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October OCTOBER 25 DUMBARTON HOUSE FALL FESTIVAL
To support disaster-relief efforts by the American Red Cross, Geppetto Catering and Dumbarton House have teamed up to present a fall festival, featuring live music, complimentary snacks and beverages, a pumpkin-carving contest and other family-friendly activities. Suggested donation is $10. For details, visit dumbartonhouse.org. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW.
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Events Calendar REBLOOM ON THE RIVER Room to Rebloom, which empowers low-income women and families who have been victims of domestic violence, presents Rebloom on the River aboard Entertainment Cruises’ National Elite yacht. This Domestic Violence Awareness Month event focuses on the positive impact of design in rebuilding survivors’ lives. Tickets are $75. For details, visit roomtorebloom.org. Diamond Teague Marina, 99 Potomac Ave. SE.
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BENEFIT FOR D.C. MENTORING
DC DESIGN HOUSE PANEL Jennifer Sergent, contributing editor for Luxe Interiors and Design and the face behind the blog DC by Design, will moderate a panel discussion with interior designers Christopher Patrick, Nancy Twomey and Shawna Underwood. The panel is free with Design House admission ($35). For details, visit dcdesignhouse.com. DC Design House, 9004 Congressional Court, Potomac, Maryland.
Mentor Prize’s Banding Together gala will feature live music, a spirits tasting, barbecue and a silent auction. Proceeds support the organization’s efforts to recruit mentors for disadvantaged youth in Greater Washington, D.C. Tickets are $200 ($100 for ages 21 to 30). For details, visit mentorprize.org or call 240-7721101. Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase, 7931 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, Maryland.
OCTOBER 29
KIDS CLUB HALLOWEEN BASH AT PINSTRIPES Pinstripes Georgetown invites kids and their family members to the ultimate Halloween bash, with bowling, minipumpkin painting and a costume contest. Tickets are $12 per child and $6 per adult (including two hours of bowling, shoe rental, a craft for kids and a $5 brunch voucher). For details, visit pinstripes.com. 1064 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
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The Georgetown branch of the DC Public Library invites participants in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) to “come write in.” On Thursday evenings, space is reserved and resources are provided in the library’s supportive environment for writers to work toward their 50,000 words. To learn more, visit dclibrary.org/georgetown. 3260 R St. NW.
Americana songstress Kate Grom sings stories inspired by New Jersey horse country and romantic European journeys. The title of her rustic and refined album, “Heroine,” is inspired by the Nora Ephron quote: “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” This is a free, 21+ performance in the Vinyl Lounge at Gypsy Sally’s. For details, visit gypsysallys.com. 3401 K St. NW.
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Teatro Lirico of DC presents a doublebill of two of the wittiest zarzuelas in the Spanish lyric repertoire: Giménez’s “El barbero de Sevilla” (The Barber of Seville), a comedy of errors that uses Rossini’s opera as its starting point, and Barbieri’s “Gloria y Peluca” (Wigs and Glory), with music that gives a festive Spanish twist to the Italian bel-canto style. For details, visit teatroliricodc.com. DC Scottish Rite Center, 2800 16th St. NW.
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SON LITTLE AT WOLF TRAP Drawing on the work of Stevie Wonder and Jimi Hendrix, R&B singer-songwriter Son Little (aka Aaron Livingston) conjures songs that weave different eras of music together by mixing blues, soul, gospel and rock and roll into a flowing river of rhythm and blues all his own. Tickets are $20. For details, visit wolftrap.com. Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.
This Design Night DC, featuring WeRobotics cofounder Patrick Meier, will explore how robotics are being used to accelerate the impact of humanitarian aid, global development and environmental protection efforts. There will be networking, food, music and activities that bring robotics to life. Tickets are $25. For details, visit go.nbm.org. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW.
‘BITS & PIECES AND A PINT’ This performance by Jane Franklin Dance will include excerpts from children’s piece “Complete Dogness,” new works by Forty+, excerpts from “Aflight,” “True Blue,” “Fightin Words” (set to bluegrass fiddling) and a pint at New District Brewing Company. Tickets are $27. For details, visit janefranklin.com. Theatre on the Run, 3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington, Virginia.
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Halcyon Introduces First Arts Lab Fellows
On Oct. 16, Georgetown-based Halcyon, which evolved from S&R Foundation and began operating independently this year, introduced its inaugural cohort of arts fellows at the new Halcyon Art Lab, located in the former Fillmore School on 35th Street. The nonprofit organization “supports talented individuals with great potential and high aspirations in science, art and social entrepreneurship.” “We are honored to help these artists shine a spotlight on some of the greatest truths and fears that we, as a society, struggle to confront and address,” said Kate Goodall, CEO of Halcyon. “I look forward to seeing how each artist reaches their potential, and how their art helps to shape the larger cultural narratives that surround these critical issues.” This initial Arts Lab cohort includes six national and two international fellows. They are given stipends (around $10,000 each) to support living and material expenses for nine months, plus housing in a newly renovated residence nearby. Each fellow makes use of a studio workspace suitable to the fellow’s proposed project. As a group, they are provided
Halcyon Arts Fellows: Estefaní Mercedes, Antonius Bui, Sheldon Scott, Hoesy Corona, Kristin Adair, Stephen Hayes, Georgia Saxelby and (in front) Chloe Bensahel. Courtesy Halycon. with a curriculum of practical classes and talks from visiting artists and civic leaders, mentorship and critiques from experienced arts professionals and opportunities to collaborate with fellow artists, social entrepreneurs and Halcyon partner organizations. In turn, the cohort mentors eight local emerging young artists selected from a competitive application process. Initially coming from three low-income wards in Washington, D.C., each emerging artist receives a grant of $1,000. Many of the projects of the Arts Lab fellows
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deal with issues of immigration, xenophobia and discrimination. According to their bios and interviews at the launch event, they include a “textile design thinker highlighting immigrant narratives and collective culture” who is confronting her own experience with violent anti-Semitism in France, a “hand-cut paper and textile artist empowering queer and trans people of color” and a “performative sculpture artist investigating alien tropes and combating xenophobia.” Others include a “sculpture and storyteller changing societal perceptions of black
identity,” a “photographer seeking to restore missing violent histories, namely actions surrounding the Argentine Dirty War,” a “creator of interactive installations designed to investigate feminine mythology rituals and sacred spaces” and a “performance-based artist reimaging and reframing American childhood pedagogy.” Major sponsors and donors of Halcyon Arts Lab include TTR/Sotheby’s, the Bernstein Family Foundation, the Carl M. Freeman Foundation, U.S. Trust and DC Prep.
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Georgetown U. Gears Up to Protect DREAMers
Congress has until mid-March to agree on legislation that would give legal status to at least some of the 800,000 millennials who entered the country illegally before the age of 16 and had been granted a temporary deferment from deportation — as well as a temporary work permit — under an executive order by President Barack Obama in 2012. President Donald Trump rescinded the order known as DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), to take effect as of March 2018. One of the requirements to qualify for DACA status was to be accepted into college, to be currently attending or to have graduated. About 30,000 DACA recipients (aka DREAMers) are estimated to have enrolled in college this summer, reported advocacy group Generation Progress at the Center for American Progress on Oct. 19. “Of those, just 2000 graduate from college each year,” according to Generation Progress. The organization, which is calling for “All colleges and universities [to] enact policies to fully open the gates of higher education to undocumented students,” is recommending the implementation of key best practices, including guaranteed housing, offers of financial aid, confidentiality and safeguards from immigration enforcement such as prohibiting police and immigration forces from entering campus buildings to stop or question undocumented students.
Most urgently, Generation Progress and other advocates are pushing for colleges to provide in-depth counseling services specific to DACA recipients and other students in the country illegally. Arelis Palacios provides such services for unauthorized students at Georgetown University. She is associate director for undocumented student services at the Center for Multicultural Equity & Access and director of group initiatives in the Division of Student Affairs. Last year, student activists told The Georgetowner that their services for undocumented students also included “undocumented” campus personnel and faculty. “Don’t believe everything students say,” said Palacios with a laugh. “Georgetown University has a strict policy of not hiring those without legal work permits.” The campus also has a policy of not asking any student or applicant about his or her immigration status, Palacios said. But she declined to say how many unauthorized students she serviced, how many were at the University and if the number had increased. “That is private information,” she said.
Old Stone House to Close for More Than a Year
On Oct. 30, the Old Stone House, located at 3051 M St. NW, will close for more than a year — through Dec. 1, 2018 — for the installation of a new fire-suppression system
The Old Stone House. Photo by Hu Totya. and structural rehabilitation work, according to the National Park Service. For the upcoming work, the Park Service has shortened visiting times to one of D.C.’s oldest buildings. Through Oct. 29, hours will be 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. A ranger will explain the different aspects of the work on the home. NPS adds: “Museum
collection items have been relocated to a climate-controlled facility and will be returned when construction is complete.” The following is background information from the Park Service: The Old Stone House, constructed circa 1765, is one of the oldest buildings in Washington, D.C. The desire to honor and remember George Washington combined with fuzzy memories led to the Old Stone House’s preservation, while so much changed around it. People believed the Old Stone House to be the location of an inn — Suter’s Tavern, named after its owner, John Suter — where George Washington and city planner Pierre L’Enfant stayed when they met to survey the newly established District of Columbia. In reality, Washington and L’Enfant stayed in Georgetown’s Fountain Inn at 31st and K Streets NW. In the (now) Old Stone House, located on Bridge Street (now M Street NW), John Suter’s son, John, Jr., ran a clock shop. The two men with the same name and two nearby locations led to the case of mistaken identity. The house was the site of a car dealership when the federal government purchased the property in 1953. The National Park Service opened the house to the public in 1960. Today, the house is a rare example of preRevolutionary architecture. A clock built by one-time owner John Suter, Jr., is part of the Old Stone House furnishings.
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DC Circulator: To Stop or Not to Stop?
The last Georgetown sign as it stands today on the eastern entrance on M Street. Georgetowner photo.
Georgetown Gateways Project Underway “Gateway décor that will herald the four different entrances to Georgetown already have gone through several rounds in the planning process,” Jamie Scott, economic development manager of the Georgetown Business Improvement District, said in a phone
interview Oct. 20. “Some plans may be ready for a first public review by early next year.” “Even as there will be consistency in perhaps color or surface elements of the entrance décor, it also will be flexible and respond to fit the physical environment and
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visual requirements of each site,” Scott said. “For instance, the K Street entrance is a high-traffic area under a freeway. M Street and Pennsylvania and the Key Bridge entrances approach Georgetown from scenic bridges. Wisconsin and R is at the top of Book Hill and amidst Upper Georgetown shops, businesses and the Duke Ellington Performing Arts School with at times busy pedestrian traffic. Gateway designs will be reflective of those differences.” A “kit of parts” has been developed in which each element can be adapted to individual sites. These include the size and character of the entrance signs and, in some pedestrian areas, wayfinding signs. There will also be flexibility in sculpting the entrance element and in the mix of public and private spaces. Many community and government organizations have been involved in the design process to date, according to Scott. These include the advisory neighborhood commission, the Citizens Association of Georgetown, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the District Department of Transportation and the National Park Service.
District Department of Transportation officials seem to be having a Hamlet moment when it comes to the Circulator bus in Georgetown: To stop or not to stop, that is the question. It has to do with the Georgetown to Union Station route along Wisconsin Avenue and M Street. The Circulator was supposed to be the fast, don’t-stop-every-block bus along M and K Streets and eventually Massachusetts Avenue to the station and the Senate side of the Capitol. It was supposed to only make four stops per mile. (The D6 goes to Union Station on a circuitous route down Wisconsin Avenue to Q Street in Georgetown to Dupont Circle. Various other buses run the length of Wisconsin Avenue.) But things changed. The big comfortable bus now makes seven stops in Georgetown each way: 5.2 stops per mile eastbound and 4.5 stops per mile westbound. Riders have complained that it’s too slow and ridership started to drop. The ANC had to fight to keep the route along Wisconsin Avenue running at all. Now the DDOT board is pondering cutting out stops along Wisconsin Avenue — both ways at R, Q and/or P Streets. At its Oct. 2 meeting, the ANC unanimously opposed any changes in Georgetown (four changes outside of Georgetown are also being proposed). Some point out that the real place the Circulator slows down is on Wisconsin from the waterfront up to M Street, where it lumbers along. Traffic flow on that long block with a mid-block traffic signal has been under review for the past year.
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Bookstore owner Philip Levy signs a birthday card for author Herman Wouk at 2010 Book Expo in New York City. Photo by Robert Devaney.
Philip Levy: 1944-2017 Philip Levy, owner of Bridge Street Books in Georgetown, died suddenly Thursday morning, Oct. 12, on his way to New York City. According to associates, Levy, 72, suffered a heart attack. Born in Washington, D.C., Levy attended Sidwell Friends School and was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. In 1980, he founded his independent bookstore at 2814 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
According to a Washington Post death notice, Levy was “a very active board member of The Play Company (New York) and the University of Wisconsin’s Department of History.” The notice noted the bookstore he founded was characterized by “George Will as ‘a small island of individuality’ and by others as ‘the intellectual’s bookstore.’” The notice added that Levy was “predeceased by his parents, Samuel and Gertrude Levy, and his brother, David. He leaves behind his brother, Richard and wife, Lorraine Gallard; sister-in-law, Seena; his devoted nephew and nieces, Benjamin, Karena and Sarabinh; six grand-nephews and nieces, close cousins and dear friends as well as the dedicated staff of Bridge Street books.” Members of his family were and are involved in Georgetown commercial real estate — especially his brother Richard, managing principal of the Levy Group, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate investment and property management company. His brother David ran the Key Theatre, formerly at 1222 Wisconsin Ave. NW for almost 30 years. Funeral services were held Oct. 16 at Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St. NW. A gathering celebrating Philip Levy’s life will be held in New York City at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions in his memory be made to the Play Company, New York, or to the University of Wisconsin Foundation, directed to the Department of History.
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The West Heating Plant on 29th Street as it looks today. Georgetowner photo.
Heating Plant May Be Named Historic Landmark
D.C.’s Historic Preservation Office will recommend to its Review Board on Nov. 2 that the West Heating Plant at 1051-1055 29th St. NW be designated a historic landmark and be placed in the D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites, according to a document released to the press on Oct. 27. It will also request that the site nomination be forwarded to the National Register of Historic Places for listing as “of local significance — if the property owner does not still object to that listing.” The approval of the landmark designation is just an early step in a long approval process of the proposed Four Seasons Residences. Designation as a historic landmark could subject that project to tougher demolition standards, according to Jim Wilcox, a member of the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission (2E). ANC 2E will be taking up the heating plant issue at its Oct. 30 meeting. Before that, it is possible that the Historic Review Board will
submit recommendations regarding demolition of the heating plant, Wilcox suggested. The Historic Review documents state that the property meets the criteria for historic integrity, since the original 1948 building is relatively intact and many of the original site features remain. It also meets District and National Register criteria for its association “with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history”… especially its contributions to the vast physical expansion of the federal establishment during the Depression, World War II and postwar. But the West Heating Plant’s significance is mainly architectural, according to the Review Office: “It could be styled Art Moderne, although it lacks overtly Deco gestures. It can also be viewed as an example of ‘stripped classical’ mode. Most important, it is spare, functional and muscular, in the manner of Depression-era dams and power stations.”
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Making a Difference in Ward 2 BY JAC K EVAN S
Wharf Is Great, Georgetown Too The newest retail, restaurant and residential destination in Washington, D.C., the Wharf, was celebrated Oct. 12 at the grand opening of the $2.5-billion project’s Phase 1. The Wharf takes up 24 acres of land in the Southwest quadrant of D.C. along the Washington Channel — adjacent to prime waterfront, private and public slips, a yacht club and a 200-year-old fish market. But there’s now much more: three new hotels, Seth Hurwitz’s 6,000-capacity Anthem music venue, an office building and 1,400 apartment and condo units. Of course, there are many new eateries — including Fabio and Maria Trabocchi’s Del Mar Spanish seafood restaurant. And the promenade along the docks and piers across from East Potomac Park is enchanting. This massive mix of commercial and residential space has been called a gamechanger. Developer Monty Hoffman has been duly applauded for his vision and inclusive efforts to complete this major addition to the federal city. All Washingtonians should be impressed. In Georgetown, there are those who fret about the competition from revived neighborhoods like Chinatown, H Street and NoMa (not to mention outright new ones like
the Wharf). While their concerns should be taken seriously, it’s important to remember that each neighborhood has its unique attractions and vibe. Georgetown, which has been around the longest, always finds a way to reinvent itself while maintaining its historic charm. Let’s not forget that Georgetown has its vigorous business advocates, the Georgetown Business Improvement District and the Georgetown Business Association among them. The BID has advanced imaginative ideas — think the gondola — for Georgetown, while focusing on the practicalities (like street cleaning). Its involvement in the C&O Canal towpath reimagining and renovation was the push needed to get the job moving. On the job for five years, Joe Sternlieb, the BID’s energetic CEO, says he is still loving it. Meanwhile, GBA has been granted a Georgetown Main Street, a D.C. government program that helps historic districts market themselves more effectively. So, bring it on ye neighborhoods of D.C. — Georgetown shall handle it. The second most visited spot in Washington after the National Mall, we are as innovative as we are historic. As Sternlieb likes to say, “Onward and upward!”
Bridge Street Books Worth Saving The sudden death of Philip Levy on Oct. 12 at age 72 was a shock. Still shaking their heads in disbelief and sadness are all who knew him: pretty much everyone in Georgetown who ever walked the 2800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue by the Four Seasons and browsed in Philip’s Bridge Street Books (the store is located where Pennsylvania Avenue meets M Street, formerly known as Bridge Street). Bridge Street Books was more than a bookstore. “It was Philip’s salon, his court, a place of intense discussion, debate and conversation,” Washington Hebrew Congregation President David M. Astrove recalled at a memorial gathering on Oct. 16. Nowhere in D.C. is there anything quite like the store, which survived the closing of many others in Georgetown: Olsson’s, Barnes & Noble, the Saville on P Street, the Francis Scott Key shop on 28th Street, Bartleby’s on 29th. Only Bridge Street and the Lantern remain. Its faithful staff reflects the spirit of the place — eager to display, suggest and discuss new books, the classics and the miscellany on the table outside (generally marked down
to around $6). Well-known policy makers, authors and pundits are often seen there in the flesh, browsing and buying. Book events at the store were rare. But there was Philip and the staff and a couple of chairs by the front desk; this made for frequent discussions. “Philip would talk about everything — about science, about politics, about books, and about books and really about books,” Astrove said, as hundreds of mourners laughed and wiped away tears. In the late 1970s, when Philip and his older brother Richard made a trip to London, Philip had spent the entire time visiting every independent bookstore in the city. “Why don’t you open your own bookstore?” suggested Richard. So he did. Now that bookstore has become an icon of the block and a legacy of the Levy brothers, who lived most of their lives in Washington, D.C., particularly in Georgetown. “What will happen to Bridge Street?” mourners asked sadly at a reception at the Four Seasons. Everyone hopes it will somehow go on. It belongs there. Our idea is to rename it Philip’s Bridge Street Books.
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Fall is now fully upon us. Soon we’ll start to notice leaves changing colors. This season is one of my favorite times of year, not only for the changing colors, but because I get to take notice of the work that some of Ward 2’s great organizations are doing. Last week, I joined my colleagues on the Council to recognize October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence updated the Council on this serious issue and let victims know that there are support services available in our community. The goals of the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, a federally recognized organization, are to end domestic violence and help people who have been victimized. It is a tremendous resource. I highly recommend that you take advantage of what the Coalition has to offer if you are — or someone you know is — a victim of domestic violence. Earlier this month, I had the privilege of joining N Street Village for the 45th annual Walk With The Village fundraiser and Shero Walk. N Street Village, an organization focused on empowering homeless and low-income women, has done amazing work in the District — including right here in Ward 2 — to help women with education, health needs, shelter, safety and many other services.
I salute CEO Schroeder Stribling and her team for all that they do. Their work has meant the world to the women they serve and to the community. It was my honor to dedicate the 1300 block of N Street NW as “N Street Village Way.” This sign will be a constant reminder of how a group of people can help change lives and make them better. These organizations, and many more like them, have made a difference in countless lives. I commend them for their efforts to combat very serious and complicated issues. I also took the time to welcome a brand-new entity to Ward 2. Last week, I joined the ribboncutting and grand opening of Shop Made in DC. This concept store only sells products, food and beverages made in the District of Columbia. What a talented city we live in! Artwork, handmade tonics, D.C.’s own brews, clothing — the selection is quite impressive. I’m proud that there’s now a store promoting some of the best products in the region. I encourage you to check out Shop Made in DC, located just south of Dupont Circle at 1330 19th St. NW. And we can’t forget about Halloween (my favorite holiday) and trick-or-treating. As the sun sets earlier every day, please be safe and remember to have fun. Jack Evans is the District Council member for Ward 2, representing Georgetown and other neighborhoods since 1991. .
Youth at the Polls: The Big If BY R OBERT WEIN ER AND CHRISTINA MCDO WELL On Nov. 6, 2018, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be up for reelection. Democrats might have a shot at flipping Congress — if they get youth to the polls. According to Pew Research Center, millennials have surpassed the baby boomers as America’s largest generation: 75.4 million to 74.9 million. By 2018, every millennial will be above the legal voting age; as the number of deaths among boomers grows, millennials have the potential to rock Congress in the midterm elections. However, millennials between the ages of 18 and 34 have the lowest voter turnout of any age group. The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement reported that only 50 percent cast ballots in the 2016 general election. During midterms, as with other age groups, turnout is even worse; only 21.3 percent voted in 2014. Believed to be the least sexist, racist, xenophobic or homophobic generation, the millennials are also the first generation of Americans without a virtual guarantee of a life more abundant than their parents’. What they know instead are financial crashes, Wall Street bailouts, student debt and big money in politics, culminating in a deep mistrust of government. So have millennials given up hope?
During the primary, many caught the “Bernie or Bust” wave. A 2016 national exit poll by the Center for Information and Civic Learning says that more youth in 2016 either supported a third-party candidate or simply did not vote for a president, throwing the election to Trump in the close states that made the electoral-college difference. Candidates need to connect with young people, reaching out on college campuses and engaging on social media. This proved successful for Barack Obama, who hired street artist and activist Shepard Fairey, also known among the skateboarding scene, to create the famous “Hope” poster for the 2008 election. Almost a decade later, Hillary Clinton was late to campuses and social media, and never gave a charismatic speech empowering young people. Donald Trump, however, uses Twitter as a powerful tool to engage with his voters. In a youth culture obsessed with celebrity and image, candidates need a charismatic speech about issues young people care about, 140 characters and a filtered photograph. The future of democracy depends on it. Robert Weiner was director of youth voter registration for National Young Democrats during the 1972 presidential campaign. A Georgetown University student, Christina McDowell is policy analyst for Robert Weiner Associates and Solutions for Change.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD
Georgetown Village: Aging in Community B Y PEGGY SAN D S
The District’s Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 9 a.m. at 441 4th St. NW in Room 220 South. For details, visit planning.dc.gov.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29 VOLTA PARK DAY
The Friends of Volta Park host the annual Volta Park Day from 2 to 5 p.m. — with games, rides, hamburgers, hot dogs, cookies and ice cream — to benefit Volta Park‘s beautification. Volta Place and 34th Street NW.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30
(FOR NOVEMBER) ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 2E ANC 2E represents the Burleith, Georgetown and Hillandale neighborhoods and reviews development in the historic district and local liquor licenses. The monthly meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. at Georgetown Visitation Prep, Heritage Room, 2nd floor, 35th Street and Volta Place NW. For details, visit anc2e.com.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 OLD GEORGETOWN BOARD
OGB meetings are held at 9 a.m. on the first Thursday of each month except August at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW, Suite 312. For details, visit cfa.org.
CANAL WORKSHOP II The National Park Service and Georgetown Heritage will host a second public meeting on plans to revitalize the C&O Canal, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Canal Overlook in the Georgetown Park retail complex, 3276 M St. NW, across from Dean & Deluca. For details, email info@georgetownheritage.org or call 202-298-9222.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD The District’s Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 9 a.m. at 441 4th St. NW in Room 220 South. Of special interest to Georgetowners: 2 to 4 p.m., West Heating Plant, 1051/1055 29th Street NW (Square 1193), HPA 17-263, concept/substantial demolition, reconstruction for multiunit residential building; 4 to 4:15 p.m., West Heating Plant, 1051/1055 29th Street NW (Square 1193), HPA 17-633, permit/ demolition. For details, visit planning.dc.gov.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9
BURLEITH CITIZENS ASSOCIATION The Burleith Citizens Association will hold its annual meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, 3500 R St. NW. Speakers will include Council member Jack Evans and Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Ed Solomon. For details, visit burleith.org. Send your community event listing to editorial@georgetowner.com or call 202-338-4833.
Georgetown Village’s Toni Russin, Nancy Roll and Gail Nordheimer, president. Anyone over 55 years old who needs help to connect a computer, an iPhone, a television or a smoke alarm, replace a light fixture, clear leaves and snow from the front stoop, get a ride to the supermarket, the pharmacy or the doctor or meet congenial fellow citizens over coffee now has an established, professionally staffed organization to turn to: Georgetown Village. “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” is the motto, reality and mission of Georgetown Village, launched Dec. 5, 2011, as part of a nationwide movement to allow seniors to “age in place” with the help of neighbors and volunteers of all ages. “Only we say now ‘age in community,’ because seniors may move from a particular place — a large home to an apartment, say — but still want to live in, be active in, support and be supported by their community,” said Lynn Golub-Rofrano, executive director of Georgetown Village. With its main office in the Long & Foster building on upper Wisconsin Avenue, directly across from Book Hill, Georgetown Village is nearing 200 members and dozens of volunteers, supporting a steadily increasing number of daily services, weekly programs and monthly get-togethers. “Look at all the activities just the past two weeks,” said Golub-Rofrano, turning to the large calendar book on her desk. These included a tour to the Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show at the National Building Museum, a book discussion on “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” a happy hour, a movie night, a portable-electronics support group, transportation to Trader Joe’s and (the next day) Safeway and a tour of the JFK exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. From January to October, Georgetown Village had 489 scheduled services — “more
than ever before including IT assistance, handyman, gardening and transportation to medical appointments and grocery stores,” current President Gail Nordheimer wrote. “The GV board regularly weighs which new services might benefit our members. “Our Health Care Committee members interviewed dozens of assisted living facilities throughout the Washington area to update our database so members and their families can evaluate assisted living facilities when needed,” Nordheimer continued. Georgetown Village also collects and shares member experiences with household service professionals, such as house cleaners, carpenters and chimney specialists. This year, following volunteer training, medical notetaking was added to the list of “friendly hospital visit” services provided by Georgetown Village. “They are not patient advocates, but trained medical recorders, who will take knowledgeable notes during a GV members’ meeting with a health provider to be clear about what was said and ordered,” explained Golub-Rofrano. “Among our most popular informational events have been ones on ID theft and Medicare fraud,” she recounted. “The GV is particularly fortunate to have so many local sources for speaker events. For instance, Marty Tolchin, founder of the Hill newspaper, spoke shortly after the election about ‘Trump: What’s Next?’ And recently Bill Plant, the longtime CBS White House correspondent, spoke about his take on civil rights 50 years later.” In addition to coordinating all the Georgetown activities, Golub-Rofrano also participates every month in various informational and coordination meetings with the more than a dozen other D.C.-area village communities. She also meets during the year
“Neighbors Helping Neighbors” is the motto, reality and mission of Georgetown Village, launched Dec. 5, 2011, as part of a nationwide movement. with representatives of the more than 100 village communities across the country. “They come in all forms,” noted GolubRofrano. But they all are devoted to “the value of community as we grow older,” the thesis of “Being Mortal’s Village,” a talk by Atul Gawande, the surgeon and author of “Being Mortal,” featured in a nationwide simulcast in September celebrating 15 years of the village movement.
GEORGETOWN VILLAGE Long & Foster building 1680 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, DC 20007 202-999-8988 info@georgetown-village.org Lynn Golub-Rofrano Executive Director lynn@georgetown-village.org
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IN: Rapha Pedals Up on M This pop-up store, which opened Oct. 13 at 3025 M St. NW, touts itself as a cyclist’s clubhouse, where people can “enjoy a social spin.” Visitors can shop, get refreshments in the café, learn about the sport and sign up for group rides. Around since 2004, this is Rapha’s first appearance in D.C. A permanent Georgetown store is planned for next year.
IN: Another Pop-Up: Gtöwn on Grace Gtöwn says that it features “unique collections of clothes, jewelry, purses and paintings from around the world.” The pop-up store will be at 3210 Grace St. NW until Dec. 31, perfect for holiday gift-buying. Curious? Then you might want to pop in to check out what Gtöwn has to offer from “the trendiest local artists, designers and small business owners.”
Confirmed: Trader Joe’s Is on the Way As previously reported in this newspaper and elsewhere, a Trader Joe’s is indeed coming to the 2100 block of Wisconsin Avenue. If there were doubts, the popular grocery store put the issue to rest by applying to the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration for a license at that address. It will come up at a Nov. 27 ABRA hearing. The corner property, once the site of the Georgetown Holiday Inn, is at Wisconsin and Whitehaven Parkway, one block north of Georgetown proper in Glover Park. The totally gutted building is being reconstructed by JBG Companies and Eric Colbert & Associates as the Glover House, a 225-unit residence with retail. Already on 25th Street in the West End and on 14th near U, Trader Joe’s locations are also coming to East Market in Capitol Hill and to a site near Union Market.
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A rendering of the proposed Trader Joe’s and Glover Hall on the 2100 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW. Courtesy JBG Smith.
In: Qatar Occupies Old Corcoran School Already on the eastern border of Georgetown with its embassy at 2555 M St. NW, Qatar opened a new military office two blocks away and around the corner at 1219 28th St. NW, next to George’s King of Fafalel and Cheesesteak. Last year, Qatar purchased the building from the American Public Transportation Association. Built in 1889, the 16,000-squarefoot building was once a D.C. public school, the Corcoran School. A military ceremony with Qataris and Americans inaugurated the office, as Staff Brig. Gen. Yousef al-Kuwari, the Qatari defense attaché, and other officers were formally posted at the office.
For Sale: One City Paper D.C.’s feisty local-news alt-weekly, Washington City Paper, is for sale. SouthComm, which bought the City Paper and Atlanta’s funky Creative Loafing newspaper five years ago, wants to sell it by the end of the year. Looking to be more involved in business-to-business projects, SouthComm, based in Tennessee and Wisconsin, will begin assessing bids next week. “If a buyer doesn’t emerge, we’ll have to figure out what to do,” SouthComm CEO Chris Ferrell told Washingtonian. “I think there will be lot of interest in Washington City Paper.” (Meanwhile, Baltimore City Paper — owned by Baltimore Sun Media Group — is shutting down and will publish its last issue Nov. 1.)
The Qatar Defense Attache at 1219 28th St. NW.
Correction: It’s Joe’s Jeans Upstairs In the previous Georgetowner, we wrote that a coffee shop was coming to the second floor of the Frye store on Wisconsin Avenue. Our report was incorrect. “Joe’s Upstairs is in reference to the Joe’s Jeans Offering that we carry in our space,” Frye store manager Robyn Ambrose told The Georgetowner. “We offer a selection of styles for both men and women, but not the full product line.” A coffee shop will be moving into 1064 Wisconsin Ave. NW, but it will not be managed or operated by Frye, which is located at 1066 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
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... theGobi, bestthe holiday market one-woman show. manufacturer her in the area 46with years! business is associated with, for works many designers, including local Mongolian and Italian designers. While Metz designs, she doesn’t knit. Una Ganbold, her best friend from her college days in Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, is her business partner and does the bookkeeping (Ganbold currently lives in Canada). Though Mongolia is becoming trendier in her eyes, Metz’s wares feature a lot of classic colors, such as black, ivory, beige, light brown and navy. There is a wide price range; one can get a scarf or a pair of gloves for $60 to $90 or buy something for $2,000. Metz chose to open T&U Mongolian Cashmere in Georgetown — in December of last year — because the business seemed to fit in better than in other neighborhoods she checked out. At 31 years old, she is still learning, also drawing on the Georgetown Business Improvement District’s expertise. “It’s a good community and I really like it,” she says. Tosca Metz, owner of T&U Mongolian Cashmere by Gobi, on upper Wisconsin Avenue, says that the fall season is a great time to buy cashmere and other cold-weather items. “Right now, it’s perfect time,” she says. She should know. Metz moved to the United States from Mongolia 10 years ago. While she personally loves autumn in Washington, D.C., she still remembers how cold Mongolia can be. She didn’t like the cold season there, where it extends from August until May, but loves the winter gear. Mongolia has more than 45 percent of the global cashmere market, Metz notes. In addition to wanting to share what her country is famous for, she wanted to fulfill her dream
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OPINION
The West Heating Plant: It’s Time BY LISA PA L MER
As the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner representing residents where the West Heating Plant is located, I have worked with Georgetown residents, city officials and developers to finalize a plan for revitalizing what is currently an eyesore and a financial loser for the city and the community: the West Heating Plant. If the strong preferences of the vast majority of community residents are respected, this portion of 29th Street will soon be set on a path for development that respects the building’s history, culture and architectural values while embracing the needs of the future. The Roosevelt administration built the West Heating Plant during the 1940s to supply steam to a rapidly growing city. An often-overlooked fact is the building was intentionally placed in the midst of an African American community. Then, as now, communities were reluctant to have a coalburning industrial plant in their midst. The neighboring residents had little say in the matter. From 1948 until it was closed in 2000, the plant produced steam heat for government buildings. Since then, the site has been dormant and essentially abandoned. A lovingly caredfor community exists on the west side of the
Rendering of the Rock Creek side of the West Heating residences. Courtesy Levy Group. block, but across the street is an abandoned hulk of a building with overgrown foliage and a foreboding presence. Residents expressing dismay at the delay in the site’s redevelopment engage me constantly. They ask why a building all but abandoned
by the federal government still sits in its deteriorating state. They ask why the local community’s vision for the future of this block still receives little weight. It’s time to turn this site into a beautiful, tax-generating residential development that will bring the community
pride and an enhanced quality of life. Fortunately, we have a design that balances respect for the building’s history with an exciting and energizing nod to the future. David Adjaye, the acclaimed architect for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, is spearheading the redesign of the West Heating Plant building. His latest plan is sensitive, inspiring and elegant and was unanimously embraced by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. Adjaye’s plan carefully preserves the essence of the building, but also imagines a structure that brings energy and vibrancy to our community. Consistent with the community’s strong desire, the plan has a low traffic impact and incorporates a stunning new public park, connecting Rock Creek Park to the Georgetown Waterfront. The neighborhood support for this project is overwhelming. The concerns of the detractors, many of whom neither live nor work in Georgetown, have largely been considered and addressed. It is time to honor the community’s wishes and transform a neglected block into a beautiful building and a timeless gateway to our federally mandated historic neighborhood.
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Sports-Themed Art Space Pops Up on H
“The Future of Sports,” an interactive popup art exhibition by production company MITD, opened to the public at 700 H St. NE on Oct. 6. The installation, which explores the relationship between sports and art, features interactive rooms, each of which focuses on a different sport (hologram basketball court, volleyball court made out of salt, etc.). There is also a bar — as opposed to a barre — on the first floor. Admission is $15.
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Bacon Brothers, Foo Fighters Launch the Wharf The Wharf, the new neighborhood along D.C.’s Southwest waterfront, opened its first phase Oct. 12. The massive development is now home to destination restaurants like the Spanish Del Mar by Fabio Trabocchi and the Italian Officina by Nicholas Stefanelli, plus hotels, apartments and music venues. The Anthem and Pearl Street Warehouse venues have already brought in acts like the Foo Fighters, Eli “Paperboy” Reed and High & Mighty Brass Band. Actor Kevin Bacon was at the grand opening, playing a set on the pier with his band the Bacon Brothers.
4 D.C. Locations Proposed for Amazon HQ2 Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the four locations D.C. is proposing for Amazon’s second headquarters, known as HQ2: the Anacostia Waterfront, NoMa-Union Station, Capitol Hill East and the ShawHoward University neighborhood. D.C.’s proposal, submitted Oct. 19, highlighted the attractiveness of the city, mentioning such accolades as: number-one city for women in tech (Forbes, 2017), number-one restaurant city (Bon Appétit, 2016) and number-one coolest city (Forbes, 2014).
The Wharf celebrated its grand opening Oct. 12. Photo by Kate Oczypok.
Now in Dupont: Exclusively D.C. Brands, Eats Mayor Muriel Bowser kicked off #ObviouslyDC Week Oct. 16 with the opening of Shop Made in DC, an all-D.C.-all-the-time store and café. Part of the Department of Small and Local Business Development’s Made in DC program, the shop, at 1330 19th St. NW by the Dupont Circle Metro station, was jointly organized with the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District, Boston Properties, People Make Place and the Neighborhood Restaurant Group, which will oversee the café’s monthly rotation of D.C. fast-casual fare.
Founding Farmers locations in the D.C. area are now serving the Impossible Burger, created by California-based Impossible Foods. The Impossible Burger is genetically modified to look and taste like meat, Washingtonian magazine reported, even mimicking the way a meat patty squirts juice when bitten into. This is D.C.’s first experience with the cutting-edge veggie burger, which has been sold in markets in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Interactive sports-themed exhibition on H Street. Courtesy Victoria Michael PR.
Racist Banner at Immigration Lawyers Association Earlier this month, a suspected hate crime took place in downtown D.C. Two men were observed hanging a racist banner in front of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s national office on G Street NW, Washington City Paper reported. A witness saw the “generic 20-something bros” hanging a banner that read “Identity Evropa,” the name of a white supremacist group he recognized from watching coverage of last August’s Charlottesville, Virginia, march and protests.
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Spirits
in Our Midst
In Georgetown, We Are Haunted by History BY GARY TISC H L ER AN D SEL M A KH EN ISSI
The old houses, cemeteries, streets, hillsides and even film sites evoke a sense of people, place and memories. In Georgetown, Halloween reigns. Just look at our home decorations. But there’s more there. Take a step back on the day before All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days and consider all those who have walked along these streets.
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here is a kind of mist that creeps through the streets, monuments and parkland of Washington, D.C. It’s the many-layered mist of history. Though younger than most capital cities, Washington is as obsessed with the past as any of them. Look around: the White House (once burned), Capitol Hill, the Lincoln Memorial, all the statues, Andrew Jackson on horseback, acres of cemeteries. For Georgetown, it’s the same and more so. Every story about Georgetown seems to begin biblically, as in “In the beginning ….” Everything that’s in Georgetown was
there first, before anything else was. That includes the things that are no longer here, which exist in the form of memories, stories many times told. We plumb our collective history to grasp the complexities. Georgetown residents owned slaves. John Calhoun lived at Dumbarton Oaks. In living memory, churches on the east side served a large African American community. In Georgetown, there are layers, ghostly layers. You can put a 21st-century kitchen into an old Georgetown house and, if you try real hard (or perhaps not at all), you might see the shadows of people who cooked there, or whose cooks cooked
there. The imprints are permanent; they are the marks of times, customs, children’s games no longer played, long-forgotten crimes and scandals. On any given night … maybe there’s a mist, maybe the light looks older than normal, maybe a curtain hasn’t been drawn … that’s when you can imagine the national poet walking around, seeing things Whitmanesque, or Lincoln himself, visiting his dead son at Oak Hill Cemetery. Maybe on a Sunday morning you seem to perceive the distant strains of a spiritual. Maybe you hear the voice of Francis Scott Key or another figure from history in a
Exorcist Steps
Skeleton decorations, chilling at the corner of 28th and O Streets, where the Francis Scott Key bookstore once stood. Photo by Robert Devaney.
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The Exorcist Steps at 36th Street and Prospect Street were a cinematic spot in the climax of a horror movie, part-ghost story, and almost all demonic — and all fiction, mind you. At the bottom of the 75 steps near M Street, a plaque now marks the site where a horrific, violent scene from one of the most scary and controversial films ever made was filmed in 1972. It was a scene from “The Exorcist,” adapted from the hugely successful novel of the same name by Georgetown University graduate William Peter Blatty and directed by Hollywood hotshot William Friedkin. In the scene, a priest, experiencing a crisis of faith and participating in a gruesome exorcism of a young girl in a Georgetown house, throws himself out a Prospect Street home’s window and tumbles down the steps to his death — a sacrificial act to save the girl from demonic possession.
nearby pew, trying to snatch piety as if it were a saving-grace butterfly. At night, you are wakened by the crackling of a fire in a closed-up fireplace or the sound of carriage wheels where there should be only cars. Ghosts are here for sure, in the old mansions like Halcyon House and Tudor Place, where families separated by war would look at each other across the Potomac River, at the Old Stone House and the City Tavern, in the rotted wood of the C&O Canal. Below, we take a closer look at some of the spirit-filled spots in our history-haunted town.
Ever since, the steps have been known as the Exorcist Steps, and G.U. students, tourists and visitors from around the world flock to them. Built around 1896 as part of the massive and iconic Car Barn building and next to a retaining wall, the steps connect Prospect and M Streets. The ritual has become a year-round phenomenon. You can trace the origins of Georgetown’s spooktacular in the streets to the 1970s, both to “The Exorcist” and its attendant steps and to restaurant and club entrepreneur Michael O’Harro, who began throwing costume and Halloween-themed parties at his pioneering disco establishment Tramps and then at Champions Sports Bar. This was Halloween for grown-ups, something singles bar king O’Harro said he learned going to parties at the Playboy Mansion. One Halloween crowd in 1985 reportedly totaled 150,000 in and around Wisconsin & M. Let’s see how we do this year.
Mt. Zion Cemetery and the Female Union Band Society Graveyard on Mill Road off 27th Street NW.
Tudor Place
Having celebrated its bicentennial last year, it is safe to say that Tudor Place has a storied place in Georgetown. The Tudor Place estate and the collections of the Custis-Peter family are used to help fulfill the organization’s vision, which is to advance “national and cultural awareness by exploring America’s past.” Dating back to 1816, the house was built under the auspices of a son of Robert Peter (Robert Peter was Georgetown’s first mayor) and of a granddaughter of Martha Washington. What give Tudor Place a haunted aspect is its legacy of mourning. Related artifacts include hair jewelry, cherished as Victorian mourning objects. A funeral rite that was unique to Tudor Place is the placement of Sago palm fronds on caskets. On Oct. 25, Tudor Place will have a tour for its members called “Death Comes to Tudor Place: Two Centuries of Mourning and Memorialization in a D.C. Home.” No ghost stories have been forthcoming, but the idea that the act of mourning can leave traces on a specific property does give pause.
M Street Bridge
Normally, when you cross a bridge by car or bus, not much thought is given to the bridge being passed over. The stories behind M Street Bridge, however, reveal that a bridge can carry with it the stories of the past, including, possibly, tragedies. The M Street Bridge, which is between Georgetown and Foggy Bottom, may have been in existence as far back as 1788. The story goes that the bridge collapsed because of a storm and that a stagecoach driver, his horses and (probably) passengers were on that bridge when the collapse took place, drowning them all. People have reported seeing ghosts related to that event, but the sightings aren’t fully clear. Another reason why this bridge is haunted is because of the reported apparitions of two other spirits. One is that of a drummer boy who supposedly was knocked off the bridge and then drowned; the story goes that he makes his presence known through soft drumming. Another reported ghost involves a headless man whose story is unknown. These stories serve as reminders that even ordinary spaces have the potential to be haunted spaces, including construction sites. Any space, then — especially in Georgetown — can be a regular haunt for a ghost or two.
Halcyon House
Though it is now the headquarters of a future-focused foundation, Halcyon House can’t quite leave its past behind. While it is true that visiting Halcyon House when there is an event going on might not produce any supernatural stories, the stories about what happens to people who sleep there are highly unusual: people being levitated while they were in bed and others who woke up finding that their heads and feet were no longer where they were upon the beginnings of slumber. The estate’s first owner, Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert, has supposedly been sighted mumbling in a chair. A luminescence was reported as recently as 2000. These aren’t the only things that give this place a reputation for being haunted. Stories about runaway slaves’ voices and other ghosts roaming the place add to the bone-chilling factor, serving as a reminder that the past can still echo throughout a piece of property.
Halcyon House at 3400 Prospect St. NW. Georgetowner photo.
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Old Stone House
Right in the middle of M Street, where businesses are plentiful, is a place that seems quaint and peaceful. But if the stories surrounding this place are true, then looks can be deceiving. The Old Stone House has been around since 1765, which isn’t long after Georgetown was founded in 1751. When the federal government purchased the place in 1953, it used to be a car dealership. Opened to the public in 1960, the Old Stone House is reportedly haunted. People have said that they felt like a spirit called “George” had pushed them or even choked them, making this location seem like a particularly scary place. Others say the Old Stone House contains spots that are very chilly, even during the summer, adding to the feeling of dread experienced by many visitors. Other ghosts besides the infamous “George” are said to haunt this tiny building. Whether or not the hauntings have anything to do with the hours when the public is allowed on the premises, it would be frightening to think what would happen if the National Park Service left the entrance to the Old Stone House open after 6 p.m.
The Oct. 21, 2015, Georgetowner Newspaper celebrated “The Exorcist” and its famous steps at 36th and Prospect Streets.
Willie Lincoln, buried for a time in Oak Hill Cemetery, is featured as part of the novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” and the new short film, “Chance Encounters.”
The vault at Mt. Zion Cemetery where runaway slaves hid.
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VISUAL ARTS
The Freer/Sackler, Reinvented Part 1: The Freer BY ARI POS T
After nearly two years of renovations, the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery reopened their doors Oct. 14, introducing four new exhibitions and a complete overhaul of the permanent galleries. Our coverage is in two parts, with Part 2: The Sackler in an upcoming issue. There is something inexpressibly palpable about the raw attraction of certain works of art — visual rhythms, harmonies, contours, colors and textures. Characteristics inherent to all great art, they forge connections across any contextual or historical divide. When a craze for Japonisme and Chinese porcelain swept Europe in the 19th century, Western collectors hardly knew anything about these exotic objects. They just loved the way they looked. Charles Lang Freer was one of these collectors. But Freer realized something that few understood at that time. This raw attraction, he believed, should be honored, fostered, promoted, honed and better understood. For all the obvious scholarly erudition
contained within the Freer Gallery of Art, there is an ether of pure allure that radiates from its stone walls like something out of a storybook. Founded in 1923, the Freer is the Smithsonian’s first art museum, which joined with the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in 1987 to create the Freer/Sackler. This dual museum Together they contains one of the most important collections of Asian art in the world, as well as Freer’s collection of turn-ofthe-century American paintings (notably those by James McNeill Whistler and his Peacock Room). The foundational, and rather groundbreaking, principle of Freer’s vision as a collector was the universality of beauty, a
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Charles Lang Freer (second from left) and colleagues at a photography studio in Cairo, 1909. Courtesy Freer Gallery. belief that art from all periods and places can fit together based solely on aesthetic values. Toward the end of his life, Freer embarked on a remarkable journey across the East, amassing what remains one of the greatest collections of historic Eastern and Asian art in the world. When the Freer Gallery closed for renovations in January 2016, the world was a different place. It has reopened into a new world fraught with cultural and political friction, with open displays of xenophobia and bigotry on a level that would have been inconceivable to most of us just 21 months ago. The Freer closed its doors in a moment of national promise and reopened them to find itself almost literally positioned in the backyard of a cultural battlefield. Mandalas — iconographic compositions of concentric patterns used by Japanese Buddhists in the 13th and 14th centuries — are described in one of the Freer’s Japanese galleries as diagrams that depict an invisible yet fundamental spiritual order, offering a sense of structure amid chaos. There could not be a better description for the Freer’s renewed presence on the National Mall in 2017, nor is this idea lost on the museum. Morbidly or not, the walls of this Japanese gallery are emblazoned with the words: “In the Shadow of the Apocalypse.” The focus here is the Mongolian siege of Japan that began in the late 1200s, when Japanese artists sought to reassure believers with visions of compassionate protectors and fierce guardians. Carved from wood and elaborately painted, these guardian figures are startling, ferocious and rather cinematic. Like ornate samurai gods with studded armor, flowing robes and brandished weapons, they stand atop writhing demons as one would a pedestal. The galleries of the Islamic world are designed around an Arab philosophy that the five outer senses are directly connected to the inner senses that define us as people: understanding, imagination and memory. A large brass canteen inlaid with silver from 1240s Mosul is devastating in its beauty — and made all the more heartbreaking considering Mosul today. Along the geographic planes of the canteen, centered on an image of the Virgin and Child, priests dance with birds, cats and dogs, ride on horseback and sacrifice calves in a web of calligraphy, geometric designs and figural compositions. Its rounded form, intricate surface design and original fragrant oils (probably precious church oils) would have transformed it into a multisensory masterpiece.
Until recently, Mosul was home to one of the oldest Christian communities in the world. In its workshops, Muslim, Christian and Jewish artists collaborated on countless artistic and architectural endeavors, flourishing from reciprocal respect and tolerance. That community now exists only through surviving works like this one. If the beauty of the human spirit is on display in the Islamic galleries, the galleries of the Indian subcontinent rejoice in the human form. The beauty of the human body is central to artistic expression throughout South Asia, and sculptors from the Chola dynasty were masters of the human formfigural expression. Bronze castings of Shiva and his wife Uma contain a radiant and poetic energy, with the simultaneous composure and wildness of dance. The joyous sense of movement and anatomy that pulse through these galleries is exotic, intoxicating and divine. The formative influence on Charles Lang Freer’s career as a collector can be found in the two small galleries of turnof-the-century American paintings. Freer championed American art of his day, which strove toward ideals of divine natural beauty that transcended intellectual knowledge. He enjoyed comparing his American paintings to foreign ceramics and other objects, even using these comparisons as a means of training visitors how to look at his collection. A landscape by Dwight Tryon, “Twilight: Early Spring,” recalls a Korean celadon vase, with its soft, deep, terrestrial green tones, which exude an atmospheric wonder. These two small galleries are in some ways what make the Freer so wonderfully quirky and unique. The newly renovated galleries breathe. Sunlight moves through the frosted skylights as if through a cloud. As the light changes, so does the art. Shadows shift around sculptural forms; paintings and textiles reveal new colors and then recede into cloistered dimness in an instant. It always feels like dawn in the galleries, with all the sense of reflection, simmering quietude and luminous secrecy of those moments just before the world wakes up. Walking into the Freer, a museum of Asian and Middle Eastern art, and seeing it mobbed during its reopening celebrations was an unexpectedly emotional experience. Forty thousand people showed up for Iraqi ceramics, Chinese jade sculptures, Korean textiles. I saw in these moments what is so precious about art and history, and why the Freer, though fundamentally unchanging, will stand the test of time.
PERFORMANCE
An English Olivia, Residing in Georgetown BY G ARY T IS CHL ER
There is something that makes you want to sit up straight when you hear an English accent over the telephone. It’s a feeling that just doesn’t resonate over Twitter. You listen closely to actress Hannah Yelland. It’s appropriate that you do so, after all, since she’s playing the Countess Olivia, one of a number of characters besotten and bewildered by the onset of sudden love in William Shakespeare’s beguiling romp “Twelfth Night,” opening Nov. 14 at Sidney Harman Hall in a Shakespeare Theatre Company production directed by Ethan McSweeny. Yet, you probably don’t need to stand on ceremony or speak ceremoniously; while Yelland, London-born, is definitely English, she’s not a Shakespeare veteran. “Twelfth Night” is only her second appearance in a work by the Bard. The first was another sojourn at the Shakespeare Theater Company, playing Hermione in “The Winter’s Tale” in 2013. “I don’t know why,” she said. “Shakespeare is always challenging to any actor or actress. It’s a test of your skills.” Yelland came by her acting chops or inclinations honestly. Her father, actor David Yelland, appeared with her in “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby,” a highly popular stage production of the Charles Dickens novel.
Hannah Yelland, who plays the Countess Olivia in “Twelfth Night.” Photo by Joella Marano. “There’s the English again,” she said. Most English of all and most idyllically successful for Yelland professionally was her appearance in “Brief Encounter,” when she played a lonely English housewife in a production which got her a Tony Award nomination, and took up a good part of her life. “That was a happy time, yes,” she said. “It was a wonderful role. And something like that, you never get tired of it. You just find things almost every time out. I loved doing that. The character still echoes sometimes.”
The play was an adaptation of the very successful 1945 film starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, itself based on a one-act play by Noël Coward. “There are times when things come together,” Yellen said. She and her husband, attorney Michael Bahar, purchased a house in Georgetown, where they live with their 2½-year-old daughter and their Havanese dog Henry, named for King Henry VIII. “People told me that I would love Georgetown, that there were many aspects of an English village to it. It’s full of history and we do love it here.” On the way, she also picked up another local credit at Arena Stage, playing Valerie Plame, the CIA agent outed by members of the George W. Bush administration during events leading up to the Iraq War. “That was very different, of course,” she said. “You’re playing a living, real person, and you always have to be cognizant of that, the proximity of events being very fresh, still.” “Twelfth Night” is one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. “It’s an entertainment, to begin with, it has all the elements that are crowd pleasing but also much more,” she said. The principal spur of “Twelfth Night” is romantic confusion, with, it goes without saying, altogether endless cases of mistaken
identity, in which the heart knows what it wants but fails to recognize it. It has twins — yes, twins! — counts and countesses, ship captains, girls seen as boys and otherwise, and there are shipwrecks, duels and a bit of cross-gartering and familial freeloaders and the moment when all (or most) is revealed. The twins are Viola and Sebastian, who are in a shipwreck and think they are lost to each other. Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario, with whom the languid Countess Olivia (languid and mourning her brother) falls in love. Viola is smitten with Duke Orsino, who is in love with Countess Olivia. Let us not forget the motley but cheerful crew hanging out at Olivia’s house, including the aptly named Toby Belch, her uncle, who delivers the famous line for the justification of fun: “Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?” “It’s all more than a bit confusing. People fall in love instantly, and then have to sort it out, as is often the case,” Yelland said. “Shakespeare is very contemporary, and I think the themes echo in what’s going on in the world today, between men and women, in terms of gender, also.”
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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.
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“Top Chef” alumnus Kwame Onwuachi will head the kitchen at Kith and Kin at the new Intercontinental hotel at the Wharf on the Southwest waterfront. The 3,500-squarefoot restaurant will feature Caribbean flavors, Creole cuisine and African accents, taking advantage of Onwuachi’s travels and childhood. C-C-Changes: Chef-owner Charlie Palmer has completely renovated his Charlie Palmer Steak on Capitol Hill, including the bar, lounge, dining room and private dining spaces. The see-and-be-seen restaurant is also rolling out a new food and beverage menu. Chef Update: Emily Sprissler is executive chef at Fairfax-based Guest Services Inc. in Virginia … Gina Chersevani is working as a consultant with Taqueria Del Barrio on Petworth’s ever-popular Upshur Street to help refresh the restaurant’s bar program. Just Opened: Wilson Hardware opened at 2915 Wilson Boulevard in Clarendon, where Rí Rá Irish Pub used to be (before that, the space held a real hardware store, Virginia Hardware). It’s a 7,000-squarefoot pub with a patio lounge, a mezzanine lounge and a rooftop bar … Arepa House DC has opened in Adams Morgan at 2120 18th St. NW, where Halal Kabob House used to be … Succotash has opened in the Equitable Bank building at 915 F St. NW, where Platinum Nightclub used to be. Ed Lee, chef-owner of 610 Magnolia in Louisville, Kentucky, created the new menu, as he did for Succotash’s National Harbor location. Partners Michael Reginbogin and Jason Berry of Knead Hospitality and Design run design and operations, respectively. Being from Kentucky, Lee determined which bourbons made the list, assisting beverage director Brook Vandecar. The kitchen is manned by Dean Dupuis, formerly of Brasserie Beck, and Phil Cronin, who relocated from Kentucky … Brandon Williams’s seasonal farm-market stand is now a restaurant at 637 Florida Ave. NW called Fishscale, serving mahi-mahi, salmon,
rockfish, snapper and seabass burgers. Quick Hits: Med Lahlou and chef-partner Matteo Venini will open Lupo Marino at the Wharf, offering pizza and Italian street food. Lahlou also owns Lupo Verde on T Street NW, with another planned for Palisades … Alexandria Restaurant Partners plans to open an Italian restaurant in Old Town at King and Union Streets, where Carluccio’s was. Their empire in Old Town Alexandria also includes Virtue Feed & Grain, Vola’s Dockside Grill, Hi-Tide Lounge and The Majestic … Great American Restaurants plans to open a 250-seat restaurant in the Crown Farm development in Gaithersburg, Maryland, by spring 2018 … The Neighborhood Restaurant Group is planning to open restaurants, bars and/or coffee bars at 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. SE near the Potomac Avenue Metro station on Capitol Hill, where New York Pizza has been. Lucy, an Ethiopian restaurant, will open in November on Cordell Avenue in Bethesda, Maryland, where Grapeseed used to be. It’s the second Lucy (the first is in Silver Spring) for owners Mekonnen Abraham and his wife Seble Lemma, who will add more vegan dishes to the menu in Bethesda. The Secret Garden, a restaurant and beer garden offering American and Germaninspired food, will open in Alexandria’s Del Ray neighborhood at 3410 Mt Vernon Ave., where Señor Chicken used to be, under the same owner, Abe Hadjiesmaeiloo. The plan is to offer lots of American craft beers, as well as draft beer from Germany and Belgium. Supra, which translates to “feast” in Russian, will serve Georgian (the country not the state) food at 1201 11th St. NW. The owners are Jonathan and Laura Nelms and chef Malkhaz Maisashvili, who was executive chef at the Embassy of Georgia. 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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LOS OLVIDADOS • 11 oz. aged cachaça • .1 oz. Japanese plum wine • .5 oz. espadín mezcal • dash of Cotton & Reed allspice dram • dash of Bittercube Corazón Bitters Stir ingredients over ice and strain into a glass.
flavors such as apple, allspice and mulled wine, along with some otherworldly additions. Partner and beverage director Megan Barnes, who created the tipples, says that “Mexico is fairly diverse, with immigrants coming from Asia and Europe, so we wanted to incorporate a range of ingredients that reflected that.” One that assimilates a little Brazilian mojo is the Los Olvidados (The Forgotten), forged from espadín mezcal, aged cachaça (Brazil’s national spirit), plum wine, allspice dram and Corazón Bitters. This spicy number gets some kick from the Corazón Bitters, which are made from five types of dried peppers, and a twinge of sweetness from Japanese plum wine. Two cocktails blend apples into their mix. The Al Diablo con Los Guapos (To Hell with the Handsome) features mezcal, American apple brandy and spiced grenadine, while the Apple Coriander is served tall with mezcal, Mexican rum, Granny Smith apples, ginger and coriander. The Walnut & Wine mixes Oaxacan rum, mezcal, red wine and Nux Alpina walnut liqueur for a nutty twang. If you prefer to stay in, or you can’t make it to Mexico, you can still celebrate by making your own altar to honor your loved ones who have passed on — or by toasting them with a mezcal cocktail.
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There’s no shortage of places for adults to celebrate Halloween. Bars throughout the D.C. area have come up with spookythemed cocktails, costume parties and creepy decorations. The hottest spot in town these days is Pub Dread, Derek Brown’s Halloween pop-up bar in Shaw. While Halloween’s popularity continues to increase in the U.S., it pales in importance in Mexico and Latin America, where you’ll find colorful and ghostly painted skulls and paper-mache skeletons paraded through the streets and people flocking to graveyards. This is Day of the Dead, an ancient holiday with roots in Aztec culture. It’s celebrated between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2 and coincides with the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. During this holiday, celebrants remember and honor deceased relatives. It is believed that on midnight, Oct. 31, the gates of heaven are opened and the spirits of departed children arrive to visit earth. The spirits of adults follow. Participants build candlelit altars in their homes, adorned with flowers and chocolate and sugar skulls, where they leave food offerings and favorite possessions of the deceased. Next, they head to the cemetery. Families bring huge feasts to eat while they clean tombstones, sing songs and talk to their ancestors. The ritual includes alcoholic libations such as mescal and tequila to please the ghosts. So if you’re suffering a bit of Halloween overload, consider jubilating after all the trick-or-treaters have gone home. The Petworth Arts Collaborative will hold a traditional Day of the Dead parade on Upshur Street on Wednesday, Nov. 1. If you’re hoping to toast your family tree with some adult beverages, head to Espita Mezcaleria, a southern Mexican restaurant in Shaw, which has declared “Month of the Dead.” Activities have included a sugar-skull painting workshop and a mescal tasting. The restaurant will host a Oaxacan mole cooking demonstration on Saturday, Oct. 28. On Nov. 1, Espita’s annual Day of the Dead Party will feature tunes from everyone’s favorite deceased artists. Guests will be able to have their faces painted to resemble colorful skulls. (The tradition of painting faces to look like skulls has grown up as a variation on the Mexican practice of wearing skull masks.) Mezcal may be the most authentic choice of spirit for this fiesta. In Mexico, the grandest festivities are held in the southern states such as Oaxaca, Chiapas and Michoacán, where mescal, the smokier cousin of tequila, is king. Most mezcal is made in Oaxaca. A perfect way to observe this fiesta is by hoisting one of Espita Mezcaleria’s fall cocktails, which highlight autumnal
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Easton, Maryland. “Where Art and Conservation Meet” is the well-chosen theme of the Premiere Night Party of the 46th annual Waterfowl Festival in Easton, Maryland. Close to 20,000 visitors are expected during the three-day celebration of the Eastern Shore’s waterfowl-related traditions, which will feature displays of art and carvings, a bazaar, retriever trials, kids’ activities, concerts and seasonal food and drink. In other words, expect a lot of things for
folks of all ages to see and do — all revolving around art, ducks and dogs — on Nov. 10, 11 and 12. Demonstrations of retriever dogs (one of the festival’s main attractions, according to organizers) and raptors take place every day of the festival. There will also be demonstration of dock dogs and fly fishing. Unique to this festival are the international waterfowl-calling championships. Senior preliminaries will take place on Friday,
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Nov. 10, from 12:30 to 7:30 p.m. and junior preliminaries on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., with the finals at 4 p.m. During the competition, you can learn the answer to the pressing question: “Do waterfowl from other regions and countries have a different call language?” Activities for kids will include a daily art-project booth and decoy painting. A conservation mural arts project will be available for those who want to lend a hand
(or a brush). Festival admission is $15 ($20 after October) for the entire three-day event. The Waterfowl Festival was created in 1971 by a group of sports hunters and conservationists hoping to raise funds to preserve and protect the wildlife and habitat integral to the area’s way of life. They feared its loss due to the impact of greatly increased visitation to the once-remote area after the two major bridges were completed in the 1970s.
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Photo by Tom Miller. Courtesy Waterfowl Festival. The festival has grown from three small exhibits in downtown Easton to more than a dozen venues throughout the town, with an annual economic impact of nearly $6 million. Support for conservation projects has grown from initial proceeds of $7,500 donated to Ducks Unlimited to a total of more than $5.7 million in conservation grants to hundreds of projects by more than 50 organizations. “Going beyond its initial strategy of investing event proceeds in other organizations’ conservation and education projects, the Waterfowl Festival now actively partners with some grant recipients in collaborative efforts,” report the organizers. “Direct participation allows it to enlist multiple organizations and agencies in larger-scale projects with greater environmental significance.” The Waterfowl Festival’s conservation arm, Waterfowl Chesapeake, further enhances the ability of the organization to fulfill its mission in support of waterfowl and the environment. This year’s signature work of art, “The Long Stretch,” was created by 2017 featured artist Julia Rogers, a local Eastern Shore painter. “When you see the place you live through an artist’s vision, it inspires you and renews your love of the beauty that is here and your commitment to conserving it,” she says.
A Waterfowl Festival artist for many years, Rogers has been highlighted in the prestigious annual “Birds in Art Exhibition” at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, where her work has been purchased for the museum’s permanent collection. A board member of the Society of Animal Artists, she is a regular exhibitor in that organization’s annual show and at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston, South Carolina. The opening ceremony for this year’s festival will take place Friday, Nov. 10, at 4 p.m. At the ceremony, the winning artist for the new federal duck stamp will be introduced and this year’s Hall of Fame Awards will be presented. The Premiere Night Party, from 4:30 to 8:30 pm., will include a preview of this year’s art exhibits with a town-wide “Fin, Fowl and Farm” tasting tour and an open bar at each of Easton’s downtown art galleries. Festival artists are contributing a piece of art such as a decoy for the “Making Way for Ducklings” Art & Decoy Auction at 7 p.m. The proceeds will go toward college scholarships for young festival volunteers. Premiere Night tickets start at $125. For details, visit waterfowlfestival.org.
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Green Clean Beauty BY R EB E K A H KE L L E Y What is the largest organ of your body, operates like a sponge and absorbs substances directly into the bloodstream in seconds? If you said, “My Skin,” you’re correct. Recent research has reported some pretty questionable ingredients in most of the commercial personal-care and beauty products that we are liberally layering over our skin’s surface. What does this mean? Your anti-aging cream might just be aging you! Flip over that bottle of skin care and check out the ingredients.
BEAUTY INGREDIENTS ARE PRETTY UGLY The FDA bans 30 personal-product ingredients, Canada bans 600 and the EU bans 1,400. It’s up to us — the end-users — to sift through the thousands of products on the market to figure out what’s actually good for us. U.S. personal-product companies are selfregulating, so is it surprising that the focus for decades has been on profitability? How? Using cheap fillers, risky synthetics and chemicals cocktails providing minimal naturally effective therapeutic benefits. These are usually packaged in the most beautiful
bottles with marketing claims — featuring unusually stunning models — of enhancing beauty and fighting aging. BEAUTY RULES TO LIVE BY Here are some ground rules to assist your jHere are some ground rules to assist your journey to personal-care wellness: • If you can’t eat it, don’t put it on your skin. • Don’t believe the marketing hype. • Educate yourself about ingredients. • Seek out trusted wellness experts and resources.
D.C.’s Green Clean Beauty Boutiques and Day Spas Several local sources are popping up to help cut through the empty claims and unhealthy ingredients, bringing beauty and wellness to our community.
Studio Pillar. Studio Pilar, 143 Church St. NW in Vienna, Virginia, is operated by esthetician Pilar DiVittorio, who curates some of the loveliest natural products. I experienced the Collagen and Restore Facial. DiVittorio assessed my skin and determined what was best for it, using a collection of products that made my sensitive skin plump with hydration. She doesn’t have a cookie-cutter approach, but instead intuitively adapts her technique to each person’s skin. She is a magician. Her shop is a delight to the senses, her touch is healing and her knowledge deep. The experience is hard to put into words, but the fact that she is booked out to the end of the year speaks volumes. Run to her website, pureluxeskin.com, and book an appointment for next year like I did. I swear she is worth the wait.
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The Emerald Door, 8311 Grubb Road in Silver Spring, Maryland, demonstrates how beauty, wellness, luxury and green living coexist. Esthetician Sara Damelio shared the Eco-Luxe Facial, consisting of organic rose steam, triple cleansing, facial cupping, pumpkin enzyme peel, massage, ultrasonic dermabrasion, extractions, head and scalp massage and honey mask with high frequency. The experience was dreamy and relaxing. I left with happy skin, which is not typical since most facials enflame my skin. Afterwards, embrace skin healing and ritual wellness every day by taking home the toxin-free, hand-made, natural products she uses in the facial. Damelio offers her own line of skin care at skincando.com.
Take Care, 1338 Wisconsin Ave. NW, is an organic beauty boutique with a peaceful, spa-like environment. This lovely, all-natural personal-care and lifestyle shop is delightfully intriguing without overwhelming the senses. The owner, Becky Waddell, shares her approach: “For some people, we are part of their natural product journey exploration, and for others, we are an opportunity to pamper themselves. Whatever the reason, they come to Take Care for curated wellness products and lifestyle.” Take Care offers different ways to integrate wellness as a lifestyle by holding events every week that teach self-care and wellness. There is an extensive online offering at takecareshopdc.com.
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Choral Arts Kicks Off Season at George Town Club
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BY M ARY BIR D In anticipation of Choral Arts’ 37th Annual Holiday Concert & Gala at the Kennedy Center on Dec. 18, Honorary Patron Kristi Kauppi, Ambassador of Finland, and many supporters gathered at the George Town Club on Oct. 13 to toast the upcoming season. Gala chair Julie Chase lauded the all-volunteer chorus as a “peaceful collaboration and community” and said that their voices present “a gift to the audience.” The gala will feature Finish Christmas carols as the nation celebrates the centennial of its independence on Dec. 7. Mira Sorvino advocated in D.C. for metastatic breast cancer awareness.
Sorvino Joins Stage IV Stampede Actress Mira Sorvino kicked off Metavivor’s second annual Stage IV Stampede on Capitol Hill earlier this month. On Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day (Friday, Oct. 13), participants marched from the Hyatt Regency to the U.S. Capitol. Sorvino, who tweeted she hoped the efforts would “change the equation” for people with metastatic breast cancer, said she lost two of her best friends to the disease.
Kellyanne Conway Is SNL’s ‘It’ Girl
Lady Antebellum is holding a contest to promote the group’s song “Army.”
Lady Antebellum Crowdsources Hero Pix Partnering with National Geographic to promote the song “Army,” Nashville trio Lady Antebellum is asking people to share the heroes in their lives by posting photos and videos to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, country station WMZQ reported. The winners will appear in a music video for “Army.” The deadline, fittingly just before Veterans Day, is Nov. 7, when the Nat Geo network premieres the mini-series “The Long Road Home.”
Disick Dines in Georgetown Scott Disick, the ex of eldest Kardashian daughter Kourtney, was spotted at Cafe Milano in Georgetown Oct. 13. In town to open a Sugar Factory candy store in Arlington, Virginia, Disick later went on a White House tour with his kids, another friend and the friend’s child, TMZ reported. At least we can say the reality TV star has good taste in food and neighborhoods.
Scalise Throws Out First Pitch; Nats Still Lose Badly injured by a gunman at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria in June, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) threw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals playoff game against the Chicago Cubs on Oct. 6, Scalise’s birthday. Unfortunately, he brought no good luck: the Cubs shut out the Nats 3-0. And the D.C. sports curse chalked up another year.
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White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway was spookily spoofed on “Saturday Night Live” Oct. 14, when Kate McKinnon portrayed her as Kellywise the Dancing Clown, a takeoff on the Pennywise character from Stephen King’s horror novel “It.” Kellywise was seen trying to get CNN’s Anderson Cooper (Alex Moffat) to join her in the sewers. Cooper, nicknamed “Coopie” in the sketch — after the Georgie character in the book and movie — eventually fell victim to Kellywise after she took the form of Hillary Clinton and offered a copy of her new book.
Laura Linney Gets a ‘Will’ Actress Laura Linney was given a “Will” — the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre — by the Shakespeare Theatre Company at the company’s 10th annual gala Oct. 15. Linney, who stars in the Netflix drama “Ozark,” also appeared in the Broadway revival of “The Little Foxes.” The event included a champagne reception, an awards ceremony and performances in Sidney Harman Hall. Afro-Brazilian band Batalá Washington then led guests down the street to the National Building Museum for the remainder of the evening.
Jenny Bilfield, President & CEO, Washington Performing Arts; Choral Arts Artistic Director Scott Tucker; gala chair Julie Chase; composer Joel Friedman.
International Student House Salutes Joe Biden BY M ARY BIR D The 2017 Global Leadership Awards at the International Student House on Oct. 4 honored former Vice President Joseph Biden. The gathering was a who’s-who of the best of American diplomacy. Diplomatic chairs, British Ambassador Kim Darroch and Vanessa Darroch, were represented by Deputy Chief of Mission Patrick Davies. Susan Blumenthal and Didi Cutler co-chaired the dinner. Biden voiced his strong support for international exchanges, stating that “everyone deserves to be treated with dignity.” Since 1936, the International Student House has provided students of diverse nationalities and cultures the opportunity to live and learn together in a community of mutual respect.
“Friday Night Lights” star Taylor Kitsch was seen at a Redskins game.
Kitsch Is Seen in the Stands Taylor Kitsch, who played Tim Riggins in the NBC series “Friday Night Lights,” attended the Oct. 15 Redskins-49ers game at FedEx Field. He and fellow actor Josh Brolin were in the area to promote their new show “Only the Brave,” a drama centered on the world of firefighters, the Washington Post reported. If only Kitsch were actually in the game for a play or two … that would be some serious FNL nostalgia.
Tom Sanderson and Alexandra de Borchgrave.
ISH board member Linda Harper with ISH law student Nilesh Sinha.
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Mayor Bowser Honored at Sally Quinn’s House
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BY RO BE RT DEVA NEY Author and journalist Sally Quinn, hosted a record-setting Spirit of Georgetown benefit Oct. 19 at her historic N Street home for Georgetown Ministry Center, the nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of the homeless. It honored Mayor Muriel Bowser for her longtime work on behalf of the homeless. GMC President Alexander Bullock thanked retiring executive directive Gunther Stern, who has known Quinn for years. His father Larry was one of her editors at the Washington Post.
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Ken and Nobuko Sasae Event co-chairs Carrington Tarr and Amy Tercek flank Sally Quinn. Photo by Robert Devaney
Council member Jack Evans, Sally Quinn and others applaud Mayor Muriel Bowser. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan.
Harman Center for the Arts 10th Anniversary Gala BY MARY B IRD The Oct. 15 gala honored award-winning actress Laura Linney with the “Will Award,” the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre. She thanked her Juilliard mentor, Shakespeare Theatre Director Michael Kahn, for being “a life-changing teacher.” Former mayor Anthony Williams, Council member Jack Evans and Dr. Natwar Gandhi were also honored for making the Harman Center a reality. Batalá Washington, an all-woman Afro-Brazilian band, opened the program and escorted guests to dinner and dancing at the National Building Museum. Proceeds raised vital funds for STC’s free arts education and community engagement programs.
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obuko’s winning smile and welcoming personality, along with the ambassador’s charm and sense of humor, have made Ken (short for Kenichiro) and Nobuko Sasae one of the most popular diplomatic couples in Washington. Having been in town now for almost five years, they have hosted countless events, opening their doors not only to welcome Americans and visiting Japanese dignitaries, but also to help raise funds for many of Washington’s most cherished charities. To which charitable organization have they become most attached? Nobuko was quick to answer: the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project. “Female lawyers volunteer to help victims of domestic violence,” she explained. Along with aiding the victims, who can’t afford a lawyer, this also enables the volunteers to maintain their credentials as lawyers when family obligations keep them from full-time employment. Both Michelle Obama and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy have highlighted the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project in their remarks at the embassy. For both of them, music is a passion. “Music provides a moment to relax one’s mindset,” said the ambassador. Representing the very best in Japanese architecture, the residence is not only a spectacular venue but a functional one. It has been home to many concerts, supporting such musical organizations as the Kennedy Center, Young Concert Artists, Washington National Opera and Opera Camerata. A particularly exciting event at the residence was the performance of “Madame Butterfly.” The ambassador places a high value on the many think tanks in Washington and considers them essential in providing him with an understanding of what is happening in the U.S. “It is also a way for us to get our word out,” he noted. In addition to attending — and often speaking at — programs at various think tanks, he frequently invites think-tank scholars to the residence to meet visiting Japanese academics. I asked Nobuko how she managed to continue her profession as an interpreter while doing all that she does as an “ambassador’s wife.” It was clear that interpreting was an essential part of who she is. Checking first with her husband
to avoid scheduling conflicts, she accepts a certain number of high-level assignments. Careful and selective scheduling makes it all work. In fact, her many years of interpreting and seeing how conferences are arranged led her to organize the Nobuko Forum at the residence, at which prominent women share their career paths and keys to success. Of interest to the American participants, their life stories also serve to inspire the young professional Japanese women who attend. Nobuko is the forum’s moderator; the panelists have ranged from Irish Ambassador Anne Anderson to NBC political reporter Andrea Mitchell. The ambassador wanted to make sure we had enough time to talk about the National Cherry Blossom Festival, which commemorates Japan’s gift of 3,000 cherry trees in 1912 to honor the close friendship between Japan and America. Over the decades, this extraordinary gift has done much to smooth painful memories of World War II. Ambassador Sasae has given the festival high priority and, in addition to the many celebratory events, hosts an annual VIP dinner to underscore its significance. I asked the ambassador and Nobuko if they had time to travel and what were some of their favorite places to visit. Santa Fe ranked high on their list, with its clean air, musical performances, art and sense of healthy living. They are both admirers of Georgia O’Keeffe. To quote the ambassador: “It is important to reach out and see other parts of the country. We have been to almost all of the states.” A man of quick decisions, the ambassador asked his wife to marry him the very day he met her. He runs the embassy with equal decisiveness, as does Nobuko, charming all she meets and juggling two demanding jobs at the same time. Finally, asked what they both admired most about the United States, there was no hesitation: friendliness, openness, frankness, candor and the value of individualism. Nobuko also admires the way Americans are open about offering praise. She feels strongly that, whether it is a job well done or a beautiful dress, it is important to compliment someone. “This motivates people and makes them feel good. Everybody likes praise.”
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Speaker’s Prerogative: Meridian Ball, Beautiful Night BY STE P HANIE GRE E N House Speaker Paul Ryan took a break from the heated negotiations on the Hill to attend the annual Meridian Ball on October 20 with his wife, Jenna. He picked the perfect evening as did the other 800 guests: Washington’s Indian summer finally melted into a crisp weekend, just in time to dust off the furs and tuxedo jackets for the social season. Now in its 49th year, the Meridian Ball benefits the Meridian Center, which brings together thinkers, diplomats, and politicians to advance peace building and dialogue. After dining at various ambassadorial residences, guests converged on the Meridian House where two dance floors were on offer as was a decadent buffet of desserts. In case you didn’t get your fill at dinner or at the taco bar in the courtyard, you could grab a donut and coffee from the “donut wall” on the way out.
Ambassador Jim Nicholson and his wife Suzanne. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan.
Oksana Shulyar and Carlitta Constant. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan.
Amanda Koltalo, Zach Sentementes and Brit McHenry. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and his wife Janna. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.
Points of Light Salutes Boyden Gray, Schwarzenegger BY MARY B IRD Following a reception and dinner at the French Embassy on Oct. 19, Georgetowner C. Boyden Gray received the Points of Light’s Lifetime of Service Award. In his acceptance remarks, Ambassador Gray quoted George H. W. Bush, who in 1990 founded Points of Light, which today is the largest organization in the world dedicated to volunteer service. Neil Bush serves as the chair and Natlaye Paquin as CEO. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer emceed the program, which also honored Jack and Susi Hanna, ambassadors for the Columbus Zoo and The Wilds; Coty and Dominique Sensabaugh, founders of the Sensabaugh Mission Moon, which distributes shoes to children in need; and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, founding chair of R20: Regions of Climate Change.
Natalye Paquin, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Neil Bush.
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Coty and Dominque Sensabaugh and Neil Bush. Photos by Allison O’Brien, AOB Photo.
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CAG Gala Scores a Big Win BY MARY B IRD At the Four Seasons Oct. 21, party-goers were just about dancing in the streets at the Georgetown Gala, elegantly arranged by the Citizens Association of Georgetown and gala co-chairs Michelle Korsmo, Colman Riddell and Amy Porter Stroh with great food and a terrific band, For the Win.
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SMITHSONIAN FOOD HISTORY GALA A special evening featuring the presentation of the Julia Child Award to Danny Meyer for the 3rd Annual Smithsonian Food History Gala at a seated black-tie dinner dedicated to the history of American food and a fundraiser for future Smithsonian Food History programs, research and collecting. The gala kicks off the annual Smithsonian Food History Weekend, which continues for two more days and includes four other events. National Museum of American History. Contact Kari Fantasia at 202-633-3302 or fantasiaka@si.edu.
NOVEMBER 2 KNOCK OUT ABUSE GALA The band, For the Win, kept party-goers dancing at the Four Seasons ballroom. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan.
The 24th annual gala anticipates over 700 guests joining together for an evening of inspiration, entertainment and raucous fundraising. Cocktails and a highly touted silent auction will be followed by a dinner program with performance by a Grammy winning artist. At 10 p.m. the ballroom is transformed into a clubby nightclub lounge and dance floor where gentlemen from Fight Night and Sponsor table guests will join. Knock out Abuse is a Washington, DC based organization that envisions a community free from domestic violence. Ritz-Carlton Washington, D.C. Call 202-223-1906 or email rebecca@knockoutabuse.org.
FIGHT NIGHT The late Joseph E. Robert, Jr. started Fight Night 28 years ago as an opportunity to get his friends and colleagues together for a fun night to support a great cause: improving the lives of at-risk children throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Fight Night has generated more than $60 million, fueling work at Fight For Children and continuing Joe’s mission of improving early childhood education. Washington Hilton. Contact Judy Wrench at 202-772-0417 or judy.wrench@ fightforchildren.org.
N0VEMBER 4 Gala co-chairs Amy Porter Stroh, Colman Riddell and Michelle Korsmo. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan.
CAG Vice President Jennifer Romm with her husband David and CAG Executive Director Leslie Maysak. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan.
NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION GALA The National Italian American Foundation will celebrate its 42nd Anniversary Gala Weekend Nov. 3-5. The event is highlighted by the celebrity-laden gala to support the foundation’s mission to preserve, protect and promote Italian American heritage. Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Contact gala@niaf.org.
NOVEMBER 9 THE LAB SCHOOL OF WASHINGTON’S AWARDS GALA Lab celebrates 50 years of honoring outstanding achievers with learning differences. The evening begins with a reception and silent auction followed by dinner, a program and dancing. All net proceeds fund need-based financial aid for students at the school, which raises awareness about learning differences and recognizes people who have overcome their own learning differences and gone on to achieve great heights in their careers and lives. National Building Museum. Contact Mary Cathcart, marycathcart@labschool.org.
NOVEMBER 11 NATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARTS AND LETTERS VIENNESE BALL
CAG benefactor Bill Dean is flanked by Chesley Wiseman and Erika Havens. Photo by Robert Devaney.
The Ninth Annual premier Viennese Ball will feature an elegant seated dinner, Grande Marche, Fledermaus Quadrille, Viennese dessert buffet and waltzing to the music of con brio! Salon Ensemble. 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, NW. Contact Ball Registrar Joseph Swartz at 612-296-0109 or nsalballregistrar@gmail.com.
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RIVER OAKS, MCLEAN, VIRGINIA NEW PRICE! Amazing location, recently updated colonial on a quiet cul-de-sac. 6,700 SF, 5BR/5.55BA and two car garage. Incredible features, expansive upper terrace, high ceilings, 5 fireplaces! $1,544,000 Anne DiBenedetto 703-615-1897
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POTOMAC, MARYLAND Large scale end unit town home lives like a single family home! Stunning architectural details throughout. Surrounded by park like setting in sought after Avenel. $1,239,000 Nancy Itteilag 202-905-7762
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