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INSIDE

14 TheaTer disTricT How D.C. came to play a dominant role in the national theater scene.

By Caroline Jones

Photographs by Darrow Montgomery

4 Chatter distriCt Line 7 Loose Lips: Repeat job seekers with arrest records find holes in D.C.’s “Ban the Box” law.

8 Concrete Details: Landmarking the architecturally insignificant Fannie Mae headquarters at the will of neighbors would dilute historic preservation in D.C. 9 Paper Pushers: Our wish list of potential Washington City Paper buyers 10 Unobstructed View 11 Gear Prudence 12 Savage Love

28 Discography: Mathias on Br’er’s Brunch is for A$$holes

City List 31 City Lights: Hear trap king 21 Savage at Echostage this Friday, just in time for Halloween.

31 Music 36 Theater 37 Film

38 CLassifieds diversions 39 Crossword

13 The Indy List

food

On the cover:

19 14 Years on 14th Street: Cafe Saint-Ex marks the spot.

arts 23 Real News: Select reviews of films playing at the third annual Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival 24 Curtain Calls: Shah on “The Lover” and “The Collection” at the Lansburgh Theatre and Klimek on Antony and Cleopatra at the Folger.

26 Sketches: Irene on Before the 45th | Action/Reaction in Chicano and Latino Art at the Mexican Cultural Institute washingtoncitypaper.com october 20, 2017 3

CHATTER

For Sale by Owner

In which we ask readers what they think rather than remind them what they said last week

Darrow MontgoMery

Washington City Paper is for sale. Last Friday, staffers found out that our parent company, SouthComm Inc., hopes to close a deal for the paper by the end of the year. Initial offers are due Nov. 1.

Many alt weeklies across the nation are in a financially tough spot, and City Paper is one of them. Back in the 1990s alt weeklies like City Paper were rich in print ads, but those ads have declined gradually over years.

Meanwhile, news publications of all stripes, alt weeklies included, have been reinventing their business models.

We see this sale ending in one of three general ways. First, City Paper could fold. It’s possible that there will be no buyer. Second, a buyer could come in and continue cutting staff members to match the paper’s declining income.

Third, City Paper could rethink the way we make money and find a winning business model, whether for-profit, nonprofit, some combination of the two, or a community ownership plan.

We are shooting for option three, and we stand open to your suggestions.

City Paper is, at its core, a local newspaper built for the people who live, work, and spend time in D.C. We investigate, we follow the money and tell you where it’s going, we tell you where you can eat great food. We publish unmatched coverage of the District’s rich and diverse theater, art, and local music scenes. We capture the whole thing in photographs, and we have a history of delivering all this information in the kind of prose you won’t find in the straitlaced outlets. We’ve always been an alternative, independent voice. As staffer Laura Hayes said this week, “When everyone else zigs, we zag.” We aim to be authentic.

With a staff that’s a fraction of the size of The Post and other outlets, City Paper dominates its beats and gets scoops (some of them quite big) every week. It’s not uncommon for City Paper to lead the other outlets in D.C. We’re monsters.

This paper has also turned out a disproportionate number of extraordinary journalists—independent thinkers who have shaped their field.

Right now we’re reporting out our options and working on a plan.

Email us at editor@washingtoncitypaper.com with your thoughts.

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DistrictLine Thinking Outside The Box

Repeat job seekers with arrest records find holes in D.C.’s “Ban the Box” law.

AlmA Cureton wAs dismayed when teenagers she had been mentoring told her they were afraid to seek employment because they had arrest records. Job applications, they told the 66-year-old former teacher, often asked them to agree to a background check to be considered for a position.

In 2015, Cureton attended a D.C. Council hearing on the Fair Criminal Record Screening Amendment Act of 2014, known as “Ban the Box,” and heard stories of people being bumped off websites for declining to answer questions such as, “Have you ever been arrested,” before they could complete their online job applications. “Well, I was able to see the problem right there,” she says.

Cureton decided to investigate further to find out what her mentees were experiencing. She applied to businesses such as Verizon, Comcast, and Wendy’s for basic clerical and receptionist jobs. When she encountered applications that she thought violated the Ban the Box law, she filed a complaint with the D.C. Office of Human Rights.

Ban the Box prohibits employers from requiring applicants to disclose their criminal background or asking them to give permission to an employer, or third party, to conduct a background check before extending an offer of employment. “I thought, it’s great that the Council had it in mind to help these youth who were trying to come back after being arrested,” she says.

In some cases, however, Cureton, who has filed 15 complaints since 2015, didn’t hear back from the office for a year. In others, the office said they had no record of her complaint, or it dismissed her claims for technical reasons that could have been avoided with some guidance.

Her experience with the bureaucracy has been frustrating, but a deeper problem exists: The system is bogged down with claims like hers because it doesn’t track recalcitrant businesses that refuse to change their ways. This same system allows applicants to file unlimited complaints.

The Office of Human Rights says its overall caseload has doubled since the Ban the Box

LOOSE LIPS

law was enacted in December 2014—though that also includes cases under the Human Rights Act and other laws under its enforcement. In fiscal year 2016, the office received 711 Ban the Box complaint inquiries, and docketed 362 cases alleging violations of the act, according to an annual report to the Council.

Most of those alleged that an employer asked about criminal backgrounds on the job application form.

In September, the office boasted “the largest case processing uptick in the agency’s history.” It attributed the shift to the “widespread popularity of the Fair Criminal Record Screening Amendment Act ... and extensive outreach to multiple stakeholders.” About half of filed claims are settled, according to an OHR spokesperson. The rest get assigned to an investigator to find probable cause of a human rights violation, which can result in fines of up to $5,000. Total fines and settlements attributable to Ban the Box complaints are not easily calculated, however, because those figures

coming out of their pockets,” says Stephanie Franklin, director of policy and communications. “We can legislate behavior only so much. Unfortunately our hands are tied in terms of enforcement. That’s a limitation.”

Chris Cole knows that all too well. He says that in 2015, former OHR investigator Brian Ferguson, now Director of the Mayor’s Office on Returning Citizen Affairs, told him that there was no limit on the number of claims a person can file. Since then, Cole, an ex-offender with consulting and managerial experience, has filed some 400 claims and become an expert. In fact, he is the one who introduced Cureton to the OHR complaint process. He says Ban the Box has allowed companies to keep ex-offenders off their payroll, even if it means paying marginal fines and settlements from time to time.

Loose Lips went through the online job application process for several companies against which either Cole or Cureton have filed claims.

Verizon, for example, still has a provision that

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are lumped in with other employment-related human rights claims. (Fine collections are split between the city and the claimant.)

Determining the law’s impact on business behavior is equally challenging. According to the spokesperson, OHR does not conduct compliance checks and does not keep a database of repeat corporate offenders. It only tracks information on companies accused of discrimination that demonstrate a revised job application process. “If they don’t comply and people keep filing complaints then it will keep

states, “We conduct background investigations and drug screens (where applicable). Is this acceptable to you?” According to Cole, such language should not be on the application. “The applicant doesn’t know where [the background checks] are applicable. The verbiage is discouraging, which is what the law is about, and answering ‘No’ may result in the application being passed over.”

Some companies get tricky, Cole says, and ask the applicant to authorize inquiries into “character,” or “general reputation,” or “mode

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of living.” Others, such as Gap Inc., advise job applicants that the company “will not make any inquiry or conduct any search of publicly available records or consumer reports for the purpose of obtaining a Candidate’s background information, until after a conditional offer of employment has been made and accepted.” Although the law allows employers to probe further after a “conditional offer of employment” is accepted, Cole says the mere mention of a background check on a job application is discouraging to an applicant, and therefore a possible violation.

“Today it is not what one communicates, so much as how one communicates,” he says.

“This is how these companies appear to operate, understanding the need for disengaged and disenfranchised individuals to be employed. They also understand that this population does not always understand or raise their awareness in regard to semantics. This makes it that much easier to violate a person’s civil rights under [Ban the Box].”

Cole testified before the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety on February 23 about problems with OHR, such as what an investigations specialist described in an email to him as “scarce resources.” He considers himself a virtual consultant, but it is not city officials who are listening. “People are just learning about [Ban the Box],” he says. (At press time, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, who now chairs the judiciary committee, tells LL that he will further evaluate the system in the spring, when updated data are available for fiscal year 2017. “The application itself shouldn’t prevent someone from even getting their foot in the door,” he says.)

Cureton says she is having trouble navigating the system, but that she is not likely to stop filing claims anytime soon. “I don’t have a criminal background, but I don’t go like that,” says Cureton, who has an upcoming mediation with Four Seasons Hotel. “When I go down to OHR, they tell me they are backlogged. Yet I don’t see much activity.”

She says her experience has left her just as discouraged as her young mentees feel when they encounter a questionable job application.

“I’m a Washingtonian, so I go way back,” she says. “They need to remember why they set up this system in the first place.”

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DistrictLinE Historic Co-optation

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Landmarking the architecturally insignificant Fannie Mae headquarters at the will of neighbors would dilute historic preservation in D.C.

By Amanda Kolson Hurley iN July 1958, the Equitable Life Insurance Co. moved from 14th St. NW to a brand-new office building uptown. Constructed for the thenprincely sum of $2.25 million, the company’s new headquarters spread out from a cupolatopped entrance in two long arms of red brick, set back from Wisconsin Avenue NW behind an ample lawn.

Only 13 years later, Equitable’s chairman Charles E. Phillips was dreaming of something grander for the site, which is across the street from the elite Sidwell Friends School in Tenleytown. “Insurance Firm Plans Big Complex,” announced The Washington Post in September 1971. Phillips hoped to raze the ’50s building and replace it with 1.2-million-square-feet of offices and shops connected by underground parking garages.

Phillips’ vision never came to pass, and the project faded from public memory, but there are clues as to why. In 1972, a group of Northwest residents called Citizens for City Living asked the zoning commission to ban all highrise office construction west of Rock Creek Park, citing “commercial vandalism” of their neighborhoods. And before that, neighborhood activists blocked a proposed redevelopment of McLean Gardens, the residential complex directly to the south of Equitable.

In 1978, Fannie Mae bought the site from Equitable and moved in. Thirty-seven years later, in 2015, Fannie Mae announced that it would sell the campus and move downtown.

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Locals speculated about who might buy the property and worried that density and traffic would follow. “People were really hoping Sidwell Friends would buy it,” says Angela Bradbery, the current ANC commissioner for 3C-06. Their logic: A school has a milder impact than a big, mixed-use project.

A joint venture of Roadside Development and a Japanese homebuilder, NASH, wound up purchasing the site last year. Roadside plans a mix of residential units, stores (most notably, a Wegmans grocery), and possibly offices and a hotel. Several new buildings will be built, and the plans are still evolving. “A lot of the buildings haven’t been designed. We’re more at the massing level at this point,” says Richard Lake, a Roadside principal.

At no point did NASH-Roadside entertain tearing down the 1958 building. Lake has actually gone in the other direction: He filed an application in June to designate the building a historic landmark. He recently explained why to City Paper’s Andrew Giambrone.

The 228,000-square-foot building is in excellent shape. Roadside is experienced in adaptive reuse of historic structures, and the tax credits that come with landmark status can be a tremendous financial boon to developers. Finally, landmarking offers the intangible but crucial benefit of community reassurance: There are fewer unknowns with an existing building than a still-undesigned one.

The NaTioNal RegisTeR of Historic Places was set up in 1935 and expanded in the 1960s amid rising alarm over the destruction of architectural treasures like the original Penn Station

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in New York. To qualify for inclusion, buildings generally must be at least 50 years old and meet at least one of a few criteria of significance.

Fannie Mae’s application for landmark status cites its connection to a historical event— the growth of the insurance industry in 20thcentury D.C.—and its embodiment of the Colonial Revival style of architecture.

Prepared by a consultant group of architectural historians, the application chronicles in detail the history of insurance in America and the building’s Georgian Revival and Colonial Revival features. It will almost certainly meet with success at the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board, which can add properties to D.C.’s own register and recommend buildings for the national one.

Lake says his first presentation to the board got “extraordinarily positive” comments, and the D.C. Preservation League supports it.

Mention the matter to a local architect, though, and you might get a less enthusiastic response.

The Fannie Mae building, designed by Leon Chatelain Jr., possesses little architectural merit. Yes, it pays homage to the Virginia Governor’s Mansion in Williamsburg. But that building’s Georgian grace gets lost in translation. The pleasing symmetry of the sash windows becomes deadening in the Fannie Mae building, repeated ad nauseam down its long brick facade. The proportions are wrong, too.

Projecting wings at either end appear bulky, overwhelming the central volume that ought to be dominant. Compare Fannie Mae with the Neo-Georgian sprezzatura of Edwin Lutyens’ British ambassador’s residence on Massachusetts Avenue NW, and you’ll see the dif-

ference immediately.

The case for landmarking Fannie Mae has serious weak points. How significant a historical event, really, is the growth of the insurance industry? Can Fannie Mae be considered a prime example of the Colonial Revival if it came well after the style’s peak, and if it expresses the style no more eloquently than countless schools and government buildings of the same era?

NASH-Roadside has practical reasons for wanting to keep the building. Converting an existing building to new uses has environmental benefits because it consumes less energy than demolishing it and starting over. And if Lake’s current idea comes to fruition, local residents will be able to picnic and watch performances on Fannie Mae’s lawn, to be reborn as a public space with shade-giving trees.

But this would all be feasible without a historic listing. The tax credits were only a secondary consideration, according to Lake. “The real issue is, it was going to get designated, in my opinion, in one way or the other,” he says. “Either by me, or by the community. I wanted the community not to think they were going to have a fight with us. … We felt the best way to preserve it and give everybody comfort is to make it historic.”

Comfort is the operative word here. Even proponents of the landmarking struggle to muster positive enthusiasm for the building, beyond the fact that it’s low-rise, set back from Wisconsin, and familiar.

One can hardly blame Lake for doing what he felt had to be done. But once it’s on the register, we’ll likely be stuck with the undistinguished facade of Fannie Mae forever, thanks to the prevailing “better the devil you know” attitude. The site abuts what the D.C. Comprehensive Plan designates a “Main Street Mixed Use Corridor,” stretching from 4000 Wisconsin Ave. NW up to Tenley Circle. In the future, in theory, this corridor might have extended farther south, enlivening Wisconsin with street-facing stores and restaurants or more housing. That possibility has dwindled.

Worse, landmarking a mediocre building of dubious significance in order to preempt community opposition sets a bad precedent. It signals that the preservation process can be coopted to block changes that neighbors don’t like. This will make the public more skeptical of its value over time.

Affluent, transit-accessible Tenleytown needs to adapt with the rest of the city to ease a housing affordability crisis. The hundreds of residences that NASH-Roadside will build at Fannie Mae are part of the solution, and the plan has advantages for current area residents as well. Despite their concerns, Bradbery says, her neighbors “are excited about having a Wegman’s. They’re excited about a movie theater. They like the idea of a community gathering space.”

This project could be a win for everyone, for now. But the landmarking process emerges worse for wear.

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DistrictLinE Paper Pushers You’ve heard the news: Washington City Paper is for sale. And while people can interpret that in a number of ways, we, the staff, are excited about the prospect of having a new owner to help continue our pursuit of great journalism. Of course, we can’t help but have a few suggestions of local millionaires, billionaires, and notables who might be interested in owning our scrappy alt-weekly. Here’s our wish list of potential City Paper buyers, with the pros and cons outlined if they are, indeed, interested. (But seriously, if you’re reading this, Michelle Obama, give us a call.)

—City Paper staff

José Andrés, Chef and Restaurateur Pros: • Has done more philanthropy in the past month than the President of the United States has done in his entire life.

• Has a global influence but still counts the District as his home.

Cons: • We couldn’t complain about a single tapa at Jaleo.

• Would have to start every story with “Dear People of America.”

• Would have to drink Wednesday staff beers out of porrons.

Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon Pros: • Rich as fuck.

• Successfully increased Washington Post’s revenue stream.

Cons: • The Post doesn’t seem to be interested in local news.

Wale, Rapper Pros: • Possible invitations to Maybach Music Group holiday party.

• Better distribution in Largo.

• Street cred.

Cons: • “Washington City Paper: A Newspaper About Nothing” doesn’t quite work as a tagline.

Jacqueline Mars, Heiress of Mars, Incorporated Candy Company Pros: • It would literally be a sweet deal.

• The future is female.

• She has about $20 billion to blow through. She just bought a pet care company in September.

• Known philanthropist.

Cons: • She lives in Northern Virginia and might not be able to pick up a paper on Thursdays

Michelle Obama, Former First Lady of the United States Pros: • Beloved by all.

• Really, really good at fundraising.

Cons: • Probably not interested.

• Might move to California or New York.

Ian MacKaye, Co-founder of Dischord Records Pros: • The “scrappy” business model worked for Dischord Records.

• We’d get the scoop on a Fugazi reunion.

Cons: • Not enough room at the Dischord House for a newspaper staff.

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By Matt Terl The morning of the Nationals’ decisive Game 5, I was talking to a buddy. He said, “I’m going to the game tonight.” I replied, “I’m sorry.” And I meant it.

The Nats’ loss hadn’t happened yet, but it might as well have. I had no doubt of the eventual outcome, in a way that felt like it transcended my natural pessimism and turned into prescience, like a clairvoyant Eeyore.

After the loss, in all its stupid ridiculousness— bad decisions, bad calls, bad luck, and bad play— the Washington Post compiled the quantitative facts about D.C.’s persistent lousy performance in meaningful games in the four major sports (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL), and it is grim.

Our teams in those sports have played a combined 69 straight seasons without getting to a conference final. They’re 4-15 in their last 19 single-elimination playoff games. And on and on and on the numbers go. It feels like this streak of futility has been going on forever, but the DC Sports Drought website assures me that it’s just been 7,060+ days.

Which begs the question: Why do we watch?

I don’t mean this in the abstract sense. I mean, concretely, what is the possible benefit of putting ourselves through this over and over again when it always ends in disappointment?

I asked a version of this question during the last Caps playoff loss, when the tension of playoff hockey was making a bad month in my life even worse. My answer then was that there is no benefit.

The thought came up again last week during that ill-fated Game 5 that eliminated the Nats, when I found myself flipping more and more frequently to the Carolina vs. Philadelphia NFL game. I had no emotional stake in the football game, which is a neutral way of saying that it wasn’t causing me genuine emotional distress.

And that was much more appealing.

So as the Caps and Wizards get underway for another year, and as the Nats get ready to make the offseason moves that are supposed to sucker us back in, I’m seriously trying to think of the possible reasons to come back for another round of disappointment and gallows humor.

This is what I’ve come up with so far: Because it’s about the journey, not the destination. I’ve seen this one floating around on social media, the idea that because a Nats or Caps season is 95% fun before the inevitable letdown, you can just enjoy those parts and minimize the importance of the end.

This is fine in theory, but if you’re hoping your destination is South Beach and the train forces you off in Jacksonville, I don’t think nice scenery en route is gonna make up for it.

Because it’s fun! It is not fun.

Because I need a distraction from the ongoing national debacle and/or other areas of real life. Surely you can find another distraction that doesn’t end in this empty feeling? Perhaps take up cooking, or needlepoint, or screaming at a wall for long stretches of time.

Because it gives me something to talk about with co-workers/strangers/ spouses of my spouse’s friends. This is true, and at its core the most compelling argument for continuing to watch. It builds community, both in the small-scale way of giving you something to talk about with minimal risk of offense, and in the large-scale way, where shared suffering forges us all into a tight-knit group, like a team of middle-managers on the ropescourse offsite of life.

Because I can’t not. This is probably also a truth. If you already like watching sports and you’ve already come this far with the D.C. misery, it is very, very difficult to quit.

Because even the Cubs won a World Series. It took 108 years, but they did finally get there. Which says that you shouldn’t really give up hope. Eventually one of these teams is going to break through. It may be in six months, or six years, or six decades. If you watch, if you stick with these teams through every misstep and bad break and stupid decision, you might finally get to celebrate with them, just like those long-suffering Cubs fans did. In the worst case scenario, you’ll be a grim anecdote—someone who died without ever seeing their team win a championship, just like so many Cubs fans did. But even that, in its own small way, is a reason to watch.

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Gear Prudence Gear Prudence: What’s the story with all the new colorful bikes everywhere? I’ve seen like five (?) new kinds of bikeshares, and people just leave the bikes wherever. We already have a bikesharing system (red bikes). Do we really need yellow, green, and orange ones too? Who is this actually helping? People who want different color bikes to match their outfits?

— Definitely Omnipresent, Colorful, Kooky. Left Everywhere, Sometimes Sidewalks Dear DOCKLESS: Nowadays bikesharing in D.C. is like a bag of Skittles, but for some reason you’re reticent to ride the rainbow. GP is going to try to crunch through your hard candy shell to reach your gooey inner bits and hope those coagulate into a wad of greater understanding of the current state of bikesharing.

Beyond color, there are some key differences between the extant Capital Bikeshare system and the new bikesharing options.

Bikeshare is regional, whereas the “dockless” bikeshare bikes are mostly limited to D.C. Capital Bikeshare bikes have stations—a set number of locations where riders pick up and drop off bikes—while the new bikesharing options can be left more or less anywhere (but not in the middle of the sidewalk, please, or in restricted zones like the National Mall).

With dockless systems you can take the bike directly to your final destination, which is super convenient, and lock up the rear wheel to end your trip. The bikes themselves are also different in terms of weight, gearing, baskets, etc., and the ride quality varies accordingly. One company even provides electricassist bicycles, which are great if you need a little boost. Since dockless bikes can be left and found anywhere, there’s less predictability. If you don’t see one in front of you, use an app to find it and unlock it. Each company has its own app, so your phone might get a little crowded.

Who does this help? People who want options and flexibility; people who live in areas that don’t have Capital Bikeshare stations or have stations that fill up and empty very quickly; people who want a lighter bike or a bike with a motor; people who only want to pay a dollar a trip (that seems to be a going rate for 30 minutes) and don’t want a longer membership; people who can’t resist a ride on a whim when they see a bike.

GP is a fan of more bikes and more choices, especially if the increase in supply spurs more trips overall rather than shifting riders from one bikesharing system to another. If the goal is more bicycling by more people in more places, these new systems can play a role in achieving it.

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That’s the background. I’ve always accepted that he is who he is and done my best to help guide and educate him. Then last year, I caught him trying to shoplift a pair of panties. I’m not the sort of mom who freaks out, but I made him put them back and talked to him about his actions. When I asked him why he stole them, he refused to tell me. I asked: “Did you want them to masturbate with? Did you want to wear them?” He said he wanted to try them on. I told him that if he wanted to explore, he needed to do that with a legal purchase and in the privacy of his own room. Today, I found a girl’s bra in the laundry. He says he doesn’t know whose it is or how it got there, but this isn’t my first rodeo. What on earth do I do? If I send him to a therapist and this is about being trans or cross-dressing tendencies, I’m afraid that will shame him. However, this is now something of a criminal/ethical concern, and I want to nip that in the bud. He is in every way a wonderful human: kind, smart, funny, athletic, no drugs. Is this just the same kid who has always been curious about sex? Or are these warning signs of some sort of sexual deviance? Please help.

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Take a deep breath, MISSCLEO, or take two— take however many you need until you’re back in touch with your inner mom, the one who doesn’t freak out.

Your son may be a cross-dresser or he may be trans or he may find bras and panties titillating because women wear them and he wants to sleep with women, not be one. (Lots of gay boys are titillated by jockstraps—but a closeted gay boy can collect ’em all without freaking out his mom.) We can’t know whether your son is a cross-dresser, trans, or merely titillated, MISSCLEO, but he’s clearly exploring and wants to do so privately. So while he could go to his mom and ask for a pair of panties and let her know exactly how he intends to use them, he doesn’t want to ask his mom for a pair of panties or share his uses for them with his mom.

He knows you’ve always accepted him for who he is (but a reminder never hurts), so if this is about his gender identity, well, you’ll have to trust that he’ll share that with you when he’s ready. But if this is about a kink, he may never share that info with you, because why on earth would he? Kinks are for sharing with lovers, not mothers.

Give your son some space, including the

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Your son may be a cross-dresser or he may be trans or he may find bras and panties titillating because women wear them and he wants to sleep with women, not be one.

space to make his own mistakes. As teenage misbehavior goes, swiping a single pair of panties isn’t exactly a crime spree. If you suspect he snuck into the girls’ locker room and made off with a bra (there has to be an easier way for a guy to get his hands on a bra!), you’ll want to address that with him—not the “Why do you want a bra?” part, but the risk of getting caught, suspended, expelled, or worse. There are too many prosecutors out there looking for excuses to slap the “sex offender” label on teenagers—especially in the Bible Belt.

My hunch is you don’t have a sex offender on your hands or a kid drifting into organized crime. You have a slightly pervy teenage boy who’s curious about sex and who may, like millions of other men, have a thing for women’s undergarments. You should emphasize the “not okay”–ness of shoplifting panties from stores or stealing bras from classmates (or the siblings of friends or laundromats or thrift stores) and the possible consequences should he get caught—theft charges, suspension/expulsion, losing friends, coming into the sights of a sex-negative prosecutor. (Seriously: A man like Harvey Weinstein gets away with assaulting women for decades, but prosecutors across the country are throwing the book at teenagers who got caught sharing pics they took of themselves with their BFs/GFs/NBFs.) Otherwise, MISSCLEO, I’m going to advise you to back the fuck off. Your son knows you love him, he knows he can talk to you about anything, and he’ll confide in you if and when he’s ready— if, again, this is something he needs to discuss with you at all.

—Dan Savage

My father passed away suddenly. I had a very idyllic childhood and was close to my father and my mother, who is also deceased. Upon sorting through my father’s stuff after his death, I stumbled upon his erotica collection. If it were just a stack of Playboys, I would have thought nothing of it—that’s just men being men. However, his collection contained material that was quite disturbing to me, including photos depicting violent sexual acts and fictional erotica books and magazines with themes of incest. Additionally, there were letters from people with whom he was obviously having extramarital affairs, including during the time that I was a child and believed that we were a “normal” family. Since discovering this, it has been hard for me to come to terms with it and think of my father in the way that I used to. I can barely stand to look at a photograph of him. I consider myself to be a sex-positive person, and I realize that even parents are entitled to be kinky, but I simply can’t get over this. Any suggestions for how to deal with what I’m feeling and how to try to get past it?

—Parent’s Arousal Really Ended Nice Thoughts Sex-positive, huh? Could’ve fooled me.

Your dad was a kinky motherfucker—you know that now—and if you’ve been reading Savage Love for a while, you’ll know that lots of people are kinky and, distressingly, lots of people out there “enjoy” incest porn. “Of the top hundred searches by men on Pornhub,” Seth Stephens-Davidowitz writes in his book Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, “sixteen are looking for incest-themed videos.” And it’s not just men: “Nine of the top hundred searches on Pornhub by women are for incest-themed videos.” That’s cold comfort, I realize, and it doesn’t make it any less squicky, but your dad’s tastes weren’t as freakish as you thought and/or hoped.

As for his affairs, your happy childhood, and your suddenly conflicted feelings … Your mother isn’t with us, PARENT, so you can’t ask her what her arrangement was with your father. But it’s unlikely you would have had such an idyllic childhood if your parents’ marriage was contentious and your mom was miserable about your dad’s cheating and his kinks.

It seems likely that your mom didn’t have a problem with your dad’s sexual interests or she tolerated them or—and I hope you’re sitting down—she was an active and happy participant. (Kinky women weren’t invented in a lab in San Francisco in 2008.) If your mom didn’t have a problem with your dad’s kinks (which she had to have known about) or his affairs (which she might not have known about), I don’t see why they should be a problem for you.

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strict halfway uP the stairs leading to Arena Stage’s theaters is a square pedestal, on top of which sit two Tony Awards. One, given in 1976, is a non-competitive award that honors the nation’s best regional theater; Arena was the first theater to receive it. The other, awarded this past June, is a Best Musical award for Dear Evan Hansen. Arena presented the world premiere of the musical in D.C. in 2015, and produced it on Broadway in association with its commercial producers.

At the 2017 Tony Awards, three shows that spent significant time in D.C. were nominated for a combined 19 awards. Dear Evan Hansen won six, including Best Musical.

Come From Away, presented at Ford’s Theatre in the fall of 2016, won the award for Best Direction of a Musical. Sweat, co-commissioned by Arena Stage and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, didn’t win on any of its Tony nominations, but did get the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Arena’s two Tonys, though given 40 years apart, inform the company’s role in the theater world. It was one of the pioneers of the regional theater movement and was the first regional nonprofit theater to see a show it had developed move to Broadway. Since 1968, 22 shows that Arena developed in some way have made the same move. Other D.C.-area nonprofit theaters, including Signature Theatre and Ford’s Theatre, have since done the same thing.

Regional theaters in other cities, like the La Jolla Playhouse near San Diego and the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., have had similar success sending shows to New York’s commercial stages. But on a citywide level, D.C. is more or less unmatched.

The next show that’s poised to take New York by storm after incubating in D.C. is already being plugged on Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Mean Girls, a new musical from Tina Fey, Jeff Richmond, and Nell Benjamin based on Fey’s 2004 film, opens at The National Theatre on Oct. 31 before bowing on Broadway next March. that d.c. can and does support a variety of Broadway-bound productions is well-documented. But the question that remains is why?

What about this city filled with bureaucrats and journalists helps producers decide whether their investments will yield a big return?

“I think that D.C. audiences are the smartest in the country,” says Arena Stage artistic director Molly Smith. “They’re able to take

How D.C. came to play a dominant role in the national theater scene

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in any type of material, except for shows that go backward and forward in time—they have more of a problem with that. They’re very literate and so they understand nuance better than any audience.”

Paul Tetreault, director of Ford’s Theatre, echoes her sentiments. “I think [producers] feel that the reaction of D.C. audiences is not terribly dissimilar from New York audiences,” he says. “For them, I think they could see if something takes off here, they’ve got a good read that that might happen in New York.”

Producers have sought the opinions of Washington-area audiences for close to a century. Show Boat, considered the grandfather of the contemporary American musical, premiered at The National Theatre in 1927. At that time, commercial producers—the deeppocketed people funding these shows—would send a show to a smaller city like D.C., Boston, or Detroit, and tweak it for several weeks before its official Broadway opening. In addition to Show Boat, some of the shows seen by audiences at The National before becoming Americana include West Side Story and Hello, Dolly!

Regional theaters, which, unlike The National, generally operate as nonprofit organizations, began to emerge in the middle of the 20th century. Arena Stage was founded in 1950

by Zelda Fichandler, her husband Tom Fichandler, and Edward Mangum. In 1968, a show that originated there was the first to make the leap from a regional theater to Broadway.

But that production of Howard Sackler’s The Great White Hope nearly ruined the company.

After playing to rapturous reviews in D.C., commercial producers sent the show (and many of the cast members, who belonged to Arena’s resident acting company) on to New York, forcing Zelda Fichandler to essentially rebuild the company and its team of designers. Arena received no financial support from Sackler, even though the play ran for more than a year on Broadway and won the Tony for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1969.

“That’s a real wound in the organization’s past,” current artistic director Smith says now.

“It was the first show that went out of the resident theater movement that moved to Broadway, but it was not a pretty story.”

Arena Stage learned from that experience, however, and continued to work with commercial producers to develop shows that would eventually go to Broadway. Between 1969

and 1985, 12 different shows with roots at Arena made the jump. When, in 1976, the American Theater Wing decided to honor regional theaters with an annual award, it was hardly surprising that Arena received the inaugural trophy. Fichandler had figured out how to export theater and dozens of other artistic directors would follow her path.

Ford’s Theatre, which reopened as a National Historic Site and working theater in 1968, did just that. In 1971, the musical revue Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope premiered at Ford’s and appeared on Broadway the following year.

As the regional theater movement grew and evolved, shows traveled to cities around the world. Arena staged productions in Moscow, Leningrad, and Hong Kong, while Ford’s collaborated with other regional theaters in Los Angeles and East Haddam, Connecticut.

By the 1980s, however, Broadway was changing. Dreary, big-budget musicals imported from London like Cats and Les Miserables, rather than the more intimate shows that can work in 500-seat theaters, found commercial success. No Arena shows produced between 1985 and 2007 went to Broadway. Under the direction of Smith, who assumed her current position in 1998, Arena started sharing new American works with New York audiences again in the mid-aughts. In late 2008, the musical Next to Normal, about a woman’s struggle with bipolar disorder, played at Arena before moving to Broadway and winning three Tonys and the Pulitzer Prize.

On the other side of the Potomac, around the same time, another ambitious theater company was also building its Broadway bonafides. Signature Theatre started producing shows in an Arlington middle school in 1990. In 2006 it moved into a state-of-theart facility in Shirlington, and the next year presented Saving Aimee, its first musical that would subsequently move to Broadway, albeit five and a half years later. (It finally made it to Broadway in 2012 with some financial help from lead producer and now Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her husband, Dick, where it ran for 29 performances.)

Glory Days, another Signature musical, went to Broadway in 2008, and The Rink, presented at Signature in 2008, followed in 2015. Less than 20 years after its founding, Signature won the 2009 Regional Theater Tony. Shakespeare Theatre Company picked theirs up in 2012. the business of producing a show that

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Come From Away at Ford’s Theatre, 2016

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moves from a regional theater to Broadway has evolved over time. Commercial producers frequently pitch directors, but the artistic staff of regional theaters also attend workshops and festivals to identify pieces they’d like to work on.

When producers shop shows to regional theaters, they offer what’s called enhancement money, a specific sum that the regional theater will receive to present the show. “A lot of theaters jump at that because they see that as a way of sort of surviving,” says Tetreault of Ford’s Theatre. “I’m only interested in that if I’m interested in the show … I don’t care how much money they’re going to give me if the show is a piece of crap.”

In the case of Come From Away, Ford’s wanted to be involved with the show after seeing a workshop of it in 2014, but commercial producers had already acquired it.

The musical chronicles what happened in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland in the hours and days following the September 11th attacks, when 38 planes full of passengers landed there due to the closure of U.S. air space. It premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse, but when producers decided to present it on the East Coast, in a city that had been directly impacted by 9/11, they contacted Tetreault.

“The fact that it was going to Broadway was interesting to us, but we would have done it even if it wasn’t going to Broadway,” he says.

“We believed in the piece and it was very much in the wheelhouse of our mission.”

The enhancement funds that come with these shows aren’t as significant as one might assume. Ford’s received about $500,000 for Come From Away, and while that amount of money helps the theater execute the show the way they want to, it doesn’t significantly alter the theater’s operating model. Tetreault says that Come From Away’s success has made his board eager to find and develop another hit, Smith tends to agree. She says she receives 10 to 15 calls a month about shows that producers want to bring to Arena, but unless it’s a story she wants to tell, she won’t pursue it.

The timing of these shows can also benefit regional theaters, whose subscriptionseasons usually run from early fall through late spring.

(Subscribing to a theater means a patron pays a fixed amount for tickets to a set number of shows over the course of a year.) Broadwaybound shows usually need more scheduling flexibility, particularly when it comes to lining up the personnel they want, and at Arena, they often run in the summer.

“This has really given us an opportunity to get close to being year-round in producing, which is important,” says Edgar Dobie, Arena Stage’s executive director. “When we’ve got these three beautiful facilities here, you like to see the building itself lit, with two or three of the theaters operating at all times. The fact that there’s an appetite to do this kind of work with us, and that we’ve found a way to do that and that it moves on is important.”

Once a regional theater agrees to produce a show with commercial backing, its leaders figure out a profit-sharing or royalty agreement. As it runs, the producers may invite crit-

ics from New York, in addition to the local papers, to see the show and help them anticipate future results. Then, depending on what stages are available, the shows might go straight to Broadway or do another short run at another regional or nonprofit theater.

After departing Arena Stage in August 2015, for example, Dear Evan Hansen ran at New York’s Second Stage Theater from March to May 2016 and eventually opened on Broadway that November. Come From Away left Ford’s in October 2016 for a run in Toronto and opened on Broadway this past March. Because the shows that come through regional theaters are still in development, their journeys to New York can take longer.

Mean Girls, which will run at The National Theatre, a commercial theater, has mostly been workshopped in New York, but fans have known since last October that it’s coming to D.C., and that it will eventually run on Broadway in 2018. at a for-Profit theater like The National, commercial producers make an agreement with the theater’s operators to rent out the theater for as long as they want as opposed to giving out a lump sum of enhancement money. It’s then up to the producers to figure out how to fill more than 1,500 seats. The National sells subscriptions to its Broadway series, allowing audience members to pay a set amount for tickets to the shows it brings in each year, but because it’s so much larger than other stages around town, there are simply more tickets to sell.

Operated since late 2012 by Jam Theatricals, a Chicago-based company that man-

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ages Broadway subscription series in 30 cities throughout the nation and has produced a number of shows on Broadway, The National Theatre remains popular with producers seeking a traditional out-of-town tryout. Most recently, a post-Wicked Idina Menzel starred at The National in the world premiere of If/Then in 2013.

Part of that has to do with its size. Seating 1,676 patrons, the National is significantly larger than Arena Stage’s Fichandler Stage (680 seats) or Ford’s Theatre (655 seats), but smaller than the Kennedy Center Opera House (2,364 seats). It most closely mimics a Broadway house in terms of size and layout— for comparison, the August Wilson Theater, where Mean Girls will play in New York, seats approximately 1,228.

“The size of the stage and the seating area at The National is very similar to that of many Broadway theaters that these shows will be performing in once they get to New York,” says Steve Traxler, Jam Theatricals’ cofounder. “A try-out or premiere at The National helps replicate the Broadway experience better than most theaters and it gives the creative team a pretty accurate idea of how their show will look, feel, and operate once it’s in a Broadway theater.”

Because a larger venue exists in D.C., most of the significant touring productions—the Hamiltons, Book of Mormons, and Wickeds that attract huge audiences for years—end up playing the Kennedy Center, leaving the National with huge gaps in its schedule. The shows that do come to The National these days often stay for shorter periods than they did in the past. When Les Miserables came

to the National in 2006, it stayed for more than six weeks. When it comes this winter, it will leave in less than three. Beyond Mean Girls and Les Mis, the National will welcome the touring company of Something Rotten, a well-reviewed musical comedy about Shakespeare’s fictitious competitors, for 16 shows in February, and Waitress, the musical based on the 2007 film, for a few dozen shows in May and June. Jam Theatricals produced both Something Rotten and Waitress on Broadway. that d.c. has a good theatrical ecology, which is to say many stages of different sizes, matters, Smith says. “You don’t see that in very many cities, that kind of ecology. Some places like L.A., it’s mostly theaters that seat 100 people, and then you’ll have a big theater like the Ahmanson. ...Here, you’ve got Arena and Shakespeare as large theaters, you’ve got Ford’s, that’s probably right underneath that or maybe they are up there too. Then you’ve got medium-sized theaters: Studio and Woolly and Signature and Round House and Olney. And then you’ve got a lot of small theaters.”

Being less than 250 miles from New York is an added perk. “Nobody really likes to stray too far from home,” Dobie says, and it’s easier for everyone involved to hop on a train than it is to fly to the West Coast. D.C.’s deep bench of union actors and technicians also makes it possible for producers to recruit a talented company and crew with relative ease, should they need to. Come From Away’s cast was mostly intact when it arrived at Ford’s, but the show’s creative team filled one role and all the under-

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The Great White Hope at Arena Stage, 1967

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even with the support of commercial producers, there’s no guarantee that discerning D.C. audiences will love what they see. In 1996, after Whistle Down the Wind, an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about children who meet a fugitive and think he’s Jesus, tried out at The National, Washington Post reviewer Lloyd Rose described it as “just dull.” The producers and creative team decided to cancel its already scheduled Broadway engagement.

More recently, shows that resonated in smaller D.C.-area spaces never quite found their footing on Broadway. The Velocity of Autumn, an intimate, two-actor play at in Arena’s 514-seat Kreeger Theater in 2013, lasted only 22 previews and 16 performances after moving to Broadway’s 766-seat Booth Theatre in April 2014. That was long enough for actress Estelle Parsons to earn a Tony nomination for her role, but without huge ticket sales, producers couldn’t subsidize the cost of a longer run.

The cautionary tale for the D.C. region has, since 2008, been Glory Days, an intimate musical sent from Signature Theatre to Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre. It opened and closed on the same night. Originally conceived by composer Nick Blaemire and book writer James Gardiner, who now works as Signature’s deputy director of creative content and publicity, it told the story of four high school friends who meet a year after graduating to reflect on the ways they’ve changed.

Blaemire and Gardiner first showed their work to Signature’s artistic director Eric Schaeffer while participating in a musical theater master class at the Kennedy Center. He was so impressed that he became a fairy godfather of sorts, helping them create a fully formed musical and eventually offering them a spot in Signature’s 2007-2008 season.

Its world premiere was met with positive reviews from local critics, as well as a pair of young producers, John O’Boyle and Ricky Stevens. They secured funding and a stage, and

by the time the show closed at Signature on February 17, the cast and crew knew the show would be in previews at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre at the end of April. In roughly eight weeks, the brand new musical was ready for its big debut, a condensed time frame that sounds crazy to Gardiner in retrospect.

“At the end of the day, when Broadway comes knocking, you don’t go, ‘Hey, wait a minute, I’m not ready.’ You go, ‘OK, great!’ But I wish we had had another production of it outside of Signature to really fix the issues that we saw with the show,” he says.

A deathly review from the New York Times cemented its fate, and O’Boyle and Stevens decided to close the show after 17 previews and one official performance.

Bad fortunes on Broadway don’t necessarily mean a show will never be seen again. One Night with Janis Joplin, a musical revue nurtured at Arena Stage before producers took it to New York in 2013, ran for only a few months at the Lyceum Theatre, but a touring production continues to stop in cities throughout North America. On November 19, local fans can see it at the Music Center at Strathmore.

And while sending a show to Broadway gives a regional theater some cachet with casual observers, it’s no longer the only way to share a show with a wider audience. This fall Schaeffer and Signature associate artistic director Matthew Gardiner traveled to Seoul to direct and choreograph a Korean-language version of Titanic, which Signature presented in late 2016. Also in 2016, Arena Stage worked with Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre to co-produce the world premiere of Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story. Photograph 51, commissioned

by Prince George’s County’s Active Cultures Theatre in 2008, tells the story of Rosalind Franklin, the woman who helped discover the structure of DNA, and starred Nicole Kidman when it was performed in London’s West End in 2015.

That a wide variety of audiences are seeing these works in different parts of the world is, in some ways, more important than the cultural clout that comes from a New York run.

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studies with D.C. actors.

Washingtonians have sophisticated taste too, in part because they have more opportunities to see theater. Shows like Come From Away and Dear Evan Hansen, which had no major stars attached, were bolstered by positive reviews and word-of-mouth praise from audiences who saw the shows as they developed.

Some audience members become so devoted that they become an extended part of the show’s family, according to Dear Evan Hansen producer Stacey Mindich. “They saw it first, they were proud of that. They came to Second Stage because they wanted to see how it was developing and they just about flipped out when we got to Broadway, so I feel like the Washington community really supported us and is now very proud of us.”

Mean Girls’ Publicity campaign is in full force around D.C. It’s in social media feeds and on bus wraps and street signs. And given its source material and creators, it’s likely to succeed here and in New York, even if reviewers hate it. After all, Legally Blonde, a show with similar source material and diehard fans rode that kind of acclaim to an 18-month run in 2007 and 2008.

That’s not to say that Mean Girls is the show to see during this theater season. With the creative leadership and insight of D.C.’s theaters, audiences can find whatever kind of show they want—be it classical theater in a small space or large auditorium, a silly musical or a political drama—on any given night.

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14 Years on 14th Street

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Cafe Saint-Ex marks the spot.

By Laura Hayes “It was only a matter of time,” Jody Greene of Greene & Associates says. He’s been the landlord of a bevy of buildings, including restaurants and bars, on the 14th Street NW strip since the 1980s. “This particular area was so close to downtown. The street is wide, and it’s a direct shot over the 14th Street Bridge.”

Others who’ve done business in the neighborhood agree it was bound to be a thriving commercial corridor.

“It’s a main thoroughfare running from downtown to the upper reaches of D.C. that was way underdeveloped,” says restaurateur Ian Hilton. “Once a

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couple people saw success over there, it was definitely going to catch on.”

But few could have predicted that building after building between N Street NW and Florida Avenue NW would transform so rapidly and with such gusto starting in the early 2000s.

The area around 14th and U streets NW was one of the centers of the African-American life in the District when six days of riots following the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. rocked the neighborhood. People broke windows, looted stores, and lit fires in response to the killing, but also growing tension over poor living conditions.

“I knew it wouldn’t stay down forever,” says Neal Becton, who owns Som Records at 14th and T streets NW. “It’s too big of an artery not

to come back, but I didn’t foresee what it’s become now.”

There are currently more than 75 restaurants, bars, and coffee shops on or immediately off this stretch of 14th Street, attracting bar crawlers, bachelorette parties, adventurous eaters, bitches who brunch, and a convoy of Ubers. How did we get here, and what does the future look like for one of D.C.’s most dynamic hospitality centers?

Several businesses sparked the development domino effect, starting with the 2000 opening of Whole Foods Market on P Street NW. “P Street was red hot,” Greene says. He also tips his hat to Busboys and Poets (2005), Marvin (2007), and Cork Wine Bar (2008), among others, for being pioneers. Stu-

dio Theatre (1987) and Black Cat (1993) also brought people to the area.

But if one bar deserves extra credit for catalyzing redevelopment, it’s Cafe SaintEx, which opened at 14th and T Streets NW in 2003. “Saint-Ex was one of the first,” says longtime bar industry pro Said Haddad. He’s shaken and stirred in the neighborhood for the better part of 15 years and just accepted the general manager position at Maydan, opening on Florida Avenue NW just off 14th Street later NW this month. “Utopia had great food and Coppi’s Organic Pizza was around, but to add a bar was huge.”

Those who worked and lived in the the neighborhood remember how risky it was to open east of 16th Street NW in the ’90s and 2000s. “I would drive up 14th at midnight and see hookers and pimps and drug dealers and not much else besides liquor stores and check cashing places,” Becton says. He moved to the 14th Street NW corridor in 1988. He was mugged at gunpoint at 15th and U streets NW in the ’90s and he knew bartender Adam Fox, who was shot and killed in the 1900 block of 15th Street NW in 1993.

“The simple fact is that it was dangerous back then,” Haddad says. “It was way cooler, way more edgy, but we lost a lot of good people. Local 16 used to be the line. If you crossed it, you were either up to no good or going to the Black Cat or Utopia.”

Haddad would store tip money in his boots and stuff about $30 into his pockets before walking home from bartending shifts. In the summer when crime tends to spike, he would take cabs two blocks. “You were doing a lot of defensive measures like that just to be safe.”

That’s not to say there weren’t some cool haunts around when Cafe Saint-Ex prepared to open. Haddad remembers doing his laundry at Swan Cleaners where Ted’s Bulletin is now. He’d dash across the street to a bodega to pick up half-price cigarettes or get a sandwich at Sparky’s Espresso Cafe, run by skaters and bike messengers.

Then there was HR-57—a BYOB jazz club that’s had many homes in D.C. and once operated in the current Ghibellina space. “Little places like that don’t exist around here anymore, and that’s what us old-timers miss,” Haddad says.

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DCFEED Mike Benson, the longtime owner of Cafe Saint-Ex who now happens to be running for mayor in Carrboro, North Carolina, embraced the neighborhood’s grittiness in the late ’90s.

Ethiopian restaurant Wazzama once occupied the building Cafe Saint-Ex does today.

“The basement was an unlicensed Ethiopian gambling den for cab drivers,” Benson says.

He’d go there and chew khat, a popular stimulant native to the Horn of Africa. The cab drivers also sold him Heineken.

“Once they knew I wasn’t part of the 3rd police district they let me join in,” he continues. “I didn’t pay for a cab in D.C. for many years.”

Becton and Benson were buds back then and the record store owner had some advice for his friend gearing up to open a bar in an untested location. “Make sure you nail brunch.

There’s no place to get brunch around here, no diners, nothing,” Becton said. His crystal ball was in good condition. Washingtonians now fight for Sunday tables at Le Diplomate like football players grappling for the ball after a fumble.

Benson and Haddad remember the early days at Cafe Saint-Ex fondly. Artists performing at the 9:30 Club and Black Cat, including the occasional celebrity, caught word that it was the place to drink after shows. Bar industry professionals flocked there after shifts. It was fun and blurry and far from politically correct.

“Saint-Ex was the new thing back then,” Haddad says. He got a position shortly after the bar opened and stayed there and at SaintEx’s sister bar, Bar Pilar, for just under six years. “It was in its prime. There were ‘Yellow Tuesday’ parties happening every other Tuesday,” he recounts. Bad Saint’s Nick Pimentel, musician Rob “Kalani” Tifford, and Toolbox DC’s Brian Liu would DJ downstairs.

But perhaps Cafe Saint-Ex’s biggest move was hiring Chef Barton Seaver in 2005 to man the kitchen. “He’d hit the ceiling with José Andrés [at Jaleo], so we gave him an opportunity,” Benson says. Seaver was named Esquire’s “Chef of the Year” in 2009 for his work at a different restaurant and is best known for being an early adopter of sustainable sourcing. “All of the sudden we had farmers coming in from Virginia, dropping things off,” Benson remembers.

By the late aughts, the neighborhood took off once again. Culinary hotspots like Birch & Barley and Masa 14 opened in 2009 and Estadio followed in 2010. Greene credits the 1600 block with “making it all go.” Pearl Dive Oyster Palace, Barcelona Wine Bar, Le Diplomate, and Ghibellina all opened on that stretch between 2011 and 2013. “When those came into play that was really huge,” he says.

The influx of restaurants from bigger players signified growing confidence in the potential of the street. Le Diplomate was from Phil-

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adelphia-based mega restaurateur Stephen Starr and Pearl Dive was from major local restaurateur Jeff Black.

“Blocks would move every five years then all of the sudden they started moving every two or three years and then it got down to a year and now it’s happening all over,” Greene continues.

Hilton, who owns Marvin, The Gibson, The Brixton, and other spots nearby with his brother Eric Hilton agrees. “Change was gradual at first in 2007 and 2008,” he says.

“Then from 2009 to 2012 it just got ridiculous … I haven’t seen it happen any quicker.”

Initially there was competition, but the speed of growth quickly nurtured a “We’re all in this together” mantra. As Haddad explains, “When the Hilton brothers opened Marvin I was still at Saint-Ex, and the question was, ‘Do you think they’re going to take all of your customers?’ Now there are so many people to go around. These streets are turning into New York on the weekend. You can barely walk.

It’s aggressive walking.”

Haddad says bartenders send each other boomerangs (neatly packaged to-go shots) and patronize each other’s bars. “Those nights when it’s four deep at the bar and the streets are the way they are, seeing a friendly face that understands what you’re going through is a spectacular thing.”

In his early days behind the bar, Haddad was a no frills bartender who attracted a gaggle of regular customers to whichever bar was currently paying his bills because of his knack for hospitality. But in recent years he’s had to adapt to the demands of new crowds coming to 14th Street NW expecting craft cocktails.

“I used to be the guy where you order a martini and I would give you a shot of Jameson and tell you to fuck off,” he jokes. “I had to learn it and it made me a better person at what I do now. I can pair a cocktail with food now.”

Haddad says customers are looking for experiences today. “They don’t want stuff they can make for themselves at home.”

Generally Haddad and others embrace the change, but they also appreciate the past and acknowledge that with revitalization and gentrification there are always going to be winners and losers. “You can’t hate watching a neighborhood thrive,” he says. “A lot of people working here are making money that they wouldn’t have back then. And it’s a lot safer to walk around.”

“For a long time I was like, ‘Boy, this is great,’” Benson chimes in. “But then you started to see what happened to all of the black people on T Street and in my old neighborhoods.

A lot were retired and on fixed incomes. They said, ‘Everything is too expensive, we’re being pushed out, we can’t afford the taxes.’” Eventually unscrupulous developers came in to flip the rowhouses that flank 14th Street. “A house you could buy in 1996 for $175,000 is now sell-

ing for $800,000,” he says.

It’s not just residential real estate prices that are climbing. So are the prices per square foot at bars, restaurants, and other businesses on 14th Street NW. “I thought it would do well, but no where close to where it is today,” Greene admits. “So it got me. I’ve been around this stuff a long time.”

The landlord says he’s seeing prices jump to $80–$100 per square foot. “I don’t like it getting that high-end when they’re charging so much money. Although I’m a landlord, I’d rather see the restaurants and commercial pieces work. I don’t want to strangle them.”

Hilton says Greene isn’t willing to take a few extra bucks to sign something that doesn’t jive with the neighborhood. “Other companies are sitting there with institutional money. They can change the look of the place. But there are enough building owners who are sensitive to that and don’t want it to become one national chain after another.”

Chains and restaurants from operators in other cities have started to pop-up on the street. Philadelphia’s Pizzeria Vetri opened in 2016. Shake Shack opened in March.

Peet’s Coffee opened in May. Californiabased JINYA Ramen Bar and Ohio-based Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams opened in September. Smoothie King will soon take over the Maki Shop space.

“The people that moved to 14th Street had this ideal village, a hipster community with independently owned restaurants and bars and little festivals in mind,” Benson says.

“All of those things start to turn more generic and big box guys come in. The small independently owned operators are the guys just hanging on.”

That said, Rose Previte feels confident enough about the street’s future and profitability as an independent, local operator that she’s willing to double down on the neighborhood. Previte opened Compass Rose on T Street NW in 2014.

The forthcoming Maydan, which will feature Old World cuisine cooked over an open hearth in a boisterous atmosphere that should feel like a public square, is located down an alley off Florida Avenue NW. Previte has lived on and just off 14th Street several times throughout her career.

“It’s my neighborhood and I like to build neighborhood gathering places,” she says.

“14th Street is home to an amazingly diverse group of people who are very proud to live here … Maydan will fit right in because it’s unique, a little bit sleek, but still a little bit gritty.”

“This street is where a lot of great restaurant ideas and concepts were born over a drunken pint and late night conversation,” Haddad adds. “This street has been reborn alongside the restaurant trade in this town and it will always be associated with it.”

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Select reviews of films playing at the third annual Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival

By Tricia Olszewski In this absurdist era of presidential lies and accusations of “fake news,” the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival feels more vital than ever. The festival, now in its third year, is the project of news organization 100Reporters and celebrates the integration of investigative reporting with documentary filmmaking. Its program unsurprisingly takes viewers all over the world and across time, from 1940s Alabama to 2015 Syria, with each film focusing on voices stifled and injustices fought. But it’s not only the broad strokes that make these stories compelling: Fittingly, one even involves Twitter.

End of Truth

Directed by Eric Matthies and Tricia Todd In a war-torn area, there’s not only no such thing as freedom of the press, the very concept is tossed aside and made literal. End of Truth starts out in 2012 Aleppo, when journalists John Cantlie and James Foley are kidnapped while traveling from Syria to Turkey. Their colleague, photojournalist Nicole Tung, immediately believes that the unimaginable responsibility of their rescue is on her shoulders. Naturally, she feels ill-suited to be that heroine: “If I got the call [about the abduction], what would I do? What would I do.” For years afterward, there’s nothing she can do, not for Foley and Cantlie nor for the dozens of other reporters who eventually met the same fate. The film details the politics of, and fascinating psychology behind, these abductions and carefully curated publicity footage for which ISIS soon took over. It shows the consequences of countries who wouldn’t negotiate with the terrorists—including the U.S.—and how a used car salesman unwittingly became a hostage negotiator because of his comments on Twitter. End of Truth is a sharp and sobering doc, one that mingles the age-old tactic of POWs with the influence of the digital age.

Screens Sunday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Naval Heritage Center.

Cocaine Prison

Directed by Violeta Ayala Worker ants carry the leaves. Little kids play in them, as if they were fall foliage. They’re coca leaves, and when Cocaine Prison frames them in this light, the coke industry doesn’t seem so bad. That’s not exactly the point of the documentary, but it’s close: Director Violeta Ayala attempts to convey how ingrained the cocaine culture is in Bolivia, with one subject remarking, “Lots of people, how would they live?” if coca were

destroyed. (Yet she admits, “Because of this little plant, there is lots of fighting.”) Cocaine Prison more or less focuses on Deisy and Hernan, teenage siblings whose eventual involvement with coke seems inevitable. But then Hernan is busted on his first drug run and sent to San Sebastian Prison, which isn’t so much a prison as a crumbling enclave whose authorities make inmates pay if they want an actual cell. It’s at this point that the film goes downhill, switching viewpoints and offering shallow insights such as Deisy’s “I’m really sad he’s in there” and even a fortune teller’s “There’s no future for [Hernan].” Ayala includes random footage of a prison riot and devotes a disproportionate amount of time to Mario, an older prisoner. Talk of misplaced optimism—Hernan and Mario believe their drug lords will help them when they’re released—is more relevant but still fails to make the doc feel anything but loosely edited, unfocused, and a bit boring, with unidentified voiceovers to further confuse things. The ending, though, does circle back to a comment made earlier in the film: In Bolivia, if the coke business stops, “there won’t be life.”

Screens Friday, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Naval Heritage Center.

The Rape of Recy Taylor Directed by Nancy Buirski

In 1944 Alabama, a young black woman named Recy Taylor was raped by six white teenagers. Afraid of nothing, she reported the crime, though it would take years of fighting for justice— as well as help from Rosa Parks—to get merely an apology from the state. The Rape of Recy Taylor combines archival footage, home movies, and “race films”—films with an all-black cast produced for black audiences—along with current interviews to tell Taylor’s story, which director Nancy Buirski broadens into a larger discussion about gender and race. For a while, too, it’s also more about Parks: her lifetime of investigations, protests, and her own battle of sexual assault. Though Taylor’s and Park’s stories are worthy of being told, they don’t come without some confusion. Why do we hear Taylor’s ordeal recounted by her brother, sister, and audio of her speaking when she’s still alive? Are the taped confessions of a few of the rapists real or recreated? Why did Buirski choose to include a current Alabama attorney inanely saying, “I don’t think the facts were the problem in the Recy Taylor case. I think color had everything to do with it?” (Seriously: duh.) And why the hell is a photo of Mi-

chelle Obama flashed near the end? Of course, these are quibbles, mere bumps along the road to portraying the bigger issues Taylor’s case came to represent. Among the biggest is a professor’s attestation that back then, “Black people [understood] that the press is a weapon.”

Screens Saturday, Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m. at the Naval Heritage Center.

The Other Side of Everything Directed by Mila Turajlic

In The Other Side of Everything, director Mila Turajlic uses her family’s government-divided apartment in Belgrade as metaphor to represent the decades of turmoil between Yugoslavia and Serbia. It doesn’t quite work: The inner doors of the apartment, which remained locked for over 30 years, are a too-simple symbol of a too-complex political upheaval. Turajlic’s main source of information is her mother, Srbijanka Turajlic, a one-time engineering professor who became better known for protesting Slobodan Milosevic and the further unrest he brought to an area already divided.

She combines this with archival footage of various crucial points in his reign, such as when Yugoslavia was dissolved, an event that was devastating to Srbijanka, whose nationality was Yugoslavian. But this is hardly sufficient to delineate decades of this knotty political entanglement enough for a casual viewer to understand it. The best that the history-ignorant can take away from the doc is Milosevic=bad, Srbijanka=good, Mila=needs improvement.

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TheaTerCurtain Calls “The Lover”

Let’s taLk about sex “The Lover” and “The Collection”

By Harold Pinter Directed by Michael Kahn At the Lansburgh Theatre to Oct. 29 For the harold Pinter connoisseur, the British playwright’s themes—distrust, betrayal, mistruth, the sparring between hunter and hunted—feature prominently in the double bill of “The Lover” and “The Collection,” now running at the Lansburgh Theatre. Director Michael Kahn’s stage revival of these TV oneacts from the 1960s glitters in the hands of capable actors who firmly grip the dynamic sexual power plays at the heart of these scripts.

The lesser work, “The Lover,” opens the evening. Richard (Patrick Kennedy), a suited and booted, cool-as-a-cucumber husband, merrily saunters off to work after a civilized chat about wife Sarah’s (Lisa Dwan) upcoming afternoon appointment with her lover. Any merriness is well merited— it turns out missus’ afternoon coitus is with her hubby, who shows up as a witty roleplaying chap donning a cap and leather jacket. Sarah’s sizzling afternoon with the teasing, testy Max, Richard’s alter ego—a bit of drum tapping, a bit of crawling, a bit of implied happy endings – had me scribbling a few quick back-of-my-hand notes for personal reference.

The afternoon trysts are a regular spice-upyour-life tonic for this couple. What could possibly go wrong?

Everything. Pinter’s career is shaped by protagonists clashing and bonding over women; here, Richard’s dual personalities —husband and lover—start jockeying as the couple’s happy arrangement crumbles, much to Sarah’s distress. Patrick Kennedy and Lisa Dwan are excellent sparring partners who cajole, seduce, and fight each other to respectively terminate or continue their role-playing arrangement. Kennedy is given the better lines, relaying an underlying edge both as the cuckold and cuckolder,

while Dwan conveys desire, unhappiness, and intelligence in her battle to preserve their saucy arrangement.

Over the course of an hour’s battle they renegotiate their relationship. The play is enthralling, with a quick wit and sharp dialogue, but it also slightly underwhelms.

It’s a minor work that foreshadows Pinter’s later plays that better grapple with his major themes: conflict, menace, and distrust.

“The Collection” is a meatier piece focused on suspicion and jealousy. Patrick Kennedy and Lisa Dwan return as another ’60s couple, husband James and wife Stella, sharing the well-designed stage with a gay couple, the rich Harry (Jack Koenig) and the buff Bill (Patrick Ball). An aggrieved James urgently tries to confront Bill who, Stella claims, bedded her at a dress designers’ meet in Leeds.

As Bill prevaricates, denies, confirms, deflects, spins, mocks, questions, and parries, eddies of conflict and tension swirl under the small talk. “The Collection” never completely attains the atmosphere of menace that built up in the previous play, but it flows marvelously as different versions of the tryst in Leeds emerge.

Soon James is standing over a splayed-out Bill and an undercurrent of sexual attraction tugs at the two men. Bill challenges the husband, “Pure fantasy. Really rather naughty of her.

Rather alarming. Do you know her well?”

Probably not. Nobody can trust anybody and nobody can be trusted to tell the truth. We can neither trust Bill when he announces he will run for Parliament, nor do we fully believe Harry when he launches into the most powerful speech of the show, denouncing Bill’s lies: “He’s a slum slug. There’s nothing wrong with slum slugs in their place, but this one won’t keep his place.” This being a British play, the arsenic of class politics is perhaps inevitable.

In a fine turn on stage, Koenig showcases Harry’s entitlement as well as his flights of fantasy and jealousy over Bill and James’ connection. Harry’s and Bill’s live-in arrangement dates the play, but the coded conversations play well within the subtext of the dialogue.

In a mirror-reversal of James’ visit, when Harry calls on Stella and establishes another version of the incident in Leeds, it is, inevitably, a version we can never verify.

The sex and power dynamics in “The Lover” and “The Collection” inevitably draw comparisons to 50 Shades of Grey for the casual pop culture observer. But while any 50 Shades shenanigans are ill-advised simply for being either too boring or idiotic, the mischief herein is ill-advised for being way too traumatic.

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Scrub your notes. Do not try this at home.

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Antony and Cleopatra

the Power of Love Antony and Cleopatra

By William Shakespeare Directed by Robert Richmond At the Folger Theatre to Nov. 19 Cleopatra and antony coulda-shouldawoulda been the title, had 17th century conventions permitted. There’s a reason all the film adaptations of this doomed romance, the first of which arrived 310 years after Shakespeare’s tough-to-categorize play and about two millennia after the historical events dramatized therein, are simply called Cleopatra.

Supposedly the passionate ardor between the Ptolemaic queen and the Roman general—and all the challenges thereunto, including Antony’s marriage to his political rival’s sister— was a matter of national fascination in Rome and Alexandria. To call them the Beyoncé and Jay-Z of the Hellenistic period would be a more apt comparison if Beyoncé had had a child by Nas and then Hova had been a party to Nas’ assassination before hooking up with Bey a few years later. As I say, it’s an imperfect comparison. Elizabethan scholars will hasten to tell me it was in fact Jay who was sneaking around with Nas’ baby mama. As of this writing, Nas

is alive and well.

Anyway, it’s a fascinating, too-seldom-performed play, perhaps because its main characters have no clear arc of ascension or dissolution, and instead careen wildly between sobriety and recklessness. Then there’s its sheer unwieldiness: Its lovers are already entwined when it starts, with Antony neglecting his duties back in Rome to stay with Cleopatra. Upon his return, his marriage to Octavia, the sister of his rival Octavius, fails to make a lasting peace between the two men. So he goes back to Cleopatra, joining her forces with his to take on Octavius’ Navy. When Cleopatra’s ships retreat, he abandons his own force to follow his lover, the first of a cascading series of failures and defeats.

For the Folger’s svelte new production, which whittles three dozen speaking parts to a third of that number, director Robert Richmond arranges the room as he did for his 2014 production of Richard III, putting the stage and the actors in the middle of the floor and putting rows of seats on what’s usually the stage.

Designer Tony Cisek has also given the actors a rotating circular platform to tread, a giant Lazy Susan that lets us survey Mariah Hale’s ornate costumes from all angles: layers of burgundy leather armor and uncomfortable-looking leather pants for the Romans; glittering gowns for Cleopatra and her retinue. But it’s the caffeinated pace of this A and C that leaves your head agreeably spinning: Richmond uses shifts in Andrew F. Griffin’s lighting scheme to signal which side of the Mediterranean we’re on in any given scene, and the actors playing characters on another continent remain on stage with the others. No momentum is lost to blackouts.

As Cleopatra, Shirine Babb animates all of the great woman’s many contradictions; her humility and her vanity; her authority and her need. She makes Cleopatra’s love for Antony appear both deeply felt and the product of a strategic calculation, as any union of powerful people shall sometimes be. Cody Nickell is her crumbling Antony, and it’s probably just his greater familiarity onstage at the Folger and in other D.C. houses that makes his absorbing performance seem just slightly less significant.

(Also, we’ve seen him wrestle with the mysteries of fidelity before, in Stupid Fucking Bird, among others.) They’re supported by a company that doesn’t have any weak links. Most of them are, like Babb, experienced performers appearing at the Folger Theatre for the first time. That would merit this Antony and Cleopatra a look even if the play itself weren’t so intent on surprising you.

—Chris Klimek 201 East Capitol St. SE. $35–$79.

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Standing Strong

Love & Lust Classifieds Are Back Remember these?

If you’re tired of Tinder, bummed out by Bumble, or lost in Match malaise, City Paper is here for you. We’re planning a limited edition, print-only, love and lust classified ads section in late November, just in time for the holidays. Go to washingtoncitypaper.com/love to find true love or an A+ tryst. It costs you $5 for a twoweek ad run.

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because of the color of their skin.

Carmen Lomas Garza’s “Tamalada” is a depiction of a more joyful time, showing generations of a single family in the kitchen making tamales—a day-long laborious tradition.

In “Quinceanera,” Garza continues the theme Before the 45th | Action/ of family tradition with the coming-of-age 15th Reaction in Chicano birthday party with girls donning pink ball and Latino Art gowns and tiaras. These celebrations bring At the Mexican Cultural Institute to Dec. 29 Mexican traditions to the North American home, passing through generations like a famNov. 9, 2016 is the day when many in the Unit- ily heirloom.

The works in Before the 45th cannot be pinned ed States woke up. Tears fell from tired eyes, a sickening fear shook many to the core. People down to a single issue, nor do they all exclaim flooded social media with outrage and disbe- with colorful vibrancy. The LGBTQ communilief. But what became a gut punch for millions ty within the Chicano Movement was largely igof people that day has been a reality for many in nored until the 1980s because of the machismo this country for decades. Before the 45th | Action/ of the movement’s early years. With the fear of Reaction in Chicano and Latino Art is an exhibit HIV/AIDS spreading faster than the disease itthat tells the stories of those communities who self, Chicano artists started to focus their work have been relentlessly persecuted, ignored, and on social issues in an effort to fight discrimination. Enrique Castrejon’s “Investigation of HIV taken advantage of long before 45 took office.

Chicano art rose out of the 1960s Chicano Cell #1 and #2” places layered HIV strands beCivil Rights Movement also known as El Mo- hind a frame, resembling an unsolvable and vimiento, famously lead by Cesar Chavez and complicated mathematical problem. Castrejon, Dolores Huerta. With many struggling between Ruben Esparza, and Miguel Angel Reyes’ “The Affirmation of Eden” is a culmination of Casterjon’s HIV cells layered on top of a man and a woman, with the words, “Silencio + Ignorancia = Riesgo” (Silence + Ignorance = Risk) plastered on the bottom. It is a powerful addition to the exhibit and a visual reminder to stand up and speak out.

The enormity of Before the 45th is balanced “The Closing of Whittier Boulevard” by Frank Romero (1984) with the most simple of gestures in Antonio Petheir Mexican and North American identities, layo’s “Baldes Vacios” and “Los Tres.” Small, the movement brought many of these com- framed, extremely detailed pencil drawings munities together, instilling a much-needed stand out even against the biggest paintings in solidarity among groups of Mexican-Ameri- the room. “Baldes Vacios” depicts two men, cans living in the U.S. In an attempt to bring to two trashcans, and a mop—no background— light social, political, and economic injustices, drawn against the paper’s white space. Similarthe movement inspired artists to create work ly, “Los Tres” features three happy children sitagainst racism and disempowerment in the U.S. ting on a pony. Their facial expressions inspire happiness after such a heavy exhibit. The chilwhile also celebrating their heritage.

Before the 45th tells this story, mostly through dren look straight at you, and the men—satisart from the 1970s to the present. All of the art- fied in their daily routine—allow us to peer into ists are California-based. Quite a few of their their beautiful souls.

There’s much to learn from the rest of the earlier works feel eerily relevant today. Frank Romero’s 1996 painting of “The Arrest of the artists in the exhibit, a necessary view of the Paleteros” is a prime example of the injustices resilience of this community told through an then and now. He depicts a man and his family autobiographical lens.

Fittingly, most of the works in Before the selling popsicles, but the police are persecuting them. An act that brings joy to neighborhoods is 45th are on a loan from AltaMed, a hospital in met with great force. In the painting, children, California. The hospital wanted to have artwomen, and men frightfully put their hands up work that made the patients feel at home in a in front of police, who have their guns up and country where many of them don’t always feel are ready to shoot. It’s a powerful scene, with welcome. This important work has thankfully the backdrop of a colorful neighborhood fall- reached a wider audience, with a history lesing prey to an undeserved punishment simply son you didn’t learn in school. —Laura Irene

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MusicDiscography WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ENCHANTRESS BECOMES THE ENCHANTED?

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Brunch Life Brunch is for A$$holes Br’er Blight Records

D.C. synth quartet Br’er’s fourth fulllength album, Brunch is for A$$holes, is puzzling. On one hand, it’s a natural extension of their previous effort, 2015’s Masking: The tracks oscillate between stunningly beautiful, intensely personal meditations and crushingly heavy rails against society’s ills. On the other, it’s far and away the most disjointed Br’er release thus far, feeling closer to an extended single or EP than a cohesive full-length. It’s undeniably good and features some of Br’er’s best tracks to date, but Brunch is for A$$holes doesn’t quite reach the soaring heights of the band’s previous records.

Vocalist and primary composer Benjamin Schurr notes that, “in a weird way, it’s our comedy album, but definitely a dark comedy album.” When compared with the brutality of Masking or the somberness of City of Light, Brunch absolutely stands alone. “Help Me Live” starts the album on a note of total melancholy and it largely continues like that until Masking holdover “Some People Say I’m No Good” brings a delightful amount of sleaze. It doesn’t really make sense, but it also makes perfect sense: Br’er has never been a band that is wholly one thing or another, and Brunch is for A$$holes embraces that.

Schurr is fully aware this album isn’t as

unified as previous Br’er releases––that’s by design . “ Usually when I write a record, there’s more of a narrative musically and them at i ca l l y,” h e says. “I want it to tell a story, whereas this one is really just a collection of songs.” Originally conceived as a single release for “Brunch is for Assholes,” the album features three versions of that track.

Dubbed “Mimosa,” “Xiu Xiu,” and “Bloody Mary,” they represent what Schurr refers to as the “three stages of brunch,” (with Xiu Xiu, which was mixed by Jamie Stewart of the titular experimental band, standing in for the hand-poured coffee) and offer vastly different musical approaches to the album’s takedown of gentrification.

The “Mimosa” and “Bloody Mary” versions of the track are stellar, with “Mimosa” offering listeners a less distorted and pop-oriented approach to the track, featuring backing vocals from Sleepy Kitty guitarist/vocalist Paige Brubeck. “Bloody Mary” is a lengthier, heavier, and much more violent take representative of the way the track is performed live.

The “Xiu Xiu” version, however, sticks out like a sore thumb: Featured on the Blight Records compilation released last year, the track is much slower and less dynamic than the other two. Though each of the different mixes stand on their own, having three different versions of the same song on an album makes for tedious listening.

“Brunch is for Assholes” aside, the remaining seven tracks on the album are fantastic and represent some of the best songs Br’er has ever put together. Album highlights “Dozen Dream” and “Devotional” are beautiful looks into the varied ways in which Schurr weaves his inner life into his music, offering meditations on the deterioration of a relationship and the nature of devotion, respectively. And while it might not be as cohesive a whole as Br’er’s previous efforts, the collected songs are more than capable of standing on their own.

—Keith Mathias Listen to “Brunch is for Assholes” at washingtoncitypaper.com/arts.

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If you’re looking for a rapper to soundtrack Halloween, 21 Savage will serve you well. The 24year-old Atlanta trap star has carved out his lane in the hip-hop world with a rusty switchblade, making threats and boasts under a cloak of lethargy and over barely-there beats and horror score synth melodies. He is hip-hop’s premier minimalist, and his lyrics live up to his moniker with lines like, “triple homicide, put me in a chair, yeah,” that could make even the casual “savages” of rap blush. But what else would you expect from a guy with a dagger tattooed between his eyes? When hip-hop hanger-on DJ Vlad asked what the “cross” on his forehead signified, 21 corrected him—“Issa knife”—spawning a series of memes and the name of his debut album, Issa Album. Listening to Issa Album is not a fun, joyful experience, but an ominous one that rings true, especially during this spooky season. 21 Savage performs at 10 p.m. at Echostage, 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE. $48.40. (202) 503-2330. echostage.com.

—Chris Kelly tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Dial 251.

8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $27. twinsjazz.com.

songByrd MUsic HoUse and record cafe 2477

RoCk

p.m. $15–$17. songbyrddc.com.

9:30 clUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Moon Taxi.

6 p.m. $25. 930.com.

WeinBerg center for tHe arts 20 West Patrick

BlacK cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. King Krule. 8 p.m. Sold out. blackcatdc.com.

8 p.m. $34.75–$39.75. weinbergcenter.org.

dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Pickwick. 7 p.m. $15. dcnine.com. tHe HaMilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. The Fab Faux: The Beatles 1966-1967. 8 p.m. $44–$93.50. thehamiltondc.com.

18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Jessica Lea Mayfield. 8

Street, Frederick. (301) 600-2828. Martin Sexton Trio.

VoCAl Barns at Wolf trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. The Bobs. 8 p.m. $30–$35. wolftrap.org. rocK & roll Hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Billie Eilish. 8 p.m. Sold out. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

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CITY LIGHTS: SAtuRDAY

tHE FInAl Stop

Let’s set the scene: You walk into an old underground subway platform, the lights flickering above in erratic patterns, and the only other signs of life are the occasional groans and rumbles of trains just out of sight, which never come. It’s dramatic, haunting, and hints at realities unknown. Seattle-based artist Rick Araluce is creating this very world, building the subterranean space for his exhibition, The Final Stop, at the Renwick Gallery as his first large-scale installation on the East Coast. The installation will be immersive, made for museum-goers to step into and leave the real world behind. Araluce is an old hand at constructing scenic, room-sized illusions, incorporating both sight and sound into familiar locales imbued with subtle mystery that spark our curiosity. In his world, it’s not about what’s in front of you, but what could be hidden just around the corner. The exhibition is on view daily 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., to Jan. 28 at the Renwick Gallery, 1661 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Free. (202) 633-2850. americanart.si.edu. —Regina Park

CITY LIGHTS: SunDAY

SEtH pARkER WooDS

Love & Lust Classifieds Are Back Remember these?

If you’re tired of Tinder, bummed out by Bumble, or lost in Match malaise, City Paper is here for you. We’re planning a limited edition, print-only, love and lust classified ads section in late November, just in time for the holidays. Go to washingtoncitypaper.com/love to find true love or an A+ tryst. It costs you $5 for a two-week ad run.

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The glorious notes of Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 have rarely felt more powerful than when cellist Seth Parker Woods plays them. The piece is one of the best-known solo cello compositions ever written, but Woods makes it feel fresh and new. It’s no wonder that in the classical music world his star is skyrocketing: Last year, he put out an acclaimed debut solo album, asinglewordisnotenough, and currently, he is an artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College. His virtuoso talent is evident, and the grace and effortlessness with which he plays make it impossible not to be drawn into each bow stroke of the cello strings, hanging onto every note.

Not one to be traditional, his playing is done not just with his hands, but his whole body as he puts feeling into each motion. It’s as if he is transporting himself to another world, just as he transports you, and we go on the journey to a sweet-sounding cello heaven together. Seth Parker Woods performs at 4 p.m. at The Warne Ballroom at the Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave. NW. $20–$40. (202) 387-2151. phillipscollection. org.

—Kayla Randall

SunDAY ClASSICAl

national gallery of art West garden coUrt 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. (202) 8426941. Matt Haimovitz and Lina Bahn with the Artichoke Dance Company. 3:30 p.m. Free. nga.gov. tHe Warne BallrooM at tHe cosMos clUB 2121 Massachusetts Ave NW, DC. Seth Parker Woods. 4 p.m. $20–$40. phillipscollection.org.

ElECtRonIC

sixtH & i Historic synagogUe 600 I St. NW. (202) 408-3100. Avey Tare. 8 p.m. $17–$20. sixthandi.org.

Folk

9:30 clUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Judah & the Lion. 8 p.m. $20. 930.com.

BircHMere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Al Stewart. 7:30 p.m. $39.50–$79.50. birchmere.com.

HIp-Hop

fillMore silver spring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Lecrae. 7 p.m. $26.95– $181. fillmoresilverspring.com.

JAzz

BlUes alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Najee. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $72–$77. bluesalley.com. tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Julian Hartwell Project. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. twinsjazz.com.

RoCk

BlacK cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Wolf Parade. 7:30 p.m. $30. blackcatdc.com. dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Black Kids. 9 p.m. $15. dcnine.com. tHe HaMilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Martin Sexton Trio. 7:30 p.m. $27.75–$49.75. thehamiltondc.com.

WoRlD

artHUr M. sacKler gallery 1050 Independence Ave. SW. (202) 633-4880. Zhihua Buddhist Temple Ensemble. 1 p.m.; 3 p.m. Free. asia.si.edu.

MontgoMery college cUltUral arts center 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. (240) 567-1300.

Nobuntu. 2 p.m. $10–$25. cms.montgomerycollege. edu.

MonDAY Folk

songByrd MUsic HoUse and record cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Willie Watson. 8 p.m. $17–$20. songbyrddc.com.

JAzz

BlUes alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Jacqui Naylor Quartet. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $39. bluesalley.com.

RoCk

antHeM 901 Wharf Street SW, DC. The War on Drugs.

8 p.m. $41-$56. theanthemdc.com. dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Mild High Club.

8 p.m. $12–$14. dcnine.com.

WoRlD

MontgoMery college cUltUral arts center 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. (240) 567-1300.

Nobuntu. 11 a.m. $10–$25. cms.montgomerycollege. edu.

tuESDAY ElECtRonIC

U street MUsic Hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Yumi Zouma. 7 p.m. $15. ustreetmusichall.com.

Folk

Hill coUntry BarBecUe 410 7th St. NW. (202) 556-2050. Gurf Morlix. 8:30 p.m. $17–$20. hillcountrywdc.com.

CITY LIGHTS: MonDAY

tHE WAR on DRuGS

Through their first several albums, The War on Drugs always seemed like a bit of a blank canvas on which listeners could imprint their favorite North American rock influences. If you want to hear Dylan or Young or Springsteen (oh so much Springsteen), it’s all in there. Famed record producer Jimmy Iovine told Billboard that they should be “gigantic.” There’s a reason they weren’t: The pristine technical execution and perfectionism of The War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel, who writes, sings, and plays much of the music on their records, left their music a touch sterile. A Deeper Understanding, the band’s first record for major label Atlantic Records, warms up Granduciel’s meticulous compositions by making them even bigger. The songs are more expansive than ever before, wide-open California landscapes begging for rolled down windows and deep breaths. Even the quiet moments feel designed to make the back row of a stadium feel intimate. Born out of self-reflection, A Deeper Understanding stays true to Granduciel’s obsessive standards, but presents them without feeling detached. The War on Drugs perform at 8 p.m. at The Anthem, 901 Wharf St. SW. $41–$56. (202) 888-0020. theanthemdc.com. —Justin Weber washingtoncitypaper.com october 20, 2017 33

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CITY LIGHTS: tuESDAY

BRYAnt JoHnSon

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The Birchmere Presents

COLIN T HAY Satuhrdisay! with Chris Trapper

Sat. Oct. 21, 8pm The Lincoln Theatre, Wash DC

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Oct 20

An Evening with

LLOYD COLE RAVEN’S NIGHT 2017 Bellydance, Burlesque, & more!

21 22

AL STEWART

“Year of the Cat” Classic Album Concert with sp guests The Empty Pockets

24&25

BRIAN McKNIGHT

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An Acoustic Evening with

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SUZANNE WESTENHOEFER

ANDERS OSBORNE & JACKIE GREENE “Tourgether 2017” w/Chris Jacobs

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80th Birthday Bash!

TOM PAXTON & FRIENDS with Tom Rush, Debi Smith, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, David Buskin, Robin Bullock, & The DonJuans

JAKE SHIMABUKURO

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30&31 ‘A Few Small Repairs 20th Anniversary Tour’

SHAWNLarryCOLVIN and Her Band Campbell & Teresa Williams sp guests

Nov 1

ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY

2 An Intimate Evening with Fado Superstar

MARIZA & Special Friends Daryl 3 DELBERT McCLINTON Davis 4 PAT McGEE BAND 5 OLETA ADAMS 7 BELA FLECK & ABIGAIL WASHBURN 8 EL DeBARGE 9 MORRIS DAY & THE TIME 10, &12 PAULA POUNDSTONE The Birchmere Presents

LUDOVICO EINAUDI “Essential Einaudi”

Sun. Oct. 29, 2017, 8pm Warner Theatre, Wash DC.

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STRAIGHT NO CHASER

— THE SPEAKEASY TOUR — THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2, 7:30 PM DAR CONSTITUTION HALL • WASHINGTON, DC

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s folk hero status doesn’t show any signs of stopping. Online, she’s up there with bacon, tacos, and Beyoncé.

So it was only a matter of time before we got something like this: a workout guide from her personal trainer, Bryant Johnson, called The RBG Workout. Decked out with cartoon Notorious RBGs showcasing exercises, it would make a great gift for those obsessed with the fact the 84-year-old Supreme Court Justice stays fit with an insane workout routine. Johnson himself is a former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces and has America’s beloved Justice doing full-on push-ups. There aren’t many cool workout routines for seniors so the book fills a specific need beyond taking advantage of a meme. Johnson will discuss his work with POLITICO’s Edward-Isaac Dovere before signing copies of the book at Sixth & I. Since his workouts may be what keeps Ginsburg on the bench long enough to see Trump out of office, maybe we should consider throwing him a parade. Bryant Johnson speaks at 7 p.m. at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. $15. (202) 408-3100. sixthandi.org.

—Justin Weber

Funk & R&B

BircHMere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Brian McKnight. 7:30 p.m. $89.50. birchmere.com.

GoSpEl

BlUes alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Wendy Hicks. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $37. bluesalley.com.

RoCk

9:30 clUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Benjamin Booker. 8 p.m. $20. 930.com.

BlacK cat BacKstage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 6674490. The Smoking Popes. 7:30 p.m. $17–$20. blackcatdc.com. dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Florist. 8 p.m. $12–$14. dcnine.com. fillMore silver spring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Third Eye Blind. 8 p.m. $45–$1500. fillmoresilverspring.com.

WEDnESDAY ElECtRonIC

9:30 clUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Louis The Child. 10 p.m. $30. 930.com.

Folk

tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Sarah Wilcox. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. twinsjazz.com.

RoCk

BlacK cat BacKstage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 6674490. The EFFECTS. 7:30 p.m. $10. blackcatdc.com. dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Trevor Sensor.

9 p.m. $12–$14. dcnine.com.

tHuRSDAY ClASSICAl

freer gallery of art Jefferson Drive & 12th Street SW. (202) 633-1000. Katherine Chi and Dina Vainshtein: Egypt at the Piano. 7:30 p.m. Free. asia. si.edu.

ElECtRonIC

songByrd MUsic HoUse and record cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Opia. 8 p.m. $12. songbyrddc.com.

Folk

BircHMere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Anders Osborne & Jackie Greene.

7:30 p.m. $35. birchmere.com.

Funk & R&B

U street MUsic Hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

MAX. 7 p.m. $10. ustreetmusichall.com.

Hill coUntry BarBecUe 410 7th St. NW. (202) 556-2050. Slaid Cleaves. 7 p.m. $17–$28. hillcountrywdc.com.

HIp-Hop

Funk & R&B

JAzz

Barns at Wolf trap 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Son Little. 8 p.m. $20. wolftrap.org.

JAzz

BlUes alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Jazzy Blu. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $39. bluesalley.com.

HoWard tHeatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Aminé. 8 p.m. $25–$98. thehowardtheatre.com.

BlUes alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Jane Monheit. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $57–$62. bluesalley.com.

Kennedy center concert Hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Pops: Pink Martini with China Forbes. 7 p.m. $24–$89. kennedy-center.org.

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MARTIN SEXTON TRIO

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tWins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Sotê. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. twinsjazz.com.

ter Opera House. 2700 F St. NW. To Nov. 19. $59–$199.

(202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

RoCk

tHe effect Connie and Tristan become quickly enamored with each other after meeting. They can’t keep their hands off one another but is it love or is it a side effect of the new drug they’re taking in a clinical trial? David Muse directs Lucy Prebble’s comedy about romance and the impact of Big Pharma on our daily lives. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To Oct. 29. $20–$55. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org.

BlacK cat BacKstage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 6674490. Sara Curtin. 7:30 p.m. $15. blackcatdc.com. rocK & roll Hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Protomartyr. 8 p.m. $15–$17. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

Theater

tHe adventUres of peter pan Synetic Theater takes on the story of the boy who won’t grow up and his merry company of followers in this production full of high-flying acrobatics and one very sinister pirate.

Synetic Theater at Crystal City. 1800 South Bell St. , Arlington. To Nov. 19. $20–$60. (866) 811-4111. synetictheater.org. antony and cleopatra Robert Richmond returns to the Folger to lead the company’s production of the Bard’s drama about the romance between a Roman ruler and an Egyptian queen. As the forces of love and politics pull the title characters apart, both must decide to put themselves or their countries first. Folger Elizabethan Theatre. 201 E. Capitol St. SE. To Nov. 19. $35–$75. (202) 544-7077. folger.edu. are yoU noW, or Have yoU ever Been... Set in the days before Langston Hughes was forced to testify in front of Joseph McCarthy and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, this play follows his turmoil as he attempts to write a poem to mark the event. Developed by Carlyle Brown, this play is directed at MetroStage by Thomas W. Jones II. MetroStage. 1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria. To Nov. 5. $55–$60. (703) 548-9044. metrostage.org. tHe BooK of MorMon The long-running Broadway musical about two Mormon missionaries who wind up angering an African war lord returns to the Kennedy Center for another engagement. Featuring songs like “Hello!” and “I Believe,” this comedy currently stars Gabe Gibbs and Conor Peirson. Kennedy Cen-

eMilie: la MarqUise dU cHatelet defends Her life tonigHt Playwright Lauren Gunderson tells the story of the acclaimed French physicist who spent her career answering questions of both the head and the heart, trying to determine whether love or philosophy should govern her actions. WSC Avant Bard Acting Company member Sara Barker stars as Emile on this area premiere directed by Rick Hammerly. Gunston Arts Center, Theatre Two. 2700 South Lang St., Arlington. To Nov. 12. $10–$35. (703) 418-4808. wscavantbard.org. tHe gondoliers In this final musical satire from Gilbert and Sullivan, a group of Venetian gondoliers find out that one of them is the heir to a foreign throne. Comedy ensues as they try to find out who is entitled to greater wealth and what class distinctions mean to them. George Mason University Center for the Arts. 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. To Oct. 29. $15–$30. (888) 945-2468. cfa.gmu.edu. tHe lover and tHe collection Michael Kahn directs a pair of Harold Pinter one-acts to open the Shakespeare Theatre Company season. In The Lover, a couple methodically plans out their extramarital affairs. The Collection follows a jealous husband as he investigates whether his wife had a fling with her coworker during an overnight trip to Leeds. Lansburgh Theatre. 450 7th St. NW. To Oct. 29. $44–$118. (202) 547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org. tHe Wild party Enter a den of debauchery and passion while watching this musical about love affairs and alcohol set in Prohibition-era New York.

Based on a poem by Joseph Moncure March and written by Andrew Lippa, the musical is directed at Constellation Theatre Company by Allison Arkell Stockman. Constellation Theatre at Source. 1835 14th St.

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louIS tHE CHIlD

Louis the Child, a quickly rising Chicago dance music duo made up of Robby Hauldren and Freddy Kennett, seemingly gained overnight success after supporting wildly popular fellow EDM duo The Chainsmokers on their 2015 Friend Zone tour. Coupled with a fated shout-out from Taylor Swift, who included their song “It’s Strange” on her mix of songs aptly titled, New Songs That Will Make Your Life More Awesome (I Promise!), it was clear that Louis the Child were destined for some wild nights and big stages. Now, with appearances at jam-packed festivals like Electric Zoo, Coachella, and Mad Decent Block Party under their belt, along with their own headlining tour, the two are focused on creating EDM for their unique niche of fans. Infused with bouncy synths, mid-tempo melodies, and amiable vocals, Louis the Child tap into a largely unexplored corner of popular EDM where optimism and elation dominate the airwaves. Louis the Child perform with Prince Fox and Win & Woo at 10 p.m. at 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW. $30. (202) 265-0930. 930.com.

—Casey Embert

The Edge of the Universe Players 2 present a vicious stage comedy with serious spiritual questions

CITY LIGHTS: tHuRSDAY

THE ANONYMOUS WHISTLEBLOWER WHO RISKED EVERYTHING THING IN THE JUSTICE NAME OF JU USTICE

“AS TIMELY AS IT GETS.”

Mystery School

-Joshua Rothkopf, TIME OUT NEW YORK

“EXTRAORDINARY. LIAM NEESON LEADS A SUPERB CAST. A RIVETING TALE OF POLITICAL DECEPTION.”

by Paul Selig 1 actor—5 characters—5 cosmic views—5 individual crises that get resolved or don’t

-Pete Hammond, DEADLINE

“LIAM NEESON IN A QUIETLY DEVASTATING PERFORMANCE. A BEAUTIFULLY CALIBRATED PORTRAYAL.” -Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

LIAM NEESON DIANE LANE

MARK FELT THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE

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