East of the River Magazine June 2016

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IN EVERy IssuE26East of the River Calendar

60The Classified

62The Crossword

53 Changing Hands compiled by Don Denton

KIDs & FAMILy

54 Kids & Family Notebook by Kathleen Donner

REAL EsTATE

EAsT WAsHINGTON LIFE

Jazz Avenues by Steve Monroe

50 ‘C’ Is for Child’s View by Virginia Avniel Spatz

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWs

34 The Bulletin Board

42 District Beat by Jonetta Rose Barras

44 The Numbers by Kate Coventry

Cannabis Cultivation Centers Are Good Neighbors by Chloe Sommers

40 Charnice Milton’s Murder by Peter J. Waldron

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9 Dive into DMV: The District, Maryland, Virginia

A LOCAL TOuRIsM GuIDE

46 Thinking about Joining Capital Bikeshare? by Catherine Plume

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Enjoy Summer Fireworks Here are three favorite close-by opportunities to see a brilliant � reworks display this summer. There will be � reworks after the Nationals’ July 1, 6:05 p.m. game vs. the Reds at about 9 p.m. They’re typically set off outside the park behind the � rst base line. Everyone in the park moves over to the viewing side, while those on outside the need to � nd a place

to perch. Of course, the big � reworks are on July 4. They start at about 9 p.m. The important thing to remember is to be as close as possible while being able to see the top half of the Washington Monument. On July 9, celebrate Alexandria’s 267th birthday along the Potomac water-front at Oronoco Bay Park at Old Town. Bring lawn chairs, blankets and a picnic. Enjoy live music by the Alexandria Symphony Orches-

Post game fi reworks at Nat’s Park. Photo: Nan RaphaelPost game fi reworks at Nat’s Park. Photo: Nan Raphael

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tra plus cannon � ring, birthday cake, food trucks and a � reworks dis-play at about 9 p.m.

Grab a Blanket or Folding ChairOne of the great pleasures of a DC summer is all the outdoor con-certs and lawn movies. The weeknight military band concerts at 8 p.m. on the west side steps of the Capitol are not to be missed. The mu-sic is always good, but go for the setting – the sun setting and the remarkable view along the Mall to the Washington Monument. There’s parking near the Botanic Garden. Become a regular read-er of the Calendar in this paper for concert and movie schedules around town.

A must-attend-annual event is the 1812 Overture (cannons and all) at the National Sylvan Theater on the grounds of the Wash-ington Monument. This year’s it’s on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m.

A few things look for are the Fort Reno concerts (go to fortre-no.com) and the Fort Dupont concerts (go to nps.gov/fodu). Nei-ther venue has announced dates or performers as we go to press, but we’ll keep you informed.

Discover Off-the-Beaten-Path TheaterWashington professionals by day, the all-volunteer Picnic Theatre Company brings their brand of site-speci� c cocktail party theater to Dumbarton House and The Phillips Collection this summer with a one-act staging of Casablanca, the 1942 silver screen clas-

sic widely considered to be one the greatest American � lms of all time. Theatre goers are in-vited for a wine reception and performance at “Rick’s Cafe” in Casablanca, where shifting war time alliances, romance, dan-ger, and redemption await. It’s at Dumbarton House, June 15 to 17 and The Phillips, on June 23.

2016 Fringe Festival tickets go on sale June 20; the Fringe preview is June 24, 7:30 p.m. on the Trinidad Stage at the Logan Fringe Arts Space, 1358 Florida Ave. NE. Twenty to thirty pro-ductions from theatre to dance offer up four minute teasers. This event is free and open to all. The full schedule for the festival will be up soon, but you always � nd “fringy” theater and music of-ferings at the Logan Fringe Arts Space. capitalfringe.org.

Finally, please pay atten-tion to the Anacostia Arts Center for important and mildly off-beat

drama. They are located east of the river at 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

Eat Local in a CrowdThe National Capital Barbecue Battle is on Saturday, June 25, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, June 26, 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., on Penn-

The U.S. Army Band performs every Friday in summer on the west Capitol steps.

Courtesy of the Picnic Theatre Company

a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, June 26, 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., on Penn-


JULY 13 - 23, 2016Your History. Your Legacy. Your Capital.

This summer reclaim, restore, and reconnect with heroes and influencers of the Civil Rights present and past like artists Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon & Toshi Reagon, Louis Gossett, Jr., the Little Rock Nine’s Ernie Green, Baltimore activist DeRay Mckeeson, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Stax Records’ Al Bell, MLK adviser Clarence Jones, NFL and NCAA legends Walter Beach and Rick Arthur, poet Nikki Giovanni, dancer Carmen de

Lavallade, Rabbi Ben Kamin, and more. Plus films!

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sylvania Avenue, NW, between Ninth and 14th Streets. It’s $12 a day. The event is full of samplings, giveaways, live entertainment and crowds. This year’s festival features a wide variety of musical genres including jazz musician Marcus Johnson, EU featur-ing Sugar Bear, Secret Society, the Mud-dy Crows, Trouble Funk, Marcus Mitch-ell, Tweed Funk, Be’la Dona and many, many more. Over 30 bands will be perform-ing Rock, Reggae, Jazz, Blues, R&B and Go Go on the Pepsi-Lays Sound Stage & Fa-mous Dave’s Stage throughout the weekend. bbqindc.com.

The annual Vine on the Waterfront Food & Wine Festival returns this summer on Saturday, June 25. Formally known as the Alexandria Food & Wine Festival, it takes place from noon to 6 p.m. on Old Town’s waterfront at Oronoco Bay Park.

Another option on June 25 is the Crab and Beer Festival at Baltimore’s inner har-bor. In its third year, the festival is an all-you-care-to-taste extravaganza complete with over 30,000 crabs, lots of beer, arts, crafts, live music, family fun and so much more! The festival, which has two sessions, 11 a.m.

to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., is touted as Maryland’s largest crab feast. The Crab and

Beer Festival repeats on Aug. 27 at National Harbor. mdcrabfest.com.

Find Your Own FoodIt’s an 80 mile trek but Fish in Barrel in Nor-risville, Maryland, offers catch and return � shing and catch and buy � shing. In oth-er words, you can have fun all day catching or you catch your supper in a well-stocked pond and pay by the pound. Also, catch and return ponds are perfect for kids because of the high chance of actually catching some-thing – maybe blue gills, because for a tiny � sh they put up quite a � ght. Fish In Barrel is open weekends only until Sept. 5, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fish In Barrel, 2613 Har-kins Rd., White Hall, Maryland. � shinbar-rel.com.

Closer to home, you might want to try the Potomac or Anacostia Rivers. However, before you do, visit the District’s Department of the Energy and the Environment (DOEE) online at www.doee.dc.gov/service/regulated-� shing-activities. This is online � eld guide for people unfamiliar with what a particular � sh may look like. It also outlines the rules

Crowds at last year’s Vine on the Waterfront Food & Wine Festi val in Old Town Alexandria. Photo: Maurisa Pott s, Spott ed MP

On the Potomac with a newly caught fi sh. Photo: Courtesy of the DC Departmentof Energy & Environment


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for � shing and eating one’s catch. Apparently, you can take three channel cat� sh a day; � ve largemouth and � ve smallmouth bass a day; 1 walleye a day and three yellow perch a day. Striped Bass season is open now and ends on Dec. 31. You’ll need a license (take this serious-ly). Get one online at doee.dc.gov/service/fishing-li-cense-vendors or at Frager’s, 1323 E St. SE for $10. Re-member, check the DOEE on whether your catch is ed-ible before cooking it.

Next, we’re going to send you to the labor-of-love pickyourown.org. There you’ll � nd dozens of close-by farms where you can pick fruits and vegetables to your hearts delight. The site also features crop calendars for each local area to tell you what is available to pick throughout the year, local weather forecasts and easy illus-trated directions on how to make jam, jelly, salsa, pickles, spaghetti sauce, applesauce, ap-ple butter and 150 other recipes with step-by-step directions to can, freeze, dry or preserve. This website is an experi-ence itself. If you’re still not into it, please patronize local farm-ers’ markets. Remember, if the farmers aren’t making money, they’ll stop coming into town to sell.

Catch a BlockbusterCameron Mackintosh’s spec-tacular new production of An-drew Lloyd Webber’s The Phan-tom of the Opera comes to DC as part of a brand-new North American tour. The production boasts many ex-citing special effects including the show’s legendary chandelier. The beloved sto-ry and thrilling score with songs like “Mu-sic of the Night,” “All I Ask of You,” and “Masquerade” is performed by a cast and or-

chestra of 52. This makes Phantom one of the largest productions now on tour. Phan-tom of the Opera is at the Kennedy Center,July 13 to Aug. 20. Tickets are $25 to $149.

Ragtime the Musical is at Wolf Trap, June 9 to 11. Catch the Tony-win-ning spectacular that took Broadway by storm. Set against a gloriously rich score, Ragtime trans-ports theatergoers to the dawn of the 20th century where change is booming and possibilities are end-less. Experience an all-new, striking production brought to life with vibrant dance and compelling characters. Watch three stories unfold in a timeless tale of hope, hardship and the American Dream.

DC’s blockbuster fes-tival is the annual Folklife Festival held this year from June 29 to July 4 and July 7 to 10. Discover how the

Basque Country sustains its culture, drawing on traditions to innovate in a rapidly changing world. Experience bertsolaritza poetry compe-titions and stone-lifting matches. Drink a re-freshing glass of cider or rioja wine and meet

master artisans.Explore the Sounds of Califor-

nia through the music and stories of immigrant communities shap-

ing the state. Interact with art-ists in music workshops and stretch out on the lawn for the evening concert series. The Folklife Festival is on the Na-tional Mall between Fourth and Seventh Streets. The Fes-tival Marketplace is inside the Arts and Industries Building.

festival.si.edu.

Catch a BlockbusterExhibition

THE GREEKS: Agamemnon to Alex-ander the Great at National Geographic

trated directions on how to make jam, jelly, salsa, pickles, spaghetti sauce, applesauce, ap-ple butter and 150 other recipes with step-by-step directions to can, freeze, dry or preserve. This website is an experi-

Cameron Mackintosh’s spec-tacular new production of An-drew Lloyd Webber’s The Phan-tom of the Opera comes to DC as part of a brand-new North American tour. The production boasts many ex-citing special effects including the show’s legendary chandelier. The beloved sto-ry and thrilling score with songs like “Mu-sic of the Night,” “All I Ask of You,” and “Masquerade” is performed by a cast and or-

titions and stone-lifting matches. Drink a re-freshing glass of cider or rioja wine and meet

master artisans.Explore the Sounds of Califor-

nia through the music and stories of immigrant communities shap-

festival.si.edu.

Catch a BlockbusterExhibition

THE GREEKS: Agamemnon to Alex-ander the Great at National Geographic

When unearthed in the late-19th century, archaeologists believed this to be the death mask of Agamemnon, the mythical king of Mycenae. ©

Nati onal Archaeological Museum, Athens

Kati e Travis and Storm Lineberg in Phantom of the Opera.Photo: Matt hew Murphy



Courtesy of the Friends of the World War II Memorial

spans 5,000 years of Greek history and cul-ture, presenting stories of individuals from Neolithic villages through the conquests of Alexander the Great. This unprecedent-ed exhibition features more than 550 ar-tifacts from the national collections of 22 museums throughout Greece, making it the largest exhibition of its kind to tour North America in 25 years. THE GREEKS is on exhibit at National Geographic, 1145 17th

St. NW, through Oct. 9, 2016This summer the National Build-

ing Museum will cre-

ate a new, one-of-a-kind destination when it unveils ICEBERGS, designed by James Corner Field Operations. Representing a beautiful, underwater world of glacial ice � elds spanning the Museum’s Great Hall, the immersive installation will emphasize current themes of landscape representation, geometry and construction. ICEBERGS, open to the public July 2 to Sept. 5, 2016, is part of the Museum’s annual Summer Block Party series.

On a quieter note, on July 1, the New-seum will open “1776 – Breaking News: In-dependence,” a new exhibit featuring one of

only 19 known copies of the July 6, 1776, edi-tion of The Pennsylvania Evening Post, the � rst newspaper to publish the newly adopted Declaration of Independence. newseum.org.

Wave the FlagOn Monday, June 6, at 10 a.m., there will be a D-Day Commemoration Wreath Lay-ing at the WWII Memorial. This is espe-cially important now. The men and wom-en who were in service during that time are slowly passing away. Sit in one of the chairs provided, there’s a good chance the man sit-ting next to you stormed the D-Day beach-

es, provided air cover or parachuted into oc-cupied France at night. There will also be a VJ-Day ceremony at the WWII Memorial at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 2.

The Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arling-ton Cemetery is a must-do event. Through Sept. 30, this ceremony takes place on the hour and on the half hour, 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and in any weather by Tomb Guard sentinels. Sentinels, all volunteers, are considered to be the best of the elite Third US Infantry

Regiment, “The Old Guard,” headquar-tered at Fort Myer, Virginia. The interpre-tative tour bus service through the cemetery is high recommended. Tickets, purchased at the Visitors’ Center, are $6 to $12.

A few more things. Visit the monuments at night. Plan in advance. Then you can also walk through the White House and go to the top of the Washington Monument. Get the White House tour through Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s of� ce at least six weeks in advance. The Washington Monu-ment elevator ride is available at recreation.gov. Don’t miss the Capitol and the remark-

able “We the People” � lm that puts the building in perfect context.

Get in the SwimSandy Point State Park at the base of the Bay Bridge is a quick and easy drive from DC. First opened in 1952, the park hosts swimming beaches, picnic areas, � shing, crabbing and boating. The Park also offers a marina store and boat rent-als. There’s an entrance fee of $7. $3 per car. Take route 50 in the direction of An-napolis and exit 32. Watch for signs.

The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim is on Sunday, June 12. It is a 4.4 mile swim across Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay that bene� ts the Maryland March of Dimes. The race starts from Sandy Point State Park. The course extends eastward be-tween the two spans of the William Pres-ton Lane, Jr., Memorial Bridge (U.S. Highway 50) and � nishes at a small sandy beach on Kent Island immediately south

of the Bridge eastern-shore causeway adja-cent to Hemingway’s Restaurant. It’s some-thing that people train for so, right now, we’re just putting a bug in your ear. Of course, any-one can watch. Read more at bayswim.com.

DC public indoor and outdoor pools are special. The indoor aquatic centers typical-ly maintain their year-round hours, but are often closed to the general public on week-days at mid-day to allow camps to have ex-clusive pool time. Check with your aquat-ic center. On the other hand, the outdoor pools are open from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. This year they



open at two hours earlier than past years – at 11 a.m. As a bonus, they’re free for DC residents. Have photo ID with you.

Dig DeepEvery Wednesday at 3 p.m., the Smithsonian American Art Museum at Eighth and F Streets NW offers a walk-in, behind-the-scenes tour of the museum’s conserva-tion efforts. See cleanings and restorations, framing, lighting, placement and the rougher side of the el-egant displays in the muse-um’s public areas. It’s fasci-nating. This free tour leaves from the Luce Foundation Center Information Desk on the third � oor.

If you have questions about the condition of a painting, frame, drawing,

print or object that you own, their conservators are available by appoint-ment to consult about the preserva-tion of your art. To request an ap-pointment or to learn more, e-mail [email protected] and specify CLINIC in the subject line.

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, bills itself as the Mushroom Capi-tal of the World. The reason it falls into our Dig Deep category is that we thought mushrooms were still grown in caves. They are now above ground in cinderblock sheds. Ken-nett Square prides itself on this huge, local cash crop. All agree that half of all mushrooms consumed in the United States are from this area. Vis-it anytime for tours, mushroom shops and small town ambiance. Their an-nual Mushroom Festival is always the weekend after Labor Day. Read more at mushroomfestival.org. Ken-nett Square is about two and a half hours from DC off I95.

See a painti ng being restored. Photo: Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Kids enjoy swimming Sandy Point State Park. Photo: Courtesy of MarylandDepartment of Natural Resources

hours from DC off I95.



Sing Sweetly orJust ListenSing your heart out or just sit quietly. The National Cathedral periodically hosts a sing-along. This summer, it’s “Schubert is Great.” On Sunday, June 12, 7:30 p.m., singers of all abilities are invited to join in Cathedral Sings!. Music Director, J. Reilly Lew-is, will lead a reading of two exciting works by favorite composer Franz Schubert accompanied by Todd Fickley performing on the great organ. Bring your own score or borrow one of theirs. Come experience the joy of choral singing in a grand setting. $10. Get tickets at cathedral.org. The National Cathedral is located at 3101

Wisconsin Ave. NW.In July and August, � nish your weekend with an organ recit-

al in the quiet and coolness of the National Shrine. The recitals are Sundays at 6 p.m. They’re free. There’s plenty of parking. All are welcome. The Shrine is at 400 Michigan Ave. NE.

Capital Community News publications always feature the weekly, Tuesday, 12:10 p.m., concerts at the Church of the Epiph-any, 1317 G St. NW. For people living or working in the vicinity, it’s a way to get away from the routines of daily life. These con-certs are year-round.. An offering is taken.

The Nati onal Cathedral sing-along is perfect for singers andsingers at heart. Photo: Paul B. Jones



See a Legend... McCartney, Simon, LaBelle, Streisand...There’s no narrative to this section. We’re merely listing per-formers whose names are familiar to just about everyone. We’re organizing the list by date, not venue and it’s just a sampling. Here goes. June 8, Dolly Parton, Wolf Trap; June 17, Ringo Starr, The Warner; June 27-28, Paul Simon, Wolf Trap; June 30-July 1, Patti LaBelle, Strathmore; July 5-6, Bob Dylan, Wolf Trap; July 21, Graham Nash, The Birchmere; July 30, Billy Joel, Nat’s Park; Aug. 9-10, Paul McCartney, Verizon Center; Aug. 18, Barbara Streisand, Verizon Cen-ter; Aug. 26, Aretha Franklin, Wolf Trap. ◆

Bob Dylan appears at Wolf Trap on July 5 and 6.



INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENTSJuly 4th National Symphony Orchestra Concert Full Dress Rehearsal. July 3, 7:30 PM. US Capitol west lawn. You will fi nd a much smaller crowd at the concert rehears-al. You will be allowed on the Capitol grounds starting at 3:00 PM. You will go through security and alcohol may be confi scated. Free. nso.org.

An American Celebration at Mount Vernon. July 4, 8 AM to 5 PM. Mount Vernon salutes our fi rst commander in chief with a dazzling display of made-for-daytime fi reworks. Visitors will be treated to spectacular smoke fi reworks in patriotic colors fi red over the Potomac River. Th e event also includes an inspirational naturalization ceremony for 100 new citizens, military reenactments, a special wreathlaying ceremony, free birthday cake for all, and a visit from the “fi rst” fi rst couple, “General and Mrs. Washington.” 703-780-2000. mountvernon.org.

July 4th Fireworks and National Symphony Orchestra Concert. July 4, 8 PM. US Capitol west lawn. Fireworks at about 9:15 PM. No one will be allowed on the Capitol west lawn until 3 PM. Come early with a picnic and a blanket to the grounds of the Capitol for the National Symphony Or-chestra Annual Independence Day Concert. Th e fi reworks can be seen from all over the mall, from many rooftops and from across the river. You will go through security and al-cohol may be confi scated. Th e fi reworks and concert go on except in the case of extremely bad weather. Your best source for up-to-the-minute information is local TV and radio stations. Free. nso.org.

Annual Independence Day Organ Recital at the Nation-al Cathedral. July 4, 11 AM. Free. nationalcathedral.org.

“What to the Slave is the 4th of July?”. July 4, 11 AM to noon. On July 5, 1852 Frederick Douglass climbed onto a stage in Rochester, NY and into the history books. His audi-ence that day came to hear just another 4th of July speech.

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Celebrate a summer of swimming! East of the River Outdoor Public Pools Schedule. Photo: Courtesy of DC Department of Parks and Recreation

Anacostia Pool, 1800 Anacostia Dr. SE, 202-724-1441; Barry Farms Pool, 1230 Sumner Rd. SE, 202-645-5040; Benning Park Pool, Southern Ave. and Fable St. SE, 202-645-5044; Douglass Pool, Frederick Douglass Ct. and Stanton Ter. SE, 202-645-5045; Fort Stanton Pool, 1800 Erie St. SE, 202-678-1798; Kelly Miller Pool, 4900 Brooks St. NE, 202-724-5056; Oxon Run Pool, Fourth St. and Mississippi Ave. SE, 202-645-5042; Ridge Road Pool (formerly Fort Dupont), 830 Ridge Road, SE, 202-645-5046. All DC public pools are free for DC residents. Have ID. dpr.dc.gov

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Celebrate a summer of swimming! East of the River Outdoor Public Pools Schedule. Photo: Courtesy of DC Department of Parks and Recreation

Anacostia Pool, 1800 Anacostia Dr. SE, 202-724-1441; Barry Farms Pool, 1230 Sumner Rd. SE, 202-645-5040; Benning Park Pool, Southern Ave. and Fable St. SE, 202-645-5044; Douglass Pool, Frederick Douglass Ct. and Stanton Ter. SE, 202-645-5045; Fort Stanton Pool, 1800 Erie St. SE, 202-678-1798; Kelly Miller Pool, 4900 Brooks St. NE, 202-724-5056; Oxon Run Pool, Fourth St. and Mississippi Ave. SE, 202-645-5042; Ridge Road Pool (formerly Fort Dupont), 830 Ridge Road, SE, 202-645-5046. All DC public pools are free for DC residents. Have ID. dpr.dc.gov

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Tour condos, townhouses and single family homes in the District, meet with lenders and learn how the DC Open Doors’ mortgage program, plus Down Payment Assistance, if desired, can make your dreams of homeownership a reality. Lenders will be present at DCHFA to answer your questions about the home buying process.

Enjoy refreshments, take the tour or join us at the Agency to meet with a participating lender. Visit DCOpenDoors.com to register for this FREE event!

June is Homeownership Month! Join DC Open Doors for a

House Crawl around the city.


What they got was as brilliant indictment of slavery and of those who would not lift a hand to attack “the accursed system” as the country had ever seen. On July 4th hear the speech ring out from the steps of Frederick Douglass’s own home in Washington, DC. Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, 1411 W St. SE. nps.gov/frdo.

Air Force Memorial Independence Day Celebration. July 4, 8 PM (fi reworks over Washington Monument follow). Air Force Memorial at One Air Force Memori-al Drive in Arlington, VA. Contemporary and patriotic tunes and spectacular views of the nighttime Washing-ton, DC skyline. Free. airforcememorial.org.

National Archives Celebrates the Fourth of July. July 4. Band performance, 8:30 to 9:45 AM; Ceremo-ny, 10 to 11 AM; Family activities, 11 AM to 4 PM. Th e celebration will include patriotic music, a dramatic reading of the Declaration by historical reenactors, and exciting free family activities and entertainment for all ages. Free. Constitution Ave. and Seventh St. NW. 202-357-5400. archives.gov.

OUTDOOR MUSIC, MOVIES AND CEREMONYNavy Band Concerts on the Avenue. Tuesdays, June 7 through Aug. 30; 7:30 PM. US Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. navyband.navy.mil.

NoMa Summer Screen. June 8, Princess Bride; June 15, Guardians of the Galaxy; June 22, Jumanji; June 29, Fast Five; July 6, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure; July 13, Life of Pi; July 20, O Brother, Where Art Th ou?; July 27, E.T.; Aug. 3, Apollo 13; Aug. 10, Th e Hunger Games: Catching Fire; Aug. 17, Jurassic Park; Aug. 24, rain date. Movies are at dusk at Storey Park Lot, 1005 First St. NE. nomabid.org.

Capitol Riverfront Outdoor Movies. June 9, Inside Out; June 16, Ocean’s Eleven; June 30, Star Wars Th e Force Awakens; July 7, Mean Girls; July 14, Jurassic World; July 21, Minions; July 28, Creed; Aug. 4, Pitch Perfect 2; Aug. 11, Th e Martian; and Aug. 18, Skyfall. Movies at Canal Park, Second and Eye Streets, SE, be-gin at sundown but arrived as early as 7 PM.

Yards Park Friday Night Concerts. June 10, Th e Refl ex; June 17, DC Jazz Festival Artists; June 24, Jah Works; July 1, Th e BStreetBand; July 8, Jeff From Accounting; July 15, Th e Texas Chainsaw Horns; July 22, Sara Gray; July 29, Sly 45; Aug. 5, Justin Trawick; Aug. 12, Lovely Rita; Aug. 19, Th e 19th Street Band; Aug. 26, Lloyd Dobler Eff ect; Sept. 2, Almost Journey. Th ese free concerts are 6:30 to 8:30 PM and on the Great Lawn of Yards Park. Yards Park, 355 Water St. SE. yardspark.org.

Rosslyn Cinema Outdoor Movie Festival. June 10, Beethoven 2 with Chix N Stix Food Truck; June 17, Eat, Pray, Love with Bao Banh Boys; June 24, Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark with Rocklands Barbecue; July 1, Coming to America with PEPE Food Truck; July 8, Dirty Dancing with Th e Union Dog Food Truck; July 15, Finding Nemo with Th e Big Cheese Food Truck; July 22, Casablanca with Fava Pot Food Truck; July 29, Top Gun with Urban Bumpkin BBQ Food Truck; Aug. 5, Up with Captain Cookie & Th e Milkman Food Truck; Aug. 12, Roman Holiday; Aug. 19, Casi-no Royale (2006); Aug. 26, Th e Notebook. 5 to 11 PM. Gateway Park, 1300 Lee Hwy. rosslynva.org.

Jazz in the Garden at the NGA. Fridays, 5 to 8 PM. June 10, George V Johnson Jr.; June 17, Chaise Lounge; June 24, Enter Th e Haggis; July 1, Speakers of the House; July 8, Chelsey Green and the Green Proj-ect; July 15, Origem (Brazilian jazz); July 22, Incendio; July 29, Eastern Standard Time; Aug. 5, Creative Love Happening; Aug. 12, Paul Carr; Aug. 19, Sin Miedo; Aug. 26, Moonshine Society; Sept. 2, Fred Hughes Trio.

2016 Roots Outdoor Concerts at the Botanic Gar-den. June 16, July 7 and 21, Aug. 4 and 18, Sept. 8

and 22, Oct. 6 and 20; 5 to 7 PM. Free. U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. USBG.gov.

Cinematery Movie Night at Congressional Cemetery. June 17, July 22 and Sept. 16; 7 PM. Historic Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E St. SE. 202-543-0539. congres-sionalcemetery.org.

Jane Austen Film Festival. June 29, Sense & Sensibility (1995); July 13, Emma (1996); July 27, Pride & Prejudice (2005). Doors open at 7 PM. General Admission is $6 per fi lm or $15 for a pass to all three screenings. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. DumbartonHouse.org.

June 10, 7:30 PM. Kenny Rittenhouse Quartet at We Act Radio, 1918 Martin Luther King Ave. SE, $20; June 11, 2 PM. A Tale of Two Masters-Rhythminic Accents at Dor-othy I. Height Benning Neighborhood Library, 3935 Benning Rd. NE, free; June 12, 10 AM. EAST RIVER JAZZFest Duet at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, 1550 Anacostia Ave. NE, free; June 13, 7:30 PM. Phil Wiggins Duet at Anacostia Playhouse,

2020 Shannon Pl. SE, $20. 202-262-7571. eastriverjazz.net.

2016 eaSt river JaZZfeSt

Bluesman Phil Wiggins will appear at the Anacostia Playhouse on June 13.


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Military Band Concerts at the Cap-itol. Weeknights throughout sum-mer, 8 PM. West side of the Capitol. There’s plenty of parking near the Bo-tanic Garden.

Air Force Band Concerts at the Air Force Memorial. Fridays in summer, 8 PM. Air Force Memorial at One Air Force Memorial Drive in Arlington, VA. (14th St. Bridge into Virginia, merge onto Washington Blvd. and then Co-lumbia Pike in the direction of the Navy Annex. Then follow signs.) Expect a pleasing mix of contemporary and pa-triotic tunes and spectacular views of the nighttime Washington, DC skyline. airforcememorial.org

Twilight Tattoo at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. Wednesdays through Aug. 3 (no performances July 6 or July 13), 6:30 PM. Twilight Tattoo is an hour-long, live-action military performance that blends the precision and discipline of the 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) with the orchestral sounds and pop music from The US Army. twi-light.mdw.army.mil.

Sunset Parades at Iwo Jima Memorial. Tuesdays, through Aug. 16, 7 to 8 PM. The Sunset Parade features the music of “The Commandant’s Own”, The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and precision drill by the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon.

Marine Barracks Row Evening Pa-rades. Fridays, through Aug. 26, 8:45 to 10 PM. Performance features music and precision marching. Reservations highly recommended a month in ad-vance but there is also a general admis-sion line with no guarantees. barracks.marines.mil.

AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODUncovered at Vivid Solutions. Through July 15. Artwork of Photogra-pher Todd Franson and Painter/Illustra-tor Scott G. Brooks has lived behind the headlines of Metro Weekly covers for years. Unadorned by text and logos, Un-covered exhibits their lush and provoc-ative work that has captured the peo-ple, moments, and movements of LGBT culture in DC for over two decades. Viv-id Solutions Gallery, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. vividsolutionsgallery.com.

Hear/Here at Honfleur Gallery. Through July 16. Opening Reception, June 4, 6 to 9 PM. Honfleur Gallery pres-ents Hear/Here, a group show organized by local curator Jarvis DuBois. DuBois has assembled four young artists who have joined activism with their artistic


practices. Honfleur Gallery, 1241 Good Hope Rd. SE. 202-631-6291. archdc.org.Eclectic Tuesdays at Anacostia Arts Center. Tuesday, June 7, 7 to 9 PM. CC Hill Jam Session Acoustic Music. Free. Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

DMV Battle Grounds. June 8, 7 to 9 PM. Twelve area rappers will go head to head to see who can mark their territory at the DMV Battle Grounds. Free. Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

What Men Don’t Say. June 18, 5 to 10 PM. “What Men Don’t Say” is the emo-tionally gripping stage play that journeys into the male psyche, their pain, in-securities and other personal struggles. It also explores issues that men seldom confront in relationships. $25. Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

Hear/Here Artist Workshop. June 18, 4 PM. Four artists explore the need for dialogue between metropolitan areas that are increasingly confronted with dis-placement, violence and calls for social justice. Free. Anacostia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

Gay Activism in Washington During the 1960s and 1970s. June 25, 2 to 4 PM. Join this discussion as members of the LGBT community reminisce on the strug-gles and political growing pains of an emerging gay movement in the nation’s capitol during the 1960s. Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820. anacostia.si.edu.

People of the Book and the Protest Placard: Jewish Civil Rights and Anti-War Activism in DC in the 1960s. June 26, 2 to 4 PM. Professor Lauren Strauss talks about the significant role Jews played in the Vietnam War protests as well as their part in the larger narrative regarding the era’s social movements. Anacostia Com-munity Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820. anacostia.si.edu.

Playback Theater Ensemble. Every fourth Wednesday, 7:15 to 9:15 PM. A heal-ing and hilarious and beautiful experience. By a cast of stunning women of color. $10 suggested donation. Read more at thehbctheater.com. Anacostia Arts Cen-ter, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. anacostiaartscenter.com.

Twelve Years that Shook and Shaped Washington: 1963-1975. Through Oct. 23. Change was in the air, some of it unsettling and threatening. Against a na-tional background of Lyndon Johnson’s “great society,” anti-war protests, black power and feminism, this exhibition focuses on events, people and challenges that transformed the city between 1963 and 1975. Anacostia Community Mu-seum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820. anacostia.si.edu.

MUSIC AROUND TOWNMusic at Rock and Roll Hotel. June 4, Oh He Dead; June 7, Damien Jurado & the Heavy Light; June 8, Before You Exit-The All The Lights Tour; June 9, Susto; June 10, Hippo Campus; June 11, Eagulls; June 12, The Cave Singers; June 14, Leftover Crack; June 15, Ben Watt and His Band; June 18, Dungen; June 19, Minor Victo-ries; June 20, The Staves; June 21, Marl Lanegan; June 22, Wye Oak; June 23, Kevin Morby; June 24, Pere Ubu Coed Jail Songs from 1975-1982; June 25, Miski; June 27, Quasi. Rock and Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE. 202-388-7625. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

Music at The Howard. June 4, Los Autenticos Decadentes; June 6, Gregory Porter; June 9, WPGC Birthday Bash feat. Fat Joe Desiigner, Young Greatness, Tabi Bon-ney; June 10, Capital Pride Drag Extravaganza; June 11, FUSE: Capital Pride Wom-en’s Main Event; June 12, Go-Go Brunch featuring Be’la Dona and GZA with Live Band; June 14, Mali Music; June 15, Joe Budden; June 16, Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars feat. Terell Stafford, Freddie Hendrix, Sharel Cassity, Cyrus Chestnut, John lee & Lewis Nash; June 18, The Delfonics feat. William Hart; June 22, The 7th King Tour w/ Felly feat. Gyyps & Special Guest Peter $un; June 23, Cubanismo; June 24, Dr. John & the Nite Trippers; June 25, Randy Bachman and XEN DC Carnival; July 1, Night of Soul feat. Kim Tae Woo; July 2, The Huggy Lowdown. Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. 202-803-2899. thehowardtheatre.com.

Music at the U Street Music Hall. June 4, Feed Me Disco with Eau Claire; June 6, Black Pistol Fire; June 7, DC’s Prince Birthday Tribute; June 9, Green Velvet; June 10, Sunshine Jones (live set) & Charles Feelgood; June 11, Beth Orton and Gay Marvine; June 12, Royce da 5’9”; June 15, Whilk and Misky and Matrix & Fu-turebound; June 16, R&B ONLY; June 17, White Ford Bronco: DC’s All 90s Band

and Saeed Younan; June 18, International Soul Soci-ety Festival™ Urban Arts Festival & Dance Compe-titions and REZZ; June 21, DVSN; June 24, The Low Anthem and Jerry Folk; June 25, Ladyhawke and Sol-id Stone (open to close); June 29, Tale Of Us; July 2, Anamanaguchi (DJ Set) and Skylar Spence. U Street Music Hall, 1115 U St. NW. 202-588-1889. ustreet-musichall.com.

Music at 9:30 Club. June 4, Who’s Bad: The World’s #1 Michael Jackson Tribute Band; June 6, Mudcrutch; June 7 and 8, Purity Ring; June 9, The Heavy; June 11, Alice Smith; June 12, Birdy; June 12, Matt Corby; June 13, Matt Corby; June 14 and 15, At The Drive-In; June 16, Atlas Road Crew; June 17, AlunaGeorge; June 24, Jon Bellion; June 25, Balkan Beat Box; June 26, Sleep; June 28, Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic and DJ Zone; June 29, Mayer Hawthorne; June 30, Dead Kennedys; July 1, People Under The Stairs. 815 V St. NW. 877-435-9849. 930.com.

Music at Black Cat. June 4, Awkward Sex...And The City and CMPVTR_CLVB; June 6, Waxahatchee; June 9, King Khan & The Shrines; June 11, Furball DC and Fresh to Death; June 12, Radioactivity; June 15, Tun-ji Ige, Michael Christmas; June 16, Wanter Man; June 17, Church Night; June 18, Right Round Up; June 19, Sustr Mid9ight; June 22; Justin Nozuka; June 23, Banding Together 2016; June 25, Black Mountain; June 26, Mystery Lights; June 27, Stereoriots; June 30, Unring the Bell; July 1, Flag. Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW. blackcatdc.com.

Music at Hill Country. June 4, Johnny Grave & the Tombstones; June 7, Karen Jonas; June 9, Jumpin’ Jupiter; June 10, Billy Joe Shaver and The Wood-shedders; June 11, Selwyn Birchwood; June 14, The Blue Eyed Bettys; June 16, Great Peacock; June 17, Human Country Jukebox; June 19, Jason Eady; June 23, Meldy Allegra; June 24, Derik Hultquist; June 25, The Lonely Heartstring Band, Zach Schmidt; June 28, Jess Klein, Mike June; July 1, Randy Thompson Band; July 2, Andrew Leahey & the Homestead. Hill Country Live, 410 Seventh St. NW. hillcoun-try.com/dc.

Blues Night in Southwest. Every Monday, 6 to 9 PM. June 6, Ursula Ricks Project; June 13, Midnight Blue; June 20, Eye Witness Blues; June 27, Lazy Man Blues Band; July 4, Linwood Taylor Band; July 11, Reg-gie Wayne Morris Band; July 18, Moonshine Society; July 25, Vince Evans Blues Band. $5 cover. Children are welcome and free under 16 years old. Reason-ably priced meals offered. 202-484--7700. Westmin-ster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW (Fourth and I, south side of intersection). westminsterdc.org.

Church of the Epiphany Weekly Concerts. Every Tuesday, 12:10 PM. June 7, Scott Auby, Kristen Dube-nion-Smith, Matthew Loyal Smith, Rebecca Keller-man-Petretta, Voices with Jeremy Filsell, piano; June 14, The Atlantic Reed Consort; June 21, Floyd’s Row; June 28, Magnificat with Philip Cave. Free, but of-fering taken. 1317 G ST. NW. 202-347-2635. epiph-anydc.org.

Music at Sixth and I. June 8, 6th in the City Chorus Concert; June 14, Steve Coleman and Five Elements; June 15, Julianna Barwick; June 25, Bonnie “Prince” Billy + Bitchin’ Bajas (Together AND Apart). Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 202-408-3100. sixthandi.org.

Jazz Night in Southwest. Every Friday, 6 to 9 PM. June 10, By Popular Demand; June 17, Gene Har-ris Lives!; June 24, Tribute to Cannonball Adder-ley; July 1, Janine Sings!; July 8, Paul Carr. $5 cover. Children are welcome and free under 16 years old. Reasonably priced meals offered. 202-484-7700. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW (Fourth and I, south side of intersection). west-minsterdc.org.

DC Jazz Festival. June 10 to 19. Ten days; over 90 bands; 300 artists, over 60 venues; over 18 neigh-borhoods. DC Jazz Festival presents a diverse selec-tion of emerging and master-level talent across the District including Yards Park, The Kennedy Center, The Hamilton Live, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, area clubs and restaurants, and National Parks venues. culturecapital.com.

Music at the Lincoln. June 18, The Jayhawks. Lin-coln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. 202-328-6000. thelin-colndc.com.

Summer Organ Recitals at the National Shrine. Sundays, July 3 to Aug. 28, 6 PM. No admission fee but a free will offering will be accepted. All are wel-come. There’s plenty of parking. National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave. NE. nationalshrine.com.

SPORTS AND FITNESSDC Front Runners Pride Run and Walk 5K. June 10, 7 PM. The chip-timed 5K race will be followed by a Finish Line Party, featuring beer for race partic-ipants, a live DJ, entertainment, and awards for the race’s top performers. dcfrontrunners.org.

Washington Nationals Baseball. June, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29, 30. washington.nationals.mlb.com.

Washington Mystics. June 11, 18, 22, 24, 26, and 29. Verizon Center. mystics.wnba.com.

DC United at RFK. June 22, 8 PM vs. New England Revolution. dcunited.com.

Adult Zumba at THEARC. Tuesdays, 7 to 8 PM and Saturdays, 9 to 10 AM. Ditch the workout, join the party! Latin Dance-Fitness fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy to follow moves to create a dy-namic fitness program that will blow you away. $6 for 20020 or 20032 residents. THEARC, 1901 Missis-sippi Ave. SE. 202-889-5901. thearcdc.org.

Adult Vinyasa Yoga at THEARC. Mondays, 7:15 to 8:30 PM. Vinyasa Yoga is a practice where postures or asanas are connected through the breath for a transformative and balanccing effect. it builds heat, endurance, flexibility and strength. $6 for 20020 or 20032 residents. THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. 202-889-5901. thearcdc.org.

Adult Pilates at THEARC. Wednesdays, 7:15 to 8:15 PM. $6 for 20020 or 20032 residents. THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE. 202-889-5901. thearcdc.org.

Practice with Love Yoga Gathering at the Botan-ic Garden. Saturdays through fall except July 4th weekend, Labor Day weekend and Oct. 1; 10:30 to 11:30 AM. Free. Bring your own mat. usbg.gov.


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SPARKET-A Creative Market at Crys-tal City. Wednesdays through June 29 and Sept. 7 through Nov. 16; 11 AM to 2 PM. The Market is on the sidewalk of 1800 block of Crystal Dr., adjacent to the Crys-tal Shops mall. sparketacreativemarket.blogspot.com.

H Street NE FRESHFARM Market. Satur-days, 9 AM to 12:30 PM (new hours). Lo-cated at H St. and 13th St. NE. freshfarm-market.org.

Eastern Market. Daily except Mondays and important holidays. Weekdays, 7 AM to 7 PM; Saturdays, 7 AM to 5 PM; Sundays, 9 AM to 5 PM. Flea market and arts and crafts market open Saturdays and Sundays, 9 AM to 6 PM. Eastern Market is Washing-ton’s last continually operated “old world” market. 200 block of Seventh St. SE. 202-698-5253. easternmarketdc.com.

Dupont Circle Farmers Market. Sundays (rain or shine), year round, 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. 20th St. and Mass. Ave. NW, 1500 block of 20th St. NW (between Mass. Ave. and Q St. in the adjacent parking lot of PNC Bank). 202-362-8889. freshfarmmarket.org.

Branch Avenue Pawn Parking Lot Flea Market. Saturdays, year-round (weath-er permitting). Set up after 10 AM. 3128 Branch Ave., Temple Hills, MD.

Fresh Tuesdays at Eastern Market. Tues-days, 3 to 7 PM. Farmers’ line of fresh pro-duce. Eastern Market, 200 block of Seventh St. SE. 202-698-5253. easternmarketdc.com.

Union Market. Tuesday-Friday, 11 AM to 8 PM; Saturday-Sunday, 8 AM to 8 PM. Union Market is an artisanal, curated, year round food market featuring over 40 local vendors. 1309 Fifth St. NE. 301-652-7400. unionmarketdc.com.

Georgetown Flea. Sundays year around (except in the case of very inclement weather), 8 AM to 4 PM. 1819 35th St. NW.

CIVIC LIFECongresswoman Norton’s SE District Of-fice. Open weekdays, 9 AM to 6 PM. 2041 MLK Ave. SE, #238. 202-678-8900. norton.house.gov.

Eastland Gardens Civic Association Meeting. Third Tuesday, 6:30 to 8 PM. Ke-nilworth Elementary School Auditorium, 1300 44th St. NE. Contact Javier Barker, [email protected] or 202-450-3155.

Anacostia Coordinating Council Meet-ing. Last Tuesday, noon to 2 PM. Anacostia Museum, 1901 Fort St. SE. For further de-tails, contact Philip Pannell, 202-889--4900.

Capitol View Civic Association Meeting. Third Monday, 6:30 PM. Hughes Memorial

Free Weekly Jazzercise Class. Wednes-days, 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Jazzercise is a 60-minute workout that incorporates car-dio, stretch and strength-training exercis-es. Bring weights and a mat. 4800 Nannie Helen Burroughs (ground floor communi-ty room).

Yoga @ the Library. Saturdays, 10 to 11 AM. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a mat, but if you don’t have one, yoga mats are available. Classes are taught by a Yoga Activist and are held on the lower level of the library in the Larger Meeting Room. Free. Benning (Dorothy I. Height) Neigh-borhood Library, 3935 Benning Rd. NE. 202-281-2583. dclibrary.org/benning.

Free public tennis courts in Wards 7 and 8. Fort Davis Community Center, 1400 41st St. SE; Hillcrest Recreation Cen-ter, 3100 Denver St. SE; KenilworthPark-side Recreation Center, 4300 Anacostia Ave. NE; Randle Highlands Tennis Courts, 31st St. and Pennsylvania Ave. SE; Ana-costia Park, 1900 Anacostia Dr. SE; Bald Eagle Recreation Center, Martin Luther King, Jr Ave. and Joliet St. SW; Congress Heights Recreation Center, Alabama Ave. and Randle Pl. SE; Fort Stanton Commu-nity Center, 1812 Erie St. SE. All courts are open daily, dawn to dusk. Some are light-ed for extended evening play. Courts are available on a first come, first served ba-sis for one hour intervals; extended use of tennis courts requires a permit. Prop-er shoes and attire is required. 202-671-0314. dpr.dc.gov.

Barry Farm (indoor) pool. Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 6:30 AM to PM; and Saturdays and Sundays from 9 AM to 5PM. Free for DC residents. 1230 Sumner Rd. SE. 202-730-0572. dpr.dc.gov.

Deanwood (indoor) Pool. Monday to Fri-day, 6:30 AM to 8 PM; Saturday and -Sun-day, 9 AM to 5 PM. Free for DC residents. 1350 49th St. NE. 202-671-3078. dpr.dc.gov.

Ferebee Hope (indoor) Pool. Open week-days, 10 AM to 6 PM. Closed weekends. Free for DC residents. 3999 Eighth St. SE. 202-645-3916. dpr.dc.gov.

MARKETS Ward 8 Farmer’s Market. Saturdays, start-ing June 4, 10 AM to 3 PM. Market is in the parking lot behind Martin Luther King Ele-mentary School (new location), 3200 Sixth St. SE. ward8farmersmarket.com.

SW Market. Fourth Friday of every month, June 24, Aug. 26, Sept. 23 and Oct. 28, 4 to 10 PM. Featuring arts and crafts, jewel-ry, accessories, bath/beauty, furniture, fur-nishings, accessories, collectibles, live-mu-sic, food trucks and a beer garden. Market at the Waterfront Station at Fourth and M Streets, SW. marketswdc.com.

P U B L I C H E A R I N G A N D P U B L I C C O M M E N T N O T I C E

The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) is providing notice of a Public Hearing and comment period to solicit comments on

the agency’s proposed 2017 Moving to Work (MTW) Plan.

MTW is a HUD program that allows select public housing authorities to design and implement innovative programs and policies with the

intent to: 1) reduce costs and improve efficiencies; 2) encourage residents to obtain employment and become economically self-

sufficient; and 3) increase housing choices for low-income families.

The Public Hearing will take place on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 6:00 PM at 1133 North Capitol Street, NE in the 2nd floor Board Room.

Written comments will be accepted thru Tuesday, June 28, 2016 via email at [email protected] or by mail sent to Kimberley Cole,

Director of Planning, DCHA, 1133 North Capitol Street, NE, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002.

To request a copy of the plan, please call 202-435-3382 or send an email to [email protected].


United Methodist, 25 53rd St. NE. cap-itolviewcivicassoc.org.

Historical Anacostia Block Associa-tion. Second Thursday, 7 to 9 PM. UPO -Anacostia Service Center, 1649 Good Hope Rd. SE. For further details, con-tact Charles Wilson, 202-834-0600.

Anacostia High School School Im-provement Team Meeting. Fourth Tuesday, 6 PM. Anacostia High School, 16th and R Streets, SE.

Fairlawn Citizens Association. Third Tuesday, 7 PM. Ora L. Glover Commu-nity Room at the Anacostia Public Li-brary, 1800 Good Hope Rd. SE.

ANC MONTHLY MEETINGSANC 7B. Third Thursday, 7 PM. Ryland Epworth United Methodist Church, 3200 S St. SE (Branch Ave and S St. SE). 202-584-3400. [email protected]. [email protected].

ANC 7C. Second Thursday, 7 PM. Sar-gent Memorial Presbyterian Church, 5109 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. NE. 202-398-5100. [email protected].

ANC 7D. Second Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Benning (Dorothy I. Height) Neigh-borhood Library, 3935 Benning Rd. NE. 202-398-5258. [email protected].

ANC 7E. Second Tuesday, 7 PM. DC Scholars Public School, 5601 East Capitol St. SE. 202-582-6360. [email protected].

ANC 7F. Third Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Wash-ington Tennis and Education Founda-tion, 200 Stoddert Place, SE.

ANC 8A. First Tuesday, 7 PM. An-acostia UPO Service Center, 1649 Good Hope Rd. SE. 202-889-6600. an-c8adc.org.

ANC 8B. Third Tuesday, 7 PM. Sev-enth District Police Station Communi-ty Center, Alabama and McGee Streets, SE. 202-610-1818. anc8b.org.

ANC 8C. First Wednesday, 7 PM. 2907 MLK Jr Ave. SE. 202-388-2244.

ANC 8D. Fourth Thursday, 7 PM. Spe-cialty Hospital of Washington, 4601 MLK Jr. Ave. SW. 202-561-0774.

ANC 8E. First Monday, 7:30 PM. Ea-gle Academy, 3400 Wheeler Rd. SE. u


The Anacostia Watershed Society, joined by executives from Bloomberg and members of the Leadership Greater Washington Class of 2016 christened and placed into service the Lotus Bloom, a 27 foot Carolina skiff that will pro-vide tours of the Anacostia River, from Yards Park all the way up to the Bladensburg Waterfront Park.

In place of smashing a champagne bottle, the Lotus Bloom was christened with beer from Bluejacket Brewery, (bluejacketdc.com) a local microbrewery located on the banks of the Anacostia River. The bottles were then recy-cled. The Lotus Bloom is a gift to the Anacostia Watershed Society from Bloomberg Philanthropies and Bloom-berg LP. Bloomberg, a major sponsor of the Anacostia River Festival and the 11th Street Bridge Park, has partnered with AWS on local clean-ups along the Anacostia while Bloomberg Philanthropies’ environment program works to drive measurable, local action on climate change and sustainability around the world.

anacoStia waterShed Society chriStenS new boat

capitol view library renovation proJect community meetingOn Thursday, June 16, 6:30 p.m., meet the Cap-itol View Library design team. Learn about plans to renovate the library. Tell them what you’d like to see in the new space. Capitol View Library is at 5001 Central Ave. SE.

foundationS of improv at anacoStia artS centerIncrease your ability to be present, increase em-pathy, and learn a new set of skills. You will ex-perience fi rst-hand the joy of personal discovery in improv. Whether you’re a nonprofi t employee, a corporate lawyer, a software engineer or a high school English teacher, you’ve got something to gain from taking Foundations of Improv. Meet people, gain poise, build your confi dence and un-leash your creativity by learning the fundamen-tal concepts of improvisation. Classes are June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 12, 19, 26 and Aug. 2; 7 to 9:30 p.m. The main showcase is on Aug. 17, 7 p.m., at Anacostia Arts Center. There is a bonus showcase on Aug. 12 at Source Theater. When registering, make sure it fi ts with your schedule. It’s okay if you miss a class but not more than two. The showcase is also not required but you won’t want to miss it. Registration is $50. Ana-costia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. an-acostiaartscenter.com.

anacoStic river diScovery SerieSWhether you’re a lifetime resident or new to the region, there’s always something to discov-er on the Anacostia River. The Anacostia Water-shed Society is hosting recreation activities ev-ery Thursday evening and the fi rst Saturday of every month from through Oct. 1. Activities are canoe tours, pontoon boat tours, nature hikes, and paddle nights. As part of the Anacostia Riv-er Discovery Series, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about the history of the Anacostia River, observe wildlife in their natural habitats, and get out on the water. Visit anacostiaws.org for details.

diabeteS prevention at franciS a. gregory libraryWhat is Diabetes? What are some of its precur-sors? On Monday, June 27, 7 p.m., join Dr. Di-

Bloomberg and AWS toasting the Lotus Bloom. (left to right) Sandrine Uwera, Bloomberg BNA; Josh Eastright, Bloomberg Government; Jim Foster, Anacostia Watershed Society; Jean Lockhart, Bloomberg BNA. Photo: Anacostia Watershed Society, Scott Henrichsen


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ane Collins, a Naturopathic Doctor at the Collins Wellness Center, as she teaches how to become “fat and calorie detectives.” You’ll learn how to properly read food labels, identi-fy a healthy meal, and talk about the types of food we need to eat to pre-vent Diabetes. Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library, 3660 Ala-bama Ave. SE. 202-698-6373. dcli-brary.org/francis.

artiSt talK with lou and di Stovall at the acmOriginally Georgia natives and now Cleveland Park residents, Lou and Di Stovall have lived and worked together as Washington, DC-based artists since the 1960s. Lou found-ed Workshop, Inc. in 1968, which has been infl uential in building uni-ty among artists in Washington, DC. Both Lou and Di’s work has been exhibited nationally and interna-tionally. This infl uential and highly regarded husband and wife team will show examples of their work (both historical and contemporary) and talk about their artistic process. Lou Stovall’s work is currently on dis-play at the museum in conjunction with the exhibition Twelve Years That Shook and Shaped Washing-ton, 1963-1975. This artist talk is on Saturday, June 18, 2 to 4 p.m., at the Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820. an-acostia.si.edu.

liSc dc inveStS $50 million into bridge parK impact areaLISC DC’s Elevating Equity Initia-tive announces a $50 million com-prehensive eff ort to help foster eq-uity, inclusiveness and an improved quality of life in the neighborhoods surrounding the future 11th Street Bridge Park.

To support the residents living within the Bridge Park Impact Area

capitol view library renovation proJect community meetingOn Thursday, June 16, 6:30 p.m., meet the Cap-itol View Library design team. Learn about plans to renovate the library. Tell them what you’d like to see in the new space. Capitol View Library is at 5001 Central Ave. SE.

foundationS of improv at anacoStia artS centerIncrease your ability to be present, increase em-pathy, and learn a new set of skills. You will ex-perience fi rst-hand the joy of personal discovery in improv. Whether you’re a nonprofi t employee, a corporate lawyer, a software engineer or a high school English teacher, you’ve got something to gain from taking Foundations of Improv. Meet people, gain poise, build your confi dence and un-leash your creativity by learning the fundamen-tal concepts of improvisation. Classes are June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 12, 19, 26 and Aug. 2; 7 to 9:30 p.m. The main showcase is on Aug. 17, 7 p.m., at Anacostia Arts Center. There is a bonus showcase on Aug. 12 at Source Theater. When registering, make sure it fi ts with your schedule. It’s okay if you miss a class but not more than two. The showcase is also not required but you won’t want to miss it. Registration is $50. Ana-costia Arts Center, 1231 Good Hope Rd. SE. an-acostiaartscenter.com.

anacoStic river diScovery SerieSWhether you’re a lifetime resident or new to the region, there’s always something to discov-er on the Anacostia River. The Anacostia Water-shed Society is hosting recreation activities ev-ery Thursday evening and the fi rst Saturday of every month from through Oct. 1. Activities are canoe tours, pontoon boat tours, nature hikes, and paddle nights. As part of the Anacostia Riv-er Discovery Series, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about the history of the Anacostia River, observe wildlife in their natural habitats, and get out on the water. Visit anacostiaws.org for details.

diabeteS prevention at franciS a. gregory libraryWhat is Diabetes? What are some of its precur-sors? On Monday, June 27, 7 p.m., join Dr. Di-

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(neighborhoods within a one-mile radius of the future site of the 11th Street Bridge Park), LISC DC will work through its nonprofi t partners to provide loans, grants, equity, in-kind services and technical support. These investments will go to-wards aff ordable housing, early childhood education, medical care, food support, arts edu-cation and other services and supports. LISC DC’s mission is to help neighborhood resi-dents create healthy and sus-tainable places of choice and opportunity--good places to live, work, raise children and conduct business.

anacoStia riverwalK cleanup volun-teerS SoughtVolunteers are sought for an Anacostia Riverwalk Cleanup on Monday, June 6, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Participants will meet in RFK Lot 6 near the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail. If using a GPS you can enter “575 Oklahoma Ave. NE” to be directed to this parking lot. The area sur-rounding RFK stadium sees a lot of use. By vol-unteering, you’ll be a vital part of restoring, main-taining, and cleaning up the beautiful Anacostia Riverwalk Trail. Closed-toed shoes are required and long pants are recommended to prevent poi-son ivy and insect bites. Please wear sunscreen and bring a re-usable water bottle. Water cool-ers will be provided. Walking, bending, and car-rying over some distance will also be required. Registration is required at anacostiaws.org. Con-tact Joanna Fisher, Director of Community Out-reach, with any questions at 301-699-6204 ext. 109 or jfi [email protected].

St. timothy’S goSpel feSt and Spiritual revivalOn Sunday, June 5, 4 p.m., join St. Timothy’s, 3601 Alabama Ave. SE, and be inspired at the 2016 Gospel Fest. Come hear gospel singers and artists from across the region including Grammy-award winning instrumentalist De-metrius McGhee. Other performers include award winning saxophonist Otis Ducker, na-tionally acclaimed group Chosen Vessels and many more. Tickets are $20 for adults; $10 for ages 12 and under; and available at the Church Offi ce. Ignite your evenings, June 7 to 9 hear with inspirational speakers nightly focus on el-ements of “The Lifestyles of a Christian.”

help reStore Shepherd parKwayVolunteer from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays, June 11, July 9, and Aug. 13. Meet at the pic-

nic tables near the corner of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Avenues, SE. Gloves, bags, and light refreshments will be provided. Wear boots and clothes you can get dirty. For more information, contact Nathan Har-rington at [email protected] or 301-758-5892. Visit shepherd-parkway.blogspot.com.

film and diScuSSion at the acm: wattStax Referred by some as the “Black Woodstock,” Wattstax was a 1972 benefi t-concert put together by the Stax record label to commemorate the commu-nity of Watts, California after the infamous 1965 race riots. Performers in-cluded all of the label’s prominent artists at the time including the Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, the BarKays, Richard Pryor and Johnnie Taylor. On Friday, July 1, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., take a musical trip down memory lane with this powerful, Golden Globe nominated documentary Wattstax (1973; 98 min.). Discussion with a museum educator follows the screening. Note: This fi lm contains adult language and is intended for mature audiences. Anacos-tia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820. anacostia.si.edu.

ward 8 democratS endorSe trayon white On May 14, registered Ward 8 Democrats voted to endorse the campaign of Trayon White to become the next Councilmem-ber from Ward 8 in the upcom-ing June 14 Democratic pri-mary. White becomes the first non-incumbent Ward 8 coun-cil candidate to reach the neces-sary threshold for endorsement in recent election cycles. The en-dorsement followed a spirited debate where candidates laid out their vision and plan for advanc-ing the Ward.

With a total of 199 ballots counted, White received 135 votes for 68 percent of the vote. Coun-cilmember LaRuby May, who was absent at the forum, came in sec-ond with 50 votes for 23 percent. Rounding out the fi eld was can-didates Aaron Holmes with eight

votes; Maurice T. Dickens with two votes and Bonita Goode, respectively. A vote percentage of 60 percent or more is required to receive an en-dorsement from the Ward 8 Democrats.

gogo and hip hop, a croSS-generational performance and panel diScuSSion On Sunday, June 19, 2 to 4 p.m., join in this discussion that looks at how and why Go-Go and Hip Hop music emerged and how they’ve infl uenced one another over the years. Panel-ists represent a cross-section of voices includ-ing musicologist and co-author of The Beat: Go-Go Music, Washington, DC, Dr. Kip Lor-nell, Maurice “Moe” Shorter, manager of The Junkyard Band, Dr. Natalie Hopkinson, schol-ar and author of Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City, and singer/songwriter Sylver Logan Sharp. Special perfor-mance by Mr. Marcus Young and Friends pre-cedes the discussion. Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820. an-acostia.si.edu.

22 new public acceSS SiteS open in cheSapeaKe bay regionThe Chesapeake Bay Program has announced that their partners have opened 22 new boat ramps, fishing piers and other sites that grant public access to creeks, streams and rivers in the region. Virginia opened 10 sites along eight waterways; Pennsylvania opened six sites along the Susquehanna River; Maryland opened five sites along three waterways; and

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On Saturday, June 25 (rain or shine), 9 a.m. to noon, join your neighbors as Kenilworth Park prepares for peak bloom season. They will be in the ponds working with water lilies, removing invasive plants, and planting and weed-ing gardens. Contact [email protected] with questions. SSL credits can be earned. Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens is at 1550 Anacos-tia Ave. NE. Please arrive no later than 8:45 a.m.

All volunteers are encouraged to wear long-sleeve shirts and jackets, long pants, and closed-toe shoes. Gloves and all equipment will be pro-vided. Granola bars and light snacks will be provided. Please bring a wa-ter bottle. Volunteers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult chaperone, parent or guardian. To register, sign up at friendsofkenilworth-gardens.eventbrite.com.

Kenilworth Park turtles basking in the sun surrounded by their lush pond environment. Photo: Courtesy of the National Park Service

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discoveries, documents, and interac-tive displays, the exhibition, which will span 4,400 square feet throughout all seven galleries of the Donald W. Reyn-olds Museum, demonstrates how close-ly intertwined the lives of the Washing-tons were with those of the enslaved. Nineteen enslaved individuals are fea-tured throughout the exhibit, repre-sented with life-size silhouettes and interactive touchscreens providing bi-ographical details.

More than 150 artifacts will be on view--seeds and animal bones, ce-ramic fragments and metal buttons unearthed from archaeological exca-vations around the estate, as well as fine tablewares and furniture from the Washington household, providing in-sights into the enslaved community’s daily lives and work.

Signature theatre accepting SubmiS-SionS for new play reading SerieSThe Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre continues its commitment to new work by launching the second an-nual SigWorks: Monday Night New Play Readings Series. This initiative highlights and supports the work of DMV and regional playwrights and is an opportunity for playwrights, ac-tors, directors, designers, and patrons to explore new plays in a fun and infor-mal environment. The readings will be hosted at Ali’s Bar in Signature The-atre’s Mead Lobby at 7 p.m. on Oct. 3, Nov. 7, and Feb. 6, March 27, and June 5, 2017. The series is free and open to the public. No tickets are required. For more information about the series vis-it sigtheatre.org.

Signature Theatre is accepting sub-missions for full-length plays (no musi-cals) through June 15, 2016. Interested playwrights from the area should sub-mit a full script, a synopsis and contact information to bit.ly/sigworkssubmis-sions. A full list of the chosen plays will be released early in the fall.

nea Support for diS-trict artS programSThe National Endowment for the Arts has announced that twenty-nine Dis-trict of Columbia organizations will receive $1,710,200 in federal grants through the National Endowment for the Arts. These grants will support ac-tivities in communities throughout the District that effect our economy, quality of life and educational programs. Dis-

the District of Columbia opened one site along the Anacostia River. There are now 1,247 public access sites in the watershed for boating, fishing, swimming and other recreational ac-tivities. In celebration of its 100th an-niversary, the National Park Service--a Chesapeake Bay Program partner--en-courages people to visit parks of all kinds to connect with history and cul-ture and enjoy the natural world.

Kingman iSland blue-graSS feStival goerS embrace Zero waSte effortThe District’s first special event to pur-sue a goal of zero waste yielded positive results. The April 30, 2016 Kingman Island Bluegrass and Folk Festival, the largest local music festival in the Na-tional Capital Region, attracted more than 12,000 fans who followed the guidelines to dispose of their food waste, trash and recyclables. Their ef-forts led to a 50% diversion rate, which now is the baseline against which future special events will be compared.

DC is required to develop a zero waste plan as a requirement of the Sustainable Solid Waste Management Amendment Act of 2014. The Act de-fines the target of the zero waste plan as 80% diversion from waste-to-ener-gy and landfill.

SeniorS Stroll the baSeSOn Saturday, June 11, with the pur-chase of a special ticket, Nat’s fans ages 62 and older have the opportunity to come down to the field, join the Racing Presidents and stroll around the bases after the game ends. The Nat’s play the Phillies at 12:05 p.m.

mount vernon to open new Slavery exhibition George Washington’s Mount Vernon is taking a significant step to share new knowledge about the lives of the en-slaved people who lived and worked at the estate during Washington’s time by mounting a ground-breaking new ex-hibition. Opening Oct. 1, 2016, Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington’s Mount Vernon explores the personal stories of these men and women while providing insight into George Washington’s evolving oppo-sition to slavery. Through household furnishings, art works, archaeological

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICERS

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The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) will receive sealed proposals for Administrative

Hearing Officers - 0022-2016.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS will be available at the DCHA Procurement Office, 1133 North Capitol Street,

N.E., Suite 300, Office of Administrative Services, Washington, D.C. 20002-7599 (Issuing Office); between the hours of 9:00 and

4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday beginning May 23, 2016.

SEALED PROPOSALS ARE DUE ON OR BEFORE: Thursday, June 23 , 2016 @ 11:00 a.m. at the

Issuing Office identified above .

Please contact Lolita Washington Contract Specialist at 202-535-1212 or via email at [email protected] with a copy

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be aware of dc parKing ticKetS ScamResidents of the Washington, DC Metropolitan area are cautioned to be aware of a phishing scam to col-lect money from past due tickets. With this scam, customers receive an email that has “Notice of Overdue Parking Violation(s)” in the subject line. In the email, customers are asked to pay the past due fi nes and a late fee immediate-ly with the threat of their vehicle being impounded; then, they are directed to a dot com website.

Legitimate Notices of Unpaid Park-ing Tickets from the DC Department of Motor Vehicles are mailed to customers via the United States Post Offi ce. The notice contains specifi c information on how to contest the ticket by submitting a request for adjudication and includes the agency’s website address, which is dmv.dc.gov. Also, customers are encour-aged to carefully read the letter for oth-er clues that it is a scam. For example, the scam letter is supposedly issued by the “DC Parking Authority.” There are more than 30 agencies that issue tickets, and there is no “DC Parking Authority.” If you receive one of these bogus notices, report it to the Federal Trade Commis-sion, at consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0003-phishing, which has detailed informa-tion for consumers.

dc open doorS houSe crawl June is Homeownership Month. On Sat-urday, June 25, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., join DC Open Doors for a House Crawl around the city. Tour condos, townhouses and single family homes in the District, meet with lenders and learn how the DC Open Doors’ mortgage program, plus Down Payment Assistance, if desired, can make your dreams of homeownership a reality. Lenders will be present at DCH-FA to answer your questions about the home buying process. Take part in the DC Open Doors Informational Session, 2 to 3 p.m., on-site at DCHFA. Enjoy re-freshments, take the tour or join them at the Agency to meet with a participating lender. The DC Housing Finance Agen-cy is at 815 Florida Ave. NW. RSVP at [email protected] or 202-777-1600. Read more at dcopendoors.com.

hillary for waShington, dc announceS diStrict leaderShip teamThe Hillary for Washington, DC cam-paign has announced their district

trict of Columbia projects receiving funding are Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Inc.; Building Bridg-es Across the River; Children’s Cho-rus of Washington; Critical Exposure; Cultural Landscape Foundation; D.C. Wheel Productions, Inc. (aka Dance Place); Dance Institute of Washing-ton; Daniel Phoenix Singh & Compa-ny; DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative, Inc.; DC Youth Or-chestra Program; District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humani-ties; FotoDC Inc; Friends of the British Council USA Inc.; GALA Inc., Grupo de Artistas Latinoamericanos; Hamil-tonian Artists Inc.; National Building Museum; National Center for Creative Aging; National New Play Network, Ltd.; National Public Radio, Inc.; Na-tional Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States; Opera Lafayette; PEN/Faulkner; Post-Classical Ensem-ble, Inc.; Split This Rock, Inc.; The-atre Lab; Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz; Washington Bach Consort; and Young Playwrights’ Theater, Inc.

parKing meter rateS increaSedThe District Department of Transpor-tation has implemented new parking meter rates at $2.30 an hour for com-mercial and passenger vehicles city-wide. Approximately 14,850 parking meters across the District will be repro-grammed. DDOT and the city’s pay-by-phone vendor will update software to accommodate the new rate structure. Commercial vehicle operators have the option of purchasing annual passes for $323, day passes at $25, or pay-by-cell for loading zone use. Information on the loading zone program can be found at godcgo.com/freight. Motor-cycle parking is $.25 an hour citywide new columbia State-hood commiSSion draft conStitution releaSedOn May 6, the New Columbia State-hood Commission, led by Co-Chairs Mayor Muriel Bowser and Coun-cil Chairman Phil Mendelson, unani-mously approved the release of a draft constitution for public review at the historic Lincoln Cottage. The draft constitution is available for public re-view and input at statehood.dc.gov. The Commission will convene public engagement meetings and roundtables to discuss draft constitution in all eight Wards in the coming weeks. www.Ward8FarmersMarket.com

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leadership team. The campaign will be led by District Director Adam Parkhomenko. Rich-ard McDaniel will serve as the District Politi-cal Director and LaDavia Drane will serve as Special Adviser. Supporters in Washington, DC who want to get involved and join Hillary for Washington, DC should visit HillaryClin-ton.com/DC.

waShington nationalS “pupS in the parK” gameS Remaining Pups in the Park Games games this year are Monday, June 13, 7:05 p.m. vs. Cubs; Thursday, Sept. 8, 7:05 p.m. vs. Phillies; and Saturday, Oct. 1, 4:05 p.m. vs. Marlins.

Purchase a discounted ticket for you, your family and your favorite family pet and support the Washington Humane Society. Ten dollars for every dog ticket purchased will benefit the Washington Humane Society. All those with tickets purchased for Pups in the Park must en-ter through the Right Field Gate. Before enter-ing the gate you must drop off a signed waiver for your dog’s up-to-date shots. All Pups in the Park attendees must print, sign and bring the waiver with them to Nationals Park. Tickets are $26 for owners and $10 per dog. For more in-formation, visit washington.nationals.mlb.com.

national gallery of art announceS eaSt building reopening date On Sept. 30, 2016, the East Building galleries of the National Gallery of Art, which house the modern collection and several temporary exhi-bition spaces, will reopen after three years of renovation of existing galleries and construction of new galleries and a roof terrace. A completely new configuration of the permanent collection of modern art will be unveiled to the public on this date. Several new public programs will in-augurate the reopened galleries, including eve-ning programs and a community weekend. The new spaces will include the Roof Terrace—an outdoor sculpture terrace overlooking Pennsyl-vania Avenue—as well as two flanking, sky-lit, interior tower galleries.

taxi pilot program offerS on-demand delivery to diStrict reSidentSThe DC Taxicab Commission has announced a pilot program in partnership with online or-dering platform delivery.com to offer consum-ers expanded access to on-demand delivery of food, laundry, and other goods and services. The soft launch of the program will initially fo-cus on lunch-hour food delivery in select areas. The pilot will then expand to include more mer-chants and a broader range of service hours and coverage. To get the service, simply open the de-livery.com mobile app or go to their website and place your order from a participating restaurant. Behind the scenes, your meal is prepared while the closest available driver is dispatched to fulfill the delivery. This seamless transaction is made possible by the technology integration between the systems of the DC taxis and delivery.com. u

On May 27, 2015, Char-nice Milton, a reporter for Capital

Community News (CCN), texted her mother at 9:42 p.m. that she was “on her way home.” These were her last known words.

Charnice had spent most of that late spring evening covering an Eastern Market public meeting for the Hill Rag. Heading to her home in Ward 7, she was wait-ing at a bus stop at the cor-ner of Alabama Avenue and Good Hope Road. Shortly after sending the text she was caught in the crossfire when a bunch of dirt bikers fired wildly at one another.

Charnice’s parents, Ken McLenton and Francine Mil-ton, spent those first horrible hours together absorbing the news, “sitting and praying” together. Recalling the last moment he spent with Char-nice earlier on the day of her murder, McClenton said, “I gave her a kiss on the forehead.” He continues to think of her “every moment of every day.”

A year later the investigation has turned into an un-solved cold case. Metropolitan Police Department Offi-cer Sean Hickman stated, “This is still an active investi-gation. There is no update as of right now.” No witnesses have stepped forward to identify her killer. Her parents have set up a Facebook “Open Heart Closed Case” page to honor her memory. They hope it will encourage people faced with similar tragedies to remain strong; as well as to encourage witnesses to step forward.

Milton’s murder was the 97th of the 162 killings that took place in 2015, marking a 54 percent rise from the pre-vious year. Due to her work as a community news report-er, her murder did not go unnoticed. Beginning in 2012

she wrote about events in Wards 6, 7, and 8. She was a regular face at Capitol Hill’s adviso-ry neighborhood com-mission meetings. She also covered Eastern Market and wrote orga-nizational and individu-al profiles. She reviewed museum exhibits. “Dur-ing her tenure I really watched Charnice grow in sophistication as a re-porter,” related CCN’s managing editor, An-drew Lightman. “At the time of her murder I was expecting her to move to a fulltime position at a major news outlet.”

Born on June 19, 1987, Milton lived with her mother in Ben-ning Heights. A proud graduate of Ball State, she had completed her master’s in journalism at Syracuse University. Syracuse Professor Ai-

leen Gallagher describes Milton as shy, not someone you would expect to be a journalist. Although she found “in-terviewing people difficult,” Gallagher recalls, “she did it anyway. She was a great listener and wrote well of any-thing that she observed.” When Gallagher learned of Mil-ton’s death, she felt “disgusted.” “Her life was taken from her. No one deserves to be killed.”

Syracuse University created an Excellence in Commu-nity Journalism Award to honor Charnice Milton’s life. The first award was bestowed on May 3.

“The death of Charnice Milton is a reminder of the culture of silence in place,” wrote Ward 7 Councilmem-ber Yvette Alexander a year later in a statement com-memorating the community’s loss. “It is a vicious cycle. However, within the community there is a sense of want-ing to heal.” u

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by Peter J. Waldron


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she wrote about events in Wards 6, 7, and 8. She was a regular face at Capitol Hill’s adviso-ry neighborhood com-mission meetings. She also covered Eastern Market and wrote orga-nizational and individu-al profi les. She reviewed museum exhibits. “Dur-ing her tenure I really watched Charnice grow in sophistication as a re-porter,” related CCN’s managing editor, An-drew Lightman. “At the time of her murder I was expecting her to move to a fulltime position at a major news outlet.”

Born on June 19, 1987, Milton lived with her mother in Ben-ning Heights. A proud graduate of Ball State, she had completed her master’s in journalism at Syracuse University. Syracuse Professor Ai-

leen Gallagher describes Milton as shy, not someone you would expect to be a journalist. Although she found “in-terviewing people diffi cult,” Gallagher recalls, “she did it anyway. She was a great listener and wrote well of any-thing that she observed.” When Gallagher learned of Mil-ton’s death, she felt “disgusted.” “Her life was taken from her. No one deserves to be killed.”

Syracuse University created an Excellence in Commu-nity Journalism Award to honor Charnice Milton’s life. The fi rst award was bestowed on May 3.

“The death of Charnice Milton is a reminder of the culture of silence in place,” wrote Ward 7 Councilmem-ber Yvette Alexander a year later in a statement com-memorating the community’s loss. “It is a vicious cycle. However, within the community there is a sense of want-ing to heal.” u

Charnice Milton’s MurderOne Year Later

by Peter J. Waldron


I think we might have a real horse race,” observed longtime government watchdog Dorothy Brizill, describing the at-large DC Council Democratic primary contest. On June 14 incumbent Vincent B. Orange

will face challengers David Garber and Robert White. At first blush, some might think Brizill’s assessment incorrect. But a poll commissioned by Orange’s campaign and conducted by Lester & Associates found that only 48 percent of re-spondents supported the incumbent. That meant 52 percent of respondents either supported Or-ange’s opponents or were undecided.

That reality was underscored during a re-cent debate in Ward 7. NBC 4 reporter Mark Sea-graves asked members of the 100-person crowd to raise their hands if they had not selected an at-large candidate. At least two-thirds of the audi-ence indicated they had not made up their minds. Such reaction suggests vulnerability for a politi-cian who has appeared on the ballot four times since 2006 – running for mayor, coun-cil chairman, or at-large member. This will be Orange’s fifth outing.

“People are suffering Vincent Or-ange fatigue,” asserted Brizill, who lives in Ward 3. That may be true. But can the challengers exploit that sense of Orange overload? Many people – though not all – I spoke with said yes.

The VicTory PaTh?“Most people I know are supporting Robert White,” said Melik Abdul, a

blogger and political activist in Ward 8. White was born in DC. After his parents di-

vorced, his mother moved to a Maryland suburb, however. When he was eight years old his mother died of breast cancer, and one month later White was seriously injured in a car accident; his scars remain. Those two life-altering events made him “develop a sense of responsibility for family and home,” he said. White graduated Archbishop Car-roll High School and St. Mary’s College of Mary-land, where he studied philosophy and political science. He earned his law degree from the Amer-ican University Washington College of Law and later served as a law clerk in the District Court for Montgomery County, Md. He was a legislative counsel to DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.

White ran for the at-large seat as an indepen-dent in 2014. He received 22,198 votes, coming in behind Democratic State Chairwoman Anita Bonds and Elissa Silverman, a former journalist and staffer with the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. White, who lives in Ward 4’s Brightwood neighborhood, took refuge in the Office of the

Attorney General, becom-ing Karl Racine’s director of community outreach.

But Ward 7 politi-cal activist Greg Rhett and others argue that “Garber will siphon off just enough votes from White.” That would deny White a victory.

Garber grew up in northern Virginia and graduated from St. Ste-phen’s & St. Agnes School. He received his bachelor’s degree in polit-ical science and geography

from Calvin College. As a two-term Ward 6 advisory neighbor-hood commissioner he represented the community around the Navy Yard. Garber also lived in historic Anacostia for four years. He now lives in Shaw. Until he decided to run for political of-fice, he was a substitute teacher in the city’s public schools. He claims to have worked in more than 40 institutions, both tra-ditional and charter schools. If elected he would be the only openly gay legislator.

“I don’t see [Garber] eating into VO’s base, which is Wards 5,7and 8,” added Rhett.

The incumbenTArguably no one has run and lost more political campaigns in DC than Orange. In 2006, as then Ward 5 councilmember, he decided to run for mayor. He lost that race, receiving only 2.9 per-cent of the vote. That cost him the council seat he had held since 1998. Orange attempted to re-join the legislature in 2010, competing for coun-cil chair. He received 38.6 percent of the vote (47,754 votes) to Kwame Brown’s 55.2 percent (68,320).

Another opportunity came in 2011, when an at-large seat became vacant. Orange ran in the special election against eight other candidates. He won with 13,593 votes (28.9 percent). The next year he competed against three other candi-dates. His nearest competitor, Sekou Biddle, re-ceived 21,973 votes. Orange won with 23,719.

Ensconced in the at-large seat, Orange set out again to see if he could snare the mayor’s seat. In 2014 he pulled in only 2.0 percent of the 96,915 votes cast in the Democratic primary. As Rhett noted, Orange’s greatest support in that race and others has consistently come from Wards 5, 7, and 8, all of which are predominantly African-American.

Orange is an accountant and a lawyer. In 1983 he earned a degree from Howard Univer-sity School of Law. Five years later he received a master’s of law in taxation from Georgetown Uni-versity Law Center. His bachelor’s degree, which

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he received in 1979, is in business administra-tion. Reared by a single mother in Oakland, Ca-lif., Orange credits her and his teachers with plac-ing him on the path to a better life. They helped him get into a private school in Colorado. That experience had a profound effect, causing him to repeat, mantra-like, the need for children to be reading and solving basic mathematical func-tions by the third grade.

Considering his seemingly unquenchable ambition, some people have suggested that Or-ange is positioning himself to run for mayor or council chair in 2018. For now, however, he has to beat White and Garber.

eThics: a bone of conTenTionThe challengers have zeroed in on Orange’s eth-ics as one line of attack. Garber has called him “corrupt.” At each venue Garber has raised the incumbent’s intervention in the 2012 health in-spection at Sam Wang’s Produce in the Florida Avenue Market in Northeast. The Health Depart-ment had shut the business down for “rat infes-tation” and other problems. Wang, a campaign donor to Orange, called his favorite councilmem-ber for help.

Visiting the store, Orange confronted the in-spectors. DC’s ethics board cited him in 2013 for abusing the prestige of his office and violat-ing the District’s Code of Conduct. Orange ac-cepted the ruling and submitted himself to eth-ics training. At a recent forum Orange justified his actions. He was concerned, he claimed, about dozens of workers being denied a paycheck dur-ing the Christmas season.

Interestingly, during a Ward 7 forum nei-ther Garber nor White raised concerns about more disturbing connections between Orange and Jeffrey Thompson. Thompson is the for-mer city contractor who pleaded guilty to financ-ing the illegal, off-the-books campaign in 2010 that helped Vincent C. Gray get elected mayor. Thompson also admitted to providing contribu-tions to more than half a dozen other politicians including Orange. Thompson stated in his plea that he made $148,000 in unreported contribu-tions to Orange in 2011; much of that was in the form of money orders. However, Thompson stat-ed that he never spoke directly with the candidate about these illegal funds.

Orange claims to have “a clean record” with the city’s ethics board, the Office of Campaign Fi-nance, and the Office of the US Attorney. In the past he has championed a measure that would prohibit outside employment for councilmem-

bers, as well as legislation “allowing for the re-moval of council members from elected office for gross misconduct.”

On the stump, Orange has pointed out that Garber violated the Hatch Act. In response, Gar-ber has claimed not to have known that he could not continue working as a DC substitute teach-er while pursuing a political career. Garber has also been the focus of other allegations. A call-er on WAMU’s “Kojo Show” on May 20 stated that he rented property in Ward 8 from Garber. He stated that Garber “wouldn’t fix” mold and mildew among issues. He “forced me out of the house with my wife and four children,” the caller said, adding that the eviction caused him to seek refuge at a homeless shelter.

Garber confirmed he knew the caller but de-fended himself against the allegations. “The sit-uation has already been resolved. It was very try-ing for me,” he said on the radio. He let others handle the problem, he added.

Meanwhile Orange has unloaded a barrage of accusations on White, accusing him of lying about his DC residency and being a member of the law association bar in Maryland, not DC. “Who is Robert White?” Orange asked.

While White is not a member of the DC Bar, he said he has “never had an issue with” the Board of Government Ethics and Accountabil-ity. White continued about Orange’s allegations, “I would appreciate Mr. Orange not repeating that when he knows it is not true.” And he con-tinued, “If you want to know why good people don’t run for office, that is an example. All of this is the kind of shuckin’ and jivin’ that has us in our current situation.”

If elected, White promised to “take the coun-cil out of the practice of approving contracts” and push for “public financing of campaigns.” Or-ange doesn’t support the former and has been silent on the latter.

economic DeVeloPmenT anD afforDable housingThe tension between opponents and incum-bents is also apparent in their approach to solv-ing seemingly intractable socioeconomic issues. Garber and White contend that Orange is part of the status quo or that he relies on gimmicks. For example, Orange has touted building signifi-cant numbers of 600-square-foot “small houses” as an answer to the District’s affordable housing crisis. Tiny houses, said Orange, would work for “young people who don’t need that much space.” He has advocated spending $25 million each for senior housing, homeless housing, and families

and individuals with incomes between $30,000 and $60,000. Along with the mayor, Orange said he supports a $100 million annual contribution to the Housing Production Trust Fund.

Garber, on the other hand, would rely on inclusive zoning to preserve and create low-cost housing. “I have seen community after community struggle with rises in housing prices,” he said.

For his part, White has promised to “change zoning codes on major un-derperforming corridors.” He would audit “the doublespeak of developers,” who renege on commitments to build affordable housing. White would “take older office buildings and turn them into residential housing.”

There is equal disagreement on the approach to resolving transportation problems, although all three candidates see it as a critical area. For Orange the answer is greater financial investment, particularly in Metro. He also said he would establish a “zero tolerance for weapons and knives. We have to have discussion about how to make that happen.”

Garber has called for more diversity in modes of transportation, more bike lanes. He said he is concerned that some neighborhoods, particularly those east of the river, are not well connected to the core of the District. He also called for improved sidewalk construction.

White has advocated a broader plan that would include “working with communities to make sure bus lines are reasonable.” He also pledged to devel-op a system with the taxi commission to “ensure no resident is denied a ride.”

“There is something to like and not like about each of the candidates,” says Ward 1 civic leader Terry Lynch, “I don’t know that the challengers have iden-tified a critical issue that would energize voters.”

Who’s on firsT?Unseating an incumbent can be difficult, observes Ward 4 civic leader Mar-tha Mitchell. Consider that Mayor Muriel Bowser has endorsed Orange. He has served as a predictable vote for her agenda. Councilmember Jack Ev-ans (Ward 2) has also publicly come out for Orange. They are joined by 11 unions, the Ward 5 and Ward 8 Democratic organizations, Rev. Willie Wil-son, and Rev. H. Lionel Edwards.

“You have to have somebody with slam-dunk charisma to take out these incumbents,” continued Mitchell, a Ward 4 resident and White backer who believes White is honest and has a strong work ethic.

Supporters of the challengers worry that they will split the ant-incum-bent vote. Some have even suggested that Garber think about bowing out, because they think White has the better chance of the two. While White didn’t beat out Democratic nominee Bonds and independent Silverman in 2014, he performed relatively well in all eight wards. He pulled in more votes than Silverman in Ward 7 and Ward 8. Still, Garber, who was the first to announce his candidacy against Orange, said, “I’ve been running a strong campaign; not only have I raised the most money, I have 150 vol-unteers.” He added, “Right now I’m just focusing on Vincent Orange.”

There is little likelihood that anyone will drop out. White may be convert-ing some voters, however. Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh has endorsed him, as have TENAC, the citywide tenant’s organization, Jews United for Jus-tice, the DC Latino Caucus, and the DC Sierra Club.

“I didn’t support him the last time,” said Ward 8’s Abdul. “But I have watched him. He wasn’t performing; he was sincere. When Orange is before us, it’s more like a performance, like pandering.” Abdul concluded, “I think this is race between Orange and White.” Residents will have to wait until June 14 to know if that prediction is accurate.

Jonetta Rose Barras is a freelance writer and columnist in Washington, DC. u


There is both good and bad news in the District’s struggle to com-bat rising homelessness. On one hand, new initiatives – along with increased funding and im-

proved operations – seem to be working. For example, a new effort to keep some families out of shelter has a 90 percent success rate, and the number of chronically homeless adults actual-ly fell this year, as the District moved many res-idents into their own homes.

On the other hand, rising rents and stag-nant income still leave too many residents homeless, and funding from the District this coming year will not be enough to keep up. While the budget just adopted by the mayor and DC Council will help hundreds of home-less residents, it is not enough to meet the goal of ending chronic homelessness in 2017. More resources are needed.

Perhaps most importantly, the District needs to make huge leaps to create more affordable housing, which has disappeared from the pri-vate market. We simply cannot succeed at keep-ing residents from becoming homeless, or help them leave shelter once they become homeless, without more low-cost housing options.

family homelessness: imProVemenTs buT high neeDFamily homelessness has worsened dramati-cally in recent years, but there are signs that it may be leveling off, in part due to better efforts to help families avoid homelessness. The num-ber of families entering shelter this past winter – about 930 – was nearly 80 families fewer than the year before, after more than doubling be-tween the 2012/2013 and 2014/2015 hypother-mia seasons. And the number of families in need decreased during the past hypothermia season, from 177 in November to 66 in March. This is likely the result of improvements implemented over the past months.

Last fall the District launched a homelessness pre-vention program modeled after successful programs in New York City and Massachusetts. Over 1,000 families have gotten help, and 90 percent have stayed out of shel-ter. With just $1 million the District has helped 900 fam-ilies avoid entering shelter. With the average cost of get-ting out of shelter now roughly $50,000, this effort is not only keeping families stable, it is saving the District mil-lions. The fiscal year 2017 includes an increase of $1 mil-lion, so about 400 more families can be served.

This past summer the District began taking families into shelter year-round, rather than only during hypo-thermia season when residents have a legal right to shel-ter. This is a return to a long-standing policy that was dis-continued in 2011 when homelessness increased but the budget did not increase in tandem. The year-round ap-proach means the city can help families regain stability more quickly, in addition to making sure families stay out of dangerous situations, like living with an abuser. It also improves the performance of the shelter system. When shelter is available only in the winter, the system is over-whelmed at the start of hypothermia season.

Over the past year, the number of families leaving shel-ter, usually for temporary housing, increased by more than one-fourth. This is important, because the District has struggled to help families move out of shelter quick-ly. Well-being declines the longer a family stays in shel-ter, in part because it is difficult to make decisions about school and work when family members do not know where they are going to live. Moving families out of shel-ter faster also helps the District accommodate new fami-lies needing shelter.

In May the DC Council passed a plan to imple-ment Mayor Bowser’s vision to replace the dilapidated DC General Family Shelter with smaller shelters spread across the city. The new shelters will include improved case management services to help families move out of shelter more quickly. While the final details of the plan still need to be worked out in a second vote by the council, this plan clearly is on its way to becoming reality.

A key piece of good news is that the number of chron-ically homeless individuals actually went down last year, falling 7 per-cent according to the latest point-in-time estimate. These are residents who have been homeless for a long time and struggle with severe, chronic challenges like mental health issues and substance abuse. This decrease

is a result of large new investments in housing as well as the creation of a system that prioritiz-es the most vulnerable residents for available housing. The new system creates a standard-ized application and method of sharing infor-

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mation among organizations pro-viding homeless services.

The just adopted FY 2017 bud-get includes resources to help 566 homeless individuals move into housing. While this is great prog-ress, it is not enough to end chronic homelessness by 2017, the goal set by the District’s Interagency Coun-cil on Homelessness. The District should do all that it can to set a real-istic implementation plan and bud-get to end chronic homelessness by the end of 2018.

more afforDable housing is neeDeDWhile the District’s leaders deserve credit for their progress on home-less services, the real solution re-quires large investments to create aff ordable housing. The FY 2017 budget includes a $100 million in-vestment to renovate or construct roughly 1,000 affordable home. But these investments aren’t meet-ing the growing need. Most low-income households already spend more than half of what they take in each month to keep a roof over their head. One recent study conclud-ed that DC needs 20,000 aff ord-able homes for very-low-income households. And housing pric-es in DC are only going in one di-rection, meaning that the problem is growing day by day. Homeless-ness is the extreme manifestation of the challenges faced by thousands of DC residents struggling to cope with the rising costs of living. Ex-panding the city’s role in aff ord-able housing is critical not only to reducing homelessness, but also to ensuring that the District remains home to a diverse population.

Kate Coventry is a policy analyst at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (www.dcfpi.org) and a voting mem-ber of the DC Interagency Council on Homelessness, representing DC government, nonprofi t providers, advocates, and homeless and formerly homeless res-idents. Its mission is to guide the city’s homelessness eff orts. The Fiscal Policy Institute promotes budget and policy solutions to reduce poverty and inequali-ty in the District of Columbia and to increase the op-portunity for residents to build a better future. u

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Cycling! It’s such a practical and fast way to get around town, and it’s even good for your health. Thanks to Capital Bike-share, even folks who don’t have their own bicycle can rent one of more than 3,100 big red bikes at the more than 375 strate-gically located docking stations all over the greater DC area.

And now, through partnerships with local social services organizations, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is making Capital Bikeshare even more accessible to residents of all income levels.

In April DDOT partnered with social service providers, nonprofits, and DC government agencies to create the Capital Bikeshare Community Part-ners Program (www.capitalbikeshare.com/community-partners). Qualifying nonprofits, social services organizations, and government agencies can now offer clients an annual Capital Bikeshare membership for only $5, a signifi-cant discount over the normal $85 annual fee.

There are other perks to the program:

• a 60-minute free-ride time per trip, with standard usage fees beyond the first 60 minutes for any one trip (under a regular membership, only the first 30 minutes are free)

• a free Capital Bikeshare helmet

• guided instructions on how to use the system

• cycling classes through the Washington Area Bicycling Association (WABA, www.waba.org)

In developing criteria for the program, DDOT and Capital Bikeshare worked closely with community representatives and local social service or-ganizations to ensure that it would meet the needs of their clients. To qualify for the program and purchase a discounted membership you must be affil-

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ers are providing locker and shower facilities for employees who cycle to work. Meanwhile DDOT and WABA are working to make cycling ever saf-er by providing over 70 miles of bike lanes throughout the District. Know-ing where these bike lanes are located is important, and a map of them can be found at http://ddot.dc.gov/page/bicy-cle-maps.

Capital Bikeshare is owned joint-ly by the District of Columbia, Arling-ton County, the City of Alexandria, and Montgomery County and operated by Motivate International Inc. The pro-gram was launched in September 2010. Capital Bikeshare is immensely popular, and on any given day more than 10,000 bike trips are made across the DC area. Memberships are available for 24 hours, 3 days, 30 days, or a year. Users can also purchase a Day Key with 24-hour access to the system.

For more information about Capi-tal Bikeshare and the Capital Bikeshare Community Partners Program visit www.capitalbikeshare.com/communi-ty-partners. Get on a bike. It’s a great way to get around DC!

Catherine Plume is a lifelong environmentalist, a writ-er, and blogger for the DC Recycler: www.DCRecycler.blogspot.com; Twitter @DC_Recycler. u

iated with a partnering local organiza-tion. More organizations are joining the program, but a current list of participat-ing organizations includes:

• Back on My Feet DC

• Unity Health DC

• Whitman-Walker Health

• Community of Hope

• DC Center for the LGBT Com-munity

The Capital Bikeshare Communi-ty Partners Program is funded in part by a grant from A Better BikeShare Partnership. DDOT Director Leif A. Dormsjo notes, “Access to aff ordable transportation builds pathways to the middle class. It is critical that those with the most need are able to travel quickly and economically to and from their appointments, jobs, training, and classes. By including need-based Cap-ital Bikeshare annual memberships, we are ensuring that all District residents can use this healthy, aff ordable, and ef-fi cient means of travel.”

With all of the Metro woes these days, cycling is becoming an ever more popular, pragmatic, and effi cient way to get around town. Recognizing the cy-cling boom, more and more employ-

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Tucked away in Northeast are four can-nabis cultivation centers, making up more than half of the licensed cultiva-tors in the District. Growing medical cannabis is not yet a lucrative business

for Washingtonians, but for one cultivation center it’s a labor of love and a way to give back to the commu-nity. A cultivation center is a highly regulated opera-tion, where licensed growers are allowed to grow up to 1,000 cannabis plants. The District’s seven culti-vators supply the five medical cannabis dispensaries providing medicine for DC’s 3,609 registered medi-cal marijuana patients.

In an unassuming building, one cultivation cen-ter works hard to care for enough plants to supply some of the medicine in each of the five dispensa-ries. “We like to stay under the radar, we are not rock stars but good growers, and good for the com-munity,” said the co-owner of one of the licensed cultivation centers in Northeast. It’s good for jobs, revenue, and security.

This particular operation has more than 20 high-tech security cameras in and around the property. “We are in constant communication with detectives. They use our cameras all the time,” they said. With their valuable footage, they’ve assisted the police in two murders and a car break-in.

This operation – which has requested to remain anonymous to focus on growing the best medicine for patients – employs nine people, and they will need more. When that day comes they are looking to hire people from the area. They said another cultivation center in the area is already hiring students from Gal-laudet University to assist in the harvesting, a labor-intensive part of the process that needs to be done once a month.

Outside the windowless warehouse a security camera greets you at the entrance. It’s only after some-one lets you into the compound that you get a whiff of the skunky smell. “One door must remain locked at all times,” I’m told by the staff. The DC Department of Health (DOH) dictates and enforces strict rules that

all cultivation centers must abide by.Some of the rules are warranted for security, while

others seem unnecessary to the experienced grower. One head-scratcher is the rule regarding the dispos-al of the medium the plant is grown in. The master grower told me they have to keep it for police to col-lect. The police come to pack up the old potting me-dium because it may have residual roots left within, the horticulturist explained. After police pack it up in evidence boxes, they take it for incineration some-where in Virginia. It’s not an ideal situation, the mas-ter grower says, because the process releases a lot of carbon dioxide into the air.

In order to control the smell, each flowering room and the entrance has towering, six-foot carbon filters. “A DOH inspector once told us the smell was too strong so we changed the filters, which is in our best interest too, because our plants thrive in clean air,” they said. Another DOH regulation dictates that no product may touch an exterior wall. In order to com-ply they built an empty hallway around the perime-

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adult use – would be a huge win for the DC cannabis community but one pol-itician is doing everything he can to undo cannabis reform. “Representative Andy Harris [R-Md.] is really a thorn in the side of progress,” the co-own-er explained. “The city needs the reve-nue and he’s leading the charge against it.” Mayor Muriel Bowser could order the District go forward with recreation-al use, but it’s doubtful. If she flexed an autonomous arm when it comes to adult use, she could be put in jail due to the reach Congress has over the District.

At the end of the day, it’s a lot of rules to follow, but worth it. “I heard a sto-ry of a man in his 70s finally sleeping through the night,” said the cultivation center’s co-owner. “It feels great know-ing there are children who are using our tinctures to stop their seizures,” said a staff member.

Monitoring the operation is a high priority for DOH and the police. “I tripped the wire by mistake once and the police were here in five minutes,” said a staff member. The DOH keeps a close eye on cultivation centers with reg-ular check-ins and inspections. Inspec-tors have told this cultivation center that they are a shining example of how to op-erate what, at times, can be a very sticky business. u

ter of the rooms. The cultivators said it’s probably related to the notion that someone could drill through the wall to get to the products inside. All finished product must be locked up at the end of the day, and not in just any safe. The safe has to weigh over 750 pounds or be cemented to the floor, among other specifications.

It’s a growing industry, and like the many others working with legal canna-bis, the cultivators aren’t rolling in the green – yet. “Everyone thinks this is printing money but it’s not, but I think it will be,” said the co-owner. Trying to be more profitable, this cultivation cen-ter is building out a kitchen to start mak-ing edibles.

It’s a good business model for DC cultivators because they can extract the essential oils from their plant trimmings, and infuse food and drink with the can-nabis oil. There are two methods for ex-traction, BHO, which uses butane, and CO2 extraction. “You can taste the dif-ference in some of these products,” said the staff. This cultivation center already uses CO2 extraction for their tinctures because it’s a cleaner and safer alterna-tive to using butane.

Currently, under Initiative 71 only medical cannabis is legal in dispensa-ries. Recreational use – also known as

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June 2 Town Hall to discuss draft constitution at Bertie Backus, UDC Community College, 5171 South Dakota Ave., NE, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm.

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June 4 Town Hall to discuss draft constitution at Thurgood Marshall Academy, 2427 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave., SE from 1:00 - 3:00 pm.


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June 9 Working groups present recommendations to the New Columbia Statehood Commission from 6:30pm - 9:00 pm at the University of the District of Columbia Student Center. Check back for more information in the coming weeks.

June 13 The New Columbia Statehood Commission will launch the Constitutional Convention at the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission, 2235 Shannon Place SE, Room 2032.

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A is not for “aban-doned.” S is not for “shooting.” And “Anacostia” is not the coverall name

for anything east of the river. With alphabet books “A Is for Anacos-tia” and “S Is for South Side,” Dr. Courtney Davis aims to dispel mis-conceptions about two neighbor-hoods close to her heart. Origi-nally from Chicago’s South Side, Davis studied special education in Virginia and then relocated to An-acostia. In collaboration with chil-dren’s book illustrator Jerry Craft she created picture books to celebrate her new hometown and her original one.

The idea for the first book, Davis says, grew from her work in special education at Mo-ten Elementary School, a DC public school for grades pre-K to five, in historic Anacostia. “At the time I was working at Moten, and I needed a resource that would connect the communi-ty and the alphabet.” Trips to the library pro-duced useful information but nothing “on the level of the young people” at the school. So she set out to create something that would serve her students.

The book quickly took shape, Davis re-calls, and then spent some time in a drawer. She met Craft when he was doing a workshop with another class. Their first collaboration, the self-published “A Is for Anacostia,” was re-leased in 2010. Craft, who is not based in DC, drew on Davis’ neighbors for his illustrations. Readers sometimes assume the book’s creators are native to DC. “People think that the book’s native Washington spirit is so strong,” Davis says. “But I got that spirit from my neighbors.”

Young Anacostia residents, Davis relates, would recognize their neighborhood in the pages, proudly declaring: “I know that place!” When she worked with local teachers, on the other hand, she often heard, “I didn’t even know that this was here.” Seeing the neighbor-hood unfold through the eyes of children play-ing and exploring in the book’s pages helped

readers – from in- and outside Anacostia – con-nect with the area in a new way.

The alPhabeT is JusT The beginning Once the book was pub-lished, Davis began offer-ing “A Is for Anacostia” tours. Tours use a bus but frequently stop to explore sites, including the Fred-erick Douglass Museum. Early tours drew most-

ly locals, including children and teach-ers in Anacostia. The most recent trip, co-sponsored by the Smithsonian’s An-acostia Community Museum, drew more people from across the river. Davis is now trying to make the tours more frequent.

“The purpose of the tour is to high-light gems of the community,” says Da-vis, and, “for people who live here, to highlight something new.” The neighborhood is home to “so many historical, fun-filled plac-es,” Davis says. “I don’t think this is well pub-licized. We need to get the word out about how great is our community.”

Davis also uses the book as a springboard for workshops discussing individual and com-munity aspirations. She visited Ballou Senior High School, for example, where the conver-sation was “about goal setting and dreams and how to make things happen.” “What does the media say about our community?” Davis asks older students. “And how can we be change agents?” In presentations at schools “we talk about political systems and the people who rep-resent us. Do you know your councilmembers? The alphabet is just the beginning.”

anacosTia is JusT The beginningDavis continues her work in special education, now in Alexandria City Public Schools. She

thinks her next book may focus on the area of special education, although readers continue to suggest new places for an alphabet book.

Three years ago Davis launched the East of the River Book Festival. The annual event in-cludes a variety of activities as well as a chance to meet authors and explore locally grown books. It highlights self-published books and small publishers and promotes diversity in chil-dren’s publishing. “It’s a citywide event de-signed to create a community of readers and writers.”

Building on the success of “A Is for An-acostia,” Davis turned her focus to her origi-nal hometown for “S Is for South Side.” The book, also illustrated by Craft and self-pub-lished, was launched at Chicago’s DuSable Museum in April 2015. “S Is for South Side” shares “a very similar spirit” to her first book, Davis says, presenting perspectives of children enjoying the community for readers in- and out-side area. But conversation about Chicago today cannot help but turn to the violence now grip-ping some neighborhoods. Those who grew up

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First of two collaborations between Dr. Courtney Davis and Jerry Craft.

Dr. Courtney Davis, author of “A Is for Anacostia” and “S Is for South Side.”


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thinks her next book may focus on the area of special education, although readers continue to suggest new places for an alphabet book.

Three years ago Davis launched the East of the River Book Festival. The annual event in-cludes a variety of activities as well as a chance to meet authors and explore locally grown books. It highlights self-published books and small publishers and promotes diversity in chil-dren’s publishing. “It’s a citywide event de-signed to create a community of readers and writers.”

Building on the success of “A Is for An-acostia,” Davis turned her focus to her origi-nal hometown for “S Is for South Side.” The book, also illustrated by Craft and self-pub-lished, was launched at Chicago’s DuSable Museum in April 2015. “S Is for South Side” shares “a very similar spirit” to her fi rst book, Davis says, presenting perspectives of children enjoying the community for readers in- and out-side area. But conversation about Chicago today cannot help but turn to the violence now grip-ping some neighborhoods. Those who grew up

booK fesTiVal This fallThe third annual East of the River Book Festival is scheduled for Oct. 22 at Rocketship School, 2335 Raynalds Place SE. This year’s event will include bloggers, poets, and storytellers as well as fi ction and non-fi c-tion book authors. Authors are urged to visit the festival website to reg-ister now. Everyone is encouraged to begin thinking of a costume. “This year, being so close to Halloween, we’re taking it to the next level,” says event founder Dr. Courtney Davis. “We want everyone – children, young adults, adults – to dress as favorite book character or author.” See East-

oftheRiverBookFestival.com.

there (including this reporter) unavoid-ably share a sense of mourning.

“That is not the South Side I grew up with,” Davis tells me. She men-tions block parties and roller-skating and music and the myriad cultural ele-ments that made growing up in Chica-go so rich. Even across the phone line, we enter into a sort of mini-wake for current losses and for the city we once knew. She hopes the book “will spark

conversation about this and what it was and about what it can be.”

Visit drcourtneydavis.com for more on the author. For more on the illustra-tor visit www.jerrycraft.net.

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easT riVer JaZZfesT/Dc JaZZ fesTiVal Promise a Jamming monThEast of the River highlights for a jamming June include the East River JAZZFest, part of the city-wide DC Jazz Festival. The East River JAZZFest, presented by CA-FAM III Inc./East River Jazz, offers performances on June 10-13 of “Jazz and Blues in communities along the Anacostia River in the Anacostia, Uniontown, Benning, and Ke-nilworth neighborhoods.”

The DC Jazz Festival opens with a prelude event, June 4-5, at the Phillips Collection, and has events at the Hamilton Live, the Yards, the Kennedy Center, and in clubs and other venues all over town through June 19.

East River JAZZFest opens with the “Blue Note Tribute” by the Kenny Rittenhouse Quartet with trumpeter Rittenhouse, pianist Vince Evans, bassist Herman Burney, and drummer J.C. Jeffer-

son at 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 10, at We Act Ra-dio, 1918 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE. Tick-ets are $20.

On June 11, at 2 p.m., the Bill Washburn En-semble entertains for a free concert at the Dor-othy Height Benning Neighborhood Library, 3935 Benning Road NE. Original jazz compo-sitions by trumpeter Freddie Dunn and guitarist John Lee are featured at a free event at 10 a.m. on June 12 at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, 1550 Anacostia Ave. NE. And on June 13, at 7:30 p.m., the Piedmont Blues compositions of leg-endary bluesman Phil Wiggins will be present-ed by the Phil Wiggins Duet at Anacostia Play-house, 2020 Shannon Place SE, with tickets $20.

For complete information go to www.eastriv-erjazz.net or call 202-262-7571.

The DC Jazz Festival events begin with the Jazz ‘n Families Fun Days, June 4-5, at the Phil-lips Collection. The Hamilton Live shows begin on June 10 featuring headliners Regina Carter, Ben Williams, Maceo Parker, Harold Mabern, Steve Turre, and Joey DeFrancesco. The per-formers at the Yards Park on the Capitol River-front, June 17-19, include Cecile McLorin, Sal-vant, Kamasi Washington, The Chuck Brown Band, Eddie Palmieri, E. J. Strickland, Fred Foss, and Ravi Coltrane.

The “Night at the Kennedy Center” event on June 18 celebrates the history of Howard Uni-versity Jazz with Benny Golson, Dr. Fred Irby of the Howard University Jazz Ensemble, Dr. Ar-thur Dawkins, and others.

CapitalBop shows at Arris, 1331 Fourth St. SE near Yards Park, include Makaya McCraven’s “In the Moment” and the Marquis Hill Blacktet with Carolyn Malachi on June 11; Michele Rose-woman & New Yor-uba with Amadou Kouyate on June 17; and Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Big band with the Washington Renaissance Orches-tra on June 18.

For complete DC Jazz Festival information go to www.dcjazzfest.org.

TransParenT ProDucTions: bill cole, maTTheW shiPPThe final Transparent Productions show of the 2015-16 season features “two powerhouse avant trios” when the Bill Cole Trio and Mat-thew Shipp Trio perform for 7:00 and 8:30 p.m. shows, June 12, at the Atlas Performing Arts Cen-ter, 1333 H St. NE. Tickets are $15 advance, $20 at the door per set, or both sets for $25 in ad-vance. For more information call 202-399-7993 or go to www.atlasarts.org or www.transparent-productionsdc.org.

inPerson … DeanDre shaifer, harry aPPelman, roberT muraD, greaTer u sTreeT JaZZ collecTiVeHot sounds last month included trumpeter De-Andre Shaifer, a virtuosic player growing with every performance, highlighting a set at the DC Jazz Jam show one Sunday at the Brixton; Harry Appelman with his vintage elegance on piano at a Columbia Station jam session; and the Greater U Street Jazz Collective with masterful, tasteful ten-or sax man Russell Carter Jr. and vocalist Sendy Brown at Vicino’s in Silver Spring.

June Highlights: ... Corcoran Holt & Friends/Arts for Our Children Benefit, June 4, Peoples Congregational Church … John Lamkin Favor-ites Jazz Quintet, June 4, Twins Jazz … Jane Mon-heit, June 4-5, Blues Alley … Roy Hargrove, June 7-12, Blues Alley … Keigo Hirakawa Trio, June 8, Twins Jazz … Antonio Parker/Meet the Artist, June 9, University of the District of Columbia Re-cital Hall … DC Jazz Festival, June 10-19, vari-ous venues/see www.dcjazzfest.org … George V. Johnson Jr., June 10, Jazz in the Garden/Nation-al Gallery of Art … Paul Carr Bantam Orchestra, June 11, Caton Castle ... Smithsonian Jazz Master-works Orchestra/“The Incredible Jimmy Smith,” June 11, Coulter Plaza/National Museum of Natu-ral History … Brent Birckhead, June 12, DC Jazz Jam/the Brixton … Warren Wolf, June 11, Jazz-way 6004/Baltimore ... JAZZAlive at UDC: Char-lie Young/Allyn Johnson,UDC JAZZtet, June 15, University of the District of Columbia Auditorium … Kenny Garrett, June 16-19, Blues Alley … Mi-chael Thomas Quintet, June 17-18, Twins Jazz … Reginald Cyntje Group, June 19, the Hill Center … Nicholas Payton, June 23-24, Blues Alley … Al Strong, June 26, DC Jazz Jam/the Brixton … George V. Johnson Jr., June 26, Meade Memorial Episcopal Church/Alexandria … Dwayne Adell Trio, June 27, Blues Alley … Al Strong, June 28, Blues Alley …

June Birthdays: Josephine Baker, Dakota Sta-ton 3; Oliver Nelson, Anthony Braxton 4; Mon-ty Alexander 5; Jimmie Lunceford, Grant Green 6; Tal Farlow, Tina Brooks 7; Kenny Barron 9; Chick Corea, Geri Allen 12; Jaki Byard, Erroll Garner 15; Lucky Thompson 16; Eric Dolphy 20; Jamil Nasser 21, Milt Hinton 23; Reggie Workman 26; Andrew Hill 30.

Steve Monroe is a Washington, DC, writer who can be reached at [email protected] and followed at www.twitter.com/jaz-zavenues. u

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Herman Burney, one of our finest bassists, performs dur-ing the DC Jazz Festival, June 4-5, at the Phillips Collection

downtown and on June 10 at We Act Radio on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE.


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Changing hands is a list of most residential sales in the District of Columbia from the previous month. A feature of every issue, this list,based on the MRIs, is provided courtesy of Don Denton, manager of the Coldwell Banker office on Capitol Hill. The list includes address, sales price and number of bedrooms.

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Hip Hop SpeakS to CHildrenOn Sunday, June 19, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., cele-brate Father’s Day at the Anacostia Community Museum. Families (especially dads) are encour-aged to introduce the popular children’s book, Hip Hop Speaks to Children, edited by poet Nikki Giovanni to their children by reading pas-sages from it. Limited copies of the book will be available for purchase. Kids can also create Hip Hop-inspired Father’s Day cards. The Anacos-tia Community Museum is at 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820. anacostia.si.edu.

StC open CaSting Call for loCal CHildren for “tHe SeCret garden”Shakespeare Theatre Company will hold a local open call for young actors ages 9 to 13 to audi-tion for the roles of Mary Lennox and Colin Cra-ven on Wednesday, June 8 and Thursday, June 9. Auditions will be held at the Shakespeare Theatre Company Administrative Offices, 516 Eighth St. SE.

The Secret Garden is a story of hardship turned into hope, of beauty discovered in un-likely places, the power of the child’s imagina-tion and the wisdom that accompanies grow-ing up. Based on the children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the musical follows the sto-ry of 10-year-old Mary Lennox, who loses her parents and travels to England to stay with Ar-chibald Craven, her remote and morose uncle, still grieving the death of his wife ten years ago. Terrified of every nook and cranny of the haunt-ed Craven Manor, Mary seeks refuge in her late aunt’s mysterious walled garden, where she dis-covers amazing secrets.

Auditions are Wednesday, June 8, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (arrive at 9 a.m.) and Thursday, June 9, noon to 6 p.m. (arrive at 11 a.m.). To audi-

tion, bring a hardcopy headshot and résumé, stapled together. All candidates should pre-pare 32 bars of a classical musical theatre song in the style of The Secret Garden. Bring sheet music that is clearly marked for the accompa-nist to play and have a one-minute monologue prepared. Auditions should not exceed three minutes total.

Callbacks from the initial audition will be on June 17 and 18 with the production’s creative team. Rehearsals will begin Oct. 11. Performanc-es run Nov. 15 through Dec. 31, with a possible extension to Jan. 8.

Wii game nigHt at anaCoStia libraryWii Game Night is every Monday night, 5 p.m., at the Anacostia Neighborhood Library. This program is for ages 6, up. Anacostia Neighbor-hood Library is at 1800 Good Hope Rd. SE. 202-715-7707. dclibrary.org/anacostia.

reCreational opportunitieS along tHe river Community forum at tHe aCmThis forum, on Saturday, June 11, 2 to 4 p.m., will present a team of youth and family advo-cates who will look at the recreational resources and programming available to families in com-munities along the river this summer. Anacos-tia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820. anacostia.si.edu.

Ward 7 Civil legal aid, family ServiCeS providerS and poliCymakerS netWorking meetingOn Friday, June 24, 10 a.m., the Neighborhood Legal Services Program invites representatives from the many non-profit organizations, gov-ernment agencies and community-based orga-nizations that advocate for children, youth and families in Ward 7 to join them for a focused con-versation on how civil, legal aid organizations can better partner to reach and serve low-income Ward 7 families. Benning (Dorothy I. Height) Neighborhood Library, 3935 Benning Rd. NE. 202-281-2583. dclibrary.org/benning.

THEARC dancers. Photo: Courtesy of The Washington Ballet

danCerS in need get neW pointe SHoeS aS ballet exCeedS fundraiSing goalThe Washington Ballet raised more than $19,000 for its Student Pointe Shoe Fund, and was able to purchase new pointe shoes for 59 dancers at its Southeast Washington, DC campus, TWB@THEARC, ahead of the group’s annual Spring Performance. The goal was to raise $7,500 by May 6. Surpassing that goal means that students will be able to receive pointe shoes for spring performanc-es and summer and fall classes.

TWB is the only major American ballet company with a thriving campus dedicated solely to the underserved community. THEARC, a state-of-the-art complex in the heart of Ward 8, has served as the headquarters for their outreach programs, TWB@THEARC, since 2005.


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Summer food program feedS kidS for freeFOCUS North America pro-vides free meals to children dur-ing the summer. This summer, two meals will be served to children at the YMCA--Capital View, 2118 Ridgecrest Ct. SE, June 27 to Sept. 2 (except holidays), Monday through Friday. Breakfast is 8 to 9 a.m. and lunch, noon to 1 p.m. There are no income requirements or registra-tion. More information is available at focusnorthamerica.org/summer-feeding or 1-866- 267-3083 x708.

Each year, the US Department of Agriculture partners with local orga-nizations like FOCUS North Ameri-ca, to provide free meals to children when school is out for the summer. For more information about the national Summer Food Service Program, vis-it fns.usda.gov/cnd/summer.

kidS in dC’S food-inSeCure WardS to benefit from loCal farm partnerSHipThe Bainum Family Foundation has announced plans to partner with the Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture to increase the availability of fresh produce and other healthy food items in the DC’s Wards 7 and 8. In the first year of the partnership, the Farm will sup-port Arcadia’s Mobile Market pro-gram by fully sponsoring all eight Mobile Market stops in Wards 7 and 8, while also providing the organi-zation with added operational sup-port. To address the lack of nutri-tious food in underserved parts of the city, Arcadia launched its first Mobile Market in 2012. The rolling farm stands stock a complete diet of locally grown foods including fruits and vegetables, herbs, pastured eggs, grass-fed and pastured beef, pork, poultry, fish, organic milk, cheese, handmade bread and honey.

Mobile Markets East of the Riv-er Schedule: The Overlook at Oxon Run, 3700 Nineth St. SE, Tuesdays, 4 to 6 p.m.; Community of Hope--Conway Health and Resource Cen-ter, 115 Atlantic St. SW, Tuesdays 3

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tion, bring a hardcopy headshot and résumé, stapled together. All candidates should pre-pare 32 bars of a classical musical theatre song in the style of The Secret Garden. Bring sheet music that is clearly marked for the accompa-nist to play and have a one-minute monologue prepared. Auditions should not exceed three minutes total.

Callbacks from the initial audition will be on June 17 and 18 with the production’s creative team. Rehearsals will begin Oct. 11. Performanc-es run Nov. 15 through Dec. 31, with a possible extension to Jan. 8.

Wii game nigHt at anaCoStia libraryWii Game Night is every Monday night, 5 p.m., at the Anacostia Neighborhood Library. This program is for ages 6, up. Anacostia Neighbor-hood Library is at 1800 Good Hope Rd. SE. 202-715-7707. dclibrary.org/anacostia.

reCreational opportunitieS along tHe river Community forum at tHe aCmThis forum, on Saturday, June 11, 2 to 4 p.m., will present a team of youth and family advo-cates who will look at the recreational resources and programming available to families in com-munities along the river this summer. Anacos-tia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820. anacostia.si.edu.

Ward 7 Civil legal aid, family ServiCeS providerS and poliCymakerS netWorking meetingOn Friday, June 24, 10 a.m., the Neighborhood Legal Services Program invites representatives from the many non-profit organizations, gov-ernment agencies and community-based orga-nizations that advocate for children, youth and families in Ward 7 to join them for a focused con-versation on how civil, legal aid organizations can better partner to reach and serve low-income Ward 7 families. Benning (Dorothy I. Height) Neighborhood Library, 3935 Benning Rd. NE. 202-281-2583. dclibrary.org/benning.


to 6 p.m.; Hendley Elementary, 425 Chesapeake St. SE, Wednesdays, 3 to 6 p.m.; Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center, 3500 Martin Lu-ther King Jr Ave. SE, Thursdays, 10 a.m to noon; United Medical Cen-ter, 1310 Southern Ave. SE, Thurs-days, 10 a.m. to noon; Parkside Uni-ty Health Care/Circle 7 Express, 740 Kenilworth Ave. NE, Thursday, 3 to 6 p.m.; Deanwood Recreation Cen-ter, 1350 49th St. NE, Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon; and Barry Farm Recre-ation Center, 1230 Sumner Rd. SE, Fridays, 2 to 5 p.m. arcadiafood.org.

bop goeS tHe WeaSel: Jazz for kidS at deanWood libraryOn Wednesday, June 15, 10:30 a.m., Christiana Drapkin and her jazz group, BOP GOES THE WEASEL, introduce young audiences to the fun of live jazz performance. You will want to sing along, clap to the rhythm, snap your fingers and get up and dance. This program is for ages three to ten. Deanwood Neighborhood Library is at 1350 49th St. NE. 202-698-1175. dclibrary.org/deanwood.

family art Work-SHop: Color field and tHe WaSHing-ton Color SCHoolOn Saturday, June 18, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., families will learn about the col-or field style of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s, and its stylis-tic relationship to the later Washing-ton Color School style of painting. Families then try their hand at creat-ing their own painting on large post-er board in the style of the Washing-ton Color School. The workshop will be lead by artist and educator Deidra Bell. Space is limited, so register ear-ly. This program is at the Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. Register at anacostia.si.edu.

tWelve yearS to treaSure family tourS at tHe aCmFamilies are invited to a docent-led tour of the exhibition Twelve Years That Shook and Shaped Washington (1963–1975). Afterwards kids can go on a treasure hunt with an exhibition family guide to test their knowledge. They’ll receive a free gift for complet-ing the hunt. Each Tours to Treasure

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Location AddressRiver Terrace Rec Center & Elemantary School 420 34th St , NECVS - East River Park 320 40th St , NESafeway – NE 322 40th St , NE6th District Police Dept - Main 100 42nd St , NEWard Memorial AME 240 42nd St NE Kennilworth Elementary School 1300 44th ST NEUnity East of the River Health Center 123 45th ST NE First Baptist Church of Deanwood 1008 45th St NEDeanwood Public Library 1350 49th ST NEHughes Memorial United Methodist 25 53rd St NECapitol Gateway Senior Apts 201 58th St , NEMarvin Gaye Rec Center 6201 Banks Pl NEWatts Branch Recreation Center 6201 Banks St , NELangston Community Library 2600 Benning Rd , NEAnacostia Neighborhood Library 1800 Good Hope Road SEBenning Branch Library 3935 Benning Rd NEMarshall Heights CDC 3939 Benning Rd , NEKelly Miller Recreation Center 4900 Brooks St , NETabernacle baptist Church 719 Division Ave NERandall Memorial Baptist Church 4417 Douglas St NEEast Capital Church of christ 5026 E Capitol St NESeat Pleasant CARE Pharmacy 350 Eastern Ave , NE7-Eleven 950 Eastern AVE NERiverside Center 5200 Foote St , NEMayfair Mansions 3744 ½ Hayes St NECitibank: East River Park 3917 Minnesota Ave , NEChartered Health Center NE 3924 Minnesota Ave , NEVending Machines – Deanwood Metro 4720 Minnesota Ave , NEThe Minnicks Market 4401 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NELederer Gardens 4800 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NESuburban Market 4600 Sherriff Rd NEPilgrim Rest Baptist Church 4601 Sheriff Road NEDave Brown Liquors 4721 Sheriff Road Northeast Dave Brown Liquor 4721 Sherriff Rd NEA & S Grocery 4748 Sheriff Rd NESt Rose Pentecostal Church 4816 Sherriff Rd NEMalcolm X Rec Center 3200 13th st SESt More Catholic Church 4275 4th St SE Fort Davis Recreation Center 1400 41st St , SEFerebee Hope Recreation Center 3999 8th St , SEEmanuel Baptist Church 2409 Ainger Place SEIHOP Restauarant 1523 Alabama Ave, SEGiant Food Store 1535 Alabama Ave , SE

SunTrust Bank 1571 Alabama Ave , SEParklands-Turner Community Library 1547 Alabama Ave , SEManor Village Apartments Leasing Office 1717 Alabama Ave , SEGarfield Elementary 2435 Alabama Ave7th District Station 2455 Alabama Ave , SE6th District Police Dept - Satellite Station 2839 Alabama Ave , SEService Cleaners 2841 Alabama Ave , SESafeway – SE 2845 Alabama Ave SEPizza Hut 2859 Alabama Ave , SEAmerica’s Best Wings 2863 Alabama Ave , SEM&T Bank 2865 Alabama Ave , SEWashington Senior Wellness Center 3001 Alabama Ave , SESt Timothys Episcopal Church 3601 Alabama Ave SEFrancis A Gregory Neighborhood Library 3660 Alabama Ave , SENational Capital Parks--EAST 1900 Anacostia Dr , SEKid smiles 4837 Benning Road SEPimento Grill 4405 Bowen Rd SEEast Washington Heights Baptist Church 2220 Branch Ave ,SESt Johns Baptist Church 5228 Call Place SECapitol View Branch Library 5001 Central Ave , SEMarie Winston Elementary School 3100 Denver St , SESubway 4525 East Capitol StOur Lady Queen of Peace Church 3800 Ely Pl , SEAnacostia Museum for African Amer History 1901 Fort Pl SE - Back DoorSmithsonian Anacostia Marcia Burris 1901 Fort Place SE - Back DoorDC Center for Therapeutic Recreation 3030 G ST SEARCH 1227 Good Hope Rd , SEAnacostia Pizzeria 1243 Good Hope Rd , SESunTrust Bank 1340 Good Hope Rd , SEUnity Health Care Inc 1638 Good Hope Rd , SEBread for the City 1640 Good Hope Rd , SEMarbury Plaza Tenants Assoc 2300 Good Hope Rd , SEDollar Plus Supermarket 1453 Howard Rd , SEAscensions Psychological and Community Services 1526 Howard Rd SEDupont Park SDA Church 3985 Massachusettes Ave SEOrr Elementary School 2200 Minnesota Ave SEHart Recreation Center 601 Mississippi Ave , SESoutheast Tennis and Learning Center 701 Mississippi Ave , SEThe ARC 1901 Mississippi Ave , SE

Neighborhood Pharmacy 1932 Martin Luther King Jr , SEPNC Bank 2000 Martin Luther King Jr Ave , SEBank of America 2100 Martin Luther King Jr Ave , SEC Aidan Salon 2100 Martin Luther King Jr Ave , SEBig Chair Coffee 2122 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SEAnimal Clinic of Anacostia 2210 Martin Luther King Jr Ave , SEMax Robinson Center of Whitman-Walker Clinic 2301 Martin Luther King Jr Ave , SEThe United Black Fund 2500 Martin Luther King Ave SEThe Pizza Place 2910 Martin Luther King Ave SEMetropol Educational Services, 3rd Floor 3029 Marin Luther King Jr Ave , SENational Children’s Center - Southeast Campus 3400 Martin Luther King Jr , SEAssumption Catholic Church 3401 Martin Luther King Ave SECongress Heights Senior Wellness Center 3500 Martin Luther King Jr Ave , SECongress Heights Health Center 3720 Martin Luther King Jr Ave , SECVS - Skyland 2646 Naylor Rd , SEHarris Teeter 1350 Pennsylvania Ave SEThai Orchid Kitchen 2314 Pennsylvania Ave SESt Francis Xavier Church 2800 Pennsylvania Ave SEPennsylvania Ave Baptist Church 3000 Pennsylvania Ave SECVS – Penn Branch 3240 Pennsylvania Ave , SECongress Heights Recreation Center 100 Randle Pl , SEJohnson Memorial Baptist Church 800 Ridge Rd SERidge Recreation Center 800 Ridge Rd , SESavoy Recreation Center 2440 Shannon Pl SEPNC Bank 4100 South Capitol St , SERite Aid 4635 South Capitol St , SEUnited Medical Center 1310 Southern Ave , SEBenning Park Community Center 5100 Southern Ave SEBenning Stoddert Recreation Center 100 Stoddert Pl , SEUnion Temple Baptist Church 1225 W ST SESenior Living at Wayne Place 114 Wayne Place SEWilliam O Lockridge/Bellevue 115 Atlantic St , SWBald Eagle At Fort Greble 100 Joliet St SWCovenant Baptist Church 3845 South Capitol StFaith Presbyterian Church 4161 South Capitol St SWHenson Ridge Town Homes Office 1804 Stanton Terrace, SEThe Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Ave NWCCN office 224 7th ST SE Eastern Market 225 7th St SEYMCA Capitol View 2118 Ridgecrest Court SECW Harris Elementary School 301 53rd Street, SEDC Child & Family Services Agency 200 I Street SE

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a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday and Sun-day, noon to 6 p.m. It is closed Mon-days and Tuesdays. dpr.dc.gov.

Saturday morning at tHe nationalYou and your children are invited to the National Theatre on select Saturday mornings for free programs that engage and inspire the young mind. Saturday programming is best suited for children four to ten years. Siblings and friends of other ages are always welcome. Perfor-mances take place Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. in the Helen Hayes Gallery. The National Theatre is at 1321 Penn-sylvania Ave. NW. Tickets may be re-served one week prior to the perfor-mance. The reservation system closes at 10 a.m. on the Friday before the perfor-mance but walk-ins are welcome if there is room. Register and get more informa-tion at thenationaldc.org.

Here’s what’s coming: June 4, Mon-key Tales; June 11, The Barker of Se-ville; June 18, Groovy Nate; July 9, The Velveteen Rabbit; July 16, Uncle Devin; and July 23, Vladimir Goes for the Gold!

Story Hour at tHe national CatHedralOn the third Sunday of every month at 10 a.m., the Families with Young Children Hospitality Ministry presents a story hour for young children in the National Cathedral’s Chapel of St. Joseph of Ari-mathea on the crypt level. A children’s book author or volunteer reader will of-fer a short book with a biblical, spiritual, or moral message with time for some con-versation and interaction. If you would like to be notifi ed of other events or get involved in helping this group grow, email [email protected].

marine CorpS maratHon kidS run regiStration openThe MCM Kids Run is on Saturday, Oct. 29, in the Pentagon North park-ing lot. Nearly 3,600 children, ages fi ve to 12, will participate in the one-mile, just-for-fun event. All participants re-ceive a T-shirt, medal and snacks at the fi nish line. The Kids Run has six sepa-rate starting times. Register at mcmreg-istration.com/Register/?event=35865.

aClu report on dCpS empoWering maleS of ColorThe American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation’s Capital have released a

program lasts approximately 60 minutes; recommended for families and children (six years, up). Tours are on June 8, June 14, June 21, July 3 and July 6; 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Anacostia Community Mu-seum, 1901 Fort Pl. SE. anacostia.si.edu.

building family in tHe 21St Century: a mod-erated ConverSationOn Saturday, June 11, 2 p.m., at the Fran-cis A. Gregory Library, 3660 Alabama Ave. SE, join what is sure to be a thought-provoking panel discussion on the role of fathers in families. The program is pre-sented by by Jonetta Rose Barras, Esther Productions, Inc., The Spoken Word, and Kuumba Expressions featuring Brit-tany Adams, MS Resident in Counsel-ing, and Co-director of the Fatherless Reconciliation Daughter Project; Hy-eSook Chung, Executive Director, DC Action for Children; Frank Love, Host, Frank Love Relationships Radio Show; Tony Lewis, Jr., Author of Slugg: A Boy’s Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration; and moderator Brother Yao Glover, Assistant Professor, Bowie State University. There will be book giveaways for the fi rst 20 adults and arts and crafts for kids.

retro JumperS: double dutCH teamJumping rope is a great way to burn calo-ries, tone muscles and improve your car-diovascular endurance. On Wednesday, June 22, 1:30 p.m., come learn how to Double Dutch jump and get your exer-cise done for the day in a fun way. Pro-gram is for ages 6, up. The Washington Nationals have provided jump ropes to be given away at this event (while quan-tities last). Participants will have to sign a waiver. Bellevue (William O. Lockridge) Library is at 115 Atlantic St. SW. 202-243-1185. dclibrary.org/bellevue.

fatHer’S day 8kThe 7th annual Father’s Day 8K will be run on a fl at and fast out-and-back course along the C&O Canal Towpath. Start-ing from Fletcher’s Boathouse (new lo-cation), the race features pre-race refresh-ments and post-race snacks for all. This race is on Sunday, June 19 at 8 a.m. at Fletcher’s Boathouse. fathersday8k.com.

park vieW CHildren´S poolPark View Children´s Pool, 693 Otis Pl. NW, the only public outdoor chil-dren’s pool operating this summer, opens Memorial Day weekend. The hours are Wednesday to Friday, 10:30

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report, Leaving Girls Behind: An analysis of Washington D.C.’s “Empow-ering Males of Color” Initiative. The report, which summarizes the results of a Freedom of Information Law request, focuses on the exclusion of women and girls from the programming launched under this $20 million initiative. Despite statistics showing that girls of color in Washington DC are suffering from many of the same serious educational disparities facing boys of color, the programs launched under this initiative appear to be open almost exclu-sively to boys, with no plans for any similar programming for girls. While the report commends the Mayor and the District of Columbia Public Schools for directing critically-needed attention and resources toward some of the District’s most underserved students, it also points to significant legal vul-nerabilities in the exclusion of girls of color from these programs, and rec-ommends that the programming be opened to girls going forward.

The ACLU and the African American Policy Forum are also seeking to connect with parents and family members of African American and Latino children in Washington DC public schools to hear their feelings, views and attitudes on educational opportunities for girls. Contact Cristel Taveras at [email protected].

$1 iCe Cream, giveaWayS and fireWorkS at nat’S gameSOn Tuesday, June 14 at the 7:05 p.m. game vs. the Cubs, purchase ice cream for $1. On Friday, June 10 at the 7:05 p.m. game vs. the Phillies, a Nat’s Fanny Pack will be given to first 20,000 fans. On Sunday, June 12 at the 4:05 p.m. games vs. the Phillies, a Kids Poster will be given to the first 10,000 fans. On Wednesday, June 15 at the 4:05 p.m. game vs. the Cubs, a Nat’s Tote Bag wiil be given to the first 25,000 fans. On Mon-day, June 27 at the 7:05 p.m. games vs. the Mets, a Jayson Werth and Pet Figurine will be given to the first 20,000 fans. On Saturday, July 2 at the 7:15 p.m. game vs. the Reds, a Nationals Rat Pack Poster will be given to the first 25,000 fans. On Friday, July 1 after the 6:05 game vs. the Reds, there will be the only post-game fireworks dis-play of the season.

StorieS in art at tHe national gallery of artStories in Art introduces children, ages four to seven, to artists through careful looking, storytell-ing, and hands-on experimentation. Led by mu-seum educators, each program includes reading a children’s book, exploring one work of art in the galleries, and completing a simple, hands-on ac-tivity. Each program is about 60 minutes. These free drop-in programs are designed for individual families, and they cannot accommodate groups. There is no advance registration. They will only accept sign-in for children in the four to seven age range. Sign-in is in the West Building Rotunda, beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturdays and Mondays and at 11 a.m. on Sundays.

This summer, the series is Discover Dutch Art. You’ll visit a windmill, sail the seas, discov-er mince pie, and listen to a concert. Participants learn about landscapes, still life, seascapes, and scenes of interior Dutch life by reading children’s books, looking at 17th-century Dutch art, and making a souvenir to document each adventure. Here’s the schedule. Landscape: Visit a Wind-mill, July 9 to 11; Still Life: Enjoy a Feast, July 16 to 18; Seascape: Sail the Seas, July 23 to 25; Mu-sic: Listen to a Concert, July 30 to Aug. 1. The days and hours are Saturdays, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., and 12:30 and 1:30 p.m.; Sundays, 11:30 a.m. and 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 p.m.; and Mondays, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., and 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. nga.gov.

Comedy SHoW for kidS at tHe kennedy CenterOn Saturday, June 25, 2 p.m., Robert Post’s one-man variety show serves up a delightful enter-tainment feast. Hilarious, poignant, and physi-cally dazzling, his meticulously crafted sketches fill the stage with bumblers, dreamers, and car-toonish heroes of every stripe. Recommended for ages 8, up. This is part of the Kennedy Center’s District of Comedy Festival. Tickets are $20. ken-nedy-center.org.

CHamber danCe proJeCt kidS performanCe and WorkSHopFrom June 23 to 26, the Chamber Dance Proj-ect returns for new in-the-moment surprises at each performance as well as Flying Cloud Co-tillion, in which the men literaly throw a wom-an flying through air. Their performances fea-ture seven dancers with a string quartet and Brass Connection playing live onstage. Cham-ber Dance Project’s popular kids matinee per-formance, this year taking place on June 25 at 2 p.m., includes a 20-minute workshop with the artists onstage after the performance. As a part of their community engagement program, Chamber Dance Project donates 200 tickets to area social service agencies including tickets to Sitar Arts, The Lab School, N Street Village, among others. Lansburgh Theatre is at 450 Sev-enth St. NW. chamberdance.org.

billy mCComiSkey WitH family and friendS: iriSH traditional muSiC and danCe from maryland Billy McComiskey is one of the nation’s lead-ing players of Irish traditional music. In 1976, his band, The Irish Tradition, played at the party celebrating the creation of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. On June 28, noon, for AFC’s 40th Anniversary, Bil-ly will perform with his children, Patrick, Sean, and Michael, who are now themselves among the leading traditional Irish musicians in our re-gion. They will be joined by other family and friends for a unique concert of jigs, reels, airs, and other traditional music from the strong Irish American community of the Washington DC and Baltimore region. The concert is free (no tickets required) and is in the Coolidge Au-ditorium of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. loc.gov.

open Studio: WelCome to murad kHani at tHe freer/SaCklerSaturday, June 11, 12, 25 and 26, noon to 4 p.m., witness how artists from Afghanistan are trans-forming their lives and their country during an afternoon of free family-friendly activities. Take a tour (12:30 and 2:30 p.m.) of the special exhi-bition Turquoise Mountain and then head to the ImaginAsia classroom to get creative with fami-ly and friends. All ages are welcome with adult companions. asia.si.edu.

Skate feSt fairfaxSkate Fest is a two-day fundraising event held on June 24 and 25 at the Wakefield Skatepark in Fairfax, VA. It includes skateboard competi-tions, Sk8 For A Cause, music, family-friendly activites, food, games, skateboard vendor tents, and over $25,000 in prizes. skatefestfairfax.com/2016. u

Small StorieS: at Home in a dollHouSeSmall Stories reveals the fascinating tales behind some of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood’s best-loved dollhouses, taking you on a journey through the history of the home, everyday lives, and changing family relationships at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW, through Jan. 22, 2017. The homes show developments in architecture and design, encompassing country mansions, the Georgian town house, suburban villas, newly-built council estates, and high-rise apartments.

During the 17th century, dollhouses were rare, expensive, and handmade by skilled craftsmen often to replicate real residenc-es. Houses like the museum’s 17th century Nuremberg house, which begins the exhibition, were also used as learning aids for young girls and servants to become acquainted with their neces-sary household roles.

Dollhouses slowly developed into toys specifically made for children to collect for, decorate, and to play with. The industrial revolution opened up the possibility of mass manufacture and hous-es became a more common and affordable toy for many children.

Betty Pinney’s House (set in 1910s) England, 1870 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Photo: Courtesy of the National Building Museum


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