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Election Day in Georgetown, D.C.

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Wonder Woman’s 75th anniversary is celebrated on Forever stamps, issued by the U.S. Postal Service last month. The Forever stamp, depicted on the cover, reflects one of four stages of the comic book super heroine’s story. The artwork is by José Luis García-López, who said, “The Bronze Age Wonder Woman’s bold stance empowers the second of four stamps. With her fist held high and bulletproof bracelets gleaming, the Amazon princess leads the charge against injustice.”

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up & coming November 8 Tudor Tots

Cathedral Choral Society Sing-Along

Georgetown’s Tudor Place hosts weekly Tudor Tots play sessions for ages 2 to 4 every Tuesday morning through Nov. 29. Parents and caregivers remain with toddlers, whose minds and bodies become active as they learn about the world around us through songs, stories, crafts and movement. Admission is $5 per child. For details, visit tudorplace.org.

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November 12 Artist Talk: Antonia Walker

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At this free event, Virginia-based artist Antonia Walker will speak about her work, featured in the exhibition “Two Perspectives on the Art of the Landscape.” Walker’s paintings of the Virginia countryside reflect not only the natural beauty of her surroundings, but also her Technicolor dreams; For details, visit callowayart.com. Susan Calloway Fine Arts, 1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

November 13 Seraphic Fire at St. John’s Regarded as one of the preeminent choral orchestral chamber ensembles in the United States, Seraphic Fire will perform two French masterworks, the requiems of Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Duruflé, with Grammy-winning concert organist Nathan Laube. Tickets are $40. For details, visit stjohnsgeorgetown. org. St. John's Episcopal Church, 3240 O St. NW.

Guest conductor Will Breytspraak will lead a sing-along of Fauré’s “Requiem in D Minor” as part of the Cathedral Choral Society’s celebration of the ensemble’s 75th season. Scores will be provided and singers of all abilities are welcome. Tickets are $10.

For details, visit cathedralchoralsociety.org.

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November 15 Tenor Ben Bliss at UDC Vocal Arts DC will present tenor Ben Bliss, an alumnus of the young artist programs of the Metropolitan, LA and Wolf Trap opera companies, performing selections by Bellini, Liszt, Vaughan Williams and Britten with Australian pianist Lachlan Glen. Tickets are $50. For details, visit vocalartsdc.org. UDC Theater of the Arts, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Guitarist Steve Vai at Wolf Trap After more than 30 years of hits, including collaborations with Frank Zappa and Whitesnake, Grammy-winning guitar wizard Steve Vai will make his Barns debut as part of his “Passion and Warfare” anniversary tour. Tickets are $80 and $85. For details, visit wolftrap.org. Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.

November 17 Israeli Activist Gal Uchovsky

Washington’s “Meet the Changemakers” series, Gal Uchovsky will share his perspective on the advancement of LGBTQ culture and rights in Israel, the role of the media in influencing that culture and his vision for the future of his country’s LGBTQ community.

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November 19 Glen Echo Holiday Art Sale

November 26 The Kennedys' Georgetown Actor and licensed tour guide Dwane Starlin will lead a two-hour walking tour through the Georgetown of the Kennedys. Participants will see where John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier became engaged, their Georgetown home and where Jackie stayed after JFK’s assassination. Tickets are $15. For details, visit dumbartonhouse.org.

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The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture’s annual Holiday Art Show and Sale, in the park’s Popcorn and Stone Tower Gallery, will feature glass, ceramics, jewelry, photography, paintings and crafts by Glen Echo resident artists, instructors and invited artists. For details, visit glenechopark. org. 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland.

November 20 Festival of Readings, Hymns and Anthems This inspiring service will feature favorite hymns and beloved anthems, along with a selection of poetry and writings by authors Christina Rossetti, John Donne, T. S. Eliot, Gerard Manley Hopkins, George Herbert and Madeleine L’Engle. For details, visit stjohnsgeorgetown.org. St. John's Episcopal Church, 3240 O St. NW.

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Gondola Not Pie in the Sky, Study Concludes The comprehensive feasibility study for a gondola over the Potomac, linking Georgetown and Rosslyn, Virginia, was presented to the public last Thursday, Nov. 3, at the newly refurbished Georgetown Theater on Wisconsin Avenue. The material was almost overwhelming. Five architectural, engineering, aerial transportation, community impact and government relations experts offered a detailed analysis, complete with slides and graphs, of the challenges and options. The executive directors of the Rosslyn and Georgetown Business Improvement Districts then answered questions from an audience of more than 100.

The bottom line: a Georgetown-Rosslyn gondola — a system in which relatively small cars circulate (as opposed to an aerial tramway, in which a railcar-like vehicle goes back and forth) — is feasible. Engineers found “no fatal flaws,” structurally speaking.

The choice of possible station sites was narrowed to one an easy walk to and from the Rosslyn Metro station and the other below the present Georgetown Car Barn and near the Exxon station just off the end of Key Bridge.

The construction cost was estimated to be $80 to $90 million — “less than other public

Rendering of the envisioned Georgetown-Rosslyn gondola. Courtesy Georgetown and Rosslyn Business Improvement Districts. transit modes,” said the experts. The operating cost would be about $3.25 million per year, a net cost “significantly less than other public transit modes with similar performance metrics.”

What would the timeframe be? Six-plus years. The approval process could easily take up to three or four years given the number of governmental and nongovernmental jurisdictions involved. The actual construction time was estimated at two-plus years.

The gondola passenger cars, each seating eight to 15 people, would move in an oval,

spaced roughly a minute behind one another.

Renderings of the system as seen from the Georgetown waterfront made it appear to be scarcely visible: little bubble cars seemingly floating in the air, hanging on a barely seen line — even though, according to Georgetown BID Director Joe Sternlieb, the cable in the drawing had been enhanced. From the trail side of the bridge, the view was not jolting.

“The gondolas are silent while in the air,” the panel of experts claimed. They would sag to fewer than 100 feet above the bridge at the midpoint and slow to half-speed during

Georgetown BID CEO Joe Sternlieb and Rosslyn BID President Mary-Claire Burick. Photo by Robert Devaney. non-commute hours, so that passengers could enjoy the view. According to Rosslyn BID President Mary-Claire Burick, the gondola would ease the commute and greatly enhance the attractiveness of doing business and shopping around the two landing sites.

The next immediate step is to complete a required environmental impact study, with the extended approval process to follow. All that, not to mention implementation, will require multi-jurisdictional collaboration and public-

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town topics Continued from page 5 private partnerships, according to the BID heads, who said that the public would be consulted at every point.

There is no money for any of this at present.

Funds will have to be raised through a variety of grants, investments and possibly tax subsidies. But the $200,000 raised by the BIDs for the feasibility study seems to have been well spent. The multitude of complex questions about every aspect of the project had to be addressed and answered. The complete report is online at georgetownrosslyngondola.com.

ANC Report: Parking, Traffic, Hyde-Addison The Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) met Nov. 1. The following are some of its decisions.

Parking: The commission reintroduced a resolution on one-side, permit-only residential parking and asked for consensus and consultation with interested parties. It was approved 6-0-2, Commissioners Ed Solomon and Reed Howard abstaining.

Hyde-Addison: The commission unanimously opposed the plan to bus students of Hyde-Addison Elementary School to temporary space at Meyer Elementary School. “It’s atrocious,” said Commissioner Jeff Jones, who said he has received 1,000 emails on the issue.

Traffic: Commissioner Tom Birch has said he would prefer 28th and 29th to become one-way streets but would settle for eliminat-

ing west- or east-side parking on 28th Street near the intersection with M. “The current situation is untenable,” he said. Commissioner Bill Starrels asked for dedicated left-turn and right-turn lanes for Thomas Jefferson Street where it intersects with M. ABC: Gypsy Sally’s was criticized on account of noise from the venue being heard above the C&O Canal and disrespectful behavior by some patrons. The commission decided to issue “a protective protest” to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

3255 Prospect Street: Developer and Georgetown Court owner Robert Elliott hired architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle to have another go at 3255 Prospect St. NW (now occupied by Domino’s Pizza), this time with three design alternatives. The issue of height and mass was again brought up, with N Street residents — to the rear of the building — opposing the scale of the four-story structure.

Fillmore Arts Program Set to Close, Again The Fillmore Arts Center, based in Hardy Middle School at 1819 35th St. NW, is again facing closure at the end of the school year.

Interim DCPS Chancellor John Davis said the issue was arts equity. Students from Hyde-Addison, Key, Reed, Ross and Stoddert elementary schools take their arts classes at Hardy. Other D.C. public schools offer their own programs in their own buildings.

More information is available on the website of Friends of Fillmore, which continues to oppose the decision.

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There are surveillance cameras as utilitarian in appearance as the duty they perform. Then there are those that also serve as an aesthetic enhancement. These two surveillance cameras, captured

by National Press Club photographer Noel St. John hanging gracefully from the decorative lanterns around the U.S. Capitol, do double duty. A growing variety of surveillance cameras may be observed — or not — in and around Georgetown as more businesses and residents participate in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s expanded surveillance camera rebate program. The program provides grants of up to $750 for businesses or large property owners and up to $500 for residents toward the purchase of cameras, with a maximum of $200 per camera. Style, a matter of taste, is left up to the buyer.

Photo by Noel St. John

Dumbarton House Closed Until April 24 Historic Dumbarton House at 2715 Q St. NW, headquarters of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, has closed for the installation of a geothermal heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. There will be a few special events held there during the work. The house, where first lady Dolley Madison sheltered briefly during the burning of Washington, is set to reopen April 24.

Duke Ellington Work Annoys Neighbors

and parking restrictions for months during the school’s ongoing renovation and expansion. Here is just one example from Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Ed Solomon: “Parking restrictions signs have appeared on R Street across from the Duke Ellington School between 35th and 36th. I have been receiving numerous complaints from neighbors. No notice was given to me, the construction management team or the community.” Solomon asked for parking relief and a meeting to work out parking arrangements, adding: “I would urge your team to take down existing signs to be replaced by signs having the least impact on the community.” That sounds all too familiar.

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alloween in Georgetown has become an annual tradition of viewing people wearing fun and scary costumes along the sidewalks and in bars and restaurants. For a few, however, it is an annual opportunity to rob pedestrians amid the crowds, despite a large police presence.

This year, the Metropolitan Police Department reported muggings and assaults from Georgetown to Chinatown, in some cases believed to have been carried out by large groups of teenagers, male and female.

A man was beaten and his cell phone stolen near the Melrose Hotel in the 2400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW. A Georgetown University student was assaulted in the 3400 block of Prospect Street NW with the suspects shouting hate speech.

The student fell to the ground and was kicked.

His backpacks were stolen, his laptop computer was smashed and he had to be taken to the hospital.

Other robberies on Halloween night included those on the 3100 block of M Street NW (around 10 p.m.) and in neighborhoods near Georgetown unused to violent crime: Cathedral and Connecticut Avenues NW (just after 10 p.m.) and the 2700 block of 29th Street NW (around 10:30 p.m.)

Before these crimes occurred, there was a reported sexual assault at 2819 P St. NW early Saturday morning, Oct. 29, after a private Halloween party on Friday evening involving hundred of guests. At the monthly meeting of the Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission on Nov. 1, a police officer confirmed the crime and implied that victim and suspect knew each other, but refused to comment further on the case. A man was arrested.

A MPD spokesperson said the crime occurred in the bathroom.

NBC4 News reported on Nov. 2: “A woman told police she was sexually assaulted Saturday at an exclusive Halloween party at a mansion in Georgetown. . . . The woman told police a man sexually assaulted her by force early Saturday in a second-floor room of the home, the report says. The attacker used his hands and feet as weapons, the woman told police.

Two other women told officers they tried to come to the victim’s aid. One of these women said the attacker grabbed the victim by the hair and threw her around a room. The other woman said she was ‘pushed and thrown to the side’ by the attacker.”

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Overheard at Lunch: D.C. Gossip Girl

By Kate Oczypok

One Last Try ... at Connie’s Lawyer and philanthropist Connie Milstein and her husband, Count Jean-Christophe de La Haye Saint Hilaire, opened up their Georgetown home last Thursday evening for an exclusive final fundraiser for Hillary Clinton. Tickets went for up to $10,000. Those who raised $5,000 or more had the chance to take a selfie with co-host Huma Abedin, who faces possible prison time for her involvement in the Clinton email scandal. The two other co-hosts were fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour (celebrating her birthday). Did Wintour offer Clinton tips on how to axe Abedin “Devil Wears Prada” style if Clinton’s campaign vice chair is sentenced?

Felt the Bern but is now With Her — went door to door, asking whether students were from out of town and exclaiming how cute one room was.

Mel and Vince Crash Navy Memorial Screening Actor Mel Gibson, who is slowly redeeming himself after his behavior in years past, was at the Navy Memorial last month to promote his new movie “Hacksaw Ridge.” Vince Vaughn, who stars as the sergeant in command, also visited the Penn Quarter memorial, where militarythemed films are frequently screened. Gibson is barely recognizable these days, as he is sporting a Tom-Hanks-in-“Castaway”-sized beard.

‘Scar’ Visits the White House

Taraji P. Henson.

Everyone’s favorite cartoon lion and all-purpose villain Jeremy Irons was a panelist at the White House a few weeks ago. The winner of acting’s “triple crown” spoke about the role of cinema in highlighting the importance of science and math.

Irons is currently in the film “The Man Who Knew Infinity” about Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan and his mentor, Cambridge Professor G. H. Hardy, played by Irons.

‘Empire’ Star Checks In at Reagan

Lighting lineup. The eclectic mix of performers includes Kelly Clarkson (who put out a Christmas album a few years ago), Yolanda Adams, Obama-fave Chance the Rapper and James Taylor, who seems to have attended every tree lighting since he first became famous.

The Prince-ident Sings ‘Purple Rain’ President Obama couldn’t help himself when he encountered a pint-size Prince at this year’s White House Halloween party. Spotting the trick-or-treater dressed up in a purple suit like the late “When Doves Cry” singer — complete with thin moustache and pink guitar — the Ba-rocker immediately launched into a perfectly on-key rendition of “Purple Rain.”

Soul Cycle, the Wedding Registry?

D.C. has been voted one of the healthiest cities in America — and now we get to reap the rewards.

Washingtonian magazine reported that couples can add Soul Cycle packages to wedding registry site Zola. Gifters may want to go in with friends, though; 20-class packs are $572 and 30-class packs are $825. If you’re a homebody when it comes to exercising — and feel brave enough to put this on your registry — the actual bright lemon-colored Soul Cycle bike is available for a cool $2,200.

Recently seen at a security checkpoint at Reagan National Airport: Taraji P. Henson. The Southeast D.C. native, who studied acting at Howard University, won Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe awards for playing Cookie Lyon on the Fox show “Empire.”

‘The Voice’ Judge Swings By George Mason Wild-child star turned musician turned “The Voice” judge Miley Cyrus surprised George Mason University students when she swung by to get the word out about voting for Hillary Clinton, Us Weekly reported. Cyrus — who originally

Jeremy Irons.

James Taylor Again?

It may feel like Halloween just passed, but the holidays must be upon us, since the National Park Service has announced the National Tree

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Community Calendar TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Foggy Bottom Association Annual Meeting

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Union Station to Georgetown Streetcar

at Volta Place, main building. For details, visit anc2e.com.

The Foggy Bottom Association will meet at 7 p.m. at School Without Walls, 2130 G St. NW. For details, visit foggybottomassociation.org.

The Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration and District Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting to discuss the Union Station to Georgetown Streetcar, 6 to 8 p.m. (presentation at 6:30 p.m.) at Pinstripes, 1064 Wisconsin Ave. NW. For details, visit unionstationtogeorgetown.com or email Project Manager Jamie Henson at jamie. henson@dc.gov.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 CAG Meeting on Hyde-Addison, Duke Ellington

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3B The ANC 3B public meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Stoddert Elementary School, 4001 Calvert St. NW. For details, visit anc3b.org.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Georgetown Business Association Monthly networking reception from 6:30PM to 8:30PM at District Dougnut 3327 Cady's Alley NW with special guest Ana Harvey of DSLBD.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E The ANC 2E public meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Georgetown Visitation Prep, 35th Street

The Citizens Association of Georgetown will host a meeting on Georgetown’s two public schools with Mayor Muriel Bowser and Council member Jack Evans. Reception at 7 p.m., program at 7:30 p.m. St. John's Church, 3240 O St. NW. (Tours of Hyde School will be offered during the reception.) Visit cagtown.org, call 202337-7313 or email cagmail@cagtown.org.

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Editorial/opinion

What This Election Has Wrought

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s we write this, it is Election Day 2016, and what a long road it’s been. The consensus of American punditry is that Hillary Clinton will win the presidency.

Some Republican establishment leaders have all but conceded, but Donald Trump has moved up slightly in the polls.

That was exactly the situation in Great Britain last June, the night before the British electorate went to the polls to vote whether or not to leave the European Union. The pundits, pollsters and even some leaders of the “Vote Leave” campaign were sure the Brexiteers would lose. They were wrong.

But let’s assume that there is no Brexit earthquake Nov. 8, and Clinton has won. Whether the Senate stays Republican or goes Democratic, the 2018 midterm elections now loom, and, as a Roll Call headline put it earlier this year: “Senate Democrats: 2018 Math Is Not Your Friend.” The partisan victories of this election may be short-lived.

We now enter the post-election period, and it is time to consider what this contentious election has wrought.

Bernie progressives are saying that the country is going “left.” They plan to keep Hillary’s feet to the fire, making sure that she implements their liberal global agenda: expanded comprehensive immigration reform, expanded government programs funded by higher taxes on the wealthy, increased regulations on banks and corporations and global trade agreements with worker protections.

Conservatives, on the other hand, are sure that the United States — like almost every other nation in the world — is going “right.” National populist movements everywhere are demanding that immigration, trade agreements and international and national social programs be limited, focused on benefiting national prosperity, citizens and legal immigrants first.

Both sides are right. Is it really “leftist” to promote social justice and take a global perspective?

Is it really “right wing” to put citizens and national interests first?

Here’s the real political fact: regardless of whoever won the 2016 election, the genie of serious issues with polarizing solutions is out of the bottle. (That’s right: Donald Trump is not really going away.)

There’s no going back to a one-sided, party-wing agenda. That’s way too simplistic in our internetconnected world. Politics can no longer be viewed as a sports match with only two sides, winner take all.

Most voters are disgusted with monolithic, establishment-party politics.

The good thing about this election is that both parties have been split along numerous complicated issues. Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians and Greens can all find areas of agreement within every issue. Now, after what we’ve been through for too long, is the time for citizens to demand compromise beyond narrow party interests — not to mention more transparency and (it doesn’t hurt to ask) honesty.

Jack Evans Report

Funding Metro: More Important Than Ever

By Jack Evans

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ast week, Wa s h i n g t o n Met ropolit an Area Transit Authority General Manager Paul Wiedefeld released his operating budget proposal to WMATA’s board of directors and the public. As expected, it seeks to close a shortfall estimated at $275 to $290 million.

Precipitously dropping ridership, general expense growth and the cost of the ongoing maintenance and improvement efforts initiated by the new GM have brought us to the brink of difficult financial decisions.

Wiedefeld’s proposal includes a mix of fare hikes, service reductions, expense cuts, jurisdictional subsidy increases and a transfer of federal capital grants to the operating budget.

In particular, the budget proposes to raise bus fares from $1.75 to $2 per trip.

Additionally, it would increase all peak rail fares by 10 cents per trip and all non-peak rail fares by 25 cents. Metro Access fares

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hat the heck is going on? Suddenly, and without explanation, Deputy Mayor for Education Jennifer Niles has gone against just-made agreements, common sense and the clear will of the Georgetown community. She is digging in her heels to support a decision that will disrupt the lives and education of more than 200 three-to-12-year-old local elementaryschool children for the next two years.

Meetings to explain the change of position to the community have been canceled.

No one understands why.

After years of planning and community involvement, the needed renovation of the only public elementary school in Georgetown, Hyde-Addison, had been approved, finalized,

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funded and scheduled. It would begin in the fall of 2017.

Where the Georgetown and other local students would go to school the next two years was obvious. Hardy Middle School, just seven blocks away, utilized at 50 percent of its normal capacity, would be available beginning in early summer. It was an easy move. Mayor Muriel Bowser told Council member Jack Evans that she supported the community’s choice. An Oct. 18 meeting was planned at which Georgetowners would inspect both Hardy and the final renovation plans.

Then it all fell apart. In early October, the deputy mayor announced that the little ones would be bussed for what could be one

Christmas Wreaths Return Installed by the Georgetown Business Improvement District, Christmas wreaths are already ringing the lampposts along M Street and Wisconsin Avenue.

Some say it’s too soon — before Veterans Day even.

We say welcome back, wreaths. We missed you, even if you arrived at the party early. The wreaths are quite attractive and will enhance the yuletide shopping season for residents and visitors alike.

to two hours per day across heavy traffic to a rundown school in another part of the city.

Apparently, there is to be no more discussion.

“I don’t know how Jenny made her decision to go against the parents’ common-sense solution,” said Evans at the Nov. 2 ANC meeting. Georgetowners urgently need to make the temporary move to Hardy School final, he urged.

“The only way Niles’s decision can be changed is if the District Council legislates it. But Jack Evans doesn’t have the votes,” Mayor Bowser reportedly told a Glover Park Citizens Association meeting Nov. 4. Evans has announced that a Citizens Association Chof Georgetown meeting on the issue is set for Nov. 29 at St. John’s Parish Hall — with Bowser invited to attend.

Why is Deputy Mayor Niles so adamant about going against the wishes of Georgetown’s parents?

The Georgetowner demands an explanation. We intend to investigate the how and why of this seemingly monolithic decision. We hope there isn’t something nefarious going on, but Niles’s stubbornness and unwillingness to respect the community’s clear will — and common sense — is curious indeed.

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We all help pay for schools even if we don’t have children in the education system.

We do so because it’s a public good, benefiting our entire society. Many of us don’t ride public transportation, but we pay for it because it’s critical to the economic and social well being of our region. That’s why it should be paid for by the jurisdictions, not just by the riders.

The District of Columbia government is willing — and able — to increase our jurisdictional contribution to avoid fare hikes, service cuts and the use of capital money to balance the operating budget, a contrivance that flies in the face of sound public budgeting.

My job, and, more importantly, the job of the population of the entire region, is to convince elected officials in Maryland and Virginia that funding Metro is a key element in the future growth and prosperity of our region. Because if Metro doesn’t work, nothing does.

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would be maintained at twice the fastest fixed-route alternate, but the top rate would rise to $6.50.

On the service side, his proposal would increase service headways on all rail lines to eight minutes during peak hours, versus six minutes today, and further reduce the frequency of trains during non-peak hours. It would also eliminate some of the most inefficient bus routes and return some non-regional routes to the jurisdictions.

I have made my position on the budget clear: fare increases are a bad idea. In a time of declining ridership and lack of confidence in our regional transit system, we should be working tirelessly to win riders back.

Wiedefeld is doing that through his efforts to fix the system. The governments of the region need to support him by increasing their jurisdictional subsidies to prevent fare increases.

Public transportation is like schools, police and other public services. It’s not a business and it’s not a luxury (although the billions of dollars of increased tax assessments Metro has created for the region’s governments could be called a luxury).

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Madame President?

By Donna Evers

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t took our nation 240 years to get here, but we finally got a woman candidate for president.

In a country where women outnumber men in the adult population 51 to 49 percent, getting to this historic moment has been an incredibly slow process. Even Congress is only 20-percent female. Other countries have been far ahead of us in electing women leaders; at present there are some 22 countries with female heads of state.

The first important women leaders took office nearly 50 years ago. Among the most prominent have been Indira Gandhi of India, who was first elected in 1966; Golda Meir of Israel, elected in 1969; Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain, elected in 1979; and Angela Merkel of Germany, elected in 2005.

It’s surprising to find that 78 women actually attempted to run for president over the years, starting in 1872 with publisher and outspoken feminist Victoria Woodhull, who ran as the Equal Rights Party candidate with Frederick Douglass as her running mate. Woodhull was arrested days before the election on obscenity charges for publishing an account of an affair between famously promiscuous preacher Henry Ward Beecher and his wife’s close friend.

Woodhull’s votes never got counted, so we don’t know how well she would have done.

Many of the women who ran were associated with obscure parties. It wasn’t until 1984

that a major party chose a woman as the vicepresidential candidate: Geraldine Ferraro, the running mate of Democrat Walter Mondale.

Sarah Palin was the second female candidate for VP to run on a major party ticket, with John McCain the Republican presidential nominee.

Hillary Clinton was the first strong contender to be a major party’s choice for president, in 2012. When she lost the nomination to Barack Obama, she said that, even though she didn’t win, there were now cracks in the proverbial “highest, hardest glass ceiling” — the invisible barrier that has kept American women from the uppermost level of power.

The climb to the top has been a tough one.

Even getting women the vote took 72 years, from the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 — when a group of determined women got together to begin the battle for women’s suffrage — to the approval of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

Sexism has existed though U.S. political history, reflected in how the population responds to women candidates. Ferraro mused that there was a lot of talk during her campaign about her dress size. She said she could not imagine anyone asking about a male candidate’s suit size.

During the recent campaign season, the public has witnessed a hailstorm of sexist remarks about women from Republican candidate Donald Trump. In the primaries, he ridiculed women candidates for not being attractive enough to appeal to him. He has repeatedly

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charged that Clinton, the Democratic candidate, is not physically strong enough and doesn’t have the “stamina” — a word suggesting male prowess — to be president.

When blatantly sexist remarks he made prior to his candidacy became public, Trump dismissed them as “locker room” talk, as if all men have the same sexist attitudes towards women (and that this is acceptable behavior).

Tellingly, when he makes these statements at rallies, his fans roar their approval.

This overwhelming acceptance and approval of Trump’s anti-women remarks, wrote City University of New York Professor Alyson Cole in Fortune magazine, indicates that the 2016 election has become a “referendum on the con-

tinued dominance of white men in American society,” a position that has been quietly eroding for decades. Considering this, by the time this column is published and the election is over, it will be interesting to see whether the deciding minority swing factor was indeed the white male vote.

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in New York’s Westchester County. The retailer sells custom window treatments and is proud to be “handcrafted in the USA.” Located at 3324 M St. NW, the 3,000-square-foot store opened last month.

Out: ShopHouse Getting Chopped by Chipotle In: Escape Room Live How’s this sound? We lock you in a room and you have 45 minutes to find clues to get the heck out of there. Whether this is your idea of fun or not, the two-floor, 6,573-square-foot Escape Room Live has opened at 3345 M St. NW. Formerly occupied by West Elm, the space is next to the shuttered Capriotti’s sandwich shop, where the legendary Cellar Door once held musical court.

Escape Room Live has set up rooms with themes from “Friday the 13th,” “Ghostbusters,” “The Mummy,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “Titanic.” Edgar Allan Poe rooms are also planned.

In: The Shade Store Cady’s Alley gets another home-decor classic. This time, it’s the Shade Store, a family-owned, 70-year-old business that started

Chipotle Mexican Grill, the fast-casual restaurant group recovering from a loss of customers due to E. coli outbreaks, will stop investing in ShopHouse, its noodle-bowl variation. There are 15 ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchens in the U.S., including the Georgetown location at 2805 M St. NW. Others are in Dupont Circle (the first one), Chinatown, Union Station and Bethesda and Silver Spring, Maryland, as well as in Illinois and California.

According MarketWatch, Chipotle decided that ShopHouse could not support “an attractive unit economic model.” The company will expand its Pizzeria Locale and Tasty Made burger concepts while seeking “strategic alternatives” for ShopHouse, Business Insider reported. The ShopHouses — beloved by Millennials — will stay open for now, however.

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EastBanc has sold its property — where Key Bridge Exxon sits, next to the “Exorcist Steps,” where it hoped to build condominiums — to Altus Realty Partners of Arlington.

Altus paid $14 million for the half-acre site at 3607 M St. NW, according to the Washington Business Journal, which added, “Appropriately enough, the deal was recorded on Halloween.”

The company intends to build more than condos on the site, with the same EastBanc design that was approved, the Journal reported.

The land has also been touted as the best spot on the D.C. side of the Potomac to build the terminus for the envisioned GeorgetownRosslyn aerial gondola.

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Long & Foster’s New Urban Pace

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t’s a match made in heaven: Urban Pace, a company that provides marketing, sales and other services to real estate developers, has joined up with the Long & Foster Companies.

While it is now part of the L&F team, Urban Pace will continue to do business from its 14th Street NW location and under its existing brand and leadership.

Urban Pace CEO Lynn Hackney pointed out that many firms have been successful with Urban Pace’s business model of working directly with real estate developers, naming as examples Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group, Douglas Elliman and Halstead Property.

Founded in 2001, D.C.-based Urban Pace has worked on more than five million square feet of property and thousands of units. Long & Foster, based in Chantilly, Virginia, has conquered the D.C. metropolitan area in overall residential real estate sales, topping out at $14.62 billion in 2013, according to the Washington Business Journal.

Those familiar with Long & Foster but not with Urban Pace should know that they have the largest portfolio of new construction — both actively selling and in the pipeline — in D.C., said Matt Dewey, who has stepped up as Urban Pace’s president. Jennifer Harper will stay on as senior director, working with Dewey’s managerial team.

“If you are interested in new construction, urbanpace.com should be your first stop when you begin your search,” Dewey said.

“We have properties in every price point and in every neighborhood and we provide a turnkey approach to home sales.”

Dewey has been with the company for more than 10 years. His advice for those still search-

ing for their best-fitting job is to “look for a company that is going to help you grow and utilize your skill set above and beyond your specific position.

“I began my career at Urban Pace working in sales, but had an aptitude and passion for marketing,” Dewey said. “Lynn took notice of that and integrated me into the marketing department, which has been invaluable to my rise in the company.”

Hackney, the first woman to serve as president of the D.C. Building Industry Association, was formerly Urban Pace’s president. As CEO, she plans to focus on the firm’s strategic direction and vision. She is most excited about Urban Pace and Long & Foster’s exclusive affiliation with Christie’s International and its Chinese buyer marketing initiatives, which Christie’s is currently ramping up.

That will be “a huge benefit to us and our developers next year,” Hackney said. “It’s already shown results for our luxury properties and we are going into other urban markets like Philadelphia, for example. So it’s an exciting time.”

To Hackney, the Long & Foster-Urban Pace pairing is a perfect union. “They are a billiondollar company with an unbelievable marketing platform and amazing resources,” she said.

“Urban Pace gets to keep doing what it does best, but with the power of L&F behind us.”

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www.VernonDaniel.com It is rare to find a Wyeth tempera painting up for auction, and one of this quality and stature is rarer still. Traditionally, a sexton is the groundskeeper for a church, who often takes care of the graveyard along with the rest of a church’s property. In this painting on panel, part of the upcoming American Art sale at Christie’s, a sexton digs a grave, a subject heavy with biblical and literary allusions.

Part of Freeman’s American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionist sale, this classic Wyeth watercolor depicts a view from a house in East Friendship, Maine, with blueberry pickers traversing the fields. This piece, also included in the forthcoming catalog raisonné, is an excellent example of Wyeth’s exploration — in more than 300 works — of the geometry and transparency of window panes.

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The next American Art sale at Sotheby’s will feature two works from the estate of Ogden Mills Phipps that Norman Rockwell painted for the cover of “The Saturday Evening Post”: “Which One?” and “Pipe and Bowl Sign Painter.” The sales will also include this Wyeth watercolor of cows in a field, a scene that in the hands of almost any other painter would be trite.

This rare and exceptional Wyeth portrait, in drybrush and pencil on paper, is included in the artist’s forthcoming catalog raisonné by Betsy James Wyeth. Part of Bonhams’ American Art sale, it depicts the model Eric Standard, a neighbor of Andrew Wyeth’s in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. The artist painted Eric and his older brother Stephen consecutively.

The Potomack Company “Cornucopia,” 1955 Alexander Calder (1898–1976) Estimate: $400,000 – $600,000 Auction Date: November 17

Alexander Calder’s dynamic and colorful painting “Cornucopia,” part of the Potomack Company’s special sale of Alexander Calder Works, dates from the year of the sculptor’s three-month voyage to India with his wife Louisa. Showing a bold red cornucopia set off by orange discs and black lines suspended in space, the work is evocative of Calder’s mobiles.

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Final selling prices for last month’s featured Auction Block items Doyle New York Cartier Necklace Auction Date: October 19 Estimate: $7,000 – $9,000 Final Selling Price: $43,750 Freeman’s Tiffany Studios “Iris” Lantern Auction Date: October 16 Estimate: $300,000 – $500,000 Final Selling Price: $370,000 Christie’s “Shoeless” Joe Jackson Baseball Bat Auction Date: October 19 and 20

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Bonhams Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) “Rue Mouffetard, Paris,” 1954 Auction Date: October 25 Estimate: $15,000 – $25,000 Final Selling Price: $15,000

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New Executive Chef at Lupo Verde

Mayor Signs Walter Reed Agreement

14th Street Italian restaurant Lupo Verde has named a new executive chef: Matteo Venini, a native of Lake Como (does he hang out with George and Amal Clooney?). Venini will also oversee the second location, set to open early next month in Palisades. His most recent gig was executive chef at Ristorante Tosca downtown.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was joined by other D.C. notables like Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ward 4 Council member Brandon Todd, Assistant Secretary of the Army Katherine Hammack and Deputy Mayor Brian Kenner for an Oct. 26 ceremony recognizing the transfer of 66 acres of the former Walter Reed Medical Center campus to the D.C. government. The development project, which began in 2009, involved more than 100 community meetings.

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pizza for a year. In addition, free pies were given to the first 118 in line and &pizza launched its charity campaign, “Buy One, Give One.”

Bars Boycott Yuengling After Endorsement

Fast-casual pizza shop &pizza opened its 10th D.C.-area location Oct. 20 in Barracks Row. Like every &pizza location, the first five grand-opening guests who requested an ampersand tattoo received both the tattoo and free

More than 15 local bars have boycotted Yuengling beer following owner Dick Yuengling Jr.’s endorsement of presidential candidate Donald Trump, DCist reported. After the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage in the U.S. posted on social media that he won’t be drinking Yuengling, Dito’s Bar manager Dito Sevilla, a Clinton campaign volunteer, began spreading the word. Yuengling Jr.’s support for Trump became known when the candidate’s son Eric toured the Pottsville, Pennsylvania, brewery.

Matteo Venini.

‘We Are Washington’ Show on D.C. Network A new Monday-night show was launched on DCN by the D.C. Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment. Hosted by local broadcast personalities Cecily Fernandez and Matt Granato, “We are Washington” explores the culture and events that make living in the District unlike anywhere else. Other new programs: “Simone Butterfly,” showcasing independent fashion artisans in D.C., and “The Street Report,” following radio personality EZ Street as he interviews musicians like Mary J. Blige and Iggy Azalea.

Facebook’s multi-city virtual-reality tour stopped by D.C. last week. The tour set up at Union Market, bringing a completely immersive experience to residents who find real reality insufficiently stimulating. Samsung’s Gear VR was developed in collaboration with Oculus, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014. Attendees were guided through virtual worlds and left with GIFs of themselves to share on social media.

“Chicken Ramen 101” This Saturday G Street NW ramen restaurant Bantam King will host its first interactive “Chicken 101” ramen experience this Saturday morning, Nov. 12. With the success of Daikaya’s “Sapporo Ramen 101” lecture, demo and tastings, Bantam King decided to get in on the soupy fun. At the $35 session, executive chefs Katsuya Fukushima and Daisuke Utagawa will educate, engage and feed noodle novices as well as ramenistas.

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7

3

6

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4

83

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Georgetown

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9

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5122 WARREN PL NW

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4

13

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10

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153

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64

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8

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Georgetown

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83

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12

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6

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5

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7

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6

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3

2

7

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416 T ST NW

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3

1

2

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$1,100,000

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2

20

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5

$999,000

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10

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8

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F O N E M O W R WONDE N W O T E G R O E GR EA TER G

By Peggy Sands ? k o o b ic m o C a h it W o g A Did It All Begin 75 Years

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or some time now, we’ve been noticing — with awe — the rising influence of inspirational, high-achieving women throughout the Washington area. They are making their mark not only in traditional women’s careers such as academia and nonprofits but also in business, journalism, entertainment, sports, law enforcement and, of course, national politics.

We’re going to be telling you about some of these “wonder women” in a series of articles.

We start with three today. But we have to begin our admiration tour with a question: Did women discover their voices and their power thanks to a cartoon character first published 75 years ago?

We decided to ask the original Wonder Woman herself — Miss World America of 1972, actress, jazz singer and Bethesda resident Lynda Carter, who starred in the ABC television series that aired from 1975 to 1979.

“Wonder Woman was never supposed to be just

a male Superman in a beguiling swimsuit-like costume,” Carter said in a recent telephone interview. “She represents an idea: that women can be strong and accomplish good things.

“Women know who we are,” she explained.

“We organize and keep together families and communities and societies. Women are often the wise ones in the family. Wonder Woman defended Good. Her tools were strength, not destructive powers. She became We.” Carter recounted receiving thousands of testimonials from women all over the world who told her — some with tears streaming down their faces — how Wonder Woman had inspired them to be strong, to face their challenges, to take action.

Last month, the United Nations appointed Carter and new Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot honorary UN ambassadors for the empowerment of women and girls. Carter said she doesn’t know yet what that will entail, but hopes it will involve specific projects in a world awakening to the importance of women’s education and security.

Art by Cliff Chiang.

On the first row of stamps, Wonder Woman of the Modern Age wields a hammer with a power and determination befitting her roots in the heroic world of Greek mythology.

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ilhelmina Cole Holladay was 19 when the brand-new Wonder Woman comic series was published 75 years ago.

But she was already well on her way to being a 21st-century wonder woman.

Wilhelmina Holladay, co-founder of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, worked for the U.S. Air Force and the Embassy of China. She is, of course, an avid art collector with interests that range from the classic to the ultramodern. Photo by Philip Bermingham.

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In the meantime, she has just completed a new album with her longtime, velvety jazz allstar band. It includes performances with her son and daughter, who both studied law. When they were infants, Carter voluntarily retired from her rigorous on-the-road acting and musical careers to raise them.

“I’ve seen big-time actors and singers take their children on the road and decided it’s not a healthy life for them, it’s not normal,” Carter said. Although she kept her hand in acting with some local gigs, commercials and such, her children didn’t really appreciate her professional talents until she appeared in “Chicago” in London when they were older teens. “You can really sing, Mom,” she laughingly recalled them saying.

Like Wonder Woman, the now 65-yearLynda Carter, best known for her portrayal old Carter has plenty of future projects. of the super Amazonian princess in the TV She just opened the second season of series “Wonder Woman,” is also a singer, song“Supergirl,” playing a woman president. writer and political activist. Wonder Woman was appointed Honorary Ambassador for the When asked if she would be performEmpowerment of Women and Girls at the United ing in D.C. soon, she said nothing was Nations last month. At the U.N., celebrating the scheduled. “Perhaps for the inauguracharacter’s 75th anniversary, were Carter and tion?” she was asked (since Hillary actress Gal Gadot, who will appear in next year’s Clinton is a longtime friend).

“Wonder Woman.” The U.N. will feature Wonder Woman as part of its campaign for achieving genCarter laughed. “May be.” der equality by 2030. Photo by Karl Simone.

Wilhelmina Holladay: Champion of Women Artists A 70-year resident of Georgetown, Holladay is the inspiration, founder, builder and totally engaged dynamo behind the National Museum of Women in the Arts. It can be said that she and her husband of more than 60 years were the first in the world to seriously search out, buy and singularly collect the work of women artists. They would give shows in their home on R Street.

In 1987, their collection became the core of a now world-renowned collection of art by women housed in the palatially renovated 1908 Masonic Temple at the tip of New York Avenue, three blocks from the White House.

“Ever since I was a little girl growing up in Rochester, New York, my grandmother would tell me constantly ‘always recognize beauty.’ She drilled it into me — to look at everything, even a fading flower, and to recognize its beauty,” Holladay said, pouring tea from a silver teapot in the art-filled house her husband Wallace built after World War II. She had come to Washington to work for the Air Force as a liaison to the Chinese Embassy. She met her Wally at a friend’s housewarming party; he helped her find an appropriate parking

spot for the Packard automobile the embassy had loaned her.

“Wally had a wonderful eye for art,” she said, glowing at the memory of her husband, who passed away in 2012. “He was totally supportive of all my ideas, not only to collect and show the art of women artists, but also to buy and massively renovate the completely run down old Masonic Temple.” It took years and the help of thousands of people to get the permits, do the restoration and enhance the décor, including securing and installing massive amounts of marble in the main room and staircase.

“Mayor Marion Barry was wonderful,” Holladay recalled. Barry would introduce her to everyone saying, “This lady is going to help beautify our city.”

“He never had one inspector come and it saved us millions,” she said. First ladies like Barbara and Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton were also very supportive.

A picture of Holladay with Clinton at the White House adorns a living room table, along with photos of her two children, four grandchildren and fouryear-old great grandchild. Her children are involved with the museum board

and projects. “It was such fun giving out Halloween treats at my door last Monday with them,” she laughed.

“They won’t let me retire,” she says of her children and her board.

Her next project is to put together a major show of one of her favorite artists, Louise Bourgeois. Holladay, who has many Bourgeois pieces in her home, insisted on showing this reporter her best. Ensconced under a custommade acrylic table in front of the cozy couch and armchairs of her bedroom’s sitting room is a sculpture of a huge — but somehow graceful and delicate — black spider. “Isn’t it wonderful!” sighed Holladay with pleasure, her clear blue eyes sparkling.

The response has to be: as wonderful as Wonder Woman Wilhelmina herself.

Art by José Luis GarcíaLópez.

The Bronze Age Wonder Woman’s bold stance empowers the second row of stamps. With her fist held high and bulletproof bracelets gleaming, the Amazon princess leads the charge against injustice.

Merribel Ayres: Strategic Advisor on Energy & Environmental Policy, Owner of Italian Fashion Boutique

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h, I just realized! Exactly 20 years ago today I founded my energy and environment advisory firm, “Lighthouse Consulting Group, LLC,” mused Merribel Ayres. We were sipping coffee in front of her high-end Italian fashion boutique, Amina Rubinacci, on M Street in Georgetown, just steps from the Four Seasons Hotel.

Ayres is the model of a successful wonder woman, a dual-career Georgetowner who cultivated her two passions and areas of expertise -energy & environmental policy and Italian fashion-into two well-run and viable enterprises. Her hands-on involvement with both businesses continues.

Her two-passion career began decades ago in Ireland, when-as a new liberal-arts graduate of Bryn Mawr College-she went to Dublin to earn an advanced degree in English at Trinity College. There, she became lifelong best friends with a woman from Florence, whose Italian way of life became Ayres’s avocation - and eventually vocation, when it came to fashion.

“I noticed that professional women in Italy are dressed beautifully,” said Ayres. “The beauty gene is in their DNA and it is reflected in their presentation.”

Shopping in Italy, Ayres discovered the unique “family boutiques” which are “taking on the age of globalization.” The clothes and accesArt by Irving Novick.

The third row of stamps depicts Wonder Woman during the Silver Age. Although she possesses great strength and speed, the world’s favorite Super Heroine prefers compassion to the use of brute force.

With her golden lasso of truth close at hand, she compels honesty from her foes.

Merribel Ayres, founder of Lighthouse Consulting Group, owns the Amina Rubinacci store near the Four Seasons Hotel. An involved philanthropist as well as prominent expert on energy issues, she took up cabaret for her 50th birthday. Photo by Robert Devaney.

sories are solely designed and fabricated in family businesses that often involve several generations. “These family brands are all about artistry and quality, rather than volume,” Ayres emphasized. “A few fine garments makes several outfits,” is their motto. Over time, Ayres found herselfwearing an entirely Italian wardrobe.

Ayres came to D.C. for a job on the Hill. She became a key staffer to the bipartisan National Commission on Air Quality (NCAQ), where she worked closely with the energy and environmental stakeholdersnationally.

The NCAQ mission was to evaluate the 1977 Amendments to the Clean Air Act and make recommendations to Congress.

For the next 15 years, Ayres had top jobs with organizations involved with energy issues. She had to hire several lobbying firms and noticed a big gap: most firms identified themselves by party affiliation rather than expertise. There was need for a nonpartisan, knowledge-based consulting company on energy and environmental policy.”

On Nov. 1, 1996, Ayres left her job heading a trade association and founded her bipartisan strategic communications and advocacy firm. Her clients have included dozens of corporations, non-governmental organizations, think tanks and trade associations. She was also the chief political advisor for the US Climate Action Partnership which involved several prominent CEOs of major companies teamed up with leading environmental groups.

But at the same time as her company was growing, so was her passion for Italian clothes. One day, during an hour-long break from an international energy conference in Rome, she discovered a family fashion boutique: Amina Rubinacci. “Their beautifully tailored clothes translated exactly my love of beauty and Italy in a professional environment. They were/are the perfect fit for a lifestyle of travel and work in Washington,” she said. Three years ago, “I decided to open my own Rubinacci shop here in Georgetown. I jumped in with both feet.”

“The boutique ambience is like shopping in Italy, where the décor and products reflect the elegance of Milan and where the friendly atmosphere makes you part of the family,” Ayres explained. “I’m at a time of my life when everything has to have meaning. My shop helps women amplify and reflect their inner radiance.”

Donna Evers: Entrepreneur of Real Estate and Wine

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Donna Evers, owner of Evers & Co, the largest womanowned and -run independent residential real estate company in the Washington area, is also the owner of Twin Oaks Tavern Winery, where she grows grapes and makes wine, in Bluemont, Virginia. Photo Courtesy Evers & Co.

or Donna Evers, a new chapter began in 1998, when her neighbor’s house, a once-charming hilltop inn with a glorious view of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, burned almost to the ground.

An electrical fire caused the upstairs bathroom to come crashing down into the large wooden kitchen of the bed and breakfast. “It was a total wreck,” said Evers, owner of Evers & Co., the Georgetown and Northern Virginia real estate brokerage firm she founded in the 1990s. She verified the bleak assessment with photos of the sodden, blackish mess. “But the views were exhilarating.

My neighbor didn’t want to deal with it, so I bought it.”

Then what?

Almost unbelievably, in a year Evers rebuilt and expanded the old house into a modernized but historic and classy twostory home. But that was just the beginning.

Evers had some three acres of land below the house plowed and cleared of massive limestone boulders, some of which now make up the new entranceway, large limestone steps and patio at the side of the house. Then she planted her vines: three acres of red and white

grapes, most from the famous vineyards of Northern California. She interspersed them with sweet smelling rosebushes “to distract the bees.”

During the next three years, as she waited for the grapes to grow, Evers turned the entire ground floor and basement of the house into the Twin Oaks Winery, producing her own brand of merlots, cabernets sauvignons and chardonnays. She even has a not-so-secret winding staircase leading from a trap door in the family room to the winery basement — “so I can work at night.”

Evers is a hands-on winemaker. In the fall, she, family and friends cut bundles of lush ripened grapes in the vineyards below the house patio. They then load filled boxes of newly picked grapes into a large vat with a rotating blade wheel, which in minutes destems bushels of grapes and deposits them into the presser.

The grape pulp goes into organic gardening bins as gallons of juice flow into waiting oak, pine and stainlesssteel barrels. There, for weeks or even months, it ferments, settles, is raked and ferments some more in Evers’s warmed fermentation room. Finally the new wine is poured into labeled bottles that are set aside, sometimes for a year or more,

before they are sold and distributed by the case to an ever-increasing market identified by her winery staff, largely family members.

But that’s not all. The indefatigable Evers recreated the 1930s Twin Oaks Tavern on the property above the house, with cozy wood paneling, a stone fireplace, a polished bar and tables. From every angle, there are views of the valley and the rose-studded vineyards below.

A separate building now serves as headquarters for her still-growing real estate business and staff. It is the largest woman-owned and -run real estate company in the Washington area.

“It’s all come together,” Evers said as she picked up her shears to go pick some more grapes. “Only thing I get a bit tired of is going up and down the hill.”

Art by H.G. Peter.

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he blistered crust bursts out from under bubbling Buffalo mozzarella in a riotous crunch, the perfect yeasty complement to the chewy cheese, garden-fresh basil and chunky housemade tomato sauce it cradles. This is the same greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts Neapolitanstyle pizza that graced Pizzeria Paradiso’s menu 25 years ago, when the restaurant opened in a Dupont Circle town house.

“For me, it’s very humbling to see how Pizzeria Paradiso has grown,” founder Ruth Gresser said. “What started off as a means for me to have the freedom to run my own little restaurant has evolved into something I never imagined.”

While Pizzeria Paradiso is known for driving the popularity of Neapolitan slices in D.C., the restaurant was well ahead of its time in other ways, such as its focus on quality ingredients and casual, inviting atmosphere (no overpriced steaks or stuffy environment).

Since then, the restaurant has expanded from its original Dupont location to a new, handsome restaurant on P Street. A second restaurant opened in Georgetown in 2002, and a third in Old Town, Alexandria, in 2010 (a fourth is planned for Hyattsville, Maryland).

There’s also a sister fast-casual downtown spot called Veloce.

Pizza Paradiso on M Street is celebrating the company's 25th birthday with specials.

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Gresser was recognized by President Obama for her leadership in providing employee benefits, receiving an invitation to the American Jobs Act signing ceremony in 2012.

“I could not have grown it into the business it is today without my Paradiso family,” Gresser said. “I’ve enjoyed seeing the staff grow and take pride in what we do, and look forward to continuing to build a company that challenges, excites and motivates us to do our very best.”

Pizzeria Paradiso has also been forwardthinking in its beer program, treating it as many other restaurants treat their wine programs. The brews are artisanal and refined, chosen to pair well with the restaurant’s pizza.

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To mark Pizza Paradiso’s 25th anniversary, all three locations will feature items from the original menu, at 1991 prices, from Nov. 14 to 20. On Nov. 17, the Georgetown location, 3282 M St. NW, will replicate the restaurant’s firstever beer dinner, offering a five-course meal paired with Belgian Trappist beers.

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THE OCEANAIRE 1201 F St., NW 202–347–2277 theoceanaire.com

Ranked one of the most popular seafood restaurants in D.C., “this cosmopolitan” send-up of a vintage supper club that’s styled after a '40’s-era ocean liner is appointed with cherry wood and red leather booths, infused with a “clubby, old money” atmosphere. The menu showcases “intelligently” prepared fish dishes that “recall an earlier time of elegant” dining.

TOWN HALL

2340 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202-333-5640 townhalldc.com Situated just north of Georgetown on Wisconsin Ave, Town Hall has been a neighborhood mainstay in Glover Park since 2005. Whether you’re popping in for dinner, drinks, or weekend brunch, Town Hall is the spot you’ll want to call home to Gulp, Gather & Grub. Free parking is available nightly after 7 p.m., and during warmer months, our outdoor courtyard is one of DC’s best kept secrets.

Lunch Mon.–Fri. 11:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Dinner Mon.–Thu. 5–10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5–11 p.m., Sun. 5–9 p.m.

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DAS Ethiopian offers you a cozy twostory setting, with rare outside dining views and al fresco patio dining. DAS is located at the eclectically brilliant historic corner of the internationally renowned shopping district of Georgetown.

HAPPY HOUR: Offered nightly Tuesday Thursday from 5 – 7 PM & Sunday from 4 – 6 PM. Enjoy select $5 wines on tap.

Join us on Sunday’s for 30% off bottles, Wednesday’s for College Nights from 9 – 11 PM, & Thursday evenings for live music starting at 6 pm. Our delightful wines are best enjoyed with local charcuterie, cheese and small plates.

A tent under which all come to feast is the very Amharic definition of DAS. From neighborhood diners, nearby students and journalists to international visitors and performers, all enjoy the casual but refined atmosphere that serves up the freshest Ethiopian dishes from local and sustainable food sources.

MARTIN’S TAVERN

1264 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202-333-7370 martinstavern.com Fifth generation Lauren Martin learns about the family business from her dad, Billy Martin, Jr. Since 1933, the warm atmosphere of Martin’s Tavern has welcomed neighbors and world travelers looking for great food, service and years of history within it’s walls. Fourth generation owner Billy Martin. Jr. continues the tradition of Washington’s oldest family owned restaurant.

Serving Brunch until 4 p.m.

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CAFE BONAPARTE

1050 31ST ST., NW 202-617-2424 thegrillroomdc.com

1522 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–333–8830 cafebonaparte.com

Tucked up along the historic C&O Canal, a national park that threads through the Georgetown neighborhood, The Grill Room at Rosewood Washington, D.C., specializes in hand-cut, bone-in, artisan meats, bracingly fresh seafood and tableside preparations. Framed with a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows and fluid geometric lines, the ambiance is one of relaxed refinement.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Brunch Sat.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

DAS Ethiopian 1201 28TH ST., NW 202–333–4710 dasethiopian.com

THE GRILL ROOM

2810 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW 202–295–2826 enowinerooms.com

Tues - Thurs 5 p.m. - 11 p.m., Fri - Sat 4 p.m. - 12 a.m., Sunday 4 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Free 2-hour parking at Four Seasons.

SEA CATCH Restaurant

1054 31st St., NW 202–337–8855 seacatchrestaurant.com Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer fresh seafood simply prepared in a relaxed atmosphere. Beautiful waterside outdoor dining available.

Complimentary 3 hours parking.

Lunch / Monday - Saturday 11:30 - 3:00 Dinner / Monday - Saturday 5:30 - 10:00 Happy Hour Monday - Friday 5:00 - 7:00

Filomena Ristorante 1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–338–8800 filomena.com

Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time for over 30 years. Our old-world cooking styles and recipes brought to America by the early Italian immigrants alongside the culinary cutting-edge creations of Italy’s foods of today executed by our Executive Chef and his team. Open 7 days a week 11:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Free salad bar with any lunch entrée Mon-Sat and try our spectacular Sunday Brunch Buffet complete with carving stations, pasta stations!

Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café, featuring award-winning crepes and arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.!

Other can't-miss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Saturday and Sunday until 3 p.m. and our late-night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m.

Clyde’s of Georgetown 3236 M St., NW 202–333–9180 clydes.com

This animated tavern, in the heart of Georgetown, popularized saloon food and practically invented Sunday brunch.

Clyde’s is the People’s Choice for bacon cheeseburgers, steaks, fresh seafood, grilled chicken salads, fresh pastas and desserts.

We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon!

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Malmaison

Family-owned restaurant serving authentic Brazilian food in Washington, D.C., for more than 23 years. Our Executive Chef, Alcy de Souza, cooks with the heart and soul. Live music on Thursday nights is a romantic blend of bossa nova, jazz, samba, choro and forró.

Monday – Thursday 4:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Friday 4:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Saturday noon to 11:30 p.m. (brunch until 4 p.m.)

Sunday noon to 10 p.m. (brunch until 4 p.m.)

Parking validation available for breakfast, lunch and brunch.

Malmaison opened in June 2013 and features elegant French dining in Washington D.C’s historic Georgetown waterfront. Housed in a majestically refurbished industrial warehouse reminiscent of NYC’s Meatpacking District, the modern restaurant, pastry shop and event lounge features the culinary talents of legendary 2 Michelin Starred French Chef Gerard Pangaud and Pastry Chef Serge Torres (Le Cirque NYC).

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sked to name a fruit that reminds them of fall, most folks would think of apples. From September’s harvest to Halloween bobbing and the all-American apple pie at Thanksgiving dinner, the pomaceous apple plays a starring role in autumn festivities. ’Tis also the season for cider, the unfiltered juice of the apple, whether hard (fermented) or soft (unfermented). Both are building blocks for cocktails that can help counter the chill that sneaks in this time of year.

The history of cider begins in the days of Julius Caesar. While evidence exists that apples were grown along the Nile River delta as early as 1300 B.C., it is uncertain when they began to be used to make cider. The earliest documentation of cider comes from the Romans, who discovered villagers drinking a cider-like beverage when they invaded England in 55 B.C. On our shores, cider dates back to the earliest days of colonization. In fact, without cider, we might not have the holiday we know as Thanksgiving.

When the Pilgrims set sail on their voyage to the New World, they brought with them apple seeds and cider-making supplies. As a story on the website of hard-cider company Angry Orchard recounts, three days after setting off from Plymouth, England, the Mayflower hit a storm that cracked a beam of the ship. The group almost turned back, but a “great screw” was

found to hold up the beam. It is said that this device was actually part of a cider press.

Cider’s role in America’s history continued from there. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson owned apple orchards and produced hard cider. As the nation expanded, it took cider with it.

Consumption of cider increased steadily during the late 18th and 19th centuries, due in part to the efforts of the legendary Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), who planted numerous apple trees in the Midwest.

Soft cider continued to be appreciated — and hot spiced cider, spiked or not, remained a timeless warmer — but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries hard cider fell by the wayside. The growing numbers of German and Eastern European immigrants added to the popularity of beer, which had a faster fermentation process. Then the scourge of Prohibition made hard cider almost obsolete.

Pre- and post-Prohibition, soft cider was used as a mixer in cocktails. One classic tipple, dating to the early 1900s, is the Stone Fence: a reviving mixture of brandy, cider and Angostura bitters. Hard cider, however, didn’t start its comeback until the 1990s, riding the coattails of

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the microbrew revolution. These days, varieties and craft versions abound.

It being fall, the web is flooded with recipes for cider cocktails. Depending on your tolerance level, it’s up to you to decide whether to mix these using hard cider or soft.

If you prefer the bar scene, Georgetown’s venerable 1789 serves up a warm brown buttered rum-and-cider cocktail. Zagat recommends Oyamel’s Manzana Mexicana, forged from tequila and cider made from local apples.

Legal Sea Foods has created an apple sangria, crafted from apple vodka, Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur, plum wine, cinnamon and spar-

kling apple cider.

Traditional hot spiced cider is a breeze to prepare. Heat a jug of cider with cloves and cinnamon sticks until the flavors meld. Add brandy or apple brandy and serve warm. If you’re more adventurous, try bourbon or rum.

Personally, I prefer my cider mixed with an aged rum. Often considered a summer spirit, I like the way its full flavor mingles with autumn spices. I found a great cider cocktail recipe on the online retro-cocktail mecca Mr. Booze. This stylish website features a variety of fall tipples, but this one is an original creation by founder Jerry LeNoir.

The Latest Dish

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M & Chef Update: Native Cuban Angel Roque was named head chef at Cuba Libre in Penn Quarter. Before he worked at Guillermo Pernot’s Cuba Libre flagship in Philadelphia, Roque was head chef at Restaurante Café del Oriente in Havana. Expect to see hyper-local Cuban specialties, as well as modern riffs on traditional dishes … Jammir Gray is now executive chef at Firefly in Dupont Circle.

The CIA grad has built her career at Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants. She was most recently executive sous chef at Red Owl Tavern in Philadelphia … Jordi Rojas Gallardo has been appointed executive chef for Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown. Chef Gallardo was senior executive sous chef for the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Since he was born and raised in Barcelona, Spain, could there be delicious Spanish influence on the menu at the property? … Justin Abad will become general manager of Café Dupont at the Dupont, which had been known as the Dupont Circle Hotel. He was formerly with Cashion’s Eat Place.

Re-Openings: James Beard Award-winning chef Ann Cashion and John Fulchino prove you can go home again. Johnny’s Half Shell makes its return to where it all began on Columbia Road in Adams Morgan. Will their legendary 20-minute-prep-time roasted chickens to order also return? Stay tuned.

Quick Hits: Central Place development near Rosslyn Metro will have Sweetgreen, Nando’s PeriPeri, The Little Beet and Compass Coffee … Little Beet Table, a full-service version of the fast-casual vegetarian restaurant, will open at the Collection at Chevy Chase … Andy Shallal’s Busboys and Poets will open in a new redevelopment project on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Southeast D.C., a pioneer project east of the Anacostia River. He has targeted a fourth-quarter 2017 launch dat … The Happy Tart bakery in Alexandria’s Del Ray neighborhood has got-

ten approval to expand so that it can add a restaurant component to the bakery at 2307 Mount Vernon Ave. … Glory Days Grill will open a new restaurant at Barcroft Plaza Shopping Center in Falls Church in the third quarter of 2017. It will be their seventh location in Fairfax County … Owen’s Ordinary in North Bethesda opened in the Pike & Rose development, featuring 75 Maryland beers, among its total of 250 bottle and draft selections.

Openings Update: Dave & Buster’s will open at Ellsworth Place in Silver Spring the week of Thanksgiving … Ten Penh lives again — and plans to be open in Tysons at 7900 Westpark Drive by the end of November … Maria and Fabio Trabocchi’s Sfoglina, their pasta concept restaurant in the Van Ness project, is expected to open in early December.

Kudos to Export Promotion Bureau ProChile, consistently strong supporter of the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington’s RAMMY Awards for the past 10 years, on its successful Chile Week campaign in the U.S. Although familiar with the country’s phenomenal wines, we learned that Chile is the world’s largest exporter of Pacific salmon, trout, blueberries, fresh grapes, plums and prunes — and that we are the recipient of a quarter of their food and beverage exports. That trip to Chile just moved up on the schedule.

Linda Roth is president of Linda Roth Associates, a public relations and marketing firm that specializes in the hospitality industry. Reach her at Linda@ LindaRothPR.com.

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Arts Bubble Up Under Baltimore’s Bromo Tower B y G a ry Tisc h l er nown as a down-to-earth, working-class town, famous for its sports teams, its literary giants and a certain HBO series, Baltimore is also a city of business (Legg Mason, Under Armour), higher education (Johns Hopkins, the University of Maryland professional schools) and the arts.

Its large but somewhat scattered arts community was given an official nudge over the last few years when, in the name of economic development, the Maryland state government created three special districts in various parts of the city. These more or less unified geographic areas, each with an impressive stock of historic buildings — some gorgeously restored and repurposed, many awaiting renovation — are home to a growing number of performing and visual arts venues.

The three are called the Highlandtown Arts and Entertainment District, in East Baltimore; the Station North Arts and Entertainment District (or simply Station North), adjacent to Penn Station; and, the newest, the Bromo Tower Arts and Entertainment District.

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Completely renovated in 2004 as part of a larger complex, the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, the Hippodrome, under president Ron Legler, bristles and shines with opportunity, potential and ambition. In 2013, less than a block away, it was joined in the reawakening neighborhood by Everyman Theatre, founded in 1990

by Vincent Lancisi, who remains Everyman’s artistic director.

Artists are starting to flock to the district, not just in the Bromo Tower, but on nearby Saratoga Street, for instance, in a building that houses Maryland Art Place at ground level, Terrault Contemporary on the third floor and Jordan Faye Contemporary — a brightly-lit top-floor space run by the high-energy Jordan Faye Block — on the fifth.

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We sat down last week to chat with Block, down the streets,” he noted. One of his priorities Legler and Stephen Yasko, the district’s just- is to encourage cooperative efforts, cross-polliappointed executive director, about the arts in nation and cross-promotion.

Bromo. The three share a seemingly boundless Block’s Jordan Faye Contemporary gallery enthusiasm, as does Lancisi, who over the years is practically the epitome of that concept. Her and in three locations has established a reper- arts, consulting and residency program, called tory theater with a well-regarded resident acting “Thrive,” is dedicated to helping young artists company. Among its members was the late Tana and curators merge with the community where Hicken, a luminous actress known for her award- they live through workshops, residency experiwinning work at D.C.’s Studio and Shakespeare ences, mentoring and exhibition opportunities. theaters.

Even when artists are not present, the large “The opportunity to move into the Bromo space, with views of the bustling community District was a terrific opportunity for us,” Lancisi outside, seems very alive. said by telephone from New York. “We’ve Two eye-catching exhibitions recently already built an audience, but this was an oppor- opened and will remain on view through Dec. tunity to build it, to share it. We’ll be a part of an 22: “Forest Through the Trees,” a solo show of area that has some very creative leaders. We’ll be work by D.C.-based sculptor and installation able to expand the things we do, to continue to artist (and Corcoran alum) Jeffery Herrity; and be adventurous.”

“Being Present,” a group show of more than 50 Everyman’s willingness to take on new work artists, with the extended subtitle, “Honoring is exemplified by its upcoming production, Where We’ve Been, Embracing Where We Are “Dot,” by rising playwright Colman Domingo — Going, & Celebrating A Decade Of Jordan Faye also a Tony- and Olivier-nominated actor for his Contemporary.” role in “The Scottsboro Boys.” Running Dec. 7 Legler came to Baltimore in 2014 from through Jan. 8 and directed by Lancisi, the play Orlando, where he was president of the deals with incidents both humorous and touch- Florida Theatrical Association and chairman of ing that occur when adult children return for the Orlando’s Downtown. (He also cofounded the holidays to their West Philadelphia home. nightclub Pulse, the scene of last June’s horrific Only a few days on the job, Yasko empha- mass shooting.) sized that Bromo’s progress will come from “For the Hippodrome, it’s a fabulous time,” building relationships, a connection among its Legler said. Outgoing, warm and effusive, he parts. “In Washington, you have the Studio was also a little breathless, having rushed over Theatre as an early part of the 14th Street explo- from a morning performance of “Cinderella” for sionT there, but there was no continuity up and3:12schoolchildren, funded by the France-Merrick & T_Georgetowner_11.2016_Layout 1 11/1/16 PM Page 1

Foundation. “It’s such a historic place, and we haven’t really hit our stride yet.” The theater is the Baltimore venue for national-tour producer Broadway Across America.

“We get some shows first, and that’s always a plus for Baltimore,” he said.

Legler is also looking to connect with the community. “The space has terrific potential, in addition to the theater and the [Broadway] series,” he said. “We have a bank lobby with high ceilings that can be used for anything.”

Coming up at the Hippodrome are: “A Christmas Story,” based on the classic 1983 film, Dec. 6 through 11; Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian Nutcracker,” Dec. 16 and 17; and the Broadway hit “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” Dec. 27 through Jan. 1.

The Bromo Tower Arts District takes its name from the 15-story Bromo-Seltzer tower, modeled on Florence's Palazzo Vecchio. Photo by Richard Selden.

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quarter lengths. The trainer was William Meister.

In second place was favorite Two’s Company, owned by Bruton Street-US and ridden by Jack Fisher. In third place was Prime Prospector, owned by Peter A. Jay and ridden by Todd Wyatt. Fourth was Cornhusker, owned by Armata Stables and ridden by Mark Beecher. Fifth was Almarmooq, owned by Irvin S. Naylor and ridden by Gerard Galligan.

This was the 79th running of the International Gold Cup. The race is the fall counterpart of the Virginia Gold Cup, which will next be held May 6, 2017.

Arthur “Nick” Arundel, son of longtime Virginia Gold Cup chairman Russell Arundel, purchased the 500-acre Great Meadow site in 1980 as a home for the Gold Cup. The family donated the newly developed field-events center in 1984. Nick Arundel died in 2011.

The International Gold Cup comprises six steeplechase races and four flat races.

The Gold Cup race has a $90,000 purse and the undercard includes the $75,000 David L. “Zeke” Ferguson Memorial Hurdle Stakes, won this year by Top Striker, owned by Mrs. George M. Sensor and ridden by Paddy Young.

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Donald R. Reuwer, Jr.'s Grand Manan (Darren Nagle) won the International Gold Cup. Douglas Lees photo.

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his season can be difficult for fitness routines, so it’s a good time to focus on a powerful weapon in the fight to fall in love with exercise: great tunes. Exercise should be fun. Our gym embraces this concept as a core value, exemplified by our hilarious, supportive, tight-knit community of clients.

This positive, playful atmosphere is created not only through phenomenal social support, but by a playlist of upbeat songs that never fails to

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Music speaks to the passion in all of us. It can light a fire inside that will take your workout to the next level. Here are the top four ways you can use the right playlist to set you up for an epic workout.

Psyche yourself up. Up-tempo music elevates respiration and heart rate, which prepares you physiologically as well as mentally for a truly productive workout.

Experience the ergogenic effects. You will actually perform better during your workout due to enhanced neural activity and performance.

Stimulating music has also been shown to boost muscle tension, giving you an edge for lifting heavy weights and helping to increase workout intensity.

Say farewell to fatigue. Jamming to some fun music also delays your body’s fatigue response to exertion during exercise. Research shows that, aside from dampening the physiological effects of fatigue, bumping music also distracts from the psychological experience of fatigue. Staying the course during challenging workouts is the key to achieving your goals.

Tap in to the power of association. It’s not hard to believe that pairing the songs that you love with the exercises that you don’t can help create positive associations between you and exercise. The reward centers in your brain respond to music in a way that rewires neural pathways, keeping you on track with fitness and physical activity for years to come.

It doesn’t matter what songs or musical genres inspire you. Your soundtrack to success could be a favorite album, a streaming station or even a movie soundtrack. What does matter is the intensity that you bring to each workout you do. Here’s to jamming our way to amazing workouts and the best results yet.

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I have been hanging out with a girl for a few months. We’re both just out of college and it’s nothing serious, but we do spend a lot of our time together on the weekends and we have a lot of friends in common. I live outside D.C. proper and she lives in Georgetown, so we usually spend the weekend at her place. She wants me to go with her to a family event (a wedding) in a few weeks and while I told her yes, I am having second thoughts. Meeting her family feels like a big step and I don’t want to give her the wrong idea. Can I back out of the event? Do I have to explain why? I don’t want to be a jerk about things, but this feels like it’s moving too fast.

— Not Ready Dear Not Ready: I love your signature. It’s incredibly appropriate. You are not ready. Not ready to be her plus-one at a family gathering and not ready to be in a relationship. Otherwise, you’d realize that spending your weekends at her apartment means you are already in a relationship (no, really, it does) and you’d see that saying yes to a family wedding invitation also indicates that you are already in a relationship (yep, really, it does).

It sounds like you have been living into what a commitment to someone looks and feels like. But now that you see this so-called “hanging out” might be something she starts to rely on, you are (understandably) scared

because that feels like something new for you. Lots of people hide behind the “casual” label because it feels like an insurance policy against being hurt if things don’t work out.

I can tell you that from where I sit — in a therapy office, with multiple couples each week — mislabeling a relationship as less important does more to accelerate the hurt than protect us, because it confuses everyone about where we are and what we are allowed to expect from one another.

If your anxiety about the relationship is intolerable, and you just have to make a choice, let’s imagine that your ultimate decision is to break up with her. How does that feel? Is it a loss (and I mean an emotional loss, not just a loss of convenient real estate)? If so, you might need to make peace with the fact that you are in a relationship with her — because it’s good for you and you really like her!

But if the thought of breaking up feels like a relief, then we also know your next move: end it. Do it now, take ownership over the “why” (as in: “I realized that we moved into a relationship before I was certain. That was my mistake and I’m sorry.”). Then she can cut her losses, move on and find another plus-one ASAP. Stacy Notaras Murphy is a licensed professional counselor in Georgetown. Visit her on the web at stacymurphyLPC.com. This column is meant for entertainment only and should not be considered a substitute for professional counseling. Send your confidential question to stacymurphyLPC@gmail.com.

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‘SCANDINAVIAN PAIN’ Ragnar Kjartansson at the Hirshhorn

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coexist comfortably in his work — sorrow and Post-War emulation of 1950s American latet is November 2016 in the United States of joy, pride and shame, graveness and frivolity, night television — a little tackier, drearier, stiff, America. By the time you read this, America camaraderie and isolation. It made me think slightly claustrophobic. will have its next president. It’s a uniquely about the GOP’s constant appeal to Reagan-era This was not performed in front of a live strange, stomach-churning moment for me as a sentimentality, the root meaning of which, like studio audience. Behind these satin curtains is writer. a political Frankenstein, has been mangled and not a sprawling soundstage with a tech crew, but To escape the tension of this staggering and repurposed beyond recognition. the white cinderblock wall of a community recreextraordinary election has been impossible. For A gallery draped with pink prom curtains ation center. The edifice of old Hollywood glam so many weeks, I have scanned my news apps projects a video of Kjartansson standing before thinly veils a stifling atmosphere of sadness. each morning from the foot of my bed to see the same curtains and looking like an overweight This is the Hollywood of overdosing starlets, if another blistering headline has once again Bobby Darin, in a full tuxedo and hair slicked of waning celebrity careers groaning under the rocked the free world. with pomade. Backed by an 11-piece orchestra weight of public indifference. Judy Garland In a normal year, the holiday hysteria would on a dais, they play an endless ballad with a would have loved this. be reaching its annual fever pitch, but no one single refrain: “Sorrow conquers happiness.”

“World Light — The Life and Death of an is talking about Christmas yet. The world is on Kjartansson’s crooner is a dim reflection Artist,” a 20-hour, four-channel video installahold. of the Sinatra archetype, looking not so much tion, documents the artist’s cinematic staging So in this moment, it was especially odd like the Golden Age of Hollywood as a Soviet of the epic novel, “World Light,” by the Nobel and hilarious to ascend the escalator of the Hirshhorn and see pink neon type light up the wall with the words “Scandinavian Pain.”

That would be pretty funny by itself, but it’s hard to make up anything more misplaced in Washington right now. The White House is under siege, and across the street someone is asking us all to consider artistic interpretations of the modern North Germanic ethno-cultural condition.

While the Hirshhorn’s retrospective of Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson, on view through Jan. 8, was planned long before anyone could know of the traumatic delirium that the election would bring on, there is just no way to perceive this or any exhibition outside of these circumstances.

Art does not exist in a vacuum, especially not now, especially not at a federally funded museum on the National Mall during a historically divisive presidential election.

And this is in some way what makes “Scandinavian Pain” so good.

Raised in a family of Icelandic actors, Ragnar Kjartansson creates work that combines live theater, large-scale projection, popular music, photography, painting and drawing. The pieces in this exhibition — mostly recorded performances from the past fifteen years that incorporate music and literature — are wry, genuinely funny pastiches cut with earnest nostalgia for moods and aesthetics of bygone eras.

Because he honors and flays his subjects in equal measure, contradictory feelings Still from “God,” a 30-minute video from 2007. Photo by Rafael Pinho. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum.

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Prize-wining Icelandic writer Halldor Laxness (1902–1988), the story of a poet whose romantic longing and search for beauty leads to self-destruction.

Kjartansson reenacted the tale with friends, family and a live string ensemble during a onemonth performance, with the performers continually on view to the public.

Needless to say, I did not see the whole thing.

But here’s what I did happen to catch: Two men lying dead in the snow, one in a white tuxedo.

The camera pans out to show the production crew — the boom mics, then the key grips, then the prop master — tossing handfuls of artificial snow from a bucket in front of an industrial fan that blows it onto the actors. Unit directors on computers talk to the crew through headsets. The actors get up, brush off the snow, blow it out of their noses, clear their throats and begin to prepare for the next scene.

Blending together emotional and philosophical environments with the armature of their physical construction, it nearly resembles the all-over news coverage of an American political campaign. The media reports on a candidate's speeches, press releases, official interviews — things that are composed by campaign managers and press secretaries, designed for public consumption. But they also follow candidates on the campaign trail, reporting on events in between their public appearances, speaking with sources, exposing background information and digging up scandals. It is the simultaneous broadcast of both a polished production and its messy internal wiring.

The question is presented in Kjartansson’s work, as in this election: Where is the line between what someone presents to the world and their private environment? “Scandinavian Pain” made me, an arts writer in Washington, consider the abstract nature of political language, which somehow made the blistering rhetoric over the past year seem less damaging, less permanent. It also gave me a haven in the personal language of art, music and poetry.

Welcome to America, Ragnar Kjartansson. We are also in pain. Perhaps we can lean on one another.

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he opening party for FotoWeekDC 2016 will take place this Friday, Nov. 11, at National Geographic Society headquarters — “FotoWeekCentral” for the week of exhibitions, receptions and talks. Other venues include the Embassy of Canada, Union Market, the National Gallery of Art and Georgetown’s Cross-MacKenzie Gallery, which is presenting “Welcome Home,” an exhibition of photographs by Laine Shakerdge.

National Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Rita Shapiro will step down at the

end of 2016. The announcement of Shapiro’s departure, ending a 15-year tenure, came two weeks after she spoke to an appreciative audience at Georgetown Media Group’s Oct. 13 Cultural Leadership Breakfast at the George Town Club.

The National Press Club Journalism Institute, in partnership with Politics and Prose bookstore, will hold its 39th annual Book Fair and Authors’ Night, a fundraiser for the SEED Foudation, Nov. 18 in the National Press Club Ballroom. Among the featured books are Leslie Buhler’s “Tudor Place: America’s Story Lives

Here” and Claudia Kalb’s “Andy Warhol was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History’s Great Personalities.”

Retiring Smithsonian American Art Museum Director Elizabeth Broun (who goes

by Betsy) will get a ’60s sendoff at a Hot Beat Dance Party in the museum’s Kogod Courtyard on Nov. 19. The evening’s inspiration is “Gene Davis: Hot Beat,” an exhibition opening the day before of works by the late Corcoran faculty member and Washington Color School artist, including the 1964 painting of that name.

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GOOD WORKS & GOOD TIMES

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“I’ve got my keys,” is the phrase that celebrates the ultimate achievement for those without a home. Meanwhile, Georgetown Ministry Center, chaired by Megan Gabriel and Nancy Taylor Bubes, maintains its Grace Church facility, where the organization has worked every day to save and repair lives since 1987. The Oct. 13 Spirit of Georgetown benefit was held at the Sonneborn home — the WilliamsAddison House — on 31st Street.

Bill Sonneborn, Alexander Bullock, honoree Patricia Davis and Sarah Hartley.

Karen Sonneborn with her daughter Lily.

Honoree Patricia Davies of Georgetown Presbyterian Church and Catherine Payling. Betsy Ellison with William and Sabrina Burrell, who works at Georgetown Ministry Center.

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Edwin Aparicio, recipient of Spain’s Cross of the Order of Civil Merit, choreographed this autobiographical piece to explore his personal salvation through flamenco. He chronicles his story of survival and achievement from his childhood in war-torn El Salvador to his migration to the United States and his discovery of dance. Aleksey Kulikov co-directed. The company was joined by artists from Spain and Washington Ballet Principal Dancer Sona Kharatian. Opening night attendees continued on to a reception with the artists.

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With Mayor Muriel Bowser in attendance, the D.C. Chamber of Commerce held its annual Chamber’s Choice Awards and Gala at the Marriott Marquis Nov. 4. The theme was "Innovation, Impact & Inspiration.” Doug E. Fresh entertained and the Chamber’s new CEO, former Council member Vincent Orange, and gala co-chairs Tamara Darvish and Ernie Jarvis greeted the crowd. The awardees included Richard Bradley, Forest City Washington, JMA Solutions, Douglas Jemal

Kevin Clinton, Erin Clinton, Laura Slover and Charlaine Drew Jarvis.

A small party hosted by the late Joe Robert in 1990 launched an organization that has raised tens of millions of dollars and created new opportunities for countless at-risk children. Co-chairs are Kevin Plank and Raul Fernandez. Washington Hilton.

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Radio One Director of Sales and Solutions Samuel Tatum, Jr., Tobi Davis, Radio One Senior Regional Vice-President Jeffrey Wilson.

At Central Kitchen’s signature fundraising event, featuring offerings from 75 of D.C.’s best restaurants, four local top chefs will compete in a live onstage battle hosted and judged by culinary stars. Proceeds from the event, the brainchild of chef José Andrés, benefit DC Central Kitchen.

Ronald Reagan International Trade Center.

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Daphne Jarvis and Cheryl Argrett.

Sibley’s Hope & Progress Gala

Vincent Orange, president and CEO of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, and Mayor Muriel Bowser. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

Georgette Walker, Cherri Sinclair and former Washington, D.C., mayor Anthony Williams.

NSAL’s eighth annual Viennese Ball, “A Tribute to Austria,” will feature the Grande Marche, the Fledermaus Quadrille and dancing to the music of the Con Brio!

Salon Ensemble. Cosmos Club. Contact co-chair Laura Ivey at 202-333-5836 or lauraivey@gmail.com.

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Gala chair Stephanie Lennon and Michael Farr, chairman of the Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees

Former Chief of Protocol Capricia Marshall, Sibley Memorial Hospital President and CEO Richard O. “Chip” Davis.

PH OTOS BY J AME S BR A N T LE Y. Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation’s 16th annual Celebration of Hope & Progress Gala was held Oct. 29 at the Four Seasons Hotel. Benefiting the New Sibley and its expanding oncology programs, the event raised more than $880,000.

The theme of this year’s gala, honoring outstanding achievers with learning differences, is “Great Minds — Taking Flight.”

Proceeds from the gala and silent auction will fund need-based financial aid for students at the Lab School of Washington.

Co-chairs are Brian and Teresa Byrne.

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United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, gala chair Dan Lennon and Roy Kapani.

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Knock Out Abuse Hits 500K+ The 23rd annual Knock Out Abuse Against Women gala was held Nov. 3 at the Ritz-Carlton in the West End — and raised more than half-a-million dollars for the nonprofit which helps women and children affected by domestic violence.

KOA founders, Jill Sorensen and Cheryl Masri, were on hand to greet the ballroom full of women, along with gala co-chairs Barbara Martin and Jayne Sandman, BrandLinkDC business principals. Among the many ladies: Mayor Muriel Bowser, Drybar founder Alli Webb and Fiola Mare co-owner Maria Trabocchi.

More than 25 contemporary artworks

by Italian artists are in this year’s auction, Transformer’s primary fundraising event, which supports year-round exhibitions and educational programming. Diplomatic chairs are Ambassador of Italy Armando Varricchio and Mrs. Varricchio. Katzen Arts Center, American University. Email info@transformerdc.org.

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