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By KAT LUCEROCurrent Staff Writer

The search for Havoc continues.Since the black dog with tan paws and spots over the

eyes went missing in November by the Dalecarlia Res-ervoir, his owner Janet Mihalyfi has conducted a massive hunt for him. Last month drew confirmed sightings of Havoc in American University Park, but in general, reports have waned in 2014.

“I was getting calls every two weeks up until the beginning of January,” said Mihalyfi, a Palisades resi-dent who remains confident that her 4-year-old mixed Rottweiler is still on the loose, scared and hiding from people.

In revitalizing her search, Mihalyfi is pushing to raise awareness that Havoc is still alive and missing. She also

wants her contact information to be within reach when people have a sighting to report.

“People see him and don’t call me right away. Most of them say they couldn’t find my phone number,” said Mihalyfi, who attributes that problem to people tearing

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Local resident continues extensive search for dog

Photo courtesy of Janet MihalyfiHavoc, a 4-year-old mixed Rottweiler, disappeared near Dalecarlia Reservoir in November. His owner wants residents to call her to report any sighting.

By KATIE PEARCECurrent Staff Writer

To sort out whether the District’s first attorney general election can still take place this year, it may be necessary to first reach some con-sensus on the meaning of “partisan primary.”

Debates over interpretation of that phrase — and how it should fac-tor into the election — dominated a D.C. Council hearing last week on a

related bill from Ward 3 member Mary Cheh.

The bill, which heads next for markup and then a full council vote, aims to restore a November 2014 election, as D.C. voters originally approved via referendum in 2010. But the legislation bypasses the tra-ditional concept of a closed primary process, proposing that attorney gen-eral candidates list their party affilia-tion directly on the November ballot.

At a Feb. 10 hearing of the coun-cil’s Committee of the Whole, the city’s current attorney general, Irv Nathan, argued that this method

See Attorney/Page 5

Election of attorney general debated at council hearing

By KAT LUCEROCurrent Staff Writer

With budget talks currently in the works for the upcoming fiscal year, advocates for two Northwest ele-mentary schools are demanding immediate full modernization.

Renovations are now due to

begin in 2015 at both Garrison Ele-mentary in Logan Circle and Murch Elementary in North Cleveland Park. But Garrison is slated only for a partial modernization that would refurbish mainly the building’s inte-rior, and Murch stakeholders say conditions are too poor to be delayed.

The projects had previously been scheduled to start earlier — in 2010 for Garrison and last year for Murch — but were subsequently pushed back.

Garrison supporters gathered last week at a joint meeting with the Logan Circle Community Associa-tion to make another big push to organize community members and leaders to rally for a full renovation, instead of the phases proposed by D.C. Public Schools.

“The more voices the mayor hears from all over the city [that] we’ve got to update this school, the better,” Ann McLeod, president of

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Murch, Garrison push for funding

Brian Kapur/The CurrentThe Petworth Library hosted a fire safety event on Saturday. The discussion ended with kids getting an up-close look at a firetruck and a chance to sit in the vehicle.

P R I D E O F P E T W O R T H

By GRAHAM VYSECurrent Staff Writer

The District government has selected the team of Martinez + Johnson and Mecanoo Architecture to reno-vate the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library down-town, Mayor Vincent Gray announced yesterday. Martinez + Johnson, a District-based firm, has experi-ence on local projects that include D.C.’s public libraries in Georgetown and Takoma Park. Mecanoo, a firm head-quartered in the Netherlands, is currently working on the Dudley Municipal Center in Boston. “Today, the District takes another step towards giving our residents the great central library they deserve in a way that helps improve both the public’s library experi-ence and our library system’s bottom line,” Gray said in a news release. According to the release, the D.C. Public Library system’s architect selection committee chose the team in

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City picks team for MLK Library project

■ Schools: Modernization projects sought after delays

Rendering courtesy of D.C. Public Library The architects selected for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library project imagine an inviting light-filled space with modern amenities.

■ Politics: Cheh bill would put race on November ballot

Roosevelt, Maret and St. John’s net top hoops seeds

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Mayoral candidates face off in forum at American University

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‘Customized zone’ for Georgetown generates debate

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A group of D.C. mayoral candidates court-ed college students at American University last Wednesday night, making their cases to poten-tial campaign volunteers on one of the coun-try’s most politically active campuses. At an election forum sponsored by the stu-dent government’s Kennedy Political Union, candidates fielded questions from journalists Tom Sherwood of NBC4, Matt Ackland of FOX5 and Sam Ford of ABC7. Participating

office-seekers included D.C. Council mem-bers Jack Evans (Ward 2), Tommy Wells (Ward 6) and Vincent Orange (at-large). Bus-boys and Poets owner Andy Shallal, former State Department official Reta Jo Lewis and rapper Carlos Allen also took part. Two of the front-runners in the race, incum-bent Mayor Vincent Gray and Ward 4 Council member Muriel Bowser, did not attend. On the subject of marijuana — perhaps an inevitable topic in a room full of undergradu-ates — all of the candidates voiced support for decriminalization for small amounts, with

several seeing legalization as the ultimate goal. Wells pleased the audience by arguing that current policies disproportionately punish peo-ple of color, pointing out that African-Ameri-cans comprise 90 percent of the District’s marijuana arrests. “Now,” the council member said knowingly, “I’m asking a student body at a university: Are the only people smoking pot in D.C. African-Americans?” Wells also won favor with the crowd by proposing a student loan forgiveness program for graduates of D.C. colleges who go on to work for the District government. Lewis, who

received her master’s degree from American University, said she would support such a pro-gram — “or at least one that gives you the ability to reduce your debt.” Evans and Shallal outlined their views on how universities should give back to the Dis-trict. The Ward 2 council member said he wants college students to receive academic credit for mentoring children in D.C. Public Schools. When NBC4’s Sherwood asked the candidates whether they would support free Metro passes

Mayoral candidates hunt for votes and volunteers at American University


Two short documentary films about the struggles of Washingto-nians with disabilities will screen Friday evening as part of the DC Independent Film Festival. The annual festival’s “Docs and Shorts at Night” session will feature “Leaving Sharpe,” produced by stu-dents in George Washington Univer-sity’s Institute for Documentary Filmmaking, and “Wheelchair Dia-ries: One Step Up,” from filmmaker Reid Davenport, a recent George Washington graduate. Each film will run twice — first at 7:30 and then again at 9 — at the U.S. Naval Heri-tage Center. “Leaving Sharpe” profiles a group of D.C. mothers with children

attending Sharpe Health, the Pet-worth school for disabled students. In the film, these mothers worry about the D.C. Public Schools sys-tem’s plan to close Sharpe and relo-cate its students to a campus in Ward 7’s River Terrace. In “Wheelchair Diaries,” director Reid Davenport, a 2012 graduate of George Washington University who has cerebral palsy, tells his own story of traveling abroad and seeing how European cities treat their disabled populations. Throughout the film, he struggles to find restaurants and other public places he can enter in his wheelchair. He hears testimony from disabled Europeans who feel neglected by their governments. When he visits the Eiffel Tower, he realizes that only the lowest observa-tion platform is accessible to him.

“In terms of physical infrastruc-ture, I would say that major cities in the United States are better than major cities in Europe,” Davenport said in an interview. “Washington, D.C., for the most part is accessible, but if I’m going out to a restaurant or a bar with my friends, I have to check to see.” Davenport, who lives in down-town D.C., said he hopes his film will spur legislative action on these issues, but also simply create greater awareness. “Legislation can do so much, but as a society we need to be aware that people with disabilities are prevalent yet marginalized.” More information about the festi-val is available at dciff-indie.org. The festival opens tonight and con-tinues through Sunday, with screen-ings at multiple venues.

Festival films showcase locals with disabilitiesSee Forum/Page 7

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Wednesday, Feb. 19 The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold an open house-style public meeting for the North-South Corridor Planning Study to examine opportunities for public transportation improvements, including discussion of route options. The event will be held from 3:30 to 8 p.m. at Banneker Recreation Center, 2500 Geor-gia Ave. NW. Overview presentations will take place at 4 and 7 p.m.■ The National Park Service, the D.C. Office of Planning and the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will hold a meeting on concept design alternatives for Franklin Park. The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 815 14th St. NW. Reservations are requested; visit franklinparkdc.eventbrite.com.

Thursday, Feb. 20 The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold an open house-style public meeting for the North-South Corridor Planning Study. The event will be held from 3:30 to 8 p.m. at Emery Recreation Center, 5701 Georgia Ave. NW. Overview pre-sentations will take place at 4 and 7 p.m.■ The Woman’s National Democratic Club will host a mayoral forum from 6:45 to 8 p.m. at the club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. Informal meet-and-greet ses-sions are scheduled for 6 to 6:30 p.m. and 8 to 8:30 p.m. Admission is free; res-ervations are requested at 202-232-7363 or democraticwoman.org.■ The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority will hold a public meeting on the agency’s proposal to modify its Long Term Control Plan to include green infrastructure. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW.■ The Cleveland Park Citizens Association will hold a meeting on “Compost Is Black Gold: Creating Value in Our Neighborhood.” The meeting will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Saturday, Feb. 22 The Palisades Community Church, 5200 Cathedral Ave. NW, will host an American Red Cross blood drive from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration is suggested; visit redcrossblood.org (use Sponsor Code 05314829) or call 1-800-733-2767.■ The D.C. Department of Health will hold a “Ward 4 Rat Summit” to discuss top-ics such as proper waste storage and rodent abatement. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Emery Recreation Center, 5801 Georgia Ave. NW.

Tuesday, Feb. 25 The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold its semiannual Circulator Forum to hear feedback on the strengths and weaknesses of the bus system. The event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Eastern Market, 225 7th St. SE.■ The Committee of 100 on the Federal City will hold a mayoral candidates forum from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St. NW.■ The Crestwood Citizens Association will hear a report on gang activity in the area presented by Seth Adam Meinero, national violent crime coordinator at the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Dis-trict of Columbia. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at 1950 Upshur St. NW.■ The Dupont Circle Citizens Association and the Foggy Bottom Association will hold a mayoral candidates forum at 7:30 p.m. at the Heart House, 24th and N streets NW.

Wednesday, Feb. 26 The D.C. Office of the Tenant Advocate will hold an educational forum on “Renters Rights 101,” featuring a talk by attorney adviser Aaron Polkey. The event will begin at 3 p.m. in the agency’s conference room at Suite 300-North, Reeves Center, 2000 14th St. NW. Preceding the talk, the agency will hold its regularly scheduled stakeholder meeting at 1 p.m. in the same location. To RSVP for either event, call 202-719-6560 or email [email protected].■ The D.C. Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on the Zoning Regula-tions Review for individuals and organizations in wards 1 and 2 that have not pre-viously testified before the commission on this case. The hearing will begin at 6 p.m. at the D.C. Housing Finance Authority, 815 Florida Ave. NW. To testify, con-tact Donna Hanousek at 202-727-0789 or [email protected].■ The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority will hold a public meeting on the DC Water Pressure Zone Improvement Program, which includes updates to the Fort Reno Pumping Station and resulting increases in water pressure for many Ward 3 resi-dential and commercial properties. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Room A-03, Building 44, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Con-necticut Ave. NW.

The week ahead

By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

Throughout the District, about two dozen neighborhoods feature specialized land-use regulations, tailored to provide a particular protection or encourage a particular activity. Examples of provisions in these “overlays” include stricter size requirements for new houses, or exceptions to allow taller heights for certain buildings like hotels. When the Citizens Association of George-town asked for such an overlay about five

years ago, the Office of Planning turned the group down. The agency was developing a procedure to replace the overlay as part of a broader zoning regulation rewrite, so planners agreed to let Georgetown serve as a guinea pig for the new “customized zone.” This decision has sparked complaints from some other neighborhoods, where residents unhappy with proposed zoning changes are clamoring for their own special protections. “This zoning rewrite process appears to be a tale of two cities. It reeks of divisiveness and disenfranchisement,” Kathy Henderson, chair

of the Trinidad advisory neighborhood com-mission in Northeast, testified at a Jan. 30 Zoning Commission hearing. Georgetown, Henderson said, had gotten substantial help from the Planning Office in understanding the complex zoning rewrite — and her neighborhood did not. “We have the same rights in this city that everyone else has, and we want to participate in a meaningful way,” she said. The Office of Planning and the Citizens Association of Georgetown have rebuffed the idea that one affluent neighborhood got special

treatment. They have said that Georgetown has specific needs as a federally protected historic district, that residents promised to do the leg-work to develop their zone, and that the neigh-borhood had already requested an overlay. Accordingly, Georgetown was a logical fit to serve as a “prototype” for the customized zone process, Jennifer Steingasser at the Plan-ning Office said in an interview. It wouldn’t make sense to run a pilot project simultane-ously throughout the city, she said. “We wouldn’t have multiple prototypes,”

More neighborhoods want in on Georgetown’s pilot customized zone

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D.C. business group picks new president Former Google attorney Harry Wingo will take over as president and CEO of the DC Chamber of Commerce on April 1. The native Washingtonian “brings a diverse background of leadership, innovation and public policy” to the position, according to a news release. His resume includes degrees from the U.S. Naval Acade-my and Yale Law School, a stint as a Navy SEAL officer and work in Google’s D.C. office as a senior policy counsel. His most recent job was as managing partner of West River Solutions, a D.C.-based tech-nology consulting firm. Wingo says issues on the top of his mind as he prepares to head the city’s main business group include taxes, business regulations, work-force development and education. “There used to be a perception that no one settles down in the Dis-trict,” he said. “Now it is a global city with incredible opportunities. People want to be here. … In order

for us to continue our current trajec-tory, it is vital that we work to ensure DC remains a viable place to do business not just today, but for generations.” Wingo replaces Barbara Lang, who will launch the consulting firm Lang Strategies LLC when she leaves the chamber March 31 after nearly 12 years at the helm.

Franklin Park design concepts released The National Park Service and other stakeholders are seeking feed-back on three design proposals for overhauling Franklin Park. City officials have long eyed this park, bordered by 13th, 14th, I and K streets, for improvements. The Park Service developed the con-cepts in collaboration with the D.C. Office of Planning and Department of Parks and Recreation, along with the Downtown Business Improve-ment District. One idea, the “center concept,” would largely upgrade the existing park without dramatically changing its layout, but it would add a chil-dren’s play area, a small service building and wider paths that could accommodate a farmers market or crafts fair. This concept would pre-serve about 90 percent of the park’s trees. Another, the “edge concept,” would relocate some paths to pro-vide easier access to the central plaza. It would add a playground with a “tot lot,” two buildings (one including a cafe), and an I Street plaza with space for outdoor mar-kets. It would retain 77 percent of the existing tree canopy. Lastly, the “diagonal concept” would install a path running between the southwest and north-east corners of the park, along with the “edge concept” amenities and a pedestrian mall on I Street. It would

preserve about 49 percent of the tree canopy. Visit parkplanning.nps.gov/franklinpark for more information on the design schemes and to sub-mit comments, through March 14. A public meeting also will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Hilton Garden Inn, 815 14th St. NW.

Students to perform at Kennedy Center Just two days after Broadway legends Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin will have completed a week’s worth of shows at the Ken-nedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater, 10 D.C. high school students will take to the same stage Feb. 25 in their own “Tribute to Broadway.” The vocal, instrumental and dance performers are finalists in the sixth annual DC-CAPital Stars con-test, with each receiving a scholar-ship of at least $2,000 to be applied toward their first year of college. With help from the audience, celeb-rity judges will select a grand-prize winner, who will receive a $10,000 scholarship. The citywide talent search began last September with more than 200 auditions, with the top 40 posted on the DC College Access Program’s website for the public to vote for the finalists. Those finalists are Duke Ellington School of the Arts students Audrey Rinehart, Bevara Anderson, Birane Moore, Brandon Gray, Kweku Sumbry, Nikita Crow-ell and Robert Alston; Wilson High School students Jennifer Li and Paris McMillian; and KIPP DC Public Charter School student Law-rence Davin. The performers have been rehearsing for Tuesday night’s show since January. This year’s celebrity judges are Grammy-winning bass-ist, vocalist and composer Esperan-za Spalding and Tony-winning per-formers Savion Glover, Patina Mill-er and Brian Stokes Mitchell. The event will also include hon-ors for D.C. Public Schools Chan-cellor Kaya Henderson as Educator of the Year, and Lockheed Martin as Corporate Partner of the Year. Tickets cost $35 and are avail-able at dccap.org/gala. Proceeds go toward scholarships for students.

Corrections In The Current’s Feb. 5 issue, the article “Gonzaga stuns Prep to capture fourth-straight WMPSSDL crown” misidentified Katie Ledecky as a student at Holton-Arms School. She goes to Stone Ridge School, which took second place in the Washington Metropolitan Prep School Swim Dive League. In the Feb. 12 issue, the “On the Market” article about the house at 26 Kalorama Circle NW misstated the location of the kitchen. It is on the home’s west side, not the east. The Current regrets the errors. As a matter of policy, The Cur-rent corrects all errors of substance. To report an error, call the manag-ing editor at 202-567-2011.

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would defy the partisan requirement intended by the 2010 charter amend-ment and undermine the legitimacy of the elected position.

Nathan said the 2010 amendment “revealed the council’s intent, and the electorate’s understanding” to require a primary process similar to the one used for mayor and council elections, where parties endorse a sole candidate for the general elec-tion. Because the new bill “elimi-nates this party selection and endorsement process, it violates the partisan requirement,” he said.

The process, Nathan warned, could “cast a pall on the legitimacy of our first elected attorney general” — the position is currently appoint-ed by mayor — and open the door for “extensive litigation” over his or her legal decisions.

Council member Cheh, in an interview, said Nathan’s testimony ignores “a whole body of law that talks about different ways to inter-pret ‘partisan.’” She argued that the self-designation her legislation pro-

poses is legitimate — “not unusual, not bizarre, just different.”

Cheh, who was stuck in jury duty during last week’s hearing, added that fulfilling the partisan require-ment is “not an algebraic formula.”

Last October the council, facing complexities and disagreements in defining the duties for the elected attorney general, voted narrowly to postpone the election until 2018. Once Cheh was satisfied that those issues had been settled, she intro-duced new legislation in December — co-sponsored by Council Chair-man Phil Mendelson and at-large member David Grosso — to restore the 2014 date.

“If the council [stays] true to the expectation to hold an election in 2014, and since the law can allow ‘partisan’ interpretation either way,” Cheh said, the proposed process would ultimately “be given defer-ence” rather than inviting the court battles Nathan predicts.

Chairman Mendelson, at the hearing, questioned why Nathan chose a strict interpretation of the partisan requirement but not the

election date requirement. “Why wouldn’t the same argument apply to the election being held in 2014?” he asked.

Nathan recalled that he’d advised the council not to postpone the elec-tion by four years — although he’d agreed that legally it had the author-ity to do so.

In light of the current situation, Nathan recommended that council members, after further debating some key policy issues, could put forth a new referendum for D.C. vot-ers in November. That way, if the

council does want a non-partisan process (as Cheh, Grosso and Men-delson have said they favor), it could do so in a “lawful, responsible way,” he said.

Nathan also suggested that the election could take place in 2016, not coinciding with the mayor’s term. (He and Mendelson debated whether that change could encour-age the attorney general to quickly escalate to aspirations for the may-or’s seat.)

One possibility that seems unlike-ly now is going forth with an April

primary, as originally intended.On Feb. 7, a D.C. Superior Court

judge denied a petition from Paul Zukerberg that tried to stop election officials from printing April ballots that don’t list the attorney general position. Zukerberg, a trial lawyer who lives in Adams Morgan, is the sole candidate to officially campaign for the position.

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This is a listing of reports taken from Feb. 10 through 16 by the Metropolitan Police Depart-ment in local police service areas.

PSA 101

Robbery■ 1200-1299 block, Pennsyl-vania Ave.; 12:45 a.m. Feb. 16.

Burglary■ 1100-1199 block, G St.; 12:31 p.m. Feb. 12.

Motor vehicle theft■ 12th and H streets; 3 p.m. Feb. 10.

Theft■ H and 13th streets; 6:14 a.m. Feb. 10.■ 900-999 block, F St.; 5:27 p.m. Feb. 10.■ 1300-1399 block, K St.; 8:55 p.m. Feb. 10.■ 600-699 block, 13th St.; 11:53 a.m. Feb. 11.■ 700-799 block, 13th St.; 2:50 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 500-599 block, 12th St.; 11:18 a.m. Feb. 12.■ 1200-1299 block, New York Ave.; 4:18 p.m. Feb. 12.■ 600-699 block, Pennsylvania Ave.; 3 p.m. Feb. 13.■ 1200-1299 block, Pennsyl-vania Ave.; 3 p.m. Feb. 13.

Theft from auto■ 1200-1299 block, K St.; 5:16 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 1300-1399 block, K St.; 11:40 p.m. Feb. 12.■ 1000-1019 block, 10th St.; 7:10 p.m. Feb. 14.■ 12th and K streets; 11:12 p.m. Feb. 16.

PSA 102

Robbery■ H and 5th streets; 11:40 p.m. Feb. 14.■ 600-699 block, I St.; 12:38 a.m. Feb. 16.

Theft■ 800-899 block, 9th St.; 10:32 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 800-899 block, 7th St.; 10:15 p.m. Feb. 12.■ 600-699 block, H St.; 9:55 p.m. Feb. 13.■ 700-799 block, 7th St.; 3:36 p.m. Feb. 15.■ G and 7th streets; 4 a.m. Feb. 16.■ 400-457 block, Massachu-setts Ave.; 3:08 p.m. Feb. 16.

Theft from auto■ 703-799 block, 9th St.; noon Feb. 10.■ 700-799 block, 8th St.; 12:22 a.m. Feb. 12.

PSA 201

Theft from auto■ 6600-6645 block, Barnaby St.; 8:53 a.m. Feb. 11.

PSA 202

Robbery■ 4500-4599 block, Grant Road; 1:45 p.m. Feb. 11 (with knife).

Motor vehicle theft■ 3806-3899 block, Hunting-ton St.; 7:51 a.m. Feb. 15.

Theft■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 1:50 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 4500-4537 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 9:30 a.m. Feb. 12.■ 5224-5299 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 12:21 p.m. Feb. 12.■ 4500-4537 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 10:38 a.m. Feb. 14.■ 5254-5299 block, Western Ave.; 9:20 p.m. Feb. 15.

Theft from auto■ Brandywine Street and River Road; 8:35 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 5100-5199 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 10:42 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 3900-3949 block, Warren St.; 11:44 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 4200-4219 block, Military Road; 11:52 p.m. Feb. 11.

PSA 203

Motor vehicle theft■ 3700-3899 block, Connecti-cut Ave.; 3:08 p.m. Feb. 16.

Theft from auto■ 3319-3499 block, Connecti-cut Ave.; 11:34 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 2500-2880 block, Porter St.; 3:54 p.m. Feb. 12.

PSA 204

Burglary■ 3000-3199 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 9:10 p.m. Feb. 11.

Motor vehicle theft■ 2200-2399 block, 39th St.; 9:30 a.m. Feb. 11.

Theft from auto■ 3800-3899 block, Calvert St.; 10:24 a.m. Feb. 11.

PSA 205

Theft■ 5210-5299 block, Lough-boro Road; 12:33 a.m. Feb. 10.

Theft from auto■ 4000-4299 block, Cathedral Ave.; 4:07 p.m. Feb. 12.

PSA 207

Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 1000-1099 block, 17th St.; 5:30 a.m. Feb. 15.

Motor vehicle theft■ 1900-1999 block, K St.; 6:25 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 1800-1899 block, K St.; 1:10 p.m. Feb. 13.

Theft■ 1800-1899 block, L St.; 8:20 p.m. Feb. 10.■ 1600-1699 block, K St.; 10:30 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 2600-2799 block, Pennsyl-vania Ave.; 11:13 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 1700-1799 block, H St.; 10:24 a.m. Feb. 12.■ 800-899 block, 15th St.; 11:15 a.m. Feb. 12.■ 2200-2299 block, I St.; 1:48 p.m. Feb. 13.■ 2200-2299 block, I St.; 7:08 p.m. Feb. 13.■ 600-699 block, 22nd St.; 1:10 p.m. Feb. 14.

Theft from auto■ 1400-1433 block, K St.; 9:19 a.m. Feb. 10.■ 800-899 block, 15th St.; 10 a.m. Feb. 14.

PSA 208

Robbery■ 2300-2399 block, Ashmead Place; 1:01 a.m. Feb. 16 (with gun).

Motor vehicle theft■ 21st and O streets; 5:05 a.m. Feb. 10.■ 1600-1699 block, Q St.; 7:31 a.m. Feb. 14.■ N and 19th streets; 6:57 p.m. Feb. 16.

Theft■ 1200-1217 block, 18th St.; 2:53 p.m. Feb. 10.■ 1700-1799 block, N St.; 11:07 a.m. Feb. 10.■ 1800-1899 block, T St.; 7:12 p.m. Feb. 10.■ 2100-2199 block, P St.; 4 p.m. Feb. 12.■ 1700-1799 block, P St.; 11:21 a.m. Feb. 15.■ 2100-2198 block, Connecti-cut Ave.; 12:28 p.m. Feb. 15.

Theft from auto■ 2301-2549 block, Belmont Road; 9:16 p.m. Feb. 14.■ 1600-1699 block, O St.; 11:35 a.m. Feb. 16.

PSA 401

Theft from auto■ 1400-1599 block, Locust Road; 4 p.m. Feb. 10.■ 600-699 block, Fern Place; 6:37 a.m. Feb. 12.■ Eastern Avenue and 13th Street; 12:59 p.m. Feb. 13.

PSA 402

Robbery■ 1306-1399 block, Fort Ste-vens Drive; 7:05 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 1328-1399 block, Peabody St.; 4:26 p.m. Feb. 12.

Theft■ 5910-5999 block, Georgia Ave.; 7:14 p.m. Feb. 10.■ 6300-6315 block, 16th St.; 2:30 p.m. Feb. 12.■ 900-1099 block, Peabody St.; 5 p.m. Feb. 16.■ 5910-5999 block, Georgia Ave.; 5:16 p.m. Feb. 16.

Theft from auto■ 6400-6489 block, Georgia Ave.; 7:26 p.m. Feb. 12.■ 6200-6299 block, Georgia Ave.; 7:45 p.m. Feb. 14.■ 1400-1499 block, Tucker-man St.; 11 p.m. Feb. 15.

PSA 403

Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 400-499 block, Kennedy St.; 11 p.m. Feb. 10 (with knife).■ 5300-5399 block, 8th St.; 8:48 a.m. Feb. 11 (with knife).■ 5300-5399 block, 4th St.; 12:05 p.m. Feb. 14 (with knife).

Burglary■ 800-899 block, Jefferson St.; 3:30 p.m. Feb. 12.

Motor vehicle theft■ 300-399 block, Kennedy St.; 12:40 p.m. Feb. 11.

Theft■ 5700-5899 block, Georgia Ave.; 7:15 p.m. Feb. 13.■ 712-799 block, Madison St.; 6:55 p.m. Feb. 14.

Theft from auto■ 500-699 block, Gallatin St.; 11:49 a.m. Feb. 11.

PSA 404

Burglary■ 4600-4699 block, Blagden Terrace; 10:46 a.m. Feb. 10.

Theft from auto■ 4300-4399 block, Georgia Ave.; 1:29 p.m. Feb. 10.■ 1300-1399 block, Randolph St.; 5 p.m. Feb. 10.■ 1500-1599 block, Webster St.; 2:30 p.m. Feb. 12.■ 17th and Shepherd streets; 9:49 a.m. Feb. 13.■ 1200-1271 block, Quincy St.; 7 p.m. Feb. 16.

PSA 407

Robbery■ 500-599 block, Buchanan St.; 7 p.m. Feb. 11.

Theft from auto■ 5000-5099 block, 9th St.; 8:45 p.m. Feb. 11.■ 3800-3899 block, Georgia Ave.; 10:50 a.m. Feb. 12.■ 3800-3899 block, Georgia Ave.; 8:18 p.m. Feb. 12.■ 317-399 block, Shepherd St.; 10:52 a.m. Feb. 15.

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psA 201■ chevy chase

psA 204■ massachusetts avenue heiGhts / cleveland parkwoodley park / Glover park / cathedral heiGhts

psA 205■ palisades / sprinG valleywesley heiGhts / Foxhall

psA 207■ FoGGy bottom / west end

psA 208■ sheridan-kaloramadupont circle

psA 401■ colonial villaGeshepherd park / takoma

psA 404■ 16th street heiGhtscrestwood

psA 203■ Forest hills / van nesscleveland park

psA 407■ petworth

psA 402■ briGhtwood / manor park

psA 403■ briGhtwood / petworthbriGhtwood park16th street heiGhts

psA 101■ downtown

psA 102■ Gallery placepenn Quarter

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Wednesday Zukerberg filed an emergency petition asking the D.C. Court of Appeals to review the judge’s decision.

If that appeal fails, Cheh’s bill offers a “fallback,” said Gary Thompson, an attorney who has represented Zukerberg pro bono. At the hearing on the legislation, he said the primary issue is a “novel” one offering little “binding precedent.”

Walter Smith, executive director of DC Appleseed — a legal non-profit that has advocated for a 2014 attorney general election — said there are examples of D.C. elections without primaries, such as special elections to fill council vacancies.

One aspect of Cheh’s bill that most (including Nathan) seem to agree with would create an excep-tion to allow city government employees — such as lawyers work-ing in the attorney general’s office

— to run for the position. Supporters say this would encourage some of the most qualified candidates to campaign.

Cheh, in the interview, said she wants to clarify that exception to avoid conflicts of interest but still prevent government employees from having to give up their jobs to campaign, as current laws would require. She suggested a leave of absence would be appropriate for such cases.

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for college students, Evans seemed receptive. “I’m the father of six chil-dren, five of whom are either in or about to go into college, so I would absolutely support free Metro pass-es, and I’d go a step further — free tuition,” he joked. Shallal said higher education institutions should be asked to run programs for D.C. youth such as a life-skills academy between fifth and sixth grades. As far as he’s con-cerned, colleges haven’t been asked to do enough for the larger commu-nity. “They don’t pay property taxes,” Shallal said. “We need to have them invest back in the city.” Orange lamented the current level of investment in the University of the District of Columbia. “I think it’s a travesty what’s going on at UDC — the fact that this administra-tion is trying to eliminate the athletic program,” he said. (The comments came in reference to a proposal from the school’s interim president to save money by ending its sports

teams.) When discussion turned to the scandal-plagued D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, Wells — who chairs the committee overseeing the agen-cy — blasted its “malaise and mis-management.” He, Evans and Lewis all said they would not keep Chief Kenneth Ellerbe if they were elected mayor. Shallal focused on what he sees as “a lot of morale problems” at the agency and called for salary raises for the firefighters. He, Orange and Allen declined to make a com-mitment on Ellerbe. Toward the end of the night, Allen delivered a message to univer-sity students about their own civic responsibility. “The key thing is going out there and being activists, as you guys are,” he said. Going a step further, Wells made the case that today’s young people might be uniquely qualified to shape the future of the District. “It is true that this generation, the millennials, have rediscovered urban America, and D.C. is one of the best new cities growing again,” he said.

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Making some noise Before any D.C. establishment is granted a license to sell alcohol, it must demonstrate that its activities won’t disturb the peace, order and quiet of nearby residents. These clear legal entitlements are backed up by a noise law that caps nighttime volume at 60 decibels. What is less clear is how rigidly these rules can be applied in a vibrant mixed-use area — such as southern Dupont Circle, where some residents recently formed the D.C. Nightlife Coalition to push for more enforcement of noise rules. Many alcohol-serving establishments and their supporters argue that the standards are unreasonable and that noise complaints are mis-directed toward clubs or bars rather than the general hubbub of city living. While there may indeed be cases in which residents are pinning the blame on the wrong noise source, we have little doubt that there are times when establishments produce illegal noise. The Dupont residents reportedly measured a 90-decibel roar coming from the outdoor areas of clubs and bars. And there is good reason that residents are supposed to be guaranteed peace, order and quiet: Frequent sleepless nights are a serious quality-of-life issue, and one that could also jeopardize property values in what should be highly desirable sections of town. Yes, a nightclub that constantly nags patrons to kindly keep their voices down would struggle to stay in business. But adequate soundproofing is a cost of doing business, and it’s one some establishments appear to dodging. That said, there must be some compromises. A mixed-use community encompasses what its name promises — a mix of uses. Such areas must be hospitable to both residential and commercial uses. Just like bars and clubs can’t expect to blast loud music with impunity, their neighbors can’t expect to emulate the hushed stillness of Crestwood, Spring Valley or the suburbs. D.C. regulators must make more of an effort to monitor nightlife noise and require fixes when clear violations occur. Doing so will help clarify expectations — and is necessary to make mixed-use neighborhoods work.

For council chairman With conversations about D.C. politics this winter focusing on the hotly contested mayor’s race, there has been little attention to the race for D.C. Council chairman. Given the contest’s dynamics, that’s not surprising. Takoma resident Phil Mendelson currently holds the position, having been appointed, and then elected, to the seat that Kwame Brown vacated in 2012 after admitting to bank fraud charges. Chairman Mendelson has just one Democratic challenger: Takoma resident Calvin Gurley, who has served as the president of Fairlawn and Takoma civic groups. His resume includes work as an auditor with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. We’re more impressed by Mr. Mendelson on a number of fronts. First, he seems to have settled the council after the chaos surrounding Mr. Brown’s departure, governing effectively since he took over the position. Second, we believe he works well with others, even when they sharply disagree. For instance, Chairman Mendelson strongly disagreed with Mayor Vincent Gray on the Large Retailer Minimum Wage Law, which would have required many non-union retailers to pay a $12.50 minimum wage. It was aimed at Walmart, which was planning to open several new stores in the city. Mayor Gray and the bill’s other opponents are convinced it would have resulted, at the least, in the chain canceling plans for three of those stores — in food-desert areas of wards 7 and 8 — and thus depriving over a thousand District residents of employment and eliminating potential new tax revenues. Mr. Mendelson said the higher minimum wage for Walmart was worth the risk. He got the bill modified to exclude stores under 75,000 square feet so it would not affect drugstores, and he forcefully backed the amended leg-islation, but Mayor Gray successfully vetoed it. Despite this battle, the two continue to collaborate well, and they clearly respect each other. We have also appreciated the chairman’s position and efforts on a number of issues, including his successful work, in the wake of the Walmart vote, to bring about coordinated minimum wage increases in D.C. and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. He also appropriately pushed to maintain criminal penalties for public use of marijuana last month, when the council voted to eliminate sanctions for private use. Chairman Mendelson also has the benefit of long and uninterrupted ser-vice on the council and a strong knowledge base. While insider experience is not always a positive in elections, when contrasted with Mr. Gurley’s lack of legislative background — and seeming lack of knowledge on many of a host of issues we raised during our recent candidate interviews — the incum-bent’s years on the council fall in the “pro” category. We enthusiastically endorse Mr. Mendelson for re-election.

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ch n8 Wednesday, February 19, 2014 The CurrenT

Jerry McCoy was being old school this week.He was flipping through a newspaper, but

not just any newspaper.It came from a stack of 100-year-old editions of

The Washington Star.He found Feb. 18, 1914. There was a cartoon

picture of someone shoveling snow. “Nothing changes, a century later,” he joked.

It’s all part of his job.McCoy handles spe-

cial collections at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in the Washingtoniana room, and he has worked for the D.C. Public Library for nearly 15 years.

“For me personally, coming in [here] is like enter-ing this incredible world of our city’s past,” he said Tuesday during an interview with NBC4. “I feel excited for people that are coming in here because it’s like we have all of this neat stuff and we’re ready to share it with you.”

McCoy spoke as he stood near a white iron news-paper box that held a final edition of the Star, its headline reading, “128 Years of Service Ending.”

The Notebook was visiting the library for the for-mal announcement of the architectural team that everyone hopes will transform the historic but aging Mies van der Rohe building into a modern, techno-logical library of the future.

“So this takes us to a new stage,” Mayor Vincent Gray said during the ceremony.

The library board selected the international Mecanoo firm and the local Martinez + Johnson firm to undertake what will probably be a nearly five-year, $300 million project.

Staff historians and administrators and technical crews can’t wait to have a modern building as good as the library collections it houses.

“It’s going to be a state-of-the-art library and spe-cial collections,” McCoy told us.

We also checked out the library on Monday, when it was closed for Presidents Day. It seemed eerily quiet. Libraries nowadays aren’t as quiet as you might remember.

Library public relations director George Williams spoke to the guards, who allowed NBC4 inside to review the various redevelopment designs that had been set out for a final public meeting on Saturday.

More than 250 people came that day to have a say about their library.

“There are people who really hate this building, and there are people who really love this building,” said Alexander Padro, a Shaw advisory neighborhood commissioner and architectural historian. He joined us in the grand hall of the library, with its large mural dedicated to King and with its depictions of the civil rights movement.

Nearly everyone hates the dilapidated interior — whether they like the stark exterior or not.

The inside corridors, desks and restrooms are

go-to places for many homeless people who take a break or spend much of the day there.

Padro has sympathy for the homeless, but he says their presence can discourage families and others from making the most of the library.

“It’s all about making sure that we’re providing services to the homeless population so [the library] is not needed as a daytime shelter of last resort,” Padro said.

The building’s infrastructure is worn out. The interior has fallen into structural disrepair as plumb-ing and electricity suffered while technology raced ahead far faster than the aging building could be ret-rofitted.

The subterranean meeting rooms are suitable for horror shows or dreary prison scenes.

Bring on the new design and find the money to give the people of Washington a library they’ll use and want to use.■ Back then. Former Mayor Tony Williams launched a plan back in 2006 to sell the library and use the proceeds for a new headquarters facility on the grounds of the old convention center. That never got off the ground.

Some people want the central library to return to the Carnegie Building that sits between Mount Ver-non Square and the Walter E. Washington Conven-tion Center. But as grand as that original facility may be, it’s too small and too structurally out of date to serve as a modern library. (There are plans for the private International Spy Museum to move its opera-tions there.) Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a political reporter for News 4.

You can book it — better days ahead …

TOM SHERWOOD’S NotebooK

Speed camera data highly questionable The D.C. Department of Transportation has come up with an analysis of speed cameras, and each camera’s supposed “nexus” with safety, as mandated by the D.C. Council last year. Big sur-prise: The contractor found an affirmative “nexus” with safety at each and every one of the 296 speed camera locations (existing, planned and proposed) in the District. Who could have seen that coming? Closer examination of the analyses of individual speed cameras is revealing. Take the 4900 block of Connecticut Ave-nue, a broad and busy street that is a favorite suburban commuter route. The contractor measured a median traffic speed of a mere 24 mph, well under the posted 30 mph limit. The 85th-percentile

speed (85 percent of cars moving at this speed or lower) was just 29 mph, still under the posted limit. Well, one has to conclude that there’s no speeding problem there now. (Nearby residents may differ.) Compare Transportation Department data from 2006, which indicated an 85th-percen-tile speed in this area of 41 mph, quite a bit higher than the 29 mph just measured. Did the speed camera bring about this substantial reduction in traffic speed? If it did, then one should expect a significant reduc-tion in traffic crashes, before and after the camera. But no: The agency’s contractor reports 25 crashes in the two years before the camera, and 24 in the two years afterward — not a signifi-cant difference. One must conclude either that the installation of the speed cam-era, apparently reducing traffic speeds by 30 percent, yielded no significant reduction in automo-bile crashes; or that traffic had already slowed to modest speeds,

and the camera made no differ-ence. Or maybe there’s another explanation. Consider the speed camera in the 3500 block of Massachusetts Avenue. There the contractor measured an average traffic speed of 8 mph, and an 85th-percentile speed of 12 mph. Um — are you kidding me? Eight and 12 miles an hour? The agency’s 2006 data show an 85th-percentile speed of 39 mph. What is going on here? As for crashes, the contractor reports nine crashes in the three years before the camera was installed, and 17 in the three years afterward. Somehow the installation of the speed camera has doubled the crash rate, even as the traffic speeds dropped to those of a rather pokey bicyclist. One must conclude that this D.C. Department of Transporta-tion study is simply nuts. Oh, but trust them that each and every speed camera in the District is justified by a “nexus with safety.”

Jack McKayMount Pleasant

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Safeway’s plan must respect community The MacArthur Boulevard Safe-way in the Palisades has been in business since 1942, soon after its namesake boulevard changed its name from Conduit Road. The store is small and crowded by modern standards, and its irregular patch-work parking lot is not charming. So when Safeway proposed to put all parking underground beneath a new store, neighbors in the Pali-sades listened. The price, we were told, was a skyscraper — twice the height of the tallest nearby building — with a high density of upper-floor residential units. All delivery trucks and customer vehicles would arrive and depart by a half-block zone on U Street, just off the busy,

four-lane boulevard. Pedestrian and drop-off customers would all enter the store at the corner of 48th Place and MacArthur, creating another bottleneck and funneling traffic into a residential area with few side-walks and lots of pedestrians. With seven schools nearby, safety must be paramount. None of these proposals met with broad community support when Safeway presented its plan to a standing-room-only Palisades Cit-izens Association meeting last sum-mer. The community energy was palpable. Overnight, a large group of citizens association members formed a task force to analyze all aspects of a zoning application for a planned-unit development, the pro-cess that Safeway will have to go through before implementing its plan. Subsequent public events with Safeway’s representatives have been billed as responses to commu-

nity input, but I have not detected any substantial change in their orig-inal proposal. There must be suit-able “benefits and amenities” to compensate the community for the zoning change. The Palisades Citi-zens Association is doing its own traffic study to stay ahead of this issue. We are told that a new plan will be ready in the near future. When Safeway comes forward with a new version of its plan, I will be looking for a more sensible alter-native to the high-density, high-rise structure and the intractable traffic bottlenecks that the original propos-al would have produced. The last time Palisades got a new Safeway, MacArthur Boulevard got its new name. This time we hope to keep the existing scale and character of MacArthur Boulevard when we get a new Safeway.

Steve WallerPresident,

Palisades Citizens Association

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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 should be addressed to Letters to the Editor, The Current, Post Office Box 40400, Washing-ton, D.C. 20016-0400. You may send email to [email protected].

In 1928, a rare tornado tore through Northwest D.C. and ripped the roof off one of the decrepit tempo-rary school buildings that sat at 36th and Davenport

streets. This finally led Congress to approve money for an “eight-room extensible building.” Even so, parents still had to lobby relentlessly to get the school built. However, from the moment Ben W. Murch School opened in 1930, the school was overcrowded. A new batch of “cottages” was hastily erected until another wing could be built, which took three years. Sadly, 85 years later, little has changed. These days, Murch students find themselves in a building that is alarmingly overcrowded — and now obsolete. And, again, our community is begging government leaders to keep their promise to create a high-quality educational environment and quit delaying the long-needed mod-ernization of Murch. A population boom in Ward 3 and years of bureau-cratic neglect have created the perfect storm for an anti-quated campus that is unhealthy and unsafe. Since 2010, our student population has mushroomed 18 per-cent. With 628 students, Murch is the second largest elementary school in the District and could soon be the largest. Yet our official capacity is 488 pupils, if you count a “temporary” structure that has been on site since 1988 in addition to the main building. A third of our classes are housed in a growing collection of trail-ers, which lack restrooms and take up large swaths of precious playground and parking space. The trailers’ awkward presence also exacerbates a traffic choke point where the staff parking lot, access for garbage and delivery trucks, and pedestrian pathways converge. This is an accident waiting to happen. And our campus is way out of compliance with many other city and federal standards. D.C. Public Schools guidelines call for 150 square feet of space per student. Murch has 76 square feet per student. Class-rooms in the main building boast only two electrical outlets. There is no central HVAC system. Wi-Fi is spotty at best. The building is not handicapped-accessi-ble. Small-group projects take place in hallways and stairwells. The entire campus lacks the electronic secu-rity systems that are standard in today’s schools. To enter the building, teachers and students must wait to be

buzzed in through a nondescript side door. (Our historic courtyard entry is blocked by portable classrooms and a locked chain-link fence.) With no cafeteria, breakfast and lunch are served in the hall — and eaten there as well or in the classroom. Our hard-working, dedicated teachers and adminis-trators must continually find workarounds for our sub-standard campus, robbing our students of valuable instruction time. With their cars double- and triple-parked in the undersized lot, they must dash out during the day to shuffle cars as needed. Several closets and bathrooms have been converted into staff offices. There are only two tiny unisex restrooms for adults. Not surprisingly, these conditions are taking a toll on Murch’s long record of academic excellence. Although Murch was one of the U.S. Department of Education’s first Blue Ribbon schools, test scores have suffered in the past few years. Many parents feel that this decline is directly linked to the diminishing educational effective-ness of our learning space. We fully support the tremendous effort to improve learning environments in all D.C. schools. We are ecstatic to see so many schools blossoming around the city in their state-of-the-art facilities. However, our school community remains genuinely puzzled as to what objective analysis led to a decision to delay reno-vation of Murch for the second time last year while accelerating other projects. As we put that question to the mayor, the D.C. Council and D.C. Public Schools, let us be absolutely clear: The situation at Murch is critical and untenable — and must be addressed immediately. The only long-term solution is to modernize our campus without further delay, as we lay out on our website murchlookingforward.org. We are asking city officials to work with our community to:■ Begin planning right now so that we have time to engage appropriate stakeholders.■ Get shovels in the ground by June 2015.■ Complete the renovation of Murch in 2016. Ben Murch’s favorite quotation was, “Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.” The Murch community has lived up to these words for years. Now it’s time for our city leaders to do their best by Murch. It is our sincere hope that they not wait for another freak tornado to bring change. Laura Kaiser and John Paty are co-chairs of the Murch Elementary School Improvement Team.

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ANC 3ETenleytownAmerican University Park

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in the auditorium at Wilson High School, 3950 Chesapeake St. NW. Agenda items include:■ announcements/open forum.■ police report.■ presentation by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority regarding possible plans for 40th Street and Fort Drive between Albe-marle and Brandywine streets NW.■ presentation by Safeway on plans for the site at 42nd, Ellicott and Dav-enport streets.■ presentation by Car2Go.■ presentation on Age-Friendly City Block-by-Block Walk Through Proj-ect.■ consideration on the renewal of the Friends of Friendship Park char-ter and update on the park renova-tion process.■ presentation of a grant request by Iona Senior Services.■ consideration of a public space application for 4650 Warren St.■ consideration of a possible settle-ment agreement relating to manage-ment of fumes and noise from Civil and the Chevy Chase Pavilion. For details, visit anc3e.org.

ANC 3/4GChevy Chase

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, at the Chevy Chase Community Center, Connecticut Avenue and McKin-ley Street NW. Agenda items include:■ update on LED lighting.■ update on the Cafritz Enterprises apartment building at 5333 Con-necticut Ave.■ consideration of an Alcoholic Bev-erage Control application for a new license for Macon Restaurant, 5520 Connecticut Ave. For details, send an email to [email protected] or call 202-363-5803.

ANC 4AColonial VillageShepherd ParkCrestwood

At the commission’s Feb. 4 meeting: ■ commissioners elected 2014 offi-cers. Karrye Braxton was elected chair on a 5-2 vote over Gale Black, who was supported by Acqunetta Anderson. Dwayne Toliver was elected vice chair over Martha Mitchell, who voted for him. Ste-phen Whatley was elected treasurer with Anderson abstaining, and Mitchell was unanimously elected secretary. ■ Metropolitan Police 4th District Cmdr. Kimberly Chisley-Missouri reported “significant arrests” of peo-ple thought to be involved in robber-ies in northern Shepherd Park. ■ Mayor Vincent Gray discussed city issues and took questions from

the community. Gray said he walked around Shepherd Park in response to recent crimes and found that residents want more police engagement and better lighting. He said the city is replacing every streetlight and alley light with new LED fixtures, a program that was delayed a year ago due to a con-tract protest. He added that the lights will be adjusted in areas where neighbors find them too bright, including Chevy Chase. ■ Caroline Kenney of Urban Atlan-tic, the major city contractor for developing the former Walter Reed site, said her firm is talking with Wegmans about locating a grocery store there and is working on the overall economic development plan. ■ commissioners voted 6-0, with Dwayne Toliver voting present, to ask District officials to resolve reported unauthorized use of 4340 Blagden Ave. Commissioner Gale Black said the house is reportedly

being used for short-term renters to large groups of people in violation of zoning laws. Jonathan Williams of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs said the agency will issue notices of infractions as the property has been used as an illegal rooming house. ■ Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser discussed city issues. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 4, at the Fort Stevens Recreation Center, 13th and Van Buren streets NW. For details, call 202-450-6225 or visit anc4a.org.

ANC 4CPetworth/16th Street Heights

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, at the Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. For details, call 202-723-6670 or visit anc4c.org.


In Your Neighborhood

Chevy Chase Citizens Association Mark your calendars for the Chevy Chase Citizens Association Garden Club’s next meeting, on Feb. 26 at 7:15 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW. Everyone is welcome to come to Garden Club meetings. Bring a gardening book or magazine to exchange. For questions, email [email protected]. This month’s Garden Club meeting will feature updates about Dumbarton Oaks Park. Jennifer Horn, a horticulturist, landscape archi-tect and principal of her own design firm, JHLA, will present a virtual walking tour of the park, emphasizing site detailing and plant selec-tions. The original design dates back to 1920, when the 53-acre site was transformed by one of the first female landscape architects, Beatrix Ferrand. In addition, Lou Slade, first vice president of Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy, will provide an update on the latest efforts of this organization to revitalize the landmark park. On another subject, every third Thursday of each month is Senior Cinema Thursday at the Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. Meet new friends and enjoy a morning of entertainment! Showtime is 10:30 a.m. All shows are in the more easily accessible street-level theater, Avalon 1. Discounted senior tickets (for ages 62-plus) cost $5. This month’s feature, on Thursday, Feb. 20, is “Winter’s Tale.” For more information, visit theavalon.org.

— Jonathan Lawlor

Shepherd Park Citizens Association Mother Nature certainly has shown the D.C. area increased atten-tion this winter compared to last year. But while there have been mul-tiple days of closures, delays and telework options over the last two months, the storms of this winter still have not compared to a few doozies in the past. One in particular still resonates with me. Until recently, whenever D.C. was hit with a storm, Shepherd Park received an extra punch in the gut because of our trees. Seeing our beautiful mature trees adorned with snow and ice, towering over the utility lines, was always an indicator that a day or two without electric-ity was imminent. This was the case with my most memorable snowstorm — no, not Snowmageddon, but the Blizzard of 1996! That blizzard began early on Sunday, Jan. 7. By Monday morning, Washington, D.C., was buried under 17 to 21 inches of snow. Then an “Alberta Clipper” shot through on Tuesday, Jan. 9, dumping an additional 3 to 5 inches of snow. A third storm struck on Friday, Jan. 12, adding an extra 4 to 6 inches over the metro area. By the week’s end, most of the Washington area was buried under 2 to 3 feet of snow and my family was buried in Shepherd Park without power. Nevertheless, I had something special during that time to entertain me thanks to Shepherd Elementary School. It brought joy to my mother, uncle and aunt when they were children. It brought joy to my brother, cousins and I as children, and now my nephews and nieces have experienced its delight as well. I am speaking of the hill on the Shepherd Elementary field. Man, I had a ball sledding down that hill over and over again. Thankfully, power outages have not been a major concern recently, but should we have another storm, turn off the elec-tronics anyway and join my family on the hill of Shepherd Elementary.

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The St. John’s wrestling team closed its banner season Monday by repeating as the D.C. city champions at Gonzaga. “It was really important for us to win it again as we continue to grow and get better,” said Cadets coach Karl Danso. “We had 11 [wrestlers] in the finals — that was pretty cool. It was a big year for us.” The Cadets started the championship round with freshman Luke Davis earning a pin vic-tory in the 106-pound division. Later, junior Garrett Brams won the 132-pound bracket. St. John’s continued to dominate the com-petition when sophomore Josh Simon earned a win by fall just 41 seconds into his 170-pound title bout. “It feels pretty good to get it two years in a row,” said Simon. “To be able to dominate my weight class is good.” It was also a chance to avenge his older brother Brett Simon, who was ruled ineligible for the event. The elder Simon hoped to com-pete in the 152-pound weight class rather than his typical 160 to allow another Cadet an

opportunity to qualify for nationals. But offi-cials cited a National Preps rule to determine that Simon couldn’t compete, because he didn’t wrestle in that weight category earlier in the season. St. John’s is protesting the ruling. “What they did to him, I don’t think it was fair,” Josh Simon said of his brother’s ineligi-bility. “He would’ve won this. It was added motivation.” St. John’s rounded out the event with Pat-rick Wenzlaff and Tom McNamara winning the 182- and 220-pound divisions, respective-ly.

Ladies first: GDS’s Ernst sets a Hoppers record, earns top award Georgetown Day School senior Julia Ernst set a school record with 106 victories en route to winning her third-straight D.C. champion-ship Saturday. Ernst was also named the most outstanding wrestler of the tournament. In the championship match against Cadet Edwin Reyes, Ernst was down 2-0, but she rallied to win the match 5-2. With the win, she punched a ticket to the prestigious National Preps tournament in Bethlehem, Pa., which starts on Friday.

“I had the stomach flu for the last three or four days and I was feeling sick all of today,” said Ernst. “In that last match, being on the bottom with 20 seconds to go, I had to stand up. It was either stand up or give up. And giv-ing up wasn’t an option.” Ernst comes from a family of wrestlers. Her older brother and younger brother both wres-

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When Roosevelt coach Rob Nickens broke down the game film of his school’s loss to Coolidge last Tuesday, something stood out: The Rough Riders fell short not because they were overmatched, but because of their slow start and lack of execu-tion. Nickens pointed out the gaffes to his players during film sessions in hopes of lighting a fire beneath the team. And it did: On Saturday after-noon, the Rough Riders executed their up-tempo scheme to perfection as they routed the Colts 92-75 on Roosevelt’s Senior Day. “We knew we had to get it done,” said senior guard Jarell Allen. “Watching tape, we played poorly. We just wanted to focus on our press defense.” The game was a major confi-dence builder for the Rough Riders after losing the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association title to Coolidge last season and that recent game on Feb. 11. “Last year losing to them in the championship game by one was heartbreaking,” said Nickens. “My kids came to play, and I’m so happy they came to play.” Roosevelt was led by junior for-ward Anthony Whitley’s 26 points

and 10 rebounds. Senior guard Troy Stancil also poured in 24 points, while senior point guard Johnnie Shuler added 14 and junior forward Deion Hayes scored 10 points and made 21 rebounds. For Coolidge, senior guard Jamall Gregory scored the highest, with 23 points. Senior forward Doug Farley had 22, and sophomore guard Justin Route added 15. One of the biggest lessons Roos-evelt took from the Feb. 11 matchup — a 69-63 loss — was the need to design a defense to slow down Coolidge senior guard Sam Briggs, who scored 24 points in that game. The Rough Riders made it a point to pressure Briggs from the opening tip Saturday, and they put Allen on defense to pester him throughout the game. The effort held Briggs to just five points. “We wanted to make him work and to put pressure on him from baseline to baseline,” said Nickens. While the Rough Riders eventu-ally turned the game into a rout, it was Coolidge that jumped on Roos-evelt in the early going by racing out to an 11-5 lead. But then Stancil, who hit a game-high four three-point buckets, made a pair of critical treys to spark a Roosevelt run. Shuler added a three-ball of his own as Roosevelt took a 22-16 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Rough Riders wouldn’t trail again. “It’s a confidence booster, but we’re still not finished,” said Shuler. “It’s just one game. Our goal is to win the championship.” The DCIAA playoffs begin this week and will wrap up on Monday at Coolidge.

Maret wins the MAC title The Frogs had been anticipating their rematch with Saint James for weeks. But two snow cancellations moved the game that was originally scheduled in January to one of the last contests of the season. Maret traveled to Hagerstown, Md., Monday night and outlasted the Saints to win 65-59 and jump ahead in the standings. The Frogs then knocked off Sidwell 80-46 to clinch a second straight Mid-Atlantic Con-ference title. The MAC playoffs begin Friday and will wrap up Sunday at George-town Day School.

St. John’s clinches the WCAC’s top seed The Cadets completed a season sweep of Bishop O’Connell by knocking off the Knights 66-63 on Sunday afternoon to clinch the top seed in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference playoffs. “It was important because we needed the No. 1 seed,” said senior

guard Darian Anderson. “We’ve been working so hard.” Big scorers for St. John’s includ-ed senior guard Tre Campbell, with 14 points, and Anderson, who had 13 and was honored before the game

for reaching the 1,000-point mile-stone. The WCAC playoffs begin this week and the championship game will be held Tuesday evening at American University.

A Rough Ride: Roosevelt solves Coolidge in DCIAA showdown

Brian Kapur/The CurrentRoosevelt senior Johnnie Schuler, center, led an up-tempo offensive attack to help topple Coolidge in a critical DCIAA game Saturday.

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Brian Kapur/The CurrentSt. John’s had 11 wrestlers compete in championship matches on Monday.

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Gonzaga repeats as DCAA indoor track championsBy BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

Gonzaga repeated as the D.C. State Athletic Association indoor track champions Feb. 11, edging out Georgetown Day 99-95 at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Hyattsville, Md. Gonzaga’s top performers included senior Maurice Holmes, who won the high jump and earned bronze in the 55-meter hurdles, and senior Kevin Pulliam, who took silver in the 1,600- and 800-meter events. Georgetown Day’s second-place overall finish was led by several standout performanc-es. Senior Neville Echols earned third in the shot put; senior Erin Rust-Tierney won the triple jump; junior Aidan Pillard earned bronze in the 1,600-meter; and senior Sam Boardman grabbed third in the 800-meter. The Hoppers’ 200-meter relay team of Rust-Tierney, and senior siblings Ahmad, Malik and Khalil Jones earned bronze. The

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Boys basketballDunbar 76, Bell 47Hebrew Academy 70, Field 57Flint Hill 93, GDS 67

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Girls basketballVisitation 47, Bullis 40Cathedral 64, Stone Ridge 44GDS 50, Sidwell 40

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Joneses, along with senior Carlton Marshall, also earned silver in the 400-meter. “We just wanted to do well and go out with a bang,” said Malik Jones. St. John’s finished third due to several standouts: junior Ayron Monroe, who won the long jump and silver in the 55-meter hurdles; junior Mandela Kabi, who finished second in the long jump; junior Jor-dan Tyner, who earned bronze in the triple jump; and senior Chandler Baxter, who grabbed silver in the 55-meter dash. The Cadets’ 200-meter team of Monroe, Kabi, fresh-man Eric Harrison and junior Alonzo Ruffin also won gold. Several other Northwest athletes also stood out. Roosevelt senior Abdur-Rah-maan Kelly won the 1,600- and 800-meter races. And the Rough Riders’ 200-meter team of Kelly, freshman Salahudeen Nurul-Hagg, junior Ter-rel Dickens and sophomore Maurice Morris earned silver, while the squad of Morris, sophomore Anfal Nurul-Hagg, Salahudeen Nurul-Hagg and Kelly earned bronze in the 400-meter. Other notables included Maret senior Maurice Hicks, who earned

silver in the triple jump, and Wilson senior Acey Calhoun, who won the 300-meter dash. On the girls’ side, Dunbar won the event with a mark of 127 points, but Wilson and Visitation rounded out the top three with scores of 109 and 103, respectively. Wilson’s second-place finish was due to a slew of standouts. Senior Tajah Franklin took bronze in the shot put, senior Rachel Bohnam won the high jump and 55-meter hurdles, senior Harper Randolph took second in the 55-meter, senior Ashley Younger won the 55-meter dash and sophomore Asia Amis earned bronze in the 300-meter. The Tigers’ 200-meter team of Younger, Amis and seniors Teneille Moore-Jacobson and Harper Ran-dolph earned silver. And the relay squad of sophomore Julia Rakas, junior Lindsay Cunningham and freshmen Arrington Peterson and Sophie Reveal grabbed silver in the 800-meter race. Visitation’s bronze finish as a team was powered by distance run-ning. Junior Emily Kaplan won the 1,600- and 800-meter events; sopho-more Margaret Lindsay won the grueling 3,200-meter and earned sil-ver in the 1,600-meter; senior Jacin-da Miller took bronze in the 1,600-meter; junior Jullian Murray grabbed

bronze in the 500-meter; freshman Lauren Cormier earned bronze in the 3,200-meter; and senior Jessie Foster won the 800-meter run. “It feels good,” said Lindsay. “There are a lot of really good girls and tough competition.” The Cubs’ relay team of juniors Elle Lynott, Jubilee Marshall and Adriana Dropulic and freshman Lauren Cormier earned silver in the 800-meter. St. John’s took fourth place as a team on the girls side and had sev-eral standouts. Junior Nyah Wilkin-son earned silver in the shot put; junior Taylor Camp grabbed silver in the long jump; and senior Chan-dler Baxter finished second in the 300-meter. The Cadets’ 200-meter relay team — Camp, Baxter and freshmen Jailyn Morris and Cameryn Edwards — won the event. The 400-meter squad of Baxter, Camp, junior Jas-mine Graves and sophomore Sahna Sabbakhan earned silver. Georgetown Day also had a good meet. Sophomore Katherine Treanor earned silver in the 3,200-meter run, and freshman Jadyn Wilensky took bronze in the 800-meter. The Hop-pers’ 800-meter relay squad of fresh-men Simone Amer, Jadyn Wilensky and Sarah Pillard and junior Emilia Kaslow-Zieve also won that event.

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tle, and they beat up on her when she was younger, inspiring her to try the sport in sixth grade. “I decided I needed to learn to defend myself, so I started wrestling and loved it,” said Ernst. She continued wrestling throughout high school, but had a difficult time earning respect in the male-dominat-ed sport during her freshman and sophomore years. That problem evaporated after Ernst started stacking up wins, earning the respect of her competitors and opposing coaches. “In a lot of ways over the course of my career, it has gotten easier because all the coaches have gotten to know me and see that I love the sport and I want to give it all to the sport,” she said. “I just want to be seen as an equal competitor.” Ernst, who will attend Harvard University next fall, has embraced being a minority in her sport. She has become the winningest Hopper on the mat and a role model for girls who may be interested in wrestling. “It makes me feel that people are getting something positive out of my experience,” said Ernst. “I really hope that by being out here it’s showing other girls that they should definitely try to get out here.”

Sidwell, Gonzaga and Maret all earn wins Gonzaga earned second overall at the D.C. Classic Monday, with sophomores Jonathan Biagini and William MacDonald winning their respective 120- and 152-pound weight classes.

Sidwell took bronze as a team. The Quakers won three weight classes on pins: Matt Sarro won the 138-pound division; Sidwell’s Jon Jon Streat earned the 195-pound title with a pin just 53 seconds into his bout; and in the final match of the afternoon, Miles Brown earned a pin-fall victory just 23 seconds into the heavyweight bout. Meanwhile, Maret earned sixth place as a team, with Anthony Ware taking the 145-pound crown.

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Brian Kapur/The CurrentGeorgetown Day School senior Julia Ernst, top, set a school record with 106 career wins en route towinning her weight class at Gonzaga Monday.


Spotlight on SchoolsBritish School of Washington

We have been learning about “Saving the World” in our Interna-tional Primary Curriculum topic. We spent time looking at the rain forests of the world and as part of this topic we went on a trip to the National Zoo and the Botanic Gar-den.

At the Zoo we saw lots of differ-ent animals. I saw a boa constrictor and a gorilla, and I also saw lots of stingrays and other small fish and turtles. We also thought about prod-ucts that come from the rain forests and looked at different types of wood — I got to pick up a piece of wood called balsa and found out that chewing gum comes from the rain forest.

At the Botanic Garden we saw lots of different types of plants, including plants that would grow in the rain forest. We spent time think-ing about why the rain forest is get-ting destroyed and what we can do to help it. It was also really interest-ing to see the types of flowers and leaves that grow in different parts of the world. My favourite plant was the cactus.

I really enjoyed my visit to the Zoo and the Botanic Garden because I found out lots of informa-tion and it helped me realise how important the rain forests are.

— George Elias, Year 3 Atlanta (second-grader)

Eaton ElementaryIn second grade at John Eaton,

we are doing ballet class. Our teacher is Ms. Saki, and she works at the Washington Ballet. Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, Ms. Saki comes to our school and teaches us in the gym. At first the second-graders didn’t know what dance class would be like, especial-ly the boys, but now we all really like it.

When we first get to dance class, we always do stretches. Then we move on to the dance part of the class. Each class is learning a dance

that we will show our parents at a performance. Ms. Saki plays differ-ent kinds of music during the class. We hear piano music, hip-hop music and rock ’n’ roll music too. We are learning to act out our feel-ings with movements instead of talking. For example, you can make motions with your hands like point-ing to yourself when you want a turn, or if you want to ask someone to do something for you, you can clasp your hands together in front of you and make a face to say “please.” On Feb. 27, our parents are invited to come and see us perform the dances we are learning. We will also show how to act out different feelings and demonstrate our warm-up. We are excited to show our par-ents what we learned!

— Gael Waizenegger and Jasper Hughes, second-graders

Edmund Burke School As a new student at Burke this year, I am taking my first year of French. I already love the language, and it will be great practice for when I go to Paris this summer. The class has only four people, which is good for me — smaller is better. My teacher, Fatou, comes from Côte d’Ivoire, so she learned French as her first language. She is enthusiastic and has a bubbly per-sonality, engaging us with games and songs to learn the beautiful lan-guage. Her positive attitude and eagerness makes for a fantastic French teacher. Since we don’t use a French textbook, we have more flexibility and creativity to complete activities. We can use a whole variety of resources: everything from Quizlet to the “Harry Potter” movies to improvised worksheets. Having dif-ferent projects to complete ensures we’re never bored! Lastly, Fatou has brought in many different French foods for us

to sample, such as baguettes, crois-sants, madeleines and even a king’s cake! There are many reasons that French at Burke is so wonderful for me: I have an amazing teacher, fun activities, and my new friends — despite our tiny size, we have big laughs!

— Ella Wilks, seventh-grader

Georgetown Day School It appears that snow days have

become the weekly norm in recent weeks, as Georgetown Day students received another day off last Thurs-day. This snow day fell on the day before mid-winter break began, resulting in students obtaining a six-day weekend before finally return-ing to class today, Feb. 19. Many students were especially thankful for this snow day because of many major assignments having due dates late last week, which were accord-ingly pushed back into this week.

As our athletic teams near the end of the winter season, many squads are looking for a final win before championships tournaments begin. Our boys basketball team played its final regular season game against St. Andrews as it attempted to break a .500 season record, boasting 11 wins and 11 losses before the game tipped off. The squad will enter its first Mid-Atlan-tic Athletic Conference basketball

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tournament game this Friday, Feb. 21. Our girls basketball team also played its final regular season game today against St. Stevens & St. Agnes. Going into the game, the team held onto a 9-12 season record before entering the Independent School League basketball tourna-ment this Friday. At the D.C. Interscholastic Ath-letic Association indoor track and field championship meet last Tues-day, the boys team finished in sec-ond place, four points behind Gon-zaga, while the girls team finished in fifth place overall. Our relay teams were outstanding, as many of them placed within first, second or third place.— Carlton Marshall II, 12th-grader

National Presbyterian For our spring musical this year at National Presbyterian School, we are doing “The Wizard of Oz”! Our fantastic directors are Stephanie Kilpatrick, the drama teacher; Sean Nolan, the upper division art teach-er; Catherine Durbin, a fifth-grade teacher; and Kristin Green, the lower school music teacher. They are all working very hard toward

the performances, which are on May 2 and 3. The musical will be performed by the fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders. The first rehearsal is on Feb. 18 and we are so excited to get our roles! There will be a couple of songs from “Wicked” and “The Wiz,” but mostly from “The Wizard of Oz.” There is also a backstage crew that starts on Feb. 20, which will help out by changing the back-drops and other technicalities like that during the performance. We have an amazing script, which we looked at during the exploratory session. Everyone can’t wait to get started!

— Bridget Neill, fifth-grader Our Lady of Victory School On Feb. 7, the Knights of Columbus hosted the annual Catho-lic Youth Organization spaghetti dinner to raise funds for the basket-ball program. More than 150 kids play basket-ball at Our Lady of Victory. Kids in kindergarten through second grade practice on Saturday mornings at a basketball clinic, and kids in grades three to eight play on teams. The entire basketball program is run by the Knights of Columbus. The money raised at the dinner will go toward jerseys, gym time and

scholarships. At the dinner everyone enjoyed spaghetti and meatballs, salad and bread. A video was shown that spotlighted all the fun times kids have at practice and at the games. Also at the dinner, the coaches introduced the players. I am on the girls’ third- to fourth-grade team. My coach is Mr. Farley. He makes basketball a lot of fun. We play on the weekend. Come watch a game and cheer on the Our Lady of Victory Crusaders!

— Anna Cavanagh, fourth-grader

Powell Bilingual Elementary Last week, we had a visit from at-large D.C. Council member David Catania, who spoke to our parents about their dreams for mid-dle schools in our Ward 4. We also had the Energy Assembly. Our mentors BlueFin Consulting helped us learn about how to save energy by changing the types of light bulbs we use and continuing to recycle. If we reduce by 5 percent this month, we will win a grant. We thank BlueFin and the D.C. Department of General Services for their fun review of energy. We again had a visit from the Mexican Embassy in the classes of Ms. Thorne and Ms. Jimenez. We made an art project based on Mexi-

can artists, and in reading we are studying fantasies. I am interested in researching Frida Kahlo and Rodolfo Morales. I like Frida’s self-portraits. I also like her husband Diego Rivera’s murals of Mexican history. I like Rodolfo Morales because he has “magical realism” and shows the beautiful hard work of the people making tortillas, planting and carrying babies in the pueblos. We have an open house from 10 to 11 a.m. Feb. 22. Academic par-ent teacher team conferences will be Feb. 24. Parents, you have to go!

— Blanca Morales, fifth-grader and Pantherville deputy mayor

School Without Walls High School Although Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on Feb. 2, signify-ing six more weeks of winter, stu-dents playing spring sports have already begun preparing. The boys lacrosse team has been flaunting its new gear as the players carry their lacrosse sticks throughout the day for their afterschool practices. The girls lacrosse team and girls softball team have been practicing with the boys baseball team during their after-school workout sessions, and Ultimate Frisbee has put the discs away, as its players have been run-ning on the National Mall to pre-pare for their upcoming season. Winter sports are not over yet, however, as the ski team will partic-ipate in the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association championship on March 7. Ten skiers will repre-sent Walls at Ski Liberty, a ski resort in Pennsylvania where the competition is held. Walls will com-pete with other area public high schools that have also qualified. Hopefully we will perform well! Those who are not on the ski team but still would like to ski had the opportunity to go skiing this Tuesday, Feb. 18. Skiers of varying ranges of experience participate, from those who have never skied before to members of the ski team. Participants go skiing for the whole day, missing a day of school, mak-ing this past weekend a six-day break for them. Although not alpine skiing in Sochi, Walls does what it can to make use of the winter sports sea-son.

— Delmar Tarragó, 12th-grader

Sheridan School In Sheridan first grade we learn lots of amazing facts. For example, did you know that you could be

drinking the same water that dino-saurs drank? It’s true because of the water cycle. The water cycle is the process by which water works its way from the sky to the ground and back up again. The cycle starts when water is up in the clouds. When a cloud gets too heavy water falls to the ground as rain. Once on the ground the rain fills lakes, riv-ers and oceans, and we use those to get our drinking water. Water returns to the clouds through evap-oration and the process starts over again. So we never really get “new” water, we just recycle water in different forms and that’s how you could be drinking the same water as a dinosaur. Another big thing that’s happen-ing in Sheridan first grade is that we have pen pals this term. A pen pal is a buddy from another school far from your school. Our pen pals are from Missouri. Their teacher used to work with our teacher at Sheri-dan. We write letters to them, tell them about ourselves and ask them questions about what it’s like to live where they do. We also do things like read the same books as a class and study the same things. Having a pen pal is one of the best parts of first grade.

— Max Nelson and Isabelle Goodweather, first-graders

Washington Latin Public Charter School Washington Latin’s Model Unit-ed Nations club — with the help of the Qatar Foundation International — is sending six students to Doha, Qatar, for a debate. Model UN stu-dents have been talking and debat-ing with students in Doha over Skype for months now. On Feb. 8, three students — Coumba Gueye, Allegra Jordan Hatem and Jenesis Duran — and teacher Megan Han-non flew over for a week of debates. On Feb. 15, students Jimmy Blanford, Conor Moore and Etthan Tate and Arabic teacher Alexander Porcelli leave for their week in Doha. Coumba Gueye and Etthan Tate are third-year Arabic students. Qatar Foundation International has been a long-time supporter of Washington Latin. The school took its first group of students to Doha in 2010. The foundation also sup-ports Latin’s Arabic program and the environmental club. The school is anxious for the arrival home of these students so they can tell all the exciting things they learned and did.

— Niara Tarleton-Allen, 10th-grader

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The home’s most contemporary space is its family room, with a large, white built-in wall shelving unit and more recessed lighting. The room also has windows facing the yard, carpeting and a wide entryway that opens to the kitchen.

Upstairs on the second floor are the three bedrooms, two of which were recently outfitted with carpet-ing. Facing the tree-lined Sherier Place, the front bedroom receives plenty of natural light. It also has two deep closets and tall built-in shelves near the door.

Toward the back is the master bedroom. Its private bath has a sky-light and large, concave storage space.

In the hallway are the shared bathroom and a hatch to the attic.

The rear yard includes a drive-way and detached two-car garage that features the same exterior design scheme as the main house. Inside is a spacious storage attic that can be accessed by pull-down stairs.

Back inside, the unfinished

lower level — also a prime candi-date for renovation — features a side entrance, laundry appliances, utility space and a quarter bath-room.

This three-bedroom, two-and-half-bath property at 5815 Sherier Place is listed at $869,000. For more information on this property, contact Evers & Co. Real Estate Inc.’s Nancy Hammond at 202-262-5374 or [email protected] or Linda Chaletzky at 301-938-2630 or [email protected].

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part because of “experience design-ing and completing major libraries and obtaining appropriate approvals from D.C. and federal review agen-cies.” The winning team beat out two other finalists competing to redevelop the 1972 building: Patkau Architects/Ayers Saint Gross with Krueck + Sexton, and STUDIOS Architecture/The Freelon Group. All three teams made presenta-tions at a public forum this past Sat-urday at the library, with Francine Houben speaking for the Mecanoo group. “I always say libraries are my thing,” Houben said, showing off

photos of her firm’s work on Delft University of Technology’s library in the Netherlands and the new Bir-mingham Central Library in Eng-land. “A library is maybe the most public building nowadays,” she said. “Nowadays, a modern library should have a cafe and a bookstore.” In addition, Houben said, modern libraries should have a massive digi-tal screen communicating daily library activities, a lush green roof deck, and welcoming indoor spaces for art exhibitions, theatrical perfor-mances and professional conferenc-es. As she described her vision for D.C.’s project, Houben won applause

by saying she dreamed people would love the new facility so much that they “even bring their books from home to read them in the library.” Among other dramatic changes, Houben’s design would bring much more natural light into the library and move an exhibition about Mar-tin Luther King Jr., from the base-ment to the fourth floor, which would be known as “the history and future floor.” This would include Washingtoniana and black studies materials as well as conference space. Although the cost of the overall project has yet to be determined, early estimates suggest a price tag between $225 million and $250 mil-lion. The design process remains open-ended, with no decisions yet on whether the Mies van der Rohe-designed building will be renovated as a stand-alone library or if more space will be added for other uses, including possible residential or office units that could raise revenue for the project costs. The modernist building’s historic landmark status will put preservation restrictions on any project. In the short term, the D.C. Public Library system plans to continue accepting public feedback, some-thing critics say has been lacking thus far. The community group District Dynamos, for example, issued a news release Monday criticizing “essentially non-existent communi-ty involvement” on this project. Gray’s office reported that Satur-day’s event had drawn 1,200 partici-pants, but the Dynamos — a Ralph Nader-affiliated group that has objected to other D.C. library build-ing projects, including the construc-tion of a replacement West End Library as part of a private mixed-use project — insisted that the library system’s process had been rushed in general. “We want a meaningful citizens task force to start a real discussion about the future of our central public library and to get broad public feed-back from all DC residents at all demographic levels across the City,” the release states.

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she said. “We didn’t want to waste other com-munities’ time as they look at this.” If the Zoning Commission approves the customized zoning process as proposed, then other neighborhoods can come forward to work with the Office of Planning to develop specialized regulations. In drafting its customized zone, the Citizens Association of Georgetown sought to preserve the status quo of neighborhood’s historic fab-ric. To bolster its proposal, the group docu-mented existing conditions, held public meet-ings to establish consensus, and emphasized the community’s preservation needs.

The customized zone includes shorter height limits, stricter standards for accessory buildings and apartments associated with sin-gle-family homes, greater required conformity with neighboring homes’ front setbacks, and more controls before commercial establish-ments can open in residential areas. “Historic preservation is the primary goal in Georgetown, as opposed to other neighbor-hoods where encouraging greater density and the ability to expand houses ... were very much to be desired,” Richard Hines, attorney for the citizens association, said in an interview. Residents in other parts of the city, though, have called for some of the same protections for some of the same reasons. Steingasser said

that once the customized zone procedure is in place, they too can participate. She cautioned, though, that there must be more basis for a zoning change than popular support — the District’s Comprehensive Plan, which is not currently being revised, is what establishes the vision for different areas. “Often when people are concerned about zoning, what they really need to look at is the land use and the planning,” Steingasser said. “Zoning just implements that.” But community consensus would still be necessary for any customized zone, she said, as Georgetown managed to achieve. When you change zoning, “you’re often times granting or modifying property rights, and that has to be

done very carefully,” said Steingasser. In Georgetown, the changes drew unani-mous support from the neighborhood commis-sion. “The customized zone preserves the best of current zoning while bringing it up to date,” neighborhood commission chair Ron Lewis said in an interview. The zoning rewrite proposal also reclassi-fies existing overlays as customized zones — a change Steingasser says makes it easier to identify which rules apply to a particular prop-erty without changing any of the rules the overlay put in place. Community leaders in some areas have argued that the overlays work well in their current form and should not be modified as part of the rewrite.

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Classes■ Science of Spirituality will present a

class on Jyoti techniques to deepen and stabilize meditation practices. 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ Science of Spirituality teacher David Newcomb will lead a class on Jyoti tech-niques to deepen and stabilize meditation practices. 7 p.m. Free. West End Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-724-8707.

■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a “Just Breathe!” weekly class on meditation. 7 to 8:30 p.m. $12 per class. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Colum-bia Road NW. 202-986-2257.

Concerts■ As part of the Conservatory Project,

an organ showcase will feature students from various music schools. 6 p.m. Free. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Blues guitarist John Hammond will perform. 8:30 p.m. $25 to $30. Gypsy Sal-ly’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ Mark Finley, general manager of

global energy markets and U.S. economics at BP, and Wil Kohl, founding director and senior adviser of the Energy, Resource and Environment Program at the School of Advanced International Studies, will dis-cuss “BP Energy Outlook 2035.” 5 p.m. Free. Room 806, Rome Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachu-setts Ave. NW. sais-jhu.edu.

■ “Game Changers — American Women and Sports” will feature Jill Agosti-no, an editor at The New York Times; Mari-ah Burton Nelson, author and former pro-fessional athlete; and Bonnie Morris, an expert on the history of gender and athlet-ics who teaches at George Washington and Georgetown universities. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. $7 to $10; free for students. Reserva-tions required. Jack Morton Auditorium, Media and Public Affairs Building, George Washington University, 805 21st St. NW. nwhm.ticketleap.com/game-changers.

■ Angela E. Stent, professor of govern-ment and foreign service and director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown Universi-ty, will discuss her book “The Limits of Partnership: US-Russian Relations in the 21st Century.” 6 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Copley Formal Lounge, George-

town University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.

■ Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld will discuss their book “The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Con-necticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Author Leslie Carroll, who writes under the pen names Juliet Grey and Amanda Elyot, will discuss “Notorious Royal Marriages.” 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ Historian Robert Edsel and other panelists will discuss Edsel’s painstaking research about the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program; his book “The Monu-ments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Trea-sure Hunt in History”; the newly released film starring George Clooney; and his work as founder and chair of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art. 7 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Build-ing, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

Films■ The 16th annual DC Independent

Film Festival will present the U.S. premiere of Ed Kucerak’s documentary “Partners for Peace,” about a wom-en’s delegation to Isra-el and Palestine led by Nobel laureate Jody Williams in solidarity with women activists forging a path toward peace. A panel discus-sion with Williams (shown), Kucerak and Women, Action, & the Media executive director Jaclyn Friedman will follow. 6 to 8 p.m. $10. Theater, U.S. Naval Heritage Center, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. dciff-indie.org. The festival will continue through Sunday.

■ The Human Rights Watch Film Series will present Harry Freeland’s 2012 docu-mentary “In the Shadow of the Sun,” about two men with albinism in Tanzania pursuing their dreams in the face of viru-lent prejudice. A Q-and-A session will fol-low. 7 p.m. $7.52 to $10.34. West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW. 202-419-3456. The series will continue weekly through March 12.

■ The Smithsonian American Art Muse-um will present the Oscar-winning 2012 documentary “Inocente,” about a teenage artist who struggles as a homeless undoc-umented immigrant amid a lifetime of per-sonal challenges and bleak circumstances. A discussion with the filmmakers will fol-low. 7 to 8 p.m. Free. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ The French Cinémathèque series will feature Jérôme Bonnell’s 2013 film “Just a Sigh,” starring Emmanuelle Devos and Gabriel Byrne. 8 p.m. $8.50 to $11.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

Performances■ The Happenings Happy Hour series

will feature a performance by Furia Fla-menca. 5:30 p.m. Free. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122.

■ Artist, activist and performer Jona-than B. Tucker will host an open mic event. 9 to 11 p.m. $5. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

Readings■ Spooky Action Theater will present a

staged reading of “Dorotéia” by Brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues. 7 p.m. Free. Universalist National Memorial Church, 1810 16th St. NW. 202-248-0301.

■ The Visiting Writers Series will pres-ent a nonfiction reading by Marione Ingram, author of “The Hands of War: A Tale of Endurance and Hope.” 8 to 9:30 p.m. Free. McDowell Formal Lounge, Amer-ican University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. american.edu/visitingwriters.

Sale■ The St. Alban’s Opportunity Thrift

Shop will hold a half-price sale. 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. 3001 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-966-5288. The sale will con-tinue daily through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; there will also be a $7 bag sale on Friday and Saturday.

Special events■ The Washington Harbour ice rink will

offer public skating. Noon to 9 p.m. $8 to $10. Washington Harbour, 3000 K St. NW. 202-706-7666. Regular hours are Monday through Thursday from noon to 9 p.m., Fri-day from noon to 10 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

■ “Corcoran Uncorked: Hitchcock Eve-ning” will feature screenings of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” and “Rear Win-dow”; a chance to create a vintage movie poster by experimenting with screen print-ing techniques; a round of movie trivia; and an exhibition tour of “Alex Prager: Face in the Crowd” focusing on how glamorous Hollywood heroines of the 1950s and 1960s influenced Prager’s work. 5 to 9 p.m. $12; reservations suggested. Corcor-an Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1770.

Thursday, Feb. 20

Benefit■ A family-friendly Olympic Viewing

Party to benefit the United Capital Blades Speedskating Club will feature special guest Nathaniel Mills, a three-time short track Olympic competitor for the United States (rescheduled due to inclement weather). 6:30 p.m. to midnight. Free admission. The Boiler Room at Jake’s American Grille, 5018 Connecticut Ave. NW. 301-979-9456.

Classes and workshops■ The Museum of the American Cock-

tail will present a seminar on “Negroni: Ital-ian for Ménage a Trois — Evolution of a Three-Part Classic,” led by Dave Lord, Matt Keller and Luke Johnson. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $45 to $50. Occidental Grill and Seafood, 1475 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. motacservices.com.

■ Meditation instructor David New-comb will present a two-part “Deeper Into Meditation” series. 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1225. The second session will be held March 6 at 7 p.m.

Concerts■ The Chuck Redd Quartet will perform

Brazilian music in a tribute to famed radio host Felix Grant. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ As part of the Conservatory Project, students from the Cleveland Institute of Music will perform works by Laursen, Hong, Strauss, Chopin and Amosov. 6 p.m. Free. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Michael Brookings Jazz Band will perform a Black History Month concert. 6:30 p.m. Free. Great Hall, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

■ Quatuor Ebène will perform works by Haydn, Schumann and Mendelssohn. 8 p.m. Free; tickets required. Coolidge Audito-rium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502.

■ Musician Samantha Fish will per-form. 8:30 p.m. $10 to $15. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Demonstration■ Gardening specialist Adrienne Cook

and nutritionist Danielle Cook will demon-strate how to liven up soups with the tasty crops of spring. Noon and 12:45 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

Discussions and lectures■ Harvard University fellow Philippe

Leroux-Martin will discuss his book “Diplo-matic Counterinsurgency: Lessons From Bosnia and Herzegovina.” 10 a.m. Free; reservations required. Room 500, Bern-stein-Offit Building, Johns Hopkins Univer-sity School of Advanced International Stud-ies, 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW. bit.ly/philippe-sais.

■ Scholar Renata Keller will discuss her forthcoming book, “Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba, the United States, and the Struggle Over the Legacy of the Mexican Revolu-tion.” Noon. Free. Room 119, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-0213.

■ Susan E. Penksa, professor of political science at Westmont College, will

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discuss “The European Union in Global Security: The Politics of Impact.” Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Conference Room, Mortara Building, Georgetown University, 3600 N St. NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.

■ Myo Aung Htwe, a former prisoner of conscience who now serves as director of the board at the Yangon School of Political Science, will discuss “Building a National Student Union to Promote Democratic Val-ues in Burma.” Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Kay Spiritual Life Center, American University, 4400 Massa-chusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-3321.

■ Igor Munteanu, ambassador of Mol-dova to the United States, will discuss U.S.-Moldovan relations, current trends in Mol-dovan society and the Eastern Partnership of the European Union. Noon to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 505, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/moldovaambassador.

■ Jeff Colgan, associate professor at American University, will discuss his book “Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War.” 3 to 4 p.m. Free. Mortara Building, Georgetown University, 3600 N St. NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.

■ “Moby-Dick” composer Jake Heggie will discuss bringing Herman Melville’s classic battle of man versus beast to the stage. 5 p.m. $12. Atrium, Kennedy Cen-ter. 202-467-4600.

■ Georgetown Village will present nurse practitioner Janet Selway and physi-cal therapist Justine Benard on “Bones That Break and Joints That Ache.” 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Blake Hall, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 3240 O St. NW. 202-999-8988.

■ The Great Homes and Gardens Lec-ture Series will feature a talk on “Winter-thur: An American House and Garden” by Christopher Strand, director of garden and estate for the Winterthur manor in Dela-ware. 6 to 8 p.m. $7 to $20. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Lin-nean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.

■ Graham Allison, director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, will discuss “Banville Forum: A Preview of the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/2014NuclearSummit.

■ Tom Fitzgerald will discuss his book “Everyone Wants to Be Me or Do Me: Tom and Lorenzo’s Fabulous and Opinionated Guide to Celebrity Life and Style.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176.

■ Dan Schueftan, visiting professor of government at Georgetown University, will discuss “Israel in a Disintegrating Regional Environment.” 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Bioethics Research Library, Healy Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. pjc.georgetown.edu.

■ Egyptian multimedia artist, musician and writer Hassan Khan — known for interpreting personal and communal experiences through experimental video, digital animation, sculpture, text, photography and sound — will discuss his work in conversation with Bibiana Obler, assistant professor of art history at George Washington University. 6:30 p.m. $8 to $20; free for students. Reservations required. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/events.

■ Robert Hazen of the Carnegie Institu-

tion for Science’s Geophysical Laboratory will discuss “The Story of Earth: How Life and Rocks Have Co-Evolved.” 6:45 p.m. Free. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1530 P St. NW. 202-328-6988.

■ Pamela Nadell, professor of women’s and gender history and director of the Jew-ish studies program at American University, will discuss “Ancient Jewish Sects: Phari-sees, Sadducees, and Essenes.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Cen-ter, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Geoff Dyer will discuss his book “The Contest of the Century: The New Era of Competition With China — and How Ameri-ca Can Win.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ The Classics Book Group will discuss “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens. 7 p.m. Free. Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW. 202-347-0176.

■ The group DC Stop Modern Slavery will host a forum on “Human Trafficking Issues and Sex Trafficking in Washington, DC.” 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Asbury United Methodist Church, 11th and K streets NW. [email protected].

■ The Georgetown Book Club will dis-cuss Colum McCann’s novel “TransAtlan-tic” and its fictional portrayal of Frederick Douglass. 7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ Long-distance hiker Jennifer Pharr Davis, author of “Called Again,” will dis-cuss “46 Days: Triumph on the Trail.” 7:30 p.m. $21.60 to $24. Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geo-graphic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700.

■ “Fiction Fun!” — a monthly discus-sion of classic and contemporary novels led by the Very Rev. Gary Hall, dean of the

Washington National Cathedral — will delve into Alice Munro’s “Dear Life.” 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Perry Auditori-um, Washington National Cathedral, Mas-sachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. [email protected].

Films■ Senior Cinema Thursday will feature

a screening of the 2014 film “Winter’s Tale,” starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and William Hurt. 10:30 a.m. $5 for seniors. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

■ “Recovered Treasure: UCLA’s Festival of Preservation” will feature Thom Anders-en’s 1975 film “Eadweard Muybridge, Zoo-praxographer.” 12:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. The film will be shown again Friday at 12:30 p.m.

■ The Recalibrating Criminal Justice Film Festival at Georgetown Law Center will present the D.C. premiere of Matt Pil-lischer’s documentary “Broken on All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice in the U.S.” A post-screening discussion will feature Pil-lischer, One by 1 founder Eddie Ellis, DC Prisoners’ Project staff attorney Deborah Golden and community activist Mike Stark. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Hart Auditorium, Georgetown Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave. NW. 202-662-4043.

■ “Visionaries of Early Black Education and Basketball: Julius Rosenwald and Dr. Edwin B. Henderson” will feature clips from the documentaries “The Rosenwald Schools,” “Basketball, More Than a Game: The Story of Dr. Edwin B. Henderson” and “Supreme Courts: How Washington DC

Basketball Changed the World.” A panel discussion with filmmaker Aviva Kempner, authors Bob Kuska and Stephanie Deutsch, and Henderson’s grandson Edwin B. Henderson II will follow. 6 to 8 p.m. $10 to $15. Historical Society of Washington, DC, 801 K St. NW. 202-249-

3955.■ The Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library will

host a monthly horror film series. 6 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.

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“Etched,” highlighting the many ways artists have used the etched line to create tone, atmosphere and

details over the last 100 years, will open Friday at the Old Print Gallery with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will continue through April 5. Located at 1220 31st St. NW, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:20 p.m. 202-965-1818.■ Gallery plan b will open an exhibit today of rural and urban landscapes painted in oil on canvas or drawn in charcoal on paper by Regina Miele. It will continue through March 23. An artist’s reception will take place Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. Located at 1530 14th St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. 202-234-2711.■ “The Hero and the Villain,” an installation by Cindy Cheng that explores how actions of conquest and defeat can influence the per-ception of land and space, will open Friday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Flashpoint Gallery. The exhibit will continue through March 29.

Located at 916 G St. NW, the gallery is open Tues-day through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. 202-315-1305.■ “Chigusa and the Art of Tea,” chronicling how an ordi-nary Chinese storage jar rose to become one of the most revered objects in the Japanese tea ceremony, will open Saturday at the arthur M. Sackler Gallery and continue through July 27.

Located at 1050 Independence Ave. SW, the gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000.■ “Orchid Symphony,” the annual orchid exhibit at the u.S. Botanic Garden, will open Saturday and continue through April 27.

The Botanic Garden also recent-ly opened “American Botanicals: Mid-Atlantic Native Plants,” an exhibit of botanical illustrations, and will continue it through June 15.

Located at 100 Maryland Ave. SW, the Botanic Garden is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-225-8333.■ “Modern German Prints and Drawings From the Kainen Collec-tion,” the second of three exhibits to highlight a major gift to the National Gallery of art by Ruth Cole Kainen, will open Sunday and continue through June 29.

Located at 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, the National Gallery is open Monday through Saturday

from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-737-4215.■ “A Fiesta of Color: Mexico,” featuring photographs by Shepherd Park artist Ralph Blessing, will open Sunday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at el Tamarindo Restaurant. The exhibit will continue through April 6. Located at 1785 Florida Ave. NW, the restaurant is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. and Friday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 a.m. 202-328-3660.■ “A Window Into the Mind’s Eye,” presenting pencil drawings by Hsin-Hsi Chen, Lee Gainer, Yaroslav Kopor-ulin, Beverly Ress and Jowita Wyszomirska, opened recently at the Joan Hisaoka Healing arts Gallery, where it will continue through March 15. An artists’ talk will take place Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Located at 1632 U St. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 202-483-8600.

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Frank W. Benson’s “The Gunner’s Blind” is part of an exhibit at the Old Print Gallery.

ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s 1933 color woodcut “Head of Dr. Bauer” is part of a new National Gallery of art exhibit.

Bank will present Juan Carlos Valdivia’s 2013 film “Yvy Maraey, Land Without Evil,” about the Guaraní culture of Bolivia. 6:30 p.m. Free. Iglesias Auditorium, Inter-Ameri-can Development Bank, 1330 New York Ave. NW. 202-623-1410.

■ German media artist Tobias Rosen-berger will present his 2013 film “The Secret Race: A Play About the NSA” — an artistic experiment about monitoring and spying — and lead a post-screening discus-sion. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com.

■ The Italian Cultural Institute will pres-ent a 2000 televised broadcast of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “La Traviata à Paris,” performed in Paris at locations still reflecting the 1850s setting. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Atrium, Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW. www.iicwashington.esteri.it.

■ The American University School of International Service’s 3rd Thursdays film series will feature Jesús M. Santos’ 2012 documentary “Perú Sabe: La cocina, arma social,” about Peruvian cuisine and its potential to transform lives. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Abramson Family Founders Room, School of Interna-tional Service Building, American Universi-ty, Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW. american.edu/sis/events/film.

■ The Central Asia Program’s Cinema Club will feature Tajik filmmaker Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov’s 1999 film “Luna Papa,” a tragicomedy about a young, simple Tajik girl narrated by her unborn child. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Voesar Confer-ence Room, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/lunapap.

■ The Tenley-Friendship Library’s

“Northwest Side Story Film Series” will fea-ture a 1988 adaptation of Susan Sandler’s play “Crossing Delancey.” 7 p.m. Free. Ten-ley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1225.

■ “The Royal Ballet Cinema Season” will feature Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.” 7 p.m. $15. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wis-consin Ave. NW. fathomevents.com.

■ “Restless Journeys: Recent Experi-mental Cinema on Super 8 & Digital Pro-jection” will feature “Narita Morning” by Chris H. Lynn, “Hudson River Landscapes” by Patrick Tarrant, “Hull” by Tara Nelson and “A Rolling Mind” by Una Lee and Chris H. Lynn. 7:30 p.m. Free. Auditorium A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

■ The 16th annual DC Independent Film Festival will present the premiere of D.C. director Marcus Richardson’s 2014 feature film “Sons of the City,” about a D.C. native whose bright future is thrown into chaos after the murder of his best friend. 9 p.m. $12. Theater, U.S. Naval Heritage Center, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. dciff-indie.org.

Performance■ “Literary Death March” — a contest

that brings together four authors to read their most electric writing before a panel of three all-star judges — will feature competi-tors Larry Doyle, Danielle Evans, Elizabeth Winder and Regie Cabico and judges Dan Kols, Lisa Bonos and Eric Schulze. 7:30 p.m. $12 to $15. Sixth & I Historic Syna-gogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487.

Special event■ “History & Hops” will feature

samples from and conversation with Thor Cheston and Nathan Zeender of Right Proper Brewing Co., a brewpub located next to the historic Howard Theatre. 6:30

to 8:30 p.m. $30. Heurich House Museum, 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW. heurichhouse.org.

Tour■ A docent-led tour of the Smithsonian

American Art Museum will highlight art-works by African-American artists in the permanent collection. 12:30 p.m. Free. Meet in the F Street Lobby, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000. The tour will repeat Feb. 27 at 12:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 21

Concerts■ The Arts Club of Washington will

present the Friday Noon Concert series. Noon. Free. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282.

■ The Friday Morning Music Club will present a Composers Concert, featuring works by Leslie Bennett, An Ming Wang, Sharon Guertin Shafer and Winifred Hyson. Noon. Free. Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202-333-2075.

■ As part of the Arts@Midday series, pianist Sophia Vastek will present a thought-provoking and medita-tive recital of music by John Adams and Nico Muhly. 12:15 to 1 p.m. Free. St. Alban’s Epis-copal Church, 3001 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-363-8286.

■ The Friday Music Series will feature mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek. 1:15 p.m. Free. McNeir Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787.

■ As part of the Conservatory Project, students from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University will perform works by Beethoven, Scodanibbio, Rabbath, Rameau and Ligeti. 6 p.m. Free. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Concordia String Ensemble will perform works by Martinu, Dohnányi and Dvorák. 7:30 p.m. Free. The United Church, 1920 G St. NW. 202-331-1495.

■ The KC Jazz Club will present jazz drummer Kimberly Thompson. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $26 to $30. Terrace Gallery, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ As part of the fifth-anniversary Atlas Intersections Festival, the Capital City Sym-phony will present “Go-Go Symphony,” a world premiere by composer Liza Figueroa Kravinsky. 8 p.m. $16.50 to $22. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. The festival will continue through March 8.

■ The American University Museum will host a multimedia concert by HABITAT, fea-turing composition, concept and images by Steve Antosca, percussion performance and video content by Ross Karre, and audio and video technology by William Brent. 8 p.m. Free. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.

■ The Congress will perform rock music. 8:30 p.m. $10 to $12. Gypsy Sal-ly’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ “The City of the Future: Water & Food

Security Workshop” — presented in con-junction with the exhibition “Post Oil City: The History of the City’s Future” — will fea-ture panelists George S. Hawkins, general manager of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority; Keith Anderson, director of the D.C. Department of the Environment; Jill Auburn, national program leader for agri-cultural systems at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Institute of Food and Agricul-ture; and Thomas Schmidt, minister coun-selor for food, agriculture and consumer protection at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany. 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Architectural Research Institute, Building 32, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecti-cut Ave. NW. udc-causes.eventbrite.com.

■ Howard Blum will discuss his book “Dark Invasion: 1915 — Germany’s Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America.” Noon. Free. McGowan The-ater, National Archives Building, Constitu-tion Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ Alden O’Brien, curator of costume and textiles at the Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution Museum, will discuss the content and themes of the National Muse-um of Women in the Arts’ exhibition “‘Workt by Hand’: Hidden Labor and Histor-ical Quilts.” Noon to 1 p.m. $8 to $10; free for ages 18 and younger. National Muse-um of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370.

■ Anderson House director of educa-tion Eleesha Tucker will discuss two 1783 letters from Gen. George Washington on the discipline of the Continental Army. 12:30 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040.

■ Local poets Sarah Browning and Brian Gilmore will respond to the Folger Theatre’s “Richard III” with original work exploring themes from the play. 6 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu.

■ Marjorie Venit, professor of ancient Mediterranean art and archaeology at the University of Maryland, will discuss “Strangers in a Strange Land: Negotiating the Afterlife in Monumental Greek Tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt.” Free. Rome Building Auditorium, Johns Hopkins Univer-sity School of Advanced International Stud-ies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW. arcedc.org.

Films■ The National Gallery of Art will pres-

ent John Huston’s 1956 film “Moby Dick,” starring Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart and Leo Genn. 2:30 p.m. Free. East Build-ing Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The 16th annual DC Independent Film Festival will present Amy Finkel’s 2013 docu-mentary “Furever,” about the grief people experience over the loss of a pet and how they immortalize the deceased. 7 p.m. $12. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. dciff-indie.org.

Meeting■ A weekly bridge group will meet to

play duplicate bridge. 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $6. Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW. 301-654-1865.

Performance■ As part of the Atlas Intersections Fes-

tival, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington will present “My First Time,” featuring true stories of life-changing experiences told through surprising patter and pop songs. 7:30 p.m. $16.50 to $26.50. Atlas Per-forming Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993.

Special event■ Alliance Française de Washington

will present an open house to highlight its French language classes, cultural pro-grams and new academic director, Gérard Beck. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org.

Saturday, Feb. 22

Benefit■ Gypsy Sally’s will host the “Rock &

Roll Bash to Benefit Children’s National



Friday, FeBRuaRy 21■ Discussion: Laura Lippman will discuss her latest mystery, “After I’m Gone.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

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Health System,” featuring musicians G.E. Smith, Bonnie Bramlett, Christine Ohlman, Liberty DeVitto, Ricky Byrd, Muddy Shews, Chris Anderson, Neal Pawley, True Gravity, Leroy Miller, Snuffy Walden and Sara Nie-mietz. 7 p.m. $250. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. rockandrollforchildren.org.

Children’s programs■ “Saturday Morning at the National”

will feature Blue Sky Puppet Theatre’s “Barker of Seville,” starring a dog that aspires to become a famous opera singer. 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before each show. National Theatre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372.

■ The Weekend Family Matinees series will feature musiKids’ new program “In Search of the Magic Dragon” (rescheduled due to inclement weather). 10 a.m. $6 to $8.25. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

■ “Celebrate George!” will feature an interactive scavenger hunt seeking trea-sures from George and Martha Washing-ton, followed by a period craft activity. 10 to 11:30 a.m. $5 to $7; $3 for accompany-ing adults. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org.

■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about sub-Saharan Africa’s night sky and star stories in honor of Black His-tory Month (for ages 5 and older). 1 to 1:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6224.

■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program about distant galaxies, nebulas 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. 202-895-6224. The program will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m.

Classes and workshops■ Nancy Nelson, founder of Nutrition

Matters LLC, and Myrta Zayas Alonso, a physical therapist, will lead a “Healthy Bones, Healthy Body” workshop on how to prevent, reverse or slow the progression of bone loss. 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. $175; regis-tration required. Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-330-3047.

■ Artist Jean Brinton-Jaecks will lead a two-day art workshop on “Gouache and Watercolor on Vellum.” 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $175 to $200. U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-1116. The workshop will continue Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

■ Lorella Brocklesby, adjunct professor of humanities at New York University, will lead a class on “Scandal, British Style: 400 Years of Naughtiness and Notoriety.” 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $87 to $130. S. Dillon Rip-ley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a “Peace of Mind Retreat” featuring three guided meditations. 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. $25. Vajrayogini Buddhist Cen-ter, 1787 Columbia Road NW. 202-986-2257.

■ Monica Bhide will lead a class on “Social Media Savvy: A Practical Guide to Personal Branding and Strategy,” culminat-ing in a panel discussion featuring social media pros. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $90 to $130. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jeffer-son Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Suzanne Farrell will lead an “Explor-ing Ballet 201” master class for adults. 11 a.m. $35. Rehearsal Room, Hall of Nations, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

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

■ World-renowned artist Lambert Orkis will lead a master class for Levine Music’s piano and chamber music students. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free; reservations suggest-ed. Lang Recital Hall, Levine Music, 2801 Upton St. NW. 202-686-8000.

■ Spooky Action Theater’s Nelson Rodrigues Festival will feature a Brazilian cooking workshop led by chef Alcy de Souza of The Grill From Ipanema. Noon to 1:30 p.m. By donation; reservations required. Universalist National Memorial Church, 1810 16th St. NW. 202-248-0301.

■ Representatives of the Neighborhood Farm Initiative and the Field to Fork Net-work will share techniques and ideas for getting seeds started for a garden. 2:30 p.m. Free. Room 220, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

Concerts■ As part of the Atlas Intersections Fes-

tival, international opera star Charles Wil-liams and Levine Music faculty members will present “Roots of the Blues.” 1:30 p.m. $6 to $11. Atlas Performing Arts Cen-ter, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993.

■ Harpsichordist Mitzi Meyerson will per-form works by Bach, Purcell, Rameau, Croft and Couperin. 2 p.m. Free; tickets required. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502.

■ Six high school students will compete in the final round of the Marine Band’s 2014 Concerto Competition. 2 p.m. Free. Sousa Band Hall, Marine Barracks Annex, 7th and K streets SE. 202-433-4011.

■ “Civil Rights in America: A Musical Journey,” a scholarship fundraiser present-ed by Trinity Episcopal Church Women, will feature the Trinity Chancel Choir perform-ing with guest choirs and soloists. 4 p.m. $10 to $20; free for ages 12 and younger. Trinity Episcopal Church, 7005 Piney Branch Road NW. 202-829-1565.

■ As part of the Atlas Intersections Fes-tival, the Atlantic Reed Consort will present “Acoustic Disturbance,” featuring an all-reed quintet performing the music of Van Halen, Queen and Frank Zappa. 4:30 p.m. $16.50 to $22. Atlas Performing Arts Cen-ter, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993.

■ The Cathedral Choral Society will present “Visionary Women,” featuring a screening of Carl The-odor Dreyer’s 1928 silent film “The Passion of Joan of Arc” present-ed with a performance of Richard Einhorn’s shimmering soundtrack for orches-tra, chorus and solo voices. Performers will include soprano Laura Choi Stuart (shown), mezzo-soprano Sonya Knussen, tenor Matthew Heil and bass Jesse Neace. 5 p.m. $15 to $25. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-2228.

■ As part of the Conservatory Project, students from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will perform classi-cal works. 6 p.m. Free. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Jazz@Wesley will feature Charles Funn and the Dunbar Alumni Jazz Band. 6:30 p.m. $7 to $10; free for ages 11 and younger. Wesley United Methodist Church,

5312 Connecticut Ave. NW. wesleydc.org.■ The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks

Orchestra will present “The Genius of Char-lie Parker.” 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. $18 to $25. Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Nat-ural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-3030.

■ The 22nd annual “Sing Out for Shel-ter” — an a cappella benefit concert for Friendship Place, Christ House and Metro-politan House — will feature the Tufts Beel-zebubs, the Princeton Katzenjammers, Baltimore’s Some of the Parts and D.C.’s Augmented Eight. 8 p.m. $10 to $50; free for ages 11 and younger. Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW. augmented8.org/sos.

■ The In Series will present “The Cole Porter Project: It’s All Right With Me,” fea-turing nine singers and 36 songs. 8 p.m. $20 to $38. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. 202-204-7763. Performances will contin-ue through March 9.

■ Dumbarton Concerts will present the PostClassical Ensemble and the National Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls perform-ing “Scenes From Childhood,” featuring works by Wagner and Britten. 8 p.m. $30 to $35. Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St. NW. 202-965-2000.

■ The American University Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Rau-tavaara, Lutoslawi and Beethoven. 8 p.m. $10 to $15. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-3634. The concert will repeat Sunday at 3 p.m.

Discussions and lectures■ Author Alyssa Harad will read from

her book “Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride” and discuss groundbreaking women per-formers. 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free. Perfor-mance Hall, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-

783-7370.■ City archaeologist Ruth Trocolli and

staff members will discuss archaeology in the District and recent discoveries, includ-ing finds from a burial site in Georgetown. 1 p.m. Free. Peabody Room, Georgetown

Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.■ Sheldon Krantz, visiting professor of

law at the University of Maryland, will dis-cuss his book “The Legal Profession: What Is Wrong and How to Fix It,” at 1 p.m.; Ida


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The hit musical “Mamma Mia!” will return to D.C. with a visit to the National Theatre March 4 through 9. Based on the songs of ABBA, “Mamma Mia!” is the 10th longest running show in Broadway history, with more than

5,000 performances to date. It features an independent sin-gle mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island and is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited daughter she’s raised alone. Donna has invited two life-long friends to share in the event, but her daughter has secretly invited three men from Donna’s past in hopes that one of them will turn out to be her father and can walk her down the aisle. Tickets start at $48. The theater is located at 1321 Penn-sylvania Ave. NW. 800-514-3849; thenationaldc.com.■ Washington Stage Guild will present George Bernard Shaw’s “Back to Methuselah” Feb. 20 through March 16 at the Undercroft Theatre of Mount Vernon Place United Method-ist Church. Shaw’s masterwork — one of the first pieces of science fic-tion ever put on the stage — examines the human life span in a series of comic episodes that stretch from the Garden of Eden to “as far as thought can reach” in the distant future. Tickets cost $40 to $50. The Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church is located at 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 240-582-0050; stageguild.org.■ american university will stage Jonathan Larson’s rock musical “Rent” Feb. 20 through March 1 at the Katzen Arts Center’s Studio Theatre. Based on Puccini’s opera “La bohème” and set amid the AIDS crisis, “Rent” highlights the power of community, love

and friendship. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York City’s Lower East Side. The production’s seating arrangement includes benches, stools and padded floor seating in addition to chairs. Patrons with particular seating needs are urged to arrive early. Tickets cost $10 to $15. The Katzen Arts Center is located on the American University campus at 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2587; american.edu/cas/auarts.■ Catholic university’s Musical Theatre Division will present its spring musical “Godspell” Feb. 21 through March 1 in Ward Recital Hall. The musical, written by Stephen Schwartz with a book by John-Michael Tebelak, depicts a series of parables from the books of Matthew and Luke interspersed with soft rock and contemporary music. Tickets cost $5 to $20. Catholic University’s Ward Recital Hall is located at 620 Michigan Ave. NE. 202-319-5416; music.cua.edu.

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E. Jones, national director of the Associa-tion of Black Women Historians, will dis-cuss her book “Mary McLeod Bethune in Washington, D.C.: Activism and Education in Logan Circle,” at 3:30 p.m.; and Okey Ndibe, professor of African and African diaspora literature, will discuss his novel “Foreign Gods Inc.,” at 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Robert Wilson, editor of The Ameri-can Scholar, will discuss his biography of Mathew Brady, whose images transformed America’s sense of the Civil War. 2 p.m. $20 to $25. McEvoy Auditorium, National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-3030.

■ National Park Service engineer Ned Wallace will discuss the ongoing restora-tion project at the Washington Monument to repair damage sustained from the 2011 earthquake. 4 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massa-chusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040.

Family program■ “Discover Engineering Family Day”

will explore concepts of thermodynamics,

electricity, aerodynamics and more through hands-on activities such as making slime, controlling a robot and testing the strength of a building in a tsunami. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.

Films■ Perry Miller Adato will present his

Emmy Award-winning 1969 documentary “Dylan Thomas: The World I Breathe,” fol-lowed by a screening of Jack Howells’ 1961 film “A Tribute to Dylan Thomas.” 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Con-stitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The 18th annual Iranian Film Festival will feature Jamsheed Akrami’s 2013 film “A Cinema of Discontent.” 2 p.m. Free. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-1000.

■ The DC Independent Film Festival will present a program of digital, stop-action and clay animation (for ages 8 and older). 2:15 to 4:30 p.m. $12. Theater, U.S. Naval Heritage Center, 701 Pennsylva-nia Ave. NW. dciff-indie.org.

■ The Asia Pacific Forum will present the documentary “Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan.” A panel discussion

will follow. 2:15 to 5 p.m. Free; reserva-tions requested. Auditorium, Bunn Intercul-tural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.

■ The DC Independent Film Festival will host its first High School Student Com-petition. 3 to 6 p.m. $5. GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. dciff-indie.org.

■ “Recovered Treasure: UCLA’s Festival of Preservation” will feature Robert Alt-man’s 1969 film “That Cold Day in the Park.” 4:30 p.m. Free. East Building Audi-torium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ As part of the Atlas Intersections Fes-tival, “Rewind” will feature films from the decade-long run of the DC Shorts Film Fes-tival. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $20 per screen-ing; $30 for both. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. dcshorts.com/rewind. The films will be shown again March 7 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Special events■ The Association for the Study of Afri-

can American Life and History’s 88th annual Black History Luncheon will feature an authors event, awards ceremony and a keynote address by Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the Uni-versity of Maryland, Baltimore County. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. $75. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road NW. 202-238-5910.

■ The 10th annual Washington, DC Travel & Adventure Show will feature seminars, cultural performances and appearances by Rick Steves, Pauline Frommer, Samantha Brown and Andrew McCarthy. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $10 to $15; free for ages 16 and younger with a paid adult. Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW. adventureexpo.com. The expo will continue Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

■ The Washington Harbour ice skating rink will hold a weekly “Cartoon Skate” event. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. $8 to $10. Wash-ington Harbour, 3000 K St. NW. 202-706-7666.

■ “A Presidential Tea” will feature a sampling of historic teas paired with some of George Washington’s favorite dishes, fol-lowed by a docent-guided tour through the 1816 mansion at Tudor Place. 1 to 3 p.m. $25 to $30; reservations required. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org.

■ Politics and Prose will present “Nerds! Trivia Night.” 8 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Sporting event■ The Washington Wizards will play the

New Orleans Pelicans. 7 p.m. $6 to $433. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Tour■ Emily Porter, coordinator of Project

Budburst at the U.S. Botanic Garden, will lead a “Signs of Spring Tour.” 2 to 3 p.m. Free. Meet in the lobby of the Conservato-ry, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333. The tour will repeat March 1 at 2 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 23

Children’s programs■ The “kids@katzen” program will pres-

ent an art class inspired by an exhibition at the American University Museum. 1 p.m. $10 per child; reservations required. Amer-ican University Museum, Katzen Arts Cen-ter, American University, 4400 Massachu-setts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.

■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program on the winter night sky (for ages 5 and older). 1 to 1:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6224.

■ The National Symphony Orchestra will present a Family Concert of Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf,” featuring a vaude-ville-inspired performance by actor Michael Boudewyns of the theater ensemble Really Inventive Stuff (for ages 5 and older). 1 and 3 p.m. $15 to $18. Concert Hall, Ken-nedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Class■ Artists Jennifer Lindsay and Alice

Abrash will lead a hands-on quilt workshop in conjunction with the exhibition “‘Workt by Hand’: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts.” Noon to 5 p.m. $13 to $15; reser-vations required. Mezzanine, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370.

Concerts■ Anna Matijasic Hennessy, Mary-Victo-

ria Voutsas (shown), Elina Guralnik and Mila Naumova will perform “Vocal and Instrumen-tal Music of the 20th Century,” including music by Bartók, Krys-teva, Gubaidulina, Shostakovitch, Messiaen and others. 3 p.m. Free. Church of the Holy City, 202-462-6734.

■ “Heifetz on Tour” — a concert by Heif-etz International Music Institute graduates and its director — will feature Eric Silberger on violin, Yuri Shadrin on piano, Dmitry Volkov on cello and Daniel Heifetz on vio-lin. 3 p.m. $20 to $25. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road NW. 202-338-3552.

■ The Gould Piano Trio will perform. 4 p.m. $15 to $30; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music.

■ Pianist Kate Liu will perform works by Haydn, Kirchner and Chopin. 5 p.m. Free. Church of the Annunciation, 3810 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-441-7678.

■ Guest organist Elmo Cosentini will present a recital. 5:15 p.m. $10 donation suggested. Washington National Cathe-dral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin ave-nues NW. nationalcathedral.org.

■ As part of the Conservatory Project, students from the Yale School of Music will perform classical works. 6 p.m. Free. Ter-race Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Dahlak Restaurant will present its weekly “DC Jazz Jam” session. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free. 1771 U St. NW. 202-527-9522.

■ Gypsy Sally’s will host “All Good Pres-ents: Culture Featuring Kenyatta Hill.” 8:30 p.m. $20. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Demonstration■ Members of the DC Modern Quilt

Guild will demonstrate their craft in con-junction with the exhibition “‘Workt by Hand’: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts.” Noon to 5 p.m. $8 to $10; free for ages 18 and younger. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370.

Discussions and lectures■ J.C.A. Stagg, professor of history at

the University of Virginia and editor in chief of the Papers of James Madison, will dis-cuss “The Presidency of James Madison.” 10 a.m. Free. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, 16th and H streets NW. 202-347-8766.

■ Robin Bronen, a human rights attor-ney and executive director of the Alaska Institute for Justice, and Alice Thomas, head of Refugees International’s Climate Displacement Program, will discuss “The Human Cost of Climate Change.” 10:10 a.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. nationalcathedral.org.

■ Christopher Leonard will discuss his book “The Meat Racket: The Secret Take-over of America’s Food Business,” at 1 p.m.; and Emily Parker will discuss her book “Now I Know Who My Comrades Are: Voices From the Internet Underground,” at 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Con-necticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ The Petworth Library’s monthly showing of TED Talks will feature lectures by Chinamanda Adichie on “The Danger of a Single Story,” Pico Iyer on “Where Is Home?” and Hetain Patel on “Who Am I? Think Again.” A discussion will follow. 1 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.

■ A panel discussion on “Image of the Black in Western Art” will feature David Bindman, professor emeritus of the history of art at University College London; David C. Driskell, artist, collector, curator and pro-fessor emeritus of art history at the Univer-sity of Maryland at College Park; Ruth Fine, former curator at the National Gallery of Art; Henry Louis Gates Jr., professor and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University; Richard J. Powell, pro-fessor of art and art history at Duke Uni-versity; and Sharmila Sen, executive editor at large of the Harvard University Press. 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Con-stitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ “From Tablets to Tablets Millennials and Meaning: Jews in the Digital Age” will



Sunday, FeBRuaRy 23■ Concert: In honor of Black History Month, soprano Louise Toppin (shown) and pianist Leon Bates will perform spirituals and other music by African-American composers. 6:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-842-6941.

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feature panelists Wayne Firestone, president of the Genesis Prize Foundation; Amy Lazarus, executive director of the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue; and DJ Saul, chief marketing officer of iStrategy Labs and co-producer of the DC Tech Meetup. 3 to 4:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Washington D.C. Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Films■ The DC Independent Film Festival

will present Mark McDannald’s 2013 doc-umentary “Ofir,” about the charismatic, World Wildlife Foundation-rec-ognized defender of African wild apes Ofir Drori. A Q-and-A with the filmmaker and con-servationists will follow. 12:15 p.m. $12. Theater, U.S. Naval Heri-tage Center, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. dciff-indie.org.

■ The Palisades Library will present Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 film “Strangers on a Train.” 2 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139.

■ “Recovered Treasure: UCLA’s Festival of Preservation” will feature two 1920s silent films presented with live accompani-ment by pianist Ben Model — Victor Flem-ing’s “Mantrap” and F. Harmon Weight’s “Midnight Madness.” 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Performance■ “Forward, 54th!” will present a dra-

matic interpretation honoring the rich sto-ries behind the people and events remem-bered in Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ Shaw Memorial. Noon and 1:30 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Special events■ Members of the Daisy Troop of the

National Presbyterian School will sell Girl Scout Cookies. 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Free admission. Seabury at Friendship Terrace, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. 202-244-7400.

■ “Cheap Date at Georgetown Library: Music and a Matinee” will feature a perfor-mance by the Georgetown University female a cappella group Harmony and a screening of a recent Academy Award-win-ning indie romance (all ages for the con-cert; ages 17 and older for the movie). 2:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Walk■ A park ranger will lead a “Black

Georgetown Walk” and discuss the neigh-borhood’s rich African-American heritage. 2 p.m. Free. Old Stone House, 3051 M St. NW. 202-895-6227.

Monday, Feb. 24

Classes■ The group Yoga Activist will present a

weekly yoga class. 7 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.

■ Vajrayogini Buddhist Center resident teacher Gen Kelsang Varahi will present “Just Breathe,” a weekly class featuring guided meditations and teachings. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. $5 to $10 per class. Third-floor

lounge, Seabury at Friendship Terrace, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. meditation-dc.org.

■ The Georgetown Library will host a tai chi class. 7:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. [email protected].

Concerts■ As part of the Conservatory Project,

students from the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University will perform works by Viñao, Gounod, Owens, Verdi, Bonds, Ligeti and Ravel. 6 p.m. Free. Ter-race Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ “Jazz at Guapo’s” will feature a show-case of D.C. Federation of Musicians mem-bers and a performance by the Janelle Gill Trio. 7 to 10 p.m. $10. Guapo’s, 4515 Wis-consin Ave. NW. 202-337-9325.

■ The Kennedy Center and Pro Musica Hebraica will present pianist Evgeny Kissin in “An Evening of Jewish Music and Poet-ry.” 7:30 p.m. $35 to $99. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures■ The group 40Plus of Greater Wash-

ington will present a talk by David Powell on “How to Sell Yourself in a Resume, an Interview and When Networking.” 9:45 a.m. to noon. Free. Suite T-2, 1718 P St. NW. 202-387-1582.

■ The Sibley Senior Association’s four-week lecture series on “Understanding Computers and the Internet” will feature a session on “Security — Protecting Your Information.” 1 to 2 p.m. $10 to $15 per class. Conference Room 5, Sibley Medical Building, 5215 Loughboro Road NW. 202-364-7602.

■ The Dupont Circle Village Live & Learn Seminar series will feature a talk on “These Feet Were Made for Walking” by Dr. Michael S. Stempel, director of podiatry and assistant professor of medicine and surgery at the George Washington Univer-sity Medical Center. 3:30 to 5 p.m. Free for Dupont Circle Village members; $10 for others. Heurich House Museum, 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-234-2567.

■ Education policy expert Jack

Jennings will discuss “Presidents, Congress, and Public Education: School Improvement in a Political Atmosphere.” 6 p.m. Free; reservations required. Amphitheatre, Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st St. NW. jenningsatgsehd.eventbrite.com.

■ Author Marco Magnani, Georgetown University professor Kathleen McNamara and World Bank executive director Piero Cipolloni will discuss “Italy 2020: Challenges and Opportunities of Growth.” 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Mortara Building, Georgetown University, 3600 N St. NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.

■ The American History Book Club will hold the second of two discussions on “Twelve Years a Slave” by Solomon North-up. 6:30 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100.

■ Maggie Anderson will discuss her book “Our Black Year: One Family’s Quest to Buy Black in America’s Racially Divided Economy.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

■ Journalists Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes will discuss their book “HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Con-necticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films■ The Chevy Chase Library’s “Marvel-

ous Movie Mondays” series will feature a film about a young girl who discovers fami-ly secrets in Louisiana. 2 and 6:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecti-cut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

■ The “Fiction Lover’s Film Compan-ion” series will feature Charles Burnett’s movie “Selma, Lord, Selma,” starring Jurn-ee Smollett, Clifton Powell and Yolanda King. 6 p.m. Free. Auditorium A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

■ The Goethe-Institut will present the first three episodes of the award-winning, 10-part German miniseries “In Face of the Crime,” a fast-paced crime drama that depicts Russian-Jewish culture and reveals a panorama of diverse communi-ties. 6:30 p.m. $4 to $7. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. 202-289-1200. The screenings will continue through March 17.

■ Solas Nua’s “Irish Popcorn Film Series” will feature Mark O’Connor’s 2012 film “King of the Travellers.” 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

Readings■ “Survival Instincts: First-time Novel-

ists on the Ties That Bind,” a PEN/Faulkner Fiction event, will fea-ture readings by authors Ayana Mathis and Justin Torres (shown). 7:30 p.m. $15. Folger Shake-speare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu.

■ In honor of Commedia dell’Arte Day, the troupe Crash of Rhinos will present a staged reading of “The Good Devil, in Spite of Himself,” a new play by Mario Baldessari and Tyler Herman that spoofs a pivotal moment of censorship in commedia history. 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations suggested. National Conservatory of

Dramatic Arts, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. [email protected].

Special event■ The D.C. Commission on the Arts

and Humanities will present “Bayard Rus-tin and James Baldwin — Freedom Fighters & Friends,” a multimedia program using performance, song and poetry to chronicle Rustin’s and Baldwin’s lives as activists, artists, political figures and friends. 7 to 9 p.m. Free; tickets required. Arena Stage, 1101 6th St. SW. 202-724-5613.

Tuesday, Feb. 25

Children’s program■ Author and illustrator John J. Muth —

author of “Zen Shorts,” “Zen Ties” and the new “Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons,” among others — will discuss his work and sign copies of his books. 4:30 p.m. Free. Bar-stons Child’s Play, 5536 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-244-3602.

Classes■ Vajrayogini Buddhist Center resident

teacher Gen Kelsang Varahi will present “Just Breathe,” a weekly class featuring guided meditations and teachings. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. $5 to $10 per class. Third-

floor lounge, Seabury at Friendship Terrace, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. meditation-dc.org.

■ The group Yoga Activist will present a weekly yoga class. 7 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.

Concerts■ The Tuesday Concert Series will fea-

ture Italian virtuoso keyboard artist Elmo Cosentini performing works by Chopin, Liszt and Vierne on piano and organ. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635.

■ The Apollo Orchestra will perform an all-American program, featuring works by Adams, Barber, Bernstein and Gershwin. 6 p.m. Free. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Cen-ter. 202-467-4600.

■ SongRise, a D.C.-based women’s social justice singing group, will perform a cappella at a benefit concert for the Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. $10 dona-tion suggested. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

Discussions and lectures■ Janet McKinney of the Library of


Monday, FeBRuaRy 24■ Discussion: Washington National Cathedral and the Aspen Institute will present a forum on the ongoing significance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham City Jail,” featuring U.S. Poet Laure-ate Natasha Tretheway (shown), civil rights leader Julian Bond, law profes-sor Stephen L. Carter and Cathedral Dean Gary Hall. 7:30 p.m. $5 to $15. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin ave-nues NW. 202-537-2228. See events/Page 24

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Congress will discuss “Saints on Stage: The Depiction of Mormons in American Musical Theater.” Noon. Free. Whittall Pavilion, Jefferson Building, Library of Con-gress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502.

■ Washington Post film critic Ann Hor-naday will present a preview of the 86th annual Academy Awards. Luncheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.

■ Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union special representative for human rights, will discuss “The European Union and the United States as Human Rights Actors.” 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Mortara Building, Georgetown University, 3600 N St. NW. lambrinidis.eventbrite.com.

■ The Special Needs Information Series will feature a talk by attorney Mat-thew Bogin and consultant Sharman Word Dennis on “Educational Advocacy in Transi-tion.” 6 p.m. Free. Large Conference Room, Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1225.

■ Transgender advocate Janet Mock will discuss her book “Redefining Real-ness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity,

Love & So Much More” (rescheduled due to inclement weather). 6:30 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

■ Michael Canning, author of “Holly-wood on the Potomac: How the Movies View Washington, DC,” will discuss “Holly-wood, DC: What the Movies Get Right — and Wrong — About Washington.” 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. $20 to $25. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Inde-pendence Avenue SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Jefferson Morley will discuss his book “Snow-Storm in August: The Struggle for Freedom — Wash-ington’s Race Riot of 1835.” 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org.

■ “DoubleX Lovefest” — a discussion of culture, politics and the way women love now — will feature Hanna Rosin, editor of DoubleX, Slate’s site for women; Noreen Malone of The New Republic; June Thom-as of Slate’s Outward section; and Christi-na Antoniades, editor of The Washington Post’s “Date Lab” (rescheduled due to inclement weather). 7 p.m. $20. Sixth & I

Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 877-987-6487.

Films■ The Egyptian Contemporary Film

Series will feature Ali Ragab’s 2004 film “Khalty Faransa,” about three intrepid characters who rise to the top after a long struggle between corruption and delin-quency. A discussion will follow. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Room 241, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.

■ The Georgetown Library will show a romantic comedy as part of its monthlong “Celluloid Sweethearts” series. 6 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ The D.C. Public Library’s 25th annual Black Film Festival will focus on “Civil Rights in America.” 6 p.m. Free. Auditorium A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

Special event■ The DC College Access Program’s

sixth annual “DC-CAPITAL STARS: A Tribute to Broadway” will feature the top 10 final-ists from the group’s talent competition, with the winners to be chosen by a panel of celebrity judges and the audience. 7 p.m. $35 to $45. Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Sporting event■ The Washington Wizards will play the

Orlando Magic. 7 p.m. $6 to $346. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Wednesday, Feb. 26

Children’s events■ The Graphic Novel Book Club will dis-

cuss “Vader’s Little Princess” by Jeffrey Brown (for ages 7 through 10), followed by a craft project and snack. 4 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Classes and workshops■ Kripalu yoga teacher Eva Blutinger

will lead a “Yoga in the Galleries” class. 10 a.m. Free. American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.

■ Science of Spirituality instructors will present a class on Jyoti techniques to deepen and stabilize meditation practices. 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center will host a “Just Breathe!” weekly class on meditation. 7 to 8:30 p.m. $12 per class. Vajrayogini Buddhist Center, 1787 Colum-bia Road NW. 202-986-2257.

■ Instructor Susan Lowell will lead a tai chi class. 7:30 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1225.

Concerts■ Minneso-

ta guitarist and banjo player Charlie Parr will perform origi-nal folk blues and traditional spirituals. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Celebrate Youth! High School Choir Festival will culminate with a joint concert featuring members of the DC Youth Orchestra and students from D.C. public, charter and independent schools. 7 p.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral,

Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. nationalcathedral.org.

■ Vocal Arts DC will present soprano Hei-Kyung Hong and pianist Vlad Iftinca performing works by Grieg, Schumann, Strauss, Rachmaninoff, Bizet and Korean composers. 7:30 p.m. $50. Terrace The-ater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The “Music From Japan Festival 2014” will feature the quartet Okinawan Fusions. 7:30 p.m. Free; tickets required. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-1000.

■ Guitarist and singer Harold Ford will present “The Spirit of Johnny Cash,” a trib-ute concert on Cash’s 82nd birthday. 8:30 p.m. $15 to $20. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ Scholars will discuss “World Christi-

anity, Immigration, and the U.S.: The Non-Western Church Comes to America.” 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free. Room 119, Jeffer-son Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-0213.

■ Jan Scherer will explore the patriotic symbols and meaning in the 19th-century etching “America Guided by Wisdom.” 12:30 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Belle Vue Room, Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. dumbartonhouse.org.

■ Independent journalist David Sheen will discuss “African Refugees in Israel: The Plight of Non-Jews in the Zionist State.” 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Vir-ginia Ave. NW. 202-338-1290.

■ The Tenley-Friendship Book Discus-sion Group will focus on John Muller’s “Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.” 2 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1225.

■ Timothy A. Block, director of botany at the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss “The Pennsyl-vania Flora Project.” 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conservatory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ “Healthy, Healing Spaces” — about the design of generative areas in health-care facilities in order to enhance wellness — will feature panelists Tama Duffy Day, a director at Gensler; BJ Miller, president of Vision Group Studios; and Nancy Pallesen, executive director of the Arlington Free Clinic. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $12 to $20; reserva-tions required. National Building Museum,

401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.■ The Georgetown Library will host

“Dating in the District: A Panel on Busi-ness, Blogging, and Finding the Perfect Mate in Washington.” 7 p.m. Free. George-town Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ Annie Jacobsen will discuss her book “Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to Amer-ica.” 7 p.m. Free. Poli-tics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ The Tenley-Friendship Library’s “Young Prose Book Group,” for ages 21 through 35, will meet to discuss “The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion. 7 p.m. Free. Kitty O’Shea’s D.C., 4624 Wisconsin Ave. NW. [email protected].

■ Actor Stacy Keach and Shakespeare Theatre Company artistic director Michael Kahn will discuss “Inside a Creative Collab-oration,” about their work on the upcoming productions of “Henry IV, Parts I and II” and the enduring appeal of Sir John Fal-staff as a character in many of Shake-speare’s plays. 7 to 9 p.m. $28 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Larry Witham will discuss his book “Piero’s Light: In Search of Piero Della Francesca: A Renaissance Painter and the Revolution in Art, Science and Religion.” 7:30 p.m. Free. Room 209, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

Films■ The 10th annual Showcase of Acad-

emy Award-Nominated Documentaries and Short Subjects will feature Morgan Nev-ille’s “20 Feet From Stardom.” 7 p.m. Free; tickets distributed at the special events entrance on Constitution Avenue an hour before the screening. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ The Human Rights Watch Film Series will present German filmmaker Marc Wiese’s 2012 documentary “Camp 14: Total Control Zone,” about a man born inside a North Korean prison camp as the child of politi-cal prisoners. A Q-and-A session will follow. 7 p.m. $7.52 to $10.34. West End Cine-ma, 2301 M St. NW. 202-419-3456. The series will continue March 5 and 12.

■ The Reel Israel DC series will feature Sameh Zoabi’s 2013 film “Under the Same Sun.” 8 p.m. $8.50 to $11.50. Ava-lon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

Performance■ The Happenings at the Harman

series will present “Milo the Magnificent,” featuring theater artists and puppeteers Sarah Olmsted Thomas and Alex Vernon. Noon. Free; reservations suggested. Sid-ney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-5688.

Reading■ Spooky Action Theater will present a

staged reading of “The Asphalt Kiss” by Brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues. 7 p.m. Free. Universalist National Memorial Church, 1810 16th St. NW. 202-248-0301.



Tuesday, FeBRuaRy 19■ Discussion: Elizabeth Kolbert will discuss her book “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

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Garrison’s PTA, said at last Wednesday’s meeting.Farther north, advocates for Murch have been also

rallying against delays to the $3 million in planning money to hire designers and assess the school’s needs. This funding was pushed to 2015, while the school com-munity wants to see the full modernization completed by 2016.

“We are ready to start the planning,” said Karrisa Kovner, co-president of the school’s home and school association. “But there’s no planning until the money is allocated.”

Representatives from Murch are also concerned that the total $32.5 million earmarked to renovate the 85-year-old school may not be enough.

“We were supposed to get funding to modernize the school in 2014-2015,” said Martha MacIntosh, a parent co-chair of Murch’s Local School Advisory Team. “When the mayor’s budget was released at the end of March, we suddenly discovered that the funding had been moved back to a year.”

For both schools, the main argument for full modern-ization is the need to accommodate significant growth in their student populations.

Garrison, at 1200 S St., sits in the midst of a develop-ment boom in Logan Circle and Shaw and has students from all eight wards. It’s also part of a neighborhood cluster that the deputy mayor for education determined to have the greatest need.

According to Vanessa Bertelli, chair of the school’s improvement project committee, Garrison needs a total of $20 million for a complete renovation. Through advo-cacy, Garrison has already been allocated $8 million for its first development phase, which primarily will fix up

the building’s waning interiors. There’s also an extra $1 million to update its field and remove an unused swim-ming pool.

Murch, whose 626 students this school year make it one of the largest elementary schools in the city, hasn’t yet received any funding for modernization. School stakeholders have listed obsolete infrastructure and tech-nology (such as classrooms with just two electrical out-lets) and overcrowded conditions as problems. The pre-school-through-fifth-grade school at 4810 36th St. has temporary trailers housing classrooms — making up one-third of the learning space and taking over much of the outdoor area.

Of the funding delay, Kovner said city officials cast it as “a good thing for Murch because we were going to get more money. But what has become very clear is that we can’t handle that delay very well without additional resources.”

Garrison has already gained support from several advisory neighborhood commissioners. Earlier this week, the Dupont Circle neighborhood commission passed a resolution supporting the school’s full modern-ization.

Stephanie Maltz, a Dupont commissioner and mem-ber of the Ward 2 Education Network who spoke at last week’s meeting, said she’s working with other nearby neighborhood commissioners to see if they can advocate for the school — “anything we can do to help out.”

Manolis Priniotakis of the Forest Hills/North Cleve-land Park commission is also sponsoring a resolution that pushes for Murch’s immediate funding for renovation. The resolution passed 5-0 at last night’s meeting.

“Murch serves as a hub for our neighborhood, and its long-overdue renovations will address decades of wear-and-tear,” Priniotakis wrote in an email.

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down the fliers she has been posting.She recently redesigned and

redistributed her posters, and also rallied several volunteers to canvass homes in Spring Valley and Ameri-can University Park, neighborhoods near the reservoir.

“I need the sightings so badly,” said Mihalyfi.

She has spent $15,000 searching for her dog, and to date, the efforts have produced 6,000 fliers and attracted 150 volunteers, according to Mihalyfi.

“She’s really generated a lot of sympathy and support for her cause,” said Lisa Dunner, a Bethesda volun-teer who met Mihalyfi looking for Havoc the day after he disappeared.

When dogs are missing this long, their main focus is to find food, water and shelter, according to Jor-dina Ghiggeri of Lost Pet Profes-sionals, a pet-tracking company that uses scent-trained dogs to detect a missing animal.

“The longer he’s out there, the better he gets [at] figuring things out,” said Ghiggeri.

Bringing her three dogs, the East Coast director of Lost Pets came from New Jersey to track Havoc’s scent and share strategies with Mih-alyfi. Ghiggeri said the lush area where he went missing provides well-hidden spaces for shy dogs like Havoc. But she, too, is confident that he will be reunited with his owner.

“The odds can be very good if we get the right phone calls. It really boils down to public awareness,” she said.

The Washington Humane Society has lent cameras and traps to the effort. The group’s Scott Giacoppo said there have been several cases in which lost pets were returned to owners a few months to a year later.

“As long as she doesn’t give up hope,” said Giacoppo. “He’s out there. We just have to figure out how to get him.”

Mihalyfi lost Havoc on Nov. 9, when she took her two dogs for a morning stroll through the wooded Dalecarlia grounds. When a deer appeared, the canines chased it, going through an opening in the fence that enclosed the reservoir. She went after them, but only found Raze, her 3-year-old female Rott-weiler mix. She then went home to call shelters, make fliers and find more information on how to track lost animals.

To search for Havoc full-time, Mihalyfi, who recently moved to D.C. from Boston, took three weeks off from her new job. But she real-ized she couldn’t do this alone.

Not knowing many people in her new city, she relied on individuals who reached out to her. They include dog owners, animal lovers, full-time workers and retirees who have seen her information on signs and through social media. Some have been recruited by friends and neighbors.

“I cannot get over how many kind, caring people there are,” said Mihalyfi, who also mentioned encountering some “awful” people, such as two men who tore down her signs and “scammers” who “preyed on [her] desperation.”

“The worst one was a pet detec-

tive, so to speak. It costs thousands of dollars to have him come out. And he sat at Starbucks, as far as I can tell, the entire time,” she said.

Hired trackers such as Ghiggeri have advised her to set up feeding stations in areas where Havoc has been sighted.

Mihalyfi has also created a web-site titled “Bring Havoc Home” and a Facebook community page, which has garnered 859 followers.

Her black Ford sedan bears a massive “Lost Dog” sign on the door. Large posters are also hanging at major intersections, such as the traffic light at Western Avenue and River Road. Fox 5 DC and WJLA’s “The Pet Show With Dr. Katy” have featured Havoc’s disappearance. And Mihalyfi has commissioned robo calls in areas where there may have been sightings of Havoc.

Mihalyfi has also been asked to be a panelist about recovering lost pets at an upcoming conference.

“She doesn’t leave one stone unturned,” said Allison Melrod, who lives near American University Park and describes the efforts as “no ordi-nary search.” She added: “A bunch of us who are helping her feel the same way — we all feel like he’s a little bit of our dog.”

“I hope you find him. I’m sure you will,” said a woman at the Star-bucks on MacArthur Boulevard, where she overheard Mihalyfi dis-cussing Havoc with a reporter.

To report sightings of Havoc, call Mihalyfi at 248-755-7594. Visit bringhavochome.com or facebook.com/bringhavochome for more information.

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Bungalow BeautyPalisades. Welcoming front porch on this charming bungalow. Expanded kit w/breakfast area opens to fam rm w/built-ins. Original woodwork, frpl, 3 BRs, 2.5 BAs. Det. 2 car garage. $869,000

Nancy Hammond 202-262-5374Linda Chaletzky 301-938-2630

Classic FavoriteSilver Spring, MD. Woodside Forest. 1996 center hall Colonial on quiet cul de sac. 5 BRs, 3.5 BAs. Open TS kit/family rm. Walk out LL w/bar. Fenced rear yard. Walk to Metro, shops & parks. $719,000

Suzanne Blouin 301-641-8448Laura McCaffrey 301- 641-4456

Picture PerfectSilver Spring, MD. Beautiful 3 BR, 2.5 BA in the heart of Highland View close to dwntwn SS & Takoma Pk. Spacious rms, renov. kit, bright fam rm. Office/den w/built-ins. Spa BA w/hot tub & steam shower. $525,000

Kate Sheckells 301-806-4450

Terrific FindPalisades. Amazingly spacious 1 BR + sleeping alcove, 2 BA condo. Light filled, Great updated kit w/SS, brkfst bar. Hrdwd flrs, huge walk-in closet. Unique custom features. Utilities & parking included. Pet friendly bldg. Super location. $399,999

June Gardner 301-758-3301

City ChicGlover Park. Large 1 bedroom in the heart of Glover Park. Gourmet kit w/granite & SS. W/D, open flr plan. Patio roof top deck. Pet friendly. Across from Whole Foods, next to Starbucks for your morning boost! $350,000

Amy Chew 202-333-4257Lee Hessick 202-607-8003

Space & LightGermantown, MD. Idyllic end unit townhouse.

Spacious w/cathedral ceilings, skylights, six panel drs.

3 BRs, 2 BAs, 2 HBAs, includes fabulous MBR. Frpl,

open space kit. Near to major stores & I-270 $297,000. Nader Shirazi 202-256-4690

Urban SavvyChevy Chase, MD. Stylish renovated Euro style junior

1 BR at the popular Willoughby. New BA, renov. kit. Huge

windows, walk-in closet. Super location in the heart of

Friendship Heights. $249,900

Ashk Adamiyatt 202-607-0078

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