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Police Now Trained on How to Arrest Cirque du Soleil Artists Police in Georgia said they’re searching for a woman who was handcuffed when she stole a patrol car. Union City authorities said the woman, who was arrested on charges of bank card fraud, was able to climb into the front of the car early Tuesday and flee. She drove on two interstates before crashing and fleeing on foot. (AP) SEE YA LATER …

“He was really kind of cute, but he was also kind of naughty. I didn’t want him in my office anymore.”

— M A RIA TILLER, A WATERLOO, IOWA, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, REFERRING TO “CHOMPEY,” A BABY ALLIGATOR WHO WAS DROPPED OFF AFTER HIS OWNER REALIZED IT WAS AGAINST STATE LAW TO HAVE HIM. ANIMAL CONTROL KEPT THE GATOR UNTIL HE STARTED SNAPPING. CHOMPEY IS NOW AT A HERPETOLOGIST, WHERE STAFF ARE SEEKING A NEW HOME FOR HIM.

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Engagement Confuses the Heck Out of Many Children A Massachusetts woman dressed like Mrs. Claus thought she and her boyfriend, who was dressed as Santa, were just going to take fun photos for a holiday card. But Eric Beaulieu had other ideas when he got down on one knee and proposed to Anneke Sharp on Sunday in Rockport, Mass. (She said yes.) (EXPRESS)

SOAKING UP THE SUN: A large flock of starlings are illuminated by the setting sun as they fly Tuesday near Bacau, northeastern Romania. Large numbers of starlings populate the vast agricultural lands there, feeding on the seeds already laid in the ground.

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Budget Deal Garners Key Support House Republicans back plan to avert future shutdowns Washington A newly minted budget deal to avert future government shutdowns gained important ground Wednesday among House Republicans who are more accustomed to brinkmanship than compromise, even though it would nudge federal deficits higher three years in a row.

There was grumbling from opposite ends of the political spectrum — conservatives complaining about spending levels and liberal

Democrats unhappy there would be no extension of an expiring program of benefits for the long-term unemployed.

Yet other lawmakers, buffeted by criticism after last October’s partial government shutdown, found plenty to like in the agreement and suggested it could lead to future cooperation. The plan was announced Tuesday evening by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and endorsed by President Barack Obama. A House vote was expected as early as today.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., called the agreement “a breath of fresh air” that could lead to further progress. Added House

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Nearly two-thirds say they would like to see their House member replaced next November (AP)

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, “If you’re for more deficit reduction, you’re for this agreement.”

As drafted, the bill would reverse $63 billion in across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect in the current budget year and the next one, easing a crunch

on programs as diverse as environmental protection and the Pentagon.

It would offset the higher spending with $85 billion in savings over a decade from higher fees and relatively modest curtailments on government benefit programs.

With the increased spending to begin immediately and much of the savings delayed, Congressional Budget Office estimates showed the deal would push deficits higher than currently projected.

Red ink would rise by about $23 billion in this 2014 fiscal year, $18 billion in the following year and about $4 billion in the one after that, the CBO said.

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Judges Hear Appeal for U.Va. Lacrosse Player The Court of Appeals of Virginia is weighing a request for a new trial by a former University of Virginia lacrosse player who Huguely was convicted in the 2010 beating death of his ex-girlfriend. The three-judge panel heard arguments Wednesday from the state and an attorney for George W. Huguely V, who was convicted in February 2012 in the slaying of Yeardley Love of suburban Baltimore. (AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA

Health Care Sign-Ups Progressing Slowly With time running short, the nation’s health care rolls still aren’t filling up fast enough.

New sign-up numbers Wednesday showed progress for President Barack Obama’s health-care law, but not enough to guarantee that Americans who want and need coverage by Jan. 1 will be able to get it.

Crunch time is now, as people face a Dec. 23 deadline to sign up if they are to have coverage by New Year’s.

That means more trouble for the White House, too, after months of repairing a dysfunctional enrollment website. Next year could start with a new round of political recriminations over the Affordable Care Act, “Obamacare” to its opponents.

The Health and Human Services Department reported that 364,682 people had signed up for private coverage under the law as of Nov. 30. That is more than three times the October figure but still less than one-third of the 1.2 million that officials had projected would enroll nationwide by the

The annual Geminids meteor shower — the most intense of the year — will peak Friday night. But the best viewing may be early Saturday, once the moon sets — a little before 4 a.m. Between 100 and 120 meteors are expected every hour at peak time. But scientists say the bright moon will interfere and reduce the number of visible meteors by half. (AP)

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius assured Congress on Wednesday that “we are seeing very, very positive trends” now that healthcare.gov is working reasonably well. She also announced that she’d asked the department’s inspector general for an independent investigation into contracting and management factors that contributed to the technology failure. (AP)

end of November. The administration’s overall goal was to sign up 7 million people by next March 31, when open enrollment ends.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that at least 1.9 million people appear to be just about ready to sign up. They’ve been found eligible to enroll but haven’t picked a plan. LAURIE KELLMAN AND RICARDO ALONSO-Z ALDIVAR (AP)

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Railroads all over the country have lessons to learn about speed limits and the importance of communication between crew members after the deadly derailment of a commuter train this month, the Federal Railroad Administration said Wednesday as it issued an industry-wide safety advisory. (AP)

STANLEY WRICE, LEFT, SPEAKS to the media with his daughter,

Gail Lewis, on Wednesday in Pontiac, Ill. Wrice was released after serving more than 30 years when a judge overturned his rape conviction and granted him a new trial. During his years behind bars, Wrice insisted he was innocent and that Chicago police had beat him until he confessed to a rape he didn’t commit.

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Correction A Local item on Wednesday’s page 12 about Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and D.C. becoming sister cities was cut off. It should have listed Bangkok; Paris; Beijing; Brussels; Dakar, Senegal; Ankara, Turkey; and Athens, Greece, among the 14 cities that the District has a sister-city relationship with.

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Many Oppose In-Flight Calls Poll finds 48 percent don’t want to hear your conversations Washington As federal regulators consider removing a decades-old prohibition on making phone calls on planes, a majority of Americans who fly oppose such a change, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds.

The poll released Wednesday finds that 48 percent of Americans oppose allowing cellphones to be used for voice calls while flying; just 19 percent support it. Thirty percent are neutral.

Among those who fly, opposition is stronger. Looking just at Americans who have taken more than one flight in the past year, 59 percent are against allowing calls on planes. That number grows to 78 percent among those who’ve taken four or more flights.

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Impossible to Avoid Just because technology has advanced, it doesn’t mean that etiquette has. Many fliers fear their fellow passengers will subject them to long-winded conversations impossible to avoid at 35,000 feet.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline to explicitly state that it won’t allow voice calls. American Airlines, United Airlines and JetBlue Airways all plan to study the issue and listen to feedback from passengers and crews. (AP)

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has called the current rules “outdated and restrictive.”

Before the FCC commissioners meet today, they will go to Capitol Hill in the morning to answer questions about the change. House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., said Wednesday that “allowing cellphones on planes sounds like the premise of a new reality show: ‘Cage Fighting at 30,000 Feet.’ ” The poll’s margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. SCOT T MAYEROWITZ (AP)

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U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander said Wednesday that he has placed his chief of staff on unpaid leave after learning the staffer’s home was being searched as part of a child pornography investigation.

In a news release Tuesday, the Tennessee Republican said he had just been informed by the Senate legal counsel’s office that law enforcement agents were conducting a search of Ryan Loskarn’s home.

Loskarn is the chief of staff in Alexander’s Washington, D.C., office.

“I am stunned, surprised and disappointed,” Alexander said in the news release. He added that he immediately placed Loskarn on administrative leave without pay

and that his office is fully cooperating with the investigation.

Messages left for Loskarn were not immediately returned.

Video taken at the scene by WJLA-TV shows Loskarn being led from his Southeast D.C. home by U.S. Postal Inspector police who put him in a black SUV. Loskarn appears to be in handcuffs, although a coat is draped over his arms.

Postal Inspector Jervay Rodgers said she could confirm only that the agency carried out “an enforcement action” in Southeast D.C. on Tuesday, but she said all documents related to that action currently are under seal.

Loskarn has served as Alexander’s chief of staff for two years.

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Maddow’s New Gig Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” is joining The Washington Post’s Opinion section as a monthly columnist, the Opinion section announced Wednesday. The Post’s arrangement calls for Maddow to write once a month over six months. Her first column will be published this week. (E XPRESS)

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Female Libido Drug in Limbo Development of pill to enhance sexual desire hits impasse Washington The multidecade search for a pill that boosts sexual desire in women has hit another roadblock, raising questions about the future of efforts to develop a female equivalent to Viagra.

S p r o u t Ph a r m a c e u t i c a l s said Wednesday it has reached an impasse with the Food and Drug Administration over its drug, flibanserin. The daily pill is designed to increase libido in

women by acting on brain chemicals linked to mood and appetite.

The FDA questions whether the drug’s benefits outweigh its risks, considering its “modest” effectiveness and side effects including fatigue, dizziness and nausea.

Sprout said it is appealing an October letter from the FDA that denied approval and asked for more information. But chances appear slim: Of the 17 appeals FDA considered last year, 14 were denied.

The agency’s latest rejection raises serious questions for companies working to develop therapies for women who report stress due to lack of libido. It’s a market drugmakers have been trying to tap

Backstory Drugmakers have made several failed attempts to boost female libido. Initially, Pfizer tested Viagra on women but that didn’t work, so drugmakers turned to hormones. In 2004, an FDA panel rejected Procter & Gamble’s testosterone patch, Intrinsa, due to questions about its safety. Sprout’s flibanserin is the first drug to approach the problem through brain chemistry. Researchers believe the drug boosts dopamine — a brain transmitter associated with appetite — while lowering serotonin — another transmitter linked with feelings of satiation. (AP)

since the success of Viagra.

But unlike sexual problems in men, most of women’s sexual issues are psychological, not physical. As a result, there are a number of alternate causes doctors must consider before diagnosing female sexual desire disorders, including relationship problems, hormone disorders, depression and mood issues caused by other medications.

“Erectile dysfunction is a really easy thing to measure,” says Emory University researcher Kim Wallen.

“Motivation is a hard thing to measure and, quite honestly, we don’t know enough about what creates sexual motivation to manipulate it.”

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Deaf Interpreter Called a Fake The sign-language interpreter on stage at Nelson Mandela’s globally broadcast memorial service was a faker who was waving his arms around meaninglessly, advocates for the deaf said Wednesday.

The allegation raised questions of how and why he managed to insert himself into a supposedly secure event attended by scores of heads of state, including United States President Barack Obama.

As one world leader after another took the stage to pay homage to Mandela, the man at arm’s reach from them appeared to interpret for the deaf at the hourslong memorial so the world’s deaf population could understand the historic event.

The unidentified man “was moving his hands around but there was no meaning in what he used his hands for,” Bruno Druchen, the deaf federation’s national director, said.

Collins Chabane, one of South

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The sign-language interpreter, right, at Tuesday’s memorial service for Nelson Mandela was signing meaninglessly, advocates for the deaf said.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was only being polite when he posed for a selfie photo with President Barack Obama and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service . When asked about it in parliament, Cameron said amid laughter from lawmakers that Mandela brought people together — so he thought it “only polite to say yes” to a request for a photo from Thorning-Schmidt. (AP)

Africa’s two presidency ministers, told reporters the government is investigating “alleged incorrect use of sign language at the National Memorial Service” but has not finished because it has been overwhelmed with work organizing the public viewing of Mandela’s body and his funeral Sunday.

Outraged deaf people and signlanguage interpreters from Canada to China have complained about the man, said Ingrid Parkin, principal of the St. Vincent School for the Deaf in Johannesburg.

“This man himself knows he cannot sign and he had the guts to stand on an international stage and do that,” Parkin said. “It’s absolutely impossible that he is any kind of interpreter.”

The man also did sign interpretation at an event last year, Druchen said. There, a deaf person in the audience videotaped the event and gave it to the Deaf Federation of South Africa. The federation analyzed the video and submitted a formal complaint to the African National Congress party, Druchen said, but never got a response.

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Kiev Protesters Say No to Talks 22% The amount of Chinese military scholars who said the United States should remain the leading superpower when asked whose leadership would make the world more stable, according to a joint survey by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington and a Chinese general to be published today. The study is one of the first to target Chinese military elites’ attitudes toward the U.S. (THE WASHINGTON POST )

Opposition leaders in Ukraine rejected President Viktor Yanukovych’s offer of talks Wednesday, saying they will not sit down with him until he fires his government and releases all arrested demonstrators.

That stance reflected their growing confidence after the abrupt withdrawal of riot police from parts of Kiev early Wednesday raised protesters’ hopes that weeks of demonstrations have eroded police support for Yanukovych and his government.

“This is a great victory,” Arseniy Yatsenyuk, leader of the largest opposition party in parliament, said of the police withdrawal.

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Riot police left a square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Wednesday after entering at night.

Yanukovych issued an invitation late in the day to political, religious and civil figures to join a national dialogue. But it gave no details about a proposed date for the talks — and could have been merely an

attempt to buy time.

The opposition reaction was scathing.

“Instead of a round table, what we got is a breakup [with] truncheons. The authorities are driving into a dead end,” opposition leader Oleksandr Turchynov said.

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and other off icials promised Wednesday that police would not act against peaceful protesters.

“I want to calm everyone down — there will be no dispersal of protesters,” Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko said in a statement, which did not explain why thousands of shield-bearing police were deployed in the first place.

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Many stores were ravaged by looting during a police strike in Argentina.

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10 Dead, $90M of Damage In Argentine Looting Argentina’s Cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich declared an end to police strikes and looting, but some violence continued Wednesday in streets abandoned by officers demanding higher pay. Capitanich blamed police for the looting that caused at least 10 deaths and an estimated $90 million in business losses. (AP) BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AFGHANISTAN

General: Afghan Pullout May Destabilize Region Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned that the withdrawal of most U.S. and allied forces from Afghanistan by the end of next year could reverse gains made in the war against the Taliban and destabilize the region.

But Dempsey said the U.S. has no plans to reopen negotiations on the deal. (AP) CAIRO

3 Judges Quit Trial of Brotherhood Members Three judges presiding over the trial of Egypt’s senior Muslim Brotherhood members stepped down Wednesday after the defendants disrupted proceedings and chanted against the court — a move that will delay the proceedings. (AP) BEIRUT

U.S., U.K. Halt Syria Aid The United States and Britain said Wednesday they were suspending delivery of all nonlethal military aid destined for rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces in northern Syria, citing fears the aid could fall into the hands of al-Qaeda linked militants. (AP)

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The law awaiting the signature of President Jose Mujica after winning congressional approval Tuesday night describes what Mujica called an “experiment” in broad strokes. Now Calzada’s ministry has to deliver the fine print to address the many unresolved questions raised in the Senate debate.

The government’s stated goal is to drive drug traffickers out of the dope business and gradually reduce consumption by creating a transparent environment where the state can closely monitor every aspect of marijuana use.

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Activists gathered Tuesday in support of a law legalizing pot in Uruguay.

his government isn’t totally prepared for this plan. But he said the country has to try.

Polls have showed two-thirds of Uruguayans are opposed to the plan. Many fear the government won’t be able to control the market. Mujica, who says he never smoked pot, said he hopes they’ll come around to his point of view.

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But then the lights disappeared.

Desperate, Okene swam through pitch-dark waters in the sunken boat to grab the diver. Okene couldn’t find him and, with the air in his

lungs giving out, he swam back to his dwindling air pocket.

In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Okene described the ordeal and his miraculous rescue in May that was videotaped and which went viral after it was put on the Internet this month.

The 29-year-old still has nightmares and vows to never return to the sea again. The cook survived on only one bottle of Coke. He had almost given up hope after three days when he heard the sound of a boat and then saw lights and the rising waters around him bubbling.

He said he knew it had to be a diver, but he was on the wrong end of the cabin.

When the diver returned, Okene

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Harrison Odjegba Okene said he’s never going back to the sea after his ordeal.

swam to reach him and still he did not see him. “So I tapped him at the back of his neck, so he was afraid.”

When the diver saw his hand he said “corpse, corpse, a corpse,” into his microphone, reporting up to the rescue vessel.

“When he brought his hand close to me, I pulled on his hand,” Okene said.

“He’s alive! He’s alive! He’s alive!” Okene remembers hearing.

Okene was the only survivor in a crew of 12. In addition to being saddled with survivors’ guilt, some Nigerians believe he saved himself through black magic.

He didn’t go to the funerals of his colleagues because he feared their families’ reactions — Nigerians often being very religious but also superstitious.

“I couldn’t go because I didn’t know what the family will say, thinking ‘W hy is he the only one to survive,’” Okene said.

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Wakefield recently looked at real estate values in one of the region’s hotter markets for development, Arlington’s Rosslyn-Ballston corridor, and found that even among properties that are less than a third of a mile from a station, there is still a pretty well-defined scale for how much property is worth, and the closer to the station the better.

For instance, looking at office properties near the five RosslynBallston stations, through which the Orange Line runs, researchers found that offices within a 20th of a mile (264 feet) of a Metro station earn more than a 30 percent premium over those that are a quarter of a mile from a station.

And Residences?

Apartment buildings right on top of Metro stations or nearly so (within a 20th of a mile) command a premium, one that real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield estimated at 23 percent over average rents for the D.C. area. (THE WASHINGTON POST )

This is no small sample size.

There are now 101 office properties totaling 20.2 million square feet near the Metro stations in Rosslyn, Courthouse, Clarendon, Virginia Square and Ballston, 92 percent of it within a quarter mile of a station.

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walk faster than most, but if one assumes that the average walking speed for someone headed to work is around 3 miles an hour, walking a quarter of a mile takes five minutes, while walking a 20th of a mile takes one minute. But is saving around four minutes of walking time per trip really worth paying that much more for real estate?

“People don’t like to walk more than 10 minutes,” said Paula Munger, managing director of research for Cushman & Wakefield. “So being farther out just doesn’t attract the tenants that being near Metro does. People don’t want to take a shuttle.”

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A D.C. police officer was arrested Wednesday on charges of enlisting two teenage girls to work for him as prostitutes, authorities said.

Linwood Barnhill, who joined the force in 1989 and has been placed on administrative leave, faces two counts of pandering of a minor.

He was ordered held without bond in D.C. Superior Court, pending a preliminary hearing Friday.

Neither he nor his public defender addressed the charges in court.

Barnhill was arrested one week after police say they found in his apartment a 16-year-old girl who had earlier been reported missing. The girl told officers that she had met Barnhill, whom she said

Background Checks D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said Friday that the department was digging into the backgrounds of the two officers — Linwood Barnhill has not been on full duty since September 2012 — and called the allegations against them devastating for the entire department. (AP)

she knew as Malik, at the mall and that he initially invited her to model for him before offering to arrange for paid sex acts with other men, according to charging documents in the case.

A second 15-year-old girl interviewed Monday told police that Barnhill asked her to work as an escort for him and “told her that her young age was not a problem because he had other young girls who worked for him,” the charging documents state.

‘A Man Who Did What Seemed Impossible’

Barnhill’s arrest came as another D.C. police officer facing child pornography charges in a separate investigation was found dead in the Washington Channel. Police confirmed Wednesday that a man pulled from the water Tuesday night was 32-year-old Marc Washington. Police said a car and some clothes were found nearby.

Washington’s death was under investigation and an autopsy was being done.

Though both officers had been assigned to the department’s Seventh District, police have said the cases do not appear to be related.

Police Chief Cathy Lanier said in a statement: “As disheartening as it is to have members of this department involved in this type of conduct, I take solace in knowing that it was members of this department who worked tirelessly to ensure that they were brought to justice.”

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A panel of Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday recommended a plan to spend more than $533 million over 10 years to rebuild the old Baltimore City Detention Center and endorsed 18 recommendations to make the facility more secure.

The commission endorsed a plan already submitted by the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections as part of a proposal to overhaul state correctional facilities in the aftermath of a scandal earlier this year that resulted in federal indictments against 44 people, including 27 corrections officers.

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D.C. Scholarship Program Clears Hurdle less affluent families.

The bill is sponsored by Council member David Catania, an independent who is considering a run for mayor. The council’s education committee voted 5-0 to send the bill to the full council.

City students are eligible for a wide array of financial aid, including a federally funded subsidy of up to $10,000 a year to attend public colleges or universities outside the district. The bill specifies that students would only become eligible for the city grants once they

Washington A D.C. Council committee voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of an ambitious college scholarship program for city high school students that could cost up to $60 million a year.

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Some council members have said they’re concerned that Congress could opt not to fund that program if the city can pay for its own college scholarships. But Catania believes the city should do more to back up its investments in K-12 education and ensure that more city residents obtain college degrees. About six in 10 city students graduate from high school on time.

Mayor Vincent Gray has not said whether he would sign the bill if it reaches his desk. BEN NUCKOLS (AP)

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The People’s Pope Pope Francis has triggered a wave of interest since taking office in March, swelling crowds at his weekly addresses, generating many millions of social media followers, and spawning countless articles written about his welcoming approach to faith. On Wednesday, Time magazine selected Francis as its Person of the Year, saying the Catholic Church’s new leader has changed the perception of the 2,000-year-old institution in an extraordinary way in a short time. Catholics and the American public seem to agree. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll out Wednesday found that 92 percent of Catholics have a favorable view of their leader, and 62 percent of non-Catholics feel the same way. So far, the effect of his popularity is unclear. One recent survey found no immediate impact on the percentage of Americans who say they’re Catholic or who say they attend Mass. (THE WASHINGTON POST/AP)

Vatican Reaction “The Holy Father is not looking to become famous or to receive honors,” said the Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican’s spokesman.

“But if the choice of Person of Year helps spread the … message of God’s love for everyone, he will certainly be happy about that.” John Paul II was selected for Time’s honor in 1994, and John XXIII was chosen in 1962. (AP)

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The pope has made headlines for the way he’s connected with lay people.

He’s cold-called ordinary people who write him letters — offering to baptize the baby of an Italian woman who wrote to him after her boyfriend pressured her to have an abortion, The New York Times reported in September. On a trip to Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day, he eschewed the bulletproof Popemobile for an open-top car to better connect with his throngs of supporters.

Pope Francis’ five most shocking words came when talking about gay priests: “Who am I to judge?” That phrase highlights the shift in tone toward the LGBT community compared to his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. He reiterated that shift in an interview with Jesuit journalists, saying that he didn’t think it was necessary to talk about issues like contraception, abortion and homosexuality “all the time” and criticizing the church for being “obsessed” with a few doctrines.

A Pope of Action In March, Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 inmates at a youth detention center in Rome, including two Muslims and two girls. The ceremony upset many traditionalists by breaking church laws against washing the feet of women but demonstrated his emphasis to serve the poor and downtrodden. He later codified that attitude in his mission statement, telling priests to get their shoes muddy, get involved in the lives of their faithful — and not to be defeatist “sourpusses.”

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What kind of car is worthy enough to be the pope’s ride? For Pope Francis, a 1984 Renault 4 does just fine. The car was given to him by a priest in Northern Italy and is used for short drives around the Vatican.

In another sign of Francis’ modest living style, he chooses to live in a Vatican guesthouse rather than the papal apartment in an effort “to live in community” with other priests and bishops, according to the Vatican’s chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi.

In addition to having his own papal Twitter account (@Pontifex), Pope Francis’ one-liners seem made for modern communications.

“We are not part-time Christians,” which he said in St. Peter’s Square, is one of many Francis quotes that would fit well on a bumper sticker. His candor has gotten him in trouble, however: In May, officials had to issue a qualification when Francis said “even the atheists” were redeemed by Jesus. Atheists, the Vatican said, still have to believe to get to heaven.

The amount of Catholics who have a favorable view of Francis with 95 percent saying the same of the church, according to results of The Washington PostABC News poll released Wednesday. Benedict XVI had a 73 percent favorable rating in a similar February poll.

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Dome Theatre, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington; Thu., 8 p.m., $18; 703-8751100, artisphere.com. (Rosslyn)

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Coyaba Dance Theater, whose mission is to present traditional and contemporary West African dance, hosts its annual Kwanzaa show. The performance celebrates the seven principles of the holiday — which include unity, creativity and faith — through song, rhythm and, of course, dance. George Washington University’s

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Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, 800 21st St. NW; Sat., 8 p.m., $12-$30; 202-9946800, danceplace.org/events/kwanzaa-celebration-2013. (Foggy Bottom)

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Wilson Phillips The great Wilson Phillips revival — sparked by the group’s cameo in 2011’s “Bridesmaids” — isn’t over. Last year, the trio released a new album, “Dedicated,” and they continue to tour, proving that if you “Hold On” long enough, things will eventually go your way. Rams Head Center Stage, 7002 Arundel Mills Circle No. 7777, Hanover, Md.; Fri., 8 p.m., $45; 443-842-7000, marylandlive casino.com/rams-head-center-stage.

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Puppets That Ruled The National Museum of American History celebrates Kermit the Frog and other hand-operated icons

National Museum of American History, 1400 Constitution Ave. NW; opens Fri., free; 202-633-1000, americanhistory.si.edu.

(Smithsonian)

KERMIT, 1955 Created for “Sam and Friends,” a five-minute TV show that was broadcast locally between 1955 and 1961 Recycling Is Green, Too Jim Henson made Kermit out of an old coat of his mother’s. Kermit’s eyes are halves of pingpong balls, and the puppeteer’s sleeve is a repurposed leg from a pair of kids’ jeans.

Not Yet a Frog Kermit, like many early Muppets, didn’t originally represent a specific animal. “At the time, Jim identified him as a reptilelike thing,” says Dwight Blocker Bowers, curator of the National Museum of American History’s new “Puppetry in America” exhibit. “He doesn’t have the crenulated collar, he doesn’t have the flipper feet.”

Celery to Cookies Other “Sam and Friends” characters included Mushmellon, a yellow monster who looks like a squat Oscar the Grouch, and Yorick, a purple head with an insatiable appetite for celery (presaging Cookie Monster’s sweets fetish).

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Kermit wasn’t always a frog, and he didn’t start out as a pollywog.

Jim Henson’s most beloved Muppet began life as an abstract, “reptilelike thing,” says Dwight Blocker Bowers, curator of the National Museum of American History’s new “Puppetry in America” exhibit.

Kermit the Not-Yet-a-Frog starred in Henson’s first TV series, 1955’s “Sam and Friends.” “It was a five-minute show that broadcast in Washington, D.C., after the evening news and before ‘The Tonight Show,’ ” Bowers says. “The puppets did lip-syncing to popular songs of the time, and most shows ended with an explosion.”

The exhibit, which honors significant puppets such as Howdy Doody, Charlie McCarthy and Tubby the Tuba, provides a glimpse into how Americans made Old World traditions their own, Bowers says.

For instance, the New England preacher William Hitchcock used Punch and Judy puppets around 1890 to put on morality plays and advocate for temperance. It was a surprising turn of events for Punch, a character known in England for beating his wife and mistreating his baby without repercussions.

“Hitchcock’s Punch did pretty much his usual things, but he was reformed at the end of the presentations, unlike Punch in British and French theater, where he remains a wastrel, pretty much,” Bowers says.

W het her you go to t hink deep thoughts about American art or just to visit some old friends, Bowers hopes the exhibit will broaden your idea of the art form.

“Puppetry includes stop-action figures, ventriloquist puppets, hand puppets and, of course, our ever-popular Muppets,” he says. “It’s an enduring form of entertainment.” SADIE DINGFELDER (EXPRESS)

HOWDY DOODY, 1949 Worked on “The Howdy Doody Show,” which was broadcast live from New York, five days a week, for nearly 13 years Double Doody The Smithsonian’s Howdy Doody was an understudy. The first-string puppet lives at the Detroit Institute of the Arts.

Doody (Not) Free America’s first national kids’ TV show hawked tie-in products: “Howdy Doody”-branded games, children’s furniture, costumes and more.

Doody Dispute The Howdy Doody design on view wasn’t the first. In 1948, the show’s puppeteer walked out due to unmet salary demands, taking the puppet, to which he had the rights, with him. At the time, Howdy was running for president. The host saved the day by saying Howdy was out on the campaign trail, where he decided he needed a handsomer visage to earn the female vote and underwent plastic surgery. NBC eluded trademark issues by bringing back a different marionette.

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Were co-opted by late-19thcentury New England preacher William Hitchcock for his traveling morality plays Punch the Puritan In his European incarnation, dating back to 1662, Punch was a scofflaw and a drunk who beat everyone he encountered with his “slapstick,” often with fatal results.

Wife Judy and their baby were frequent victims. In Hitchcock’s hands, Punch saw the error of his homicidal ways.

Comedy Etymology The term “slapstick comedy” originated with Punch and Judy, as well as the phrases “punch drunk” and “pleased as punch,” Bowers says.

As British as Tea In 2006, the British government named Punch and Judy one of the most important “icons of Englishness,” along with a cup of tea and “Alice in Wonderland.” Punch, however, originated as the clown Pulcinella, an Italian commedia dell’arte character.

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SCRAPS, 2005 Appeared in “Corpse Bride,” a stop-motion animated film by Tim Burton about a man who accidentally proposes to a corpse; she then tries to take him up on the offer Stick to the Registry The Corpse Bride gives a box of bones as a present to her horrified bridegroom, who is later delighted when they assemble themselves into a skeleton version of his beloved childhood dog, Scraps.

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“Corpse Bride” characters, the clayand-plastic dog has a huge head and tiny feet. Unable to support his own weight, the dog was supported by an external frame that animators digitally erased. The human characters got stability assistance from the set itself, which provided spots for their feet to lock in.

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House Band of Horrors Italian scary movie scorer Goblin hopes to frighten audiences Music

Enter the Dragons

When Italian horror director Dario Argento couldn’t nab Pink Floyd to score his eerie 1975 film “Profondo Rosso” (called “Deep Red” in the U.S.), he turned to the little-known Italian prog rock group Goblin, whose sprawling, cackling sonic landscapes only made the flick more creepy. The soundtrack would go on to sell more than a million copies, cementing Goblin’s status as horror-score masters.

Nearly 40 years later, the band is in the middle of its first U.S. tour, which stops at the 9:30 Club on Friday.

Goblin combines traditional rock instrumentation, synthesizers and dissonant classical melodies to create demented tension

This week’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” brings Bilbo Baggins to the cave of Smaug, a dragon who presumably then gets desolated. Perhaps one of his large and lizard-y movie buddies can cheer him up.

KRISTEN PAGE-KIRBY (EXPRESS)

1 Toothless The hulking black Night Fury in 2010’s “How to Train Your Dragon” is scary, but it also turns out he likes chasing the medieval version of a laser pointer. Who’s an adorable dwagon? Who is?

2 Draco This serpent and his knight, Bowen (Dennis Quaid), worked together in 1996’s “Dragonheart.” Granted, they did it to rip off towns that paid Bowen to “slay” the menacing Draco, but teamwork is always nice.

that matches the seriously scary scenes in the films the band has scored. After “Profondo Rosso,” Goblin worked with Argento on 1977’s “Suspiria,” 1982’s “Tenebre” and 1985’s “Phenomena.” In 1978, the band teamed up with George Romero for zombie classic “Dawn of the Dead.”

The current tour, which began in Atlanta in October, came about after the band was booked to play the “Suspiria” score live at the Housecore Horror Film Festival in Austin, Texas, around Halloween. When an agent suggested a full U.S. tour, the band was eager to hit the road.

“Of course we couldn’t say no,” says Maurizio Guarini, Goblin’s keyboard player. “It’s what we were waiting for — for years and years and years.”

Goblin has a rotating membership, but four-fifths of the group’s 1975 lineup reunited for the U.S. tour: Guarini, Fabio Pignatelli

on bass, Agostino Marangolo on drums and Massimo Morante on guitar. (Aidan Zammit joins the group on additional keyboards.)

Although the members are in their 50s and 60s, Guarini, 58, insists the band’s performances are of the same caliber as they were 40 years ago.

“We feel exactly like before,”

Look! The Horrors!

Director Dario Argento’s “Suspiria,” a dreamlike tale about a ballet academy run by witches, is part of the Goblin concert experience. While the band plays music from the film, fans will see such horrors as a glass pane slicing a ballet dancer’s face. Yikes! C.M.

he says. “Age is just a convention.”

One thing that is new: Goblin created a multidimensional experience for the tour. While half the show is a “pure rock concert” featuring Goblin’s nonsoundtrack work, Guarini says the other half focuses on its horror scores, which are augmented by a large screen showing film footage “so people can match images with the music.”

Adding more visual interest to the performance are the long limbs of Morante’s daughter, a classically trained dancer who swirls around the rockers during three songs.

“Expect a lot of emotion and energy,” Guarini says of the tour. “And I hope fun and being scared by some music.”

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9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW; Fri., 6 p.m., $25; 202-265-0930, 930.com. (U Street)

3 Dragon Throughout all the Shrek movies, she never got a name, but she did get a partner in Eddie Murphy’s Donkey and some weird donkeydragon babies out of the deal.

The invisible-to-everyone-but-theadorable-kid animated dragon in the 1977 Disney film “Pete’s Dragon” got his name in the title, but he also got to “work” with feminist icon Helen Reddy. Who’s roaring now?

5 Norbert In 2001’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid takes special care of this very bitey monster.

Unfortunately, it has to be shipped to Romania. Because of all the biting.

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Goblin’s current incarnation — from left: Agostino Marangolo, Aidan Zammit, Massimo Morante, Maurizio Guarini and Fabio Pignatelli — features four-fifths of the core lineup.

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Opens Fri.

‘The Punk Singer’: This doc is great for people who don’t know much about Kathleen Hanna, left; it shows the important role the Bikini Kill founder played in the early-’90s music scene. It’s clear, however, that the film is made for Hanna fans who want to know her on a more intimate level. The archival and personal footage will help; what fans may really respond to is Hanna’s battle with Lyme disease and how it affected her personally and professionally. Keep in mind: Moshing is frowned upon in most theaters. KRISTEN

PAGE-KIRBY (E XPRESS)

West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW; 202-419-3456, westendcinema.com. (Foggy Bottom)

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children, you always have common kinds of experiences. Human beings are similar creatures. We are falling all the time into the same traps, especially when concerned with the mind and heart. You just have to use your imagination and then try to understand those characters.

Mikhail Baryshnikov BALLET DANCER, ACTOR, STAR OF ‘MAN IN A CASE’

What has drawn you to acting in recent years?

You might know Mikhail Baryshnikov, 65, as one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time, or perhaps you recognize him as the actor who played Carrie’s love interest in the final season of “Sex in the City.” Whatever the case, Baryshnikov hopes people who see “Man in a Case” (through Dec. 22 at the Shakespeare Theatre) forget his past roles and see only the sad-sack, romantically unlucky and, for the most part, non-dancing protagonists of two Anton Chekhov short stories.

The theater, it is an interesting way to communicate with people, you know? It is a strange thing, people buying tickets to see a [play] written by some author a hundred, or more than a hundred, years ago, which is somehow relevant to our everyday lives. Literature, supported at least with decent directing and decent acting, is a powerful tool.

“Nobody really knows me. People think they know me, but they do not, I’m afraid. I don’t know myself yet, and I’ve lived for a long time.”

Why did you and the directors choose “Man in a Case” and “About Love” to adapt into a show?

Chekhov is the flag of Russian literature, and he’s almost as well known in the West. He speaks a universal language, like Shakespeare or Tennessee Williams, and every generation interprets it differently. These plays touch on a lot of aspects of modern life — conservatism and liberalism and ethics — from a sociopolitical point of view and a personal point of view. Also, they are both about love, and they’re not exactly the happy stories.

Are you a better actor or dancer?

That is a silly question. I consider myself a performer; I don’t separate the two at all. All actors should move, should dance, should recite poetry and sing and juggle and be an acrobat and move like a cat. That is what separates people who are working a lot in the theater — in the cinema, in the television — from people who are not.

You’re known for making bold decisions, such as defecting from the Soviet Union in 1974 and later jumping from ballet to modern dance. Is it tough to play the timid characters of “Man in a Case”?

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The Stories In the show’s first vignette, “Man in a Case,” Mikhail Baryshnikov, right, plays Professor Belikov, a rigid, anxious man who falls in love with a free-spirited woman (Tymberly Canale, left). In the second, “About Love,” he portrays a man who falls for his friend’s wife. In between, he does a very brief dance for the audience. S.D.

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Renowned dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov stars as two sad, romantically doomed men in “Man in a Case.”

You are instantly recognizable to many people. Does that make it harder to inhabit a role?

If I cannot disappear in a character, then I fail. Plus, nobody really knows me. People think they know me, but they do not, I’m afraid. I don’t know myself yet, and I’ve lived for a long time.

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Settling Into a Groove

iel released 2011’s “BrotherStranger,” the two were engaged. They’ve spent their marriage on the road, with Lauren initially taking a supporting role singing with Daniel on his songs. Now the couple sings tracks they wrote together as Lowland Hum, though some songs, like “Albatross,” are reworked versions of his solo tunes.

Lauren created the lyric books

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“The way we think about it is everyone in the room is creating this one night together.”

— DA NIEL GOA NS, ON LOWLAND HUM’S MUTLI-SENSORY CONCERTS

LOWLAND HUM

A typical Lowland Hum concert includes a huge, hanging art installation, handmade lyric books (for singing along) and questions from the audience. Sometimes, the duo will put out scented candles.

Oh, and there’s music, too.

“The way we think about it is everyone in the room is creating this one night together,” says Daniel Goans, Lowland Hum’s guitarist and co-vocalist. “There are however many people’s lifetimes colliding in this one room, this one night. For us, it’s really inspiring.”

Daniel and his wife, Lauren, bring their sense-feast of a folk show to Sixth and I Historic Synagogue’s downstairs venue on Thursday in support of their debut album, “Native Air.” The couple’s songs feature guitar, simple percussion and harmonies, creating a dramatic tension that makes the music sound

Daniel, left, and Lauren Goans have spent much of their marriage on the road, playing songs together as Lowland Hum.

bigger than its individual parts.

Case in point: “My House Is Empty,” in which Lauren’s airy voice soars above Daniel’s grounded one, conjuring an emotional climax without much loudness.

The sound was an unexpected

BETTY WHO?

Who? It’s OK. Twenty-two-year-old Australian Jess Newham gets that a lot these days. Her stage name — a nod to ’50s slang for housewife and the title of the first song she penned in high school — gives a hint to why 2014 will be the year of Betty: She’s got a knack for blending sounds of yesterdecade with words that resonate with the masses now. Far from her classical cello roots, this New York City transplant is hitting all the right notes.

In-Depot Proposal Betty’s first single, the bouncy “Somebody Loves You,” got a boost in September when a Salt Lake City man used the song to soundtrack his flashmob marriage proposal to his partner at a Home Depot. Video of the proposal — with family and friends dancing in

the store’s aisles — immediately became a hit on YouTube, where it has since racked up more than 10.8 million views. Find it by searching for “Spencer’s Home Depot Marriage Proposal.” (Spoiler: He says yes!)

development for Daniel, who moved to North Carolina from Nashville, Tenn., in 2008, leaving his pop-rock band The War to focus on twangy, old-school folk fare. He had released a solo record, 2009’s “Choice Cannonballs,” and was working on the

second when he met singer and visual artist Lauren Plank.

“I heard her sing a few times,” he says, “and I was just, like, ‘Wow.’ ” First it was a musical wow, then a romantic one.

Two years later, just before Dan-

and the art installation that hangs behind them during shows. It’s a large version of the cover art for “Native Air,” which the pair recorded after forging their artistic identity.

“For the first time in a couple years,” Daniel says of the album, “we felt that we had a product that reflected the live show.”

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Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St NW; Thu., 8 p.m., $10; 202-4083100, sixthandi.org. (Gallery Place)

Progressive ‘Movement’

The Next Stage

With its ’80s pop sheen, Betty’s four-track EP “The Movement” smartly evolves the sound currently dominating playlists. She worked on the cuts with composer-producer Peter Thomas, who co-wrote recent songs for Selena Gomez and Victoria Justice. Beyond the “Teenage Dream”-like “Somebody Loves You,” the ethereal ballad “Right Here” echoes like a Charli XCX or Sky Ferreira B-side. On the mid-tempo “High Society,” lines like “We’ll drink chardonnay through the day cause we say so/ A silk lapel suits you well, baby you know” come off more endearingly than those delivered by 17-yearold Lorde. “You’re in Love” recalls “Oracular Spectacular”-era MGMT.

Friday night won’t be Betty’s first D.C. show: She played at LivingSocial this summer with British electronic act Bright Light Bright Light. Fans at Friday’s show can expect to hear “Heartbreak Dream,” a gem that should find its way onto playlists next summer. (Performances of the song from previous shows are on YouTube.)

Betty signed with RCA Records and is working on her first full-length for a 2014 release — at least when she’s not remixing songs, like Demi Lovato’s “Neon Lights,” or singing on her producer Thomas’ first track of his own, “All of You,“ which dropped this week. ADAM GRIFFITHS (EXPRESS) Rock and Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE; Fri., 9 p.m., $15; 202-388-7625, rockandrollhoteldc.com.

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Among the more annoying things you can expect around the holidays — awkward office parties, bickering family members, tinsel that just. won’t. stay. put. — the most unbearable might be that gloopy grocery-store eggnog. Why even consider forcing it down when local bartenders have these five cocktails waiting for you?

Made with seasonal ingredients like cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg and heated to a comforting temperature, the following concoctions stand out for their festive takes on cocktail classics and their ability to help you cope with the most “wonderful” time of the year. BRIAN OH (FOR E XPRESS)

CIDER CAR

Majestic Cafe, 911 King St., Alexandria; 703-837-9117, majesticcafe.com.

One of mixologist Todd Thrasher’s creations, the Cider Car ($12)is a clever play on the sidecar. Instead of that drink’s cognac and lemon juice, Thrasher mixes Calvados Busnel apple brandy, Cointreau and hot apple cider with a cinnamon sugar rim on the glass. The result is boozy with a thick citrus f lavor that’s sweet but not overbearing. The cinnamon garnish injects a bit of balancing spice into each sip. “It’s perfect for warming your belly this season,” Thrasher says.

2 SINS

BLAZED ABBOT Range, 5335 Wisconsin Ave. NW; 202-803-8020, voltrange.com.

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Wintry Mixology

13TH & CLIFTON Room11, 3234 11 St. NW; 202-332-3234, room11dc.com.

This winter cocktail is named after an intersection where bartender Sean MacPherson had a memorable night with his girlfriend. “She took me there on a cold night and we talked for hours,” MacPherson says.

“We kept passing a sweatshirt back and forth, and it made me want a warm drink.” The next day, the 13th & Clifton ($9) was born. Based on the traditional hot toddie, the drink is made with Old Overholt rye, Kirschwasser brandy, Peychaud’s Bitters and Fernet Leopold Highland Amaro.

Served in a mug, the 13th & Clifton is tart with a heat that creeps through your chest. For the full effect, take it outside to Room11’s small sidewalk patio and sit by the fire pit.

Jackson 20, 480 King St., Alexandria; 703-842-2790, jackson20.com.

The 2 Sins ($11) is bartender Andy Nelson’s interpretation of the hot buttered rum, the rich holiday classic that dates back to Colonial days. To keep the drink from being too heavy, Nelson chills the hot butter overnight so the fat can be skimmed off. He reheats it before adding it to Myers’ Rum and a spice bouquet that includes cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. A house-made butterscotch and dulce de leche foam mingles with the liquid as you sip. “We’re going for a complex yet well-rounded taste that will keep you warm with seasonal spices and buttery sweetness,” Nelson says.

A spin on the classic Blue Blazer (the original f laming cocktail that was included in the first bartenders manual, written in 1862), the Blazed Abbot ($11) trades the customary scotch for Smith & Cross rum and Chartreuse, a liqueur whose recipe includes more than 100 herbs. Hot water and an orange peel is added and the Blazed Abbot is lit on fire. It’s then sloshed back and forth between two mugs, all the while ablaze to build warmth before the bartender extinguishes the f lame by snuffing it with a mug. The resulting concoction — so named for the Carthusian monks that make Chartreuse — is potent, aromatic and herbaceous.

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Estadio, 1520 14th St. NW; 202-319-1404, estadio-dc.com.

Inspired by the classic Spanish drink Trifasico (espresso, frothed milk and brandy), beverage director Adam Bernbach created the Quatrofiasco ($9), which adds almond syrup and orange zest to the recipe. “The orange brightens it up a bit and the almond accentuates the nuttiness in the espresso,” Bernbach says.

His tweaks help to “sand down the bitter edges of the espresso and the stark booziness of the brandy.”

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Juice cleanses are all the rage this time of year, with so many people resolving to get healthy come Jan. 1.

As for me, I’ve discovered a much more fun — albeit more naughty — way to drink my greens.

Michael King, the beverage director at Bibiana, recently started serving handcrafted arugula rosolio at the sleek powerdining spot downtown ($12, 1100 New York Ave. NW; 202216-9550, bibianadc.com).

Much like limoncello, rosolio is a sweet, syrupy liqueur originating in Italy that’s made by steeping fresh produce in grain alcohol. Unlike limoncello, rosolio can be made from much more than just lemon zest.

For his take on the Neapolitan classic, King combines fresh arugula, citrus rinds, star anise, cardamom and cinnamon with Everclear and bottles it for 40 days.

“Think of all the spices you bake with at Christmas, and that’s what’s in there,” King says. “It’s not the traditional way to do it, but I wanted to add another layer of brightness.”

The arugula notes are subtle, and I’m not sure I would have guessed the main ingredient had it been a blind taste-test. But the smoothness is undeniable, making it an easy transition to the end of an indulgent, waist-expanding meal.

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Hit Out of the Park Osteria Morini brings robust flavors to the Capitol Riverfront There’s a lot to like about a juicy cut of swordfish invigorated with broccoli rabe pesto, eaten in a window-wrapped room with a view.

But perhaps an even bigger charge comes from where I’m enjoying the food and the scenery: between Nationals Park and Navy Yard, in the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood, at the breezy Osteria Morini.

The 130-seat Italian restaurant is a branch of the New York original opened in 2010 by veteran chef Michael White. The newcomer, under the Adler watch of executive chef Matt Adler, made the neighborhood more enticing the moment it started serving pasta and pouring vino on Nov. 19. Order scallops capped with salsa verde and arranged on carrot-sweetened lentils, or rosy lamb and fried bell peppers sharpened with an aged balsamic vinegar, and you too are likely to wish you lived closer.

Pastas are all rolled out in-house. An early favorite brings together broad lengths of stracci with sauteed porcini, cremini and oyster mushrooms, everything linked with rosemary oil.

The space is big and rustic, set off with brick and wood and amber lighting. Adler, who previously cooked at the Morini in New York’s SoHo, says the chief differences between the two venues give him an edge in Washington, where he and his wife both have family: The chef’s new roost counts a wood-burning grill and an exhibition kitchen.

Complaints? As at too many places in the city of late, servers

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Osteria Morini shines with Italian classics like house-made spaghetti with clams, top, and grilled swordfish with broccoli rabe pesto, above.

spend way too much time telling you how to order. That pasta is promised as an “Italian” portion — small enough to serve as a bridge between appetizer and main course — but the bowls we were served were so big, they canceled our appetites for a third savory course. And perhaps the owner didn’t get the memo that Washington already has a surplus of noisy dining rooms.

That said, the sound of a joyf u l crowd must be music to t he boss’s ea rs. T O M S I E T S E M A (THE WASHINGTON POST )

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George Washington University/Lisner Auditorium: Christmas Revels, 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Jammin’ Java: Tracy Grammer, 7 p.m.

Kennedy Center/Terrace Theater: Washington National Opera: WNO Commission Holiday Family Opera: “The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me” 2 and 7:30 p.m.; National Symphony Orchestra Pops: Happy Holidays! with Brian Stokes Mitchell, 1:30 and 8 p.m.

Music Center at Strathmore: National Philharmonic, 8 p.m.

Rams Head On Stage: Steve Forbert, Cheryl Wheeler, 8 p.m.

State Theatre: Lez Zeppelin, 7 p.m.

The Hamilton: Ken Wenzel Duo, 10:30 p.m., free.

Warner Theatre: The Washington Ballet, 2 and 7 p.m.

SUNDAY 9:30 Club: Ms. Lauryn Hill, 6 p.m.

Birchmere: Christine Lavin and Uncle Bonsai, 7:30 p.m.

BlackRock Center for the Arts: An A Cappella Holiday with the Capital Hearings, 4 p.m.

ITALIAN TENOR ANDREA BOCELLI, left, with Jennifer Lopez, brings his annual holiday tour to Verizon Center on Thursday. Expect Bocelli’s trademark mix of the classical and pop music, with the focus on his breathtaking voice.

Bohemian Caverns: Benny Golson, 7 and 9 p.m.

George Mason University/Patriot Center: “Sesame Street Live: Make a New Friend,” 1 and 4:30 p.m.

George Washington University/Lisner Auditorium: Christmas Revels, 1 and 5 p.m.

Jammin’ Java: Holiday A Cappella with Tonic and Gin, the Chromatics, 12:30 p.m; Freedy Johnston, Drew Gibson, Gil Costello, 7 p.m.

Kennedy Center/Terrace Theater: “The Lion, the Unicorn and Me”, 2 p.m.

Kennedy Center/Concert Hall: The Washington Chorus: “A Candlelight Christmas,” 7 p.m.

Music Center at Strathmore: National Philharmonic, 3 p.m; Zemer Chai, 7 p.m.

Rock & Roll Hotel: Diarrhea Planet, 7 p.m.

The Hamilton: Gospel Brunch.

Twins Jazz: Jazz Mosaic, 8 and 10 p.m.

U Street Music Hall: Baby Loves Disco, 11 a.m.

Warner Theatre: The Washington Ballet, 1 and 5:30 p.m.

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Museum at the Katzen Arts Center: “Ed Bisese: Alive,” darkly funny figurative work by a Maryland painter, through Sun. “Joel D’Orazio: Pull Up a Chair,” sculptural chairs by the architect-turned-artist, through Sun. “Lisa Montag Brotman: What Can I Say?,” an exhibition of paintings that use the female figure as a metaphor for psychological states, through Sun. “Siberia in the Eyes of Russian Photographers,” a photographic history of Siberia from the 1860s to the present day, through Sun. “Tsibi Geva: Paintings,” paintings on the theme of identity by an Israeli artist, through Sun. Visiting Artist Series: Tracy Miller and Hilary Harnischfeger, paintings and sculptural objects by a pair of Brooklyn-based artists, through Sun. 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW; 202885-1300, american.edu/cas/katzen.

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D.C.’s premier Latino chorus performs seasonal songs from Latin America, Spain, and the U.S.

14 SaT H The Middle Eight This New York-based indie art rock group draws on influences ranging from Romantic sonatas to 1970s experimental rock.

15 Sun H American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra

Enjoy songs from nine local songwriters: Jason Ager, Derek Evry, David Glaser, Louisa Hall, Margot MacDonald, Justin Trawick, Tiffany Thompson, Ryan Walker, and Ken Wenzel.

This Grammy -nominated singer/ songwriter, emcee, producer, and D.C. native offers a preview of what’s to come during the Center’s One Mic: Hip Hop Culture Worldwide festival.

Members of the KCOHO play Aleksandr Krein’s Esquisses Hébraïques and Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet.

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Beat Buddies

through Feb. 2. “Lovesong,” a collection

of India From the Robert J. Del Bonta

of Westen Muntain’s color reduction

bia,” an examination of the national

Collection,” 50 works are showcased

prints, through Jan. 4. “May I Have the

pastime in the African American com-

to demonstrate how certain ascetics

Piano Delivered to You?,” resident artist

munity. “Home Sewn: Quilts From the

and Hindu practices became emblems

Emily Francisco manipulates the decon-

Lower Mississippi Valley,” an exhibition

for all that Europeans and Americans

structed parts of an antique baby grand

examining the generational, social and

found exotic and remarkable in India,

piano. It is related to her interactive

economic fabric of an African Ameri-

through Jan. 5. “Yoga: The Art of Trans-

piece “The Trans-Harmonium: A Listen-

can quilting community in rural Missis-

formation,” an exhibition showcasing

ing Device,” which allows guests to play

sippi, through Sept. 21. “Ubuhle Women,

more than 120 works of sculpture and

an antique piano keyboard connected to

Beadwork and the Art of Independence,”

painting that explore yoga’s goals and

tuned radios, through April 6. 1101 Wil-

this exhibition showcases a new form of

its Hindu interpretation, through Jan.

son Blvd., Arlington; 703-875-1100,

bead art, the ndwango, developed by a

26. “Eyes of the World: Ara Guler’s Ana-

community of women living and working

tolia,” the photographer’s iconic snap-

together in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South

shots of medieval Seljuk and ArmeFLOSSTRADAMUS

June 8. “Strange and Wondrous: Prints

“Black Baseball in the District of Colum-

Africa, through Sept. 21. 1901 Fort Place SE; 202-633-4820, anacostia.si.edu.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: “Perspectives: Rina Banerjee,” the contemporary artist draws inspiration from her birthplace of India, creating a sculptural river of glass bottles on the floor of the museum pavilion, through

CHICAGO DJ DUO FLOSSTRADAMUS — Autobot, left, and J2K, right

— share its brand of genre-crossing beats at the 9:30 Club on Friday. Just make sure you’re ready to dance; Flosstradamus knows how to get people moving.

nian buildings from 1965, opening Sat., through May 14. 1050 Independence Ave. SW; 202-633-1000, asia.si.edu.

Artisphere: “Alicia Eggert: Everything You Are Looking For,” kinetic, electronic and interactive sculpture that plays on the notion of time, and the tension between the visible and the invisible,

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BlackRock Center for the Arts: “Up Close and Personal: A Modern Perspective Through the Eyes of a Photographer and a Painter,” photos by Richard Weiblinger and paintings by Glen Kessler, through Dec. 20. 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown, Md.; 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org.

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Workshop: “Wrap It Up,” an art showcase and sale. Items not sold the night of the event will remain on sale in the gallery until Dec. 20, Sat. 4-8 p.m.

545 Seventh St. SE; 202-547-6839, chaw.org.

Connersmith: “The Works: Recent Painting, Sculpture, Video,” an exhibit featuring work by Julie Roberts, Koen Vanmechelen, Leo Villareal and others, through Jan. 18. 1358-60 Florida Ave. NE; 202-588-8750, connersmith.us.com.

Corcoran Gallery of Art: “Alex Prager: Face in the Crowd,” Prager displays her elaborate crowd scenes in both photography and video, through March 9. “American Journeys — Visions of Place,” a new installation of the museum’s pre-1945 American paintings and sculpture collection organized around the theme of the changing notion of place in the history of American art. “Mia Feuer: An Unkindness,” an installation inspired by the artist’s experiences in land areas where oil is pro-

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Flashpoint: “Fake Empire,” Lauren Rice and Brian Barr, two Detroit-based artists, express ideas about the way “context constructs meaning, how images

Folger Shakespeare Library: “Here Is a Play Fitted,” an exhibition examining scripts and promptbooks from Shakespeare’s “Othello,” “Richard III,” “Romeo and Juliet” and “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” through Jan. 12. 201 E. Capitol St. SE; 202-544-4600, folger.edu.

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Goethe-Institut: “Linger On!,” as part of Fotoweek DC, photos by Max Baumann, Iris Brosch, Reinhard Hentze, Carina Linge, Matthias Ritzmann and Robert Schlotter are featured, through Jan. 31. 812 Seventh St. NW; 202-2891200, goethe.de/ins/us/was.

Hillyer Art Space: “Corrections,” paintings by Leesburg artist Sherry Zvares Sanabria, through Dec. 21. “High Society,” in a continuation of her interest in animals that evoke fear or disgust, Elizabeth Holtry displays embroidered drawings of hyenas on brightly colored

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: “Barbara Kruger: Belief + Doubt,” the entire museum space — walls, floor, escalator sides — is wrapped in text on vinyl by the artist, immersing visitors in halls of voices that address conflicting perceptions of democracy, power and belief. “Black Box: Gerco de Ruijter,” in his four-minute video “Crops,” the Dutch artist pieces together aerial shots of circular stretches of cultivated land. He sets the quick-cutting stop-motion animation to otherworldly sounds by Michel Banabila, through Dec. 22. “Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950,” works by a diverse group of international artists showcase art that has risen since the end of World War II, through May 26. Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW; 202-633-

1000, hirshhorn.si.edu.

Historical Society of Washington: “Window to Washington: The Kiplinger Collection at HSW,” through Dec. 31. 801 K St. NW; 202-383-1420, historydc.org.

Honfleur: “Winter Recap: Honfleur Gallery Collection,” a showcase of art features work by Cyril Anguelidis, Stephan LaPlanche, John K. Lawson, Arie Mandelbaum and others, through Dec. 20, noon-5 p.m. 1241 Good Hope Road SE; 202-365-8392, honfleurgallery.com.

International Visions: “Explorations,” a group show featuring work by Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series’ winners, through Jan. 25. 2629 Connecticut Ave. NW; 202-234-5112, inter-visions.com.

Jane Haslem: “Then and Now: 40 Years,” an exhibit featuring paintings and prints by Carlton Fletcher, through Dec. 23. 2025 Hillyer Place NW; 202232-4644.

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present a classroom model that con-

the gathering place of one of Amster-

serves energy and builds on the pos-

dam’s three militia companies. “From

sibility of a greener, more sustainable

the Library: The Transformation of

school building, through Jan. 5. “House

Ovid’s Metamorphoses,” an exhibition

and Home,” an ongoing exhibition that

focused on the popularity of “Metamor-

explores what it means to live at home.

phoses” features selections from the

“Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future,

Library’s rare book collection, prints,

1940-1990,” an exhibition divided into

drawings, medals and decorative art

five sections details the transformation

objects, through Feb. 9. “Heaven and

of Los Angeles, through March 10. 401 F

Earth: Art of Byzantium From Greek

St. NW; 202-272-2448, nbm.org.

Collections,” an exhibition divided into

National Gallery of Art, West Building: “Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris,” 100 photographs covering part of Marville’s career reflect his architectural studies of Europe in the early 1850s and his time in Paris in the late 1870s, through Jan. 5. “Civic Pride: Dutch Group Portraits From Amsterdam,” rare depictions by Govert Flinck and Bartholomeus van der Helst of

five thematic sections includes manuscripts, jewelry and ceramics, through March 2. “Northern Mannerist Prints From the Kainen Collection,” this exhibition is the first in a trio devoted to works bequeathed to the National Gallery by collector Ruth Cole Kainen. The show spotlights about 50 pieces that demonstrate the talents of printmakers in Prague and the Netherlands during the

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through Aug. 24. “Earth Matters: Land

America. “The Birth of Biotech,” a dis-

It with Pride: The 54th Massachusetts

as Material and Metaphor in the Arts

play featuring lab and factory equip-

Regiment and Augustus Saint-Gaudens’

of Africa,” the exhibit surveys artwork

ment used for recombinant insulin and

Shaw Memorial,” for the 150th anniver-

that portrays African land as something

historical objects used to treat diabe-

sary of the Battle of Fort Wagner, the

revered and exploited, through Feb. 23.

tes, through Feb. 1. 14th Street and Con-

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National Museum of American History: “Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963,” a collection of photos and artifacts commemorating two major events in American history, through Sept. 7. “Food: Transforming the American Table, 1950 to 2000,” from food production to who does the cooking to where meals are consumed to what we know about what’s good for us, this exhibit explores how new technologies and social and cultural shifts have influenced major changes in food, wine and eating in

ments of black soldiers during the Civil War. The show includes letters, recruitment paraphernalia and portraits of soldiers and those who recruited them, a group that included Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth, through Jan. 20.

Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW; 202-737-4215, nga.gov.

National Museum of African Art: “Africa Re-Viewed: The Photographic Legacy of Eliot Elisofon,” in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, an exhibition focused on the photographer’s work capturing images of African culture,

americanhistory.si.edu.

National Museum of Natural History: “Dom Pedro,” the 14-inch obelisk is a 10,363-carat aquamarine. “Nature’s Best Photography Awards,” portraits of plants, animals and people by the world’s best amateur and professional photographers, through March 31. “Portraits of Planet Ocean: The Photography of Brian Skerry,” an underwater journey through different marine environments by the award-winning photojournalist.

“Whales: From Bone to Book,” traces the journey of fossil bones from sea cliff to museum drawer and illustration in a

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B FEATURED LISTING B Thomas Circle Singers

A favorite amongst our fans, this family-friendly concert will feature a choral procession with bells, a brass quintet, a carol sing-along, and more!

Sunday, Dec. 15th @ 4pm

Sing We All Nowell

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 4900 Connecticut Ave. NW thomascirclesingers.org

$20 in advance $25 at the door

$5 discount for seniors and students

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HOLIDAY EVENTS A Baroque Holiday Festival

Saturday, December 14, 8PM

Soprano Nola Richardson joins the ensemble for music of the season by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel and more.

Plus, an audience carol sing-along!

Cultural Arts Center at Silver Spring Montgomery College www.bachsinfonia.org

20th Century Christmas music by Benjamin Britten and John La Montaine

National Presbyterian Church 4101 Nebraska Ave, NW (202)429-2121 www.bachconsort.org Subscriptions $80-$183

Washington Bach Consort

Ceremony & Celebration: Christmas with the Consort

Sunday, December 22 3:00 pm

J. Reilly Lewis, Music Director Morales: Missa Quaeramus cum pastoribus

Chantry: Spain in the Sistine at Christmas David Taylor, Music Director

An Enchanted Christmas Heartwarming annual holiday concert

Fri, Dec. 13, 7:30 pm

Mouton: Quaeramus cum pastoribus

Sat, Dec. 14, 8:00 pm

Morales: Magnificat Secundi toni, Christmas motets for the Sistine Chapel

Monday, December 16, 7:00 pm Saturday, December 21, 4:00 pm Tuesday, December 24, 1:00 pm

The Choral Arts Chorus joins with the Children’s Chorus of Washington for a holiday concert filled with your favorites and a carol sing-along.

Kennedy Center Concert Hall 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 202.467.4600

Sunday, December 15 5:00 PM

A glorious concert of sparkling choral music to warm your heart this holiday season. The radiant sounds of brass and organ will add to the mood as you and your family join us in singing familiar carols.

Saturday, December 14th & Sunday, December 15th at 4pm

Get into the holiday spirit and join together in beloved carols to celebrate the holiday season.

City Choir of Washington

The Holly and the Ivy Music for Christmas Robert Shafer, conductor

Cathedral Choral Society

The Joy of Christmas

Dec. 13: St. Bernadette’s 70 University Blvd. East Silver Spring, MD Dec. 14: St. Mary Mother of God 727 Fifth St. NW (at H St.NW) Washington, DC Info at chantrydc.com

J. Reilly Lewis, Music Director Family Matinee December 14th at noon

Special guests Washington Symphonic Brass & Cantigas

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Features 2013 Partners in Song, the Millbrook High School Concert Choir.

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Rosanne Cash Chris Botti

The River & The Thread Friday, February 14 at 8pm GW Lisner Auditorium

Spring Quartet Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding, & Leo Genovese Saturday, February 1 at 8pm Warner Theatre

Kathy Mattea

Thursday, May 22 at 8pm Kennedy Center

Calling Me Home Saturday, March 1 at 8pm Sixth & I Historic Synagogue

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HOLIDAY EVENTS This special holiday-themed big band concert will include:

Marine Big Band

Sunday at 2 p.m.

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” Ellington & Strayhorn’s setting of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite

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With gentle music, beautiful puppets, and props, Jack and Calypso lead children to a magical, interactive world under the sea.

In this all-new snappy musical comedy, Lyle the Crocodile tap-dances his way into the hearts of his new friends in NYC. This scathingly funny Broadway hit brings another of playwright Nicky Silver’s deliciously dysfunctional families to the stage.

The Kennedy Center Theater Lab

Regular Schedule: Tuesday–Friday at 8 Saturday at 6 & 9 Sunday at 3 & 7

Shear Madness is the fresh, funny, and up-to-the-minute record breaking comedy whodunit that lets the audience spot the clues, question the suspects and solve the funniest murder mystery in the annals of crime.

Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie

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Sunday, December 15, 2013, 7:00 p.m.

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Dec. 15: Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church 6601 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, MD Dec. 22: National City Christian Church 5 Thomas Circle, NW, DC (202) 596-8934

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National Museum of the American Indian: “As We Grow: Traditions, Toys and Games,” a new permanent exhibition at the museum displays more than 100 objects that show how Native American children play. The toys, games and clothing in these cases come from all over North, Central and South America and represent more than 30 tribes.

“Ceramica de los Ancestros: Central America’s Past Revealed,” Central American ceramics from 1000 B.C. to the present. “Grand Procession: Dolls From the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection,” intricate figurines made of buffalo hair, porcupine quills and shells from the Plains and Plateau American Indian tribes, through Jan. 5. Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW; 202-633-1000, nmai.si.edu.

National Museum of Women in the Arts: “Equal Exposure: Anita Steckel’s Fight Against Censorship,” artwork, papers and photographs detail the life of Steckel, who created the Fight Cen-

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ect: Chakaia Booker,” Booker exhibits her rubber-tire-based pieces outside the museum along New York Avenue as part of a series of changing installations of contemporary works by women artists, through March 9. “Wanderer: Travel Prints by Ellen Day Hale,” a collection of Hale’s etchings of cities, landscapes and people she encountered on her journeys, through Jan. 5. 1250 New York Ave. NW; 202-783-5000, nmwa.org.

National Portrait Gallery: “Dancing the Dream,” an exhibit featuring choreographers, impresarios and performers such as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Michael Jackson and Beyonce, through July 13. “Mathew Brady’s Photographs of Union Generals,” studio portraits by one of the most famous photographers of the Civil War. “Meade Brothers: Pioneers in American Photography,” a collection of daguerreotypes from the 19th-century American photographers and brothers, through June 1.

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Late: A Cowboy Song is the story of Mary, who is always late and always married, who meets a lady cowboy who teaches her how to ride a horse. In the meantime, Mary’s husband, Crick, buys a painting with the last of their savings.

Then, Mary and Crick have a baby, but they can’t decide on the baby’s name, or the baby’s gender.

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“THE PEPPER QUEEN” is one of the works on display as part of the exhibit “Lisa Montag Brotman: What Can I Say?” now at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center. Her work typically focuses on the female form and explores a universe that often doesn’t make sense, like when a ton of chili peppers fall from the sky. Who wants salsa?

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an exhibition dedicated to the fictional exploits of anchorman Ron Burgundy

features 26 portraits by Time maga-

and the Channel 4 Evening News team

zine’s most prolific cover artist, through

features costumes, props and footage

Jan. 5. “One Life: Martin Luther King

from the film, through Aug. 31. “Civil

Jr.,” the one-room exhibition spotlights

Rights at 50,” a three-year changing

the icon in honor of the 50th anniver-

exhibit follows the civil rights move-

sary of the March on Washington. Pho-

ment from 1963 to 1965 with images

tos and memorabilia chart King’s soci-

and the front pages of newspapers

ety-altering actions and influence,

and magazines from the time. “Creat-

through June 1. “Outwin Boochever

ing Camelot: The Kennedy Photogra-

Portrait Competition 2013,” a juried

phy of Jacques Lowe,” intimate shots

exhibit of mixed-media portraits. The

of Kennedy’s family taken by his per-

competition winner will receive a com-

sonal photographer, through Jan. 5.

mission to create a piece for the muse-

“G-Men and Journalists,” an exhibit

um’s permanent collection, through

exploring the FBI’s effort to combat

Feb. 23. “Mr. Lincoln’s Washington: A

crime features photographs, newspa-

Civil War Portfolio,” features large-for-

pers and interactive displays. “Three

mat reproductions of photographs,

Shots Were Fired,” artifacts and head-

drawings and maps that document the

lines that tell the story of JFK’s assas-

Civil War and its impact on Washington,

sination from the perspective of the ED BIESE

“Mr. Time: Portraits by Boris Chaliapin,”

Open Studio Fridays, visitors can try out different art materials each week, through Dec. 27, 1 p.m. Eighth and F streets NW; 202633-1000, npg.si.edu.

Newseum: “Anchorman: The Exhibit,”

THE OFTEN-FUNNY, OFTEN-WEIRD artwork of Ed Biese is now hanging at the American University Museum in his

solo show “Ed Biese: Alive.” “Alone,” above, illustrates the artist’s use of bold colors and his concern about what happens if you put sneakers and clothes on a tiger. Or maybe what happens if you come home after a day of face-painting. We’re not sure.

Simple.

news media, through Jan. 5. 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW; 888-639-7386, newseum.org.

Phillips Collection: “Art and Wellness: Creative Aging,” an exhibit featuring artwork by older adults from

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633-1000, americanart.si.edu.

Susan Calloway Fine Arts: “Mirage,” paintings by David Ivan Clark, through Dec. 21. 1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW; 202965-4601, callowayart.com.

The Old Print Gallery: “2013 Winter Contemporary Show,” features 11 artists who primarily use printmaking for artistic expression, through Feb. 15, 10 a.m.5:20 p.m. 1220 31st St. NW; 202-965-

1818, oldprintgallery.com.

Torpedo Factory Art Center/Art League Gallery: “The Street Sense Project,” Thien-Kim Pham’s largescale charcoal drawings of the homeless are displayed. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a local shelter, through Jan. 6. All-media exhibit, works by Art League artists.

Reception Dec. 12 from 6:30 to

8 p.m, through Jan. 6. IMPART Ceram-

ing affordable art, through Dec. 29.

ics Exhibit, in collaboration with the

“Interplay,” new paintings by Geor-

Wounded Warriors foundation, a show-

gia Nassikas, through Dec. 29. “The

case of work by eight ceramic artists,

28th Century: The Work of Charles E.

who are injured military personnel,

Meissner,” presented by the Touch-

through Jan. 5. Art League Gallery,

stone Foundation for the Arts,

Room 21, 105 N. Union St., Alexandria;

through Dec. 29. 901 New York Ave.

703-683-1780, theartleague.org.

NW; 202-347-2787, touchstone

Touchstone: “Deck the Walls,” a holiday all-media exhibit featur-

gallery.com.

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nated beeswax chamber for the Phillips family home. It will be the muse-

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON DON’T MISS THE BLOCKBUSTER EVENT OF THE YEAR!

um’s first permanent installation since the Rothko Room in 1960. “Pakistani Voices: A Conversation with

“SPECTACULAR

The Migration Series,” an exhibition with 29 works by Pakistani artists and

IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD!”

20 works by students and orphans, through Dec. 31. “Shaping a Modern

PETER TRAVERS, ROLLING STONE

Identity,” an exhibit featuring 16 photographs from the Joseph and Charlotte Lichtenberg collection, through

“JENNIFER LAWRENCE

Jan. 12. “Van Gogh Repetitions,” an

A FORCE OF NATURE!” IS

exhibition organized by the Phillips Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art features more than 30 portraits

ANN HORNADAY, WASHINGTON POST

and landscapes by the artist, through Jan. 26. 1600 21st St. NW; 202-3872151, phillipscollection.org.

LAST CHANCE Pyramid Atlantic Art

Center: “REvisit: A Glimpse into Pyramid Atlantic Art Center’s Permanent Collection & The 45 Record Project,” curated selections of prints from Pyramid Atlantic’s collection and small works from Pyramid Atlantic and AS220 are displayed, Thu.-Sun. 8230 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring; 301-6089101, pyramidatlanticartcenter.org.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: “A Democracy of Images: Photographs From the Smithsonian American Art Museum,” a showcase of 113 photographs from the museum’s permanent collection amassed during the past 30 years. Works by Timothy H. O’Sullivan, Diane Arbus, Annie Leibovitz and more are exhibited, through Jan. 5. “Landscapes In Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, and Elaine Mayes,” three photographers’ works, all focusing on the passing American landscape, are exhibited, through Feb. 23. “Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art,” more than 90 works of art across all media by significant Latino artists who have been active since the mid20th century to give voice to their American experience are shown, through March 2. Eighth and F streets NW; 202-

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A Broadway Christmas Carol: Performance of a Charles Dickens tale with parodies of Broadway songs. 8 p.m.

Thursday-Friday, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday,

3 and 7 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 22,

is given a traditional retelling, through

$50. MetroStage, 1201 N. Royal St., Alex-

Dec. 22, $15. Little Theatre of Alexan-

andria; 800-494-8497, metrostage.org.

dria, 600 Wolfe St., Alexandria; 703-

A Christmas Carol: Edward Gero returns to play Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ classic tale, through Jan. 1, $32-$91. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW; 202-347-4833, fordstheatre.org.

A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens’ tale of Scrooge and the Christmas spirit

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Of Christmas: Paul Morella stars in the one-man show that uses only the words from Charles Dickens’ novella, through Dec. 29, $18-$40. Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, Md.; 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Alan Paul directs

683-0496, thelittletheatre.com.

A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens’ story of Scrooge and the Christmas spirit is staged, through Dec. 22, $17, $14 students and seniors. Port Tobacco Players, 508 Charles St., La Plata, Md.; 301-932-6819, ptplayers.com.

Local movie times DISTRICT

AMC Loews Georgetown 14 3111 K Street N.W.

www.AMCTheatres.com

Frozen (PG) CC;Digital Presentation: (!) 3:00-8:20Movie Times Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) CC;Digital Presentation: 10:40AM The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) CC;Digital Presentation: 12:00-3:15 Out of the Furnace (R) CC;Digital Presentation: (!) 10:40-1:25-4:15-7:00-9:45 Frozen 3D (PG) CC;RealD 3D: (!) 12:15-5:45 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire The IMAX Experience (PG-13) Digital Presentation;IMAX: 1:00-4:15 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) CC;Digital Presentation: 12:01AM The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: 12:01AM Lee Daniels' The Butler (PG-13) CC;Digital Presentation: 1:35-4:40 Thor: The Dark World 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: 1:30-7:10 Oldboy (R) CC;Digital Presentation: 11:00AM Delivery Man (PG-13) CC;Digital Presentation: 2:15-4:50-7:20 The Best Man Holiday (R) Digital Presentation: 1:00-4:00 Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (PG-13) CC;Digital Presentation: 8:00-10:15 The Book Thief (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT;CC;Digital Presentation: (!) 1:15-4:257:25-10:25 Black Nativity (PG) CC;Digital Presentation: (!) 10:45-1:05-3:25-5:45-10:30 Dallas Buyers Club (R) AMC INDEPENDENT;CC;Digital Presentation: 11:15-2:00-4:457:35-10:20 Philomena (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT;CC;Digital Presentation: (!) 12:25-2:50-5:157:50-10:15 Homefront (R) CC;Digital Presentation: (!) 10:40-12:30-3:05-5:35-8:05-10:40 12 Years a Slave (R) AMC INDEPENDENT;Digital Presentation: 1:00-6:15 Hobbit Double Feature 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: 8:30 Hobbit Double Feature IMAX 3D (PG-13) IMAX;RealD 3D: 8:30 Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 4:20-10:00 Gravity 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: 4:00 Captain Phillips (PG-13) Digital Presentation: 10:00-9:15

AMC Loews Uptown 1

3426 Connecticut Avenue N.W. www.AMCTheatres.com The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) CC;Digital Presentation: 1:00-4:15-7:30

AMC Mazza Gallerie 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW

www.AMCTheatres.com

Frozen (PG) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: (!) 3:00-8:10 Gravity 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS ;RealD 3D: 12:10-2:30-4:50-7:10-9:30-11:45 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) CC/DVS;Digital Presentation: 12:50-4:107:30-10:30 Out of the Furnace (R) CC;Digital Presentation: (!) 12:00-2:40-5:20-8:00-10:45 Frozen 3D (PG) CC/DVS ;RealD 3D: (!) 12:20-5:30 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: (!) 12:01AM The Best Man Holiday (R) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: 12:05-2:55-5:45-8:40-11:30 The Book Thief (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT;CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: (!) 4:20-7:20 Philomena (PG-13) 171371;AMC INDEPENDENT;CC/DVS : (!) 12:30-2:50-5:10-7:40-10:00 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 12:01AM

Avalon

5612 Connecticut Avenue

www.theavalon.org

Captain Phillips (PG-13) "Unforgettable" -R. Roeper;"Wonderful" -USA Today;Tom Hanks is"Superb" -Wash Post: 4:45-8:00 Wadjda (PG) One Week Only! Saudi Arabian entry to the Oscars!: 1:00-5:30 Enough Said (PG-13) OC-Open Caption;Special Open Caption Show!: 3:15 Captain Phillips (PG-13) OC-Open Caption;Open Caption Show!: 1:45 Enough Said (PG-13) One Week Only! NY Times and Washington Post Critic's picks!: 7:45

Landmark E Street Cinema 555 11th Street NW

www.landmarktheatres.com

The Book Thief (PG-13) 12:45-2:00-3:45-8:00-9:25 Let the Fire Burn (NR) 2:10-4:40-7:10-9:40 Dallas Buyers Club (R) 1:30-4:30-9:45 Nebraska (R) 1:15-4:15-5:15-7:15-9:30 Blue Is The Warmest Color (La Vie d'Adèle) (NC-17) 1:00-4:45-8:30 The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) (NR) 1:45-5:00-8:15 Philomena (PG-13) 12:40-3:00-5:20-7:40-9:50

Regal Gallery Place Stadium 14 707 Seventh Street NW

www.regalcinemas.com

Frozen (PG) CC/DVS Service: 12:50-3:30-5:30-8:10 Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 1:35-4:45-7:35 Gravity 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS & Descriptive Vide;RealD 3D: (!) 12:25-2:45-5:10-10:40 Out of the Furnace (R) CC: 1:20-4:10-7:10-10:00 Frozen 3D (PG) CC/DVS & Descriptive Vide;RealD 3D: (!) 1:40-4:20-7:00 The Best Man Holiday (R) CC/DVS Service: 12:40-3:40-7:50-10:05 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: (!) 12:01AM Oldboy (R) CC/DVS Service: 12:05-2:40-11:00 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS & Descriptive V;in RealD 3D: (!) 12:01AM Delivery Man (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 12:20-2:50-5:20-10:45 Black Nativity (PG) CC/DVS Service: 12:10-2:35-5:00-7:25 Homefront (R) CC/DVS Service: 12:15-2:55-10:45

Stephen Sondheim’s musical comedy, through Jan. 5, $25-$115. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW; 202-547-1122, shakespearetheatre.org.

LAST CHANCE A Midsummer Night’s

Dream: The company’s teen group retells Shakespeare’s magical romance without words, through Sat., $5-$17.

Synetic Theater, 1800 S. Bell St., Arlington; 866-811-4111, synetictheater.org.

(!) No Pass/No Discount Ticket Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 8:00-10:30 12 Years a Slave (R) CC/DVS Service: 12:35-3:55-7:15-10:20 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) 12:00-12:30-1:15-3:15-4:00-4:40-7:20-7:509:50-10:40 The Hobbit Marathon in RealD 3D - HFR (PG-13) HFR;RealD 3D: (!) 8:30 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in HFR 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS Se;HFR: (!) 12:01AM

Black Nativity (PG) CC/DVS Service: 1:40-4:10-6:50-10:00 Homefront (R) CC/DVS Service: 2:00-5:00-8:00 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) 1:00-3:00-3:45-6:30-7:00-10:10 The Hobbit Marathon in RealD 3D - HFR (PG-13) HFR;RealD 3D: (!) 8:30 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in HFR 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS Se;HFR: (!) 12:06AM

West End Cinema

6505 America Blvd.

2301 M Street NW

http://westendcinema.com/

Wadjda (PG) English Subtitles;Washington Post Critic's Pick!: 5:00 Narco Cultura (R) English Subtitles;Village Voice Critic's Pick!: 2:40-7:20-9:30 Enough Said (PG-13) New York Times Critic's Pick!: 2:15-9:40 12 Years a Slave (R) 4 Stars! -- Washington Post: 4:20-7:00 Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (NR) 100% Fresh! -- Rotten Tomatoes: 7:40-9:50 All Is Lost (PG-13) 4 Stars! -- Washington Post: 3:00-5:20

MARYLAND

AFI Silver Theatre Cultural Center 8633 Colesville Road

www.afi.com/silver

Tower (NR) Part Two: (!) 2:25; (!) 12:45 The Deflowering of Eva van End (De ontmaagding van Eva van End) (NR) No Passes: 7:15 The Daughter (Doch) (NR) No Passes: 9:20 Tenderness (La Tendresse) (NR) No Passes: 5:30 Philomena (PG-13) No Passes: 11:00-1:00-3:05-5:05-7:20-9:20 Vanishing Waves (NR) No Passes: 9:15 The Keeper of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret) (NR) No Passes: 7:10

AMC Loews Center Park 8 4001 Powder Mill Rd.

www.AMCTheatres.com

Frozen (PG) CC;Digital Presentation: 12:30-5:30 Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) CC;Digital Presentation: 4:15-10:00 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) CC;Digital Presentation: 12:30-1:30-3:454:45-7:00-8:00-10:15-11:15 Frozen 3D (PG) CC;RealD 3D: 3:00-8:00 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) CC;Digital Presentation: (!) 12:01AM Thor: The Dark World 3D (PG-13) CC;RealD 3D: 1:15-7:15 Delivery Man (PG-13) CC;Digital Presentation: 12:45-3:20 The Best Man Holiday (R) CC;Digital Presentation: 12:35-3:25-6:15-9:00 Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (PG-13) CC;Digital Presentation: (!) 8:00-10:30 Black Nativity (PG) Digital Presentation: 1:00-3:35-6:00-8:15 Homefront (R) CC;Digital Presentation: 12:40-3:15-5:40-8:10-11:00 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 12:01AM Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (PG-13) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:30

AMC Loews White Flint 5 11301 Rockville Pike

www.AMCTheatres.com

Frozen (PG) (!) 1:00-3:50-6:15 Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) 1:20-4:30-7:30-10:15 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) 12:30-1:15-3:45-4:30-7:00-7:45-10:30-11:15 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) (!) 12:01AM Delivery Man (PG-13) 1:30-4:15-6:45-9:15

AMC Magic Johnson Capital Center 12 800 Shoppers Way

www.AMCTheatres.com

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: (!) 12:01AM The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 12:01AM The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) IMAX;RealD 3D: (!) 12:01AM Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: (!) 8:00-9:0010:30-11:30

Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema 7235 Woodmont Avenue

www.landmarktheatres.com

Les vepres siciliennes (NR) (!) 5:00 All Is Lost (PG-13) 2:05-4:45-7:45-10:10 About Time (R) 2:00-10:10 The Book Thief (PG-13) 1:20-4:10-7:10-10:00 Dallas Buyers Club (R) 1:40-4:30-7:30-10:15 Nebraska (R) 1:30-4:20-7:20-9:50 Philomena (PG-13) 1:50-4:50-7:50-10:05 The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) (NR) 1:05-4:00-7:00-9:55 12 Years a Slave (R) 1:10-3:55-6:50-9:40

Regal Bethesda 10 7272 Wisconsin Avenue

www.regalcinemas.com

Frozen (PG) CC/DVS Service: 1:10-4:00 Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 1:45-4:50-7:35-10:15 Gravity 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS & Descriptive Vide;RealD 3D: (!) 1:20-4:20-6:40-9:50 Out of the Furnace (R) CC: 1:50-4:45-7:30-10:30 Frozen 3D (PG) CC/DVS & Descriptive Vide;RealD 3D: (!) 2:00-4:40-7:40 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: (!) 12:11AM Delivery Man (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 1:30-4:30-7:50-10:20 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS & Descriptive V;in RealD 3D: (!) 12:01AM

Regal Hyattsville Royale Stadium 14 Frozen (PG) CC/DVS Service: 1:05-3:40-6:20-9:10 Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 1:40-4:20-7:25-10:00 Out of the Furnace (R) CC: 1:30-4:40-7:35-10:25 Frozen 3D (PG) CC/DVS & Descriptive Vide;RealD 3D: (!) 2:00-4:55 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: (!) 12:01AM The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS & Descriptive V;in RealD 3D: (!) 12:01AM Delivery Man (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 1:10-3:35-6:35 The Best Man Holiday (R) CC/DVS Service: 12:45-1:45-3:30-4:00-4:45-6:30-9:20-10:35 Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 8:00-9:00-10:35-11:30 Black Nativity (PG) CC/DVS Service: 1:35-3:00-3:50-5:35-6:45-8:10-10:30 Homefront (R) CC/DVS Service: 1:50-4:15-7:20 12 Years a Slave (R) CC/DVS Service: 12:55-4:10-7:10-10:05 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) 12:50-1:20-2:10-4:30-5:25-8:00-9:00 The Hobbit Marathon in RealD 3D - HFR (PG-13) HFR;RealD 3D: (!) 8:30

Regal Majestic 20 & IMAX 900 Ellsworth Drive

Frozen (PG) CC/DVS Service: 12:35-1:25-4:15-6:10-6:50-9:45 Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 1:05-6:45-9:50 Gravity 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS & Descriptive Vide;RealD 3D: (!) 2:35-7:55 Out of the Furnace (R) CC: 12:45-3:40-6:30-9:25 Frozen 3D (PG) CC/DVS & Descriptive Vide;RealD 3D: (!) 11:40-2:25-3:10-5:15-8:50 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire The IMAX Experience (PG-13) CC/DVS Se;IMAX: (!) 1:20-4:45-8:05 Thor: The Dark World 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS & Descriptive Vide;RealD 3D: (!) 3:50 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: (!) 12:01AM Oldboy (R) CC/DVS Service: 12:15-3:00-5:40-8:25-11:00 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS & Descriptive V;in RealD 3D: (!) 12:01AM Delivery Man (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 1:30-4:30 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) CC/DVS Se;IMAX: (!) 12:01AM The Best Man Holiday (R) CC/DVS Service: 12:25-1:45-3:30-4:35-7:35 Lee Daniels' The Butler (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 5:20-9:10 Free Birds (PG) CC: 11:30-1:55 The Book Thief (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 12:10-3:15-6:15-9:15 Black Nativity (PG) CC/DVS Service: 12:00-1:00-4:00-5:05-7:00-10:00-10:55 Dallas Buyers Club (R) CC: 1:50-5:00-8:05 Homefront (R) CC/DVS Service: 11:35-2:15-4:45-7:15-9:55 12 Years a Slave (R) CC/DVS Service: 2:05-5:10-8:05-11:00 Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 8:15-9:30-10:45-11:55 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) 11:55-12:30-2:10-3:25-4:05-5:25-7:05-7:458:40-10:35-11:05 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in HFR 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS Se;HFR: (!) 12:01AM The Hobbit Marathon in RealD 3D - HFR (PG-13) HFR;RealD 3D: (!) 8:30

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: 10:00-11:301:00-1:30-2:00-3:00-4:30-5:00-6:30-8:00-9:00-10:00 Ender's Game (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: 11:10-5:30 Captain Phillips (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: 11:50-5:20 Out of the Furnace (R) Digital Presentation: (!) 11:00-1:50-4:40-7:30-10:25 Frozen 3D (PG) CC/DVS ;RealD 3D: (!) 10:40-1:30-4:20-7:05 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire The IMAX Experience (PG-13) Digital Presentation;IMAX: 12:30-4:00 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: (!) 12:01AM The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 12:01AM Saving Mr. Banks (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: (!) 12:01AM Lee Daniels' The Butler (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: (!) 10:50-4:30 Thor: The Dark World 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS ;RealD 3D: 11:45-5:45 Oldboy (R) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: (!) 1:55-7:40 Delivery Man (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: (!) 12:00-2:35-5:10-7:50 The Best Man Holiday (R) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: 11:15-12:15-2:15-3:15-5:156:15-8:15-9:05 Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: (!) 8:00-10:4512:01 The Book Thief (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT;CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: 10:10-1:204:25-7:35-10:30 Black Nativity (PG) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: 11:05-1:35-2:55-4:10-6:50-8:20-9:25 Dallas Buyers Club (R) AMC INDEPENDENT;CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: 10:55-1:4510:25 Philomena (PG-13) 171371;AMC INDEPENDENT;CC/DVS : (!) 12:10-2:30-5:00-7:35-10:10 Homefront (R) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: (!) 12:00-2:30-5:05-7:45-10:25 12 Years a Slave (R) AMC INDEPENDENT;CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: 12:55-4:057:15-10:20 Hobbit Double Feature 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D: (!) 8:30 Hobbit Double Feature IMAX 3D (PG-13) IMAX;RealD 3D: (!) 8:30

Angelika Film Center Mosaic 2911 District Ave

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) 10:00-1:00-4:00-7:00-10:00 Gravity (PG-13) 10:15AM Captain Phillips (PG-13) 10:20AM Out of the Furnace (R) 11:00-2:05-4:45-7:25-10:05 The Book Thief (PG-13) 10:30-1:20-4:10-7:00-9:50 Dallas Buyers Club (R) 11:20-2:25-5:05-7:45-10:25 Nebraska (R) 11:45-2:15-4:45-7:15-9:45 Philomena (PG-13) 10:15-12:45-3:15-5:45-8:15-10:45 12 Years a Slave (R) 1:15-4:10-10:20

Regal Ballston Common 12 671 N. Glebe Road

www.regalcinemas.com

Xscape 14 Theatres

Frozen (PG) CC/DVS Service: 1:00-1:40-3:50-4:20-6:30-7:00 Gravity 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS & Descriptive Vide;RealD 3D: (!) 2:10-4:30-6:50 Ender's Game (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 7:05 Frozen 3D (PG) CC/DVS & Descriptive Vide;RealD 3D: (!) 2:10-2:50-4:50-5:20-8:00 Delivery Man (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 1:10-4:10-7:10 Free Birds (PG) CC: 2:00-4:50 Black Nativity (PG) CC/DVS Service: 2:05-4:45-7:40 Philomena (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 1:20-4:00-6:40 Homefront (R) CC/DVS Service: 2:20-5:10-7:50 12 Years a Slave (R) CC/DVS Service: 1:30-5:00-8:10 The Christmas Candle (PG) 2:30-4:55-7:20

Free Birds (PG) Stadium Seating: 10:30-1:00

Regal Kingstowne 16 & RPX

7710 Matapeake Business Drivewww.xscapetheatres.com

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AMC Courthouse Plaza 8 2150 Clarendon Blvd.

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Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation;Reserved Seating: 2:00 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation;Reserved Seating: 11:00-12:00-3:15-7:00 Out of the Furnace (R) CC;Digital Presentation;Reserved Seating: (!) 10:30-1:15-4:006:45-9:30 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation;Reserved Seating: (!) 12:01-12:15-12:30 Thor: The Dark World 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS ;RealD 3D;Reserved Seating: 11:15-4:45 Oldboy (R) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation;Reserved Seating: 10:00-12:30 The Best Man Holiday (R) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation;Reserved Seating: 10:45-1:40-4:30 The Book Thief (PG-13) AMC INDEPENDENT;CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation;Reserved Seating: (!) 12:30-3:30-6:30-9:30 Hobbit Double Feature 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D;Reserved Seating: (!) 8:30 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D (PG-13) RealD 3D;Reserved Seating: (!)

12:01AM Dallas Buyers Club (R) AMC INDEPENDENT;CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation;Reserved Seating: 10:15-1:00-3:45-6:40-9:40

AMC Hoffman Center 22 206 Swamp Fox Rd.

www.AMCTheatres.com

Frozen (PG) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: 10:05-11:35-12:50-2:20-3:35-5:10-6:20-9:10 Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) CC/DVS ;Digital Presentation: 2:45-8:45 Gravity 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS ;RealD 3D: 10:15-12:40-3:05-5:25-7:50-10:15

5910 Kingstowne Towne Center

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: (!) 12:01AM The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS & Descriptive V;in RealD 3D: (!) 12:01AM The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in HFR 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS Se;HFR: (!) 12:01AM The Hobbit Marathon in RealD 3D - HFR (PG-13) HFR;RealD 3D: (!) 8:30

Regal Potomac Yard 16 3575 Jefferson Davis Highway

www.regalcinemas.com

Frozen (PG) CC/DVS Service: 1:40-4:30-7:10-10:00 Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 12:55-3:50-6:40-9:50 Gravity 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS & Descriptive Vide;RealD 3D: (!) 1:30 Out of the Furnace (R) CC: 12:00-2:40-5:20-8:00-10:40 Frozen 3D (PG) CC/DVS & Descriptive Vide;RealD 3D: (!) 12:40-3:30 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: (!) 12:01AM The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D (PG-13) CC/DVS & Descriptive V;in RealD 3D: (!) 12:01AM Oldboy (R) CC/DVS Service: 12:00-2:40-5:20 Delivery Man (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 2:00-4:40-7:15 The Best Man Holiday (R) CC/DVS Service: 12:10-1:20-3:10-4:30-6:10-7:20-9:10-10:20 Free Birds (PG) CC: 1:30-4:00 Black Nativity (PG) CC/DVS Service: 12:00-2:10-4:10-4:50-7:30-10:10 Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (PG-13) CC/DVS Service: 8:00-8:50-9:40-10:40-11:30 Dallas Buyers Club (R) CC: 12:05-3:05-6:05-8:55 Homefront (R) CC/DVS Service: 12:00-2:30-5:10-7:50-10:30 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) 12:20-1:00-2:20-3:40-4:20-5:40-6:20-7:009:00-9:40-10:20 The Hobbit Marathon in RealD 3D - HFR (PG-13) HFR;RealD 3D: (!) 8:30

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$15 students. 1st Stage, 1524 Spring

Gaithersburg residents, $9 students.

Hill Road, McLean, Va.; 703-854-1856,

Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road,

1ststagetysons.org.

Gaithersburg, Md.; 301-258-6394,

LAST CHANCE Protest: Ambassador Theater stages a play written by Vaclav Havel that critiques artists who compromised their beliefs, through Sun., $15-$40, $10-$30 students and seniors.

Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW; 202-315-1305,

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culturaldc.org.

Scrooge!: Sandy Spring Theatre Group stages a musical adaptation of the Dickens classic, through Dec. 22, $18, $16

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF MAURICE HINES comes to life with the help of … Maurice Hines, center, who

wrote and stars in “Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life,” now at Arena Stage. He’s joined by Max Heimowitz, John Manzari, Leo Manzari and Sam Heimowitz, who all tap dance, and the all-female DIVA Jazz Orchestra, which does not. Bummer.

An Irish Carol: Dickens’ classic is set in a pub, opens Fri. through Dec. 29.

Andrew Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW; 703-892-0202, keegantheatre .com.

LAST CHANCE Christmas Revels: The cast performs “Echoes of Thrace: Music, Dance and Drama of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey,” through Sun., $12-$50.

George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St. NW; 202-9946800, lisner.org.

Edgar and Annabel: Holly Twyford directs a futuristic espionage story by Sam Holcroft, through Jan. 5, $30-$35.

Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW; 202332-3300, studiotheatre.org.

Elephant and Piggie’s ‘We Are in a Play!’: Mo Willems is back at the Kennedy Center. The Emmy Award-winning author, illustrator and Sesame Street veteran is following up his first foray at the Kennedy Center (“Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical” 2010) with another book-turned-play. This time the main characters are best

friends who, despite their opposite personalities, are a part of a musical. And it wouldn’t be a Willems’ story if things

641 D St. NW; 202-393-3939, woollymammoth.net.

LAST CHANCE Kabuki Coriolanus:

went smoothly, through Dec. 31, $29.

Lumina Studio Theatre sets Shake-

Kennedy Center, Family Theater, 2700

speare’s tragedy in Japan, through Sun.,

F St. NW; 202-467-4600, kennedy-

$15, $8 students and seniors. Round

center.org.

House Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road,

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: It’s the late 1960s and a liberal white couple have their beliefs challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiance, through Jan. 5, $40-$90. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW; 202-488-3300, arenastage.org.

Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol: The one-man show tells Charles Dickens’ story through the eyes of Scrooge’s business partner, Jacob Marley, through Dec. 29, $20-$27. Industrial Strength Theatre, 269 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va.; 703-481-5930.

Just the Two Of Each Of Us: Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez, the Pajama Men, return to Washington with a new improv comedy, through Jan. 5, $20-$77.50. Woolly Mammoth Theatre,

Silver Spring; 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org.

Lyle the Crocodile: A crocodile named Lyle must win over a neighbor in order to stay with the Primm family in their New York apartment, through Jan. 5, $10$25. Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda; 301-280-1660, imaginationstage.org.

Man in a Case: Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar unveil their new adaptation of two anti-love plays by Anton Chekhov, through Dec. 22, $45-$105. Lansburgh Theatre, 450 Seventh St. NW; 202-5471122, 877-487-8849, shakespeare theatre.org.

Noises Off: Things go awry as a cast prepares for its opening night, through Dec. 29, $22-$27, $18-$22 seniors, $12-

gaithersburgmd.gov/artsbarn.

Shear Madness: The audience plays armchair detective in the recordbreaking comedy, through Dec. 31, $48.

Kennedy Center, Theater Lab, 2700 F St. NW; 202-467-4600, 800-444-1324, kennedy-center.org.

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dance company combines the rhythm of stepping with holiday cheer during a show at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Expect an appearance from DJ Frosty the Snowman, a stepping polar bear and penguin and other furry guests from the Artic. The show runs Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2:30

arenastage.org.

The Apple Family Plays: Richard Nelson’s plays cover a period of four years in one family’s life, recounted from the vantage point of its dinner table.

The first two of four plays are shown in rotating repertory, through Dec. 29, $39-$75. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW; 202-332-3300, studiotheatre.org.

The King and I: Rodgers and Hammer-

LAST CHANCE The Rockville Civic

stein’s musical about Anna and the

debuted at Woolly Mammoth Theatre.

King of Siam is performed, through

It wasn’t until 2012 that he reached

Ballet: “The Nutcracker” is staged,

Jan. 5, $32.50-$65. Olney Theatre Cen-

Broadway with “The Lyons,” a serio-

through Sun., $17, $13 children and

ter, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road,

comic play about a dysfunctional fam-

seniors. Rockville Civic Center Park, F.

Olney, Md.; 301-924-3400, olneythe-

ily with flashes of Neil Simon and

Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmon-

atre.org.

Edward Albee, through Dec. 22, $35-

ston Drive, Rockville; 240-314-8690,

The Lyons: Nicky Silver was a Washington theater regular in the early 1990s, when several of his plays (“Fat Men in Skirts,” “Free Will and Wanton Lust”)

$50, $25-$40 students and seniors.

Round House Theatre, 4545 East West Hwy., Bethesda; 240-644-1100, round-

rockvillemd.gov/theatre.

The Santaland Diaries: David Sedaris’ essays about his job as an elf at Macy’s

housetheatre.org.

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p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 4:30 p.m, through Dec. 22, $35.50,

A Fabulous Russian Winter Festival

$22 seniors and students, $15 age 17 and younger. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE; 202-399-7993, atlasarts.org.

STRATHMORE

Bill Douthart

Tappin’ Thru Life: Maurice Hines is a spoonful of sugar and a shot of caffeine. The charm offensive could register as overkill, but from the moment Hines starts recollecting his showbiz career and crooning well-known tunes in front of the nine-piece Diva Jazz Orchestra, it’s clear that what’s breaking out at Arena Stage is a Vegas act, through Dec. 29, $64-$114. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW; 202-488-3300,

coming to

All Hail the King

HOT, HOT, HOT HOLIDAY!

Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Salsa Navidad FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 AT 8PM

Celebrate the holidays in Old Russian style with live music, crafts, and a play based on traditional stories of Grandfather Frost and the Snow Maiden. Don’t miss the characters enacting the old Russian winter custom of mumming —singing, playing jokes, and fortunetelling—across the estate.

STAN BAROUH

Supported by a grant from

PAOLO MONTALBAN plays

the King in “The King and I,” now at the Olney Theatre Center. It’s the story of a ruler who apparently cannot find his shirt and the prim and proper Englishwoman who helps him. She also teaches him important lessons like how to waltz and that slavery is bad.

CELTIC HOLIDAY TRADITIONS

Sat, Dec 14, 10am–5pm Estate open until 7pm for leisurely enjoyment

Sun, Dec 15, 1–5pm

Where Fabulous Lives

For more information call 202.686.5807 or visit HillwoodMuseum.org 4155 Linnean Ave. NW, Washington DC Free parking

The Irish Tenors: Wright, Kearns, Tynan The Premiere Irish Holiday Celebration Tour TWO SHOWS! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 AT 4 & 8PM

www.strathmore.org (301) 581-5100 Strathmore Ticket Office 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda Groups Save! (301) 581-5199

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Four international artists will showcase five light art installations in lower Georgetown.

Dec. 13 – 20 • 6:00 to 10:00 PM

Locations: Thomas Jefferson Street between M & K Streets, Georgetown Waterfront at Washington Harbour, and Grace Church Georgetown

SCHEDULE AND FEATURED ARTISTS/PROJECTS:

DEC. 13 & 14 ONLY

DEC. 13 – 20

OPENING WEEKEND • FROM 6:00-10:00 PM:

FROM 6:00-10:00 PM NIGHTLY

“Larsen 3G”

“Zodiac”

“The Speaktree”

”Ciudad Habitada”

“Floating Lights”

presented by Fabien Bourdier of Blixlab (with Samuel Mathiou and Labomedia) and produced by Merryl Messaoudi of Crossed Lab. Larsen3G is an interactive video installation, projecting images and messages submitted by visitors from their mobile devices onto surrounding architecture. Larsen 3G will be displayed in the courtyard of JBG’s Jefferson Court building, 1025 Thomas Jefferson St. NW.

presented by Chloe Yaiche.

Mixing sound and video, Zodiac shows shining images of 12 world cities as constellations inspired by NASA satellite imagery.

At JBG’s Jefferson Court building, 1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW.

presented by Lucion Media of Montreal, Canada. The Speaktree is an interactive tree inside an inflated vinyl bubble. Visitors will send text messages or questions that will be illuminated along the tree’s virtual branches. The Speaktree will be on display on the lawn at Grace Church, 1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

presented by Travesias de Luz, a Spanish urban art collective led by creative director Luisa Alvarez. Ciudad Habitada features a collection of lit mannequins fashioned from transparent tape and other materials positioned in everyday human activities.

The mannequins will be in various locations along Thomas Jefferson Street NW throughout the week.

presented by Travesias de Luz. This interactive display features a 10 ft by 32 ft wall of colored light tubes that can be switched on or off to create words, messages or pictures. Located at the Georgetown Waterfront near Washington Harbour throughout the week.

Festival opening party and meet the artists on Friday, December 13 at Malmaison, 3401 Water Street, NW Tickets $10 available at www.malmaisondc.com

For more information, please visit www.georgetowndc.com or www.francedc.org

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Politics Get Personal

save Christmas by getting the other

Dec. 29, $16.50-$25.50. Maryland

characters from the song to perform

Ensemble Theatre, 31 W. Patrick St.,

their roles, through Dec. 30, $19. Glen

Frederick, Md.; 301-694-4744,

Echo Park, Adventure Theatre MTC,

marylandensemble.org.

7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, Md.;

SATURDAY ONLY The Shoemaker and

301-634-2270, adventuretheatre-mtc

the Christmas Elves: Theatre IV stages a kid-friendly version of the Grimm fairy tale of elves who help a shoemaker, opens Sat., $15, $10 MCC district residents. McLean Community Center, Alden Theatre, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean, Va.; 703-790-0123, aldentheatre.org.

The Twelve Dates of Christmas: A newly single 30-something struggles with returning to the dating game as the holidays approach, through Dec. 29, $20-$27. Industrial Strength Theatre, 269 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va.; 703-481-5930.

The Twelve Days Of Christmas:

.org.

The Washington Ballet: The company performs Septime Webre’s “The Nutcracker,” set in historic Washington with George Washington as the Nutcracker, through Dec. 29, $30-$95. Warner Theatre, 13th and E streets NW; 202-7834000, warnertheatredc.com.

LAST CHANCE Woody Sez: the Life & Music Of Woody Guthrie: The folk singer’s story is told through his music, scenes from his life and excerpts from his writings, through Sat., $25-$55, $25$50 seniors, $15 age 17 and younger.

Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW; 800-4948497, theaterj.org.

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Shirley the Partridge is on a mission to

are given a turn on the stage, through

A DINNER PARTY GETS SERIOUS in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” at Arena Stage. Malcolm-Jamal Warner stars as John Prentice, the (surprise!) black boyfriend of Joanna Drayton (Bethany Anne Lind). Tess Malis Kincaid and Tom Key play her parents, who thought they were cool when it came to race.

A NEW AGE OF EXPLORATION AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING 125 YEARS

FREE 3D FILMS THIS WEEKEND WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION!

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Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press Revealing the speculative nature of the creative process, through January 5 Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

The exhibition is supported in part by a generous grant from the Thaw Charitable Trust.

Chuck Close, Self-Portrait (collage study for unpublished print), proofs printed 2010, collage study assembled 2013, cut-and-arranged color photogravure proofs Chuck Close © Chuck Close, Courtesy Pace Gallery

National Gallery of Art ADMISSION IS ALWAYS FREE West Building, on the National Mall at Sixth and Constitution Ave NW Monday–Saturday 10–5, Sunday: 11–6 | Phone 202.737.4215 | TDD 202.842.6176 Closed December 25 and January 1

www.nga.gov http://twitter.com/ngadc www.facebook.com/NationalGalleryofArt

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Lefty Jerry Blevins had a 3.15 ERA in 67 games last season for Oakland.

Redskins coach Mike Shanahan, left, decided to bench quarterback Robert Griffin III, center, for the remaining three games of the season. Kirk Cousins will be the starter.

RGIII Benched for Cousins Shanahan says he wants to keep Griffin healthy for offseason Redskins Redskins coach Mike Shanahan announced Wednesday that he’s benching star quarterback Robert Griffin III for the rest of the season.

Kirk Cousins will start, and Griffin will be the inactive No. 3 quarterback behind Rex Grossman.

Shanahan said he is benching Griffin to keep the quarterback healthy for the offseason, pointing out the 24 sacks and other hits Griffin has taken over the past

five games. He said he ran the idea by owner Dan Snyder and general manager Bruce Allen, and that both offered their support.

“You’ve got to take a look at the risk and reward,” Shanahan said.

“And with Robert, I thought that his hits were piling up on him, giving him his toll, and I was afraid that we would set him back.”

Shanahan cited the need for Griffin to have a full offseason of development after missing this year’s workouts while rehabbing from knee surgery.

But there’s no certainty that Shanahan will be around to coach in the offseason: The Redskins have lost five straight and are 3-10, their

What are your thoughts on Shanahan sitting RGII for Cousins? Tweet us @WaPoExpress and your response could show up in the paper.

third losing season in Shanahan’s four years in Washington.

“I think anytime you have a year left on your contract and you have three wins, that’s going to be out there,” Shanahan said.

Griffin was clearly unhappy with Shanahan’s move.

“I expressed my desire to play,” Griffin said. “Of course I want to be out there and finish the season with my guys, see it through. He

explained to me his reasoning, and at the end of the day Coach’s decision is what we go with it.”

Cousins took the first-team snaps in practice Wednesday to prepare for Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons. Players say Griffin ran the scout team.

The benching is the latest twist in a Shanahan-Griffin relationship that has been bordering on contentious since a playoff loss to Seattle last season, when Griffin remained in the game even though he was clearly injured.

Shanahan conceded for the first time Wednesday that continuing to play Griffin “cost us the game.”

“When you’re taking hits, it doesn’t matter who’s at fault. The matter is do you protect your quarterback or don’t you protect your quarterback?”

Nationals Filling the need that had become their top priority at the winter meetings, the Nationals acquired left-handed reliever Jerry Blevins from Oakland for speedy, switchhitting outfielder Billy Burns, their reigning minor league player of the year.

The 6-foot-6 Blevins, 29, posted a 3.15 ER A and 52 strikeouts over 60 innings last season. The Nationals needed a left-hander for their bullpen to neutralize the many left-handed hitting threats in the NL East, but Blevins actually had more success last season against right-handed hitters. Lefties hit .253 against him, but he held righthanded batters to a .189 average.

Blevins has played his entire career with the A’s, but has one connection with the Nationals: He was a college teammate of Nationals reliever Craig Stammen at Dayton.

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The Top Quotes from Shanahan’s News Conference “What I’m trying to do is be as honest as I can. And I don’t normally do that, because I don’t really think it’s anybody’s business, except the guys in our locker room.”

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“[I talked to Dan Snyder about this, because] that’s what you do about a quarterback. …

You don’t do it about the other positions. Dan could care less about the other positions.”

TV Lineup NFL (8:25 P.M., NFL) Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is just five touchdowns away from matching Tom Brady’s single-season record for passing touchdowns. Will he be able to do it tonight at home against the San Diego Chargers?

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Navy Tested in Preparation for Army Mids must balance practice and finals heading into game College Football Members of the Navy football team are used to managing obligations unlike those of athletes at non-service academy schools, fitting in practice around rigorous class loads and military exercises. Yet the Midshipmen have produced winning records in 10 of the past 11 years.

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ning for a couple weeks now trying to get in practice times that don’t conflict with any exams. In all my 16 years of being here, this is the hardest we’re going to have, schedule-wise, getting ready for Army.”

At least the Midshipmen are getting healthier for the 114th installment of one of the most storied rivalries in college football. Niumatalolo did his part to facilitate the recovery process by allowing players to take four days off during Thanksgiving instead of keep-

ing them in Annapolis to practice.

The decision came on the heels of Navy’s 58-52, triple-overtime win at San Jose State, in which Keenan Reynolds established an NCA A single-game record for quarterbacks by rushing for seven touchdowns, including the gamewinner. The sophomore tweaked his ankle late in the game and was in a walking boot two days after coming back from the West Coast.

Niumatalolo indicated the boot was only a precaution and that Reynolds will play against Army.

Reynolds is one rushing touchdown away from matching the singleseason FBS record by a quarterback.

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As Heisman finalist, Alabama QB finally gets to see New York College Football

AJ McCarron has helped take Alabama to several prime destinations, including New Orleans, Miami and Southern California.

Now the third-ranked Crimson Tide’s quarterback will finally get to see New York — just the way he wanted his first visit to be.

“I’m a huge Yankees fan, and I said I would never go to New York unless I was invited for the Heisman or for draft day,” McCarron said. “So one of those dreams came true. It’s just a cool moment to be a part of.”

The NFL draft remains months away but McCarron is one of six Heisman Trophy finalists invited to Saturday night’s ceremony.

Heisman Trophy Ceremony New York City Saturday | 8 p.m.| ESPN

McCarron will be joined by fellow quarterbacks Jameis Winston of Florida State, Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M and Jordan Lynch of Northern Illinois. Auburn tailback Tre Mason and Boston College tailback Andre Williams are also finalists.

McCarron is the one candidate largely judged by a career that stands as perhaps the best among Alabama quarterbacks, a group that includes Joe Namath, Bart Starr and Ken Stabler.

McCarron is 36-3 with two national titles as a starter and three during his five years on campus.

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When you look at my stats against Top 10-ranked teams, I don’t think anybody’s stats compare to mine.

I just let my stats and play do the talking and sit by the side, I guess.”

As a senior, McCarron has thrown for 2,676 yards with 26 touchdowns against five interceptions, while completing a careerbest 67.6 percent of his passes. He won the Johnny Unitas Award as the nation’s top senior quarterback.

McCarron and the Tide fell short of another title shot with a 34-28 loss to Auburn on Chris Davis’ 109-yard, last-play return of a missed field goal. He’ll finish his career in the Sugar Bowl against Oklahoma. JOHN ZENOR (AP)

Winston Earns ACC Honors: The ACC’s coaches have selected Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston as the league’s player of the year and Duke’s David Cutcliffe as the coach of the year. Winston, the Heisman Trophy favorite, also was voted the league’s rookie of the year, the offensive player of the year and the first-team all-ACC quarterback by the coaches. They picked Pittsburgh defensive tackle Aaron Donald as the defensive player of the year and Virginia Tech cornerback Kendall Fuller as the defensive rookie of the year. (AP)

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Let the Binge Begin This is the year of the TV binge.

Every article about TV urges: Bingewatch a great show! I am a non-binger so I need guidance. I turned to medical student Margot, aka the queen of binge, and Mindy, who began binging during chemotherapy treatments and never stopped.

What is a binge? At least SIX EPISODES of a TV series in a compressed time period.

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Shows with cliffBy Marc hangers work best.

Silver You control your binge. Margot recalls a “Family Guy” binge when she thought, “This show is terrible. I cannot watch another minute.” Solution: HALT THE BINGE! Binging changes reactions. Even a great series has rotten episodes. In a binge, the stinky episode won’t bother you. It’ll be a blip in a multihour immersion.

You are permitted to answer the phone (but only if you want to), take snack and bathroom breaks (use pause or closing credits).

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Gabrielle Union prepped for BET’s new original dramatic series “Being Mary Jane” by watching real-life cable personalities.

“I am obsessed with Soledad O’Brien,” Union said while in D.C. this week to screen the first episode of the series at the W Hotel. “I just believe her. Her ‘Black in America’ series, they are still on my DVR. Every single one. I re-watch them often. I quote her.”

“You’re going to really enjoy the realness of all the relationships in this program.

Something that we, as people of color, have not seen.”

— M ARGA RET AV ERY, WHO PLAYS GABRIELLE UNION’S MOTHER ON “BEING MARY JANE,” PREMIERING JAN. 7

In “Being Mary Jane,” which debuts Jan. 7, Union stars as Mary Jane Paul, a famous cable news anchor trying to balance her highprofile job and complicated love life.

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Gabrielle Union stars in BET’s new dramatic series “Being Mary Jane,” in which she plays a famous cable news anchor.

race, weight issues and the definition of beauty. But with enough oneliners to relieve the tension.

The series is based on the hit movie “Being Mary Jane,” which premiered on BET in July.

Union, 41, has been a darling at the network for many years — she has hosted the BET Honors five times in a row. And she is taking the job as the network’s new leading lady seriously, doing research for every element of her news anchor character. Including tuning in to CNN to study O’Brien.

Union said she is trying to play

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Union, Up Close Gabrielle Union is a Hollywood star, and yet, she explains in an interview with The Washington Post, she is a woman still working on her own issues and using her stardom to help other women. “In our business, it can feel very isolating and lonely,” she said. Read more from the interview with Union online at wapo.st/Jf8kbm.

a character like that: “Somebody who has that balance where you believe them, you are comfortable and yet they are compassionate, you want to be their friend and tune in — that is what I was going for.”

BET recognizes that its primarily African-American audience wants a show that reflects their own lives. If the show succeeds, Union will be one of the only black actresses currently in the lead role of a scripted series, following the success of Kerry Washington on ABC’s “Scandal.” ROX ANNE ROBERTS WITH EMILY YAHR (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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While she’s excited that her ballad “Just Give Me a Reason” is nominated for the song of the year Grammy, Pink says she believes her husband deserves some credit for its success.

The track, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three weeks, is about holding on to a troubled relationship.

“It means everything because it’s a conversation between lovers fighting the good fight and that’s been our life,” Pink said in an interview Tuesday, standing next to her motorcycle racer husband, Carey Hart.

“Our family is everything to us.”

The 34-year-old often details their rocky relationship in her music.

“At the end of the day, I crawl onto his lap and complain, so if someone wants to award me for that, they should give him the award,” she said.

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“It’s been a long road,” she said.

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Pink’s successful year includes a top-grossing international tour and awards, an MTV Video Music Award among them. “The Truth About Love,” her sixth album released last year, has sold 1.8 million units.

“It’s been a roller coaster, and I’m on board for the rises and the falls of it all.”

“Just Give Me a Reason,” which has sold 4 million tracks and features Nate Ruess of fun., is also nominated for best pop duo/group performance at the Jan. 26 Grammy Awards.

Pink, who has won four Grammys, said being up for the coveted song of the year is unreal.

“That’s a new thing for me,” she said. “It’s a pinch-me moment.

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Network hopes to ride success of ‘The Sound of Music Live!’

NBC’s halls are alive with the sound of sequels. After the triumph of last week’s “The Sound of Music Live!,” NBC is predictably planning more live musicals.

This is welcome news for anyone who likes seeing a network get off the beaten path. Few observers have failed to cheer NBC for raw ambition in presenting a live musical more than a half-century after the previous one aired. Attaboys even

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Even those who panned Carrie Underwood’s performance as Maria cheered NBC’s “Sound of Music Live!” ambition.

came from the loudest critics of the broadcast and its leading lady, Carrie Underwood, who played Maria.

“I think we can do this again — and again and again,” NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt told The New York Times this week, while allowing, “There may be a little bit of a phenomenon to the first one of these. Who knows what happens Year 2, 3 or 4?”

The question is can the interest and nearly 19 million viewers scored by “The Sound of Music Live!” be matched by another such TV event?

Or was “Music” a one-note wonder?

For now, NBC isn’t saying which musicals may be under consideration. FR A ZIER MOORE (AP)

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‘Parenthood’ (NBC) When Amber and Ryan clash over her hanging out with the band, she wonders whether she should turn to Sarah for support.

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“I plan a happy hour at work with lots of exclamation points in the invite, then go sit in the bathroom in the dark for 5 minutes cause I need some alone time.”

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— BLOGGER MA AT DIARYOFADEPRESSEDEXTROVERT .COM introduces herself to the D.C. blogo-

ing photographs at funerals and memorial services a day after President Barack Obama was seen taking a selfie with two other heads of state at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service Tuesday.

sphere by describing how she manages two sides of her personality. Outwardly, MA says, she is extremely bubbly, while inwardly, she admits, she suffers from depression. MA promises, however, to blog less about depression and more about humanity. And pizzerias.

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“I couldn’t do that for breakfast, but it sounds like the most amazing midnight snack ever.”

— COMMENTER JUSTJOAN AT NEWYORK.SERIOUS EATS.COM suggests that cronut inventor Domi-

nique Ansel’s latest creation — a sugary cereal — is the late-night snack of champions. The cereal, which goes for $15, contains chocolate-covered puffed rice, cinnamon-flavored meringue bites, spiced hazelnuts and sugar brittle.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You can keep a rival off balance throughout the day simply by sticking to your game plan — which has been cleverly devised.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You don’t want to get caught up in the blame game; focus on issues that can be understood and problems that can be solved.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your own freedom may be worth fighting for, but there are certain hazards that even you don’t want to face directly right now.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You have your eyes on the prize, but you’re not the only one. You’re going to have to run the gauntlet before the trophy comes home with you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) The more businesslike you can be, the better — in all things, even those endeavors that you usually take quite personally.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You have a way of saying things that can win the admiration of those who are not usually impressed by folks like you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You’re excited about what tomorrow brings, and with good reason — but you mustn’t neglect what today has to offer.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You can prove to everyone involved that you’re in the right place at the right time. Your contributions are evident and valuable.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) What appears before you from out of the blue is worthy of your careful study. It might propel you to a new position of prominence.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You have engineered a situation with such expertise that all you have to do is watch things play out organically, and you’ll come out on top.

Forecast

POOCH CAFE | PAUL GILLIGAN

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) What you hear is likely to be far more important than what you see — or say. Keep your ears open and your mouth closed!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You may be disappointed that others haven’t stepped up to do what you think is necessary, but perhaps you should do so yourself!

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Find another puzzle in the Comics section of The Post every Sunday and in the Style section Monday through Saturday.

Tomorrow: Partly sunny tomorrow.

Increasingly cloudy tomorrow night.

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Every Thursday in Express

1 Vocal thumbs-down 5 Awfully high, as a price 10 Interrogates 14 The “A” in A.D. 15 Cliff’s “Cheers” nemesis 16 ___-Ball (arcade game) 17 In a manner that limits quantity 19 Africa’s longest river 20 Unstable particles with great mass 21 “Mission: Impossible” character 23 Indian VIP 24 Head-and-shoulders wrap 25 Whispered attentiongetter 27 Stocking material 29 “___ he’s a jolly good fellow” 32 Biblical verb 34 Pen pal’s greeting?

35 Sch. founded by Thomas Jefferson 36 Quarter-deck?

37 Give the slip to 39 Despondent color?

40 Egyptian headdress symbol 41 Golden Triangle country 42 Takes part in a bee 44 NBA official 45 Waits at the light 47 “ ___ sow, so shall ...”

48 Met offering 50 Grounded Australian birds 52 King’s chair 54 Carted off to the police station 58 One who has been to Mecca 59 “SCTV” fare 61 Sci-fi sightings 62 Bar mitzvah reading source 63 Times for celebrating 64 Eyelid swelling 65 ___ voce (quietly) 66 Floated to the top

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DOWN 1 Chopped diner side 2 Blue ghost in Pac-Man 3 Use shears 4 Author Maugham’s middle name 5 Grafting shoot 6 Astringent in red wine 7 Energy bits 8 Unfeathered wing?

9 Outmoded communication devices 10 Good ___ (restored) 11 In an adept manner 12 It may wash up onshore 13 Has dates with 18 Art institute in Brooklyn 22 “Dennis the Menace” cartoonist Ketcham

24 Went down a chute 25 “Play” button’s alternate function, often 26 What an elated child might do 28 Brooklynese “Y’all” 30 Seed-to-be 31 Norma and Charlotte 32 Anastasia’s father, e.g.

33 Easy chair features 38 Kinks classic hit song 39 Big name in steel 41 Financial encumbrance 43 Sao ___, Brazil 46 Usher to, as a table 49 Speaker’s asset 51 Lots of, slangily 52 Therefore 53 Knife handle

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TODAY IN HISTORY

1870

Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black lawmaker sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives.

1963 2000

Kenya gains its independence from Britain.

George W. Bush is confirmed as the presidentelect as a divided U.S. Supreme Court reverses a state court decision for recounts in Florida’s contested election.

Trumpet man Al Red-helmeted rock group “Beware the ___ of March!”

Wall Street’s Big Board (abbr.)

“Kitchy-kitchy-___!”

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Dad-Wise, This Is a Lose-Lose for Mason

VOCABUL ARY

For Once, ‘Grounded’ Not A Metaphor for Having 6 Kids

A man who claims to be the father of Kourtney Kardashian’s son, Mason, wants a judge to order an independently administered paternity test, In Touch Weekly reported. Michael Girgenti, a model, said he’s not satisfied that Scott Disick, the presumed father, took a paternity test on his own. “I just want the truth to come out,” Girgenti said. (EXPRESS)

The FAA has banned Angelina Jolie from the skies because she was late renewing her plane’s airworthiness certificate, which expired in June, the New York Post reported. She owns one of the fastest single-engine planes on the market, a Cirrus SR22, and has had her pilot’s license since 2004, according to the Post.

The plane is “the only place I’m completely alone,” she told Vanity Fair in 2010. (E XPRESS)

Victims

LeAnn Rimes broke down sobbing at the American Country Music Awards on Tuesday while delivering a tribute to Patsy Cline, who died 50 years ago.

According to Radar Online, Rimes sang a medley of Cline’s greatest hits, then began to cry. She said, “I love you Patsy. Thank you.” The audience gave Rimes a standing ovation after her performance. (EXPRESS)

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But Biebs LOVES Whales, Rep Says

“Patsy, if you’re up there listening, send me a sign? Maybe make people clap?”

Justin Bieber called a young woman a “beached whale” on Sunday, news.com.au reported. A witness at a Perth, Australia, hotel said Bieber also told the woman she “should go on ‘The Biggest Loser.’ ” The witness complained to the hotel management, who told her “the girl was OK and she was a Bieber fan.” (E XPRESS)

“I’m not ashamed to say I love making money.”

OBLIVIOUS

ANTHONY HARVEY (GETTY IMAGES)

LeAnn Does What She’s Best at — and Sings, Too!

— SOFIA

VERGA R A ALSO TOLD GLAM BELLEZA LATINA MAGAZINE THAT SHE SAVES “WAY MORE” THAN SHE SPENDS.

Unlike Americans, Kate and Wills know that Lady Mary xxxxxxxxx and Edith is xxxxxx.x.

‘Ha Ha! It’s So Funny Seeing Nobility Not Know Their Place in the Modern World’ The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are “Downton Abbey” fans, a cast member said Tuesday on “Watch What Happens Live.” Allen Leech, who plays Branson, says Prince William told him the pair had come to love “Downton” after their son was born. Season 4 begins in January in the U.S. and has aired in the U.K. (EXPRESS)

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