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By GRACE BIRDCurrent Staff Writer

Following the loss of two large street trees in Chevy Chase, a city arborist is placing the blame on inadequate maintenance and political pressure to allow an ecologically risky driveway. The trees are located outside 5333 Connecticut Ave. NW, where Cafritz Enterprises completed a new apartment building last summer. Michael Chuko of the Urban Forestry Division — part of the D.C. Department of Transportation — said his agency unsuccessfully opposed the project’s circular drive-way, which severed the trees’ roots. At a community meeting this week, Chuko said his agency’s concerns were overruled by the D.C. Office of Planning and the office of then-Mayor Vin-cent Gray in 2014. Alternatives to the circular drive-

way — including a curbside drop-off and pickup on Connecticut, Military Road, Kanawha Street or a rear alley — were rejected by Cafritz’s traffic planner. “We were basically told you have to accept this design plan,” Chuko said at the July 24 meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3/4G (Chevy Chase). “We had no choice, but we were opposed to the design from the beginning.” Upon inspection last week, Chuko confirmed that

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D.C. arborist reports pressure on driveway

Brian Kapur/The CurrentThe District says that two street trees outside 5333 Connecticut Ave. NW need to be removed.

By GRACE BIRDCurrent Staff Writer

A year after Petworth residents first reported feeling new 7000-series Metrorail trains shake their homes, the Washington Met-ropolitan Area Transit Authority is in the midst of an in-depth investi-gation of the issue.

In late June, the transit author-ity sent out 30 letters to residents requesting their participation in a study and asking for a response by

mid-July. “The tests are ongoing and there is nothing to report at this time,” Metro spokesperson Richard Jordan told The Current.

Last summer, residents began feeling vibrations in their homes, increasing in frequency during mornings and evenings. Soon they pinned the blame on Metro, which had just rolled out its first all-new design for a subway car: the 7000-series, which is heavier and made of different materials than older versions that had traveled under Petworth since the Green Line began operating there in 1999.

Several months after com-See Petworth/Page 19

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By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

Sidwell Friends School has elected to delay and revise its plans to consolidate all of its grades on Wisconsin Avenue NW.

The private school currently has two campuses: a middle and

upper school at 3825 Wisconsin Avenue NW, serving fifth through 12th grades; and a lower school at 5100 Edgemoor Lane in Bethesda, Md., which serves pre-K through fourth grade. Sidwell purchased the Washington Home & Commu-nity Hospice property adjacent to its D.C. campus in 2015, with the intention of relocating its lower school there. The project won Board of Zoning Adjustment sup-port in spring 2016, and Sidwell

had said it would begin renovation work as early as this summer.

Now, though, the school plans instead to relocate its upper school into the Washington Home build-ing and use the existing upper school for the lower school — a project that won’t begin until at least 2019.

“With Upper School enroll-ment and applications at an all-time high, the need for expanded

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Sidwell delays campus consolidation

By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

The redeveloped Superfresh site in American Uni-versity Park will no longer include a full-size super-market, developers told the community last week, citing a dwindling interest from grocers.

However, the Ladybird project at 48th and Yuma streets NW will still include a smaller grocery of about 10,000 to 16,000 square feet, Valor Develop-ment assured residents at last Thursday’s meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3E (Friendship Heights, Tenleytown, American University Park).

The divisive project aims to replace the long-vacant Superfresh store and its large parking lot with a sprawling mixed-use complex, featuring two build-ings comprising more than 200 apartments atop retail and standing up to seven stories to tall. It’s drawn strong opposition from many residents of nearby single-family homes, who argue that the plans are

grossly out of scale with the community, though local supporters see it providing additional amenities and vitality to a current dead zone.

A common thread of support focused on the prom-See Valor/Page 5

Developers scale back grocery proposal

■ Education: Upper school to use Washington Home site

Rendering courtesy of Valor DevelopmentThe former Superfresh site along 48th and Yuma streets NW is slated for mixed-use redevelopment.

■ Transportation: Residents say new rail cars shake homes

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Thursday, July 27 The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting on the design phase of the 16th Street NW Bus Lanes Project. The open house-style event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the cafeteria at the Columbia Heights Educational Center, 3101 16th St. NW, with a presentation at 6:30 p.m.■ The University of the District of Columbia Community-Campus Task Force will meet at 6:30 p.m. in Room A-03 of Building 44 on the university’s cam-pus, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. For details, contact Thomas E. Redmond at 202-247-5622 or tredmond@udc.edu.

Saturday, July 29 The nonprofit group PaintCare will host a paint drop-off event for D.C. res-idents and businesses from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Howard University School of Law, 2929 Van Ness St. NW. Latex and oil-based paint will be accepted. To reserve a time slot, visit paintcare.org/district.■ The D.C. Office of the Tenant Advocate will hold a “Renters 101” training session from noon to 2 p.m. at Suite 300N, Reeves Center, 2000 14th St. NW. To RSVP, call 202-719-6560 or email delores.anderson@dc.gov.

Tuesday, Aug. 1 The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold two public engagement events on the design phase of the 16th Street NW Bus Lanes Project. Repre-sentatives will be on hand to discuss the project from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at 16th and Irving streets NW and at 16th and U streets NW.■ The Metropolitan Police Department’s 4th District will host a National Night Out event with the theme of “DC’s Got Talent” from 5 to 9 p.m. at Ham-ilton Recreation Center, 1340 Hamilton St. NW. The event will include a youth talent show, food and public safety information.■ The Metropolitan Police Department’s 2nd District will host a National Night Out event from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hardy Recreation Center, 45th and Q streets NW. The event will include food, drinks, games, fingerprinting, face painting, a moon bounce and crime prevention information.

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The District hopes to install a contraflow bus lane along nearly a mile of H Street NW near the White House, but complications with loading areas are threatening to kill plans. The D.C. Department of Trans-portation unveiled final proposals last Thursday following its Down-town West planning study, which also recommends bicycle lanes on Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to Washington Cir-cle. The H Street proposal would create a westbound bus lane on the otherwise one-way-eastbound street between New York and Pennsylvania avenues NW. H and I streets, which run parallel with opposite directions of traffic flow, serve more than 30 Metrobus routes that total 20 percent of the system’s daily ridership, accord-ing to project manager Megan Kanagy. The contraflow bus lane would be separated from the other three lanes of traffic by double yellow lines. The Transportation Depart-ment says access to driveways and alleys won’t be lost, but business owners nonetheless had concerns, and a few opposed the plans at the unveiling meeting last week. A representative from the Hampton Inn, at 1729 H St. NW, said the lane would hinder guests from pulling up to the front of their hotel. He also questioned whether the stated benefits of the lane were accurate; the Transpor-tation Department projects buses saving 30 to 50 percent of travel

time on that portion of H Street. In addition, 15 percent faster travel times are projected for I Street bus commuters, as much of the I Street bus traffic would be rerouted to the contraflow lane. Meanwhile, Paralyzed Veterans of America said that reserved park-ing spaces for disabled drivers outside its 801 18th St. NW office would be lost under the plan. Kanagy urged businesses and offices to get in touch with the department to work through load-ing and alley access issues. If some of those issues can’t be resolved, she said that “we may not advance [plans] beyond pre-liminary engineering.” Feedback on the project can be submitted to megan.kanagy@dc.gov through Aug. 21. Project renderings and details are avail-able at downtownwestdc.com. Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania Avenue portion of the project drew favorable reviews from cycling advocates. Bicycle lanes would be installed on each side of

the street, with new landscaping serving as a buffer between vehi-cle traffic and cyclists. Tweaks to the street design would also create shorter pedestrian crossings, wider sidewalks and opportunities to install green infrastructure. The aim is to create a more cohesive streetscape on Pennsylvania Ave-nue, Kanagy said, which currently is a patchwork of different designs depending on the office buildings that occupy the blocks. The intersection of 19th Street, H Street and Pennsylvania Avenue would be reconfigured to elimi-nate a right-turn lane to H Street from Pennsylvania. In its place, the sidewalk would be enlarged. There would be separate signal phases for vehicles turning right to 19th Street from Pennsylvania and for pedestrians and cyclists. “We’ve been trying to priori-tize safety and comfort of cyclists and pedestrians on that intersec-tion,” Kanagy said, noting that it might mean slightly slower traffic speeds as a result.

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space is most acute in that divi-sion,” head of school Bryan Gar-man said in a written statement provided to The Current. “More-over, we have learned that the building will require fewer modi-fications to accommodate Upper School students, allowing us to reduce renovation costs.”

Garman said more details will emerge during a master planning process for Sidwell’s properties in the area, which include the origi-nal campus, the Washington Home and 3939 Wisconsin Ave., a Fan-nie Mae office building the school acquired last fall.

The changes will require fresh zoning approval, including a revised traffic management plan — the biggest concern among many neighbors during the previ-ous zoning process.

David Dickinson of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F (Forest Hills, North Cleveland Park, Van Ness) said at ANC 3F’s July 18 meeting that the revisions could keep more traffic on Wis-consin Avenue rather than in the surrounding neighborhood. The Washington Home building fronts quiet 37th and Upton streets, across from residential homes.

“If the high school were to end up where the Washington Home is, it would likely decrease traffic compared to if the lower school were located there,” Dickinson said.

The 2016 zoning approval also included $100,000 in commit-ments toward addressing local traffic safety issues — a stipula-tion that could be renegotiated

under a revised application. Asso-ciate head of school Ellis Turner told The Current that such issues would be worked out with the community.

“Revisions will need to be sub-mitted to the Advisory Neighbor-hood Commission; BZA hearings will follow,” Turner wrote in an email. “We worked collaborative-ly with the neighborhood to craft a satisfactory traffic management plan and will continue to do so.”

A new timeline for the school’s consolidation process hasn’t yet been finalized. The only date shared so far, in Garman’s state-ment, is that renovations to the Washington Home building will begin as early as 2019 “if we suc-cessfully reach our fundraising goals.” At that point, the upper school could relocate only after the renovations are complete — and then the former upper school cam-pus would need its own renova-tions before the lower school could move in.

Turner said Sidwell is still reviewing interim uses for the Washington Home building. The nonprofit shuttered its inpatient nursing home in favor of caring for the elderly in their own homes, cit-ing cost concerns, but is still leas-ing back part of its old facility from Sidwell to operate a hospice.

Meanwhile, an ongoing cam-pus master planning process is also still reviewing the best use for 3939 Wisconsin, which Fannie Mae has leased through 2018, Turner said. The school has previ-ously said that it’s considering using the office building as aca-demic or administrative space, or leasing it as a revenue-generator.

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Pepco received permission Monday to raise its electricity rates, though the D.C. Public Ser-vice Commission authorized only half of the requested increase.

The utility company had requested a $77.5 million increase, but the commission — which oversees Pepco’s power distribution to ensure fair rates and quality service — concluded that the company would be suffi-ciently profitable with a $36.9 million increase.

The increase would add $2.09 to the typical residential custom-

er’s monthly bill, though the com-mission will use funds previously provided by Pepco through its merger with Exelon to delay resi-dential rate increases for up to two years. Low-income ratepayers are unaffected, and the commission is also exploring possible relief for seniors and people with disabili-ties, according to a release.

City wins $50,000 to protect LGBTQ history

The federal government recently awarded a $50,000 grant to the D.C. Historic Preservation Office to help preserve the history of the local LGBTQ community.

The agency will use the funds to develop an existing LGBTQ context study, identify potential landmark designations and create a public database of historic sites, according to a news release.

Only two of 750 landmarks and districts listed on the D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites are listed specifically due to their sig-nificance in LGBTQ history.

“Throughout history, members of the LGBTQ community have been influential in creating the space in which our city thrives and yet their presence is absent from our day-to-day surround-ings,” D.C. Office of Planning director Eric Shaw said in a news release. “Our goal is to increase public awareness of Washington’s LGBTQ communities and expand the local and national inventory of sites associated with this underrepresented sector.”

The project is an extension of a 2015 historical context study by the preservation office, which collected research by the Rain-

bow History Project, academic sources and the community to identify LGBTQ-related eras in the District’s past.

The U.S. Department of Interi-or this year distributed $500,000 among 13 entities nationwide in an attempt to increase the number of listings associated with under-represented groups in the Nation-al Register of Historic Places.

New mural unveiled at Ben’s Chili Bowl

The storied Ben’s Chili Bowl at 1213 U St. NW celebrated a new mural June 21 that features more than a dozen African-Amer-ican trailblazers including Harriet Tubman, Barack Obama, Jim Vance and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.

The mural is the second col-laboration between the city’s MuralsDC project, Ben’s Chili Bowl and local artist Aniekan Udofia. The mural’s subjects were selected via online voting.

Mayor Muriel Bowser was among the attendees at the dedica-tion of the new mural. “Next year, Ben’s Chili Bowl will celebrate their 60th anniversary, and I could think of no better way to honor the Ali family for their steadfast commitment to Washington, D.C., than through the creation of another tremendous mural,” Bowser said in a news release.

MuralsDC was launched in 2007, and has since sponsored the painting of 65 murals around the city. The program is working to expand its reach with a mural in each ward; currently, it is seeking walls on commercial buildings that are already covered with graf-

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Army Corps cleanup includes site at AU

The U.S. Army Corps of Engi-neers is continuing its investiga-tion of munitions-related contam-ination in the Spring Valley area, including the site of American University’s recently demolished Public Safety Building.

The small 1960s building was located on the south end of cam-pus near Rockwood Parkway NW, where the Army conducted chemical weapons testing during the World War I era. The Army Corps has been cleaning up areas of the campus and dozens of nearby homes for 25 years.

Brenda Barber, an Army Corps project manager, provided a com-munity update on the cleanup progress at the July 11 meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board. The Army will look for buried munitions and contaminated soil at the Public Safety Building site and will remove any hazards it finds. The site will then be turned back over to the university, prob-ably in early 2018.

Meanwhile, 93 Spring Valley residential properties still need to be investigated for possible haz-ards, Barber said, and owners of 18 of the properties have already made arrangements with the Army. The investigations require the removal of gardens and other small plants, but major excava-tion takes place only when the Army’s machinery detects a bur-ied hazard. The Army restores properties to their original condi-tion after confirming that no questionable material remains.

The Army is also working on one particularly contaminated property — 4825 Glenbrook Road NW, where a home was removed to accommodate an investigation and soil removal. Workers are hand-digging near the property line with 4835 Glenbrook and removing sections of a wall there that came into contact with con-taminated soil. Potentially danger-ous debris and the proximity of utility lines along the property line have slowed the 4825 cleanup by six to eight months.

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one of the formerly healthy trees is visibly dead, while the other is fast declining, and he said he has advised Cafritz to remove both trees “sooner rather than later.” As a condition for the drive-way’s approval, Cafritz commit-ted to an extensive maintenance plan for the trees. But according to Chuko, the company did not adhere to that commitment. “There wasn’t a lot of follow-up care,” Chuko said. Cafritz did not respond to repeated requests for comment. An arborist for Cafritz had been expected to speak at Monday’s meeting but did not attend. ANC 3/4G had supported the public space application for the circular driveway in February 2014 contingent upon the compre-hensive maintenance plan for the two trees. Commission chair Randy Speck, who negotiated numerous conditions regarding the contro-versial Cafritz development, said he was unaware of concerns from

the agency, then known as the Urban Forestry Administration. When the application came before the commission, it included a sig-nature from the arborist — but omitted the forestry division’s grave concerns. Chuko said the situation at 5333 Connecticut isn’t unique. “Any time a project requires roots of trees to be cut, the best course of action would be to pursue a rede-sign that would either eliminate or significantly mitigate the amount of root loss that would occur,” he said at Monday’s meeting. Chuko added, though, that in most cases developers with enough will can in fact keep these trees alive. The Urban Forestry Division will replace the dead trees with new ones, but Chuko warned neighbors that the canopy there will never be the same. “You can replant but you’re not going to get a tree that size again because the growing conditions that it experienced when it was young, 75 years ago, aren’t the same anymore,” he said. “Once they’re gone, they’re gone.”

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ised new supermarket, widely rumored as a Harris Teeter and highly desired by residents whose longtime Safeway shut down last year on Davenport Street NW.

“You guys have said time and again that the value proposition for this project was the grocery store,” ANC 3E chair Jon Bender told the project team. “My support is wavering. A lot of this comes down to what you’re going to pro-vide.”

At the ANC 3E meeting, Valor provided a list of grocers it has met with regarding the downsized space: Mom’s Organic Market, Trader Joe’s, Balducci’s, Earth Fare, Chevy Chase Supermarket and Whole Foods 360. The firm’s Will Lansing said that three of the stores had already expressed “seri-ous interest” in creating a location in the Ladybird and that none had rejected the space, but he declined to specify which ones they were.

Three other Northwest mixed-use developments in the pipeline do include a large supermarket component: the Fannie Mae head-quarters at 3900 Wisconsin Ave. NW, which has signed Wegmans as an anchor tenant; the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus in Ward 4; and the Geor-gia Eastern development, also in Ward 4. But Lansing said Valor’s experience with the Ladybird reflects the norm for urban gro-cery expansion.

“A lot of the larger box stores, they’re not doing deals anymore,” Lansing said. “In our research and working with [our broker], the grocery business has changed and it’s changed significantly in the two years that we’ve been in this

— we’re shocked at the changes.” The departure of the supermar-

ket does reduce the projected traf-fic impact on the community, traf-fic consultant Erwin Andres said at the meeting. “The grocery/retail use is probably one of the more significant uses per square foot in terms of traffic generation,” he said.

Andres now projects that the project will result in 91 vehicle trips in the morning peak hour and 200 in the evening peak hour — down by 100 and 220, respective-ly, from when the proposal includ-ed a full-size supermarket. How-ever, some residents challenged the idea that any small-format gro-cer would draw from only a small area, as Andres projected. “Trader Joe’s is a destination retailer,” one meeting attendee argued.

The original project design included 60,000 square feet of retail space, most of which would have been set aside for the super-market. Its entrance would have been on Yuma Street, and it would have extended underground as Yuma slopes upward toward 48th Street.

The revised plans include a total of about 16,000 to 17,000 square feet of retail, tentatively configured with a grocery store of about 15,500 square feet and a second retail tenant of about 2,100 square feet, Valor’s Felipe Serpa told The Current.

In response to requests from prospective grocers, the project team also redesigned the parking garage, according to Serpa. The underground space along Yuma Street will now be parking for the smaller grocery store, Serpa said, because customers would prefer to park on the same level as the store.

In addition to the spaces at the grocery level, Valor plans three levels of underground parking with a total of 370 spaces, Serpa said. The earlier plans called for a fourth underground level and a total of 460 spaces.

At the ANC 3E meeting, Valor also unveiled revised designs that modified the buildings’ facades and pulled back some of the upper stories farther from the street. The changes, aimed at minimizing the project’s visual bulk, reduce the development from 230 units to 219. The project remains tallest in the section adjacent to the Massa-chusetts Avenue commercial cor-ridor, 23 feet downhill from the section facing residential 48th Street and Windom Place NW.

Opponents at the meeting were unimpressed with the changes. “The envelope of this building is basically the same envelope as before, and our main concern all along has been the massing and scale of the building,” said Shelly Repp, a nearby resident who helped form the opposition group Citizens for Responsible Develop-

ment. “The amenity that you were

talking about and offering to the community was the grocery store,” Repp added, “and the grocery store has been cut back by 70 per-cent. So here we have the worst part without most of the best part.”

The members of ANC 3E, who often encourage smart-growth pol-

icies, were more supportive than most of the meeting’s attendees.

“Ultimately, I think it’s not a bad project,” said commissioner Jonathan McHugh. “I don’t think the effects are going to be any-thing near what [opponents] think it’s going to be.”

Fellow commissioner Tom Quinn said he wished the building contained still more units, but praised the revised facades. “I think the design’s improved with every iteration,” he said.

The project is coming before ANC 3E because Valor needs zon-ing approval to include a retail component and to build to the cur-rently proposed density. The com-pany contends that it could build a similar project with slightly small-er apartment units and no retail without needing any zoning relief, but neighborhood opponents dis-pute Valor’s interpretation of the regulations. A Zoning Commis-sion hearing on the project is expected in November.

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the West End. But since 2008, the historic building at 1050 21st St. NW has sat vacant — prime real estate sought repeatedly by developers and educators alike. Today, we’re excited about a community effort to create a third School Without Walls campus there. We hope it proves viable.

After neighbors successfully fought off private development plans, a painstaking process resulted in the selection of a developer-educator team to take over the property: Akridge would construct an office build-ing on the school’s L Street NW playground and renovate the historic Stevens building for Ivymount, a Rockville-based special-needs pro-gram that was already serving many D.C. students.

Amid numerous delays, Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson stepped down before the program could open — and her replacement, Antwan Wilson, prefers to handle special education internally and therefore dropped the Ivymount program from Stevens.

We feel great sympathy for Ivymount, which invested significant time and energy in the Stevens site. At the same time, we see tremen-dous potential for an alternative use for Stevens that more closely reflects its public-education heritage.

This change is particularly valuable given the exploding demand for D.C. public schools in the Foggy Bottom/West End area. In 2008, Ste-vens Elementary closed because of flagging enrollment and was merged with nearby Francis Junior High to form the Francis-Stevens Education Campus. Then, just four years later, the District proposed closing Fran-cis-Stevens as well.

Broad community pressure and a clever branding initiative reversed the school’s fortunes — and now it’s bursting at its seams. The District brought Francis-Stevens under the leadership of the School Without Walls magnet high school, and Walls’ stellar reputation — plus a lot of hard work — boosted demand for the renamed School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens. Now, both the pre-K-through-eighth-grade open enroll-ment program and the Walls magnet high school have long waiting lists.

Many community leaders are calling for Stevens to become a third Walls campus, either for Francis-Stevens’ middle school students or its youngest ones. We agree that such a concept shows great promise for providing extra capacity for the Walls program, given the rare opportu-nity of an unused school building in a high-demand area.

We would raise one note of caution: D.C. Public Schools must ensure that a third campus wouldn’t spread Walls’ administrators too thin, and the school system must work with the school communities at both of the current campuses in ensuring the plan’s viability. Fortunately, the high school was able to absorb the unrelated Francis-Stevens program despite initial tensions, so we’re optimistic that Walls can handle the addition of a third building that would not fundamentally alter the school’s makeup.

Promoting business As more and more residents favor online purchases and trendy new

retail areas snap up many of the remaining customers, various North-west commercial districts need an extra boost to stay competitive. Those range from established destinations like Georgetown to emerging loca-tions such as upper 14th Street and lower Georgia Avenue.

All three of those areas received D.C. Council funding for new Main Streets groups, nonprofits that work with the District’s Department of Small and Local Business Development to boost the appeal of a particu-lar commercial area. A Main Streets group’s efforts can include organiz-ing and sponsoring community events; beautifying streets and store-fronts; working directly with business owners on their issues; and con-ducting neighborhood branding or other marketing campaigns.

The program has proved itself in areas as varied as Shaw, Dupont Circle, Tenleytown and Van Ness. Georgetown’s proposed Main Streets group will need to avoid duplicating the neighborhood’s self-taxing business improvement district, which works with a broader variety of commercial interests but which has a far greater budget.

We learned last week that the Georgetown Business Association will apply to run the Main Streets program in the neighborhood under the auspices of a new nonprofit, starting with a $175,000 city grant. In each of the three locations, one or more groups may apply, demonstrating their ability to become self-sustaining and effective. Applications are due on Aug. 4, and by Sept. 8, the agency will announce which group — if any — will receive the grant money in each area. We hope that this pro-cess will result in valuable benefits for Northwest small businesses.

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Young children need high-quality services

The first five years of a child’s life are more formative than at any other stage, creating either a sturdy or a fragile foun-dation. Seventy-five percent of brain growth and 85 percent of intellectual, personality and social skills develop before age 5. To make the most of these early years, children need con-sistent and nurturing care, safe and stimulating environments, nutritious food and attention to their physical needs, and oppor-tunities to engage in positive interactions with adults and other children.

Study after study shows that children who attend high-quality early learning programs demon-strate higher levels of school achievement and better social and emotional skills. They are less likely to repeat a grade or require special education servic-es and are more likely to gradu-ate from high school. These are the outcomes we can expect when we ensure that every pro-gram serving young children is a high-quality-program.

Having high-quality/highly compensated teachers is the first building block toward high-quality programs. We must ensure that lead teachers hold a bachelor’s degree in early child-hood education or a related field, with formalized training in child development and prov-en strategies for effective teach-ing and learning.

The second most important factor in program quality is teacher/child interactions. Teachers who make a signifi-cant difference in children’s lives are caring individuals who are genuine in their interactions with children, and intentional about planning and executing rich and meaningful experiences that promote children’s social-emotional and intellectual development.

The third most important building block is a robust and engaging curriculum, which is what is taught and how it is taught. Children benefit greatly from a hands-on, comprehen-sive curriculum that is stan-dards-based, play-based and assessment-based, and that incorporates all of the domains of learning.

The DC Early Learning Col-laborative is a multi-sector, advocacy alliance of over 100 early childhood educators and organizations that practice the craft of early care and education in traditional and public charter schools, in center-based and home-based early childhood set-tings, and in Head Start pro-grams. We seek to build public knowledge, public will and pub-

lic action toward ensuring that every child in the District of Columbia, from infancy through school entry, has access to high-quality affordable early child-hood programs. Full access will provide a key building block for the District’s pre-K-through-12th-grade school reform efforts, workforce development initiatives and long-term eco-nomic vitality.

Regarding those who are protesting the new credentialing requirements [“Child care oper-ators ponder response to new regulations, July 12], we have reached out to them to let them know we want to work with them. We all want what’s best for children, and together we can figure out what works for both providers and teachers.

Carrie ThornhillPresident,

DC Early Learning Collaborative

Ward 3 may need center for seniors

In response to Jay Thal’s June 26 letter “Chevy Chase center should serve seniors,” I often wonder why there is no senior citizen center in Ward 3. I have older family members living throughout the District, and all of them have a senior center nearby where they have many activities and resources for senior citizens. These cen-ters offer a variety of useful and wonderful activities for those of us in our later years.

But I live here in Ward 3 with the greatest number of seniors in D.C., and there is no senior center. In six of the seven other wards in Washington, the D.C. Office on Aging runs well-ness centers that provide seniors with an opportunity to engage with their peers and to get need-ed information, resources and assistance on things that are unique to this aging population.

It might be nice to have a center in Ward 3. I would not want to waste government funds if there is not enough interest, so what if a survey were done to see if this is something wanted by the majority of residents here in Ward 3? I vote “yes”!

Denise CherryWashington, D.C.

Washington Home grows hospice care

As more and more seriously ill people want to spend their final days at home with the peo-ple and the pets they love, the team here at The Washington Home & Community Hospices is working earnestly to do all we can to make those wishes

come true.This spring, we honored a

very special segment of our hospice team — our ever-sup-portive volunteers, including Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., who shared insight into his experi-ence as a hospice volunteer. National Volunteer Week may come only once a year, but our appreciation for our volunteers spans eternity.

In December 2016, our orga-nization closed the nursing home portion of our services to focus on expanding our hospice care. We’re exceedingly grateful for the work of our entire team who made sure that all residents of The Washington Home were successfully relocated to be with their families, or to area nursing homes nearby. We’ve sold our Upton Street NW property to the neighboring Sidwell Friends School, which has agreed to let our hospice care operations and our inpatient unit — Williams House — stay in place until our next steps are confirmed.

We’d like to assure our neighbors that we will remain good stewards of the land and will continue to uphold the great standards and traditions of the community.

Over the past 128 years, our organization has evolved from a six-room house without electric-ity or running water to a power-house that has provided hospice care for thousands of men and women.

With renewed vigor, we have been working hard to ensure our efforts and resources are direct-ed to our hospice patients and the support of their families, as well as retaining, training and hiring the best clinical team. We have right-sized our administra-tion and are looking at each and every expenditure to confirm that it strengthens our quality of care.

Our hospice has been steadi-ly growing since the beginning of this year, and we want to thank all of the medical profes-sionals, community members, our patients and their families for the continued trust in our hospice services.

Every person in the final stages of life deserves compas-sion and our best care. And here at The Washington Home & Community Hospices, we stand by our name — where our “community” comes first. Please know that our doors are always open to you! If you’re looking for volunteer opportuni-ties, look no further as we’re always welcoming new volun-teers for Williams House and for our hospice patients at home.

Onward we journey, enhanc-ing our mission and expanding our vision.

Phyllis DillingerChief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, The Washington

Home & Community Hospices

LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR

Tom Sherwood is on vacation. His column will resume when he returns.

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ANC 2E to distribute Hyde-Addison info On July 20, a neighborhood working group convened by Rick Murphy of Advisory Neighbor-hood Commission 2E (George-town, Burleith) met with repre-sentatives of the D.C. Public Schools, the D.C. Department of General Services and MCN Build, the general contractor for

the Hyde-Addison Elementary School construction project. Georgetown residents Hazel Den-ton, Leslie Maysak and Con-stance Chatfield-Taylor all volun-teered their time to participate in the meeting, which I attended as well. The purpose was to open communications with the individ-uals responsible for the project in an effort to minimize construc-tion-related disruptions in the neighborhood. The attendees worked through a detailed agenda and, among other things, agreed to establish

communication channels that will be used to keep members of the public informed as the project progresses. In that connection, I agreed to create an email group and to forward information the working group receives from the D.C. Public Schools, the Depart-ment of General Services and MCN Build to neighbors who ask to be included. If you would like to receive emails about the proj-ect, please contact me at 2E02@anc.dc.gov or 202-836-2239.

Joe GibbonsChair, ANC 2E

LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITORThe Current publishes letters and Viewpoint submissions representing various points of view. Because of space limitations, letters should be no more than 400 words and are subject to editing. Letters and Viewpoint submissions intended for publication may be sent to newsdesk@currentnewspapers.com. The mailing address is Letters to the Editor, The Current, Post Office Box 40400, Washington, D.C. 20016-0400.

After a dispute over a 10 percent spike in American University’s undergraduate enroll-ment that violated its campus plan agree-

ment with the D.C. Zoning Commission, the univer-sity entered into a dialogue last fall with the Spring Valley-Wesley Heights Citizens Association and then-Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3D chair Tom Smith. Left unchecked, AU undergraduate stu-dent enrollment was on track to increase by 27 per-cent through the life of the current campus plan, which extends to May 2022.

This dialogue resulted in a formal agreement that included the establishment of a Neighborhood Col-laborative to improve communications between AU and its neighbors. After months of opposing this agreement, ANC commissioners Jonathan McHugh and Troy Kravitz finally embraced this new collab-orative approach in their July 12 Viewpoint. Both commissioners are new to the campus planning pro-cess, having never engaged with AU prior to being elected to their respective ANCs.

In trying to assert that this collaborative approach is the result of “new leadership” in the community, they unfortunately trivialize the efforts of many, such as the late Robert Herzstein, the founder of Neighbors for a Livable Community, who over many years — with vigilance, persistence and an eye to the future — worked together to protect the unique residential character of neighborhoods sur-rounding AU that the commissioners enjoy today.

Initially, AU denied any undergraduate enrollment increase, but when pressed, university officials attrib-uted the increase to an abnormally high enrollment rate among its acceptance pool. AU argued for five months that it was accepting fewer students despite its increasing enrollment numbers. Because of what the two ANC commissioners would characterize as “overly contentious” persistence by the Spring Val-ley-Wesley Heights Citizens Association, we learned that AU was not in compliance with the campus plan and that its explanation was a fabrication. AU acknowledged to the Zoning Commission that dependence on tuition revenue prompted AU to raise undergraduate enrollment to compensate for declin-ing law school and graduate student enrollment.

AU’s uncharacteristic candor opened the door to the formal agreement and a new era in town-gown relations. The lesson is that open and direct dialogue can build trust and encourage collaboration.

Unfortunately, in early 2017, AU — in an all-too-familiar pattern — walked away from its agreement and the commitments it made to the Spring Valley-

Wesley Heights Citizens Association. Now, AU has retained the name of the Neighborhood Collabora-tive that was part of the formal agreement but with-out the collaboration that it promised. The July 12 Viewpoint authors call this “progress in town-gown relations.” We think not.

The July 12 Viewpoint authors point to AU’s recent willingness to plant more trees on the East Campus as an example of improved town-gown relations. Yet, in 2012, the Zoning Commission mandated an extensive mature tree buffer to screen the East Campus from neighboring homes and said that the buffer must be in place before the East Campus could be occupied. Again, AU fell far short of the commitment it made to its neighbors and the Zoning Commission. It has complied only selective-ly with other campus plan requirements.

Administrators acknowledge AU’s undergraduate enrollment must grow because AU is dependent on tuition as its major revenue source. AU’s postage-stamp-sized campus is nestled in a low-density resi-dential neighborhood. Without a cap on its under-graduate enrollment, like the one in place for Georgetown University, AU’s growth inevitably will strain relations with its neighbors. Process alone will not eliminate those strains.

What is needed is open and direct dialogue between AU and its neighbors. AU also must live up to its commitments, especially campus plan man-dates, without forcing neighbors to assume the role of zoning enforcement.

From generation to generation, residents have worked to safeguard and enhance the low-density residential character of neighborhoods surrounding AU for future generations. Singling out the “failures of the past” as the source for town-gown conflicts, as the two ANC commissioners suggest, is nothing more than convenient rhetoric by those who have little knowledge or appreciation of the past. We expect more from ANC representatives.

Instead, we should tap our collective knowledge, insights and ideas to build on past achievements and to understand and appreciate the genesis of past dis-agreements; work to sustain and build relationships with AU based on candor and openness that can sur-vive inevitable disagreements over time; and respect the value of AU and its neighbors working together directly to solve problems and plan for the future.

Jeffrey Kraskin is president of the Spring Valley-Wesley Heights Citizens Association; William Krebs is the group’s first vice president; Benjamin Tessler is the group’s second vice president; Glenn Westley is the group’s secretary; Tom Smith is the group’s treasurer and senior vice president of Neighbors for a Livable Community; Elizabeth Trang is a board member of the association; Dennis Paul is president of Neighbors for a Livable Community; and Jessica Herzstein is a Spring Valley resident.

American U. must live up to its commitmentsVIEWPOINTJEFFREY KRASKIN, WILLIAM KREBS, BENJAMIN TESSLER, GLENN WESTLEY, TOM SMITH, ELIZABETH TRANG, DENNIS PAUL AND JESSICA HERZSTEIN

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This is a listing of incidents reported from July 17 through 23 in local police service areas, sorted by their report dates.

PSA 101

Robbery■ 500-599 block, 12th St.; 11:48 a.m. July 21.■ 1300-1399 block, K St.; 2:53 a.m. July 23.

Theft■ 1100-1199 block, F St.; 2 a.m. July 17.■ 1100-1199 block, F St.; 6:51 p.m. July 17.■ 700-799 block, 12th St.; 12:41 p.m. July 18.■ 600-699 block, 12th St.; 3:23 p.m. July 18.■ 900-999 block, F St.; 2:14 p.m. July 22.■ 1100-1199 block, New York Ave.; 7:11 p.m. July 22.

PSA 102

Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 1000-1089 block, 5th St.; 5:09 a.m. July 22 (with knife).

Burglary■ 400-448 block, I St.; 3:22 a.m. July 23.

Motor vehicle theft■ 300-399 block, Constitution

Ave.; 8:52 p.m. July 21.

Theft■ 400-499 block, 5th St.; 12:30 p.m. July 18.■ 400-457 block, Massachusetts Ave.; 10:53 p.m. July 18.■ 600-699 block, K St.; 12:25 a.m. July 20.■ 1000-1089 block, 5th St.; 8:56 p.m. July 20.■ 800-899 block, 7th St.; 10:49 p.m. July 20.■ 700-799 block, 7th St.; 9:04 p.m. July 23.■ 800-899 block, 9th St.; 10:01 p.m. July 23.

PSA 201

Burglary■ 3742-3799 block, Jocelyn St.; 12:41 a.m. July 20.

Theft from auto■ 5600-5699 block, 33rd St.; 10:20 a.m. July 17.■ 3200-3215 block, Stephenson Place; 8:24 p.m. July 20.■ 3700-3724 block, Military Road; 10:10 a.m. July 23.■ 5420-5499 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:20 p.m. July 23.

PSA 202

Theft■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 9:13 p.m. July 17.

■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 10:47 p.m. July 17.■ 4500-4599 block, Fort Drive; 8:38 a.m. July 19.■ 4530-4599 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 7:35 a.m. July 20.■ 4100-4199 block, 45th St.; 11:54 a.m. July 22.■ 4500-4537 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 6:52 p.m. July 23.

Theft from auto■ 4100-4199 block, Harrison St.; 5:10 p.m. July 18.■ 4102-4199 block, Jenifer St.; 10:33 p.m. July 21.

PSA 203

Theft■ 3600-3699 block, Newark St.; 9:37 p.m. July 17.■ 3319-3499 block, Connecticut Ave.; 6:35 p.m. July 20.■ 4800-4899 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:27 p.m. July 20.■ 4530-4599 block, Connecticut Ave.; 12:54 p.m. July 21.■ 3700-3999 block, 37th St.; 2:04 p.m. July 22.

PSA 204

Theft■ 2600-2649 block, Connecticut Ave.; 2:15 p.m. July 17.

■ 2400-2798 block, Calvert St.; 6:36 p.m. July 19.■ 2650-2699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 7:32 p.m. July 21.■ 3300-3399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 11:46 a.m. July 23.■ 3300-3399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 4 p.m. July 23.

Theft from auto■ 3600-3691 block, Calvert St.; 9:48 p.m. July 17.■ 2300-2315 block, Calvert St.; 2:54 p.m. July 19.■ 2241-2318 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 12:37 a.m. July 23.

PSA 205

Theft from auto■ 2120-2179 block, Dunmore Lane; 2:29 p.m. July 19.

PSA 206

Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 1401-1498 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 4:19 p.m. July 20.

Burglary■ 3000-3049 block, M St.; 12:29 p.m. July 18.■ 3000-3049 block, M St.; 11:56 a.m. July 20.

Theft■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 2:51 p.m. July 18.■ 3200-3275 block, M St.; 3:12

p.m. July 18.■ 3000-3029 block, K St.; 6:16 p.m. July 19.■ 1900-1979 block, 37th St.; 12:25 p.m. July 20.■ 3600-3699 block, T St.; 9:22 p.m. July 20.■ 1200-1237 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 5:05 p.m. July 21.■ 3100-3199 block, M St.; 8:47 p.m. July 21.■ 3100-3199 block, K St.; 12:55 p.m. July 23.

Theft from auto■ 2700-2799 block, Olive St.; 11:25 p.m. July 18.■ 3300-3399 block, M St.; 12:35 p.m. July 20.■ 3200-3231 block, Reservoir Road; 12:50 p.m. July 20.■ 1224-1299 block, 28th St.; 7:51 p.m. July 23.

PSA 208

Theft■ 1200-1217 block, 18th St.; 10:19 p.m. July 17.■ 1300-1399 block, 14th St.; 12:35 p.m. July 18.■ 1300-1399 block, 14th St.; 3:30 p.m. July 18.■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 5:25 p.m. July 18.■ 1300-1348 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 5:05 p.m. July 19.■ 1700-1799 block, Connecticut Ave.; 3:41 p.m. July 20.

■ 1800-1899 block, M St.; 10:16 p.m. July 20.■ 1200-1225 block, New Hamp-shire Ave.; 8:47 p.m. July 22.■ 1400-1499 block, Rhode Island Ave.; 4:22 a.m. July 23.■ 1300-1699 block, Connecticut Ave.; 11:48 a.m. July 23.

Theft from auto■ 1800-1899 block, Riggs Place; 11:44 a.m. July 19.■ 2100-2199 block, Newport Place; 4:30 p.m. July 19.■ 1700-1799 block, N St.; 2:55 a.m. July 20.■ 1400-1499 block, Hopkins St.; 1:53 p.m. July 22.■ 1700-1799 block, 20th St.; 1:27 p.m. July 23.

PSA 401

Motor vehicle theft■ 7310-7399 block, Alaska Ave.; 7:16 a.m. July 23.

Theft■ 200-399 block, Carroll St.; 1:20 p.m. July 23.

Theft from auto■ 7400-7599 block, Georgia Ave.; 11:27 p.m. July 17.■ 1200-1299 block, Fern St.; 10:18 a.m. July 23.■ 7400-7499 block, 12th St.; 6:59 p.m. July 23.■ 1303-1399 block, Holly St.; 11:29 p.m. July 23.

PSA 204■ MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE HEIGHTS / CLEVELAND PARKWOODLEY PARK / GLOVER PARK CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS

PSA 205■ PALISADES / SPRING VALLEYWESLEY HEIGHTS / FOXHALL

PSA 206■ GEORGETOWN / BURLEITH

PSA 208■ SHERIDAN-KALORAMADUPONT CIRCLE

PSA 101■ DOWNTOWN

PSA 102■ GALLERY PLACEPENN QUARTER

PSA 201■ CHEVY CHASE

PSA 202■ FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS TENLEYTOWN / AU PARK

PSA 203■ FOREST HILLS / VAN NESSCLEVELAND PARK

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Coming off championship victories, many high school teams have to rebuild after losing stellar seniors to graduation. But even after St. John’s graduated Jack Roberts — the D.C. Gatorade baseball player of the year who helped the Cadets to their fourth straight Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title last spring — the team didn’t need much recovery time. The Cadets, still fully loaded, enjoyed a domi-nant 7-3 victory over Moose Baseball (a club team that features mostly Wilson play-ers) last week in the D.C. Metro Baseball League title game. “You never take championships for granted,” said Cadets coach Larry Prange. “This is a good stepping stone for their fall workouts and a good stepping stone for the spring and getting back to the WCAC championship game. They have a long way to go to get back to where they want to go.” In Thursday night’s championship game, which featured both teams’ 17-year-olds and younger players, Moose’s Robert Cor-dero provided the first run of the game with an RBI for a 1-0 advantage. The Cadets quickly answered in the bot-tom of the first, ripping a double to score a runner and tie the game. Later in the inning, the Cadets loaded the bases and earned a run when they didn’t swing on a ball to draw a walk-in run and a 2-1 lead. In the second and third innings, the Cadets’ starting pitcher — rising senior Cooper Adams — found his stride and mowed through the batters with ease. Adams allowed just six at-bats in those two innings. “Cooper Adams is a really good pitcher

when he keeps the ball down,” Prange said. “When he plays within himself and is hit-ting his spots, he’s dominant.” Adams finished the game with six strike-outs while allowing just four hits. “I just came out here and did what I was taught,” Adams said. “I went out and pitched and knew the guys behind me had my back. My curveball was working, and my fastball was there. They were chasing it.” The Cadets offense fed off that momen-tum and tacked on two more runs off a pair of RBIs for a 4-1 lead after three innings. St. John’s kept the pressure on with two more scores in the bottom of the fourth inning, ballooning its advantage to 6-1. Ris-ing senior slugger Dylan Hunter led the way with three RBIs.

“I had a lot of guys on base in front of me. I was just trying to drive it out there,” he said. “I had a lot of opportunities out here and was able to capitalize on a few.” Despite the monster deficit, Moose didn’t go away easily. Nathan Wagner brought in a runner with a fly ball to center field, and then Theo Shapinsky shrugged off a hand injury to rip a ball to center field to bring a runner home and make it a 6-3 game midway through the fifth. “In the first inning, there was a play where Theo tried to get an extra base and he banged up his hand sliding home,” said Moose coach Trey Polston, a Wilson assis-tant. “Later he was just trying to bunt and get on base while he worked through it. Then he just swung and got the barrel on it. It was a good piece of hitting.” Moose was constantly shuffling players around while dealing with injuries. “We had a few guys missing today,” Polston said. “Our catcher got banged up, and [we] had to move our first baseman. Our guys played hard even out of posi-tion.” The rally would be short-lived. St. John’s got a run back in the bottom of the fifth inning and never allowed another Moose to reach home. For the Cadets’ rising seniors, it was a chance to try their new roles. “We have had a lot of good leaders in the past and are following in their footsteps,” said Hunter. “We saw what they did last year, and it’s pretty easy to follow the

example they set.” Prange said his players are benefiting greatly from their summer experience. “As at team, these guys are going to have to learn how to win championships,” the coach said. “That’s where they improved the most — learning the hard work it takes to win championships.” The coaches were particularly impressed with Ian Remalia, who Prange believes could be the starting shortstop and possibly help lead the team. Meanwhile, for Moose, it was the club’s first time fielding a team at the 17U age group in the D.C. Metro League, yet it still managed to make a run all the way to the championship game. “We had to play into the league,” said Polston. “We had one team in it last year. And now they allowed us three. It was a great season. The guys played really hard. You have to tip your hat to St. John’s — they’re a great program. It’s a great league.” The coach said that Moose’s most improved player was Charlie Ganote, who also plays for Wilson. “He got called up from JV at the end of the Wilson season last year and has played with us this summer,” Polston said. “He is playing really well in the infield, outfield and on the mound.” After strong summer showings by both the WCAC and D.C. Interscholastic Athlet-ic Association champions, both Wilson and St. John’s appear to be reloaded for another championship run next spring.

Cadets capture baseball crown

Brian Kapur/The CurrentThe D.C. Baseball Cadets and Moose club teams — which are made of mostly St. John’s and Wilson players respectively — battled for the D.C. Metro summer championship on Thursday. The Cadets edged out Moose 7-3 to win the league for the fifth straight year.

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Capitol City advances The Capitol City Little League Juniors team — made up of 13- and 14-year-old boys — is com-peting in the Maryland State Tournament finals this week after winning a pair of games over the weekend.

The championship game is on Thursday against tournament host Rising Sun. If Capitol City wins, it will advance to the East-ern Regional finals in New Jersey on Aug. 4, where it will compete with the state champions from 12 Mid-Atlantic and New England states; a victory there would vault the team to the World Champion-ship Tournament in Michigan.

“We are honored to have the opportunity to represent D.C. in the Juniors World Series Tourna-ment,” Desmond Hogan, the manager of the squad, wrote in an email. “The competition we are facing is excellent. But our group is tough. Our players have been together for many years, they have been working extremely hard, and there is no other group

of players who I would rather coach. We are thankful to have the support of the Cap City Little League, the broader community and the entire city.”

Sidwell grad helps Lakers secure summer crown The Los Angeles Lakers cap-tured the NBA summer league title on July 17 in a 110-98 win

over the Portland Trailblazers. The Lakers saw contributions from Sidwell star Josh Hart dur-ing their run to the championship. The former Quaker, who was selected by Los Angeles out of Villanova in the first round of the NBA draft in June, saw action in two of the team’s games. Hart scored 20 points and got eight rebounds in his appearances.

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ANC 2BDupont Circle At the commission’s July 12 meeting:■ commissioners voted 7-0, with Amy Johnson abstaining, to request that the city arrange for School Without Walls to add a new campus in the old Stevens School building at 1050 21st St. NW, fol-lowing recent news that Ivymount, a special-needs education program, has been dropped from the rede-velopment of that site. Florence Harmon of ANC 2A (Foggy Bot-tom, West End) asked commis-sioners to support the new School Without Walls campus, pointing out that the two commissions pre-viously collaborated to help save the Francis-Stevens Education Campus — now School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens — from planned closure five years ago.■ commissioners voted 7-0 to pro-test an Alcoholic Beverage Con-trol Board application for Effigy, a new nightclub with nude dancing planned for 1720 I St. NW. Com-missioners said they want to be closely involved in security plans for the establishment.■ commissioner Scott Davies reported that ANC 2B’s vote to protest a liquor license application for Dacha Beer Garden at 1740 14th St. NW was not submitted to the Alcoholic Beverage Regula-tion Administration on time due to a clerical error. ANC 2B instead submitted a letter supporting the formal protest from neighboring ANC 2F (Logan Circle), in whose district the establishment falls. ■ commissioners voted 6-0, with Stephanie Maltz and Scott Davies out of the room, to support a Board of Zoning Adjustment application for a two-year exten-sion on construction plans to reno-vate an eight-story office building at 1600 I St. NW. The developer had previously secured support from ANC 2B and approval from the board to proceed with its

planned work, but construction was delayed long enough that the original approvals are set to expire. ■ commissioners voted 7-0 to request that the Washington Met-ropolitan Area Transit Authority consider adding evening, night-time and reverse rush-hour service on the H1 Metrobus line from Foggy Bottom to Columbia Heights. Patrick Kennedy, chair of ANC 2A (Foggy Bottom, West End), argued that existing rider-ship on the rush-hour line justifies bus service throughout the day. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit dupontcir-cleanc.net. ANC 2CDowntown/Penn Quarter The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14, in Room G-9, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. For details, visit anc2c.us or contact 2C@anc.dc.gov. ANC 2DSheridan-Kalorama The commission does not have a regular meeting sched-uled in August. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, at Our Lady Queen of the Americas Church, Califor-nia Street and Phelps Place NW. For details, visit anc2d.org or contact 2D01@anc.dc.gov. ANC 3BGlover Park The commission does not have a regular meeting sched-uled in August. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at Stoddert Elementary School and Glover Park Com-munity Center, 4001 Calvert St.

NW. For details, email info@anc3b.org or visit anc3b.org. ANC 3CCleveland ParkWoodley ParkMassachusetts Avenue Heights The commission is tentatively scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21, at the 2nd Dis-trict Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3c.org. ANC 3DSpring ValleyWesley Heights The commission does not have a regular meeting sched-uled in August. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, in Room K-106, Kresge Building, Wesley Theological Seminary, 4500 Massachusetts Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3d.org. ANC 3ETenleytownAmerican University Park The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14. The location has not been announced. For details, visit anc3e.org.

ANC 3FForest Hills At the commission’s July 18 meeting:■ commissioner David Dickinson reported that Sidwell Friends School will brief commissioners in November on plans for the for-mer Washington Home property. Administrators are now consider-ing relocating its high school there and moving the lower school to the current high school location; earlier plans had called for keep-ing the high school in place and

using the Washington Home for younger students, who would relo-cate from a Maryland campus. ■ the National Park Service’s Michael McMahon reported that the Beach Drive project’s first seg-ment is scheduled for completion the last week of August. At that point, work will begin on the sec-ond phase between Tilden Street and Broad Branch Road, which should be completed in late November or December. Phase 3, between Broad Branch and Joyce roads, will begin this fall and be completed by next summer. Phase 4, between Joyce Road and the Maryland line, will begin next summer and be com-pleted late 2019. Phases 2 and 3 include full-depth pavement reconstruction, new curbs and gut-ters, retrofitted storm drainage systems and steel backed timber guardrails. Extensive work will also be performed on the Blagden Bridge. ■ Department of Parks and Recre-ation landscape designer Peter Nohrden reported that work will start soon to mitigate stormwater runoff from Hearst Park onto Springland Lane NW. He also reported that the agency plans to hold community meetings for feedback on three possible loca-tions for a Hearst Park swimming pool. One would replace a tennis court and would not affect any heritage trees. A second would require rotating the current soccer field and would affect trees by compacting soil. A third, near the trees, would directly impact them. The department hopes to break ground for the pool in 2020, assuming Hearst’s hydrology is satisfactory. It has $2 million available for the project, he said. ■ commissioners voted unani-mously to support public space permits for curb cuts at 3301 Fes-senden St. NW and 4915 30th St. NW. No neighbors voiced objec-tions.■ commissioners unanimously

voted to urge Mayor Muriel Bows-er, the D.C. Council and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton to oppose attempts to prohibit the District from spending money implement-ing its Death with Dignity Act, and to also oppose efforts to repeal it. ■ Robert Deyling, chair of ANC 3F’s Streets and Sidewalks Com-mittee, reported on the completion of a six-week block-by-block sur-vey of the area that found 362 problems, 70 percent of which involved maintenance and repair. Most could be solved through the 311 system and follow-up by com-mittee members. Deyling said the top priority should be sidewalk repairs and next the need for new infrastructure, largely sidewalks. Then should come better signage and roadway repairs, he said. ■ the University of the District of Columbia’s Juanita Gray announced that the school will host a party with the Van Ness community at the student center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 19. The family-oriented event will feature a petting zoo and face painting for children, she said. ■ commissioners voted unani-mously to establish a minimum financial cushion and an emer-gency fund for ANC 3F. Commis-sion treasurer Shirley Adelstein said the current $77,185 bank bal-ance is “more reasonable” than the $165,000-plus that ANC 3F had in the bank three years ago.■ commissioners unanimously voted to authorize vice chair Pat-rick Jakopchek and chair Malachy Nugent to represent the commis-sion on issues before the Public Space Committee on Aug. 24. The commission does not have a regular meeting sched-uled in August. The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, in Room A-03, Building 44, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. For details, call 202-670-7262 or visit anc3f.com.

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ANC 2B■ DUPONT CIRCLE

ANC 3B■ GLOVER PARK / CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS

ANC 3D■ SPRING VALLEY / WESLEY HEIGHTSPALISADES / KENT / FOXHALL

ANC 3C■ CLEVELAND PARK / WOODLEY PARKMASSACHUSETTS AVENUE HEIGHTSCATHEDRAL HEIGHTS

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ANC 3F■ FOREST HILLS / NORTH CLEVELAND PARK

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Westmoreland Hills 5313 Cardinal Ct. Bethesda, MD 20816 $1,730,000

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In a city given to superlatives, “luxury homes” are a dime a dozen. (McMansions, we’re

looking at you.) But, as fashion

designer and style icon Coco Chanel once observed, “luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.” The newly constructed stone and stucco Colonial at 2948 Uni-versity Terrace NW is an artful blend of both luxury and comfort. In addition to high-end finishings and meticulously rendered archi-tectural details, it also boasts open yet intimate rooms with spectacular views. This home, offering 8,077 square feet of liv-ing space thoughtfully arrayed on three floors, is on the market for $4,500,000. It includes six bed-rooms, six-and-a-half bathrooms, four gas fireplaces, an elevator and a two-car garage. Set back from the street, the contemporary home presents an elegant, refined face to the world, with a professionally landscaped front yard, a brick walk, over-sized windows (one arched and two shuttered), a wood-columned entryway and a wood door with leaded rippled glass. Inside, a spacious entry hall gives way on the right to the open

formal living room, which is anchored by two square windows and a fireplace with Carrara mar-ble surround and wood mantel. To the left of the entry is an equally open dining room that seats eight or more. Off the dining room is a scullery or butler’s kitchen, an added prep and service area for large-scale entertaining. It features a long wall of white shaker cabi-nets with black pulls and knobs, Carrara marble counters, a gray crackle porcelain subway tile backsplash, a concealed Asko dishwasher and a deep stainless sink with Kohler faucet. The scullery kitchen connects, on one side, with a mudroom and a staircase leading up to a sec-ond-floor private bedroom/office space with vaulted ceiling and en-suite bath. On the other, it opens into a bright, expansive eat-in kitchen with wood beams, walls of cabinets in the same style as the scullery, and a large center island topped with Carrara marble and wrapped with a walnut break-fast bar. Stainless appliances include a Wolf microwave, three ovens (two convection and one steam), and a six-burner gas cooktop with griddle and hood. There is also a second concealed Asko dishwash-er and a closet-sized Sub-Zero refrigerator/freezer with a built-in wine cooler. Adjoining the kitchen is the

family room, which has coffered ceilings and an elevated stone fireplace. Its limestone mantel and hearth is bookended by built-in shelves and cabinets. Multi-slide French doors open onto a three-season deck, with its own stone fireplace, overlooking the land-scaped and terraced backyard. The family room leads back into the main hall, where there is an elevator (serving all three lev-els); a glittery powder room with a mirrored and marble vanity; and a library with built-in cabinets, shelves and glass pocket doors. A wide switchback staircase with oversized white balusters and substantial post-to-post rail takes you to the second floor, which has four bedrooms, each with its own en-suite bath dressed in shades of gray and white; a family lounge; a laundry room; and numerous deep closets with built-ins for hanging and folded storage. The owner’s suite is a world of

its own. It includes a spacious bedroom with a wood-mantled fireplace and a sitting room with a built-in bookcase. A sliding glass door opens to a private bal-cony with views of the garden and the woods beyond. The stun-ning master bath offers a pan-oramic view of Virginia through the curved bow windows, and it also includes a massive double closet. This exceptional retreat is luxuriously appointed with mar-ble-topped vanities, and also fea-tures a frameless glass shower with decorative tile flooring and backsplash and three shower heads (one rain-head); Rohl fix-tures and a Victoria + Albert free-standing soaking tub. The bright lower level is designed for fun. It includes a guest room with en-suite bath; wine cellar with built-in wood

racking; media room; gym with rubber floor and mirrored walls; and large family/dining room with wet bar, wine fridge and walk-out to the covered patio. Located in a quiet section of Kent between Loughboro Road and MacArthur Boulevard NW, this property’s pastoral setting and quiet neighborhood offer unparalleled privacy and tranquil-ity. At the same time, it is a short and convenient drive to Chain Bridge and Northern Virginia, Bethesda or central D.C. The six-bedroom, six-and-a-half-bath residence at 2948 Uni-versity Terrace NW is listed for $4,500,000 with Keller Williams Realty. For more information, contact Roger Carp at 301-602-3030 or roger.carp@kw.com. For a video tour, visit tour.homevisit.com/view/201254.

New Colonial in Kent offers both luxury and comfort

Photos courtesy of HomeVisitThis stone and stucco Colonial at 2948 University Terrace NW is priced at $4,500,000.

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Your “One of a Kind” Pre-construction opp in Bethesda on incredible lot. 5 BR, 4.5 BA, gourmet eat-in kit, sep DR, wood �rs, MBR walk-in closet, crown molding, built-in book-cases, 9+ ft. vaulted ceilings. $ 1,995,000

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Pretty in Potomac 9+ acres of serenity & natural beauty on a cul-de-sac, 5 BR, 5.5 BA classic home w/ 5 stall stables, stone patio, in-ground swimming pool, hdwd �rs thru-out, �nished LL.  $ 1,585,000

Leslie Suarez - 202.246.6402

Bayfront Victorian Restored bayfront home on tree-lined street in Adams Morgan. 5 BR, 3.5 BA. Orig architectural details, renov kit, rear garden, MBR has walk-in closet, LL 2 BRapt. 2-car pkng & more.  $ 1,999,000

Pat Kennedy - 202.549.5167

Classic Contemporary  Plenty of space inside & out in this 7 BR, 7.5 BA home on 4+ acres, pool, pool house, tennis ct, stables, gourmet kit, FRm, gracious LR & DR, 3 FPs, beautiful grounds. $ 1,349,000

Susan Berger - 202.255.5006 Ellen Sandler - 202.255.5007

Beaux Arts Beauty  Sunlit Corner Unit! 2 BR/1 BA in Mt.Pleasant! Stunning views of Rk Creek Pk, Hdwd �rs, high ceilings, Eat-in kitn w/  dining nook &  French drs  to LR. Petfriendly, rooftop & gardens. $ 525,000

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 Super Curb Appeal  Wonderful move-in ready 5 BR, 3.5 BA home, 3 FPs,  natural light, renov kit &  baths,  brand new roof, lovely �at backyard, walk to shopping, easy access to Trail & major transportation. $ 975,000

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Thursday, July 27

Performances■ The Washington Improv Theater will

present “Summer School,” featuring per-formances by Double Stuff, Mystery Improv Theater, Huggy Smalls and The Female Accent. 7:30 p.m. $12 to $15. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org. Performances will continue through Aug. 6 with various ensembles for each show.

■ The Kinsey Sicks will present “Things You Shouldn’t Say,” a searing journey into Trumpism, rac-ism, AIDS, Bette Midler and more. 7:30 p.m. $11.50. Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org. The performance will repeat Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Sale■ St. Alban’s Opportunity Shop will

host a “Half Price Sale.” 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. 3001 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-966-5288. The event will continue through Saturday, with a $7.50 bag sale offered as well on the final day.

Tours■ “Gardener’s Focus: The Cutting

Garden’s Bounty” will feature a tour led by Drew Asbury, Hillwood’s horticulturist and volunteer manager. 1 p.m. $15 to $18. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gar-dens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. The tour will also be offered Friday

at 1 p.m.■ “Visit Dupont Underground” will

offer a chance to explore the city’s new-est art space — a former trolley station with 75,000 square feet of underground platforms and tunnels. 6, 7 and 8 p.m. $16. Dupont Underground, 1500 19th St. NW. dupontunderground.org. The tour will also be offered Saturday, Sunday and Monday at various times.

Friday, July 28

Children’s programs■ Discovery Theater will present a

“Percussical” by the ensemble SOLE Defined — a twist on percussive dance and the traditional musical, with per-formers turning their bodies into human drums (recommended for ages 5 through 16). 10:30 a.m. and noon. $3 to $8. Discovery Theater, S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-8700.

■ “Uno, Dos, Tres con Andrés!” will celebrate Latin culture in a program for kids and families. 11 a.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3121.

Concerts■ Jazz in the Garden at the National

Gallery of Art will feature 3Divas per-forming instru-mental jazz. 5 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Sculp-ture Garden, National Gallery of Art, 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-289-3360.

■ The group Friends of Forest Hills Playground will present the band Crush Funk Brass performing as part of the third annual “Picnic in the Park” series. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Outdoor amphi-theater, Forest Hills Playground, 32nd and Chesapeake streets NW.

■ Heroes Are Gang Leaders — a con-temporary merger of spoken word and free open jazz, flavored with pulsating funky grooves that pay tribute to literary tradition — will present “This Funk Ain’t William Faulkner’s Fault,” featuring “Arti-ficial Happiness Button,” “Letters From the Locked Away” and “Internet Kill Switch.” 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Middle C Music will host a final concert by participants in its Summer Songwriting Camp. 6 to 7 p.m. Free. Mid-dle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326.

■ The U.S. Army Chorus and Army Voices will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S. Capitol. usarmyband.com.

■ “Sounds of the Under-ground” will feature local blues band Kino Musica. 9:30 p.m. $20 to $22. Dupont Underground, 1500 19th St. NW. dupontunderground.org.

Discussions and lectures■ The Friends of the National World

War II Memorial will host a panel discus-sion on the challenges that World War II veterans faced during and after the war. Panelists will include Col. Charles E. McGee, one of the famed Tuskegee Air-men; Harry Miller, an Army veteran of the Battle of the Bulge; and Col. James Riffe, an Army veteran of the Battle of Okina-wa. 11:15 a.m. Free; reservations sug-gested. Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir Road NW. bjordan@wwiimemorialfriends.org.

■ Art historian Jenni Sorkin will dis-cuss the work of artists Peter Voulkos and June Schwarcz and how these two members of the same San Francisco art community pushed the boundaries of their mediums. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Rubenstein Grand Salon, Renwick Gal-lery, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Ave-nue NW. 202-633-1000.

■ Noor Wazwaz, a producer for NPR’s “Morning Edition” and the “Up First” podcast, will discuss “Media’s Distortion and Misrepresentation of the Palestinian Issue.” 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free; reserva-tions required. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-338-1958.

■ The Friends of the National World War II Memorial will host a panel discus-sion with members of the American World War II Orphans Network on the challenges that the children of fallen World War II service members. 1:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. George-town University Hotel and Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir Road NW. bjordan@wwiimemorialfriends.org.

Festival■ “Kaypi Perú” — highlighting Peru’s

rich and diverse cultural heritage and traditional arts — will feature an art mar-ket, music and dance performances, children’s activities, documentary screenings and Peruvian cuisine. 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. Potomac

Atrium, National Museum of the Ameri-can Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. The festival will continue Saturday and Sunday.

Films■ “Cinéma de la révolution: America

Films Eighteenth-Century France” will feature George Sidney’s 1952 movie “Scaramouche,” the last gasp of the opulent, electrifying swashbuckler genre. 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ “Movie Night” will feature Sebastian Grobler’s 2011 film “Lessons of a Dream (Der ganz grosse Traum),” about the beginnings of football in Germany. 6:30 p.m. Free. Goethe-Institut Washington, Suite 3, 1990 K St. NW. goethe.de/washington.

■ Reel Affirmations XTRA will present Chanelle Aponte Pearson’s series “195 Lewis,” about a group of friends navigat-ing the realities of being black, queer and polyamorous in New York City. 7:30 p.m. $12 to $25. Human Rights Cam-paign, 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW. reelaffirmations.org.

■ The Golden Cinema series will fea-ture “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Sunset. Free. Farragut Square Park, Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com.

Performances■ Dance group Light Switch Dance

Theatre will present the premiere of “Red/Lines,” a multi-disciplinary work using dance, theater and film to examine racial discrimination through structural and perceived boundaries. Artist talk at 6:30 p.m.; performance at 7 p.m. $12 to $20. Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. The performance will repeat July 29 with a community forum on “Inclusive Diversity in Commu-nities” beforehand.

■ As part of the last weekend of Cap-ital Fringe Festival 2017, the Wandering Theatre Company will present “The Lara-mie Project,” about a group of New York

City artists as they journey to Laramie, Wyo., in an attempt to learn more about what led to the brutal murder of Mat-thew Shepard, an openly gay student at the University of Wyoming. 7 p.m. $17 plus Fringe Button. Sprenger Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. capitalfringe.org. The performance will repeat Saturday at 6:45 p.m. and Sunday at noon; the festival will continue through Sunday at various venues.

Sporting events■ The Washington Mystics will play

the Connecticut Sun. 7 p.m. $25 to $130. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

■ The Washington Nationals will play the Colorado Rockies. 7:05 p.m. $12 to $370. Nationals Park, 1500 South Capi-tol St. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will continue Saturday at 7:05 p.m. and Sun-day at 1:35 p.m.

Tours■ A guided garden tour will trace two

centuries of landscape history reflected in 5.5 acres of heritage trees, heirloom plants and flowers, and abundant Eng-lish boxwood. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. $10; free for members. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org.

■ The American University Museum will present a docent-led tour of one of its summer exhibitions. 11:30 a.m. Free. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.

■ The Heurich House Museum will host a “Brewmaster Tour,” featuring a one-hour guided tour through the man-sion and a half-hour craft beer tasting in the conservatory. 4 to 5:30 p.m. $25. Heurich House Museum, New Hamp-shire Avenue and 20th Street NW. heurichhouse.org.

Saturday, July 29

Children’s programs■ Culture Queen will present “Rise +

Rhyme: Super Family Saturdays,” a story-telling and performance series for ages 5 and younger. 9:30 to 11 a.m. $5 per child. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

■ A planetarium movie screening will feature “Zula Patrol Down to Earth,” with the title characters chasing Madam Deli-ra back through geologic times in an attempt to rid the universe of litter (for ages 4 and older). 10 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6000.

■ A park ranger will present an astronomy craft activity in honor of Apol-lo 11’s moon landing 47 years ago. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6000.

■ The National Building Museum will present “Professor Giuseppe, Master Concatenator!,” an aural journey with cross-cultural percussionist and museum creative-in-residence Steve Bloom explor-ing how the original master masons instilled the museum building’s geome-try with distinctive sound dimensions. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.

■ A park ranger will lead a planetari-um program about the season’s bright-

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Friday, JULY 28■ Discussion: Jason Zinoman, the first comedy critic at The New York Times, will discuss his book “Let-terman: The Last Giant of Late Night.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

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est stars, planets and constellations (for ages 5 and older). 1 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070. The program will repeat Sunday at 1 p.m.

■ A park ranger will lead a planetari-um program about the solar system, the Milky Way and other deep space objects (for ages 7 and older). 4 to 4:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

Classes and workshops■ Ami Wilber, floral and event decor

designer at Hillwood, will present “Floral Design Workshop: The Cutting Garden’s Bounty.” 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. $55 to $65. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.

■ Yoga Activist will present a class. 11 a.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.

Concerts■ The Petworth Jazz Project will pres-

ent a children’s show by Baba Ras D, at 6 p.m.; and a jazz concert by Nigerian-American singer-songwriter JaneliaSoul, from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Free. Lawn, Petworth Recreation Center, 8th and Taylor streets NW. facebook.com/PetworthJazzProject.

■ Winners of the fourth Catholic Uni-versity of America Piano Competition will perform. 6 p.m. $10 to $20. Ward Recit-al Hall, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave. NE. washingtonpianofest.com.

■ The Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival will present Jeffrey Cohan on baroque flute, William Simms on theorbo and Marlisa Woods on baroque violin in a celebration of the 250th anniversary of Georg Philipp Telemann. 7:30 p.m. $20 to $25 donation suggested; free for ages 18 and younger. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 301 A St. SE. 202-543-0053.

■ Alexander Korsantia, winner of the first prize and gold medal of the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Mas-ter Competition and the first prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition, will perform as part of the Washington Inter-national Piano Festi-val. 7:30 p.m. $10 to $20. Ward Recital Hall, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave. NE. washingtonpianofest.com.

■ H Street Main Street’s summer concert series will feature the Roxanne Jarrett Collective performing cabaret jazz. 8 to 10 p.m. Free. Starburst Plaza, 1505 Maryland Ave. NE. hstreet.org.

Discussions and lectures■ Sarah Bellamy, artistic director for

Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, Minn., will present “Stereotypes: The Power of Per-ception,” an interactive presentation on the ways in which images, narratives and media influence perception and ultimate-ly shape lives. 12:30 p.m. Free; reserva-tions required. Melton Rehearsal Hall, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 D St. NW. woollymammoth.net.

■ Author David Williams will discuss his novel “When the English Fall.” 1 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecti-cut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Local photographer and writer Dan-ielle Scruggs will discuss her current

Flashpoint exhibition, “Migrations,” which combines portraits, photos and illustrations to explore the personal and macro implications of one’s family histo-ry. 1:30 p.m. Free. Luce Foundation Cen-ter, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday will discuss her book “Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies.” 3:30 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Con-necticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Screenwriter and playwright Mark Stein will discuss his book “Vice Capades: Sex, Drugs, and Bowling From the Pilgrims to the Present.” 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Family programs and festivals■ The Mount Vernon Triangle Com-

munity Improvement District will host a petting zoo with bunnies, chicks, ducks, sheep, goats and more. 10 a.m. to noon. Free. Milian Park, 5th Street and Massa-chusetts Avenue NW NW. mvtcid.org.

■ National Dance Day will feature guest dancers presenting interactive dance lessons and performances in a wide variety of dance styles, as well as the official National Dance Day routine for this year’s event, led by Tony Bellissi-mo of the TV show “So You Think You Can Dance.” Festivities will culminate with “Dancing Under the Stars,” a sum-mer night social with music by the Tom Cunningham Orchestra and a beginner-level swing dance lesson by Gottaswing. 2 to 10:30 p.m. Free. North Plaza and Grand Foyer, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Embassy of Switzerland and the Swiss Club of Washington D.C. will present the 2017 Swiss National Day Celebration, featuring Swiss food and music, alphorns, fifes, a lampion parade, children’s activities, games and more. 4 to 7 p.m. $15 to $35. Embassy of Swit-zerland, 2900 Cathedral Ave. NW. swissclubdc.org.

Films■ “Black Maria: Selections From the

Festival” will feature “The Last Projec-tionist,” “Radiance” and four other shorts, at 1 p.m.; and “Rabbit Blood,” “The Itching,” “Nine Months in the Bronx” and five other shorts, at 3:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The Mount Pleasant Library will present the 2017 thriller “XXX: The Return of Xan-der Cage,” starring Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa, Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson and Neymar. 2 p.m. Free. Large Meeting Room, Mount Pleas-ant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3122.

Performance■ Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh

Dance Com-pany will pres-ent an eve-ning of Anna Sokolow’s choreography, including “Frida” and “Homenaje a David Alfaro Siqueiros.” 8 p.m. $15 to $25. Dance

Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600. The performance will repeat Sunday at 7 p.m.

Special events■ Georgetown Lutheran Church will

collect donations for D.C. food banks of peanut butter and jelly for hungry D.C. kids while school is out this summer. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Georgetown Luther-an Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-337-9070. Food also will be collect-ed Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

■ Tamburai and Pauline Chirume — a mother-and-daughter design duo based in Cape Town who launched “One of Each” to celebrate and share Africa’s rich culture and history — will present a trunk show featuring fold-over bags made from leather and traditional Afri-can fabrics. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

Sporting events■ The 2017 Citi Open tennis tourna-

ment will feature Simona Halep, Milos Raonic, Grigor Dimitrov, Sloane Ste-phens, Juan Martin del Potro, Gael Mon-fils and Kei Nishikori, among others. 10 a.m. $10 to $25. Rock Creek Park Tennis Center, 16th and Kennedy streets NW. 202-721-9500. The tournament will con-tinue through Aug. 6 at various times.

■ The Washington Kastles will play the Orange County Breakers in Mylan World TeamTennis competition featuring Bruno Soares. 5 p.m. $16 to $82. Smith Center, George Washington University, 22nd and G streets NW. 800-745-3000.

■ The Washington Valor, the area’s new Arena Football League franchise, will play the Cleveland Gladiators. 7 p.m. $15 to $270. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Walks and tours■ The University of the District of

Columbia will host a tour of a green roof on campus used by students as a living laboratory for urban farming and green infrastructure. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Building 44, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. tinyurl.com/y7mvfxnt. The tour will also be offered on Aug. 12 and Sept. 23.

■ A park ranger will lead a two-mile hike about non-native plant species and their impacts on Rock Creek Park’s eco-systems. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6000.

■ Washington Walks “Get Local!” series will explore Van Ness and the International Chancery Center. 11 a.m. $15 to $20. Meet outside the west exit to the Van Ness-UDC Metro station. washingtonwalks.com.

■ Tour guide Dwane Starlin will lead a “Summer Cupcake Tour” with stops at Baked & Wired, Sprinkles and Georgetown Cupcake for summer-flavored lemon, coconut and blueberry treats. 1 to 3 p.m. $28 to $30; reservations requested by July 27 at noon. Meet at 27th and Q streets NW. dumbartonhouse.org/events.

■ A slide show and outdoor tour will focus on the Washington National Cathe-dral’s whimsical stone gargoyles and gro-tesques (for ages 10 and older). 2 p.m. $18 to $22; reservations suggested. Washington National Cathedral, Massa-chusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

Sunday, July 30

Children’s programs■ A park ranger will explain animal

adaptations. 12:30 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6000.

■ A park ranger will lead a planetari-um program about “Fire and Ice: Strange Moons of the Solar System” (for ages 7 and older). 4 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

Concerts■ The Washington International Piano

Festival will present solo and ensemble performances by program participants. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Black Squirrel will host “The 9 Songwriter Series,” featuring perfor-mances by nine local singer-songwriters. 8 p.m. Free. Black Squirrel, 2427 18th St. NW. 202-232-1011.

Discussions and lectures■ The Rev. John Lillie, pastor of

Lutheran Church of the Foothills in Tuc-

son, Ariz., will discuss “Always Being Made New: Martin Luther — Man, Monk and Reformer at 500.” 11:30 a.m. Free; reservations required. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. registrations@cathedral.org.

■ Karin Tanabe will discuss her fourth novel, “The Diplomat’s Daughter.” 1 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecti-cut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Danielle Hahn, head of music pro-grams at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss her department’s role in enhanc-ing the visitor’s experience. 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gal-lery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ Presidential historian and political commentator Alvin S. Felzenberg will dis-cuss his book “A Man and His Presi-dents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr.” 3 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Jacques Berlinerblau, director of the Center for Jewish Civilization at George-town University, will discuss his book “Campus Confiden-tial: How College Works, or Doesn’t, for Professors, Parents, and Students.” 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films■ The 22nd annual Made in Hong

Kong Film Festival will feature Derek Tsang’s 2016 movie “Soul Mate,” about two high school friends whose rela-tionship is strained when they both fall in love with the handsome Jiaming, with the wounds reopened years later when one of them publishes a novel based on their lives. 2 p.m. Free. Warner Bros. Theater, Nation-al Museum of American History, Consti-

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Sunday, JULY 30■ Class: Local yoga instructors Alia Peera and Amy Mitchell will present “Sunday Serenity: Yoga in the East Park.” 10 to 11 a.m. $5 donation suggested; reservations encouraged. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org. The program will continue weekly through Aug. 27.

Sunday JULY 30

The Current’s Pet of the WeekFrom the Humane Rescue Alliance

Mr. Magic is super sweet and can’t wait to find a lap where he can rest his rather large head! This big guy loves to be around people, especially when he’s getting all the attention he deserves. At 5 years old, Mr. Magic is through his puppy stage but still likes a good chew toy. He is receiving treatment for heartworm, which means exercise restrictions for him right now. He is also recovering from a gunshot wound, which also slows him down a bit. But don’t let that fool you — Mr. Magic is a strong, stout boy and still loves to play, get out for walks and see what the world has to offer. He gets along well with cats and has been around small children his entire life. At 95 pounds, Mr. Magic needs adopters strong enough to handle his size and strength on walks … and when he wants to sit in your lap! Stop by the Oglethorpe Street adoption center to meet this great dog!

tution Avenue between 12th and 14th streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ The National Gallery of Art will present the Washington premiere of Albert Serra’s 2016 film “Death of Louis XIV,” about the Sun King as a bed-ridden lumi-nary who continues to conduct affairs of state. 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditori-um, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will host a screening of the 2008 Emmy-nominated documentary “Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North,” about filmmaker Katrina Browne’s dis-covery that her Rhode Island forefathers were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. A discussion led by Browne will follow. 5 to 6:45 p.m. Free; reserva-tions required. Melton Rehearsal Hall, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 D St. NW. woollymammoth.net.

Performance■ The theatrical team of Jeremiah

and Wendy Ginsberg will present a con-cert-version performance of their original two-act musical “Esther, Sweet Esther,” about a courageous Jewish woman who, after becoming the Queen of Ancient Persia, saves her people from annihila-tion. 7 p.m. $95. Ballroom, National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW. esthersweetesther.eventbrite.com.

Walk■ A park ranger will present “By

Dawn’s Early Light,” about the life and legacy of Francis Scott Key in D.C. (for ages 7 and older). 11 a.m. Free. Meet at the fountain in the Georgetown Water-front Park, Wisconsin Avenue and K Street NW. 202-895-6070.

Monday, July 31

Classes and workshops■ The weekly “Yoga Mondays” pro-

gram will feature a gentle yoga class. 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Free; tickets distrib-uted at the second-floor reference desk beginning at 10:15 a.m. to the first 30 people who arrive. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

■ The West End Interim Library will host an all-levels yoga class. 6 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia

Ave. NW. 202-724-8707.

Concerts■ The Washington International

Piano Festival will present a final concert featuring participants in the festival. 1 p.m. Free. Ward Recital Hall, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave. NE. washingtonpianofest.com.

■ The Washington International Piano Festival will present solo and ensemble performances by program par-ticipants. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Fort Reno concert series will feature Numbers Station, Bacchae and Makeup Girl. 7 to 9:30 p.m. Free. Fort Reno Park, 40th and Chesapeake streets NW. fortreno.com.

■ The U.S. Navy Concert Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S. Capitol. Navyband.navy.mil.

■ Singer-songwriter Gillian Welch and guitarist David Rawlings will perform all of the songs on their album “The Harrow & the Harvest,” featuring their trademark blend of Appa-lachian music, bluegrass, and Ameri-cana. 8 p.m. $38. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Discussion■ Sarah Menkedick will discuss her

book “Homing Instincts: Early Mother-hood on a Midwestern Farm.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecti-cut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Film■ The “Marvelous Movie Monday”

series will present the 1986 film “Stand by Me,” about four 12-year-old boys who search for a dead body in the woods near where they live. 2 and 6:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Con-necticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

Special events■ Alliance Française de Washington

will host “Jouons!,” a French game night. 6:30 p.m. $5; free for members. Reser-vations required. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org.

■ The World Affairs Council will host the WorldQuest Pub Quiz, a team-based international affairs and current events trivia contest. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $10 per team (up to four people). Lucky Bar, 1221 Connecticut Ave. NW. worldaffairsdc.org.

■ Politics and Prose will celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Where’s Waldo?” with a costume contest, trivia contest, games, crafts and the announcement of winners in a monthlong scavenger hunt.

7 p.m. Free. The Den, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Tour■ Area teens will lead a theatrical

tour bringing the National Portrait Gal-lery’s collection to life through an original play about the people featured in art-work on display. Noon and 1:30 p.m. Free. Meet in the F Street lobby, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. The event will repeat Wednesday through Friday at noon and 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 1

Classes and workshops■ A certified yoga instructor will lead

a walk-in gentle yoga class targeted to ages 55 and older. 10 a.m. Free. George-town Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ The Georgetown Library will pres-ent a walk-in yoga class practicing intro-ductory vinyasa techniques. 11:30 a.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ Megan Mamula of Yoga District will present a yoga class for beginners. 1 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.

■ Facilitator Catharin Dalpino of the Washington English Center will lead an Evening English Conversation Group for members to talk about ideas and events and practice conversation skills. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Concerts■ As part of the Tuesday Concert

Series, the Barclay Brass Ensemble will perform works by Bach. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635.

■ The U.S. Navy Band and Navy Cere-monial Guard will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsyl-vania Ave. NW. navyband.navy.mil.

■ The U.S. Air Force Band’s Max Impact ensemble will perform an “Upbeat Americana” concert. 8 p.m. Free. West Side, U.S. Capitol. usafband.af.mil.

Discussions and lectures■ Washington Post reporter Dan Zak

will discuss his book “Almighty: Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age,” which tells the 70-year story of the country’s com-plicated relationship with the manifesta-tions of the nuclear era. Joining Zak in conversation will be journalist, producer and author Denise Kiernan. 6:30 p.m. Free. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ Author Sam Kean will discuss his book “Caesar’s Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connect-icut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Jack Gilbert, professor of surgery and director of the Microbiome Center at the University of Chi-cago, will discuss his book “Dirt Is Good: The Advantage of Germs for Your Child’s Developing Immune System.” 7 p.m. Free. Children & Teens Department, Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Regina Bradley will discuss her book “Boondock Kollage: Stories From the Hip Hop South.” 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reserva-tions required. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.org.

Film■ The annual Georgetown Sunset

Cinema series — presenting iconic mov-ies with strong female leads and story lines — will feature “Erin Brockovich.” 8:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Waterfront Park, K Street and Cecil Place NW. georgetowndc.com/sunsetcinema. The

series will continue Aug. 8 with “The Devil Wears Prada.”

Performances and readings■ The Zimbabwe dance troupe

Mokoomba will present a distinctive mix of traditional Tonga, Luvale and Nyanja rhythms; pan-African music cultures; and generous dashes of rap, ska, soukous and Afro-Cuban music. 6 p.m. Free. Mil-lennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Washington Improv Theater’s “Harold Night” will feature long-form improv performances by various ensem-bles. 8 and 9 p.m. By donation. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. witdc.org.

Special event■ The Tenley-Friendship Library will

host a “Summer Fun” edition of its adult coloring program. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wiscon-sin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

Tour■ The Washington National Cathe-

dral’s “Gargoyle Tower Climb” will feature a close-up look at various gargoyles and grotesques while visiting the open-air walkway wrapping around the two west-ern towers. 6 p.m. $50; reservations required. Washington National Cathe-dral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin ave-nues NW. cathedral.org.

Wednesday, Aug. 2

Classes and workshops■ The weekly “Sunset Fitness in the

Park” event will feature a one-hour class presented by Fuel Body Lab. 6 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Georgetown Waterfront Park, Potomac and K streets NW. georgetowndc.com/sunsetfitness. The series will continue through Aug. 30.

■ The Poets on the Fringe will host a weekly poetry workshop to critique par-ticipants’ poems. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ Instructor Tara Bishop will lead a weekly “Yoga for All” restorative yoga practice. 7:30 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100.

Concerts■ Polish ensemble Maria Pomi-

anowska and ReBorn will perform on suka and frame drum, imagining a his-torically traditional repertoire on the res-urrected medieval instruments. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Rockin’ the Block concert series will feature the Mike McHenry Trio. 6:30 to 8:30. Free. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. capitolriverfront.org.

■ “Diannne’s Recital,” the Musician-Ship’s annual student showcase, will feature displays of musical artistry in vocals, brass, woodwind and percussion. 7 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $25. Wilson High School, 3950 Chesapeake St. NW. events.themusicianship.org.

■ The “President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Ter-race, U.S. Capitol. 202-433-4011.

Discussions and lectures■ National Museum of Women in the

Arts director of education and digital engagement Deborah Gaston will dis-cuss several works in the special exhibi-tion “Revival.” Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free.

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Monday, JULY 31■ Children’s program: Margot Bevington will present “Rise + Rhyme,” a storytelling and perfor-mance series for ages 5 and younger. 9:30 to 11 a.m. $5 per child. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

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Shopping & Dining in D.C.Lifestyles, Retail and Restaurants in Northwest Washington The Current July 26, 2017 ■ Page 15

Southern Georgetown to host weekly farmstand

A new weekly farmstand is coming to southern Georgetown starting on Saturday, the result of a partnership between Sweet-green’s new 1044 Wisconsin Ave. NW location and Fresh-Farm Markets.

The farmstand — featuring produce, eggs and meat from a family-owned Pennsylvania farm — will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through Oct. 28 in Sweetgreen’s parking lot at the corner of Wis-consin and Grace Street.

Sweetgreen is a fast-casual chain of healthy restaurants that was originally founded in Georgetown. Its new Wisconsin Avenue location, a former EagleBank branch, is due to open in early August. On open-ing day, sales from the new store will be donated to Fresh-Farm’s FoodPrints program, which provides Ward 7 resi-dents with locally grown food for 10 weeks in the fall and again in the spring.

Former public servant to open Italian bakery

Former U.S. Foreign Service staffer Miranda Rinaldi will trade pantsuits for aprons this fall, when she opens her own Italian cafe, Nino’s Bakery, at 1310 L St. NW.

The downtown bakery, named after Rinaldi’s rescue dog Nino, was inspired by a three-year stint in Italy with the Foreign Service, according to a

news release. Rinaldi will draw on her travels and the skills she honed at the French Pastry School in Chicago, with plans to serve handmade Italian and French pastries, desserts and coffee — all crafted on-site. She will also offer a corporate catering service.

Nino’s will boast a “bright and cheery interior,” with floor-to-ceiling windows and access to the street as well as the shared office building’s lobby, according to the release.

“Nino’s Bakery will offer a sense of community to the building and surrounding area. And will soon become a favor-ite local spot,” Bethany Kazaba, principal of Neighborhood Retail Group — which repre-sented the landlord in lease negotiations for the bakery — predicted in the release.

‘Dog Days’ sidewalk sale returning to U Street area The Dog Days Sidewalk Festival returns to the U Street NW corridor for its 18th year the first weekend of August.

With 100 businesses participat-ing in interactive shopping and promotional experiences, this sidewalk sale is D.C.’s largest, according to a news release. Founded in 2000 as a one-block festival, this year’s event will encompass 25 blocks — U Street from 7th to 17th streets, as well as the 14th Street corri-dor from Thomas Circle to Florida Avenue. Activities will kick off Fri-day, Aug. 4, with a party at Miss Pixie’s furnishings & whatnot at 1626 14th St. NW. Events continuing over the weekend will include a pop-up food festival of Union Kitchen vendors at 1701 14th St. NW, a “Taste of Studio” open house at Studio Theatre, and an outdoor exhibit hosted by the African American Civil War Museum. Sales include 15 percent off all purchases at Frank & Oak, 30 percent off wine at Cork Mar-ket, and a $50-and-under side-walk sale at Lettie Gooch. Meanwhile, City Paws will host a photo booth and giveaways on Saturday and the Humane Rescue Alliance will be on site with its pet adoption van. A full listing of all sales and events is available at dogdaysdc.com. The weekend festival is sponsored by the MidCity Busi-ness Improvement District Exploratory Committee. “The Dog Days festival shows the power we have when working together,” exploratory commit-tee chair Diane Gross said in a release.

By ANDRIA MOORECurrent Correspondent

An Oakland, Calif., favorite has made its way to D.C. This month Blue Bottle Coffee opened at 1046

Potomac St. NW in Georgetown, the first of of three stores planned in the District.

The company was founded in 2002 by James Freeman, who vowed to serve cus-tomers “only coffee less than 48 hours out of the roaster and to use only the finest, most deli-cious and responsi-bly sourced beans,” according to his website.

“We are all about hospitality, sustainability and deliciousness,” said Billy Desmond, lead barista for Blue Bottle Georgetown. “Sometimes it may seem intimidating because we seem really

intense, but it’s because we want our cus-tomers to feel at home — like a part of our team.”

Desmond has worked for Blue Bottle in San Francisco and Oakland, and he com-pleted a 10-day study tour in Japan to learn about Japan’s coffee culture.

“If you look at our shops, we are heavi-ly influenced by Japanese culture,” Desmond said. “I wanted to bring back that hospitality quality [from Japan]. We really try to create an environment that’s all about the cus-tomer and their experience with the coffee.”

Blue Bottle CEO Bryan Meehan said in a news release

that D.C.’s already vibrant coffee scene is what inspired him to expand to this area.

“We are often motivated by the poetry of a place and the intuitive draw of spaces

that we encounter,” Meehan said. “In D.C., we were inspired by a community filled with interested coffee drinkers who are excited about specialty coffee.”

Cupping — the professional observation and tasting of the aromas of coffee — is taken seriously at Blue Bottle. Desmond said that group classes are given for Blue Bottle employees to teach them the best methods for cupping, and ensuring quality taste of their coffee.

“We record the natural process of coffee all the way from it’s coldest state to its warmest state,” Desmond said. “By doing this I can share a flavor profile of each component.”

Blue Bottle offers beverages such as conventional coffee, espresso, Cold Brew and New Orleans-Style Iced Coffee, and its pastries include Liège wafels and toasts. The Hayes Valley Espresso, a combination of dark chocolate and brown sugar, remains a popular choice at various Blue Bottle locations.

“I’m excited to support an already exist-ing coffee culture and continuing to sup-port coffee enthusiasts,” Desmond said.

Blue Bottle is also planning to open a

location at Northeast’s Union Market this fall, and will open at The Wharf in South-west in late 2018. Blue Bottle teams up with local nonprofits for each opening, donating a portion of the proceeds to the community partner, according to a news release.

Proceeds from the Georgetown opening are going to Bread for the City, which pro-vides food, medical care, clothing, legal advocacy and social services to D.C. resi-dents in need. The cafe’s Potomac Street location was previously home to Down Dog Yoga, which still has a Georgetown studio at 1229 34th St. NW.

Oakland’s Blue Bottle Coffee arrives in Georgetown

Brian Kapur/The CurrentThe first of three D.C. locations opened this month at 1046 Potomac St. NW.

Photo courtesy of Nino’s BakeryNino’s Bakery will offer coffee and handmade pastries.

Photo courtesy of Blue Bottle CoffeeThe California-based coffee chain offers “cupping” classes for its employees.

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National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-5000.

■ Tripp Onnen, a Society of the Cin-cinnati genealogist, will discuss “The Mystery of the Five Vachels: Challenges in Researching Revolutionary War Ances-tors,” about the difficulty of tracing the military service of a commonly named ancestor and the process of confirming the correct identity. 6 p.m. Free. Ander-son House, Society of the Cincinnati, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. societyofthecincinnati.org.

■ Pamela Heyne will discuss her book “In Julia’s Kitchen: Practical and Convivial Kitchen Design Inspired by Julia Child,” about how the American chef, author and television personality influenced the modern home. 6:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.

■ Tracy Crow (shown) and Jerri Bell will discuss their book “It’s My Country Too: Women’s Military Stories From the American Rev-olution to Afghanistan.” 7 p.m. Free. Poli-tics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ “We Remember: LGBTQ Communi-ties in Crisis” — a panel discussion on the current climate of persecution, including the wave of detention and tor-ture of gay men in the Chechnya region of Russia — will fea-ture Rabbi Gil Stein-lauf, senior rabbinic adviser at Adas Israel Congregation; James Kirchick (shown), jour-nalist and visiting fel-low at the Brookings Institution; Rachel Levitan, associate vice president for program planning and management at the Jewish refugee agency HIAS; and Jeremy Kadden, senior international policy advocate for the Human Rights Campaign. 7 p.m. $10. Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Films■ The Embassy of Italy will host a

screening of Riccardo Milani’s 2014 film

“Scusate se Esisto! (Do You See Me?),” about a female architect who decides to pretend to be a man to win a contract after having trouble getting work in Rome. 6 p.m. Free; reserva-tions required. Auditorium, Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW. www.iicwashington.esteri.it.

■ The Japan Information and Culture Center will present “Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno,” the second part of a live-action movie trilogy. 6:30 p.m. Free; res-ervations required. Japan Information and Culture Center, 1150 18th St. NW. www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc.

■ The NoMa Sum-mer Screen outdoor film series will fea-ture George Clooney’s 2011 movie “The Ides of March.” 7 p.m. Free. Storey Park Lot, 1005 1st St. NE. nomabid.org/noma-summer-screen.

Performance■ City at Peace will present “All Eyes

on Media,” about young people’s experi-ences with the ever-changing digital landscape. 7 p.m. $8; reservations required. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. The per-formance will repeat Thursday at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. and Friday at 11 a.m.

Thursday, Aug. 3

Children’s programs■ “Reptiles Alive!” will introduce

attendees to live animals and share funny stories and facts about them. 3 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ “Pajama Movie Night” will feature “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

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ment Center will present a seminar on how to start your own business. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.

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Concerts■ Positive Vibrations Youth Steel

Orchestra of Mount Rainier, Md., and the Queen’s Royal College Steelpan Ensem-ble of Trinidad and Tobago will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ As part of the Washington National Cathedral’s Summer Concert Series, soprano Laura Choi Stuart (shown), pia-nist and harp-sichordist George Fergus and violinist Grace Brigham will perform works by Men-delssohn and Purcell. 6:30 p.m. Included in $5 discounted admission for summer evening hours. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wiscon-sin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

■ “Jazz on Jackson Place” will fea-ture the Marty Nau Quartet. 6:30 p.m. $30. Decatur House, 748 Jackson Place NW. whitehousehistory.org/jazz.

■ “SiriusXM’s Coffee House Live Tour” will feature singer-songwriters Joshua Radin, Rachael Yamagata and Brandon Jenner. 7:15 p.m. $29.50 to $35. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 800-745-3000.

■ “Summer Sing With Encore Cho-rale” — a musical evening open to any-one over 55 who loves to sing and is interested in meeting new friends — will offer a chance to perform songs from “Phantom of the Opera” and “Showboat” as well as the repertoire of George and Ira Gershwin, led by Encore conductors Jeanne Kelly and Jeff Dokken. 7:30 to 9 p.m. $15. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St. NW. 301-261-5747.

■ The Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival will present Carrie Krause on baroque violin, Dongsok Shin on harpsichord and Jeffrey Cohan on renaissance and baroque flutes in “Baroque in Transition,” highlighting the contrasts and evolution in Italian and French music from 1600 to 1700. 7:30 p.m. $20 to $25 donation suggested; free for ages 18 and younger. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 301 A St. SE. 202-543-0053.

■ The “President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Ter-race, U.S. Capitol. 202-433-4011.

Discussions and lectures■ Raymond Senuk, a collector and

board member of Friends of the Ixchel Museum, will discuss Mayan textiles that date prior to 1940 as well as current-day Guatemalan textiles. Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Tex-tile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

■ Seattle labor organizer Jonathan Rosenblum will dis-cuss his book “Beyond $15: Immi-grant Workers, Faith Activists, and the Revival of the Labor Movement.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

■ Kathleen Barber will discuss her psychological thriller “Are You Sleeping,” about a hit podcast that reopens a mur-der case — and threatens to unravel the carefully con-structed life of the vic-tim’s daughter. 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramer-books & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ Essayist, fiction writer and playwright Heather Harpham will discuss her book “Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Mexican writer, activist and professor Jimena Vergara will discuss “Mexico in the Trump Era.” 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required. The Potter’s House, 1658 Columbia Road NW.

pottershousedc.org.

Films■ The Smithsonian’s Freer and Sack-

ler museums will preview this fall’s Kore-an film festival with a screening of Ryoo Seung-wan’s forthcoming movie “Battle-ship Island,” about an uprising of Korean conscripts forced to work in the coal mines of Hashima Island during World War II. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; doors open 30 minutes before showtime. Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. asia.si.edu.

■ The Library of Congress’ outdoor summer film series will feature the 1985 movie “Back to the Future,” starring Michael J. Fox. 8 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. North Lawn, Jefferson Build-ing, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. loc.gov. The series will continue weekly through Aug. 17.

■ The Capitol Riverfront’s outdoor movie series will feature “La La Land,” starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. Sundown. Free. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. capitolriverfront.org.

Performances and readings■ The Georgetown Library will host its

monthly First Thursday Evening Poetry Reading, followed by an open-mic event. 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ Dance Place will present a concert showcasing the talent of its Energizers Creative Arts Camp students in dance, music and more. 7 p.m. $15. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600. The performance will repeat Friday at 7 p.m.

Special events■ Nardi Media will present “Dog Days

of Summer Yappy Hour & Silent Auction,” featuring food and drink specials in addi-tion to auction items from donors such as the Washington Capitals, District Taco and Washington Sports Club. Proceeds will benefit the Humane Rescue Alliance. 4 to 7 p.m. Free admission. Sudhouse DC, 1340 U St. NW. nardimedia.com.

■ This month’s “Phillips After 5” installment — “Trukfest,” an annual food truck event — will feature opportunities to grab a bite to eat at any of the partici-pating food trucks; to create a collage inspired by the artwork of Markus Lüpertz with the Heurich House Muse-um; and to listen to jamming music from Granny & The Boys. 5 to 8:30 p.m. $10 to $12; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events.

■ The Ford’s Theatre Society will host “Under 35: Museum Night,” a chance to mix and mingle in the Ford’s Theatre Museum, see historic artifacts related to Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and assassination, and explore the 19th-cen-tury theater where President and Mrs. Lincoln attended performances (for ages 21 through 35). 6 to 8 p.m. $20; reser-vations required. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. fords.org.

Tour■ “Close-up Tour: Earthquake” will

examine the damage incurred by the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that rocked the Washington National Cathedral on Aug. 23, 2011 (for ages 10 and older). 2 p.m. $18 to $22; reservations suggest-ed. Meet at the west-end docent station, Washington National Cathedral, Massa-chusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

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Thursday, AUGUST 3■ Discussion: Physician John Whyte, author of “AARP New Ameri-can Diet: Lose Weight, Live Lon-ger,” will discuss “Boost Your Nutri-tional IQ,” about the latest scientif-ic information about what foods can help you prevent disease and live longer, and which foods might increase your risk of certain dis-eases like diabetes, cancer and heart disease. 6:45 p.m. $30 to $45. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

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But neighbors refused to accept the agency’s findings. Petworth advisory neighborhood commis-sioner Timothy Jones led a town meeting last December, with Ward 4 D.C. Council member Brandon Todd and transit representative Ann Chisholm in attendance. About 30 concerned neighbors reported feeling shaking every few minutes, cracking walls and one instance of severe damage to a porch, according to resident and Petworth News founder Drew Schneider, who attended the meet-ing. “Residents have lived here 25, 30, 40 years and have never felt anything until now,” Schnei-der told The Current.

Meanwhile, the transit authori-ty contends that neighbors haven’t shown interest in a study. Last month, the authority’s appointed noise and vibration consulting firm, Wilson Ihrig, discontinued its initial investigation because only four of 13 homes responded to letters sent out in May, Metro general manager Paul Wiedefeld wrote in a July 17 letter to Todd.

Todd’s spokesperson Joshua Fleitman said, however, that some residents did not respond because they had concerns about the legal language of the waiver.

Todd has sent two letters — on Dec. 14 and June 30 — urging Metro to investigate the vibrations.

“I am concerned that the prog-ress on this matter has been unusu-ally slow, given the significance of the impacts described by resi-dents,” Todd wrote. “They report intense shaking of the foundations of their homes, which is causing cracks in the wall and other prop-erty damage.”

This week Todd plans to ask

Metro for an update on the vibra-tion study, according to Fleitman.

In the July 17 letter, Wiedefeld wrote that Metro may have addressed part of the issue. The Federal Transit Administration published a study in March reveal-ing that several fasteners, designed to absorb pressure and quell vibra-tions, had broken near the Georgia Avenue-Petworth station. The damaged fasteners have been linked to the above-ground vibra-tions and have since been repaired, according to Wiedefeld’s letter.

The rumblings are not unique to Petworth. Residents of North Michigan Park and Southwest Waterfront, who also live along the Green Line, have reported similar vibrations that they attri-bute to the 7000-series. Council members Kenyan McDuffie and Charles Allen, who represent wards 5 and 6 respectively, have each implored Metro to act — with little success.

“It’s unclear how seriously they are taking it,” Allen told The Current, adding that the transit authority never formally respond-ed to his February letter.

Jones plans to address the vibrations at a meeting for resi-dents of single-member district 4C08 on Monday. “It’s definitely not getting any better,” Jones said.

Metro has ordered 748 7000-series rail cars, according to Jordan. He said that about half of those have already been delivered and that the remainder will be deployed over the next two years.

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Lisa Resch | Dana Rice Group202.236.9527 | lisa.resch@compass.com

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3250 Tennyson St NWChevy Chase, DC | 4 BD | 3.5 BA | $1,575,000

Lisa Resch | Dana Rice Group202.236.9527 | lisa.resch@compass.com

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