chair Alice Rivlin, was to grow the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residential tax base by 100,000. But residents were then fleeing the District, not moving in.

One measure to help reverse this outflow, which Congress adopted in 1997 with bipartisan support, was a $5,000 federal tax credit for firsttime homebuyers in the District.

But the credit expired in 2011, along with a series of other incentives in the federal â&#x20AC;&#x153;empowerment zoneâ&#x20AC;? program. By that point, it had already helped revitalize parts of the District, according to D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but other neighborhoods continued to struggle.

This summer, Norton introduced legislation to reauthorize the program for D.C. through 2015, and to apply the tax credits retroactively to 2012 and 2013. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The wisdom of the bipartisan use of modest, targeted tax incentives has been amply and visibly demonstrated in the economic resurgence in parts of the city designated as empowerment zones, including parts of downtown Washington,â&#x20AC;? Norton said on the House floor on July 31, according to a

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is seeking to renew the $5,000 first-time homebuyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s credit. news release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only did the homebuyer tax credit staunch the taxpayer exodus for the first time in decades, but with the stability that the credit initiated, other individuals and families began moving to the city,â&#x20AC;? she added.

In addition to the $5,000 credit for first-time homebuyers in D.C., the legislation seeks a series of changes aimed at particular â&#x20AC;&#x153;economically distressed areas,â&#x20AC;? including a reduced capital gains rate, expanded tax-exempt bond financing, and a wage credit of up to $3,000, among other provisions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Withdrawing these incentives, particularly after they have proven effective elsewhere in city, leaves the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital with essentially half of a revival,â&#x20AC;? Norton said July 31, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and would be tragically timed just as the lower-income parts of the District, which need the incentives most, are ready for residential and commercial redevelopment.â&#x20AC;?

Nortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office did not respond to questions from The Current.

apartment doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come out of the blue â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but this new wave heightens their appeal with conscientious design. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything is very carefully thought out and fully engineered,â&#x20AC;? said Fillat, as opposed to the stereotype of the beat-up little studio apartment with outdated fixtures.

The obvious target for the new micro-unit is the single young professional who wants to live near amenities, transit and entertainment but doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a lot of storage space.

Fillat said the Church Street units are aimed at the renter who â&#x20AC;&#x153;wants to live in the middle of everything and enjoys the conveniences of that type of lifestyleâ&#x20AC;? but also â&#x20AC;&#x153;wants to get established quickly and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to bring a lot of stuff with him or her.â&#x20AC;? (That â&#x20AC;&#x153;stuffâ&#x20AC;? includes a car â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as currently planned, the building includes no parking spaces and would prohibit its residents from registering for parking permits.)

Tom Lenar, principal at R2L:Architects, sees micros as an alternative or graduation step beyond the group house, D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional answer for young professionals who need an affordable space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People who are living in group houses are starting to look for their own private spaces, which they can afford, along with the lower rents that come with the smaller units,â&#x20AC;? said Lenar, who designed micro-units for a residential project that never came to fruition in Chinatown (Douglas Development opted for offices instead at 600 F St. NW).

Micro-units could also hold appeal for a specific type of D.C. worker â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the lobbyist or politician who lives out of town but visits the city regularly and â&#x20AC;&#x153;needs a place to drop their stuff,â&#x20AC;? Lenar said.

Some developers have also touted micros as an option for retirees who want to retain an urban base while traveling or owning other property elsewhere.

Although Lenar said the micro doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appear to be a fluke, there does â&#x20AC;&#x153;tend to be a lot of resistance to it â&#x20AC;Ś mostly because it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been proven in the market yet.â&#x20AC;?

And some have noted that since micro-units tend to

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make a better match for renters rather than buyers, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily fit into many of the upscale condo projects going up around town.

Lenar said the best bet for developers seems to be incorporating a percentage of micro-units within a larger project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bit of fear that with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;all or nothing,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; you could be stuck with a building with a bunch of small units you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sell or rent,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re designed as a percentage, any developer would have enough market share to fill those.â&#x20AC;?

But the Brook Rose project in Logan Circle is counting on the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demographic shifts to fill up the tiny apartments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a way to create some new housing and satisfy some demand in an extremely hot neighborhood,â&#x20AC;? said Fillat.

Fillat said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in conversations with Ikea about a possible pilot project to feature the Swedish furniture companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wares in the new units.

The architect, who says his past experience designing hotel and â&#x20AC;&#x153;extended-stayâ&#x20AC;? rooms has helped him transition into micro-units, expects to continue working on these types of projects. In fact, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s working on two more right now (the details of which he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t disclose) in the Baltimore-Washington area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the region, there seems to be some real interest,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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lower-cost housing would be able to upgrade more easily, freeing up their old homes for purchase or rent.

Demarais questioned that logic, and noted that low-income homebuyers already get waivers for their deed recordation taxes. Furthermore, he said, residents selling a home to a low-income buyer can dedicate their transfer taxes toward

the buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closing costs.

He also noted that sellers can agree to pay the buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recordation tax and raise the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s price accordingly.

Roberts-Burke said that practice does exist, and that some buyers also take out personal loans from family to cover the taxes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would make housing a lot more affordable for people if they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to pay this tax in the first place,â&#x20AC;? she said.

MARKET: Mixed picture in data From Page RE1

August, compared to 357 of that variety last August. Likewise, there were 377 new-this-month listings this August for condos and co-ops, compared to only 289 last year.

There are other data points that also make the market look fairly busy already.

RealEstate Business Intelligence reports that the number of closed sales this August was up nearly 24 percent, compared to the same period last year. There were 752 closed sales this year, as opposed to 608 last August.

In addition, the average number

of days properties were on the market this August was down from the August before â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 39, compared to 56. That marked a five-year low.

Meanwhile, the average sold-tooriginal-listing-price ratio was 98.9 percent this August, compared to 96.8 percent last August. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s figure is a five-year high for the month of August.

The numbers, together, paint a mixed picture. As a result, Himali said, media reports about â&#x20AC;&#x153;how hot the market isâ&#x20AC;? donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really strike the right tone. There are upticks, he said, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;the market is not quite as insanely hot as you might think.â&#x20AC;?

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Spacious Crestwood home enjoys views of park

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hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s space and more space in this updated Crestwood Colonial: Even a big family could boast a room of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own for all members, with an in-law suite to boot.

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bedrooms on its four floors. Also of note are a brand-new kitchen and a location just a stoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throw from Rock Creek Park.

The stately center-hall Colonial sits atop a small rise above Mathewson Drive, accessed by a gracious winding staircase. Visitors will likely want to head straight through the foyer and living room to the new kitchen, which was created this summer out of a former sunroom. That decision yielded leafy views through three walls of windows (and a reminder of the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proximity).

The new kitchen is nearly entirely white â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for a clean- cut look, said owner Sean Shahida â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with Silestone counters topping custommade cabinets. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room for a sizable kitchen table in addition to the spacious island. New stainless steel appliances are by Samsung (fridge), Jenn-Air (range, with a downdraft to avoid the obtrusive look of a hood) and Whirlpool

(dishwasher).

As part of his update, Shahida added French doors to this room, allowing a nice flow out to the backyard and giving the interior area even more of an outdoor feel. The terraced backyard features an attractive stone wall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which Shahida has emphasized with lights â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with a working fireplace in its center, making it a spot ideal for entertaining. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a fountain, temporarily covered with soil to save recent tenants the maintenance, but ready to bubble once more.

The new kitchen attaches to the living room, which could also be repurposed as a formal dining room. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wood-burning fireplace here and three sizable windows that, like others throughout, are original to the house. Also original are the solid plaster walls and the gleaming hardwood floors, which feature dowels, rather than nails, indicating the level of care that went into construction.

Connected to the living room is a transitional room that could serve as an office or den. Built-in shelves encourage the former, with a door to the rear yard allowing for easy outdoor breaks. A small powder room is nearby.

Next is a new mudroom/laundry

Photos courtesy of Sean Shahida

This seven-bedroom Crestwood home is priced at $1,290,000.

It sits on a small rise above Mathewson Drive. room â&#x20AC;&#x201D; created from what used to be the kitchen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with still more doors to the rear yard. A Samsung washer and dryer here are new, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lots of storage and counter space.

Last on this floor is the dining room, with original built-in corner cupboards and a standout glass light fixture.

Up one floor is the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main sleeping level, offering four of the seven bedrooms. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need that many? Shahidaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife drafted one of them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which attaches via bathroom to the master â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as a dressing room. The pair has owned the house for about a decade, but they rented it out for a few years after relocating to the Virginia countryside. Now Shahida is selling the property himself, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made a number of updates to help him do so.

On the bedroom level, Shahida

added new vanities in both the master and a hallway bathroom. Both spaces have a modern feel, with ceramic tile that looks like limestone but is actually more sturdy, he said. A glass-doored shower and a small cutout in the wall between the toilet and shower areas make the master bath feel light and airy.

The connected master bedroom stands out for its wood-burning fireplace and huge attached balcony.

This outdoor space â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with a new railing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is big enough to host an outdoor living room, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a perfect spot for an evening cocktail.

This floor includes a number of the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many built-ins, including a linen cabinet in the hallway and more cabinetry in the master bedroom. Two more bedrooms and a hallway bath round out the floor.

Shahidaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenants used the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top floor as a private getaway for their teenage daughter.

This level has two bedrooms, lots of storage and a bathroom with a miniature tub. The stairway to access the floor is full-size, though â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no need to stoop here.

Another private suite sits on the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bottom floor, which sits partly above grade. With a living room, bedroom, kitchen, bath, laundry room and two separate entrances, this spot could potentially be rented out. The homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third fireplace is in the living room here, providing an added draw.

Last on the property is a one-car garage. But with Rock Creek Park less than a block away, bikes would also be a good mode of transportation for new owners.

This seven-bedroom, four-anda-half-bath house at 4222 Mathewson Drive NW is listed for $1,290,000. For more information contact Sean Shahida at 202-2342121 or sosprod@aol.com.

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These sales are among those recorded from July 8 through Aug. 9 by the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue and listed on its Real Property Sales Database.

SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES

â&#x2013; 7300 Alaska Ave. in Shepherd Park.

Sold to Jeffrey A. Brown for $903,000. â&#x2013; 3511 Albemarle St. in Wakefield. Sold to Michael S. McDevitt for $1,275,000. â&#x2013; 3600 Albemarle St. in North Cleveland Park. Sold to Foxhall Real Estate LLC for $1,750,000. â&#x2013; 4327 Albemarle St. in American University Park. Sold to Josephine Morse for $1,000,000. â&#x2013; 4841 Albemarle St. in American University Park. Sold to Victoria C. Bonasera for $1,028,000. â&#x2013; 2801 Allendale Place in Forest Hills.

Sold to Beverly McIntyre for $1,685,000. â&#x2013; 314 Allison St. in Petworth. Sold to Roydell N. Stephens for $288,000. â&#x2013; 3298 Arcadia Place in Chevy Chase.

Sold to Brian S. Oliver for $908,600. â&#x2013; 2856 Arizona Ave. in Kent. Sold to Faid Elsalameen for $793,000. â&#x2013; 5320 Belt Road in Chevy Chase. Sold to Michael Geiger for $879,000. â&#x2013; 4813 Bending Lane in the Palisades.

Sold to Bronwen Jones for $1,175,000. â&#x2013; 4715 Berkeley Terrace in Berkley. Sold to Ruth M. Tate for $1,305,000. â&#x2013; 3412 Brown St. in Mount Pleasant.

Sold to Gaelyn L. Hauser for $592,530. â&#x2013; 1517 Caroline St. in Dupont Circle.

Sold to Maria D. Wesson for $797,500. â&#x2013; 3800 Cathedral Ave. in Cathedral Heights. Sold to Steven L. Wagner for

JUST SOLD $1,810,000. â&#x2013; 4006 Chancery Court in Hillandale.

Sold to Vera M. Sevrouk for $1,430,000. â&#x2013; 4662 Charleston Terrace in Berkley.

Sold to Atousa Ghoreichi for $1,840,000. â&#x2013; 4412 Chesapeake St. in American University Park. Sold to Maria J. Bobowick for $691,500. â&#x2013; 5712 Colorado Ave. in 16th Street Heights. Sold to Richard E. Myers for $685,000. â&#x2013; 904 Crittenden St. in Petworth. Sold to WSD Capital LLC for $362,000. â&#x2013; 340 Decatur St. in Petworth. Sold to Godstove Tetteyfio for $644,000. â&#x2013; 833 Decatur St. in Petworth. Sold to Edwin A. Aguirre for $335,000. â&#x2013; 816 Delafield Place in Petworth. Sold to Mark Mlakar for $275,000. â&#x2013; 8030 Eastern Ave. in Shepherd Park.

Sold to Dwayne V. King for $540,000. â&#x2013; 3520 Edmonds St. in Massachusetts Avenue Heights. Sold to Maple M. Adams-Krygier for $3,200,000. â&#x2013; 2800 Ellicott St. in Forest Hills. Sold to Joshua B. Katz for $925,000. â&#x2013; 4040 Ellicott St. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Julia Burch for $699,000. â&#x2013; 4634 Ellicott St. in American University Park. Sold to Matthew Well for $845,000. â&#x2013; 4214 Embassy Park Road in Wesley Heights. Sold to Michael Robinett for $771,000. â&#x2013; 306 Emerson St. in Petworth. Sold to

The Current â&#x2013; Fall Real Estate Guide 2013 Matthew C. Razak for $545,000. â&#x2013; 308 Emerson St. in Petworth. Sold to James R. Bates for $505,000. â&#x2013; 444 Emerson St. in Petworth. Sold to Anthony B. Walkier for $630,000. â&#x2013; 809 Emerson St. in Petworth. Sold to Edward A. Poe for $575,000. â&#x2013; 5031 Eskridge Terrace in Kent. Sold to David A. Shellard for $840,000. â&#x2013; 3632 Everett St. in Wakefield. Sold to Andrew Clark for $1,138,000. â&#x2013; 1636 Florida Ave. in Adams Morgan.

Sold to Jonathan Bresler for $663,750. â&#x2013; 3812 Fordham Road in Spring Valley.

Sold to Amie Carabetta for $1,575,000. â&#x2013; 4701 Foxhall Crescent in Berkley. Sold to Dominga Hernandez for $1,725,000. â&#x2013; 4736 Foxhall Crescent in Berkley. Sold to Stephen G. Stein for $1,900,000. â&#x2013; 1646 Foxhall Road in the Palisades.

Sold to Taylor B. Callaham for $885,000. â&#x2013; 641 Gallatin St. in Petworth. Sold to 5Design Development LLC for $395,000. â&#x2013; 2922 Garfield St. in Woodley Park.

Sold to Jonathan Gedan for $1,402,000. â&#x2013; 3408 Garrison St. in Forest Hills. Sold to Randal K. Whitehead for $900,000. â&#x2013; 4111 Garrison St. in Chevy Chase.

Sold to Christopher E. Collins for $849,000. â&#x2013; 3966 Georgetown Court in Hillandale.

Sold to Sunny S. Kim for $1,100,000. â&#x2013; 7137 Georgia Ave. in Brightwood. Sold to Ruth Osorio for $475,000. â&#x2013; 4871 Glenbrook Road in Spring Valley.

Sold to Hanlon Design Build Inc. for $2,245,000. â&#x2013; 713 Hamilton St. in Petworth. Sold to Reed A. Kracke for $520,000.

â&#x2013; 1227 Hamilton St. in 16th Street Heights. Sold to Joel Rodriguez for $764,000. â&#x2013; 1665 Harvard St. in Mount Pleasant.

Sold to Sasha Bruce for $805,000. â&#x2013; 5015 Hawthorne Place in Kent. Sold to Rajiv Chandrasekaran for $1,115,000. â&#x2013; 4323 Hawthorne St. in Wesley Heights. Sold to Daniel Heller for $2,175,000. â&#x2013; 1204 Hemlock St. in Shepherd Park.

Sold to James N. Sarakatsannis for $680,000. â&#x2013; 1718 Hobart St. in Mount Pleasant.

Sold to Daniel S. Dalton for $1,000,000. â&#x2013; 1322 Holly St. in Shepherd Park. Sold to Bach H. Lan for $650,000. â&#x2013; 1715 Holly St. in Colonial Village. Sold to Lisa J. Cole for $840,000. â&#x2013; 4004 Highwood Court in Hillandale.

Sold to Joseph R. Novello for $1,300,000. â&#x2013; 1804 Hoban Road in Berkley. Sold to Anne J. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien for $1,275,000. â&#x2013; 917 Hughes Court in Foggy Bottom.

Sold to Olimpia Gjino for $775,000. â&#x2013; 3711 Huntington St. in Chevy Chase.

Sold to Daniel H. Geldon for $767,500. â&#x2013; 2512 I St. in Foggy Bottom. Sold to Diego Afonso Y. Celi for $1,231,000. â&#x2013; 4915 Illinois Ave. in Petworth. Sold to Chelsea Sousa for $539,000. â&#x2013; 1829 Ingleside Terrace in Mount Pleasant. Sold to Colin McKee for $940,000. â&#x2013; 1229 Ingraham St. in 16th Street Heights. Sold to Joseph Papariello for $425,000. â&#x2013; 1359 Ingraham St. in 16th Street Heights. Sold to Janella M. Nelson for $635,000. â&#x2013; 1361 Iris St. in Shepherd Park. Sold to Christopher S. Laurent for $653,491. â&#x2013; 1525 Iris St. in Shepherd Park. Sold to Robert P. Parker for $936,000. â&#x2013; 427 Jefferson St. in Petworth. Sold to Eve L. Runyon for $514,500. â&#x2013; 3801 Jocelyn St. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Helge Berger for $1,125,000. â&#x2013; 3733 Kanawha St. in Chevy Chase.

Sold to Fred Graham for $1,321,000. â&#x2013; 4403 Kansas Ave. in Petworth. Sold to Timothy J. Harger for $674,500. â&#x2013; 5225 Kansas Ave. in Petworth. Sold to Thomas Bullock for $286,010. â&#x2013; 5304 Kansas Ave. in Petworth. Sold to Julita Blair for $680,000. â&#x2013; 1339 Kennedy St. in 16th Street Heights. Sold to Eric Anderson for $707,000. â&#x2013; 4431 Klingle St. in Wesley Heights.

Sold to John W. Holmes III for $902,100. â&#x2013; 2134 Leroy Place in Sheridan-

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Kalorama. Sold to DC Real Property LLC for $2,300,000. â&#x2013; 5218 Loughboro Road in Kent. Sold to Mark B. Buckley for $1,410,000. â&#x2013; 6416 Luzon Ave. in Brightwood. Sold to Jonathan D. Peterson for $541,500. â&#x2013; 5314 MacArthur Blvd. in the Palisades.

Sold to Prasanna Sethupathy for $990,000. â&#x2013; 5417 MacArthur Blvd. in Kent. Sold to Ameer H. Azim for $805,000. â&#x2013; 5705 MacArthur Blvd. in Kent. Sold to Richard Latendresse for $936,000. â&#x2013; 1626 Manchester Lane in 16th Street Heights. Sold to Sue E. Herza for $860,000. â&#x2013; 4923 Massachusetts Ave. in American University Park. Sold to Thomas J. Leonard for $880,000. â&#x2013; 3215 McKinley St. in Chevy Chase.

Sold to Mark A. Friedman for $950,000. â&#x2013; 3047 N St. in Georgetown. Sold to Kay K. Turner for $1,087,500. â&#x2013; 3113 N St. in Georgetown. Sold to Marco Rossi for $1,900,000. â&#x2013; 1938 New Hampshire Ave. in Dupont Circle. Sold to Debra Taylor for $742,000. â&#x2013; 2966 Northampton St. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Matthew Winters for $865,000. â&#x2013; 3911 Northampton St. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Conn J. Nugent for $1,395,000. â&#x2013; 1439 Oglethorpe St. in 16th Street Heights. Sold to Sadie Bianco for $494,900. â&#x2013; 3144 Oliver St. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Stephen Elmore for $740,000. â&#x2013; 7841 Orchid St. in Colonial Village.

Sold to Edward S. Hubbard Jr. for $850,000. â&#x2013; 3120 Ordway St. in Cleveland Park.

Sold to Robert Dubinsky for $1,054,095. â&#x2013; 3011 P St. in Georgetown. Sold to Mary McCall for $2,285,000. â&#x2013; 3508 P St. in Georgetown. Sold to Stanley M. Street for $1,330,000. â&#x2013; 1857 Park Road in Mount Pleasant.

Sold to Kelly A. Callahan for $500,000. â&#x2013; 1937 Park Road in Mount Pleasant.

Sold to Benjamin E. Mann for $1,015,000. â&#x2013; 1708 Portal Drive in Colonial Village.

Sold to Joseph J. Summerill for $1,425,000. â&#x2013; 1516 Q St. in Dupont Circle. Sold to 1516 Cue LLC for $1,225,000. â&#x2013; 2238 Q St. in Sheridan-Kalorama.

Sold to Byron G. Auguste for $3,195,000. â&#x2013; 811 Quintana Place in Brightwood.

Sold to Pooja Jhunjhunwala for $498,983. â&#x2013; 3306 R St. in Georgetown. Sold to William J. Murphy for $1,672,500. â&#x2013; 3603 R St. in Burleith. Sold to Shoshana R. Danon for $850,000. â&#x2013; 4425 Reno Road in North Cleveland Park. Sold to Steven W. Fisher for $800,000. â&#x2013; 618 Sheridan St. in Brightwood. Sold to Nia Heard-Garris for $417,000. â&#x2013; 720 Sheridan St. in Brightwood. Sold to Dilan Investment LLC for $226,299. â&#x2013; 1316 Sheridan St. in Brightwood. Sold to William K. Griffiths for $500,000. â&#x2013; 1 Sherman Circle in Petworth. Sold to Curtis W. Gilbert Trustee for $725,000. â&#x2013; 3300 Rittenhouse St. in Chevy Chase.

Sold to Radoslav P. Shipkoff for $2,750,000. â&#x2013; 229 Rock Creek Church Road in Petworth. Sold to Kristen A. Madler for $553,000. â&#x2013; 1756 Seaton St. in Adams Morgan.

Sold to Otis Marechaux for $755,000. â&#x2013; 1939 Shepherd St. in Crestwood. Sold to Donna C. Rattley for $735,000. â&#x2013; 1747 Swann St. in Dupont Circle. Sold to Joshua A. Olsen for $1,315,000. â&#x2013; 1422 T St. in Dupont Circle. Sold to Sinchang Chiu for $890,000.

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SALES From Page RE18 ■ 3342 Tennyson St. in Chevy Chase.

Sold to Matthew J. Kootman for $1,400,000.

■ 2320 Tracy Place in SheridanKalorama. Sold to Wieslaw M. Malachowski for $2,485,000.

■ 709 Tuckerman St. in Brightwood. Sold to Patton Sarno for $290,000.

■ 2401 Tunlaw Road in Glover Park. Sold to Paul C. Holder for $975,000.

■ 2733 Unicorn Lane in Chevy Chase.

Sold to Patrick J. Lyden for $817,500.

■ 1718 Upshur St. in Crestwood. Sold to Vida B. Johnson for $840,000.

■ 5724 Utah Ave. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Elizabeth King for $675,000.

■ 6140 Utah Ave. in Chevy Chase. Sold to John Szeglin for $830,000.

■ 6343 Utah Ave. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Brian R. McMeley for $1,110,000.

■ 4402 Volta Place in Foxhall. Sold to Cem Hincal for $1,126,000.

■ 3761 W St. in Glover Park. Sold to Peter Kusek for $700,000.

■ 4841 W St. in Berkley. Sold to Kevin Wrege for $2,495,000.

■ 1308 Wallach Place in the U Street Corridor. Sold to Matthew B. Leydig for $960,000.

■ 1326 Wallach Place in the U Street Corridor. Sold to Joshua Klein for $995,000.

■ 3632 Warren St. in North Cleveland Park. Sold to Richard L. Beizer for $882,500.

■ 3805 Warren St. in North Cleveland Park. Sold to Sabrina M. Borlini for $970,500.

■ 316 Webster St. in Petworth. Sold to

Jaime M. Zarraby for $675,000.

■ 1425 Webster St. in 16th Street Heights. Sold to Allison Dougherty for $645,000.

■ 8126 West Beach Drive in Colonial Village. Sold to Potomac Restoration LLC for $560,000.

■ 4342 Westover Place in Wesley Heights. Sold to Jean L. Saunders for $854,700.

■ 4363 Westover Place in Wesley Heights. Sold to Robert K. Martin Trustee for $1,177,500.

■ 4414 Westover Place in Wesley Heights. Sold to Andrea Marina Hamilton for $975,000.

■ 4440 Westover Place in Wesley Heights. Sold to Michael E. Lavine for $965,000.

■ 3608 Winfield Lane in Georgetown.

Sold to Enrique Rueda-Sabater for $1,450,000.

■ 2709 Woodley Road in Woodley Park.

Sold to Polyxeni L. Molokotos for $1,325,000.

■ 3825 Woodley Road in Cleveland Park. Sold to Brian C. Caplan for $1,300,000.

■ 3627 Van Ness St. in North Cleveland Park. Sold to Audrey D. Sheppard for $865,000.

■ 3719 Veazey St. in North Cleveland Park. Sold to Mark Doms for $822,000.

■ 3526 Yuma St. in North Cleveland Park. Sold to Nuria Rodriguez-Planas for $870,000.

■ 4317 Yuma St. in American University Park. Sold to Russell M. Anello for $889,000.

■ 4319 2nd St. in Petworth. Sold to Erick Lutt for $630,000.

■ 4409 3rd St. in Petworth. Sold to Aravind Moorthy for $558,000.

■ 4310 4th St. in Petworth. Sold to Florence Petizon for $725,000.

■ 4626 4th St. in Petworth. Sold to Lawrence Miesse for $399,999.

■ 5108 5th St. in Petworth. Sold to Jessica Nash for $550,000.

■ 6700 5th St. in Brightwood. Sold to Mark Allender for $540,000.

■ 4122 7th St. in Petworth. Sold to Brent Sedgewick for $629,900.

■ 6318 8th St. in Brightwood. Sold to Takashi Yamashita for $405,000.

■ 4314 9th St. in Petworth. Sold to 4314 9th Street LLC for $425,000.

■ 6814 9th St. in Brightwood. Sold to James A. Vatne for $581,000.

■ 7124 9th St. in Brightwood. Sold to Jonathan Acoccella for $546,000.

■ 1740 13th St. in Logan Circle. Sold to Mark H. Young for $1,525,000.

■ 7703 13th St. in Shepherd Park. Sold to Khari Brown for $699,000.

■ 5214 14th St. in 16th Street Heights.

Sold to Kenneth P. Williams for $860,000.

■ 5302 14th St. in 16th Street Heights.

Sold to John Seyfried for $742,000.

■ 6119 14th St. in Brightwood. Sold to Syed Imam for $604,000.

■ 7409 14th St. in Shepherd Park. Sold to Christopher S. Parks for $795,500.

■ 3136 17th St. in Mount Pleasant. Sold to Stephanie Gitler for $941,000.

■ 3102 18th St. in Mount Pleasant. Sold to Samuel Digel for $1,105,000.

■ 4304 18th St. in Crestwood. Sold to James A. McLaughlin for $985,000.

■ 914 1/2 25th St. in Foggy Bottom.

Sold to Sonya L. Lebsack for $765,000.

■ 1348 28th St. in Georgetown. Sold to Samuel Glass for $2,025,000.

■ 2701 28th St. in Woodley Park. Sold to Joseph S. Kochan for $1,675,000.

■ 1636 30th St. in Georgetown. Sold to

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Peter Karanjia for $1,241,000.

■ 6369 31st Place in Chevy Chase. Sold to Kenneth Hyatt for $1,300,000.

■ 1675 31st St. in Georgetown. Sold to Rebecca S. Danesh Trustee for $4,350,000.

■ 6339 31st St. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Mark W. Beaton for $990,000.

■ 6633 31st St. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Charles N. Fishman for $1,060,000.

■ 1664 32nd St. in Georgetown. Sold to Eva I. Rubio for $770,000.

■ 4700 32nd St. in Forest Hills. Sold to Joshua F. Oboler for $1,450,000.

■ 6683 32nd St. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Metro DC 1 LLC for $715,000.

■ 3706 33rd Place in Cleveland Park.

Sold to Patrick B. McCall for $1,350,000.

■ 6125 33rd St. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Shawn D. Seaman for $1,195,000.

■ 1405 34th St. in Georgetown. Sold to 1405 34th Street LLC for $7,850,000.

■ 2712 35th Place in Massachusetts Avenue Heights. Sold to Francia A. Glowacki for $1,525,000.

■ 1412 34th St. in Georgetown. Sold to John Lipsky for $1,450,000.

■ 6000 34th Place in Chevy Chase. Sold to Renato Nicoli for $840,000.

■ 2317 37th St. in Glover Park. Sold to Dick Reinermann for $1,075,000.

■ 5119 38th St. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Nancy J. Knauer for $1,100,000.

■ 2430 39th Place in Glover Park. Sold to Alexander R. Morris for $920,350.

■ 2810 39th St. in Cathedral Heights.

Sold to Derrick R. Reig for $1,100,000.

■ 5101 39th St. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Julie E. Katzman for $1,733,800.

■ 5526 39th St. in Chevy Chase. Sold to Christopher Pashby for $912,500.

■ 1510 44th St. in Foxhall. Sold to Sudeep Anand for $975,000.

■ 5117 45th St. in American University Park. Sold to Michele A. Armitage for $789,300.

■ 4304 47th St. in American University Park. Sold to Brian L. Seidenfeld for $1,077,500.

■ 4620 47th St. in American University Park. Sold to Tonya Hare for $850,000.

■ 3909 48th St. in Spring Valley. Sold to Olivier P. Lavinal for $925,000.

■ 4014 49th St. in Spring Valley. Sold to Shane S. Mulhern for $1,000,000.

CONDOS

■ 2611 Adams Mill Road Unit 402 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Harald Scheirich for $399,900.

■ 1604 Beekman Place Unit 1C4 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Richard F. Lopez for $634,500.

■ 1640 Beekman Place Unit 3R2 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Ashish A. Parulekar for $669,900.

■ 1652 Beekman Place Unit 4E3 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Doris Dixon for $624,900.

■ 1602 Belmont St. Unit 2B3 in Adams Morgan. Sold to David J. Greisen for $750,000.

■ 2032-2040 Belmont Road Unit 108 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Kristen Ng for $389,000.

■ 2032-2040 Belmont Road Unit 314 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Barbara Lenk for $280,000.

■ 2009 Belmont Road Unit 402 in Adams Morgan. Sold to John C. Hinder III for $486,000.

■ 2127 California St. Unit 406 in Sheridan-Kalorama. Sold to Murali M. Krishman for $450,000.

■ 1855 Calvert St. Unit LL01 in Adams See Sales/Page RE21

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New on the market is the three-bedroom property with two full bathrooms and two half-baths on 3313 Ross Place, listed for $1,349,000.

The house is one of eight nestled in a quiet cul-de-sac. Built in 1913, the stucco and wooden Colonial dwelling with an attached garage is surrounded by rich greenery. Outside, the home has inviting curb appeal with its yellow-and-white-painted facade, bright pink half-lite door and a trellised and covered front porch.

While over the years the current owners have commissioned several renovation projects, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve retained much of the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early-20th-century character.

Inside, the charming vestibule welcomes visitors. One of the period details is the circular window that splashes the space with natural light from the south. The large black-andwhite checkered design of the marble floor adds a fun element to this space. Just below the window are white built-in cabinets with criss-crossed glass doors, and next to them is a coat closet with corresponding patterns.

Another period detail is the half-moon stationary transom window above the multipaned pocket door. This connects to the foyer, where the entryway is bounded by grand white grooved pillars. Here, just below the ceiling on the south wall, large leaded glass windows bring in more natural light.

The foyer opens up to the expansive main floor, flowing directly into a living room where period details abound. More grooved pillars line each side of the archway that looms over the seating area.

Beyond them are glass shelves flanking two windows and white, built-in bottom glass cabinets that extend the foyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s criss-crossed patterns. The living room also features a large wood-burning fireplace with a mantel thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been updated with a soft-beige marble hearth.

The recessed lighting in the room adds a modern touch.

The foyer also provides access to a spacious kitchen thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proved excellent for party preparations and hosting cooking classes (which the current occupants have done in the past decade).

The roomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s centerpiece is a 13.5-foot-long island that features a marble pastry inset, five burner cooktops with downdraft and an oven.

Across the island are the Corian sink and countertops, a dishwasher, plenty of cabinet space and a well-sized refrigerator.

Fun elements found in this kitchen include

the Portuguese tiles on the island and backsplash, antique-inspired pendant lights and beadboard designs on the cathedral ceilings and wall. The kitchen flows into a breakfast area where a wall of windows and a skylight ceiling create a bright and airy feel.

On the other side of the kitchen, an arched entryway leads to a spacious dining room that can comfortably seat 16 guests. Recessed lighting and a period chandelier make the room shine, while natural light comes in through leaded glass windows and two French doors.

Out back is an expansive deck and patio, accessible through the dining room and breakfast area. The trellis-covered deck can accommodate two large outdoor dining sets, and the two-tiered flagstone patio is just down a step and around the corner. The patioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first level can accommodate more outdoor furniture, while its lower tier currently serves as a spacious grilling area.

Back inside, the living room connects to a carpeted office space with built-in bookshelves, four windows facing west and another access point to the back deck. Adjacent to the office is the powder room, with beadboard walls, a pedestal sink and a large closet.

Upstairs are two bedrooms, a bathroom and the master suite. The beadboard design continues into the masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cathedral-like ceilings. Matching them are the plantation shut-

Photos courtesy of Evers & Co. Real Estate

The three-bedroom home on a Cleveland Park cul-de-sac is listed for $1,349,000.

ters lining the west end. The suite also includes its own study with built-in bookshelves, adjacent to a bathroom featuring skylights, a mirrored wall, a pedestal sink, a high-efficiency toilet and a glass-enclosed shower and tub.

Facing the yard, the other two bedrooms are mirror images of one another. They share a hallway bathroom with ceramic tile floors, linen closet, wall mount lighting and a vanity sink.

In the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basement, a built-in wine cellar â&#x20AC;&#x201D; capable of storing around 1,000 bottles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is another perk that facilitates dinner parties or can bring out the new ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inner sommelier.

The basement also includes a half-bath with new tile floors and a pedestal sink, a laundry room, extra storage and a rear entrance to the backyard.

This three-bedroom house with two full bathrooms and two half-baths at 3313 Ross Place is offered for $1,349,000. For more information contact Lynn Bulmer of Evers & Co. Real Estate Inc. at 202-257-2410 or lynn@lynnbulmer.com.

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SALES From Page RE19 Morgan. Sold to Michael Schmidt for $365,000. â&#x2013; 4200 Cathedral Ave. Unit 510 in Wesley Heights. Sold to Patricia J. Cunnington for $277,000. â&#x2013; 4201 Cathedral Ave. Unit 407W in Wesley Heights. Sold to Muder Yaghi for $270,000. â&#x2013; 4201 Cathedral Ave. Unit 418E in Wesley Heights. Sold to Jose L. Guasch for $215,000. â&#x2013; 1880 Columbia Road Unit 304 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Zackaria Chacko for $465,000. â&#x2013; 1880 Columbia Road Unit 404 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Meraz Ahmad for $455,000. â&#x2013; 1901 Columbia Road Unit 601 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Daria Taglioni for $380,000. â&#x2013; 2022 Columbia Road Unit 604 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Brenna Carmody for $311,500. â&#x2013; 3100 Connecticut Ave. Unit 134 in Woodley Park. Sold to Diana Y. Chung for $440,000. â&#x2013; 3701 Connecticut Ave. Unit 429 in Forest Hills. Sold to Stephanie M. Cuevas for $290,000. â&#x2013; 3901 Connecticut Ave. Unit 114 in Forest Hills. Sold to Akua M. OpokaMensah for $375,000. â&#x2013; 4025 Connecticut Ave. Unit 401 in Forest Hills. Sold to Jeffrey Lallas for $599,000. â&#x2013; 4600 Connecticut Ave. Unit 330 in Wakefield. Sold to Seth M. Hauser for $352,000. â&#x2013; 4600 Connecticut Ave. Unit 714 in Wakefield. Sold to Shuri Takahara for $267,000. â&#x2013; 3815 Davis Place Unit 4 in Glover Park. Sold to Stephanie E. George for $254,000. â&#x2013; 4114 Davis Place Unit 111 in Glover Park. Sold to Megan Rouhier for $395,000. â&#x2013; 3020 Dent Place Unit 36W in Georgetown. Sold to Leyburn E. Jones for $431,000. â&#x2013; 2030 F St. Unit 511 in Foggy Bottom.

Sold to 2030 F Street NW #511 LLC for $265,000. â&#x2013; 1827 Florida Ave. Unit 404 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Dana D. Litowitz for $519,000. â&#x2013; 2401 H St. Unit 308 In Foggy Bottom.

Sold to Dhruv Choudhry for $263,000. â&#x2013; 3051 Idaho Ave. Unit 307 in Cathedral Heights. Sold to Jason P. Atwell for $244,000. â&#x2013; 2515 K St. Unit 611 in Foggy Bottom.

Sold to I. Townsend Burden III for $290,000. â&#x2013; 2515 K St. Unit 805 in Foggy Bottom.

Sold to Olga Omyalyeva for $335,000. â&#x2013; 1810 Kalorama Road Unit A2 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Paula R. Cadavid for $550,000. â&#x2013; 1615 Kenyon St. Unit 30 in Mount Pleasant. Sold to Ilan A. Goodman for $300,000. â&#x2013; 2201 L St. Unit 517 in the West End. Sold to Hannuri L. Kwon for $275,000. â&#x2013; 1715 Lamont St. Unit 2 in Mount Pleasant. Sold to Stephanie Broughton for $582,000. â&#x2013; 4545 MacArthur Blvd. Unit 202 in the Palisades. Sold to Andrea De Iuri for $265,000. â&#x2013; 4555 MacArthur Blvd. Unit 206 in the Palisades. Sold to Ravi S. Pidataia for $245,000. â&#x2013; 2710 Macomb St. Unit 216 in Cleveland Park. Sold to William P.

Herbert III for $324,900. â&#x2013; 1312 Massachusetts Ave. Unit 101 in Logan Circle. Sold to Vincent Ortiz for $550,000. â&#x2013; 1711 Massachusetts Ave. Unit 607 in Dupont Circle. Sold to John Stull for $272,000. â&#x2013; 2201 Massachusetts Ave. Unit 1 in Sheridan-Kalorama. Sold to King Golden for $696,500. â&#x2013; 2201 Massachusetts Ave. Unit 5 in Sheridan-Kalorama. Sold to Krissy A. Katzenstein for $550,000. â&#x2013; 4301 Massachusetts Ave. Unit 5003 in Cleveland Park. Sold to Lewis F. Smith for $549,000. â&#x2013; 1858 Mintwood Place Unit 1 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Jaclyn C. Sheridan for $288,300. â&#x2013; 1858 Mintwood Place Unit 3 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Alan S. Macmullin for $410,000. â&#x2013; 1420 N St. Unit 314 in Logan Circle.

Sold to Emily Kopilow for $188,700. â&#x2013; 1440 N St. Unit 304 in Logan Circle.

Sold to Nicholas A. Otta for $215,000. â&#x2013; 1316 New Hampshire Ave. Unit 408 in Dupont Circle. Sold to Bureu Hacibedel for $422,500. â&#x2013; 1725 New Hampshire Ave. Unit 502 in Dupont Circle. Sold to Elizabeth M. Scarvey for $560,000. â&#x2013; 2801 New Mexico Ave. Unit 322 in Glover Park. Sold to Gerald Kauvvar for $655,000. â&#x2013; 3101 New Mexico Ave. Unit 228 in Wesley Heights. Sold to Hilary C. West for $455,000. â&#x2013; 3101 New Mexico Ave. Unit 1004 in Wesley Heights. Sold to Francisco Albert Gazek Revocable Living Trust for $781,000. â&#x2013; 2712 Ordway St. Unit 13 in Cleveland Park. Sold to Stanley F. Lowney for $325,000. â&#x2013; 2755 Ordway St. Unit 403 in Cleveland Park. Sold to Hagit David for $212,000. â&#x2013; 1717 P St. Unit B in Dupont Circle.

Sold to Bahram B. Atefi for $840,000. â&#x2013; 1718 P St. Unit 620 in Dupont Circle.

Sold to Shanta C. Chandra for $235,000. â&#x2013; 2141 P St. Unit 409 in Dupont Circle.

Sold to Matthew Y. Chou for $420,000. â&#x2013; 2555 Pennsylvania Ave. Unit 808 in the West End. Sold to Linda H. Bond for $555,000. â&#x2013; 3803 Porter St. Unit 173 in Cleveland Park. Sold to Ann L. Heile for $340,000. â&#x2013; 1502 Q St. Unit 3 in Dupont Circle.

Sold to the Rudolf M. Seikaly Revocable Trust for $645,000. â&#x2013; 1615 Q St. Unit 313 in Dupont Circle.

Sold to Gregory J. Ramsey for $322,000. â&#x2013; 1615 Q St. Unit 803 in Dupont Circle.

Sold to Randy Chugh for $380,000. â&#x2013; 2500 Q St. Unit 534 in Georgetown.

Sold to Mateo S. Restrepo for $520,000. â&#x2013; 2500 Q St. Unit 545 in Georgetown.

Sod to Cynthia A. McNamara for $405,000. â&#x2013; 1423 R St. Unit 400 in Logan Circle.

Sold to Corinne R. Hart for $399,999. â&#x2013; 1619 R St. Unit 603 in Dupont Circle.

Sold to Michael Torra for $506,100. â&#x2013; 1439 S St. Unit 2 in Logan Circle. Sold to Fadi A. Stephan for $939,000. â&#x2013; 1750 S St. Unit 4 in Dupont Circle.

Sold to Nancy J. Axelrod for $555,000. â&#x2013; 1 Scott Circle Unit 9 in Dupont Circle.

Sold to Daniel Kim for $290,000. â&#x2013; 1708-1710 Summit Place Unit 1708 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Puesh M. Kumar for $625,000. â&#x2013; 1757 T St. Unit F in Dupont Circle. Sold to Joseph W. Misko III for $357,500. â&#x2013; 4000 Tunlaw Road Unit 1011 in Glover Park. Sold to Daniel M. Rothschild for $293,900. â&#x2013; 1624 U St. Unit 302 in Dupont Circle.

Sold to Timothy H. Taylor for $379,000. â&#x2013; 1751 U St. Unit 1 in Dupont Circle.

Sold to Nicholas S. Webb for $369,900. â&#x2013; 2939 Van Ness St. Unit 803 in Forest Hills. Sold to Hiranya Fernando for $236,000. â&#x2013; 1340 Vermont Ave. Unit 7 in Logan Circle. Sold to Timothy C. Hoffman for $540,000. â&#x2013; 3 Washington Circle Unit 504 in Foggy Bottom. Sold to Avinash K. Bappanad for $389,750. â&#x2013; 1731 Willard St. Unit 304 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Maribel Diaz for $330,000. â&#x2013; 1736 Willard St. Unit 506 in Dupont Circle. Sold to Temple K. Fogg for $270,000. â&#x2013; 1080 Wisconsin Ave. Unit N402 in Georgetown. Sold to Alexandra E. Finder for $525,000. â&#x2013; 1080 Wisconsin Ave. Unit N406 in Georgetown. Sold to Anthony Nero for $703,500. â&#x2013; 2111 Wisconsin Ave. Unit 313 in Glover Park. Sold to Gargi Sen for $525,000. â&#x2013; 2828 Wisconsin Ave. Unit 514 in Cathedral Heights. Sold to Norma B. Lerner for $730,000. â&#x2013; 1245 13th St. Unit 602 in Logan Circle. Sold to Mark Mlakar for $325,000. â&#x2013; 2440 16th St. Unit 107 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Morgan G. Franklin for $489,000. â&#x2013; 2440 16th St. Unit 421 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Rana S. Movahed for $308,000. â&#x2013; 1401 17th St. Unit 604 in Dupont

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Circle. Sold to Zahid W. Butt for $605,000. â&#x2013; 1401 17th St. Unit 913 in Dupont Circle. Sold to Barri S. Gurau for $474,500. â&#x2013; 1830 17th St. Unit 202 in Dupont Circle. Sold to Judy Y. Chen for $385,000. â&#x2013; 1916 17th St. Unit 207 in Dupont Circle. Sold to Anna Rusakova for $380,000. â&#x2013; 2305 18th St. Unit 202 in Adams Morgan. Sold to George D. Knapp II for $365,000. â&#x2013; 2410 20th St. Unit 102 in Adams Morgan. Sold to Claudia R. Diaz for $299,900. â&#x2013; 1260 21st St. Unit 105 in Dupont Circle. Sold to Anuj Ajwani for $315,000. â&#x2013; 1099 22nd St. Unit 603 in Dupont Circle. Sold to Stephen C. Bartenstein for $691,750. â&#x2013; 1111 23rd St. Unit S3A in the West End. Sold to Siddharth Tiwari Revocable Trust for $1,800,001.

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â&#x2013; 1155 23rd St. Unit N3B in the West End. Sold to David F. Levy for $655,000. â&#x2013; 1155 23rd St. Unit N5M in the West End. Sold to Jess Cornaggia for $879,000. â&#x2013; 955 26th St. Unit 110 in Foggy Bottom. Sold to Leon Fresco for $402,500. â&#x2013; 955 26th St. Unit 201 in Foggy Bottom. Sold to Nelson Family Farm LLC for $660,000. â&#x2013; 1001 26th St. Unit 404 in Foggy Bottom. Sold to Michelle Vanderzant for $425,000. â&#x2013; 1077 30th St. Unit 712 in Georgetown.

Sold to I. Townsend Burden III for $480,000. â&#x2013; 1045 31st St. Unit 23 in Georgetown.

Sold to Jeanne A. Jordan for $515,000. â&#x2013; 3500 39th St. Unit 669 in Cleveland Park. Sold to Cyrus H. Afshar for $300,000. â&#x2013; 3541 39th St. Unit 509 in Cleveland Park. Sold to Vsevolod O. Horodyskyj for $419,500.

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SEWERS: DC Water reviewing options, even long shot of using donkeys to aid construction

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according to Elledge.

But DC Waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plans to fix the sewers have sparked heated objections from the communities around the two parks since details first surfaced this summer, with many residents opposing construction of access roads for environmental and aesthetic reasons.

The Palisades/Wesley Heights neighborhood commission unanimously passed a resolution last month calling for â&#x20AC;&#x153;other viable alternatives that do not rely on widening existing park trails to access the sewer lines and manholes.â&#x20AC;?

Some commissioners have also questioned whether construction of access roads would kill additional trees by slowly disrupting their root systems, even if they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cut down immediately as part of the project.

DC Water is exploring other possibilities for addressing the sewers, Elledge said.

One option would be to relocate the sewer

pipes out of the parks entirely. But because the pipes now follow gravity, sewage would need to be pumped to other locations with a system of more than 20 pumping stations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with noise, odor and carbon-footprint impacts.

Another possibility is to replace the existing pipe within the park, rather than installing a new liner thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s projected to last only 50 years.

But that would cause even greater tree disruption, Elledge said.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a hybrid option â&#x20AC;&#x201D; tunneling as far as possible while keeping construction equipment out of the park, and then using pumping stations to make up the difference, he said.

Speaking last Thursday at the Glover Park neighborhood commission meeting, Elledge said DC Water is even looking into using donkeys rather than mechanical equipment â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just like when the sewer was originally installed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; though he acknowledged that option seems like a long shot.

Also under consideration is what type of

access road would make the most sense. DC Water officials have generally discussed a road wide enough for a pickup truck along the entire length of the pipe. But since larger construction vehicles could reach more of the pipe from a single spot, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the possibility of a wider road that wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t extend as far into the park. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve brainstormed every concept that exists, to my knowledge, under the sun,â&#x20AC;? he told the Palisades commission last Wednesday.

In an interview with The Current, Elledge also provided the first public cost estimates of the projects. Depending on the option selected, preliminary estimates â&#x20AC;&#x201D; accurate only plus or minus 50 percent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; vary from $2 million to $20 million for Glover Archbold Park and $1 million to $5 million for Soapstone Valley.

He declined to specify the cost estimates for particular alternatives, but said that relining pipes would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;on the low endâ&#x20AC;? and anything involving pumping stations is â&#x20AC;&#x153;on the higher end.â&#x20AC;? The project cost will be borne by rate-

payers, Elledge noted.

One community concern, raised last Wednesday by Wesley Heights neighborhood commissioner Kent Slowinski, has been what happens in 50 years once the relined pipe has reached the end of its useful life. Elledge predicted that new technology developed between now and then would protect against major disruption at that point, noting that todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relining methods didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exist 50 years ago.

The pipe projects are not projected to begin any sooner than early 2015, and environmental approvals and design work could easily take even more time, Elledge said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we wait too much longer, the condition of the pipes is going to be worse and the number of alternatives will be fewer,â&#x20AC;? he said.

And if the pipes were to break apart altogether before work begins, sewage would spill into the park and emergency repairs would be needed. In that worst-case scenario, â&#x20AC;&#x153;weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re driving a backhoe along the trail,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Current staff contributed to this report.

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critical reception.

At Rose Park, located at 26th and O streets, planners have suggested a canal theme based on Georgetownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic C&O Canal for the area currently reserved for older children near 26th Street. The design proposes a blue-and-tan-colored surface depicting the canal and path where the mules once hauled the boats.

Other plans include more trees for the north side of the park, picnic tables near Dumbarton Street and new pathways along the two separate play spaces for older and younger children.

At Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, many parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concerns revolved around the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play spaces. One issue is that bicyclists would still ride through the park, posing a safety issue. The current plan, in fact, proposes downsizing the play area for younger children in the southern part of the park adjacent to the bike path. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember at the last meeting, the discussion was whether it was possible to expand the area, so now according to this plan, it would actually cut down,â&#x20AC;? said Jean Baptiste Pessey, the father of a 5-year-old and 2-year-old who play at the park. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This part actually gets pretty crowded when there are a lot of kids.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really concerned [that] if you cut down that slice, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be very detrimental to the quality.â&#x20AC;?

Older residents were worried about the fate of the farmers market held every Wednesday afternoon to early evening near 26th and P streets, where the canal-themed playground is expected to be built. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The farmers market is really important to a lot of people. It has environmental value and a meetingplace value,â&#x20AC;? said Malcolm Odell, who held up a bag of corn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his recent market purchase â&#x20AC;&#x201D; later in the meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You talk about the intergenerational, but â&#x20AC;Ś Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure where the rest of us will go.â&#x20AC;?

Another common objection at

Rose Park was that the plan doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include much lighting, which residents said can pose hazards for pedestrians walking through the park at night. Some suggested supplemental ground lights since the foliage blocks the streetlights, especially in the summer.

Reactions at the Forest Hills presentation last Thursday were more favorable, but residents still sought design revisions for the playground at 32nd and Chesapeake streets.

Current plans incorporate a woodland theme, in keeping with the name of the park and neighborhood. These designs include large silhouettes of oak leaves throughout the northern play areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surface and wooden playground equipment.

Near the Brandywine Street entrance, the proposal adds bike racks, a small amphitheater, a half basketball court, a curved alternate walkway, metal curved benches and community sculptures.

Residents suggested relocating the bike racks closer to the playground, adding more seating and tables, and including more lights where thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heavy foliage.

Forest Hills advisory neighborhood commissioner Sally Gresham also suggested cladding the pathways with a porous pavement, and even brought a sample of a surface from Capitol Flexi-Pave to the meeting.

Many adults also requested more outdoor fitness equipment. Gresham suggested turning the section of the park along Brandywine Street into a space for adults, while children would play in the northern section of the park near Chesapeake Street.

For both Northwest parks, the playground designers said they would continue to revise their plans based on feedback from community meetings, including the ones last week, and from online surveys that recently closed. The plans will be finalized in the coming months and then enter a bidding phase for contractors.

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Wednesday september 18 Classes and workshops â&#x2013; The Downtown Business Improvement Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Workout Wednesdays in Franklin Parkâ&#x20AC;? will feature a weekly fitness class. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Franklin Park, 13th and I streets NW. downtowndc.org. The class will repeat Sept. 25. â&#x2013; The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a weekly class on â&#x20AC;&#x153;How to Solve Our Human Problems,â&#x20AC;? about Buddhaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teachings on the Four Noble Truths. 7 to 8:30 p.m. $12 per class. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202986-2257. The classes will continue through Oct. 16.

Concert â&#x2013; Serbian flutist Andjela Bratic and Serbian pianist Jasna Popovic will perform.

6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Southern Corridor of the New Silk Roadâ&#x20AC;? will feature Elin Suleymanov, ambassador of Azerbaijan to the U.S.; Archil Gegeshidze, ambassador of Georgia to the U.S.; and Meret Orazov, ambassador of Turkmenistan to the U.S. 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Rome Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. saiscaciforums@jhu.edu. â&#x2013; Luz Rivera Martinez, lead organizer for the Consejo Nacional Urbano Campesino, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sowing Struggle: Social Movements and the Future of Corn in Tlax-

cala, Mexico.â&#x20AC;? 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free.

Abramson Family Founders Room, School of International Service Building, American University, Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW. american.edu/calendar. â&#x2013; Czech actress Mirenka CechovĂĄ will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Expressive Bodyâ&#x20AC;? as part of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Conversations in Cultureâ&#x20AC;? series and the Mutual Inspirations Festival. 7 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Delegation of the European Union to the United States, 2175 K St. NW. euintheus.org. â&#x2013; Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Life: Governing New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gorgeous Mosaic.â&#x20AC;?

6:30 p.m. Free.

Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176. â&#x2013; Jim Zimbelman, an astrophysicist at the National Air and Space Museum, and Linda Welzenbach, curator of the meteor collection at the National Museum of Natural History, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sky Is Falling: Following the Trail of Meteorites.â&#x20AC;? 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-3030. â&#x2013; The Humanities Council of Washington, DC, will present Richard McCann and Danielle Evans reading from their fiction and discussing why D.C. is such an important setting for their work. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Free. Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. dcbythebook.org. â&#x2013; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sheri Fink will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free. Politics and

Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. â&#x2013; New York artist Teresita FernĂĄndez will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bamboo Cinema, Blind Landscape, and Stacked Waters.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; Rainbow Rowell will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fangirl.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free. Children & Teens Department, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919. â&#x2013; Bob Shacochis will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Woman Who Lost Her Soul.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m.

Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; Artists Lilian Thomas Burwell, Marilee Shapiro and Carmen Torreulla Quander â&#x20AC;&#x201D; participants in the 2012-2013 Art Cart: Saving the Legacy project â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flourishing in the Creative Life.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. eventbrite.com/event/7684098345. â&#x2013; The Chevy Chase Citizens Association Garden Club will host a talk by Chrissy Moore, the curator of the 2.5-acre National Herb Garden of the U.S. Arboretum. 7:15 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW. compostman.dc@gmail.com.

Films â&#x2013; The Global Lens Film Series will feature Mani Haghighiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Modest Reception,â&#x20AC;? about a mysterious pair of urban sophisticates from Tehran who trav-

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Wine tasting â&#x2013; A wine tasting led by Jeremy Silva will feature artisan French wines selected by custom importer Ansonia Wines. 6 to 8:30 p.m. $20 to $25. Womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.

Thursday, Sept. 19

Thursday september 19 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program â&#x2013; The junior scientist series will feature a program on the sun (for ages 6 through 12). 4 to 4:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

Thursday, september 19 â&#x2013; Discussion: Radio personality and political activist Joe Madison will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Are YOU Going to Do?â&#x20AC;? Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202232-7363. el the countryside while trying to push big bags of money on the poor. 6:30 p.m.

Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188. â&#x2013; The French CinĂŠmathèque series will feature Pierre Schoellerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2011 political thriller â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Minister,â&#x20AC;? about the transformation of an idealist into a pragmatist. 8 p.m. $8.50 to $11.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000. â&#x2013; Dumbarton House will continue its Jane Austen film festival with the 2005 adaptation of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pride & Prejudice,â&#x20AC;? starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen.

8:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted.

Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. prideandprejudiceatdumbartonhouse. eventbrite.com.

Performances â&#x2013; The Happenings Happy Hour series will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;Burlesque Meets Cabaretâ&#x20AC;? with Shortstaxx and friends. 5:30 p.m.

Free. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122. â&#x2013; Story League will hold a storytelling contest about â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dunces,â&#x20AC;? with a $100 grand prize. 9 to 11 p.m. $10. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. storyleague.org.

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Special events â&#x2013; Corcoran College of Art + Design students, alumni and faculty members will join local journalists, activists and writers as they respond to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;War/Photographyâ&#x20AC;? exhibit through poetry and spoken word. 6 p.m. Free. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1770. â&#x2013; The National Press Club will host a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Centennial Spelling Bee,â&#x20AC;? a rematch of a 1913 event pitting members of Congress against Washington reporters. Proceeds will benefit the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nonprofit Journalism Institute. 8 p.m. $15 to $25. National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW. press.org/spelling-bee.

Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Nationals will play the Atlanta Braves. 7:05 p.m. $5 to $65.

Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE.

Classes â&#x2013; The National Archives will present a talk on how to use its online resources. 11 a.m. Free. Room G-25, Research Center, National Archives Building, Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. â&#x2013; The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District will present a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pilates in the Parkâ&#x20AC;? class. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Free.

Farragut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com.

The class will repeat weekly through Oct. 10. â&#x2013; Cherie Lester, healthy eating specialist at Whole Foods Market, will lead a class on reading and understanding nutrition labels. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Whole Foods Market Georgetown, 2323 Wisconsin Ave. NW. cherie.lester@wholefoods.com.

Concerts â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jazz and the Civil Rights Movementâ&#x20AC;? will feature Nasar Abadey and Supernova performing works by Max Roach, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and Cal Massey. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202-6331000. â&#x2013; The Duende Quartet will perform smooth Latin jazz. 6:30 p.m. Free. Monroe Street Market Arts Plaza, 8th Street and Monroe Street NE. 202-269-1600. â&#x2013; The U.S. Navy Bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Commodores ensemble will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. 202-4334011.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; The Chevy Chase and Georgetown chapters of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association will present a talk by member Jeffery King on his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kill-Crazy Gang: The Crimes of the LewisJones Gang,â&#x20AC;? about one of the first gangs to use the automobile. Noon. Free. TenleyFriendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; David Robertson will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Original Compromise: What the Constitutionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Framers Were Really Thinking.â&#x20AC;? Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000. â&#x2013; Charles de Lamberterie, professor of Indo-European linguistics at the UniversitĂŠ de Paris, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Armenian Language and the Indo-European Linguistic Family.â&#x20AC;? Noon. Free. Northeast Pavilion, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5680. â&#x2013; Romain Huet, associate professor at the University of Lyon, will discuss his research on anti-tax petitions sent to the U.S. House and Senate and his forthcomSee Events/Page 43

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12:30 p.m. Free. Room G-25, Research Center, National Archives Building, Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ University of Maryland at College Park professor Shibley Telhami, George Washington University professor Nathan J. Brown and George Washington University professor Marc Lynch will discuss new trends in Arab public opinion. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. tinyurl.com/loqvwr7.

■ A gallery talk will focus on “Art at Home — The Story of The Phillips Collection.’” 6 and 7 p.m. Free. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-387-2151.

■ Yve-Alain Bois, a professor at Princeton University specializing in 20th-century European and American art, will discuss Ellsworth Kelly’s works. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202387-2151.

■ The World Affairs Council will present a talk by retired American diplomat Chas Freeman, author of “Interesting Times: China, America, and the Shifting Balance of Prestige.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. 11th Floor, 1700 K St. NW. 202293-1051.

■ Peniel Joseph, professor of history at Tufts University, will discuss his book “Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free.

Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

■ Graffiti historian and author Roger Gastman will discuss “Graffiti and Street Art” and introduce a screening of the documentary “The Legend of Cool ‘Disco’ Dan.” 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. $20 to $25. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Sabrina Alcorn Baron, visiting assistant professor of history at the University of Maryland at College Park, will discuss “Richard III, Then and Now,” about the myriad questions surrounding the mysterious monarch. 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Reza Aslan will discuss his book “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.

■ Elizabeth Wein will discuss her book “Rose Under Fire.” 7 p.m. Free. Children & Teens Department, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.

■ A book discussion series focusing on award-winning fiction writers under the age of 45 will kick off by delving into “Lost City Radio” by Daniel Alarcón. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.

■ Jim Ziolkowski, a former corporate financier, will discuss his book “Walk in Their Shoes: Can One Person Change the World?” 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ Robert Wilson will discuss his biography “Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation.”

7 p.m. $5 to $10. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1770.

■ Juliet Bellow, assistant professor of art history at American University, will discuss “Afterlives of the Artwork of the

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■ The Visiting Writers series will feature a reading and talk by American University alumna Linda Daly, author of “The Last Pilgrimage: My Mother’s Life and Our Journey to Saying Goodbye.” A panel discussion with nonfiction writers Glen Finland, Richard McCann and Rachel Louis Snyder will follow. 8 p.m. Free. BattelleTompkins Atrium, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. american.edu/visitingwriters.

Films ■ The Third Thursday Film Series will feature Mehreen Jabbar’s 2008 film “Ramchand Pakistani,” about a 7-yearold boy and his father who accidentally cross the Pakistan-India border during a time of heightened tension and spend years in jail without being allowed to contact their family. 6 p.m. Free. Abramson Family Founders Room, School of International Service, American University, Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW. 202-885-1747.

■ The DC Shorts Film Festival — featuring a lineup of more than 150 films from 23 nations — will open with a selection of shorts and a question-and-answer session with visiting filmmakers. 6:30 and 9 p.m. $12 to $15. U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. dcshorts.com. The festival will continue through Sept. 29 at various venues.

■ The Inter-American Development Bank will present Fernando Kalife’s 2010 comedy-drama “180 Degrees,” about a skilled con man who makes the mistake of cheating the wrong man. A question-andanswer session with Kalife will follow the

Friday, september 20 ■ Concert: The S&R Foundation’s Overtures Summer Concert Series will feature violinist Shunske Sato. 6:30 p.m. $65. Evermay, 1623 28th St. NW. overtureseries.org. screening. 6:30 p.m. Free. Iglesias Auditorium, Inter-American Development Bank, 1330 New York Ave. NW. 202-623-1410.

■ The Pulitzer Center Film Festival — “Global Crises, Human Stories,” a weeklong celebration of reporting from around the world — will open with the D.C. premiere of “The Abominable Crime,” about homophobia’s deadly consequences in Jamaica. A discussion with director Micah Fink will follow. 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW. rsvp@pulitzercenter.org. The festival will continue through Sept. 26 with screenings at various times.

Meeting ■ The Classics Book Group will discuss “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” by James Joyce. 7 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176.

Performances ■ As part of the Local Dance Commissioning Project, the Good Foot Dance Company, Urban Artistry, Emily Oleson and Baa-

kari Wilder will perform “The Meaning of Buck Dance.” 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

The performance will repeat Friday at 6 p.m.

■ NSO Pops will present Cirque de la Symphonie’s acrobats, contortionists, jugglers and illusionists performing feats choreographed to the music of Wagner, SaintSaëns, Bernstein, Rossini and Sibelius, among others. 7 p.m. $20 to $85. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.

■ The African American Network Against Alzheimer’s will present “Forget Me Not.” 7 p.m. $15. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993.

■ The Alliance for New Music-Theatre will present “TranSoul,” featuring composer Michael Bowie’s music ensemble Siné Qua Non (shown) and Shawn Short’s Dissonance Dance Theatre in a dance-theater journey where the worlds of jazz, classical and world music meet. 8 p.m. $20 to $30.

Sprenger Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993.

The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

Special event ■ The Woman’s National Democratic Club will host a reception in honor of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 43rd annual legislative conference. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.

Sporting event ■ The Washington Nationals will play the Miami Marlins. 7:05 p.m. $5 to $65.

Nationals Park, 1500 South Capitol St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will continue Friday and Saturday at 7:05 p.m. and Sunday

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Walk ■ Birder Sheila Cochran will lead a walk through the Olmsted Woods. 8:30 a.m. Free. Meet at the George Washington statue on Pilgrim Road on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-2319.

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Friday september 20 Concerts ■ The fourth season of Arts@Midday will open with classical guitarist Charles Mokotoff performing works by Albeniz, Granados, Reis, Cardosa and others. 12:15 to 1 p.m. Free. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 3001 Wisconsin Ave. NW. stalbansdc.org.

■ John Cannon of Denver will perform an organ recital. 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103.

■ The Friday Music Series will present “The Big Band Era,” featuring Aaron Broadus and the Georgetown University Jazz Ensemble. 1:15 p.m. Free. McNeir Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787.

■ The DC Casineros will perform Cuban salsa. 6:30 p.m. Free. Monroe Street Market Arts Plaza, 8th Street and Monroe Street NE. 202-269-1600.

■ Cuban hip-hop band Obsesión will perform. 6:30 to 10 p.m. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

■ “World Music at the Atlas” will feature Bassekou Kouyate performing on the ngoni, an ancient traditional lute found throughout West Africa. 8 p.m. $30. Lang Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993.

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Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-333-2075.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Mary Jo White, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, will deliver keynote remarks at the Global Conference on Women in the Boardroom. 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building, Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 2013saisglobalconference.eventbrite.com. â&#x2013; New Jersey state apiarist Tim Schuler will discuss why people keep bees and how to start the beekeeping process. Noon to 1 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. â&#x2013; Damian Skinner, curator of applied art and design at the Aukland Museum and editor of the new book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective,â&#x20AC;? will place contemporary jewelry in a historical and cultural context. Noon. Free. Grand Salon, Renwick Gallery, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; Franklin Odo, founding director of the Asian Pacific American program at the Smithsonian Institution, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Voices From the Canefields: Folksongs From Japanese Immigrant Workers in Hawaii.â&#x20AC;?

Noon. Free. Mary Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5510. â&#x2013; Rachel Jirka, research services librarian for the Society of the Cincinnati, will discuss 18th-century maps of North America. 12:30 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040. â&#x2013; Tetsuya Toyoda, associate professor at Akita International University, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sino-Japanese Territorial Dispute in the Context of Modern History.â&#x20AC;?

1:30 to 3 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Room 302-P, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. tetsuyatoyoda.eventbrite.com. â&#x2013; Panelists will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Integration to Disruption: How to Transform Gender Relations?â&#x20AC;? 2:30 to 5 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School â&#x20AC;&#x153;...A TRUE INSPIRATION...â&#x20AC;?

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of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/ GenderMainstreaming. â&#x2013; Kitty Kelley (shown) will discuss her contributions to the book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let Freedom Ring: Stanley Tretickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Iconic Images of the March on Washington,â&#x20AC;? at 4 p.m.; and Bill McKibben will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist,â&#x20AC;? at 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. â&#x2013; Reza Aslan will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.â&#x20AC;?

6 to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227. â&#x2013; Eric Cline, professor of classics, anthropology and history at George Washington University, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;1777 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 p.m.

Free; reservations required. Rome Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. ccboyer@comcast.net.

Films â&#x2013; The Pulitzer Center Film Festival will feature Callum Macraeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Fire Zone,â&#x20AC;? at 5 p.m.; and a collection of Pulitzer Center photojournalist shorts, at 9:20 p.m. $3 to $5. West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW. westendcinema.com. â&#x2013; The Jerusalem Fund will present Jean-Luc Godardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2004 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Notre Musique.â&#x20AC;? 6 to 8 p.m. Free. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-3381958. â&#x2013; The Womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Democratic Club will present Steven Spielbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lincoln.â&#x20AC;? 6 p.m. $5 to $15. Womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pages of Beauty and Madness: Japanese Writers Onscreenâ&#x20AC;? series will feature Teinosuke Kinugasaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1926 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Page of Madness,â&#x20AC;? with live accompaniment by the MIYUMI Quartet. 7 p.m. Free.

Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-1000.

â&#x2013; The Alliance Française de Washington will present Radu Mihaileanuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2010 comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;La Source des femmes.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. $6 to $8. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org.

Meeting â&#x2013; A weekly bridge group will meet to play duplicate bridge. 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $6. Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW. 301-654-1865.

Performances â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Utsav: A Celebration of Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maestros of Music & Danceâ&#x20AC;? will open with a classical Indian dance performance in the Kathak style by Aditi Mangaldas. 7:30 p.m. $35. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center.

202-467-4600. The festival will continue through Sunday. â&#x2013; American University will present the â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Student Showcase 2013,â&#x20AC;? featuring freshman theater and music theater majors. 8 p.m. $5. Greenberg Theatre, American University, 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW. american.tix.com. The performance will repeat Saturday at 8 p.m.

Special event â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suds and Salamandersâ&#x20AC;? will combine a chance to sample beer from Hellbender Brewing Co. and to see some of the reptiles and amphibians at the Reptile Discovery Center. Activities will include a silent auction, animal keeper demonstrations and scientist talks. 6:30 to 9 p.m. $20 to $25. National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. nationalzoo.si.edu.

Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Capitals will play the Chicago Blackhawks in a preseason contest. 7 p.m. $54 to $473. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Tour â&#x2013; The Smithsonian Associates will present an all-day bus tour led by Bill Keene on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Montgomery Meigs in Washington: Beyond the Civil War.â&#x20AC;? 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. $135 to $175. Meet at the Mayflower Hotel, Connecticut Avenue and DeSales Street NW. 202-633-3030.

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Friday, september 20 â&#x2013; Performance: â&#x2013; Dakshina/ Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company will open its annual Fall Festival of Indian Arts with a featured performance by Madhavi Mudgal Dance Company. 8 p.m. $27.50 to $125. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. dakshina.org.

The festival will continue through Sept. 28.

Lohr in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hooked on Books!â&#x20AC;? 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before each show. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Junior Botanist Festivalâ&#x20AC;? will feature hands-on activities and discussions with U.S. Botanic Garden staff members and volunteers. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Conservatory Terrace, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. â&#x2013; A park ranger will lead a night sky tour in the Rock Creek Park planetarium. 1 to 1:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-8956224. The program will repeat Sunday at 1 p.m. â&#x2013; Park ranger Tony Linforth will lead a planetarium program about the weather in the solar system. 4 to 4:45 p.m. Free.

Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

Classes â&#x2013; David Gariff, senior lecturer at the National Gallery of Art and an adjunct professor of art history at Catholic University, will lead a seminar on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: A Golden Age of Music and Art.â&#x20AC;? 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $90 to $130. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202633-3030. â&#x2013; Chinese historian Edward McCord will lead a seminar on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Imperial China: 2,000 Years of Political Evolution.â&#x20AC;? 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. $90 to $130. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. â&#x2013; The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a class on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Asking the Right Questions: Developing Faith From a Buddhist Perspective.â&#x20AC;? 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. $30.

Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202-986-2257. â&#x2013; A seminar and study day on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Classic Chic: Interior Design for Living Artfullyâ&#x20AC;? will feature illustrated lectures on the work of antique and design firms French & Co., McMillen Inc. and Maison Jansen, as well as on their private international clientele.

10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $20 to $65; reservations required. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202686-5807.

Concerts â&#x2013; In conjunction with a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the Kibbey Carillon at the Washing-

ton National Cathedral, guest recitals will feature Elizabeth Berghout, carillonneur of the University of Kansas, at 11 a.m.; David Johnson, president of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America and carillonneur of House of Hope Presbyterian Church, at 4 p.m.; and Philadelphia area carillonneurs Lisa Lonie and Janet Tebbel, at 4:30 p.m.

Free. Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-537-6200. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jon Hendricks: Vocalese Jazz Messenger,â&#x20AC;? a celebration of the jazz legendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 92nd birthday, will feature a showing of the documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blues March: Soldier Jon Hendricksâ&#x20AC;? and a question-and-answer session led by jazz historian James Keith Zimmerman, at 4 p.m.; and a live music showcase featuring Zimmerman and other local jazz musicians and singers, at 6:30 p.m. $7 to $10; free for ages 11 and younger. Wesley United Methodist Church, 5312 Connecticut Ave. NW. wesleydc.org. â&#x2013; The Georgetown University Orchestra will present the premiere of Steve Antoscaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;moment, a Composition for Orchestra and Computerâ&#x20AC;? at a symphonic workshop in conjunction with Charles Ritchieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Night and Reflection.â&#x20AC;? A panel discussion on the intersection of music, art and technology will follow. 4 to 6 p.m. Free.

Lobby, Walsh Building, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-6872787. â&#x2013; C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band will perform. 5 p.m. Free. Outdoor Welcome Plaza, National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; Musician, composer and storyteller Guy Davis will perform in the acoustic blues tradition. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. â&#x2013; The Homegrown Concert Series will feature Flory Jagoda and Friends performing Sephardic music from Virginia. 8 p.m. Free; tickets required.

Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5510. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Music at the Atlasâ&#x20AC;? will feature the Great Noise Ensemble. 8 p.m. $28.50.

Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. â&#x2013; The band Twin Forks will perform with Matrimony and The Petticoat Tearoom. 8 p.m. $13 to $16. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Georgetown Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Syria: A Teach-In,â&#x20AC;? featuring talks by George Mason University professor Bassam Haddad and Georgetown University professors Daniel Neep and Rochelle Davis. 12:30 to 4 p.m. Free; reservations required. Auditorium, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. syriateachin.eventbrite.com. â&#x2013; David O. Stewart will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lincoln Deception,â&#x20AC;? at 1 p.m.; Caleb Crain and Anne Sward will discuss their respective books, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Necessary Errorsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breathless,â&#x20AC;? at 3:30 p.m.; and Eric Schlosser will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety,â&#x20AC;? at 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.

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Continued From Page 44 Armed Forces Retirement Home will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Day 2013,â&#x20AC;? featuring a petting zoo, a Civil War encampment, live entertainment and other activities inspired by the Lincoln family. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission; reservations encouraged. President Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cottage at the Soldiersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Home, Upshur Street at Rock Creek Church Road NW. lincolncottage.org/familyday2013. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Big Build: A Hands-on Family Festival of Tools, Trucks, and Constructionâ&#x20AC;? will feature a chance to climb aboard cranes and tractors, build a brick wall, construct a log cabin, carve stone, participate in a scavenger hunt and engage in other hands-on activities. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free.

National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. â&#x2013; The Library of Congress will present the 13th annual National Book Festival, featuring more than 100 authors and illustrators. Participants will include Linda Ronstadt, Christopher Buckley, Stuart Eizenstat, Hoda Kotb, Thomas Keneally, Terry McMillan, and Khaled Hosseini (shown). 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Free.

National Mall between 9th and 14th streets. loc.gov/bookfest. The festival will continue Sunday from noon to 5:30 p.m. â&#x2013; The H Street Festival will feature more than 50 artists and 80 performances on 10 stages, accompanied by an array of local, regional and international cuisine, shopping, art exhibits and educational events. Noon to 7 p.m. Free admission. H Street between 4th and 14th streets NE. hstreet.org. â&#x2013; Chevy Chase DC Day 2013 will feature family-friendly activities and entertainment, ice cream, music, a moon bounce, magic tricks, clowns, a scavenger hunt and information tables, as well as discounts and sidewalk sales at area businesses. 1 to 4 p.m. Free admission. Chevy Chase Commons outside the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW. chevychasecitizens.org.

Films â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Classic Film Matineeâ&#x20AC;? will feature Mel Brookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1974 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blazing Saddles.â&#x20AC;? 1 p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. â&#x2013; The Global Lens Film Series will feature Sebastian del Amoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fantastic World of Juan Orol (El Fantastico Mundo de Juan Orol).â&#x20AC;? 2:30 p.m. Free.

Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100. â&#x2013; The National Gallery of Art will present the PBS â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Experienceâ&#x20AC;? documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry,â&#x20AC;? with an introduction by director and executive producer Mark Samels. A discussion will follow. 2:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; The Pulitzer Center Film Festival will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Abominable Crime,â&#x20AC;? at 3 p.m.; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Outlawed in Pakistan,â&#x20AC;? at 7 p.m. $3 to $5. West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW. westendcinema.com. â&#x2013; Letelier Theater will screen the documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arise the Movie,â&#x20AC;? about extraordinary women around the world who are coming together to heal injustices against the Earth. 5:30 and 8 p.m. $13 to $15.

Letelier Theater, 3251 Prospect St. NW.

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Events Entertainment arisethemoviewashdc.brownpapertickets. com. The film will be shown again Sunday through Wednesday at 7 p.m. â&#x2013; The Alliance for Global Justice will present Emily Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just Do It,â&#x20AC;? a behind-the-scenes look at the world of climate activism. 8 to 10 p.m.

Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

Performances â&#x2013; Teatro de la Luna will present an open-air production of the bilingual familyfriendly play â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy and Healthy (Sanos y Contentos)â&#x20AC;? by Hispanic playwright Neher J. BriceĂąo. 10 and 11 a.m. Free. Columbia Heights Civic Plaza, 14th Street and Park Road NW. â&#x2013; SpeakeasyDC will present a longform story performance featuring â&#x20AC;&#x153;No More Helen Keller Jokesâ&#x20AC;? by Anne Thomas (shown) and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lose the Kidâ&#x20AC;?

by John Donvan. 3 p.m. $20 to $25. Mead Theater Lab at Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW. speakeasydc.com.

The performance will repeat Sept. 28 at 3 p.m. â&#x2013; In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Teatro de la Luna will present the bilingual childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Call Her Rusita Rojas.â&#x20AC;? 3 p.m. Free. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Room, Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-6713121. â&#x2013; Artist, activist and performer Jonathan B. Tucker will host a youth open mic event. 5 to 7 p.m. $5. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202789-2227. â&#x2013; The African Continuum Theatre Company will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Blaze of Horns: African-American Voices in Brief,â&#x20AC;? featuring 10-minute play readings by six local playwrights. 7:30 p.m. Free. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-3997993. â&#x2013; Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fall Festival of Indian Arts will feature a sitar concert by Alif Laila (shown) and dance performance by Leela Samson and Sadanam Balakrishnan. 8 p.m. $27.50 to $125. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. dakshina.org. â&#x2013; MDC-McLean Drama Company will present staged readings of the national winners of its 10-Minute Play Contest â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Brazilian Dilemmaâ&#x20AC;? by William Fowkes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peppered Precinctâ&#x20AC;? by Cynthia Morrison and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nik & Idaâ&#x20AC;? by Jerome Coopersmith. 8 p.m. Pay-what-you-can; tickets at the door available an hour before showtime. Melton Rehearsal Hall, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 D St. NW. The performance will repeat Sunday at 3 p.m. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Im Hussein Jubilee Showâ&#x20AC;? will celebrate 25 years of comedy staged by the Alyal Theatrical Group. 8 p.m. $45 to $85. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 202-9946800. â&#x2013; As part of the Mutual Inspirations Festival, the Ambassador Theater will present the Spitfire Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preview of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Antiwords.â&#x20AC;? 8 p.m. $20 to $35. Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW. aticc.org/ home/box-office. The performance will repeat Sunday at 2 p.m.

Sales â&#x2013; The Community of Christ Church will

hold its eighth annual yard sale and bake sale, with proceeds benefiting the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partnership program with Friendship Place.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free admission. Community of Christ Church, 3526 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-333-6052. â&#x2013; Residents of the 1700 block of Church Street will host a yard/garage sale to benefit the Keegan Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s renovation project. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission.

1700 block of Church Street NW. Special events â&#x2013; The Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC, will host the 33rd annual Andrea Kauffman Sprint Four the Cure 5K run/ walk to benefit the cancer research center at the Washington Hospital Center. 8 a.m. $50. 29th and M streets NW. beatcancerdc.org. â&#x2013; A global meditation celebration, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peace on Earth: The Shift Into Oneness,â&#x20AC;? will honor the 2013 United Nations International Day of Peace through talks, blessings, prayer, music, dance, chanting and meditation. 10:30 a.m. Free. West Lawn, U.S. Capitol. intldayofpeace.org. â&#x2013; The Maru Montero Dance Company will present the second annual series of Latin Nights festivities, featuring Latin dance, music and games. 4 to 9 p.m. Free.

Columbia Heights Civic Plaza, 14th Street and Park Road NW. 202-258-5283. The event will repeat Sept. 28. â&#x2013; Park Hyatt Masters of Food & Wine will feature an autumn game dinner prepared by executive chef Sebastien Archambault and chef de cuisine John Melfi. 7 p.m. $155; reservations required. Blue Duck Tavern, 1201 24th St. NW. 202-4196768. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sukkot Under the Stars: Beer Tasting Editionâ&#x20AC;? will feature a guide to seasonal beers, led by certified beer educator Mike Reinitz. A sukkah party will follow. 8 p.m. to midnight. $15 to $25. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Tours and walks â&#x2013; National Geographic author, artist and bird expert Jonathan Alderfer will lead an urban birding adventure. The day will start with breakfast at National Geographicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headquarters and a private viewing of the exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;A New Age of Exploration,â&#x20AC;? followed by a bus trip to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens to observe waterfowl and migratory birds. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $150. National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-8577700. â&#x2013; Writer Rocco Zappone will lead a weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ulysses-esqueâ&#x20AC;? walking tour of Washington, filled with his reminiscences and impressions of a lifetime in D.C. 10 a.m. $20. Meet at the statue of Andrew

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Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-8851300. â&#x2013; Park ranger Tony Linforth will lead a planetarium program about the solar system, the Milky Way galaxy and deep space.

4 to 4:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

Classes â&#x2013; The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a weekly class on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Opening Our Heart.â&#x20AC;? 10 to 10:45 a.m. $6 per class.

Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202-986-2257. The classes will continue through Oct. 20. â&#x2013; A weekly Ukulele Circle led by Liz Ennis will offer beginners a chance to learn a few easy chords and more advanced players an opportunity to improvise and jam. 4 to 4:30 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326.

Sunday, september 22 â&#x2013; Concert: Guest organist Brian Mathias will present a recital.

5:15 p.m. $10 donation suggested.

Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. nationalcathedral.org.

Jackson in Lafayette Square, 16th and H streets NW. 202-341-5208. â&#x2013; A docent-led walk through the Folger Shakespeare Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Elizabethan Garden will focus on the plants, design and Shakespeare-inspired statues by Gregg Wyatt. 10 and 11 a.m. Free. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-5447077. â&#x2013; Washington Walks will present a walking tour about German immigrant Adolf Cluss and his impact on Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appearance and infrastructure as an architect and civil engineer. 11 a.m. $15. Meet outside the Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter Station. washingtonwalks.com. â&#x2013; A park ranger will lead a 20-mile bike tour of Rock Creek Park and the Capital Crescent Trail. 1 to 5 p.m. Free; reservations required. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. scott_einberger@nps.gov.

Sunday,september Sept. 22 Sunday 22 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;kids@katzenâ&#x20AC;? program will feature an art class on building a terrarium, inspired by the American University Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;Green Acres.â&#x20AC;? 1 p.m. $10 to $15 per child; reservations required.

Concerts â&#x2013; In conjunction with a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the Kibbey Carillon at the Washington National Cathedral, carillonneur Edward Nassor will present a recital. 10:45 a.m., 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-5376200. â&#x2013; The Washington Bach Consort will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bach, Vivaldi & the Italian Influence,â&#x20AC;? featuring soprano Robin Smith, countertenor Chris Dudley, tenor Jason Rylander and baritone Mark Duer. 3 p.m. $23 to $61. National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW. bachconsort.org. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Music at the Atlasâ&#x20AC;? will feature cellist Nick Photinos, soprano Lindsay Kesselman and pianist Yasuko Oura. 3 p.m. $31.50. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. â&#x2013; Baritone George Singleton will present an anniversary recital celebrating his 40 years as a soloist and section leader with the Chancel Choir. 4 p.m. Free. Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, 1 Westmoreland Circle. 301-2297766. â&#x2013; The U.S. Army Band â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pershingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ownâ&#x20AC;? will perform the local premiere of James Stephensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tale.â&#x20AC;? 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

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Continued From Page 45 â&#x2013; The Forough-Kim-Lipman Trio will perform works by Reza Vali and Franz Schubert. 6:30 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-8426941. â&#x2013; Dahlak Restaurant will present its weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;DC Jazz Jamâ&#x20AC;? session. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free. 1771 U St. NW. 202-5279522.

Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Rexon Ryu, deputy to the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The United Nationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Role in American Foreign Policy and World Affairs.â&#x20AC;?

10 a.m. Free. St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, 16th and H streets NW. 202-347-8766. â&#x2013; A forum on hunger will feature Alexandra Ashbrook, director of D.C. Hunger Solutions; George A. Jones, chief executive officer of Bread for the City; and Patty Johnson, Washington National Cathedral missioner. 10:10 a.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. nationalcathedral.org. â&#x2013; Kevin Henkes will discuss his childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Year of Billy Millerâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Penny and Her Doll,â&#x20AC;? at 11 a.m.; Ann L. McLaughlin will discuss her novel â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amy and George,â&#x20AC;? at 1 p.m.; and Stephen Klaidman will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sydney and Violet: Their Life With T.S. Eliot, Proust, Joyce and the Excruciatingly Irascible Wyndham Lewis,â&#x20AC;? at 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202364-1919. â&#x2013; Arist Binh Dahn and Roanoke College professor Robert Schultz will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;War Memorandaâ&#x20AC;? in conjunction with the exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tell It With Pride: The 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Augustus Saint-

Gaudensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Shaw Memorial.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free.

East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; The Sibley Senior Association and the Macular Degeneration Network of the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington will present a talk by occupational therapist Lisa Branick on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strategies to Avoid Injury and Improve Safety During Daily Activities.â&#x20AC;? 2 to 3:30 p.m. Free. Sibley Medical Office Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. 202-3647602. â&#x2013; Graphic designers Keetra Deen Dixon, Anther Kiley, Javier Lopez and Ellen Lupton will discuss the changing role of their medium, including the notion of authorship. 5 p.m. Free. District of Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202462-7833.

Films â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pages of Beauty and Madness: Japanese Writers Onscreenâ&#x20AC;? series will feature Kon Ichikawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1983 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Makioka Sisters.â&#x20AC;? 2 p.m. Free. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-1000. â&#x2013; In honor of Banned Books Week, the D.C. Public Library will present Stephen Chboskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Perks of Being a Wallflower,â&#x20AC;? based on his novel of the same name. 2 p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-7270321. â&#x2013; The Phillips Collection will present the D.C. premiere of Thomas P. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013 documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene,â&#x20AC;? followed by a

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question-and-answer session with the writer and director. 3:30 p.m. $8 to $10; free for ages 18 and younger. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-387-2151. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Vault to Screen,â&#x20AC;? an annual showcase of film preservation, will feature Chris Marker and Pierre Lhommeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1963 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Le Joli Mai.â&#x20AC;? 4:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; Busboys and Poets, the Brookings Institution and Third Way will present Stuart Connellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Suspect,â&#x20AC;? about two African-American social scientists who impersonate bank robbers in an effort to understand the racial dynamics of smalltown law enforcement, only to see their experiment take a deadly turn. A discussion with Connelly will follow. 5 p.m. Free; reservations required. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. eventbrite.com/event/8285972567. The film will be shown again at 8 p.m. â&#x2013; The Pulitzer Center Film Festival will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;Outlawed in Pakistan,â&#x20AC;? at 5 p.m.; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Abominable Crime,â&#x20AC;? at 9:20 p.m. $3 to $5. West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW. westendcinema.com.

Performances â&#x2013; Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fall Festival of Indian Arts will present an opening performance

by Anuradha Nehru and spoken word artist Gowri Koneswaran and a featured performance by Sheejith Krishna Dance Company. 4 p.m. $27.50 to $125. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. dakshina.org. â&#x2013; Washington Concert Opera will present Verdiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;I masnadieri,â&#x20AC;? a tragic opera of love, deceit, loss, greed and lust for power.

Performers will include tenor Russell Thomas (shown), baritone Scott Hendricks, soprano Lisette Oropesa and bass Hao Jiang Tian. 6 p.m. $40 to $110. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. concertopera.org.

Special events â&#x2013; The Stop Cancer Now 5K Run/Walk along the C&O Canal will benefit the Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund. 8:45 a.m. $27 to $30. Potomac and Grace streets NW. cancer5k.com. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Asian Elephant Dayâ&#x20AC;? will feature animal demonstrations and talks about cultural and ecological importance of elephants. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. nationalzoo.si.edu. â&#x2013; The D.C. chapter of the Irish American Unity Conference will hold its fifth annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Remembering Irish Patriot Robert Emmetâ&#x20AC;? commemoration, featuring a recitation of Emmetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Speech From the Dock,â&#x20AC;? literary readings and traditional music. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free. Statue of Robert Emmet, Massachusetts Avenue and 24th Street NW. Tours and walks â&#x2013; Rock Creek Park will host a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fun

Monday, september 23 â&#x2013; Concert: The Swedish band Väsen will perform Swedish folk music blending elements of roots, Nordic and world music. 6 p.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before the performance in the States Gallery. Theater Lab, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Run,â&#x20AC;? featuring a three- to four-mile loop and a five- to seven-mile option. 10 to 11 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6227.

Monday,september Sept. 23 Monday 23 Discussions and lectures â&#x2013; Tracie McMillan will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table.â&#x20AC;? 9:30 to 11 a.m. Free.

Room 200, Mary Graydon Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. american.edu/calendar. â&#x2013; The group 40Plus of Greater Washington will present a talk by Maura Connelly of Flexforce Professionals on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why Job Seekers Should Consider Temporary Jobs.â&#x20AC;?

9:45 to 11:30 a.m. Free. Suite T-2, 1718 P St. NW. 202-387-1582. â&#x2013; The Sibley Senior Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lecture series on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Understanding Computers and the Internetâ&#x20AC;? will feature a session on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Understanding Social Media,â&#x20AC;? such as Facebook and Twitter. 11 a.m. to noon. $10 to $15. Private Dining Room 3, Sibley Memorial Hospital, 5255 Loughboro Road NW. 202-364-7602. The series will continue weekly through Oct. 7. â&#x2013; Charles Ritchie, associate curator of modern prints and drawings at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;An American Artist in Rural Ireland: My Ballinglen Adventures.â&#x20AC;? 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. Free. East Building Small Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. â&#x2013; The Dupont Circle Village Live and Learn series will feature a talk by D.C. Commission on Aging and Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS member Ron Swanda on â&#x20AC;&#x153;How the Affordable Care Act Will Affect Us.â&#x20AC;? 3:30 to 5 p.m. Free for Dupont Circle Village members; $10 for others. Bird Room, Church of the Pilgrims, 2201 P St. NW. 202-234-2567. â&#x2013; Georges Farhat of the University of Toronto will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Le Notre and Versailles in Modernity (20th to 21st Centuries),â&#x20AC;? about the landscape architecture of AndrĂŠ Le Notre on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his birth. 5:30 p.m.

Free; reservations required by Sept. 19.

Dumbarton Oaks, 1703 32nd St. NW. 202339-6460. â&#x2013; James Marriott will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Oil Road: Journeys From the Caspian

Sea to the City of London.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638. â&#x2013; The Friendship Hospital for Animals will launch its new seminar series with a session on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Caring for Your Canine: How to Be Your Dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Friend,â&#x20AC;? featuring veterinarian Ashley Gallagher discussing topics from vaccines to dental disease. 7 p.m.

Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; Fritz Stern and Elisabeth Sifton will discuss their book â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Ordinary Man: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Hans von Dohnanyi, Resisters Against Hitler in Church and State.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919.

Films â&#x2013; The Global Lens Film Series will feature Mohamed Diabâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2010 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cairo 678,â&#x20AC;? about three women from different backgrounds who join together in uneasy solidarity to combat the sexual harassment that has affected their lives. 2 and 6:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW; 202-282-0021. â&#x2013; The Pulitzer Center Film Festival will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Fire Zone,â&#x20AC;? at 3 p.m.; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seeds of Hope,â&#x20AC;? at 7 p.m. $3 to $5. West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW. westendcinema.com. â&#x2013; A Banned Books Week movie screening will feature Bob Dolmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2006 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;How to Eat Fried Worms,â&#x20AC;? an adaptation of the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book by Thomas Rockwell. 4 p.m. Free. Watha T. DanielShaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-7271288. â&#x2013; The Fiction Loverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Film Companion series will feature George Tillman Jr.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1997 movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soul Food,â&#x20AC;? starring Vanessa Williams and Vivica A. Fox. 6 p.m. Free.

Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321. â&#x2013; The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joan Crawford: Hollywood Starâ&#x20AC;? series will open with George Cukorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1939 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Women.â&#x20AC;? 6:30 p.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before the screening. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372. â&#x2013; The Goethe-Institut will present Margarethe von Trottaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1985 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rosa Luxemburg,â&#x20AC;? a dramatization of the personal and political struggles of the Spartacist leader whose pursuit of justice lead to her imprisonment in Germany and Poland and her murder in 1919. 6:30 p.m. $4 to $7.

Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. 202-2891200. â&#x2013; The Washington Project for the Arts will present short video works that explore privacy and surveillance in contemporary society. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. wpaexperimental2013.eventbrite. com. â&#x2013; The Washington Psychotronic Film Society will present David Parkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1993 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hercules Returns.â&#x20AC;? 8 p.m. Donation suggested. McFaddenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant and Saloon, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202462-3356.

Readings â&#x2013; Brooklyn-based playwright Dui Jarrod will present a staged reading of his play â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unholy War,â&#x20AC;? about a groom on his wedding day and the personal dilemma he faces. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202789-2227. â&#x2013; Bonnie Coe will present readings from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aunt Adaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diary,â&#x20AC;? the story of a Washington woman from 1918 speaking See Events/Page 48

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Exhibition looks at significance of digital printmaking

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question in printmaking: Digital vs. Digital,â&#x20AC;? featuring original digital prints by Peter Milton and Anne Chestnut, will open today at Jane Haslem Gallery and continue through Oct. 31.

A discussion with the artists about originality in digital printmaking will take place

On exhibit

Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. Reservations are required at haslem@mac.com Located at 2025 Hillyer Place NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. 202-232-4644. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Digging Out: Reflections on Egypt,â&#x20AC;? an exhibit presented by Syra Arts that includes Egyptian-American artist Mona El-Bayoumiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take on the current uprising in Egypt, will open tomorrow at Alla Rogers Gallery with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will continue through Oct. 10.

Located at 1054 31st St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-733-8199.

â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rachel Farbiarz: Take Me With You,â&#x20AC;? featuring drawings, collages and installation art

by Truxton Circle artist Rachel Farbiarz, will open Friday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Heiner Contemporary. The exhibit will continue through Nov. 9.

Located at 1675 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-338-0072. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Objects of Desire,â&#x20AC;? highlighting 10 contemporary artists, will open Friday at Neptune Fine Art with an artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reception from 6 to 8 p.m. It will continue through Oct. 26.

Located at 1662 33rd St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-338-0353. â&#x2013; The Old Print Gallery will open a retrospective for Alessandro Mastro-Valerio on Friday with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Continuing through Nov. 9, the show mainly features prints of the female form.

Located at 1220 31st St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. 202-965-1818. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Highway,â&#x20AC;? presenting pencil drawings, text and sculpture by Gregory Thielker that

chronicles the recent transformation of Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grand Trunk Road, will open Friday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Flashpoint Gallery. It will continue through Oct. 26.

Located at 916 G St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-315-1305. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Uncommon Objects,â&#x20AC;? featuring encaustic assemblage and sculpture by Katie Dell Kaufman, will open Friday at Zenith Gallery and continue through Nov. 2.

An artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reception will take place Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m.

Located at 1429 Iris St. NW, the gallery is open Friday and Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-783-2963. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Representâ&#x20AC;? will open Saturday at Hemphill with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. On view through Nov. 27, the exhibit celebrates the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20th anniversary by presenting works from its stable of 30 artists.

Located at 1515 14th St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-234-5601. â&#x2013; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Caged In: DC Painters Explore the Aesthetic Influences of John Cage,â&#x20AC;? presenting

Anne Chestnutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s digital prints are featured in a new exhibit at Jane Haslem Gallery. works by seven D.C.-based painters inspired

by Cage, opened Monday at George Washington Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gallery 102, where it will continue through Oct. 4.

An opening reception will take place tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m., and a panel discussion will be held Oct. 2 at 6:30 p.m.

Located at 801 22nd St. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. thegallery102@gmail.com.

Studio presents world premiere of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Red Speedoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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tudio Lab, a three-year-old program dedicated to stripped-down productions of new plays, will present the world premiere of Lucas Hnathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dark

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comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red Speedoâ&#x20AC;? Sept. 25 through Oct. 13 at Studio Theatre.

On the eve of the Olympic swimming trials, Ray sees a lucrative deal with Speedo ahead â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if he can make the team. But when someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stash of performanceStudio Lab will present the world premiere of Lucas Hnathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dark enhancing drugs is found in the locker room, the entire teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red Speedoâ&#x20AC;? Sept. 25 through Oct. 13.

Olympic fate is at risk. Ray must Tuesday through Sunday and 1:30 which marks the 15-year anniversacrush the rumors or risk losing p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets ry of Shepardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slaying and is part everything. of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lincoln Legacy Projectâ&#x20AC;? at Performance times are generally cost $59 to $120. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.

Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre.

8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturâ&#x2013; Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;The

Performance times are generally day, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Laramie Project,â&#x20AC;? written by Moi7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturand 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost sĂŠs Kaufman and members of the day and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sun$20. The theater is located at 1501 Tectonic Theater day. Tickets cost $20 to $62. Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14th St. NW. is located at 511 10th St. NW. 800Project, Sept. 27 202-332-3300; 982-2787; fordstheatre.org. through Oct. 27. studiotheatre.org.

The play depicts â&#x2013; Theatre Du Jour will present the â&#x2013; The Kennedy the complexity world premiere of painter Joseph Center will host of a communiWhiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s short absurdist plays â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sana return engagetyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response to draâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Salvador Rosaâ&#x20AC;? Sept. 20 ment of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Million the 1998 murder through 29 at the District of ColumDollar Quartetâ&#x20AC;? of Matthew bia Arts Center. at the Eisenhow In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sandra,â&#x20AC;? two bus benches Shepard, a er Theater Sept. observe the behavior of the people young gay man 24 through Oct. who wait for and ride the bus. And living in Lara6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Salvador Rosaâ&#x20AC;? features short mie, Wyo. In a The Tony vignettes that range from movement series of poiAward-winning gnant reflections, poems to a tirade by the influential Broadway musi- â&#x20AC;&#x153;Million Dollar Quartetâ&#x20AC;? will yet mostly obscure 17th-century the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resical was inspired return to the Kennedy Center dents react to the painter and poet. by the famed Sept. 24 through Oct. 6.

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Continued From Page 46 through her diary (which Coe, the greatgrandniece of Ada Hume Williams, found upon the death of her father). 7 p.m. Free.

Seabury at Friendship Terrace, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. 202-362-0704.

Special event ■ The Library of Congress will present the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature to author and Emmy-winning actress Sonia Manzano, known to millions as Maria on “Sesame Street.” 3 p.m. Free. Mary Pickford Theater, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-5221.

Teen program ■ The Youth Leaders Ensemble from Ford’s Theatre will lead a workshop for teens interested in sharpening their public speaking skills and learning how to grab an audience’s attention. 4 p.m. Free.

Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3121.

Tuesday, Sept. 24 Tuesday september 24 Benefit ■ “Taste of Hope,” the American Can-

cer Society’s signature culinary, wine and spirits event, will feature many of the District’s most popular chefs and mixologists, including honoree Mike Isabella. 7:30 to 11 p.m. $150 to $250. Carnegie Library, 801 K St. NW. tinyurl.com/ouj5h6b.

Classes and workshops ■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a weekly class on “Modern Buddhism: The Path of Wisdom and Compassion.” 10 to 11 a.m. $10 per class. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202-986-2257. The classes will continue through Oct. 22.

■ Teacher and therapist Heather Ferris will lead a weekly yoga class. Noon. Free.

Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.

■ The group Yoga Activist will present a weekly yoga class geared toward beginners. 7 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-2823080.

Concerts ■ Concert in the Courtyard, sponsored

by National Geographic and the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District, will feature Alma Tropicalia performing traditional Brazilian music. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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■ The Holland-based quartet Arifa will perform a diverse repertoire, moving from traditional Turkish and Balkan sounds to jazz and classical music. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The U.S. Army Concert Band will perform. 6 p.m. Free. National World War II Memorial, 17th Street between Constitution and Independence avenues. usarmyband.com.

■ The Vermont-born, London-based singer Sam Amidon will perform. 8 p.m. $12 to $14. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487.

Discussions and lectures ■ Musicologist Kendra Leonard will discuss “Meaning and Myth in Louise Talma’s First Period Works.” Noon. Free. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502.

■ Jeff Seabright, vice president for environment and water resources at the Coca-Cola Co., will discuss “The Evolving Role of Business in Development.” 12:15 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required.

Room 701, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. eventbrite.com/event/8174665645.

■ Philip G. Freelon, president of The Freelon Group, will discuss his firm’s conceptual study of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library downtown and current renovation efforts. A conversation with D.C. chief librarian Ginnie Cooper will follow.

6:30 to 8 p.m. $12 to $20. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-2722448.

■ Rob Richie, director of FairVote since 1992, will discuss “The Future of Voting Rights.” 6:30 p.m. $10 to $15. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.

■ A “Cocktails and Conversation” event will feature a book talk by Tevi Troy, author of “Jefferson Read, Ike Watched and Obama Tweeted.” 6:30 p.m. $35. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. 202-777-3262.

■ Human rights activists Jen Marlow and Martina Davis-Correia will discuss their book “I Am Troy Davis.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

■ “The Freedom to Read” — a panel discussion on censorship, access to information and bans on books and other materials — will feature Carrie Gardner, professor of library science at San Jose State University and an intellectual freedom activist; Annette C. Klause, author and collections specialist at the Montgomery County Public Library; Todd Krueger, collections specialist at the Baltimore County Public Library; and Amy Gardner McNeal, graphic novels expert and owner of Alliance Comics in Silver Spring. 6:45 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

■ Dwandalyn R. Reece, curator of music and performing arts at the African American History and Cultural Museum, will discuss “Marian Anderson, Artist and Icon.” 6:45 to 9 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ John DeFerrari will discuss his book “Historic Restaurants of Washington, DC: Capital Eats.” 7 p.m. Free. Room 307, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library,

724-8707.

■ The Russkaia Literatura group will discuss “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov. 6:30 p.m. Free. Room 109, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202727-0321.

■ The Creative Juices Writing Club, led by author and poet Ginger Ingalls, will hold its twice-monthly workshop. 7 to 9 p.m.

Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Tuesday, september 24 ■ Concert: The Tuesday Concert Series will feature violinist Jocelyn Adelman (shown) and pianist Amanda Halstead performing music

by Jewish composers suppressed during the 1930s and ’40s. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635.

901 G St. NW. 202-727-1213.

■ Judith Martin and Nichols Ivor Martin will discuss their book “Miss Manners Minds Your Business.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films ■ The Pulitzer Center Film Festival will feature “The Abominable Crime,” at 5 p.m.; and photojournalist shorts, 9:20 p.m. $3 to $5. West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW. westendcinema.com.

■ “Stoppard on Screen” will feature the 2012 film “Anna Karenina,” starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law. 6 p.m. Free.

Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ The Popular Movie Series will feature Shane Black’s 2013 film “Iron Man 3.” 6 p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-7270321.

■ The Global Lens Film Series will feature Mohamed Diab’s 2010 film “Cairo 678,” about three women from different backgrounds who join together in uneasy solidarity to combat the sexual harassment that has affected their lives. 6:30 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-2823139.

■ The Washington DC Jewish Community Center will screen the sixth episode of the Israeli television show “Hatufim,” which inspired the American hit “Homeland.”

7:30 to 8:30 p.m. $9. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

■ Aquila Recovery, Caron Foundation and Cumberland Heights will present Greg Williams’ documentary “The Anonymous People,” about the birth and growth of America’s addiction recovery movement. A panel discussion will follow. 8 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-244-0962.

Meetings ■ The West End Book Club will discuss “Home” by Toni Morrison. 12:30 p.m. Free.

West End Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-

Performances ■ As part of the Mutual Inspirations Festival, the Alliance for New Music-Theatre will present a double bill of radically new stagings of Václav Havel’s “Antiwords” and “Unveiling.” 8 p.m. $20 to $30. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. The performance will repeat Wednesday at 8 p.m.

■ The inaugural District Improv Festival will open with an invitational featuring local troupes The Word of God, Temporary Surcharge, Just Moxie, Press Play and Hot & Sweaty. 8:30 p.m. Free. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. The festival will continue through Sept. 29.

Teen program ■ The Youth Leaders Ensemble from Ford’s Theatre will lead a workshop for teens interested in sharpening their public speaking skills and learning how to grab an audience’s attention. 4:30 p.m. Free.

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

Tours ■ “Historic & Growing: The Tudor Place Landscape” will feature a look at how orchards, vegetable gardens, stables and grazing land made way for lawns, rose gardens, fountains and the various garden “rooms” of an urban estate. 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. $10; free for members. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplacehistoricandgrowing. eventbrite.com.

■ An in-depth tour of the Washington National Cathedral will precede a traditional English tea. 1:30 p.m. $30. Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. nationalcathedral.org. The tour will repeat Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 25

Wednesday september 25 Concerts ■ The New York-based band Banda Magda will perform a blend of French pop, South American rhythms, jazz and more. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ “Jazz at the Atlas” will feature the Billy Hart Quartet. 8 p.m. $27. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202399-7993.

Discussions and lectures ■ National Museum of Women in the Arts director of education Deborah Gaston will discuss “Awake in the Dream World: The Art of Audrey Niffenegger.” Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370.

■ “An American Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration” will feature a viewing of the “Civil War Battlefields” film on Fredericksburg and a talk by Sam Smith of the Civil War Trust. Noon. Free.

National Museum of American Jewish Military History, 1811 R St. NW. 202-2656280.

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Continued From Page 48 gress will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Astronomy and Astrology in Mayan Writing: The Codex Peresianus and Materials From the Jay I. Kislak Collection.â&#x20AC;? Noon. Free. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exploring the Early Americasâ&#x20AC;? exhibition, second floor, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-4604. â&#x2013; At an event to inaugurate a new Wiki called â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Splendid Wakeâ&#x20AC;? about the history of Washington poetry since 1900, speakers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including Dolores Kendrick, E. Ethelbert Miller, Sarah Browning and Grace Cavalieri, among others â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will honor the poets who built and sustained D.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poetry community. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Gelman Library, George Washington University, 2130 H St. NW. wikis.library.gwu.edu/dcpoetry. â&#x2013; Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès will discuss his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;LĂ oĂš les tigres sont chez euxâ&#x20AC;? (in French). 6:30 p.m. $8 to $12. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. â&#x2013; Fred Borch, regimental historian for the U.S. Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Judge Advocate General Corps, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Real JAG.â&#x20AC;? 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-6333030. â&#x2013; The Tenley-Friendship Library will host a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrate Your Freedom to Readâ&#x20AC;? discussion in honor of Banned Books Week. 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-

727-1488. â&#x2013; Art historian Nancy G. Heller, a professor of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Picasso: Beyond Innovation.â&#x20AC;? 6:45 to 9 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030. â&#x2013; Artist Ellen Harvey will discuss her commissioned, site-specific project â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ellen Harvey: The Alienâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide to the Ruins of Washington, D.C.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free; reservations encouraged. Free. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1770. â&#x2013; Debora L. Spar, president of Barnard College, will discuss her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. Free.

Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-3641919. â&#x2013; The International League of Conservation Photographers will host a talk by nature, wildlife and conservation photographer Sandesh Kadur on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Into the Unseen Himalaya.â&#x20AC;? 7 p.m. $15 to $55. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1530 P St. NW. ilcpsandeshkadur.eventbrite.com.

Films â&#x2013; The Pulitzer Center Film Festival â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Global Crises, Human Stories,â&#x20AC;? a weeklong celebration of reporting from around the world â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will feature â&#x20AC;&#x153;Outlawed in Paki-

stan,â&#x20AC;? at 3 p.m.; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Fire Zone,â&#x20AC;? at 7 p.m. $3 to $5. West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW. westendcinema.com. â&#x2013; Retro Movie Night will feature Alfred Hitchcockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1958 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vertigo,â&#x20AC;? starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak. 6:30 p.m.

Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188. â&#x2013; The Smithsonian American Art Museum will host a screening of an episode of the upcoming PBS documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Latino Americans.â&#x20AC;? A panel discussion with producer Ray Telles, journalist Ray Suarez and curator E. Carmen Ramos will follow. 6:30 p.m. Free. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW. 202-6331000. â&#x2013; The Friends of the Tenley-Friendship Library will present Aviva Kempnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg,â&#x20AC;? about the legendary Detroit Tigers star.

The director will discuss the film and features on the newly released DVD. 7 p.m.

Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488. â&#x2013; NCM Fathom Events will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pompeii From the British Museum,â&#x20AC;? featuring an exclusive look at the exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum.â&#x20AC;? 7:30 p.m. $15. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. fathomevents.com.

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8 p.m. $8.50 to $11.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-9666000.

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7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $15 per set; $40 for festival pass. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. The festival will continue through Sept. 29. â&#x2013; The Wonderland Circus, a variety show by the producers of the Capital City Showcase, will feature musician Harris Face, burlesque artist Aurora Wells and comedians Kevin Blackerby, Shahryar Rizvi and Jenn Tisdale. 8:30 p.m. $5 donation suggested. The Wonderland Ballroom, 1101 Kenyon St. NW. 202-431-4704.

Sporting event â&#x2013; The Washington Capitals will play the Nashville Predators in a preseason contest. 7 p.m. $54 to $473. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Tour â&#x2013; The National Gallery of Art will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Picture This: Described Art Tourâ&#x20AC;? in partnership with the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington.

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MULTI FAMILY Yard Sale--3600 Block, Upton Street, NW--Saturday, September 21, 10am-2pm: (Rain Date, September 22, 10am-2pm). Between 3619 Upton Street and 3685 Upton Street, NW, the following items will be featured: 3619 Upton, vinyl records, lots of LPs and 45s; 3653 Upton, children's items, toys, books for boys and girls up to 1st grade; clothing for girls under age 8 from Gymboree, Naartjie, Hanna Anderson), two large booster seats and more. 3681 and 3685 will feature adult items: books, kitchen and household items, women's clothes. NO EARLY BIRDS PLEASE.

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Sheridan School started off the new school year with a star-studded faculty performance of The Cup Song, set to Sheridan lyrics. This was a way of welcoming the new students to our community. Also, the eighth graders presented videos and short speeches about becoming school leaders, takings risks and believing in yourself.

A lot of changes have been made at the school over the summer. One of my favorites is that we have a new kitchen staff that provides us with local and healthier options. The food is very tasty and I look forward to going to lunch every day. We also have a new flex time period, at the end of each day, that gives us an opportunity to catch up on things we missed or didn’t understand with our teachers.

This year I am looking forward to learning lots of new things. We will study ancient China in social studies, we have a new math program, and we will do experiments with our new science teachers. My friends and I are excited about going to Mountain Campus and spending two nights there on a canoeing trip.

— Miriam Akhmetshin, fourth-grader

Stoddert Elementary

We are in Ms. Prosser’s fourthgrade this year. There are lots of new things that we didn’t have last year. We have daily writing assignments and this time we had to write about our best friend. Eventually we will be writing essays. We have Friday folders and homework folders. We have a schedule and a calendar and it shows us when things are to be turned in. We also have a reading log. We have daily math problems, too. We have garden time twice a week and we’re learning about plant parts.

We learned about the “Three Sisters Garden” — squash, corn, beans. This is about a Native American legend and these things grow together. The beans wrap around the corn and hold the corn up and the squash grows on the ground and serves as living mulch. We switch classes for social studies and science. It makes us feel like middleschoolers because we have lockers.

— Karolina Tudman and Tuba Balta, fourth-graders

Washington Latin Public Charter School

In World History II, our teacher is taking a different approach to history by starting with students’ personal histories. In the second week of school, Mr. John Drury has assigned an “I Am” Animoto video.

Mr. Drury says that modern history does not matter unless we can connect ourselves to it. As a result, we have started the year with personality quizzes, discussions on ethnicity and video slide shows.

Animoto is a website in which you can create a photo slide show accompanied by music. For my class, we created a photo slide show about ourselves. We wrote phrases such as “I am a sister,” or “I am an athlete” accompanied by pictures from Facebook and Instagram, arranged in a presentation to show personal histories. Now that our teacher has learned about us, we are excited to see how history will now relate back to our own lives.

— Eleanor Wright, 10th-grader

Wilson High School

Friday, Sept. 13, marked the first major setback in an otherwise hot start in the Wilson Tigers boys varsity soccer season. Following a narrow 4-3 loss to neighboring Sidwell at the hands of a disputed penalty kick on Sept. 3 and a 2-0 victory over Bell on Sept. 11, Wilson suffered a 7-0 loss to St. Albans.

St. Albans scored within the first few minutes of the game, and despite valiant efforts by the Wilson squad, especially in the second half, St. Albans was able to dominate.

Senior Andrew Arlotto described the team’s pre-match mentality: “Some people thought we would win, but we all knew it was going to be a really tough game.”

However, as the game progressed this mentality began to subside. “We went in not really ready to play at that level … no one really wanted to go after it that game,” Arlotto explained.

“We didn’t play like we normally do; our heads weren’t in the game,” said senior Ethan Canan.

“We are gonna have to work harder and play smarter and hopefully we can see St. Albans again in the [city championship].”

Even though the loss could be seen as putting the brakes on early season momentum, as it leaves the team at 1-2, Arlotto made sure to dispel that notion: “That was a tough loss and everyone realizes that, but it should fuel us for the rest of the season.”

— Nathan Davis, 12th-grader

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