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12 The UnderraTed FoodissUe Pho from a basement gift shop and 49 other underappreciated gems

By City Paper staff and contributors

4 Chatter

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25 City Lights: Catch author Don Winslow, who reads from his new thriller The Force, Saturday at Politics & Prose.

25 Music 30 Theater 33 Film

7 Concrete Details: National Harbor is a private urban island designed for fun, if you can get there.

8 Loose Lips: Councilmember Brianne Nadeau draws an opponent, and Mary Cheh gets the cold shoulder from Muriel Bowse.

9 Gear Prudence 10 Indy List

34 CLassifieds diversions 35 Crossword

arts 21 Jazz Times: This year’s DC Jazz Festival may have been slimmer, but it still packed quite a punch.

22 The Scene Report: Introducing a new feature that highlights what’s new and notable in the D.C. music scene 23 Short Subjects: Noah Gittell reviews the new film Maudie.

“To quote Shirley Chisholm, I am ‘unbought and unbossed.’ I don’t think campaigns should be won or lost by how much you raised.”

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CHATTER

Pissed With a Capitol P

In which parents come at us with virtual pitchforks

Darrow MontgoMery

If we learned anything over the past week, it’s never to underestimate the passion and displeasure of a bevy of organized public school parents. J.F. Meils’ piece about the efforts of a parent contingent at Capitol Hill’s Peabody and Watkins Elementary Schools to oust their controversial principal Elena Bell might as well have been an editorial calling for public schools to abolish recess, serve double espressos at lunchtime, and require lace-up shoes for kindergartners (“One Tough Cluster,” June 16).

In particular, the anti-Bell contingent that includes Samah and Grover Norquist was irate that City Paper quoted unnamed parents who said they believed the anti-Bell revolutionaries may be driven by Bell’s outspoken efforts to reduce the racial achievement gap. “Maybe they think if you’re focusing efforts on the achievement gap, you can’t achieve for all students,” said one, who did not want to be named, fearing alienation from other parents.

Samah Norquist, who was quoted in the story, was a voice among many who flatly rejected such a notion. “There are NO parents who object to reducing and eventually closing the achievement gap at Peabody and Watkins, as Mr. Meils’ unnamed sources falsely claim,” she wrote in a letter to CP. “In addition to centering his piece around a baseless thesis, he NEVER names ANY of his quoted sources.”

Instead, Norquist writes, parents are troubled about Bell’s leadership.

“The concerns exploded when 15 teachers left Watkins last year: All 5th grade teachers, almost all 4th grade teachers, and every specials teacher left Watkins,” she wrote. “That is 15 out of the total number of the 25 teachers at Watkins. Most of the teachers who left were highly rated. They were not ‘dead weight,’ as another unnamed source claims.” (The entirety of Norquist’s letter can be found in the story comments on our website.)

But while Norquist & Co. were more prolific in their protestations, the other side chimed in too.

“This article is very disturbing,” parent TG commented on our website.

“This problem is about race and diversity (people are afraid to say this).

Race is an explosive topic, and Bell has been making strides to make the cluster shine. … Honestly, if the results came back and white students had low scores, there would be massive movements in place and calls for restructuring of the educational system. … My kids come home happy everyday (all of the kids love Ms. Bell). Let her do her job.”

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The chefs know what they’re doing. Peterson led the redevelopment of downtown Silver Spring in the 1990s, turning a shopping district that had seen better days into the nerve center of eastern Montgomery County. There are commonalities between Silver Spring’s Peterson precinct and National Harbor: the mall-like branding, the rent-a-cops, and even a square of AstroTurf like the one that Silver Spring loved and lost (Silver Spring’s was eventually replaced by a landscaped plaza, over protests).

But the developers have upped their game at National Harbor, recognizing the need to keep antsy conventioneers from hailing a cab to Alexandria or D.C. All manner of entertainment beckons: the Ferris wheel, a carousel, pedal boats, a mock pirate ship, outdoor movies, and dozens

ings have a Control-C, Control-V look to them: red brick, yellow brick, balconies with scrolled railings, decorative cornices and crowns like cake toppers. They’re not unattractive, and they’re very good at concealing parking garages behind false fronts.

The spaces between and around the buildings are thoughtfully laid out. On Mariner Passage, I spotted a narrow pathway threading between two buildings and underneath a third through a low archway. Intrigued, I let the path pull me along until I emerged onto the twoblock-long Main Street of National Harbor, American Way. Barcelona it’s not, but I couldn’t help thinking of that city and its boulevards, with medians generous enough to support social life.

The broad median of American Way is outfitted with benches and cafe tables and chairs.

That afternoon, every last one was taken.

Kids ran around a small playground. Teenagers posed for selfies with statues. Across from them, grown-ups sipped wine on a restaurant patio. The developers couldn’t have hoped for a better promo shot.

of restaurants. The mothership, of course, is the new MGM Casino up the road, which opened late last year.

National Harbor proper is the work of several architecture and planning firms, helmed

by Development Design Group (architecture) and Sasaki & Associates (landscape architecture and environmental graphics). The build-

“This Is How You Harbor,” ads proclaim on the street corners, and apparently how you harbor is with a boatload of kitsch. There’s a garish painted statue of Rosie the Riveter, a giant inflated chick outside the Peeps store, and of course, the dwarf lighthouse with its eerie plastic inhabitant. That’s before you set foot inside the Gaylord, where faux colonial buildings are arranged

By Amanda Kolson Hurley Walking back doWn the pier at National Harbor after a ride on the Ferris wheel, something caught my eye: a lighthouse.

More accurately, it was a miniature replica of a lighthouse set incongruously on top of a building whose brushed-chrome panels and greenish glass seemed to whisper luxury condos. And next to the little lighthouse, amazingly, there stood a woman gazing out toward Virginia, her skirt and scarf billowing in the breeze. It was a lovely day and the view up there must be great, but even so: What the hell was she doing?

I drew closer—almost in the shadow of the building—before I realized. The woman was a mannequin, a store-window prop draped in flowing garments. Welcome to National Harbor, where relentless fakery has somehow, in a few short years, birthed a real place.

When people in D.C. and its innermost suburbs talk about National Harbor, it’s often with a sense of confused annoyance. What is it, where is it, and why would anyone go there? I first visited back in 2008, when only a lonely row of buildings along the water and the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, the largest hotel on the East Coast, occupied the space.

I returned last week to find a downtown jammed with people. Yes, National Harbor is cheesy and full of tourists. But it’s also home to a few thousand permanent residents. And taken on its own terms as a city-fragment devoted to fun, it works surprisingly well.

Located in southern Prince George’s County, in a crook of Potomac River shoreline just south of I-495 and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, National Harbor is the do-over of a redevelopment plan called Port America that died on the vine in the 1980s. The ultimate project is “a 350-acre resort destination,” according to its website, that “combines an approachable, resort-like personality with a singular, dynamic experience for local residents and visitors alike.”

As such breathless real estate speak suggests, National Harbor is not a downtown in the usual sense, but the fiefdom of a private developer, the Peterson Companies. That accounts for the comfort-food vibe of the place, how it offers up the flavors of a city in a way that your palate immediately recognizes, with nothing bitter or spicy to spoil your digestion.

ConCrete details

Darrow Montgomery

National Harbor is a private urban island designed for fun, if you can get there.

like dollhouses under a vast glass roof.

The rise of privately-owned public space in American cities is a problematic trend, and very much at play here—personally, I’d prefer my Sunday stroll without a pitch for a timeshare. But just as teenagers used to hang out at Orange Julius in the Eighties and old folks still gather at McDonald’s to nurse coffees, highly commercialized environments can foster real social connection.

Urbanists ding National Harbor for its woeful lack of connectivity to the rest of P.G. County and D.C., and the criticism is deserved. The nearest Metro station is Huntington, four miles away and across the river in Virginia. The MGM casino is a mile away, but only someone with a death wish would try to walk or bike there along National Harbor Boulevard and the Beltway feeder road. National Harbor’s downtown, the casino, and the Tanger Outlets are islands. The developers have created an archipelago of destinations rather than a necklace.

Two Metrobus lines do service National Harbor, making it possible for some of the several thousand people who work there to commute without cars. Visitors complain about the high cost of parking ($3 an hour, going up to $18 for the day and $12 for the evening). Peterson should keep parking pricey, but make National Harbor’s circulator bus free and increase the frequency of the Metrobuses on the company’s dime. (The company already pays part of the cost of running the buses.)

On the crest of the hill behind the Gaylord, a metal fence cuts off a subdivision of new brownstones from an older suburban neighborhood.

The roads of Oxon Hill don’t connect to National Harbor—there’s only one way in or out. This was a concession to locals concerned about traffic, but Balkanizing the area was a bad move, sheltering P.G. homeowners from inconvenience in the short term while cutting them off from waterfront access and real-estate gains in the long term.

After my outing (pro tip: skip the Ferris wheel and ride the Gaylord elevators for free to the 19th floor for the same view), the contrast I kept coming back to was with CityCenter DC. With its designer boutiques and minimalist architecture, CityCenter is tasteful where National Harbor is vulgar. Yet CityCenter feels like a ghost town and National Harbor is hopping.

The more exclusive D.C. becomes, I suspect, the more of a market there will be in its evergrowing suburbs for destinations where you can entertain a family without spending a fortune.

P.G. County in particular has lacked these kind of destinations, causing its economic development to drag. National Harbor helps fill the gap, with better than average urban design internally, even if its connections to the world outside are lacking.

Now, if only it would lay off the kitsch.

CP

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A Challenge and a Snub Nadeau draws an opponent, Cheh the cold shoulder.

By Jeffrey Anderson When The D.C. Council freshman class of 2015 arrived, Ward 1 Member Brianne Nadeau was among the newcomers who were seen as a breath of fresh air. In unseating Jim Graham, the late incumbent known both for championing the disadvantaged and for questionable ethics, Nadeau cast herself as a Graham-type fighter minus the contract meddling.

Now, after an undistinguished first term, Nadeau faces a challenge from a newcomer who touts a populist platform yet appears unencumbered by the political establishment.

Former D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Lori Parker, a third-generation Washingtonian who has worked in multiple branches of D.C. government, says she will campaign by engaging residents and looking for solutions to systemic issues such as affordable housing, underperforming schools, and senior care. But she’ll do it, she says, without excessive reliance on the mother’s milk of politics.

“To quote Shirley Chisholm,” Parker says, “I am ‘unbought and unbossed.’ I don’t think campaigns should be won or lost by how much you raised. That’s not what public service is all about.”

Music to our ears. But it remains to be seen whether a grassroots campaign of inclusiveness and coalition-building can survive without big corporate money.

That’s a limitation with which Nadeau seems unconcerned. Witness the fundraiser hosted by lawyer-lobbyist David “The King” Wilmot in April. Checks to her re-election campaign came from supporters ($500), friends ($250), and guests ($100), and co-hosts included former Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander, who recently launched a “government relations” firm; Alexander’s former chief of staff and “government affairs” specialist J.R. Meyers; and Alexander’s former campaign treasurer, consultant/lobbyist Derek Ford, who now works for the D.C. Economic Partnership.

Insider money might not be enough, though.

“She seems disengaged,” says a veteran political observer. “I can’t name one issue she has taken on. [Jim Graham] was a master of constituent services, but with her, I think there’s some resentment in Ward 1.”

Minority developer Abiud Zerubabel certainly feels it. He had planned a 24-unit building in Nadeau’s ward to replace vacant rowhouses, but it was down-zoned under her watch after community pressure. “We have done business in other wards where all voices are heard and council members work to find consensus,” Zerubabel says. “I wish she had done more to hear both

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sides and understand the risks and hardships of a minority-owned business like ours.”

Longtime Ward 1 resident Greg Boyd is so unimpressed he says he might run as an independent. He caught Nadeau rolling her eyes at a community meeting when he spoke about traffickers targeting seniors for their opioids.

“It was clear she had no solutions or insight,” says Boyd, a former Marine and D.C. public school teacher. After he heard Nadeau say it takes a “shitload” of money to run for office, Boyd noticed that in 2014 she received contributions from Pepco and numerous petroleum companies that listed a Virginia address.

Nadeau is proud of her record, saying she has accepted contributions lawfully and hopes for “a public [campaign] financing system that levels the playing field for those seeking office.” (The Office of Campaign Finance found 17 unaccounted for contributions to Nadeau in 2014 totaling $2,948, though Nadeau provided documentation when requested.)

Parker, who is excited to spend the next year before the election primary campaigning, isn’t taking any political bait: “I’m looking to be informed, inclusive, and engaging,” she says. “Our campaign is about issues the ward as a whole, and the city, cares about.”

There’s noThing like political beefs that spill over into campaign season. Such was apparently the case last week when Mayor Muriel Bowser sent a staffer in advance of a fundraiser for Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh, then failed to show.

The day before, Cheh had released a 900page transcript of a closed-door hearing on contract steering at the Department of General Services, along with her own report.

Cheh invited Bowser and council colleagues to her fundraiser at Cactus Cantina, where Bowser loyalists Jack Evans and Brandon Todd showed up. But no Bowser. “Yes, I did see her advance team was present,” Cheh says.

“But she didn’t come. No one said why.”

LL can think of a reason: Cheh’s most recent report, at which Bowser & Co. have thumbed their noses, isn’t isolated. She has hounded the Bowser Green Team with committee probes in the past. Says one FOM (friend of Muriel): “It’s grandstanding, looking to ding those in power, creating a narrative that they are steering contracts to their friends.”

So did Bowser snub Cheh because of the DGS report? “Probably,” says the FOM. “Any logical person would say, ‘Hey, this person is talking loads of shit. I’m not going to badmouth them, but I won’t be around them if I don’t have to be.’”

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Gear Prudence: I’m a longtime bike commuter and one of the very few people in my office building who used the bike racks in the parking garage over the past few years. I use the same spot on the rack every day, without exception. A few weeks ago, I started noticing a new bike at the racks, but then last week that bike started parking at my spot! I know it’s not actually mine, but shouldn’t that other bicyclist have a little respect? How do I get my spot back?

—Designated Individual Bike Space Dear DIBS: It’s not YOUR spot. It’s never been YOUR spot. The spot belongs to the bike racks that belong to the office building that belongs to some real estate concern that belongs to some LLC that belongs to who the hell knows.

And even though you’ve temporarily utilized it for years without fail, it doesn’t belong to you.

Sorry, but you have to accept this. Change is hard, but look on the bright side—the new bicyclist has great taste in rack locations, and GP bets you’ll hit it off if you ever meet.

As for getting “your” (but not your) spot back, here’s what you do: Get a second bike.

Next time it opens up, lock up the second bike.

And then each day for the remainder of your professional life, swap out your real bike with your spiteful dibs bike. Petty? Sure. Effective?

Absolutely.

—GP Gear Prudence: I don’t like bike food. Energy bars are disgusting, and there’s no way I’m putting some gross goo in my mouth. They’re supposed to provide “nutrition” or whatever, but they mostly just make me want to hurl. What are some good alternatives? —People Rave Over The Energizing Imminent Nutrition, But Always Retching Follows Dear PROTEINBARF: There are two great promises of foods designed to be consumed while bicycling, and both of these can be replicated in non-gross ways. Primarily, the allure of these foods is in their nutritional value—calories, sugars, proteins, and whatnot—that helps compensate for the energy you’ve expended.

Secondarily, these foods are meant to be convenient to eat during your ride. You could get great nutritional value with a medium-rare steak and a spinach salad, but it’s hard to imagine that fitting nicely in a jersey pocket. For the goo averse, consider something like dried fruits and nuts or trail mix. Another good option is a nut butter sandwich, but made on tortilla instead of bread. In fact, pretty much anything spread on, or packed into, a tortilla seems like a pretty good idea. Carrying stuff is good, but if the ride is long enough and you’re not in a race, don’t worry about stopping. Many long-distance cyclists eventually become genuine gas station gourmands.

—GP Gear Prudence is Brian McEntee, who writes @sharrowsdc. Got a question about bicycling?

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The Underrated Food Issue Pho from a basement gift shop and 49 other underappreciated gems.

Whatever you want to call them, the bars, restaurants, shops, and food stands featured in the 2017 Food Issue are a little different.

Instead of celebrating or spilling gold all over the same old spots that draw lines and garner press clippings, we dug a little deeper and begged a lot harder to get writers to reveal their go-to haunts that they would prefer stay under wraps.

The restaurants featured have little to no proRestaurant: Sospeso 1344 H St. NE; (202) 827-3123; sospesodc.com

The Atlas District is having a big year when it comes to landing restaurants and bars, but the all-day eatery that opened with considerably less fanfare is the one most deserving of attention. Sospeso from Mike Rosato is one of those unicorn locales willing to stay open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, serving food that leans on Mediterranean flavors. Chef Lauren Sanders makes bagel-shaped simits for breakfast that, once smeared with mascarpone ($3.50), best any bacon, egg, and cheese. The best selection at lunch is the porchetta sandwich worth its $15 price tag because it overflows with roasted pork, salsa verde, and crispy pork skin. Top dinner draft picks include a whole fried fish for two ($30) and the grilled octopus with warm potato salad and sumac onions ($13). “Octopus is so hot right now,” Rosato says. To drink, try house-made vermouth over ice or wine from countries just entering the industry. Visit for all night “Haperitivo Hour” for steals like $4 vermouth, $3 arancini, and $5 wine. The restaurant, named for the Italian concept of paying-it-forward, is trying to bring the feel of a Mediterranean cafe where guests are free to let lunch blur into dinner.

—Laura Hayes

Bottomless Brunch: Via Umbria 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW; (202) 333-3904; viaumbria.com

D.C. is a competitive market when it

fessional public relations backing, and we’ve broadened our usual coverage area to include a bit of the ’burbs because of the memorable meals that lie a short distance away.

From a gas station that serves sent-from-theislands jerk chicken and an unlikely Indian-spiced burger downtown to $10 sushi in an office building and a gift shop that sells Vietnamese pho, we present 50 underrated places to eat and drink.

—Laura Hayes

comes to bottomless brunch, but there might be one spot that even the most diehard brunchers haven’t snuffed out. The midday meal at Georgetown’s newish Italian market Via Umbria costs $35 and includes free-flowing prosecco and a three-course Italian brunch cooked in front of you in an open kitchen. Seating is communal, and platters of fresh, buttery pastries are first to arrive along with the brunch bubbles. Then, the chef’s counter is piled high with salads, cheese boards, antipasti, and more to enjoy buffet-style.

Afterwards, choose from one of many entrees, including frittatas, housemade pastas, and breakfast sandwiches. Brunch concludes with desserts like chocolate cake, freshly made tarts and pies, and more pastries. All the while, your glass is never empty. Try it before it goes from underrated to overbooked.

—Priya Konings

French Fries: Impala 1358 H St. NE; (202) 733-3427; impala-dc.com

After the Women’s March, with 20,000 steps and counting on my app, I dragged myself back to H Street NE, hungry and exhausted. I just wanted fries and a beer, but there wasn’t a seat to found at the American and European pubs and bars I passed. But then I found a lone bar stool at Impala. Normally, I’d dig into their stellar guacamole and tacos, but my heart was set on fries. I braced myself for disappointment as they’re usually kid-menu fare

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at most Mexican places, but my single-minded pursuit led to me to a hidden gem. Impala’s French fries arrived crispy and golden in a basket. They aren’t skinny strings or overwhelming wedges, but just slightly wider than a pencil. The canola oil-fried fries crunch on the outside and burst with an intense potato flavor when pierced. I polished them off quickly and vowed to skip the sports bar in favor of a repeat performance on future nights that call for beer, fries, and baseball.

—Justin Weber

Corner Store: Kazanchis Carry Out & Grocery 1616 14th St. NW; (202) 450-4476

There aren’t many places in D.C. where the advertised price isn’t always the final price. Kazanchis Carry Out & Grocery on 14th Street NW is one of them.

“Come back and I’ll find you a nice price,” says the man manning the register when I bypass all the bongs to buy my usual bag of Haribo candy.

He tells me they did a major revamp about a year ago. The shelves are lined with regional treats like Philly’s Tastykake Krimpets and cool sodas like Pineapple Fanta and Jarritos Tamarindo. But it’s not all European candy and the best flavors of Ben & Jerry’s, Kazanchis carries the staples too, like cereal and milk. But what people may not know is Kazanchis has a glass-encased cigar shop in the back for your celebratory needs.

—Laura Hayes

Way to Pretend You’re Eating Breakfast on the Lower East Side: La Mano Coffee Bar 304 Carroll St. NW; (202) 417-6266; lamanocoffee.com

Planted across the street from the Takoma Park Metro station, La Mano Coffee Bar is a must-stop for commuters during the week and a convivial hangout for families and young couples on weekends. Though the strong coffee and warm service are undeniable draws, don’t underestimate the tractor beam-like pull of the smoked trout sandwich. The filling is reminiscent of smoked whitefish salad—a staple spread at New York City’s bagel shops and delis.

A smattering of capers complement the fish’s pronounced brininess, while lemon juice, mustard powder, black pepper, and shallots brighten up the mashed filets, ensuring the sandwich isn’t too salty or too smoky. A couple of tomato rounds, a few peppery arugula leaves, and a thin schmear of cream cheese complete the sandwich that arrives on the bagel of your choice sourced from Bethesda Bagels or Whatsa Bagel. Owner Javier Rivas swears by the pumpernickel-plain swirl.

One bite and you’ll be transported to the Big Apple.

—Nevin Martell

Breakfast Tacos: Pica Taco Multiple locations, pica-taco.com

Why is it so damn hard to find decent breakfast tacos in This Town? While D.C. isn’t Austin when it comes to breakfast tacos (duh), there are some decent op-

cated off of Georgia Avenue in Wheaton with 26 seats, no alcohol, and a cashonly sign on the door. But don’t let the unassuming look of the restaurant deceive you: Ren’s Ramen has some of the heartiest, most satisfying ramen in the D.C. area. The shio broth is rich and salty, while the miso broth is creamy and intensely savory. Springy, chewy noodles are shipped directly from Sapporo and topped with bamboo shoots, scallions, garlic, and nori seaweed. It’s worth the trek to check out this hidden ramen venue because, as Utagawa says, “You only get three meals a day!”

—Priya Konings

Dinner at Sospeso

Jamaican: Pimento Grill

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4405 Bowen Road SE; (202) 582-6595, pimento-grill.com

Place to Eat Papa John’s Pizza: Ivy City Planet Fitness 1406 Okie St. NE; (202) 768-8300; planetfitness.com/gyms/washington-ivycity-dc-1141

I know what you’re thinking: This is a joke, right? The only purpose for prose about partaking in pizza in this purple palace of perspiration has to be parody, not persuasion. I, too, used to be like you. But then I sampled Papa John’s in the foyer of the Ivy City Planet Fitness during its free pizza night (the first Monday of the month). After a round of the Planet’s signature 30-minute, fullbody workout and a 12-minute ab circuit, you might as well build up those muscles with pepperoni protein and get your carbs in while your metabolism is still cranking. A $10 monthly member-

ship and free pizza are friends not foes, and your fellow P-fitters would probably agree. This is a no-judgment zone, so don’t forget to grab some free tootsie rolls and make it back for bagel Tuesday (the second Tuesday of every month).

—Justin Weber

Brunch Deal: Le Grenier 502 H St. NE; (202) 544-4999; legrenierdc.com

Narmada Winery, 43 Narmada Lane, Amissville; (540) 937-8215; narmadawinery. com

Spicy vegetable korma, crisp papri chaat, and creamy butter chicken are on the small plates menu at Narmada Winery, an hour’s drive from D.C. in Rappahannock County. Winery owners Sudha and Pandit Patil source the dishes from Bombay Café in Fairfax. Flaky vegetarian samosas with tamarind chutney are available during the week, while the other Indian options are offered on weekends only. Chill a bottle of Midnight, Narmada’s off-dry Chambourcin, or opt for the winery’s signature white— Mom, with hints of tropical fruit—to cool down your fiery food order. Winemaker Sudha also released a citrusy Chardonel Reserve 2015 in May and aged it on the lees for a creamy finish. Try any of these selections with your curry order.

—Jessica Strelitz

Mac and Cheese: Evolve

341 Cedar St. NW; (202) 882-8999; evolveveganrestaurant.com Most people are suspicious of a vegan mac and cheese because cheese is an essential ingredient. But it turns out vegan mac and cheese can actually best the original at Evolve Vegan Restaurant in Takoma Park. Here, a nutty, garlicky, cashew sauce coats the noodles instead of anything from a cow. The sauce is sinfully rich and creamy, and the dish is baked to perfection with a First class sushi assortment at Sushi Express

Typically, there are two kinds of brunch: the fancy, very British affair similar to a high tea that’s perfect for Mother’s Day, and the shitshow of early twenty-somethings guzzling bottomless mimosas.

Le Grenier bridges the gap and serves French decadence at an unbeatable price. The $19.95 brunch special nets you an entree, a glass of Champagne, and your choice of a savory appetizer or dessert, not to mention piping hot bread to whet your appetite. Some brunch specials feel limited, but Le Grenier’s menu has a bevy of French delights on offer, including Croque-Monsieurs, crepes, and pâté. Dieters beware: It’s hard to resist the more decadent options from the appetizers and desserts sections. Just go with it: C’est la vie.

—Stephanie Rudig

Ramen: Ren’s Ramen

11403 Amherst Ave., Silver Spring; (301) 933-3725; rens-ramen.com Ask Daikaya partner Daisuke Utagawa where he goes for ramen, aside from his own shops, and he’ll tell you Ren’s Ramen. Unknown to most downtowners, Ren’s Ramen is a tiny hole in the wall lo-

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tions if you know where to look. Taqueria Nacional at 14th and T streets NW is certainly an underrated breakfast taco gem, but it doesn’t hold a candle to Pica Taco. For just $2.50, you get a savory corn tortilla with scrambled eggs, tomatoes, green peppers, onions, cheese, and beans, and can load up on a meat of your choice for $1-$1.25 more. There are many theories about what makes the perfect breakfast taco—loading up on toppings, the right hot sauce, variety of vegetables, etc.—but I’m firmly in the camp of “the simpler, the better.” And it’s the delicious simplicity that makes Pica Taco’s breakfast tacos reign supreme.

—Matt Cohen

Long queues are not just for Rose’s Luxury and Bad Saint. During the lunch or dinner rush, the line goes out the door at Pimento Grill. This to-go restaurant at the southernmost edge of Fort Dupont is located in a busy retail strip. Parking and seating may be limited, but most neighborhood residents appreciate popular dishes like the callaloo and codfish, jerk chicken, oxtail, coco bread, and beef patties. For first timers, try the brown stew chicken served with rice and peas, cabbage, and fried plantains. The sauce is rich in flavor and brings slight heat that can be tamed with a variety of house-made juices, including cucumber ginger, carrot and lime, or sorrel-spiked lemonade.

—Tim Ebner

Winery Grub: Butter Chicken at Narmada Winery

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brown, crusty top that is sprinkled with loads of paprika and oregano for added flavor. Try it as it is intended (as a side dish) or skirt the system and get it as a main course.

—Priya Konings

Sushi: Sushi Express 1990 K St NW #400; (202) 659-1955; washingtondeli.com/sushi_express.html

Yoshifumi Yasuoka’s fingers are faster than even the most seasoned stenographer. It helps that Yasuoka is seasoned himself—he’s been rolling sushi for more than 30 years. Find him behind the counter at Sushi Express tucked into a K Street NW office building where a line of Japanese expats and sushi lovers in the know can start to snake with popularity at lunchtime. The no-frills restaurant boasts prices from another era. Where else does an eel and cucumber or shrimp tempura roll run $4? But to maximize value at the humble eatery that plates on plastic, opt for one of the combinations that cost $11 with tax for a choice of two items plus soup or salad. It’s also a strong move to order the homestyle bento box to try a little of everything for about the same price. In need of some brownie points at the office? Bring a few mochi balls back from your visit. Open Monday-Friday from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. or Saturdays from 12-4 p.m.

—Laura Hayes

Place for Oysters: El Sol Restaurante & Tequileria 1227 11th St. NW; (202) 815-4789; elsol-dc.com

“You’re ordering oysters? In a taqueria?”

Those were the shrill words of my mother as I confidently requested the oysters al carbon from our server. Admittedly, oysters are a dicey move at any street-food spot no matter the culinary tradition, but I had done my research and knew that Chef Alfredo Solis had cooked at such well-regarded spots as Acadiana and Fuego Cocina y Tequileria. My faith paid off. The local oysters

are grilled then broiled with a sprinkle of Parmesan before being served warm alongside slices of soft, house-made bolillo bread perfect for sponging up every drop of chipotle butter swimming in the half shell. (This oyster dish is also offered at Solis’ new Columbia Heights restaurant, Mezcalero Cocina Mexicana.) Pair it with a frosty bottle of Modelo Especial and follow it up with a bowl of Pozole Rojo, and you’ve got yourself one hell of a lunch.

—Rina Rapuano

Gas Station Food: Jamaican Jerk Chicken 1230 New York Ave. NE; (240) 559-7961

Don’t freak out when you have to slip $5.99 to a gas station attendant on the other side of bullet-resistant glass to secure your order of Jamaican jerk chicken. Once you pay inside, look for the tent and grill along the side of the Mobil gas station on New York Avenue NE near Ivy City. You’ll need to summon the chef from his puff-puffpass hangout behind a fence to come and fire up your food. Sometimes they have a full menu of coco bread ($2), goat curry ($10.99), and mac and cheese ($4), but jerk chicken is often the only thing on the menu. And that’s fine because it’s plentiful and has that coveted contrast of moist meat and crispy skin. Watch as the chef piles chicken breasts, thighs, and wings into a plastic container and tops it with either a spicy or mild sauce. “Americans usually don’t get the hot sauce,” he warns. Ask yourself, “What Would Jonathan Gold Do?” Then tell him to bring the heat. When cruising in or out of the city, look for the sign advertising “Jamaican Cuisine” from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

—Laura Hayes

Date Night: Beer at Town Center Market with Pizza from Dumm’s Pizza 4705 Queensbury Road, Riverdale; (301) 277-

9271; towncentermarket.net & 4704 Riverdale Road, Riverdale; (301) 277-2208; dummspizza.com

When it comes to dating in the District, there’s no shortage of options: Free museums! Trendy restaurants! Nature! But if you’re getting sick of all that, or just looking for something a little more low-key, consider Town Center Market in Riverdale Park just northeast of Hyattsville in Prince George’s County. Not only does Town Center Market boast one of the best booze selections in the D.C. area, but it also features a great selection of craft beers on draft and an excellent patio—overlooking Riverdale Park’s iconic train tracks—to consume said beers. Bonus: It’s right around the corner from the excellent Dumm’s Pizza & Subs, which completes the date night trifecta of beer, pizza, and train-watching. —Matt Cohen

Thai Food in a Grocery Store: Duangrat’s Oriental Food Mart 5888 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church; (703) 5780622

Duangrat’s Oriental Food Mart takes some explaining. Nestled in a strip mall behind another strip mall in Falls Church, Duangrat’s Oriental Food Mart is a nondescript Asian grocery that resembles many like it in this Virginia Southeast Asian enclave, but it is chock-full of harder-to-find Thai ingredients like kaffir lime leaves and galangal root. It also shares a kitchen with two Thai restaurants from the same owners. When you enter, one of the first things you’ll see is a white board with a handwritten menu. These are available from a small takeout counter in the back right corner and, while it shares a kitchen with its two sister restaurants, the menu is different. Here the dishes are prepared for Thai diners whose palates are accustomed to more intense heat and spice. There isn’t any seating or service to speak of, but it’s affordable and you can get some shopping done at the

same time, making it a welcome detour when visiting the culinary paradise that is Falls Church.

—Brian Oh

Burger: Grand Trunk 641 Indiana Ave. NW; (202) 347-3293; facebook.com/GrandTrunkUSA

Don’t decide to try Grand Trunk’s naan burger on a whim. Calendar it because you’ll need to bring a lobster bib to protect yourself from the meal that’s as messy as the set of Double Dare. The downtown Indian restaurant’s signature burger ($13.95) features two identical halves of freshly baked naan hugging fiery beef patties spiked with ginger, cumin, green chilies, onions, and cilantro. Things get sloppy because, in addition to the mint chutney already smeared on the burger, the tray arrives with three enticing dippers like creamy yogurt and sweet tamarind. You can add cheese, but scrap it so you can better taste the other components and order a mango lassi to tame the heat.

—Laura Hayes

Ethiopian: Balagger Restaurant and Bar 3813 S. George Mason Dr., Falls Church; (703) 379-7799; balagger.com

Ninth Street NW may be still known as “Little Ethiopia,” but Virginia and Maryland have become hubs for this East African immigrant community. A 20minute drive to the Skyline area of Falls Church takes you to a lengthy strip mall, the Build America Plaza, that is filled front and back with storefronts marked by signs in Amharic and English. This unassuming suburban development has restaurants, bars where men talk shop while exhaling hookah smoke, and shops selling spices, bags of injera, and tea sets bearing colorful Coptic Christian designs. Hidden in the back is Balagger Restaurant and Bar. Founded by Eshetu Silie in 2013, this casual eatery offers live music on

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Jerk chicken at a New York Avenue NE gas station

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Oysters al carbon at El Sol

weekends. Balagger distinguishes itself by serving all-teff injera (sour, spongy bread) shipped from Ethiopia for $2.50 extra in addition to the hybrid teff and wheat version of injera common at most Ethiopian restaurants. The vegetables and meat atop the injera at Balagger are spicier and more plentiful than those at some spots in the District. Silie says Balagger is a transliterated Amharic word that means both “countryside” and “common man,” and his venue delivers an atmosphere that conveys both.

—Steve Kiviat

Pho at Abe’s Cafe & Gift

Butchery in the Burbs: Butchers Alley 4961 Bethesda Ave., Bethesda; (240) 8550121; butchersalley.com

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Just a block away from the bustled-up Bethesda Row, this boutique butcher feels both sophisticated and small town.

Walk in to find cured hams hanging from a rack and a cold case rich with circles, triangles, and squares of gourmet cheese from around the globe. Stroll deeper into the back to find a butcher’s counter, its glass cases packed with antibiotic-free beef, Duroc pork, and freerange chicken. The freezers contain delicacies: duck, quail, squab, Cornish game hen, rabbit, foie gras, oxtail, and lamb bacon. It’s easy to pull together a meal thanks to local produce, bread, and prepared sides like truffled mac ’n’ cheese and potatoes Dauphinoise. For dessert, pick up a pint of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream. Staffers are eager to educate customers on a cut of meat or a less familiar protein or offer cooking tips and recipes, and you can special order anything not on hand.

—Nevin Martell

Pho: Abe’s Cafe & Gift 733 13th St. NW; (202) 791-0307; abesdc.com

I have bad news for noodle slurpers— if you want the best pho downtown, you’re going to have to come face-toface with Donald Trump. Thankfully, it’s only a cardboard cutout, one of many choice items in the gift shop section of Abe’s Cafe & Gift. Breeze past Donald (or flip him off) and head to the cafeteria, where you’ll find amazingly aromatic pho with silky noodles and fresh, crisp herbs and sprouts. For vegetarians, the tofu is perfectly baked, fluffy on the inside, and crispy on the outside. The condiments are covered too— Sriracha, hoisin sauce, and lime wedges come with your order. They have hefty rice plates, breakfast sammies, and omelettes on the menu too, but so far I’ve been unable to resist the siren call of the pho.

—Stephanie Rudig

Italian Deli: Vace Italian Delicatessen Multiple locations; vaceitaliandeli.com

Italian-Americans transplanted from New England will gripe for days (OK,

years) about how there aren’t enough real Italian delis in D.C. Once you’ve experienced unfettered access to freshly sliced mortadella, real Italian cookies from Brooklyn, pizza that tastes like Nonna baked it, and aromatic, crusty Italian bread, it’s tough to realize you’ve been cut off. For all you addicts, Vace is the dealer you’ve been looking for. It’s been around for 40 years and remains my absolute favorite place for a slice and a sub—more so than its larger, slightly more expensive cousins, The Italian Store and A. Litteri. The Italian sub comes on either a hard or soft roll (go hard), spicy or not spicy (go spicy), and with lettuce and tomato. While you’re there, pick up a square of the spinach pie, a slice of mushroom pizza, some imported Nutella, refrigerated sauces and pastas for dinner, and maybe a gasket for

your stovetop espresso maker.

—Rina Rapuano

Restaurant to Roll Deep: Sol Mexican Grill 1251 H St. NE; (202) 808-2625; solmexicangrilldc.com

The more D.C.’s restaurant scene continues to boom, the more hosts laugh in my face when I dare to ask if there’s a table available for more than two.

Sol Mexican Grill is the antidote. If you’re rolling deep on an H Street NE bar crawl, this is the only place to fuel up. I’ve watched in amazement as they completely rearranged their patio to accommodate more than 12 people in the middle of a Saturday rush in about two minutes. Unlike some trendier restaurants in town, the tables are spaced so that a long table for a group isn’t too awkward to

move around, and you don’t have to sit in your friends’ laps. The margarita pitchers and appetizers make for easy sharing, and the staff is cool with splitting checks.

—Stephanie Rudig

Cookie: Wisemiller’s Grocery & Deli 1236 36th St. NW; (202) 333-8254; wisemillersgrocerydeli.com

It can be easy to miss the cookie counter inside this crowded deli, which is typically known for greasy sandwiches like the infamous “Chicken Madness.” But don’t forget to order their crushed Oreo cookie on your way out the door. D.C.’s most underrated cookie sits in a small case that’s right next to the cash register. Georgetown students know it’s a must for a quick afternoon snack or sugar fix, and the price is right—each cookie is just a $1,

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meaning supplies can and do run out.

But the real reason this cookie is so coveted is its mix of doughiness and crunch. The cookie dough is soft and gooey while the crushed Oreos deliver snap. It’s better than any run-ofthe-mill chocolate chip cookie, making it well worth a visit to this out-of-theway, student deli.

—Tim Ebner

sour sauce) and jjam-ppong (a spicy Korean chili-flavored soup served with shrimp and clams). Jang Won is one of numerous Chinese-Korean shops, but for your money it’s the best. —Brian Oh

Pappardelle with ragu at Osteria Al Volo

Way to Eat at High-End Restaurants: Don’t Drink

Ordering a drink is a natural thing to do when you hit a high-end restaurant—a nice bottle of red with your steak, a bomber of high-test Belgian ale with your moules-frites, or a complicated artisanal cocktail with your pork belly kale totchos. It completes the experience.

But the best way to dine out well more frequently is to do your drinking before you leave home. Part of that is down to basic finances: A good drink costs about as much as an appetizer, often more than a small plate—and it’s rare when tables stop imbibing after one round.

(The easiest way to see the impact of not drinking is to sip water at Little Serow—at $49 per person before tax and tip, the meal feels like the bargain that it is.) Skipping booze improves meals in other ways: You get a clearer taste of the food that you’re paying so much for, and you remember it the next day.

—Matt Terl

Italian: Osteria Al Volo Think of Osteria Al Volo as Pasta Mia 2.0. The restaurant opened last year and replaced an Adams Morgan institution known for serving heaping bowls of pasta on the cheap. Pasta Mia was beloved by many, but Osteria Al Volo is far better because co-owners Daniele and Matteo Catalani take Italian comfort food one step further by focusing on quality and local ingredients. Dishes like fettuccine bolognese and pappardelle topped with a roasted lamb ragu shine because the pasta is homemade and rough cut, which helps the sauce to stick to every nook and cranny of the noodles.

The Catalanis are also using familyinspired recipes and sourcing ingredients from local farmers markets, where their pasta products are sold too. Unlike other “elevated” Italian restaurants (read: expensive and overrated), Osteria Al Volo has kept with the Pasta Mia tradition, serving bowls of pasta that are decidedly cheaper ($15$18 per bowl).

—Tim Ebner

Summer Beer: Grain Batter, Brookeville Beer Farm 20315 Georgia Avenue, Brookeville; (301) 260-1000; brookevillebeerfarm.com

Not long after Brookeville Beer Farm opened its doors last summer, head brewer Kenny Borkmann took an unexpected shipment of soft winter red wheat. With it, he added lemon balm from the lady who does their flower arrangements, local honey, hops from the farm, and pilsner malt to create a unique brew. Inspired by traditional Belgian table beers, Grain Batter goes against most warm weather trends.

Instead of strong citrus or fruit flavors, a preponderance of hops, or the face-puckering sourness of a gose, Grain Batter is a clean, easy-drinking beer. Borkmann even compares it to a soft drink. It’s easy to put away several pints on a hot day, eating snacks from the pizza oven or a food truck and watching packs of near-feral children roam the farm while their parents drink. This year’s edition won’t be out until July because the brew depends on when the farmers harvest the wheat. But it’s worth the wait and the long drive into the rural outskirts of Montgomery County.

—Matt Terl

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1790 Columbia Road NW; (202) 758-0759, alvolodc.net

French Toast: Murry & Paul’s 3513 12th St. NE; (202) 529-4078

Murry & Paul’s is an authentic, honestto-god diner that’s hidden in plain sight in Brookland. There’s even a poster of Pope Francis hanging by the cash register of this cash-only, breakfast and lunch diner known for consistency in both food and service. It’s time tested too. Murry & Paul’s opened in 1964, and the wood paneling, rusted diner stools, and harsh florescent lighting are all original. The real reason people come here is for the French toast special. While most think of French toast as sweet and sugary, Murry & Paul’s version is more savory. The batter is mostly egg with just a touch of cinnamon and a helping of butter. The dish comes with your choice of two eggs and meat for just $7.95. Go for bacon and eggs over easy, so that the runny yolks soak deep into the buttery bread.

—Tim Ebner

Deli: Deli City 2200 Bladensburg Road NE; (202) 526-1800

The breakfast club meets daily at Deli City on Bladensburg Road NE. There are the early risers—usually WMATA employees who work next door at the bus depot, followed by the nine-to-fivers, who are in a rush to catch a quick bite.

Eventually an older, retiree set files in.

Those who aren’t pressed for time typically go for two or three refills on coffee as they slowly peruse the newspaper. Regardless of which camp you’re in, you’re here because Deli City is known

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best for its hot pastrami, corned beef, and roast beef sandwiches. But don’t overlook breakfast specials like the corned beef hash, bologna omelette, and hot salmon cakes. Whether breakfast or lunch, order from Delores Lewis, who has been working there for more than 40 years. She knows most customers by name and will be happy to recommend a few deli essentials to sample.

—Tim Ebner

Korean-Chinese: Jang Won Korean Chinese Restaurant 4210 John Marr Dr., Annandale; (703) 3541950; jangwon.us

It’s easy to get sidetracked in Annandale if you’re unfamiliar with the ins and outs of Korean cuisine. Honey Pig Korean barbecue and Bonchon fried chicken lure many. There are cute Korean cafes with bubble tea and bing-soo too.

But practiced Korean diners know a diet staple is always jja-jang-myun, the kind of dish for which each has a fiercely guarded favorite shop. The ChineseKorean noodle dish comprised of thick wheat noodles in a viscous-fermented black bean sauce is comfort food.

The sauce is thick and savory, loaded with pork and vegetables, and is typically complemented by cucumber and zucchini for a fresh contrast. It’s simple, hearty, and deserving of more attention. Typical accompaniments for jja-jang-myun include other popular Chinese-Korean dishes like tang-su-yuk (deep fried, breaded pork in a sweet and

Fried Food: Capitol Hill Crab Cakes 1243 Good Hope Road SE; (202) 678-5000; capitolhillcrabcakes.net

Capitol Hill Crab Cakes isn’t on Capitol Hill. It’s actually just over the bridge in Historic Anacostia. It’s also more than just crab cakes, which are worth the trip alone because they’re meaty and lightly breaded instead of greasy. But the fried chicken might be even better. Try the Marion Barry fried chicken sandwich made with crispy, perfectly seasoned thigh meat and pair it with the best thing on the menu—the crab fries.

Topped with a house-made sauce and seasoned with a secret recipe, you’ll be persuaded to polish them off without regret. Take your food to go or eat there, but check out the local art on the walls.

—Jenny Splitter

Korean: Kalorama Deli 2343 17th St. NW; (202) 483-2190

By the time my bibimbap arrives, I’m so delighted that it doesn’t really matter how the food tastes. Kalorama Deli, at the intersection of 17th Street and Kalorama Road NW, charges $1.55 for a small coffee and $0.60 for package of Haribo Roulette gummies, meaning you can get both caffeine and candy for the price of one allegedly gourmet coffee at a second-wave or third-wave cafe. And it’s strong coffee. With no shelves or tables clogging the middle of the deli, the space at Kalorama Deli is bright and uncluttered. The menu is split into a Korean section and an American section, and customers (who present as regu-

lars) mix and match—a crab cake sandwich with a side of mandu dumplings (both satisfying). My bibimbap has a mild flavor, comes with spicy gochujang, and introduces a surprise layer of shredded lettuce.

—Alexa Mills

Tacos: Taqueria Los Compadres 3213 Mt Pleasant St. NW; (202) 248-3227; taquerialoscompadresdc.com

The tacos at Taqueria Los Compadres are legit Mexican street style. The tortillas are homemade, the fillings and toppings are varied, and the accompanying salsas are fresh and tasty. Add to that an

unassuming atmosphere, and you’ve got yourself a winner.

From the tender meat of the al pastor or the chipotle-steeped chicken tinga to the chewy lengua or the Jalisco-style stewed barbacoa, these tacos are delicious. They’re made by a sweet old lady named Doña Rosa, who has been slinging tacos here for 15 years. (Some of you may remember her from the “apartment taco restaurant” in Columbia Heights where she would throw down a key for guests to come up to her converted living room to dine.) Don’t sleep on the vegetarian options like huitlacoche

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Tacos at Taqueria Los Compadres

(corn fungus) or squash blossom. The hefty tacos run $3-$4 a piece, and you can tell they are made with love.

—Aparna Krishnamoorthy

Bar: Bin 1301 1301 U St. NW; (202) 506-7716; bin1301dc.com

Ever been impressed by a one-man band? Me too. Bin 1301 is in the capable hands of general manager, beverage director, and executive Chef Chad Cortner, who describes his friendly hang as the “classy dive bar of wine bars.” He uncorks insane deals on easy-drinking glasses of wine for $8-$13, and allnight happy hour on Mondays features full pours of vermouth for $5 and wild mushroom panini for $6. During the rest of the work week, happy hour stretches from 5-8 p.m. But the best night to visit is Saturday, when live Latin jazz acts play sans cover charge. “I have the opportunity to help keep alive what made this neighborhood great in the first place,” Cortner says. There’s a full menu of food, and Cortner gets a little help from local purveyors: Ivy City Smokehouse provides the smoked fish while Stachowski’s is responsible for the lion’s share of the charcuterie. Bin 1301, though wine-focused, even has a bangin’ selection of beer and cider.

—Laura Hayes

Food Truck: Rock Creek Food Company rockcreekfc.com

Two lunch-seekers considered the food truck options in West End on a recent afternoon. “What kind of food truck is that?” one asked, eying the one on the corner of 25th and L streets NW. “I think it’s a sausage truck,” the other guessed.

The Rock Creek Food Company truck could use an explainer. It sports a logo with the name Rock Creek Food Company, which it goes by on social media, but the side of the truck says Curb Canteen in even bigger letters. As for the menu, our “I think it’s a sausage truck” guy is basically right. On offer are grilled sausages, either pork or chicken, served on either a baguette slathered with two sauces and topped with pickled slaw or in a quinoa salad with colorful in-season vegetables. For the sausage-averse, vegetarians, and gluttons, the concise menu has lately been rounded out by gnocchi, feta fries, and a chilled yogurt soup. This truck’s concept may be vague, but don’t let that be a barrier to some of the best cooking on wheels in the District.

—Zach Rausnitz

here, so avoid the crowds on 14th Street NW, and instead head to Dupont to Fox and Hounds. From 4-7 p.m., they offer $2 off beer, house wines, rail drinks, and certain menu items, but the rail drinks are the real steal. Order a whiskey ginger, for example, and you’ll be presented with a darling mini bottle of Canada Dry alongside a full-to-the-brim goblet of whiskey. You’ll have to mix it yourself, and you’ll have to drink down some of your spirit before you can even add the soda. In the course of an hour or two, and under $20, you can get blitzed enough to forget whatever fresh hell the day brought. Go ahead and line your stomach with bar food staples like nachos and mozzarella sticks while you’re there.

—Stephanie Rudig

Pizza: Pizza CS 1596-B Rockville Pike, Rockville; (240) 8338090; pizzacs.com

If part of the point of Neapolitan pizza is the simplicity—only flour, yeast, salt, and water for the dough—Pizza CS has the no-fuss experience to match. Customers order at the counter and seat themselves. Located near the back of a Rockville Pike strip mall, it’s in one of those suburban sweet spots with a Metro station within five minutes by foot and also ample free parking. Pies like a classic margherita and a dozen white pizza options boast thin crusts that are soft on the inside with some char outside.

They’ll reliably satisfy a craving and are reasonably priced at $10-15 for 11 inches.

Too few D.C.-area pizza joints are both accessible and take their craft seriously, and Pizza CS stands out.

—Zach Rausnitz

Microbrewery: Franklins 5123 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville; franklinsbrewery.com; (301) 927-2740

Happy Hour: Fox and Hounds

Before D.C.’s great brewery boom began a few years ago, the common myth was that there were no breweries around.

But true hop heads know: Franklins in Hyattsville has been brewing killer beer since the early ’00s and—spoiler alert— it still does. Situated in the neighborhood’s quaint main drag on Route 1, Franklins isn’t just a great microbrewery, it also serves up delicious homestyle pub fare, and even has a toy store (you know, for the kids). But its robust beer list is what deserves the most accolades. There are nearly 20 beers on tap at all times from IPAs to stouts to sour ales, and more. And if you don’t have a chance to try them all, you can always get some growler fills to go.

—Matt Cohen

1537 17th St. NW, (202) 232-6307; foxandhoundslounge.com

Bar Food: Lyman’s Tavern

After a long day at work and an inevitable 5 p.m. national news dump, many of us are looking to drown our sorrows fast and furiously. Speed and price are key

3720 14th St. NW; (202) 723-0502; facebook.com/lymanstaverndc

Lyman’s Tavern has earned many accolades for a variety of reasons: cheap

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Outdoor Drinking: Capital Fringe Courtyard 1358 Florida Ave. NE; (202) 737-7230; capitalfringe.org

Patios and rooftops are so plentiful in D.C. that they inspire listicle after listicle, but most aren’t quite as funky as Capital Fringe’s courtyard space.

It’s easy to miss passing by on Florida Avenue NE, but it lends itself to hidden gem status. The space is decked out with several cool murals, colorful chairs, hanging lights, and a peewee stage. In addition to a solid draft list and prosecco on tap, the bar specializes in simple, refreshing cocktails for $7-$9. They’ll even let you request your own cocktail made from the ingredients on hand. With all of Capital Fringe’s programming, there’s a good chance you’ll stumble upon something weird yet awesome like the recurring neighborhood craft night. Maybe you’ll even spot the members of the experimental jazz band Sun Ra Arkestra sashaying through post-show.

—Stephanie Rudig

Vegan Bar Food: Galaxy Hut 2711 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA; (703) 525-8646; galaxyhut.com

Here’s what’s amazing about the menu at Arlington’s beloved hang Galaxy Hut: Lovingly scripted below the sandwich list are the magic words, “All can be prepared with vegan meat and/or dairy substitutes.” Now, there’s somewhat of a longstanding rift between Washington City Paper’s vegetarian contingent and meat eaters, and it’s that the meat eaters think that “fake meat” (i.e. soy protein substitute) on sandwiches is bullshit. They’re wrong, and Galaxy Hut is proof. Simply put, its vegan cheesesteak made with soy protein instead of red meat is probably the best sandwich I’ve ever had, full stop. And the high praise doesn’t stop there. All of the vegan versions of its sandwiches—the crispy

chicken, Cubany, and Reuben—are all good. Take that, meat eaters.

—Matt Cohen

Condiment: Green Sauce at El Pollo Sabroso 1434 Park Road NW and 3153 Mount Pleasant St. NW; facebook.com/ ElPolloSabrosoDC

When you order a rotisserie chicken at El Pollo Sabroso, your plate comes with two small cups of sauce, one yellow and creamy, the other green and slightly more runny. They’re intended to dress up the plain protein, but the spicy green offering, made from a blend of cilantro, lime, and jalapenos, can take anything from drab to fab. I’ve added it to everything from quinoa bowls, steaks, and salads to eggs and crackers. Unlike pesto or chimichurri, the dominant flavor here is the smoky heat from the jalapeno, and it lacks the other sauces’ oiliness. Replicating it at home is basically impossible—believe me, I’ve tried.

You’re better off adding a four-ounce side of it to your chicken, then leaving it in your fridge and adding it to whatever strikes your fancy.

—Caroline Jones

Indian: Pansaari 1603 17th St. NW; (202) 847-0115, pansaari.com

This self-described “third-space café,” cooking school, and brunch spot tucked beneath a six-story building on 17th Street NW is not only a neighborhood gem but also a crown jewel of Dupont dining. Descend a set of stairs to the underground venue and you’ll be greeted by a rainbow of colorful furniture, rugs, and spice jars. On a recent weekend afternoon, chefs were turning out tasty chaats and several kinds of Indian breads, including poori and paratha. The paratha flatbread was divine and the chicken served with it on special had just the right amount of tang. Pansaari’s regular chai (served hot for $2.50) is soothing and cardamon-heavy, one of several teas on the menu. It’s spicy enough to clear the most aggressive of allergies, which is fitting. In Hindi, “punsaari” can mean “a community spice seller,” “a local grocer,” or, “a source for Ayurvedic remedies,” according to the owners. Brunch is served Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

—Andrew Giambrone

of Mexican and Salvadoran offerings, as well as the delightfully random art and cozy vibe. The fried plantains are perfectly caramelized, the enchiladas are gloriously gooey, and the pupusas are to die for. The service is always super friendly and attentive, keeping the margaritas and chips and salsa coming from the second you sit down until the check comes (and even after).

—Stephanie Rudig

Street Cart: Hot Dog Cart at 7th and G streets NW

According to the proprietor of the hot dog cart at 7th and G streets NW, hers is one of only three in the city that possess a griddle. The slab of heated metal doesn’t seem all that important, but it makes all the difference for a street hot dog ($2). Instead of just pulling a dripping wet dog from a pool of lukewarm water, she splits it down the middle, leaving it ever-so-tethered, and then places the flat side on the griddle, holding it down with a bacon press for about three minutes. It’s then deposited into a soft bun and topped between the two halves. You’re left with a steaming hot frank that beats most others you’ll find on corners or at the ballpark—and plenty of cash left in your pocket.

—Darrow Montgomery, as told to Caroline Jones

Secret Date Spot: Giovanni’s Trattu 1823 Jefferson Pl. NW; (202) 452-4960; giovannistrattu.com

Sometimes you want to slip in and out

of dinner without anyone seeing. And no, I’m not just talking about the Ashley Madison set. A journalist might want discuss a lead with a source over linguini. A worker bee seeking a new job on the sly might want to chat up a potential boss over bucatini. Giovanni’s Trattu has provided a hidden dining den for four decades. Descend a set of stairs and discover a mirrored dining room and menu that call out to Venice.

All that’s missing is a guy in a gondola. At dinner, go hard on the garlic bread ($4.50); house-made cannelloni stuffed with ham, veal, and vegetables ($19.95); veal saltimbocca made fragrant with white wine and sage ($24.95); and a rum-soaked baba cake for dessert ($7.50). Wash it all down with Chianti.

—Laura Hayes

Lunch: Saint’s Paradise Cafeteria United House of Prayer for All People, 601 M St. NW; (202) 789-2289

The sweet menu items are luscious, and the salty ones unmistakably so at Saint’s Paradise, a cafeteria in a sunkenlevel room attached to a large church.

The soul food cuisine is not only tasty but also generous in serving size and a great value. A meat plate with two sides is only about $10, a vegetable plate of three sides is $7.50, and dessert is $2.50. Just-right collard greens, blackeyed peas, and whiting fish come in serving sizes best described as “heaping.” For dessert, choose from 3-inch slices of cake or banana pudding with a glorious layer of Nilla wafers on top. The

Spices at Pansaari

Latin Food: Las Placitas 1100 8th St. SE; (202) 543-3700

Not to knock the bougie artisanal tacos that you’re likely to find around the District, but I often find myself longing for something more like the neighborhood Mexican joints of my childhood, with heaping piles of rice and beans, little cups of sour cream and guac, and some salsa that’s watery in a good way. Las Placitas delivers with its amazing mix

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booze, pinball, and the fact that you can drink for free on your birthday.

But one overlooked aspect of Lyman’s worth shouting about is its food. What makes the grub so good is that the tavern seems to understand just what pub food should be: Not too fancy or high concept, but something a bit more than just burgers and fries. At Lyman’s, you can get an array of well-dressed hot dogs, various sliders, tacos, subs, and more. I’m particularly fond of the Latintinged Lyman’s Dogs topped with tangy curtido and creamy queso salvadoreño, as well as the Not-So-Baby Grilled Cheese, which is essentially a gruyere grilled cheese on a cheddar-crusted potato roll. The best part? All the food is accompanied by Utz chips or cheese balls.

—Matt Cohen

A Baked Joint fried green tomato sandwich

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mac and cheese, a dish restaurants everywhere struggle to pull off, is executed perfectly with a browned top crust and a blend of cheeses. Coffee is just $0.85 a cup and comes with packets of powdered Nestlé Coffee-mate. Go alone or with friends for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

—Alexa Mills

Wings: Purple Patch 3155 Mt Pleasant St. NW; (202) 299-0022; purplepatchdc.com

In case there’s any doubt, Mount Pleasant’s Filipino restaurant goes the extra mile for guests in its dining room perched above its basement bar, printing custom “welcome” signs for every reservation. Seated at one of the only unclaimed tables accented by fresh cut flowers, I order wings that deserve a lot more appreciation. The fried calamansi chicken wings served with papaya salad ($8) are sweet, sour, sticky, and crispy. They best the other wing flavors like white miso or adobo. Chef/owner Patrice Cleary (a former U.S. Marine) says she uses concentrated calamansi juice to enliven them. If you like the distinct taste of the “citrus fruit of the Philippines,” pair your wings with the bar’s calamansi cocktail.

—Laura Hayes

Sandwich: A Baked Joint 440 K St. NW; (202) 408-6985; abakedjoint.com

Finding a sandwich that will appeal to vegetarians and meat eaters is tough, but A Baked Joint’s fried green tomato sandwich ($10) pleases both. It starts with thick slices of toasted sourdough, baked in house, that are slathered with tangy and salty pimento cheese, then topped with cornmeal-crusted tomatoes. The combination of ingredients yields a bite that might make

your mouth pucker, but it’s so texturally interesting that you can’t stop eating it. And while most vegetarian sandwiches lead with roasted vegetables that taste too healthy, this one oozes cheese and feels like a gluttonous treat. A Baked Joint’s location, hidden between construction sites in the lobby of a Mount Vernon Triangle apartment building, also adds to the sandwich’s underrated nature. Guests form block-long lines at its Georgetown sister bakery, Baked & Wired, for cupcakes and other confections but don’t turn out for sandwiches in such high numbers, making it accessible and delicious.

—Caroline Jones

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Dive Bar: Trusty’s 1420 Pennsylvania Ave. SE; (202) 547-1010; trustysfullserve.com

Lost in the eternal dive bar debate is the genuine article known as the neighborhood bar. And Trusty’s, near Barney Circle, qualifies as both. Far enough down Pennsylvania Avenue SE to be inconvenient for college kids and tourists, with jumbo oil cans for lamps, a deconstructed school bus as an upstairs bar, exposed wiring, ventilation, brick and timber walls, and 50 percent of its bar menu featuring cheese, you could be in Upstate New York or rural Wisconsin and not know. There are three draft beers, numerous cans, and Jameson shots—drink options that don’t clutter the mind. The clatter of a spatula on a bar-adjacent griddle with cooking oil flowing from squeeze bottles signals that the food—burgers, cheesesteaks, nachos, and chili—is coming out hot and fast. And Sharkey, a Capitol Hill native who mans the bar and alternates sound on dueling TV channels when Jeopardy is on, lets you know that even non-regulars are welcome. —Jeffrey Anderson

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This year’s DC Jazz Festival may have been slimmer, but it still packed quite a punch.

By Michael J. West Cleaning out some old papers this weekend, I came across the programming brochure from 2016’s DC Jazz Festival. A comparison to this year’s lineup allows me to confirm my prefestival suspicion that 2017 is a leaner year. But it also requires some clarification: I had previously suggested that the disappearance of The Hamilton as a venue from the schedule may have made a substantial part of the difference. In fact, the Hamilton’s absence made the entire difference.

All of the other programming tracks amount to more or less the same number of performances this year as last. But in 2016, The Hamilton offered eight nights of concerts. The Howard Theatre, which this year partnered with DCJF instead, offered three—two of them on the festival’s first two nights.

It seems odd to suggest that quantity should trump quality.

The Howard’s triple threat—Lalah Hathaway, Ron Carter and Roy Haynes, and Edmar Castaneda and Hiromi—was damn near unimpeachable, whereas previous years’ Hamilton marathons were often spotty. But believe it or not, that’s rather beside the point. Those eight or so nights of headline jazz constituted a spine for the DC Jazz Festival, a reliable through-line at a great room with superb sound (and good food and drink). Each of the shows would either sell out or come close. In every one of those respects, The Howard Theatre falls short.

(The bookings also had regrettable timing: The Washington Post published a damning expose of The Howard on the same day as Castaneda and Hiromi’s performance, reinforcing already extant reasons to doubt that the venerable venue and D.C. icon will last long enough to participate in next year’s festival.)

So let this critic be the first to suggest that, from a concert goer’s perspective, The Hamilton and the DC Jazz Festival were the best things that ever happened to each other. Perhaps there are other spaces in the District that could step up as home bases for the DCJF—Atlas Performing Arts Center?

The Lincoln Theatre? Lisner Auditorium, which hosted con-

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certs one year, or another local university’s auditorium? And it’s always possible that The Howard Theatre could right the ship; The Lincoln managed to pull it off. If they terminate their relationship with the Blue Note Entertainment Group, as hoped, they’d be very smart to talk to former Bohemian Caverns owner Omrao Brown about booking the place.

(Likewise, Blues Alley owner Harry Schnipper was an early and enthusiastic bidder for The Howard’s operation.) But in the meantime, The Hamilton/DCJF partnership is worth salvaging, if indeed it can be done. It will make things better on both sides.

There was, of course, a lot more to the DCJF, and a lot of it went very right. The other top-line acts on the agenda included Canadian saxophonist Jane Bunnett and her AfroCuban band Maqueque at Sixth & I, and legendary guitarist Pat Metheny and his quartet at the Kennedy Center’s concert hall. The former was spectacular on every level, from the opener (D.C. vocalist Aaron Myers, doing his best work) to Maqueque’s exquisite mix of folk-music rawness and art-mu-

sic polish to the electric audience chemistry.

Metheny put on a massive nearly three-hour show, running through his four-decade discography with a tight and energet-

Take a peek at Ben’s Chili Bowl’s new mural. washingtoncitypaper.com/arts. ic young band. It was a bit too much fan service for these ears, but you won’t hear a lot of complaints from Pat Metheny ticket buyers.

The festival’s real signature piece, though, is its three-day outdoor presentation at The Yards Park, where audiences face the Anacostia riverfront. This year pulled out all the stops, with a maze of food trucks and caterers, other fun sponsors, and lines of merchandising vendors along its boardwalk—on its own, Jazz at the Yards was on a scale of some smaller festivals, like our own Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, in their entirety. The music matched the surroundings, with alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett and Robert Glasper both absolutely crushing on Saturday evening.

The one flaw in the proceedings was one that the festival couldn’t control: miserable heat and humidity all throughout the weekend. But the crowd never seemed to succumb to the scorching sun and wilting dampness; Sunny Sumter, Willard Jenkins, and their crew are doing something right.

As are their partner presenters: The single best concert of the festival was at the Atlas on June 12, where composer/arranger/bandleader Miho Hazama led the Brad Linde Ensemble through a new commission of Thelonious Monk arrangements for his centennial year. These were charts that had great respect for the boisterous melodies and rhythms of Monk’s compositions, but also a fascinating set of moving parts (especially the low end: What Hazama did with bass trombone, baritone saxophone, and bass clarinet—the latter two both played by Linde—was riveting) that made them great fun to listen to.

A close second, however, was CapitalBop’s dual presentation (at NYU’s downtown D.C. campus) of local trombonist Reginald Cyntje, giving a somber-meets-entertaining performance his new suite of compositions called The Rise of the Protester, and the pure exhilaration of Odean Pope’s seven-horn saxophone choir.

Then there’s the JazzPrix, the DCJF’s two-year-old Battle of the Bands that’s poised to become one of the great prides of the festival. Its inaugural winners, New Century Jazz Quintet (who this year played both The Yards and the open time during the JazzPrix jury’s deliberations), were easy to spot during last year’s finals; at this year’s, held at UDC’s Performing Arts Recital Hall, any one of the three bands would have made a fine winner of the $15,000 cash prize. New York’s AMP Trio, featuring vocalist Tahira Clayton were the final choice, Photo courtesy of Fritz Photographics besting SULA and The Ernest Turner Trio when factoring in both the jury’s and the audience’s Twitter vote. This is an aspect of the festival that will only grow in importance and prominence.

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CPArts Arts Desk

Check out the debut music video from composer and multiinstrumentalist Dennis Kane’s new project, The Hunted Hare. washingtoncitypaper.com/arts.

The Scene RepoRT Introducing a new feature that highlights what’s new and notable in the D.C. music scene. —Matt Cohen

Faunas, Shit Show

Self-released The debut EP from fuzzed-out powerpunk duo Faunas isn’t fucking around.

Its five tracks of pummeling, thrashy garage-punk might be short, but it hits you like a storm, leaving you disheveled, broken, and yearning for more.

RIYL: Pissed Jeans, Pinkwash, facenumbing garage-punk.

Mock Identity, 4 Songs

Self-released Something like a local supergroup—comprised of members of Antonia, Insect Factory, Supersonic Piss, and more— Mock Identity’s 4 Songs is the fierce, inyour-face post-hardcore 2017 deserves.

Vocalist Adriana-Lucia Cotes sings and screams unpleasantries about liars, harassers, and abusers over angular riffs and a knotty rhythm section.

Black Lodge + em.g, Assassin Suite

Blight Records The second collaboration between Paperhaus’ Alex Tebeleff (as Black Lodge) and Maggie Gilmore (as em.g) continues the duo’s foray into the dark sounds of experimental electronic music. Tebeleff’s modular synthesizer produces eerie, industrial beeps, boops, and beats as em.g.’s processed vocals ebb and flow with an otherworldly, alluring calm.

RIYL: Suzanne Ciani, experimental electronics, dark industrial, what you imagine the inside of David Lynch’s brain sounds like.

RIYL: Tricot, Drive Like Jehu, early Deerhoof, math rock.

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Puff Pieces, Born 2 Die

Lovitt Records The new two-song 7-inch from D.C.’s minimalist post-punks is most deceiving, but nonetheless a simple masterpiece. The A-side is “Born 2 Die,” a classic Puff Pieces track about the absurdity of life as we know it. And on the B-side, the track is reimagined as a throwback dance tune, composed entirely through synths and electronic drum programming.

RIYL: Minimalist post-punk, no wave, proto-punk.

Dove Lady, One

DZ Tapes For their first proper full-length album, One, Dove Lady—the duo of Andrew Thawley and Jeremy Ray—delivers pure blasts of cathartic, heavy riffs and banging drums. It’s skronky, angular post-hardcore that seamlessly weaves in an array of influences, from free jazz to noise rock, emo, and even shades of pop-punk.

RIYL: Cap’n Jazz, Lightning Bolt, skronky post-hardcore.

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Directed by Ainsley Walsh She holdS the paintbrush in her mangled left hand, dips it into a tiny reservoir of green, then gently but firmly presses it against the wall, adding a stem to the flower. It is a delicate process enacted by a delicate woman, a scene submerged in shadows through which only the paint shines through.

This is Maud Lewis, one of the most famous folk artists of the 20th century.

Maudie is a slow, earnest film that pleasantly subverts the narrow-minded hagiography we expect from the story of an artist.

Films of this kind have come to resemble paint-by-numbers: The artist endures unimaginable hardships, which they spin into timeless art like gold from straw. All of that happens in Maudie, directed sturdily by Ainsley Walsh, but it’s working from a different canvas.The filmmakers aren’t interested in explaining Maud’s art. They respect her too much to seek ownership of it.

Crippled by juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Maud (portrayed by Sally Hawkins) posseses a sacred joy in a body worn down by life. She has always depended on others, but after her parents die and her brother sells their childhood home, she must learn to fend for herself. She answers an ad at the general store from Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke), a terse fish peddler, looking for a “housemaid.” When she knocks on the door of his Nova Scotia home, he responds, “I’m looking for a woman.” With just a single bed in his two-room country house, it’s clear he means what he says. Maud moves in, and while she adjusts to the oppressive instincts

of her new boss, landlord, and ersatz boyfriend, she finds a brush and starts painting the walls to brighten her caged life.

Hawkins gives a magnetic performance, while Hawke is never entirely convincing as the brutal Irishman. With his greasy hair and goatee, he looks too much like the young faux-rebel he played in Reality Bites, and his brusqueness feels like a pose. Then again, maybe that’s what was intended. With Maud bringing sunshine into their dingy home, Everett softens considerably and becomes the sensitive, loving guy Maud deserves. He becomes, in other words, Ethan Hawke. He and Hawkins convincingly portray an unorthodox but successful marriage between two damaged souls.

After a New York socialite on vacation falls for Maud’s work, the film traces her sudden rise in popularity. CBS News does a profile on her and Everett, and Richard Nixon—then the Vice President—requests two of her paintings for the White House, but success never changes Maud. She and Everett continue selling her work from their stoop, as Walsh’s film comes to resemble a cinematic adaptation of the idyllic backstory many urbanites impose onto folk art. If only we could all move to the country, they say, things would be different.

Maybe the answer is love, not land. Maudie ends up succeeding by staying focused on its romance, instead of using it to justify the art. Maud and Everett are difficult people to spend time with, but as a pair, they just work. When he first rolls over onto her in bed, she squeaks, “Are you gonna do that?

We’d better get married.” He grunts back, “Costs money.” She shrugs. “Only if you invite people and stuff.” And so they get married. If only life or love were so simple.

—Noah Gittell Maudie opens Friday at Landmark’s E Street Cinema and Bethesda Row Cinema.

Now thru August 13 | Theater Lab Who better to comment on the state of our nation than the comedians who mock it best? The Second City returns for another summer of uproarious irreverence in The Second City’s Almost Accurate Guide to America: Divided We Stand. You may think you know America, but if the last year has taught us anything, it’s that there are many different Americas to get to know. Alas, there is still one thing the blue states and red states share—the need for a good laugh! Age 16+

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Th 8 The Comin’ Down Soul Michelle Branch w/ Haerts.......F 49 Jamestown Revival w/Dance Colter Wall ...............................................................F Party with DJCompany Baby Alcatraz ...F Deadmen 23 Mew 5 The Record w/ The Early.............................................Sa Show! 7pm Doors .................. Sa 10 Get Low w/ Mathias & Friends ...F 30 Little Xavier Omär ..Tu 8 Mixtape Pride Party with DJs Shea Van HornDragon and Mattw/ Bailer ..............

Sa 10 The Circus Life Podcast JULY 4th Anniversary Concert ....FM1112 Rodrigo y featuring GabrielaDJ w/Tezrah, Ryan Sheridan ........................................................

Phazefest Bomba Estéreo .....................Th 17 Coolots, Homosuperior, The Districts Olivia & The Mates, and more! ....Sa 1 w/ Sam Evian & Soccer Mommy ...F 18 Caravan Palace ........................W 5 U STREET MUSIC HALL PRESENTS Kyle Mooney Live Valentino Khan.....................Sa 19 This is a seated show.......................Tu 11

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w/ Redline Graffiti ......................Th 20 Sister Hazel ..............................F 21

AN EVENING WITH

w/ Lauren Jenkins......................Th 24

Amadou & Mariam

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood ........................Sa 26 Washed Out ............................Th 31

Uhh Yeah Dude

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Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes)

U STREET MUSIC HALL PRESENTS

Petit Biscuit ..............................W 2

9:30 CUPCAKES

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THIS SUNDAY!

w/ Father John Misty plus special guest host Grace Potter Talkin’ & Singin ... JULY 15

VANS WARPED TOUR PRESENTED BY JOURNEYS FEATURING

American Authors • Anti-Flag • The Ataris • Big D and The Kids Table • CKY • Emmure • GWAR • Hatebreed • Hawthorne Heights • Municipal Waste and many more! ........ JULY 16

Gorillaz w/ Vince Staples & Danny Brown ........................................................... JULY 17

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Luke Bryan w/ Brett Eldredge & Lauren Alaina............................................JUNE 25 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit w/ The Mountain Goats ..................JUNE 30 Dispatch w/ Guster & Marco Benevento.......................................................... JULY 7 My Morning Jacket w/ Gary Clark Jr. ..................................................... JULY 14

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The best thing you could possibly put in your mouth

John Legend w/ Gallant New date! All 6/20 tickets honored. ........................... JULY 25 alt-J w/ Saint Motel & SOHN .................................................................................. JULY 27 Fleet Foxes w/ Animal Collective ........................................................ JULY 29 Belle and Sebastian / Spoon / Andrew Bird w/ Ex Hex ........ JULY 30

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Lady Antebellum w/ Kelsea Ballerini & Brett Young .......................... AUGUST 13 Santana .......................................................................................................... AUGUST 15 Sturgill Simpson w/ Fantastic Negrito ............................................ SEPTEMBER 15 Young The Giant w/ Cold War Kids & Joywave .............................. SEPTEMBER 16

ALL GOOD PRESENTS

Chrysalis at Merriweather Park

AEG LIVE PRESENTS

Greensky Bluegrass w/ Leftover Salmon ................................................. JULY 22

Lake Street Dive........................................................................................................... JULY 8 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live!

EEGAH Early Show! 5pm Doors .......................................................................................... JULY 9 SECRET SURPRISE FILM! Late Show! 8:30pm Doors ........................................... JULY 9

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SECOND NIGHT ADDED! AEG LIVE PRESENTS

Tim And Eric: 10th Anniversary Awesome Tour ........................................................ JULY 19

TajMo: The Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ Band w/ Jontavious Willis............................. AUGUST 9 Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica By Four Cellos .................................................... SEPTEMBER 9 The Kooks .................................................................................................................OCTOBER 4 Paul Weller ..............................................................................................................OCTOBER 7

9:30 CLUB PRESENTS AT U STREET MUSIC HALL

THE BIRCHMERE PRESENTS

Azizi Gibson ...............................Sa JUN 24 Beth Ditto ........................................... W 12 DakhaBrakha.................................... Tu 27 Myles Parrish ................................... Sa 15 3TEETH ........................................... F JUL 7 ALL GOOD PRESENTS The Hip Abduction .......................... Th 20 Kap G & JR Donato New date! All 2/23 tickets will be honored. . Su JUL 9 Frank Iero w/ The Homeless Gospel Choir . F 21

Colin Hay ................................................................................................................OCTOBER 21 Iron & Wine w/ John Moreland ..............................................................................NOVEMBER 9 ALL GOOD PRESENTS

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Music

JUNE / JULY SHOWS FRI 23

CITY LIGHTS: Friday

FRI 23

Friday

SAT 24

Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Aimee Mann, Jonathan Coulton. 7:30 p.m. Sold out. birchmere.com.

SAT 24

rock

Black cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490.

Fuzzqueen, Tempercrush, Black Dog Prowl, Lisa Said, Don Zientara, Selena Benally. 8 p.m. $15. blackcatdc.com. merriweather Post Pavilion 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. (410) 715-5550. Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton. 7:30 p.m. $45–$195. merriweathermusic.com.

classical

kennedy center concert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Pops: The Music of John Williams. 8 p.m. $24–$99. kennedy-center.org.

dJ Nights

9:30 cluB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. The Comin’ Down Soul Dance Party with DJ Baby Alcatraz. 9 p.m. $10. 930.com. dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Liberation Dance Party with DJ Bill Spieler. 10:30 p.m. Free. dcnine.com. fillmore silver sPring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. 80’s vs 90’s Dance Party featuring Biz Markie. 8 p.m. $15.50. fillmoresilverspring.com. troPicalia 2001 14th St. NW. (202) 629-4535. Chris Stiles. 10 p.m. Free. tropicaliadc.com.

ElEctroNic

echostage 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE. (202) 503-2330. Above & Beyond. 9 p.m. $40–$50. echostage.com. flash 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Nu Zau & Sepp, Jimpster, Navbox, Rosenberg, Jubilee, Acid People. 8 p.m. $8–$15. flashdc.com. u street music hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Maya Jane Coles, Heather Femia. 10 p.m. $20–$25. ustreetmusichall.com.

FuNk & r&B

amP By strathmore 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Let It Flow. 8 p.m. $20–$30. ampbystrathmore.com.

Bethesda Blues & Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Soul Crackers. 8 p.m. $20. bethesdabluesjazz.com. gyPsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. John Papa Gros, Cris Jacobs, Jonathan Sloane Trio. 8:30 p.m. $15. gypsysallys.com. the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Flow Tribe, Tomato Dodgers. 8 p.m. $15–$25. thehamiltondc.com.

The members of Seattle’s Chastity Belt appear totally cool, in an aloof, mom jeans-wearing kind of way. But it’s also clear that they genuinely adore one another. On their new release, I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone, the band highlights their genuineness. The new album tonally differs from their second, Time to Go Home, with lead singer Julia Shapiro trading some of her heartier vocals for moody crooning. But it brings more sophisticated instrumentals and applies an even hazier film to their apathetic shoegaze aesthetic. Longtime fans will still hear frank refrains on loser dudes, lame parties, and introversion. On “What the Hell,” Shapiro laments a relatable millennialism: If I look at my phone again/ I’ll just want to die/ Aside from that/ I feel alright. Or, the depressingly recognizable portrait of a party on “Complain:” I had a drink and ate some stuff/ Now I’m already bored/ A couple bros said some shit/ I’m choosing to ignore. But it’s not all caustic commentary. Shapiro urges the listener to take it easy on the opening track, “Different Now:” “You’re hard on yourself/ Well you can’t always be right… You should take some time to figure out your life.” Chastity Belt performs with Darren Hanlon at 8 p.m. at Songbyrd Music House, 2477 18th St. NW. $12–$15. (202) 450-2917. songbyrddc.com.

—Leah Douglas

Jazz

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Pat Martino Organ Trio. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $40. bluesalley.com. national gallery of art sculPture garden 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. (202) 7374215. Juanita Williams. 5 p.m. Free. nga.gov. twins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Kenny Rittenhouse with the Bob Murad Trio. 9 p.m.; 11 p.m. $15. twinsjazz.com.

BURLESQUE AND VAUDEVILLE FESTIVAL

SAM KOGON

WES CHARLTON

MUGGLE MONDAYS

BUTTERBEER & THE FIRST FILM

HEMLINES

NO MEN + FEMME FLAG

WED 5

T-REXTASY

FRI 7

THE INDEPENDANCE

SAT 8

RISK (18+)

FOUL SWOOPS + BACCHAE

A PRO-CHOICE PROM

rock

9:30 cluB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. White Ford Bronco. 8 p.m. Sold out. 930.com.

Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Alejandro Escovedo Band, Sammy Brue. 7:30 p.m. $29.50. birchmere.com.

opEra

World

the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Start Making Sense—A Tribute to Talking Heads, N.E.W. athens. 8 p.m. $18–$25.50. thehamiltondc.com.

howard theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Tributo 2017: Soda Stereo, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Shakira. 8 p.m. $20–$30. thehowardtheatre.com.

BAT FANGS + FAUNAS

saturday

gyPsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. The The Band Band. 9 p.m. $20–$22. gypsysallys.com.

Barns at wolf traP 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Wolf Trap Opera: Rossini’s “The Touchstone”. 7:30 p.m. $32–$88. wolftrap.org.

MOUSTRAP

AN INDIE POP DANCE PARTY

THE CAPITAL CITY

TUE 4

chastity BElt

AWKWARD SEX ...AND THE CITY

FRI 30

MON 3

wolf traP filene center 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Classic Albums Live performs Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. 8 p.m. $25–$45. wolftrap.org.

FIGHT THE POWER

BURLESQUE: A H.I.P.S. FUNDRAISER

POST PINK

SUN 2

songByrd music house and record cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Chastity Belt, Darren Hanlon. 8 p.m. Sold out. songbyrddc.com.

LOCAL SUMMER SOLSTICE PARTY

SUN 25

AND SAT 1

rock & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Margaret Glaspy, Alexander F. 8 p.m. $16–$18. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

AROCKALYPTIC

rhizome dc 6950 Maple St. NW. Cheer-Accident, Halo Valley, Floom. 8 p.m. $10. rhizomedc.org.

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rock & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Getchoo, Dammit Josie, Dashing Blumpkins. 8 p.m. $15. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

wolf traP filene center 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Diana Krall. 8 p.m. $43.75–$83.75. wolftrap.org.

songByrd music house and record cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Lola Marsh, Louisa Hall. 8 p.m. $10–$12. songbyrddc.com.

World

state theatre 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church.

(703) 237-0300. The Legwarmers. 9:30 p.m. $18. thestatetheatre.com.

classical

clarice smith Performing arts center Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park. (301) 405-2787.

National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic performs Mahler’s Fourth. 8 p.m. $25. theclarice.umd.edu. kennedy center concert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Pops: The Music of John Williams. 8 p.m. $24–$99. kennedy-center.org.

couNtry

Jiffy luBe live 7800 Cellar Door Drive, Bristow.

(703) 754-6400. Lady Antebellum, Kelsea Ballerini, Brett Young. 5 p.m. $33–$250. livenation.com. merriweather Post Pavilion 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. (410) 715-5550. Luke Bryan, Brett Eldredge, Lauren Alaina. 7 p.m. $56–$126. merriweathermusic.com.

ElEctroNic

flash 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Chus & Ceballos, Michael Scott, Edo, Dusk. 8 p.m. $10–$25. flashdc.com. u street music hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Cut Snake, Will Eastman, Chris Kennedy. 10:30 p.m. $10. ustreetmusichall.com.

FuNk & r&B

Bethesda Blues & Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Tyra Levone. 8 p.m. $40–$50. bethesdabluesjazz.com. howard theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Luther Re-Lives featuring William “Smooth” Wardlaw.

8 p.m. $25–$45. thehowardtheatre.com.

hip-hop

u street music hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Azizi Gibson. 7 p.m. $15. ustreetmusichall.com.

Jazz

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Pat Martino Organ Trio. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $40. bluesalley.com. twins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Kenny Rittenhouse with the Bob Murad Trio. 9 p.m.; 11 p.m. $15. twinsjazz.com.

gw lisner auditorium 730 21st St. NW. (202) 9946800. Ani Choying. 7 p.m. $20–$100. lisner.gwu.edu.

suNday rock

Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Three Dog Night. 7:30 p.m. $69.50. birchmere.com.

Black cat Backstage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 6674490. Post Pink, Bat Fangs, Faunas. 7:30 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com. dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Andrew St. James, Selina George, Lavender. 8 p.m. $10. dcnine.com. rock & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Songs: Molina—A Memorial Electric Co., Swojens. 8 p.m. $15. rockandrollhoteldc.com. songByrd music house and record cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Daniel Skye, Davis Gestiehr. 7 p.m. $10–$60. songbyrddc.com. u street music hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Wes Swing & Lowland Hum. 7 p.m. $10. ustreetmusichall.com.

ElEctroNic

flash 645 Florida Ave. NW. (202) 827-8791. Tony Humphries, Sam ‘The Man’ Burns, Chris Burns, Sleepy G. 2 p.m. $8–$12. flashdc.com.

FuNk & r&B

verizon center 601 F St. NW. (202) 628-3200.

NKOTB, Paula Abdul, Boyz II Men. 7:30 p.m. $29.95– $199.95. verizoncenter.com.

gospEl

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Wyomme Pariss & Friends. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $20. bluesalley.com.

hip-hop

fillmore silver sPring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Michael Franti & Spearhead. 8 p.m. $36. fillmoresilverspring.com.

Jazz

Bethesda Blues & Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Nick Colionne. 7:30 p.m. $35. bethesdabluesjazz.com. rhizome dc 6950 Maple St. NW. David Murray and Kahil El’Zabar. 9 p.m. $18–$20. rhizomedc.org.

CITY LIGHTS: saturday

doN WiNsloW

Author Don Winslow made his name writing thrillers about the tumultuous drug wars against, and between, Mexico’s cartels.

Winslow’s best works, like 2015’s The Cartel, combine elaborate, ripped-from-the-headlines plots about the fight to control Mexico’s drug plazas with a knowledge of the ethical compromises that come with entering that world— even to fight it. He was also one of the first writers to grasp how the synthetic opioid fentanyl, now responsible for much of the increase in American overdose deaths, would roil both sides of the border. In other words, Winslow knows the drug business. With The Force, he’s turned his attentions farther north, to New York and a squad of crooked cops who have been helping themselves to a heroin bust. The book, which Stephen King has called “The Godfather, only cops,” promises a set of Winslow’s characters making violent decisions for drugs or money. Don Winslow reads at 3:30 p.m. at Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. Free. (202) 364-1919. politics-prose.com.

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CITY LIGHTS: suNday

DECLASSIFIED

Ben Folds Presents

Blake Mills & Danay Suárez

soNgs: MoliNa—a MEMorial ElEctric co.

June 30 at 9 p.m. | Concert Hall

When Jason Molina was found dead in his sparse apartment in Indianapolis in 2013, he had nothing but a cell phone in his pocket, with only his grandma’s number programmed into it. In his apartment, visitors found evidence of a life in distress that had reached its sad end: A bottle of cheap vodka in the freezer, a skillet full of spinach and garbanzo beans on the stove, cigarette butts all over the floor. It was the lonely end to the life of one of the 21st century’s greatest songwriters, who—like many before him—had a long, dark cloud of alcoholism and depression looming over him that he just couldn’t shake. Four years later, fans still mourn the loss of Molina—and so do his former bandmates, who are taking his songs out on the road with Songs: Molina — A Memorial Electric Co. Comprised of his Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. bandmates, Songs: Molina is touring in part to celebrate the release of a new book about Molina’s life

by Erin Osmon. Expect a melancholy, but appropriately touching celebration of Molina’s life, as the band performs some of his most beloved tunes and Osmon reads stories and anecdotes from her book, told by the people who knew him best. Songs: Molina—A Memorial Electric Co. performs with Swojens at 8 p.m. at Rock & Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE. $15. (202) 388-7625. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

—Matt Cohen twins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Joe Vetter Quartet. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. twinsjazz.com.

Blake Mills

Danay Suárez

Artistic Advisor Ben Folds curates, hosts and performs with the National Symphony Orchestra—conducted by Jacomo Bairos—for a special evening featuring new music and hits

by Folds, singer/composer/producer/guitarist Blake Mills, and Cuban R&B/rap singer Danay Suárez.

Free beer tasting from Port City Brewing for ticketholders ages 21 and up beginning at 8.

Free pre-show concert featuring Be Steadwell beginning at 8:10 p.m.

Free after-party with live band karaoke featuring HariKaraoke Cash bar: Bring drinks and snacks into the Concert Hall

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opEra

Barns at wolf traP 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Wolf Trap Opera: Rossini’s “The Touchstone”. 3 p.m. $32–$88. wolftrap.org.

MoNday rock

Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Roseanne Cash. 7:30 p.m. $69.50. birchmere.com. dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Planes Mistaken For Stars, Cloak/Dagger, American Television. 8:30 p.m. $12–$14. dcnine.com.

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Chris Potter Quartet. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $30. bluesalley.com.

tuEsday FuNk & r&B

wolf traP filene center 1551 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. Lionel Richie. 8 p.m. $45–$150. wolftrap.org.

hip-hop

fillmore silver sPring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Blackbear. 8 p.m. $25. fillmoresilverspring.com.

Jazz

verizon center 601 F St. NW. (202) 628-3200.

Daryl Hall & John Oates, Tears For Fears. 7 p.m. $35–$129.50. verizoncenter.com.

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Peter Beets Trio. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $25. bluesalley.com.

wolf traP filene center 1551 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie, The Wallflowers. 7:30 p.m. $45–$95. wolftrap.org.

World

hip-hop

WEdNEsday

songByrd music house and record cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Mir Fontane & Tate Kobang, O-Slice, Aquilvcr, Chris Allen and Malik Ferraud. 8:30 p.m. $10. songbyrddc.com.

Jazz

Bethesda Blues & Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Bethesda Blues and Jazz Youth Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. $10–$20. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

u street music hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

DakhaBrakha. 7 p.m. $30. ustreetmusichall.com.

rock

Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Badfinger. 7:30 p.m. $35. birchmere.com.

FuNk & r&B

howard theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899. Al B. Sure!. 8 p.m. $29.50–$65. thehowardtheatre.com.

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CITY LIGHTS: MoNday

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JUNE

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RAUL MIDON

F 23

SOUL CRACKERS TESTIMONY UNPLUGGED

S 24

AN INTIMATE EVENING W/ TYRA LEVONE

SU 25 M 26

TH 29

NICK COLIONNE BETHESDA BLUES & JAZZ YOUTH ORCHESTRA’S FIRST RECITAL DEANNA BOGART BAND REUNION W/KAJUN KELLEY, ERIC SCOTT AND MIKE AUBIN

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TRIBUTE TO THE FUNK BANDS J U LY

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In their 17 years as a band, Thou have positioned themselves as something like the Grateful Dead of the sludge metal world. They’ve released five studio albums, including one collaborative record with Providence, R.I.’s The Body, 10 EPs, four compilations, two demos, a number of inspired covers (Nirvana, Hum, and many others), and have toured relentlessly. They’ve built up a fierce and dedicated fanbase, who never miss a show when they’re in town, and for good reason: They’re one of the most punishing and unrelenting live bands I’ve ever seen. At a Thou show in 2014 at The Pinch, their set was so earth shatteringly loud and heavy that it actually blew the circuit breaker of the venue in the middle of their performance. Luckily, the staff was able to reset the breaker and Thou continued playing… until its dedication to noise blew the breaker once more. At Atlas Brew Works on Monday, Thou will headline a stacked bill with grindcore quartet Cloud Rat, False, Moloch, and D.C.’s Hand Grenade Job. Let’s hope Atlas Brew Works has a stronger circuit breaker than The Pinch. Thou performs with Cloud Rats, False, Moloch, and Hand Grenade Job at Atlas Brew Works, 2052 West Virginia Ave. NE, Suite 102. $15. (202) 832-0420. atlasbrewworks.com.

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Tesseract, Lillake. 6:30 p.m. $49.50–$150. fillmoresilverspring.com. gyPsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700.

Annabelle’s Curse, The Walkaways. 8 p.m. $8–$10. gypsysallys.com.

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atlas Performing arts center 1333 H St. NE. (202) 399-7993. MBowie and the Blast. 7:30 p.m. $20–$32. atlasarts.org.

the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Love Canon. 7:30 p.m. $15–$20. thehamiltondc.com.

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Willie Jones III Quintet. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $30. bluesalley.com.

Bethesda Blues & Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Deanna Bogart Band Reunion with Kajun Kelley, Eric Scott, and Mike Aubin.

8 p.m. $25. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

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If you hear the name “Lionel Richie” and the first thing you think about is Nicole Richie, and then, sadly, Paris Hilton, you need to go to Wolf Trap on Tuesday night. In the pantheon of acts that came out on Motown Records in the ’60s and ’70s, Richie is not the first name that comes to mind.

But after winning five Grammys and selling 100 million albums, his seat at the R&B legends table is assured. As lead singer of The Commodores, Richie got his big break opening for The Jackson 5. That means he’s been crooning on a big stage for some 50 years. Also, Richie hasn’t put out an album in a while, so there’s a good chance you’ll get a set or two of his greatest hits. We’re talking: “Hello,” “Dancing on the Ceiling,” the weird gibberish interlude in “All Night Long.” Who knows, he might just bust out an old Commodores song, like—fingers crossed—“Lady.” Just saying because it’s, you know, a really good (read: my favorite) song he performs. Lionel Richie performs at 8 p.m. at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap, 1551 Trap Road, Vienna. $45–$150. (703) 255-1900. wolftrap.org.

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As the eponymous art dealer and curator of Hemphill Fine Arts, George Hemphill traffics in artistic variety, never getting into a rut of a particular medium or aesthetic. If he has an area of focus, of late it’s been elevating artists connected to D.C., particularly those of the Washington Color School, and this is the glue joining most of the artists in the gallery’s latest show, 35 Days. Aside from the commonality of either living or having been educated in the D.C. area, the artistic approaches and techniques are wide-ranging. Alongside several Color School luminaries (among them Sam Gilliam and Thomas Downing), the show features some of their contemporary artistic “descendants” like James Huckenpahler and Linling Lu. This isn’t just a Color School roundup, however: The show includes artists deploying color to completely different ends, like the trippy pattern-based work of Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, as well as some varying landscape photography artists like Anne Rowland and William Christenberry. All in all, it represents an exciting diaspora of both historic and current District artists. The exhibition is on view Tuesdays through Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., to Aug. 11, at Hemphill, 1515 14th St. NW, #300. Free. (202) 234-5601. hemphillfinearts.com.

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Germany to stages throughout America while exploring what it means to be a performer and a person in love. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater. 2700 F St. NW. To July 2. $59–$159. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

Jesus christ suPerstar Signature presents this classic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that chronicles the last week of Christ’s life. Featuring songs like

“I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “Everything’s Alright,” this production is directed by Joe Calarco.

Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To July 2. $40–$99. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org. the school for lies Director Michael Kahn leads Shakespeare Theatre Company’s adaptation of Moliere’s Le Misanthrope. When alternate facts become reality and a man aims to take down

the pompous suitors who fill his social group, all hell breaks loose. Lansburgh Theatre. 450 7th St. NW. To July 2. $44–$123. (202) 547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org.

The souNd of MusiC Local favorite Nicholas Rodriguez stars as Captain Von Trapp in this touring production of the beloved musical that includes classic songs like “Do-Re-Mi,” “Edelweiss,” and “Climb Every Mountain.” Kennedy Center Opera House. 2700 F St. NW. To July 16. $49–$169. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

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aLL eyez oN Me Benny Boom directs this biopic that follows the career of Tupac Shakur, from his early days in California to his untimely murder. Starring Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira, and Kat Graham. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

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SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival has traditionally showcased crafts and music from specific cities, states, regions, and countries every summer, but 2017 will look a little different. In its 50th anniversary year, the event was supposed to highlight the culture of Cuba. After that fell through, organizers decided to focus almost entirely on circus arts, along with a few immigrant-related items under the heading “On the Move,” and some evening concerts, including one with the Chuck Brown Band. For its second weekend, organizers have added programs chronicling the history of the Folklife Festival under the designation “Reunion Weekend.” The circus portion will, of course, have aerialists, tightrope walkers, jugglers, and clowns, but it will also highlight circus chefs and the food served to performers and attendees. The Hebei Golden Eagle Acrobatic Troupe from China, the Wallenda Family Troupe, and the Universoul Circus will all perform on the big top stage. And in traditional festival style, the June 29 show featuring accordion-led dance sounds from Texas conjunto band Los Texmaniacs and Louisiana Cajun greats BeauSoleil Quartet avec Michael Doucet, along with the approaching sunset view of the Washington Monument, should inspire jaded locals and excited tourists alike. The festival runs June 29 to July 9 on the National Mall between 7th and 12th streets. Free. (202) 633-6440. festival.si.edu.

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