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IN THIS ISSUE JANUARY 2021

A Health and Fitness Special 68 2021 Health and Fitness Trends: It’s About Going Deep, Letting Go and Trying New Things by Pattie Cinelli

72 Our River: The Anacostia – Winter Walks Along Our River by Bill Matuszeski 74 Tall in the Saddle with Serve Your City by Elizabeth Nelson

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76 The District Vet – A Pandemic Year

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Meet the New ANC Commissioners: Four Hill ANCs Welcome Eight New Representatives by Elizabeth O’Gorek

DC-Owned, Indiana-Grown! Sharing the Passion for Scrumptious Sweet Corn by Sarah Payne

Behind The Eastern Market Metro Plaza Sculpture: Artist Jay F. Coleman Wants to be Remembered For Doing the Work Rather Than the Artwork by Elizabeth O’Gorek

Commissioners Support Zero Tolerance for Racism in ANC: ANC 6A Report by Nick L. Alberti

Farewell to Two ANC 6B Commissioners: ANC 6B Report by Elizabeth O’Gorek

DC-Owned, Indiana-Grown! Sharing the Passion for Scrumptious Sweet Corn

Alcohol Licensing, Zoning Regulations: ANC 6C Report by Sarah Payne

Large Buzzard Point Development Planned: ANC 6D Report by Andrew Lightman

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CRYSTALLINE AT ARTECHOUSE DC Crystalline at ARTECHOUSE DC has been extended to Feb. 28, 2021. Inspired by blue’s dependability, Crystalline explores the color’s connection with earth and crystals through a journey that is both adventurous and contemplative—an exploration through an illusory, blue-hued castle. Representative of our desire for a stable foundation that often feels out of reach during these turbulent times, this surreal yet familiar place offers guests a refuge from the everyday. ARTECHOUSE connects progressive ideas, artists and audiences to stimulate innovation and creativity. They believe in the power of art, science and technology to change the world for the better. $17 to $24. Advance online bookings are required for specific entrance times to ensure a contactless check-in and safe capacity limits. Open Mondays to Thursdays, noon to 8 p.m.; Fridays to Sundays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ARTECHOUSE DC is at 1238 Maryland Ave. SW. dc.artechouse.com/crystalline.

FOREST BATHE AT THE NATIONAL ARBORETUM Forest bathing, or shinrin yoku, is the practice of taking in the woods through the senses for health benefits--boosted immunity, lowered blood pressure and heart rate, improved attention and mood and hitting the reset button on life. The Japanese have enjoyed shinrin yoku for decades as a regular public health initiative. The Friends of the National Arboretum invite you to join their nature and forest therapy guide in a two-hour program as you are led to more deeply experience and interact with nature. Relax and raise your mood, immune system and sense of coherency. Each forest bathing walk will end with a modified tea ceremony. No pets or children under 16. $35. Forest bathing in daylight hours resumes in early February. fona.org/programs.

HIDDEN EXPERT: STORYTELLING WITH A TWIST Every month, join LabX and host/ comedian Chris Duffy for a night of stories, laughs, and games. Hidden Expert is the National Academy of Sciences’ storytelling with a twist. One theme, four storytellers, countless interpretations. Hidden among the storytellers is an expert in the evening’s theme. The game is simple: It’s up to you to figure out the theme and guess the expert. Registration is free. The 2021 schedule will be posted soon. labx.org/ hidden-expert. Chris Duffy

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STC’S SHAKESPEARE HOUR LIVE! Join STC and like-minded fans of the Bard for Shakespeare Hour LIVE!, an ongoing tour through every corner of the Shakespeare universe. Artistic Director Simon Godwin and Resident Dramaturg Dr. Drew Lichtenberg gather online with special guests each week to discuss a new topic and allow audiences the opportunity to ask questions live. These live conversations take place online and require you to have access to the Internet. Complete your reservation online or through the box office. You will receive an email 24 hours in advance, as well as a reminder email one hour before the show, which will include a streaming link granting you access to that evening’s show. $10. shakespearetheatre.org/events/ shakespeare-hour-live.

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On the Dec. 17 program, the series presented Nan Talese (left) in conversation with one of her most celebrated novelists, Margaret Atwood. Talese has been a leading editor at Random House, Simon & Schuster and Houghton Mifflin.

BEHIND THE BOOK: TAKES PUBLIC INSIDE THE WORLD OF AMERICAN PUBLISHING If you have ever wondered how a book goes from rough manuscript to published masterpiece and an author from obscurity to fame, then a new series of programs from the Library of Congress is just for you. The new series, Behind the Book, provides a behind-the-scenes view of the world of American book publishing--the editors, designers, publicists, agents and publishers who make the books that win prizes and endure. These presentations are available on the Library of Congress website at loc.gov/collections/event-videos/.

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CECE PENISTON AT THE BIRCHMERE CeCe Peniston is live at The Birchmere Music Hall, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA, on Sunday, Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. An American singer, Ms. Peniston, know for her Dance, R&B and Rap music, has won many national and international awards. $45. birchmere.com.

RECLAMATION: RECIPES, REMEDIES, AND RITUALS

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DANCE IN DC FESTIVAL Washington Performing Arts presents six short films that celebrate the dynamic creativity of the local dance scene alongside the entrepreneurial spirit of local businesses. Each production features a site-specific work, along with conversations between dancers and business owners who speak about their community in these critical times. washingtonperformingarts.org. Mars Arts DC is Washington Performing Arts’ signature community engagement project. Now in its sixth year, the program has grown steadily to new heights with artist residencies, partnerships, events in venues across all eight wards, and robust integration with the Washington Performing Arts main stage series, World in Our City global programming initiative and education programs. 16 H HILLRAG.COM

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From Jan.18 to Dec. 31, 2021, the National Museum of Women in the Arts’ RECLAMATION, an online participatory exhibition and ingredient archive, examines food as a creative medium and connective tool for exploring intergenerational and intercultural experiences. Through a focus on ingredients used in cooking, curatives and ceremonies, this exhibition presents the traditional role of women in providing sustenance and healing. Nine artists will activate their kitchen tables, sharing photographs, videos and stories of how they use this most important domestic object. RECLAMATION opens a year-long season of programming that examines the relationship between food, art, and women as part of the Women, Arts, and Social Change initiative. nmwa.org.

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THE POST-ELECTION BLUES: HOW CAN AMERICANS REGAIN COMMON GROUND? WHAT’S ON WASHINGTON

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I HATE IT HERE: STORIES FROM THE END OF THE OLD WORLD An anthem for our time, I Hate it Here looks at the ways people do (and don’t) deal with a world on the brink of explosion. Commissioned by Studio Theatre to create an audio work, award-winning Chicago writer Ike Holter brings his sharp humor to the complexities of stepping into a new decade with the odds already stacked against your favor.  Listen to it, for free, through March 11 at studiotheatre.org/plays/playdetail/2020-2021-i-hate-it-here. I Hate it Here is part of Studio In Your Ears. Intimate and immediate, Studio’s audio plays bring the thrill of great writing and great acting directly to theatregoers’ headphones. studiotheatre.org.

After one of the most polarized presidential campaign seasons in recent history, will it be possible to resurrect the very American notion of E Pluribus Unum or “out of many, one”? On Jan. 14, 6:45 p.m., a frank panel conversation, via Zoom, moderated by civility expert and Washington Post columnist Steven Petrow looks at the challenges before us, as well as some reasons to be optimistic. $25. smithsonianassociates.org. Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Associates

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WASHINGTON IMPROV ONLINE CLASSES Meet fun and interesting people while building your improv skills. Their students and teachers have found online improv as a time to connect, and a time to break away from the relative monotony of “the new normal.” From your own home, take a regular class, an elective, a workshop, improv for business and/or improv for all. Prices vary. There are free workshops on Jan. 8, 14, 22, and 28; and Feb. 5, 11, 19 and 25. Find them at witdc.org/learn/ improv-for-all/.

HIDDEN WORLD ART EXHIBIT AT DEL RAY ARTISANS We have all been affected by an unseen and mysterious virus. But even these pathogens, when revealed under a microscope, have their own hidden, but awful, beauty. Whether it is the mysteries of the universe, or just something in your own backyard, the world is rife with surprises waiting to be uncovered. Hidden World challenges you to look deeply into the world, into your emotions, or just into your imagination and uncover some part of the Hidden World. The exhibition is Jan. 8 to 30 at the Nicholas A. Colasanto Center, 2704 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA. It is open Thursdays and Fridays, noon to 6 p.m. and Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m. delrayartisans.org. “The Eye of the Abyss” by Nancy M. Galib

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THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION CELEBRATES 80TH CONCERT SEASON

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Marking the 80th year of their concert series, The Phillips Collection announces a series of free livestreamed performances in 2021 from January to May, introducing debut artists, return performances, and an exciting series of commissions honoring The Phillips Collection’s centennial celebration from some of the brightest voices in new music. During the 80th anniversary season, all concerts will be live-streamed for free with registration. Performances will be available on demand for seven days after each broadcast date. Registration will open each month for concerts the following month (registration for performances in January is open now). To view the complete season, visit phillipscollection.org/music. Oboist Olivier Stankiewicz performs Al Maghrib (Red Run) which responds to Joan Miró’s 1950 painting The Red Sun live-streamed on Jan. 17 Photo: Kaupo Kikkas

MERRIWEATHER DISTRICT COLOR BURST ICE RINK OPENS The new Color Burst Ice Rink at Merriweather District in Columbia, MD, is open through January 31. The 6,000 square-foot rink will operate at reduced capacity, in compliance with recommendations for outdoor activities. Throughout the rest of the season there will be themed events, music, food trucks, and the nearby Symphony of Lights at Merriweather Post Pavilion. You will have a 75-minute skate period beginning when you enter the rink. Open Mondays to Thursdays, 4 to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 4 to 10 p.m.; Saturdays, noon to 10 p.m.; and Sundays, noon to 8 p.m. $14 for adults and kids. Price includes admission and skate rental. merriweatherdistrict.com/whats-on/color-burst-ice-rink.

VOLUNTEERS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD Each year, Americans across the country come together on the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday to honor Dr. King’s life and legacy by serving their communities. The 2021 MLK Day of Service is Monday, Jan. 18. Go to allforgood.org for a list of local volunteer jobs you can do from home. And keep checking back for more COVID-19 response opportunities as they develop. To sign up as a volunteer for the Resident Snow Team, visit snow.dc.gov/service/resident-snow-team.

WHITE FORD BRONCO AT UNION STAGE See DC’s all ‘90s band at Union Stage, 740 Water St. SW, (VIP live inperson and live-stream) on Friday, Jan. 22 and Saturday, Jan. 23, at 8 p.m. (doors, 6:30 p.m.). White Ford Bronco is influenced by the critical parental advice of Danny Tanner and the food at the Max. And the Peach Pit. The cuckolding of 90210 and Melrose Place. The red one pieces and the authority of David Hasselhoff that looks over the Los Angeles County Beaches. The Reebok Pump. Carlton’s dance moves. You get the picture… In-person tickets are $37.50; $15 for live-streaming. unionstage.com. White Ford Bronco. Photo: Casey Reid

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MEET THE NEW ANC COMMISSIONERS Four Ward 6 ANCs Welcome Eight New Representatives

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n January 2, 2021, eight newly elected representatives will be sworn in for four Ward 6 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs). The ceremony, like much of the campaign, will take place virtually, with Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen (D) administering the oath of office. The commissioners serve two-year terms without pay. All commissioners in all wards are up for election this year. Each commissioner represents a Single Member District (SMD) of approximately 2,000 residents. The ANCs’ main role in the District is to be their neighborhood’s official voice in advising the District government (and federal agencies) on issues that affect their neighborhoods. ANC 6A and 6B each welcome three new commissioners in January. ANC 6D in Southwest will welcome two. All six commissioners representing ANC 6C were reelected, making it the only commission to seat a slate of incumbents. Meet your newly elected representatives below. Learn more about ANCs by visiting anc.dc.gov.

ANC 6A (anc6a.org) Keya Chatterjee (6A01) lives on the eastern edge of her SMD with her husband Andrew, their fifth grader and a 80-pound black dog, Asher, who she said “is very sweet despite his size.” he family moved north of H St NE about four years ago after 16 years in ANC 6D. Chatterjee is passionate about walkable and bikeable streets. At the end of 2020, she stepped down after seven years on the board of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association Keya Chatterjee (WABA), having reached her term limit. Together with neighbors, WABA helped secure a street mural at Eighth and K Sts. NE and bike lanes that will soon be one of the only connections between NE and NW in the neighborhood, she said. “My purpose is to advance climate justice, racial justice, and economic justice for our community,” she said, pointing to the increase in the economic and

health impact on the community due to COVID-19. “I believe that the ANC is one place where we can push for justice and equity, and I will strive to serve the interests of those most vulnerable in our community, rather than the interests of corporations,” she said, pointing to a need to expand bus service even as public transit faces unprecedented cuts. She plans to take steps to protect local businesses, in part by increasing foot traffic on H Street NE to encourage more customers to visit those establishments. “Losing small businesses means losing jobs and pieces of our community,” she said pointing to the shuttering of businesses in her SMD, including Cusbah restaurant and Dio Wine Bar. Chatterjee said that actions by the ANC can mitigate the impacts of climate change. “Data show that the rodent population and the mosquito population are increasing because of climate change, as is basement and street flooding from heavy downpours,” she noted. The ANC can help by encouraging good water drainage, and reducing food trash from establishments spread throughout the neighborhood. Finally, she said one of her key priorities is to ensure that the community has equitable access to city services and that members truly form a community together, with neighbors helping one another in any way they can. “Many neighbors are hurting and need help, and others are in a position to help and want to help,” Chatterjee said. You can learn more about Chatterjee on her website www.keyachatterjeeforanc6a01.com. Laura Gentile (6A05) knows what she’s getting into. Before running for commissioner, she served as an ANC committee member for over six years, starting in 2011 with the ANC 6A Economic Development and Zoning Committee, and last year on the Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee. In those roles, Gentile had the opportunity to listen to the concerns and interests of neighbors, work with local agencies

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and organizations and weigh in on decisions about proposed development projects and alcohol licenses in the community. It was that experience on committees that interested Gentile in taking on the role of commissioner as a way to further serve the community where she lives. “I have worked in public service at the Federal level for over 20 years,” she said, “and I am very excited about the chance to serve my neighbors and community at the local level.” Gentile has more than 25 years of experience working with issues that relate to businesses, communities and local governments. During her campaign, she advocated for smart development, street safety and a clean and healthy environment for all residents. She said her priorities have enlarged a bit since the campaign. During and since the campaign, she said, many have raised concerns about traffic safety, especially about speeding on certain “cut-through” streets in the neighborhoods and intersections that pose dangers to residents due to lack of stop signs, crosswalks and other traffic controls. “As such, traffic safety is now at the top of my priority list,” Gentile said. The new 6A05 commissioner is interested in hearing from neighbors on how to best serve the community. “The pandemic has made it challenging to connect with each other but, for anyone interested, I would be happy to swing by for a socially distanced conversation or a virtual chat through Zoom,” she said. Until her official ANC email address is activated, she can be reached by email (LauraGentileanc6a05@ gmail.com), phone 202-596-9205, or on Twitter (@LauraGentileANC). Robb Dooling Robb Dooling (6A06) is a Nebraska native who has lived in DC for six years. Dooling loves his neighborhood and wants to ensure that everybody in it has a voice in its future. In 2019, Dooling served as an ANC representa-

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tive for 6C06 in NoMa, where he helped fight for and win the new park at Eighth and K St NE near J.O. Wilson Elementary School, the new Florida Ave NE bike lanes, and a future park at North Capitol and N St NE. Dooling also successfully negotiated with developers seeking to build in NoMa and DC agencies to require affordability and sustainability in new construction and establish more public green spaces. He stepped down from his role as commissioner when he purchased a home located outside his 6C SMD. At the time, he said that he was “enthusiastic to remain an advocate for housing everywhere as a human right.” “I did not plan to run again when I moved out of 6C06, but current events called me back,” Dooling said. He decided to run as representative in his current SMD, Dooling said, because he felt a moral responsibility to make DC more affordable and make politics more accessible, noting that many of his close friends had moved away from the District, citing its unaffordability. “I feel an imperative to help end displacement, especially by making civic engagement easier,” he said. Dooling hopes to do the same for the H Street Corridor. He is passionate about safe streets, housing as a human right, and climate action. He has already helped create a new Google Group for ANC 6A that anyone can join at https://groups.google. com/g/anc-6a. There, commissioners will post meeting announcements and minutes. You can also join his monthly newsletter at http://robbdooling.com/ subscribe.

ANC 6B (anc6b.org) Edward Ryder (6B07) made several new beginnings this year. On March 21, he and his wife, Andrea, were married in Lincoln Park at a wedding attended by a few close friends and the couple’s dog, Ember. “It wasn’t the wedding we planned for, obviously,” he said.

At the beginning of this year, he made a different sort of commitment, taking the oath as commissioner for 6B07 after winning the office as a write-in candidate. Ryder, a financial analyst for Barracks Row creative agency Taoti, came to 6B07 from Southwest two years ago. Since then, he has enjoyed ANC committee meetings and chiming in on matters of interest to him, but said it was actually Andrea who convinced him that it was time to put his passion for hyperlocal politics to use after learning that Kelly Waud would not be seeking re-election. He said that he has worked with Waud to get insight into the key issues facing his SMD. Concerns with public safety are prominent, and he said he wants to engage with the community to better understand their concerns. “As the area continue to get developed, I want to make sure that long-term residents are not pushed out,” he said. Ryder is also passionate about transit and cycling infrastructure. He wants to work for pedestrians and cyclist feel safe throughout the community, and for better traffic control within 6B07. Noting that the SE Boulevard has been a point of discussion for years, he said that changes are needed. However, he wants to avoid any development that leads to more traffic coming and going in the neighborhood. “Cars already pass through at dangerous speeds for a residential neighborhood,” he said. “I’d also want any development of it to effectively support bike and pedestrian traffic.” Ryder wants to ensure that constituents know that he is accessible and interested in their questions and thoughts about matters in 6B07. “We have a very diverse SMD in many different ways,” he said, “and I want to make sure that everyone knows that I am open and listening and I want to hear everyone’s concerns.” You can reach Edward Ryder at 6B07@anc.dc.gov Peter Wright (6B08) and his wife moved into 6B08 in April 2020, with their 8-year old beagle mutt rescue, Ernie. As 2020 drew to a close, they prepared to welcome their first child, a baby boy. Wright is an attorney who came to the District

about three years ago from Cincinnati, spending a few years in Kentucky on the way. Currently working in a small law office, he represents people in criminal defense, personal injury and consumer protection cases. Wright said his work puts him on the front lines of residents’ interactions with District law and allows him to understand how policies impact the community. Wright wants fight to ensure that the diverse history of this area is protected. Part of that, he said, is ensuring that continued development serves to enhance the lives of community members. He said one of the main reasons his family chose the home is the neighborhood —the quiet, tree-lined streets and community feel alongside close and easy access to the best of what DC has to offer. “I think that ties a lot into what I think will be the biggest focal point facing our area,” he said, “finding the right balance between growth and respect for the existing community and its history. “

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changed. â€œThe development at Reservation 13 and along the SE waterfront needs to complement rather than directly compete with the offerings at Barracks Row, Eastern Market, along Pennsylvania Avenue,â€? he said. â€œAdditional housing, particularly affordable housing, is a definite need in the area right now,â€? he added. â€œBut that doesnâ€™t mean it needs to come at the cost of losing the communities that were already here.â€? Wright said he knows that succeeding long-time Commissioner Chander Jayaraman gives him big shoes to fill, and he is thankful for Jayaramanâ€™s kindness and helpfulness during the transition. â€œI also hope to bring my own fresh, unique perspective to the issues facing ANC 6B,â€? he said. â€œIâ€™m honored to have been elected to serve my neighbors and look forward to getting to work to make our community even better.â€? Contact Peter Wright at 6B08@anc.dc.gov Alison Horn (6B09) is a 10-year Ward 6 resident who moved to 6B09 in 2015. She shares her home with Cooper, a 12-year-old Chihuahua-mix, once a rescue dog and now the â€œelder statesman of the house.â€? She has spent her career serving the DC community at the Public Defender Service, and at local nonprofits Free Minds Book Club and Civil Rights Corps. Horn says that helping her clients navigate DCâ€™s agencies has required her to be organized and hard-working, to be a good listener, and to be in communication with a wide array of diverse DC residents, skills she hopes Andrew Bossi

translate well to her new ANC role. Horn fills a seat vacated by Kasie Clark in March 2020. There is a lot going on in the area: the renovation of the Boys and Girls Club is back before DC Council in January. In neighboring ANC 7F07, redevelopment continues on Reservation 13 and a candidate is fighting to be seated as ANC Commissioner at the DC Jail. Horn said that the Office of the Deputy Mayor of Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) needs to do a better job of communicating with 6B in the future. â€œI understand the concerns of 6B commissioners and neighbors about the lack of transparency from DMPED on the Reservation 13 development,â€? Horn said. â€œBut I would hate to see that history prevent progress at the Boys and Girls Club, which would add much-needed affordable senior housing.â€? Horn said that as a new commissioner, she hopes to focus on traffic safety, housing affordability, and public safety, which she sees as closely linked to providing a strong social safety net. However, to Horn, the most important role of an ANC is to listen, keep neighbors informed, and advocate for their needs when making decisions impacting their daily lives. She is eager to share information, connect with constituents and bring them into the process. You can email her at 6B09@anc.dc.gov

ANC 6D (anc6d.org) Andrew Bossi says he is â€œwonkishly into local governance,â€? so much so that he began livetweeting ANC meetings when he moved into Southwest, well before declaring his intention to run as a write-in can-

didate for the SMD formerly represented by Gail Fast. Bossi works as a transportation engineer and planner, so it is unsurprising that transportation and land use are two of his major interests. He believes that ANC 6D needs a comprehensive transportation plan that takes into account the massive growth Southwest is experiencing and the impact of construction. The new commissioner said the ANC needs to ensure that development benefits the community, and to mitigate negative impacts like increased traffic and impacts to roadway safety and parking. “I’d like to see that new growth does everything it can to promote nonauto travel and to reduce traffic in the first place,” Bossi said, “and that our streets be designed to be slow and safe for everyone to navigate.” The growth Southwest is experiencing is both its greatest opportunity and greatest threat, he said. “The threats of gentrification and rising costs must be central to our ANC’s thinking,” Bossi said, “and I am glad that there appears to be universal attention across our 2021 commissioners on affordable housing.” ANC 6D should press every development to not just meet but exceed Affordable Housing goals. Threats of gentrification should be central in ANC deliberations, he added, especially the impact on tenants most at risk of displacement. “I want growth that doesn’t turn us into something like a gated community, but provides a variety of homes and a variety of businesses, for the variety of us calling Southwest home,” he said. More immediately, Bossi said he wants more regular and continuous COVID testing accessible to

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Jared Weiss has lived in DC for fifteen years, the last five of them in SMD 6D02. A trained economist, for the past nine years Weiss has worked for AARP as the director of data science. Weiss said the seeds for his desire to represent 6D02 were planted when he first heard Commissioner Anna Forgie would not seek re-election. With support from the board of the Velocity Condominium, where he lives, he stepped up to fill the role. The biggest issue in 6D02 is responsible building, Weiss said. Acknowledging that his is a rapidly developing district, he said that construction and its side effects such as noise and debris are inevitable. However, ways can be found to maximize the safety,

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sleep, and general well-being of those living next door to development sites. The community also needs to work together for responsible building, making sure new projects balance the concerns of current neighbors with those of newer arrivals. That means working to ensure that in ten years 6D02 is the robust, diverse, and welcoming neighborhood residents want it to be. “We aren’t going to solve DC’s housing problems on our own, but we can help be part of the solution,” he said. That also means supporting buildings that from aesthetic and practical perspectives are good fits for the neighborhood, reflecting neighborhood history and projecting a shared future, he added. Weiss has roots all over Ward 6: one sibling lives in NoMA, and another in Capitol Hill. An avid baseball fan, thanks to his father’s season tickets for the Nats, prior to COVID Weiss would take an annual baseball road trip. “So, I’ve seen all the MLB stadiums, a good chunk of the minor league ones, and have visited weird museums in and eaten my way through most of the country,” he said. Weiss is looking forward to taking on his role as commissioner. “I really do love 6D02, and all its quirky charms,” he said. “To me, it showcases the best of DC past, present, and future. I think it is pretty great, but if there’s anything I can do to make it better, I want to.” Weiss will be sending out a regular email newsletter. Email 6D02@anc.dc.gov to get on the list, or follow @JaredWeissANC. ◆

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by Sarah Payne Markets in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest Region and online in Amazon in the Whole Foods section. Behind Larry’s Sweet Corn are family, friends, and community in both Indiana and Washington, DC. Owner and Hill resident Maria Carolina Lopez fell in love with the golden kernels cultivated by her father-in-law, the local leader and environmentalist Larry Frank, who has been farming in Indiana for 45 years. Over the years, Carolina shared Larry’s corn with friends, and it was a favorite at every dinner party. As there is simply nothing comparable to it, it soon became highly requested, so she decided to bring this unique gourmet corn to the market. Lopez runs the business from Capitol Hill. The mother of two came from Colombia 20 years ago and is an active member of the Capitol Hill community. For more than 17 years, she has served as the Chief Financial Officer at Capital Community News, which publishes the Hill Rag and two other DC community newspapers. For the last five of those, she has also been operating Larry’s Sweet Corn. Lopez said that the product is so special because of a non-GMO seed and a unique harvesting process that ensures each batch of corn is picked at the point of perfection. LEFT: DC teenagers (from left) Robert McFarlane, Alex Landinez, Henry Logan, Max Langenbacher and Nicolas Frank in the truck during the 2019 harvest. Photo: Luca Christiansen.

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Maria Carolina Lopez and Nicolas and Luciana Frank.

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“We are firm believers that there are only one or two days when corn has reached its peak in terms of sweetness and flavor,” Lopez said. “That is why we walk each field on foot only harvesting those ears which qualify for that day’s pickings. We preserve that quality as quickly as possible.” “We go to great lengths to maximize its natural taste and flavor,” she said. “We grow our special non-GMO variety of corn on small family farms and pick it at absolute peak harvest. We then process the corn the old-fashioned way to preserve the natural juices with the kernels.” But it’s not just about the corn. Larry’s Sweet Corn’s mission is to rejuvenate rural farming and create community by providing jobs through sustainable wages. The small business works with small family farmers, the Amish community, local high school kids, Future Farmers of America, and Hill neighborhood teenagers who all have had opportunities to work in the fields or production. Lopez’s son, Nicolas Frank, now a sophomore at the University of California Los Angeles, has been

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BEHIND THE EASTERN MARKET METRO PLAZA SCULPTURE Artist Jay F. Coleman Wants to be Remembered For Doing the Work Rather Than the Artwork by Elizabeth O’Gorek

Jay F. Coleman, pictured in his studio with a maquette for Loveful Hands. E.O’Gorek/CCN

ours before he was supposed to present his design in the competition to create the public art for the newly renovated Eastern Market Metro Plaza (EMMP), artist Jay F. Coleman scrapped his design. A clay and plaster miniature had been created and painted in bronze, but he had been hit by what he calls a “eureka moment”. “I thought: I’ve got this idea, I’ve got to do it,” Coleman said, reliving those few hours. “I was feeling it so, so strongly —I had to do it.” So Coleman dropped the original design, a figure of a woman cradling a basket designed to convey themes of marketing and nurture, and started a new design just before it would be presented. He was right to follow his feelings. He won the commission. Coleman’s sculpture, entitled Loveful Hands, is slated for placement on parcel 4 of EMMP in a space that will rise into the view of passengers exiting the station via the escalators. The maquette for the piece depicts two hands pressed together, fingers curled and thumbs pressed at the balls to form the shape of a heart. The model was constructed so quickly that Coleman didn’t have time to place the final joint of the fingers on one hand. For Coleman, the sculpture represents not just hands. As a symbol embraced by youth, Loveful Hands also represents new forms for communicating with one another and new ways of coming together. It was not the first time a sudden decision to take a risk paid off for Coleman. Just six years ago, Jay F. Coleman took a different sort of plunge. Coleman, who has a Masters in Special Education in addition to his MFA, worked as a teacher, a special education coordinator and principal. He stepped away from his career as an educator to pursue a career as a full-time artist. “If you’d asked me ten years ago if I’d be making bronze sculptures featured in front of a metro station, I’d have laughed you out of the room,” Coleman said.

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across town for school. It was that daily trip that he said was his real education, teaching him about the city’s different communities and the ways he would have to interact with them, code-switching as he crossed the District. “It gave me an interesting education, because DC has always had a dichotomy and been polarized in a way. But to me, it’s always been the capital of the world. I am a proud Washingtonian.” Drawn to realism, Coleman found it difficult to find a mentor, entering the Corcoran School of Art and Design and then an MFA at Howard in a period when abstraction was much more in vogue. He went on to teach, but never stopped creating, painting and sculpting as well as joining a hip hop group and a reggae band before he made the leap into art full time. At first, he considered proposing an abstract work for EMMP. “But part of the reason that I’m an artist and part of the reason I like people is the figure,” he said. “It speaks to our humanity.” Hands, Coleman says, are perfect for representation. With roots as a self-described “portrait guy,” Coleman said he loves painting faces. ”But to me hands, even more so than faces, are more universal when we’re speaking a human language,” he said, noting that while hands can tell you something about the work they have done, they don’t betray phenotypes in the way faces do.

Something to Be A Part Of The space designated for the sculpture on EMMP is five feet in diameter, and Coleman would like to cast Loveful Hands to take up as much of that footprint as possible, so large that people could climb into the sculpture to be photographed, surrounded by the work. He visualizes the sculpture not

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Coleman in his studio with Yasuke, a deceptively gentle Tosa who is named for the ﬁrst remembered African Samurai. Coleman gives commands to Yasuke in Japanese. Photo: E.O’Gorek/CCN

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only as a meeting point but as a landmark. Like the newly renovated EMMP itself, he wants the sculpture itself be a destination, something people seek and feel instantly a part of. Such a large sculpture would still be smaller than his other public sculpture incorporating hands: “Communessity,” a cast bronze sculpture depicting a “fist bump,” popularized by President Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign. That cast bronze sculpture, measuring six anda-half feet in length, is located at Barry Farms Recreation Center. Both projects were

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The Real Work of Art Coleman’s work can be found in public spaces all over the District, from his murals outside the Dupont Underground to his relief sculptures in the Howard Walk of Fame. He is currently working on murals for three different District schools, in addition to private portrait commissions. It is his dream, he said, to have a piece in every quadrant of the District. “When I make something in bronze and it’s in this city, it means so much to me,” Coleman said. “For something to be on the street in DC, where Washingtonians that I grew up with, and people that I’ll never meet and never know I did it —if all of them can be moved by this piece —I’ve done my job.” Coleman wants to be remembered not just for his art but for his dedication to his craft, his constant push to refine his abilities. “There’s always somebody better,” he said. “I try to hone my craft, my skillset. I want to get better at anything I’m doing.” Coleman tells interviewers and his children the same thing: he wants to be known for his work ethic, for the work he puts into his art, rather than his art work. He wants to be known for a different set of loveful hands. You can learn more about Jay F. Coleman and his work by visiting http://www.jayfcoleman.com/. Learn more about the EMMP project by visiting https://dgs. dc.gov/page/eastern-market-metro-park-project ◆

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(Continued from pg. 31) traveling to Indiana every summer since he was in sixth grade to help his family harvest the corn. For the past four years, he has made the trip with other kids from Capitol Hill. Frank emphasized that, above all, Larry’s Sweet Corn is a community. Both on the Hill and in rural Indiana, everyone is working toward producing the best corn possible. “This last year, eight of us guys from DC went to Indiana and worked with local high school students there and the Amish community as well,” he said. “You have all of these people from different groups, demographics, and ages all in one place working toward this common goal of producing the sweet corn.” “It teaches you what real physical labor is all about,” Frank said. “It’s not easy. It’s incredibly intensive when we work 10-to-16hour days.” The corn was picked up in the local program of Whole Foods on P Street NW in DC in 2015 and eventually was carried in all the DMVA area stores. When Amazon purchased Whole Foods, the corn was extended to the MidAtlantic and Midwest area in 2018, and now it is also offered in Amazon through the Whole Foods section of the website. You can learn more about Larry’s Sweet Corn and find their popular corn bread recipe on their website Larrysweetcorn.com. Find Larry’s Sweet Corn on Amazon or in the frozen section of your local Whole Foods Market. Sarah Payne is a History and Neuroscience student at The University of Michigan interning with the Hill Rag. She writes for and serves as an assistant news editor for Michigan’s student newspaper, The Michigan Daily. You can reach her at Sarap@hillrag.com ◆

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Commissioners Support Zero Tolerance for Racism in ANC ANC 6A REPORT by Nick L. Alberti Chair Amber Gove (6A04) convened the December 9, 2020 meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6A via WebEx with Commissioners Marie-Claire Brown (6A01), Commissioners Phil Toomajian (6A02), Mike Soderman (6A03), Stephanie Zimny (6A06), Sondra Phillips-Gilbert (6A07) and Brian Alcorn (6A08) in attendance. Commissioner Ruth Ann Hudson (6A05) was absent.

Commissioners Reaffirm Commitment to Zero Tolerance for Racism •

The Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to institute a policy of zero tolerance for racism or other human rights violations from any elected or appointed member of the ANC and outlining follow-up actions to include creation of an ad hoc committee for reviewing and recommending changes to ANC6A bylaws, required training, committee selection processes and communications procedures to ensure improved outreach to all ANC6A residents. With unanimous support, Commissioners MarieClaire Brown and Sondra Phillips-Gilbert spoke passionately in favor of this resolution citing a racially insensitive comment made during November’s ANC meeting by a committee member who has since voluntarily stepped down, as well as the public backlash ANC6A Commissioners received in response to a letter they sent in favor of Mayor Bowser’s proposed increased funding for the Metro Police Department over this past summer. During the lengthy discussion regarding this resolution, all present members of the ANC were reminded of their accountability as elected officials to the needs and expectations of the communities that elected them.

Committee Motions and Recommendations

Community Outreach Committee •

The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to present an ANC 6A Community Leader Award to Fernanda Zavaleta. Over this past summer, Ms. Zavaleta offered assistance to a neighbor after they had been mugged. She brought them into her home, despite the current health crisis, kept them calm and helped them feel safe while the authorities responded to the incident. The Community Outreach Committee meets at 7:00 pm on the fourth Monday of each month.

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The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to take no action on the application by The Bodega Incorporated, t/a The Cupboard at 1504 East Capitol Street NE (ABRA #086607) for renewal of its Class B Retail License. • The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to take no action on the application by Bella Market LLC, t/a Economy Market at 1804 D Street NE (ABRA #094127) for renewal of its Class B Retail License. The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to protest the application by H St Liquors LLC t/a H Street Beverage Warehouse at 1431-1433 H Street NE (ABRA #117278) for a Class A Retail License unless a signed settlement agreement is submitted before the

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ALL ARE WELCOME protest deadline, and appoint the Chair of the ANC and Co-Chairs of the Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee to represent the ANC in negotiating and signing the settlement agreement and in any protest matters. • The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to protest the application by Amazon Retail, LLC t/a TBD at 801 H Street NE (ABRA # 116873) for a Class B Retail License with Tasting Permit unless a signed settlement agreement is approved by the chair of the ANC by the protest deadline, and appoint the Chair and ViceChair of the ANC and Co-Chairs of the Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee to represent the ANC in any protest. The Alcohol and Beverage Licensing Committee meets at 7:00 pm on the third Tuesday of each month.

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The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to send a letter to the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) in support of BZA 20323 (Maury Elementary School, 1250 Constitution Avenue), conditional upon DDOT’s consideration of the ANC request for ROP (Resident Only Parking) on the west side of 12th Place NE and RPP (Resident Permit Parking) from 6:00 pm – 7:00 am on the east side of 12th Place NE, and that there are 8 parking spaces involved. The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to send a letter to the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) stating that ANC 6A reviewed and commented on Public Space Application #343819, 1518 North Carolina Avenue NE in March of 2020. As the application is unchanged, DDOT should refer to the letter of opposition already sent.

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The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to send a letter of support for #361713, fence on public space at 424 11th Street NE, conditional upon the fence atop the retaining wall being no higher than the current fence (36”) and of similar (open, iron) construction. • The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to send a letter to DDOT requesting an extension on the review date for Public Space Permit application #363655 (paving, landscaping, fixtures, projections at 920 F Street NE) until after the January 14, 2021 ANC meeting, to provide adequate time for public notice and review. The application was received on 12/3/2020 with a review due date of 12/24/2020. The Transportation and Public Space Committee meets at 7:00 pm on the third Monday of each month.

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The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to send a letter of support to the BZA for a special exception from the lot occupancy requirements to construct a twostory rear addition to an existing principal dwelling unit at 903 11th Street, NE (BZA Case #20365)in the RF-1 Zone. The Commissioners voted, unanimously, to send a letter of support to the BZA for special exceptions from the lot occupancy requirements from the accessory building rear yard setback requirements to construct a second-story addition to an existing accessory structure in the rear yard of an existing flat at 114 12th Street, NE (BZA Case #20340) in the RF-1 Zone. The Commissioners voted to table sending a letter of support to BZA for a special exception from the minimum vehicle parking requirements to convert an exist-

The Next meeting is 2nd Thursday, January 14, 7:00 p.m. Due to the current COVID - 19 Pandemic ANC6A will be hosting the October ANC Meeting virtually via WebEx Economic Development and Zoning Committee meeting 3rd Wednesday, January 20, 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting via WebEx Community Outreach Committee meeting 4th Monday, January 25, 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting via WebEx Transportation & Public Space Committee meeting 4th Monday, January 25, 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting via WebEx Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee meeting 4th Tuesday, January 26, 7:00 p.m. Virtual Meeting via WebEx Instructions for accessing the meeting via WebEx have been posted under Hot Topics at anc6a.org. Call in information will be posted under Community Calendar at anc6a.org 24 hours prior to the meeting. You will be able to enter the meeting no earlier than 15 minutes prior to its scheduled start time.

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(6B02) read a resolution declaring Jayaraman the first recipient of the “ANC 6B ‘Whisk’ Award,” presented because he has “specialized in stirring things up.” The whisk is to encourage Jayaraman to keep doing so after his temporary retirement begins, after eight years with ANC 6B. In a second resolution, Waud was presented with a “heliport designation sign” in recognition of her advocacy as the South Capitol Heliport seeks a second location.

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Commissioners voted unanimously to send a letter requesting a delay to the Jan. 6 protest hearing on the Handle19 sportsbook liquor license, asking that it be deferred until Feb. 1 or later. Jayaraman said a deferral was needed to allow the ANC time to assemble materials, permit incoming commissioners to be fully briefed on the case and for the ANC to retain counsel on the matter. Handle19 is a sports book and restaurant planned at 319 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, formerly Stanton Greene. The proposed venue would include dining on the main floor, while the second floor is earmarked for televised games and betting at eight kiosks. Jayaraman said the applicant and the ANC were unable to come to terms, despite a fourhour mediation session. Two different groups of residents have declared themselves parties in opposition to the application. At the meeting, one representative cited statistics showing that a sportsbook would increase neighborhood crime. Commissioners in opposition argued that sports betting does not belong in a residential neighborhood and will increase both vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the area. In a separate discussion, the ANC also discussed authorizing funding for legal counsel in the case. It was decided that an amount could be designated at an ANC 6B executive meeting and after a potential counsel had been contacted.

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The Commissioners voted to request removal of the Metro Bus Shelter located at 17th Street and Benning Road NE. The vote was 6 in favor, with Commissioner Toomajian abstaining.

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Jayaraman said that repeated communication with Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray (D), in whose jurisdiction the area falls, were not returned.

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The ANC supported a motion proposed by Commissioner Jayaraman asking DC Council, the Office of the ANC (OANC) and the DC Board of Corrections (BOC) to work to help Chander Jayaraman (6B08) at the Dec. 8 meeting of ANC 6B, his last as the seat a commissioner to reprerepresentative of 6B08. Jayaraman served eight years on the ANC, four as sent ANC 7F07. Chair and Vice-Chair, before stepping down to join the race for At-Large Council. Screenshot: Webex The position has not been held since the ANC was created after redistricting in 2012. It District agencies noting that as elected representaencompasses the DC Jail, the Harriet Tubman Sheltives of the community in which the Eastern Marter, St. Coletta of Greater Washington and the newket is located, they were surprised that they were ly-completed (and as yet unoccupied) Park Kennenot specifically named in the Strategic Plan for Eastdy Apartments. ern Market. Jayaraman said there are up to 1500 residents The study, commissioned by Office of the Depin the area. 300 are registered in 7F07, he estimated. uty Mayor for Planning and Economic Development In July, DC Council passed legislation restor(DMPED) and conducted by Architrave P.C., makes ing the right to vote to District residents who had 12 key recommendations. Primary among these is served time for a felony. A group of Hill East resithat the recommendations be guided by an impledents formed Neighbors for Justice, an organization mentation committee, and that Eastern Market working to facilitate the election of a Commissioner. should eventually be managed by a nonprofit priThat group put together a two-pager and asked vate-public partnership. Aside from government and the BOC to distribute it, he said, but met resistance. DC agencies, the report does not specify composiAdditional COVID-19 -related limitations impedtion of these groups, other than suggesting they be ed candidate efforts to collect required signatures to composed of “stakeholders”. get on the ballot. The letter requests that the DGS generate a sup23 votes were cast in the SMD. 19 different indiplement to the Strategic Plan identifying the legislatviduals each received a single vote. But 2 candidates ed roles and responsibilities of key area actors, such each received two votes; of those, one filled in an afas the Eastern Market Community Advisory Comfirmation of candidacy. However, the address used mittee (EMCAC) and the ANC for use by the imdid not match that on his voter registration, and he plementation committee as they move forward on was disqualified. The DCBOE declared no winner the strategic plan. in the race and the seat remains open. It also asks that DGS commit to supporting a Commissioner Denise Krepp (6B10) noted key strategic plan recommendation: the creation of that the newly-opened Park Kennedy will soon be a nonprofit private-public partnership that would occupied, and could provide a candidate after resgovern Eastern Market and hire the market manidents have lived in the SMD for the required 60 ager. Sroufe said that, during a conference call he days. Commissioner Corey Holman (6B06) noted attended with DGS earlier on the day of the ANC that the wards are scheduled to be redrawn after the meeting, agency representatives could give no com2020 census is processed, perhaps creating a larger mitment. Sroufe said without it, there was no point candidate pool. in moving forward with the committee charged with 42 H HILLRAG.COM

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The ANC: voted to support the renewal of the Class BRetail liquor license for Harris Teeter (1350 Potomac Ave. SE). The ANC renegotiated the Settlement Agreement (SA) with the applicant to include provisions in regard to delivery trucks to prevent them from blocking sidewalks, idling and leaving back-up alarms on as they unload. Sales hours were negotiated to end at midnight. discussed an application for a ten-year extension to special exemption to BZA rules allowing for fast food use at Chipotle (413 Eighth St. SE). A hearing is scheduled for Feb. 10, 2021. Neighbors spoke to concerns with trash and rodents that could be addressed as conditions with the modifications to the agreement which was first negotiated in 2011. The ANC did not vote on the matter, which will be heard again in January. Chair Ready said he would take the lead in arranging a meeting between Chipotle and the community prior to the vote.

Due to COVID-19 safety concerns, ANC 6B held the December meeting of the full commission on Tuesday, Dec. 8th virtually via Webex with a quorum of nine commissioners. Appearing were Commissioners Jennifer Samolyk (6B01), Gerald Sroufe (6B02, Secretary), Brian Ready (6B03, Chair), Kirsten Oldenburg (6B04), Steve Holtzman (6B05), Corey Holman (6B06, Treasurer), Kelly Waud (6B07, Parliamentarian), Chander Jayaraman (6B08, ViceChair) and Denise Krepp (6B10). ANC 6B09 is currently vacant. The next meeting of ANC 6B is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. At that meeting, three new commissioners will take their seats: Edward Ryder (6B07), Peter Wright (6B08) and Alison Horn (6B09). For the most up-to-date information on meetings and how to join a virtual meeting via Webex, visit anc6b.org. ANC 6B has been working to update its website. You can visit the new site, learn about Commissioners and committees, and subscribe to the newsletter by visiting anc6b.org or connect with the commission via email at 6b@anc.dc.gov or find @ ANC6B on Twitter. u

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Local Alcohol Licensing Applications Steve O’Neal, Chair of the Alcohol and Beverage Licensing (ABL) Committee, discussed two new applications within ANC6C jurisdiction. The Boiling Crab (400 H St. NE) filed a license application and is applying for a restaurant license. There will not be a bar and only beer will be served. The restaurant has also applied for a stipulated license which would allow them to operate during the 45-day public notice period prior to being issued a new license. The ABL committee voted unanimously to support the stipulated license if the settlement agreement is reached. Additionally, Red River Grill (201 Massachusetts Ave. NE) is applying for a games of skill license which would allow them to operate the gaming devices within their restaurant. At the committee meeting, O’Neal reported that members voted 4 to 1 to protest this application and O’Neal appointed himself as the representative from the ANC to oversee this.

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Sidewalk Dining Commissioners at the meeting voted unanimously to support three proposals for outdoor sidewalk dining in the District presented by Transportation Public Space (TPS) Committee Chair Christy Kwan. Ethiopic restaurant (401 H St. NE) submitted a Public Space Occupancy Permit Application for an enclosed sidewalk cafe. They plan to establish a semi-permanent structure and use vinyl for the enclosure. The committee verified that the tables would be accessible and that they would only operate during hours approved by the District. Second, the Yotel Art & Soul sidewalk cafe (415 New Jersey Ave. NW) recently changed ownership and was required to submit a new Public Space Application for their unenclosed sidewalk cafe. Kwan also provided informational updates on the Boiling Crab which plans to open a 48-seat sidewalk cafe during their business hours (noon to 10:00 p.m. daily). The restaurant also plans to move its large outdoor trash receptacle to an indoor location.

Proposed Changes to Zoning Regulations Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development (PZE) Committee Chair Mark Eckenwiler (6C04) discussed the “initial step” for two upcoming Zoning Commission hearings involving proposed changes to zoning regulations. The Office of Planning (OP) proposal would establish new regulations for accessory buildings such as sheds, garages and carriage houses providing guidelines of permissible height and location requirements. Shed height restrictions include a ninefoot height limit. Additionally, it will set limits of 20 feet for carriage houses not including a parapet. Additionally, OP proposed to reduce the requirement of garages and accessory buildings to be built 12 feet from the centerline of an existing alley to seven and a half feet. The PZE committee voted to oppose this because the rule does not apply to fences. “The objection was not to the reduction from twelve to seven and a half, but rather the question that the rule does not apply to fences,” Eckenwiler said. “They’re also proposing to exclude sheds from the setback rule, all of which calls into question what purpose this (is) serving.” Eckenwiler reported that the committee dis44 H HILLRAG.COM

cussed the need to address the ambiguous language in the proposal. “We think either that language needs to be retained, or that there needs to be some absolutely ironclad language elsewhere, perhaps in the rule of measurement,” Eckenwiler said. Eckenwiler proposed to be authorized to present a testimony be presented on behalf of the ANC which would adopt the recommendations made by the committee. That motion passed unanimously.

Additional Business • The December budget was reconciled to the penny and commissioners voted unanimously for $200 to be spent on ANC 6C website maintenance. • Lester Wallace, community outreach director for Capital Bikeshare, attended the meeting and made an announcement about the “Capital Bikeshare for All” program which allows DC residents who qualify for certain financial programs such as SNAP or Medicaid to purchase a $5 annual membership allowing for unlimited 60 minute rides throughout the year. • Community member Maria Carrie appeared before the ANC to express concern about the “abrupt” Oct. 7th firing of the principal at School Without Walls (SWS). The commission

voted unanimously to discuss a letter of concern on the issue at their Jan. 13 meeting. • Annual Visitor Parking Passes (VPP) set to expire on Dec. 31 will remain valid into 2021 due to pending changes to the program. • Chair of the Environment, Parks and Events (EPE) Committee Joe McCann discussed the adjustments made to Dave Thomas Circle (at the intersection of New York and Florida Avenues NE) for the addition of green spaces, including planting more trees. Swampoodle II (200 block L Street NE) was also discussed as the District plans to acquire an additional piece of land adjacent to the existing Swampoodle I, with tentative plans to open a new addition to the park in 2022. The ANC will meet for its first meeting of the new year on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 at 7 p.m. virtually via Webex. Find the link to the meeting, agendas and more information about the commission at www.anc6c.org. Sarah Payne is a History and Neuroscience student at The University of Michigan interning with the Hill Rag. She writes for and serves as an assistant news editor for Michigan’s student newspaper, The Michigan Daily. You can reach her at sarahp@hillrag.com. u

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Akridge’s Buzzard Point Large Parcel Development. Image: Akridge.

underground parking garages and sky bridge pedestrian walkways. All of the commissioners respectfully chided Akridge on the paucity of affordable housing planned for the parcel. They also expressed concerns about the project’s resilience and flood resistance. “You have taken all of this green space and recreated the West Village,” stated Commissioner Kramer. She pointed out that the pedestrian sky bridges would remove pedestrians from the street level. She encouraged the developer to consider larger, family style units as well. Chair Forgie said that more green space was needed. Commissioners Collins and Hamilton questioned whether development of the site would require significant environment remediation given the

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recent experience with the construction of the neighboring stadium. There is likely coal dust in the soil, Hamilton stated. The commission voted unanimously to send a letter to OP summarizing their concerns. They also agreed to send a letter to Akridge requesting that the developer file a Voluntarily Clean Up Plan (VCAP) to remove any toxic materials from the parcel and install air monitors to track any particulate matter disturbed during construction.

JBG Smith returned for a final design review of its 23,000 square foot project of more than 615 rental units at 5 M Street SW. The developer has presented a series of successive designs to placate the commission. The Zoning Commission (ZC) will vote to approve the project on Jan. 14, 2021. JBG reported that it was deep in discussions with the owner of the neighboring parcel over its plans for a head-in, on-site loading dock. The company also promised that the project would have no digital signage. Commissioners continued to object to the project’s architecture, particularly in relationship to the adjacent townhouse neighborhood below M Street SW. “It looks too much like a warehouse,” stated Hamilton. “It (the design) is very very busy,” chimed in Kramer. Chair Fast added her objections to the design’s “massive,” “blocky” nature. Both Fast and Hamilton decried the project’s lack of affordable housing other than required by IZ. “We are very disappointed in the affordable compo-

45 Q Street SW DB Lee Development presented its plans for combination hotel-residential project at 45 Q St. SW. The parcel currently has a warehouse and is located adjacent to the U-Haul facility. The first floor will be dedicated to neighborhoodserving retail including a community market. Sidewalk improvements are planned along with two loading bays. 16 percent of the rentals will be affordable under IZ. Roughly 55 to 63 parking spaces will be provided below grade. Commissioners expressed regret about the amount of the affordable housing in the project and were skeptical of the relationship between its architectural design and that of

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nent,” stated Litsky. Commissioners also objected to the design of its balconies and the setback envisioned. Lastly, they had concerns about the preservation of existing street trees particularly. The commission took no action on the design review. Unanimously, it voted to send a letter to the ZC decrying the project’s affordable housing plans. Commissioners also voted to authorize a team to continue negotiations with JBG and issue a letter of support for the project if successful. No Action on Safeway Liquor License The commission considered the renewal of the community agreement and 25 percent limited Class

B license for Safeway located at 1100 Fourth St. SW. The store was seeking to amend its agreement to allow for a larger area for liquor sales to regularize the technical violation caused by its existing situation. Given the recent homicide in front of the store and shooting by a guard within its walls, commissioners responded with skepticism. Led by Vice Chair Litsky, they criticized the quality and training of Safeway’s security force. “The only way to ensure that we don’t have gun play in the store is if you employ off duty MPD officers (as store security),” stated Vice Chair Litsky. His comments were echoed by his colleagues on the dais. On Litsky’s advice, the commission took no action. This ensured that Safeway’s request to legalize its expanded liquor displays by revising its community agreement was thwarted. In absence of any action, the liquor license is simply renewed under the terms of the existing community agreement. The commission voted unanimously to support: • a community agreement, liquor licenses both permanent and stipulated for Surfside (33 District Sq. SW); • the renewal of the Holiday Inn gift shop’s (550 C St. SW) liquor license and community agreement; • a Class B license and community agreements for the Cambria Hotel Gift Shop (69 Q St. SW); • the renewal of Friendly Market’s (1399 Half St. SW) liquor license and community agreement; • the renewal of Harris Teeter’s (401 M St. SE) community agreement and liquor license; • the renewal of Whole Foods (101 H St. SE) license and community agreement; • the renewal of Cornercopia’s (1000 Third St. SE) liquor license and community agreement; • a license and community agreement for Simply Smiles (333 E St. SE), the gift shop at the Residence Inn.

ed her with a gift card. Commissioners Andrew Bossi (6D01) and Jared Weiss (6D02) were introduced to the audience. Capital Bikeshare Outreach Coordinator Lester Wallace briefed the commission on “Bikeshare for All,” a new program providing subsidized memberships to those on governmental assistance. Ward 6 Liason Talib Shakur from the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services (MORCS) outlined the mayor’s new COVID restrictions. Metropolitan Police Lieutenant George Donigian, Jr., briefed the commission on public safety. In general, he stated, there has been an increase in stolen vehicles. Property crime has held steady. There were four assaults with dangerous weapons. There were also two road rage incidents, one on I-695 and the other on the 200 block of M Street SW. The ANC unanimously voted to: • send a follow up letter to both the DC Dept. of Regulatory and Consumer Affairs (DCRA) and the DC Dept. of Transportation (DDOT) asking for clarification on their plans to reorganize the process for afterhours construction and a clarification on how public utilities would be included; • send a letter to OP requesting the agency ensure developers on Buzzard Point adhere to the city’s Flood Resilience Strategy Guidelines in relation to drainage and flooding; • send a letter to DOEE requesting that stringent environmental requirements be incorporated into the renewal of the operating license for the Vulcan Concrete plant on Buzzard Point; • send a letter to DDOT expressing concerns over the noise and dust created by the Frederick Douglass bridge construction especially in relation to the dismantling of the old structure; • support Brookfield’s design for Parcel F, 110 N St. SE.

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ANC 6D meets at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of every month. The next meeting of ANC 6D is for Jan. 11 via Webex. At that meeting new Commissioners Andrew Bossi (6D01) and Jared Weiss (6D02) will take their seats. For more information and links to join ANC meetings, visit anc6d.org. ◆

Chair Fast offered remarks on her retirement from the commission. She characterized working with her colleagues “as an absolute pleasure.” In recognition of her service, the commission present-

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BULLETIN BOARD O.B. Hardison Poetry Series: Not Just Another Day Off, Jan. 18, 10 a.m. East City Bookshop is partnering with the Folger Shakespeare Library to provide books for their 2020/21 O.B. Hardison Poetry Series. Since 1968, the Folger’s poetry reading series has brought hundreds of distinguished poets to read from their work on stage (this year virtually). This free reading on Martin Luther King Jr. Day combines poetry with historical speeches from Dr. King, Gandhi, Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune, and others. This event is free but reservations are required. Sign up at https://www.folger.edu/events/not-just-another-dayoff-2021. Listen to the entire Not Just Another Day Off program on Soundcloud.

Southwest Waterfront AARP January Meeting The Southwest Waterfront AARP monthly meeting and speaker series teleconference is on Wednesday, Jan. 13 at noon. Hear Rachelle O’Neil describe the

details of her Capitol Hill life as Congressman John Lewis’ Director of External Affairs. Dial-in at 425436-6376—access code 701215. Contact Betty Jean Tolbert Jones at bettyjeantolbertjones@yahoo.com or 202-554-0901 for more information.

DDOT Extends 2020 Visitor Parking Passes into 2021 The District Department of Transportation has announced that residents should continue to use the existing 2020 Visitor Parking Pass into 2021. The District plans to launch a streamlined digital parking permit program in 2021. The VPP program allows District residents to register for an annual pass that is used for guests to park for more than two hours on Residential Permit Parking or RPP-zoned blocks. Residents who are new to the District or need a replacement VPP (due to damage or loss) should visit their local Metropolitan Police Department precinct to request a temporary parking pass instead of a VPP. Beginning in March 2020 and continuing for the duration of the public health emergency, the District has suspended enforcement for the following in-

fractions: expired residential parking permits and visitor parking permits/passes; expired District license plates and inspection stickers; and expired meters. A complete list of modifications to District operations is available at coronavirus.dc.gov/page/stay-home. For more information, visit ddot.dc.gov or call DDOT Customer Service at 202-442-9700.

DC Added to Global Initiative Empowering Students to Tackle Climate Crisis Mayor Bowser has announced that Washington, DC has joined 17 cities to launch Students Reinventing Cities, a pioneering competition that will enable students and universities from across the globe to share their vision for green and thriving neighborhoods. The competition is being led by C40 Cities, the global network of cities committed to bold climate action. The District is inviting academics and students to share their creative vision and fresh ideas in line with the city’s climate and housing priorities. Mayor Bowser’s Comprehensive Plan proposal has identified the area of New York Avenue, NE as a key loca-

Feed the Fridge Provides Free Meals to DC Residents The Bowser Administration and DC Department of Park and Recreation has partnered with Medium Rare restaurant owner Mark Bucher to launch the Feed the Fridge program at select DPR facilities. Feed the Fridge places refrigerators stocked with free and fresh restaurant provided meals across the city to help residents in need. Feed the Fridge meals are “grab-n-go” and no registration or ID is required. Feed the Fridge has installed an initial eight of a planned 20 refrigerators inside of DPR locations. Refrigerators are sanitized and stocked with 25 meals daily. Ultimately, each fridge will be stocked with up to 100 meals per day. Currently Feed the Fridge locations are Takoma Aquatic Center, Rumsey Aquatic Center, Arthur Clapper Recreation Center, Fort Stanton Recreation Center, Bald Eagle Recreation Center, Raymond Recreation Center, Emery Heights Community Center and Columbia Heights Community Center. In addition to Medium Rare, other local restaurants are also providing daily meals, with more fridges and restaurants to come. Bucher’s nonprofit We Care, Inc. is raising money through donations to pay restaurants to provide the daily meals, offering a lifeline to the local restaurant industry while confronting the food emergency. dpr.dc.gov. 48 H HILLRAG.COM

Virtual CHAL Exhibition Opens at Hill Center Through March 31, enjoy the Capitol Hill Art League’s virtual exhibit sponsored by the Hill Center. All artwork is for sale through Hill Center. Juried by Nicky Cymrot and Alan Braley, 96 pieces were chosen from 47 artists. Award winners:1st: Ann Pickett - Stella, Coffee Queen; 2nd: Karen Zens - Construct V; 3rd: Jason Jaffery - The Snow Leopard. caphillartleague.org.

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Stella - Coﬀee Queen by Ann Pickett. First place winner at the Hill Center’s virtual show through March 31

tion for future planning and analysis. This competition will help the District identify opportunities to realize several priorities for the New York Avenue, NE corridor, which include reduce emissions; promote climate resilience; strengthen connectivity and walkability; establish urban design transitions to adjacent communities; expand civic facilities, public amenities, and open space networks; and foster racial and social equity. Interested students can find out more at c40reinventingcities.org. The deadline for entries is March 2021. Finalists will be selected and invited to submit their final propos-

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CHRS Photo Contest: The Capitol Hill Home In anticipation of the 64th anniversary of the House and Garden Tour, the Capitol Hill Restoration Society is holding a photo contest--The Capitol Hill Home. Entries are due Sunday, March 1--plenty of time to take the perfect exterior shot of what you think makes a home a Capitol Hill home. Winning images will be awarded two complementary passes to the 2021 CHRS Mother’s Day House & Garden Tour and will be displayed on the website. View details and past contest winners at chrs.org/photo-contest-2021. 2020 Winner: 300 Block of F Street NE. Photo: Megan Grimaldi

Throughout the holidays, District residents are also encouraged to recycle holiday food containers like eggnog cartons, cans, and pie tins. Non-metallic wrapping paper can also be recycled along with empty, flattened gift and cardboard shipping boxes. Holiday ribbon is not recyclable and should be placed in the trash. For more information, visit zerowaste.dc.gov.

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als by May 2021. A panel of judges from the District and C40 Cities will select a winner for each city site, which will be announced at a ceremony in July 2021.

“DC Ends HIV” Plan Released and DCEndsHIV.org Launched Mayor Bowser has announced the release of the District’s updated ending-the-HIV-epidemic plan and new community platform, DCEndsHIV.org. DC was one of 57 jurisdictions to receive funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its plan through community engagement. In 2016, the District released the 90/90/90/50 Plan: Ending the HIV Epidemic in the District of Columbia by 2020. The original goals were 90% DC residents with HIV know their status, 90% of people diagnosed with HIV on treatment, 90% of people on treatment achieving viral suppression and a 50% decrease in new HIV diagnoses. The DC Ends HIV Plan sets new goals and focuses on key strategies based on extensive community input. The plan projects that the District can achieve less than 130 new HIV diagnoses by the year 2030, which means DC has maximized all the ways to end the epidemic. For more information, visit DCEndsHIV.org.

Holiday Tree Collection Holiday trees and greenery will be collected from homes that receive DPW curbside sanitation collection between Jan. 11 and Feb. 5. Items collected during this period will be composted; in the spring, the mulch will be provided to residents at no cost. 50 H HILLRAG.COM

For the 16th year in a row, the DC Fire and EMS Department has received 1,000 new smoke alarms donated by Pepco. These new state-of-the art smoke alarms were accepted by Deputy Fire Chief and DC Fire Marshal Tony Falwell, in one of his final official acts before retiring. Statistics show that most fire fatalities occur in homes where either no smoke alarms were present or those that were present did not word properly. Working smoke alarms in homes substantially reduce the risk of fire death in residential fires. Any DC resident who is unable to afford a smoke detector can have one installed by contacting the DC Fire and EMS Fire Prevention Division at 202-727-1614 or fems.fireprevention@dc.gov.

tainable economic future for the welfare of their households. Bank on DC has partnered with several banks and credit unions to offer accounts that have low to no minimum balance requirements and low-cost monthly fees. Financial partners also provide “second chance accounts” for people with ChexSystems histories. Learn more at BankOnDC.org.

Woolly Mammoth Launches Miranda Family Fellow Program

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is launching a transformative fellowship program in partnership and with a lead gift from the Miranda Family Fund, LinManuel Miranda’s family philanthropic fund. This ambitious new program is designed to provide talented candidates from historically excluded communities, especially Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, with the resources and training necessary to build their careers as arts administrators or theatre technicians. Each fellowship is structured as a paid yearlong department-specific position with benefits (in-

Ten Years of Bank on DC Celebrated On December 15, Mayor Bowser and the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking celebrated 10 years of providing accessible and affordable bank accounts to residents through the Bank on DC Program. Over the last decade, Bank on DC has helped 10,000 Washingtonians open bank accounts, collectively saving them hundreds of thousands of dollars in banking and check cashing fees. Bank on DC strives to raise awareness among low to moderate income residents about the benefits of account ownership and empowers residents to work towards creating a sus-

DPR Winter Program Registration is Open DPR is taking all the fun of their live, in-person programs and bringing it straight to your living room. Winter registration is now open and you can reserve your spot for virtual editions of their programs, hosted by DPR instructors online. Many of DPR’s most popular offerings are back this season, including: Cooperative Play & Tiny Tots (In-person at select centers, groups of 10 or less); Digital Photography, Book Club, Fashion Tailoring; Cheer for Kids, Tennis for Adults; Bootcamp, Cardio Kick, Cardio Dance, Tai Chi, & Yoga; Senior Book Club, Senior Fitness; ESports, Young Ladies on the Rise, Young Men, Future Leaders. Program sessions begin Monday, Jan. 4. Sign up at dprprograms.com. In addition to programming, you also have access to select DPR locations for individual workouts in fitness centers and lap swimming at indoor pools. Make a reservation at fitnessandlapswim.splashthat.com.

Take an Historic Sites Tour of Capitol Hill cluding health insurance), and a housing stipend. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the inaugural fellowships will take place over one and a half years and begin as remote positions in Winter 2021. The duration of each fellowship will be from March 2021 to June 2022. Applications will be accepted through Jan. 7, 2021. For more details, visit woollymammoth.net/joinus/fellowships.

To celebrate Capitol Hill’s rich and diverse history, The Capitol Hill Restoration Society has arranged a self-guided walking tour of 46 sites, a small sampling of the hundreds of other cultural treasures available to enjoy. Some are noteworthy due to their architecture, or for their connection to individuals and events that shaped our community and our country. Others illuminate the manufacturing sector, once a key component of Hill life and now largely a thing of the past. Highlights include one of President Barack Obama’s residences and the home of Richard H. Cain, an African American Representative from South Carolina. Stop by the Piggly Wiggly, an innovation in grocery shopping, and visit the home of what was once the largest department store owned and operated by a woman. For a hardcopy of the tour to carry with you, download a Photo/Information Handout at chrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ historicSitesHandout2020.pdf.

LOC Completes Digitization of Early Presidential Collections The Library of Congress has completed a more than two decade-long initiative to digitize the papers of nearly two dozen early presidents. The Library holds the papers of 23 presidents from George Washington to Calvin Coolidge, all of which have been digitized and are now available online. The Library Terrace Court: Typical alley dwellings built in 1889 as rental properplans to highlight each presidenties by Benjamin H. Warder. Decades later, people began to buy the tial collection on social media in dwellings, obtaining building permits for renovation, bringing in utilities and adding an indoor bathroom. Under the Alley Dwelling the weeks leading up to the presAuthority Act, occupying alley dwellings would have been illegal idential inauguration on Jan. after 1944, but due to wartime housing shortages, the deadline 20, 2021. The collections inwas extended to 1955. Terrace Court residents successfully lobbied to have the restriction repealed in 1954. Photo: Beth Purcell clude some of the nation’s most treasured documents, including George Washington’s combut registration is required. Register at housinmission as commander in chief of the American getc.org/webinar-registration. You may also call army and his first inaugural address; Thomas Jefthe Foreclosure Prevention hotline at HCS at 202ferson’s rough draft of the Declaration of Inde265-2255. pendence; and Abraham Lincoln’s first and second inaugural addresses, along with many others. Giant Food Shelf Labels Learn more about the Library’s five-year plan Spotlight Products Owned by at loc.gov/strategic-plan/. Minority Businesses

Preventing Foreclosure During COVID-19 The non-profit Housing Counseling Services is conducting webinars in January to provide valuable information about available options for people who are having difficulty paying their mortgage, condo fees or property taxes. The webinars are January 6, 13 and 27 at 2 p.m. They are free

Giant Food is helping customers identify products owned by minority-based businesses through updated shelf labels. Starting next month, all 164 Giant stores will feature the shelf labels, informing shoppers of products offered by businesses that are Women, Black, Asian-Indian, Hispanic, LGBT, Asian-Pacific, or Veteran owned. Over 3,100 products s will feature the updated shelf labels. giantfood.com. ◆

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home and garden LUXURY RESIDENCES OFFER SUPPORT AS A FITNESS AMENITY by Elizabeth O’Gorek

t’s January, and all over the District, people are re-committing to health and fitness after a year of COVID-19 restrictions that have kept many close at home. But what if everything you needed to maintain an active lifestyle was right where you live? Luxury apartments throughout the District offer not only fitness equipment and classes, but support for residents who want to build and maintain an active lifestyle. Fitness amenities are in demand. In a recent rentcafe.com survey of more than 3,000 people, 47 percent of respondents said they wanted a build-

ing with a gym or fitness center; for 28 percent of them, not having one was a deal-breaker. Respondents cited three main reasons: convenience, cost, and motivation.

A Shared Lifestyle A community that supports a healthy lifestyle is as important as the facilities, said Kaitlyn Tumminello, the property manager for Avec on H Street (901 H St. NE). An active lifestyle defines the community in and around Avec, she said. “It’s definitely a characteristic of our tradition-

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al renter, and a defining factor of our property, but I also think it’s a defining factor of the neighborhood that we’re in as well,” she said. The luxury residence offers an indoor-outdoor fitness experience that supports the lifestyle of residents, including a rooftop pool and a gym featuring cross fit equipment, Woodlawn treadmills and Peloton bikes. The fitness center opens onto a meditation courtyard, where residents can go to work out, stretch or just be. Downstairs, a secure storage room for up to 250 bicycles is complimentary, making it easier for tenants to take advantage

Avec on H managed to acquire some of the last available Peloton bikes. Plexiglass partitions have been installed between equipment as an additional COVID-19 precaution. Courtesy: Avec on H.

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of the nearby Metro Branch Trail for recreation and commuting. Avec opened in January 2020, just before the pandemic hit. Pre-COVID, the staff offered on-site complimentary yoga and meditation classes. Those have since gone virtual, but Tumminello said that Avec staff is cultivating the different interests of residents with the goal of forming running classes and cycling groups. Eventually, the team would like to connect those interest clubs with local fitness-related businesses on H Street such as the Daily Ryder and Pacers just as they have already done with a book club at Solid State. “We want to facilitate people’s interests with what H Street provides,” she said. One of the first tenants to open in the building’s retail space is Solidcore (931 H St. NE), which offers discounts to Avec residents, including Tumminello, who lives on-site. She attended a preview session at Solidcore prior to the pandemic. “It was so hard —such a great workout,” she said. Solidcore is just one nearby option of many for residents who want to find simple ways to support a healthy lifestyle. Tumminello said that being active is one of the key qualities of Avec and the people who live there. “I have so many residents who just want to use the stairs, as opposed to taking the elevator,” Tumminello laughed. “They’re just to that level of detail about how in their everyday life, they want to be as active as possible.”

The Collective’s Senior Fitness Coordinator Adam Murphy stands on the six-hoop basketball court at The Garrett, the newest of the three buildings in the residential complex. Coutesy: W.C. Fields

Supporting Residents’ Active Lifestyles Support for an active lifestyle has become a key amenity for attracting new tenants in the District, so much so that in December, The Collective Apartments (880 New Jersey Ave. SE) hired a Senior Fitness Coordinator, Adam Murphy. Murphy is the former women’s soccer coach at Marymount University and a former athletic facilities and event manager at George Washington University, a combination of coaching and event planning that perfectly suits him for his new role at The Collective. “It was shocking how perfect of an opportunity this was for not only my background, but also what the community here was looking for, and I just got really lucky they gave me the opportunity,” Murphy said. It’s a perfect fit for both Murphy and The 54 H HILLRAG.COM

Among the fitness amenities at The Collective are a tennis court with a parabolic wall, allowing for a single-player game. Courtesy: W.C. Smith]

Collective, said Ashley Weatherly, the Activities and Events Manager for the three apartment building omplex which includes the Park Chelsea, Agora and The Garrett. Each building offers an array of fitness amenities, and residents of any one can take advantage of the amenities at all three buildings. Those include a climbing wall and a Peloton room, a tennis court with a parabolic wall where one can play versus one’s self, a six-hoop indoor basketball court, infinity pools, a virtual golf simulator, an outdoor jungle gym and a rooftop fitness center, to list a few. The amenities are only part of the picture, said Weatherby. Health and Wellness are emphasized at The Collective. In January, residents can attend a tea workshop to learn traditions of tea making and the properties of herbal teas, and the residence also offers cooking classes and health workshops. “I think health and wellness is something that’s a part of everybody’s lives, and we do our best to enrich the lives of our residents.” Murphy will enhance the residential experience by putting together varied fitness activities and facilitating the use of all that is available. For instance, he wants to help residents utilize the available on-demand class offerings. One or two residents can go into a yoga studio and pull up classes on screen to do small group workouts. “By choosing to live here, you have all these amenities at your disposal; we want to give them the tools to take advantage of that,” he said. In January, the Collective will launch an app-based fitness challenge, encouraging people to keep active and giving them incentive to do so through competition and a newsletter. The first one will offer cold-weather exercise tips and articles on fitness during COVID-19. As restrictions ease, Murphy plans to have group fitness classes and team sports lined up for residents. “I always enjoyed coaching even more than I liked playing,” Murphy said, “so roles like this give me an opportunity to take that encouraging and coaching approach and use it in a different style, but I still get to create programs that enable those around me to grow through sport.” With the amenities offered at The Collective and Avec together with the support of the team and the community, nurturing a healthy lifestyle is possible right at home. Learn more about Avec on H Street by visiting aveconh.com. Learn more about the properties at The Collective at thecollectivedc.com u

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CHANGING HANDS Changing Hands is a list of residential sales in Capitol Hill and contiguous neighborhoods from the previous month. A feature of every issue, this list, based on the MRIS, is provided courtesy of Don Denton, manager of the Coldwell Banker office on Capitol Hill. The list includes address, sales price and number of bedrooms. 310 9th St NE 120 17th St NE 624 C St SE 244 9th St SE 524 11th Street SE 619 Elliott St NE 518 11th St SE 607 E St SE 426 13th St NE 623 Massachusetts Ave NE 814 I St NE 1501 E St SE 620 11th St NE 1 Terrace Ct NE 312 3rd St NE 1358 E St SE 1429 Ives Pl SE 416 D St NE 649 C St SE #305 333 L St NE

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FEE SIMPLE ANACOSTIA 1303 Maple View Pl SE 1242 V St SE 1385 Morris Rd SE

BENNING HEIGHTS 4256 Foote St NE

BLOOMINGDALE 45 Bryant St NW 2307 1st St NW 73 Bryant St NW 57 U St NW 32 Bryant St NE

CAPITOL HILL 240 10th St SE 229 10th St SE 806 Massachusetts Ave NE 222 South Carolina Ave SE 107 5th St SE 1327 D St SE 145 Kentucky Ave SE 1334 Independence Ave SE 120 Kentucky Ave SE 516 10th St SE 1214 East Capitol St NE 334 8th St SE 334 8th SE 904 Constitution Ave NE 503 Constitution Ave NE 710 Maryland Ave NE 1358 South Carolina Ave SE 104 15th Street NE 121 7th St NE 1217 D St NE

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4923 Brooks St NE 5050 Sheriff Rd NE 4719 Eads St NE 5363 Blaine St NE 409 58th St NE 255 56th Pl NE 233 54th St NE 420 53rd St SE 210 57th St NE 1436 Eastern Ave NE 5065 Sheriff Rd NE 4533 Eads Pl NE

DUPONT CIRCLE 1919 S St NW 1620 Q St NW

EDGEWOOD 2432 2nd St NE

975,000 970,000 950,000 950,000 947,500 910,000 899,000 890,000 888,500 855,000 847,000 820,000 800,000 795,000 793,500 787,000 775,000 752,000 595,850 585,000

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H STREET CORRIDOR 918 K St NE 814 8th St NE 1325 Linden Ct NE 649 Morris Pl NE 725 3rd St NE 1350 F St NE 1129 Atlas Ct NE 819 9th St NE 1715 M St NE

HILL CREST 3370 Denver St SE 3706 Southern Ave SE 3556 Texas Ave SE 1211 34th Pl SE 3620 Suitland Rd SE

HILL EAST 16 18th St SE 1831 Burke St SE

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KINGMAN PARK 1646 Kramer St NE

LEDROIT PARK 615 U St NW 330 U St NW 1936 4th St NW 318 Elm St NW 514 T St NW 435 Elm St NW 330 Oakdale Pl NW

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FORT DUPONT PARK 4564 C St SE 3323 D St SE 4427 Texas Ave SE 327 Burns St SE

3025 N St SE

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4416 Nash St NE 3455 Eads St NE 3420 Baker St NE

LOGAN CIRCLE 1304 S St NW 1524 Swann St NW 1229 O St NW 1406 Swann St NW 1606 Vermont Ave NW

MOUNT VERNON 433 M St NW 447 M St NW 200 N St NW

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1205 6th St NE 935 5th St NE 1150 4th St NE

OLD CITY #1 618 14th St NE 718 L St NE 111 15th St SE 518 14th St NE 1220 Constitution Ave NE 634 15th St NE 1337 E St SE 1834 A St SE

OLD CITY #2 1225 S St NW 1736 Swann St NW 437 Rhode Island Ave NW 952 Florida Ave NW

PARK VIEW 830,000 812,000 635,000 630,000 599,000

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990,000 865,000 810,000

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1124 Owen Pl NE 1141 Oates St NE 1810 M St NE 1948 Bennett Pl NE 1267 Oates St NE 1344 Queen St NE 1704 Montello Ave NE 1838 L St NE 1161-1161 NE Summit St NE 1155 Summit St NE

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CONDO 14TH STREET CORRIDOR 2125 14th St NW #407 1320 13th St NW #11 1451 Belmont St NW #207 1415 Chapin St NW #506 1417 Chapin St NW #301

ANACOSTIA 2123 Young St SE #202

BLOOMINGDALE 25 U St NE #2 73 U St NW #1 151-155 V St NW #3 2035 2nd St NW #G207 25 U St NW #1 1929 1st St NW #103

BRENTWOOD 1371 Bryant St NE #4 1337 Adams St NE #4

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CARVER LANGSTON 2221 M St NE #302

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EDGEWOOD 2811 6th St NE

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FAIRFAX VILLAGE 2024 Fort Davis St SE #B 3709 Alabama Ave SE #301

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H STREET CORRIDOR 623 14th Pl NE #D 215 I St NE #1A 714 11th St NE #304 623 14th Pl NE #A 714 11th St NE #204 714 11th St NE #202 623 14th Pl NE #B 1350 Maryland Ave NE #513

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The Capitol Hill Garden Club presents

Dear Garden Problem Lady, by Wendy Blair

This is a February photo of our beloved broad-leafed evergreen named DAPHNE, from whose sudden death years ago I have still not recovered. My husband says I am crazy not to plant Daphne again – it’s only a plant. Do you agree they are unreliable? Yes, but listen to your husband. Botanist Dr. Michael Dirr says, “A southern landscape without fragrant Daphne is really not a garden!” It is beautifully evergreen, and “…its wafting scent from January to April is truly a sign that all is right with the world.” Daphne prefers shade or part sun, shelter from cold wind, composted organic matter in the soil, and excellent drainage. Again, Dirr: “Many die for no explicable reason. It has been my pleasure to lose more than I can count on fingers and toes, but I continue to plant.” I bought a cyclamen that produced dozens of brilliant red flowers indoors from November 2019 until April 2020. In May I put the plant in a shed and withheld all water, allowing it to go completely dormant. In early September, I brought it out to the backyard and began watering and fertilizing. It quickly pro58 H HILLRAG.COM

duced new growth. In October, I returned it to a cool, south-facing bedroom where it did so well the year before. As of January 6, 2021, the plant has put out 15 or so healthy-looking leaves, but no flowers. You have done everything right – everything. Cyclamen benefit from being placed outdoors in late summer, but brought indoors before the threat of frost. They like a cool temperature (as low as 40 degrees at night, 65 max. during the day) with ample, but indirect sun. Now you must fertilize. New buds will soon appear with the addition of a water-soluble, high phosphorus plant food. Use a fertilizer in which the middle number of the three is the largest. The middle number represents phosphorus, the element that induces flowering. Something in the nature of 0-10-10 would be good. The first number is nitrogen – of which you need little or none. ). After your cyclamen has finished flowering this year, withhold fertilizer and all watering, as you did before. Place in a cool room out of bright light. After two months the leaves will be completely yellow, and can be easily separated from the tuber. At this point, repot into a container about 1” wider in diameter than the old one, using a mix of one part packaged potting soil and one part perlite. Allow the top half of the tuber to protrude out of the soil. Water sparely, never to the heart of the plant (to prevent tuber rot) until September, when you can move to that cool shed. For its JANUARY 13, 2021 ZOOM MEETING about horticulture in Hawaii, please visit capitolhillgardenclub.org. Feeling beset by gardening problems? Send them to the Problem Lady c/o The Hill Rag. Your problems might prove instructive to others, and help them feel superior to you. Complete anonymity is assured. u

LEDROIT PARK 1844 3rd St NW #301 1844 3rd St NW #101 1844 3rd St NW #102 150 V St NW #V204 150 V St NW #VL01 2201 2nd St NW #42

1,265,000 1,175,000 1,037,500 565,000 485,000 429,000

LOGAN CIRCLE 1210 R St NW #301 1222 11th St NW #1 1715 15th St NW #18 1111 11th St NW #708 1010 Massachusetts Ave NW #PH212 1300 N St NW #117 1420 N St NW #914 1825 13th St NW #6 1916 12th St NW #2 1401 Q St NW #205 1422 Q St NW #101 1325 13th St NW #31 1125 11th St NW #101 1320 13th St NW #24 1401 R St NW #403 1616 11th St NW #203 1425 11th St NW #204 1425 11th St NW #402 2250 11th St NW #306 1440 Church St NW #105 1201 N St NW #D 1225 13th St NW #704 1300 N St NW #512 1515 15th St NW #220 1210 R St NW #315 936 N St NW #7 1415 T St NW #301

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MOUNT VERNON 475 K St NW #1121 475 K St NW #611 400 Massachusetts Ave NW #703

624,500 540,000 449,750

NAVY YARD 1025 1st St SE #1009 70 N St SE #611

702,000 479,900

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NOMA 50 Florida Ave NE #920

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by Celeste McCall

nother restaurant has a handsome black cruet, accompanied flocked to The Roost my sushi and warmed me sufficiently. coop—uh—food hall, From the Roost’s HiFi taco shop, 1401 Pennsylvania tacos are stuffed with mojo braised Ave. SE in the posh chicken, avocado, or a zesty 3-chili Blackbird residences. The newcomer marinated catfish. The tortillas taste is Leni’s Café. There, Executive Chef homemade. Overall, we enjoyed our Brittany Anderson’s all-day menu fomidday repast. cuses on Teutonic and Central EuroOther Roost occupants are Cameo, pean dishes like potato pancakes, sandShelter, Slice Joint (pizza, whole pies or wiches stuffed with choice of bratwurst, sold by the slice), Red Apron and other roast chicken and arctic char. And don’t Neighborhood Restaurant Group entermiss the borscht, a robust winter soup prises For exact hours and other infora ruby red montage of braised beef, cabmation, visit www.theroostdc.om. bage and bacon crowned with crème fraise and a sprinkling of dill. Among From the Orient lighter fare is yogurt with muesli, steelto Mexico cut oats and a honey nut squash half Emilie’s, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, with cashew yogurt and sprinkled with pumpkin seeds. Charred broccoli rabe is blanketed with Hungarian pepper sauce and quinoa crunch. Sides encompass a rather vinegary sauerkraut slaw, cucumber dill salad and marinated beets. We’ve also checked out AKO Sushi, which offers a wide array including Signature and Standard makimono (various sushi rolls): spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, Rainbow (tuna, salmon, whitefish), crunchy/spicy avocado and cucumber, eel, and something called Philly, smoked salmon and cream cheese with cucumber. I would have liked a bento box-style combo with tummy-warming miso soup, but AKO Sushi only offered ala carte sushi items. But on a cold win- Leni’s Café, serving Central European speter Saturday, sake ($10), presented in cialties, is the latest restaurant to ﬂock to the Roost, at 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. SE.

has morphed from Asian to Mexican, making it the Hill’s umpteenth Southof-the-border eatery. Formerly called Emilie’s, the new restaurant moniker is Paraiso Taqueria Y Mezcaleria. The new menu includes guacamole, ceviche and tacos with assorted fillings like carne asada (steak), lengua (braised tongue, don’t knock it until you’ve tried it), cochinita pebil (roast pork) and fried cod. However, you can still order some of Emilie’s “neighborhood favorites” including the Nashville hot chicken sandwich, General Tso’s banh mi, burgers and roasted Brussels sprouts. Heading the new kitchen is Geovany Beltran. The Nashville hot chicken sandwich is breaded and fried, accompanied by incendiary chili aioli, dill pickle slices and lettuce, all piled on a sesame bun. Sides include addictive waffle fries. The generous Mexican rice bowl is replete with black beans, crème fresca and choice of carne asada (beef), chicken or cauliflower. Brussels sprouts tasted overly sweet, in spite of a splash of sherry, fish sauce and “everything” bagel seasoning. Service was excellent; our order was ready when Peter arrived to pick it up. Dinner for three before tip came to $47.30. For now, Paraiso offers only carryout and delivery service, but the Market remains, with a few tweaks, we’re told, with beaucoup bottles of wine. Coming soon (we hope): dinein service. For hours and updates,

Emilie’s, menu At Pariaso, formerlyorites” remain, fav od ho “neighbor hot chicken. including Nashville

Another neighborhood favo the departed Emilie’s is the rite from rice bowl, replete with blackgenerous beans, crème fresca and choice of pro tein.

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The Möet Hennessy Wine Shop at Shilling Canning Company partnership is the first of its kind in Warming Trend Washington. Moreover, it Mr. Henry’s, 601 Pennoffers the city’s largest onsylvania Ave. SE, is sellpremise inventory of Möet ing blankets. Customers Hennessy brands. who dine on the spacious Guests may order from patio may purchase the Shilling’s three-course $55 black fleece items—emmenu with such dishes as broidered with Mr. HenElysian Fields wood oven ry’s logo—for $20 each. lamb, pressed fl ounder with Mr. Henry’s is open daiMaryland crab and scally for lunch and dinner. lop mousse, vegetable terCall 202-546-8412 or visrine, sweet potato gnocchi. it www.mrhenrysdc.com. Among ala carte items are steak frites, wood-oven pizEarly Birds Flock za, buttermilk fried chickto Hawk To keep customers warm who prefer en, and more. There’s also Attention early risers: The to dine al fresco, Mr. Henry’s is selling blankets at $20 each. a three-course ($35) Sunvenerable Hawk ‘n’ Dove, day brunch. 329 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Shilling Canning Company provides dinenow serves breakfast. Eye-opener options encomin (check current COVID regs), take-out and depass yogurt parfait, biscuit sandwiches, omelets, livery six days a week; closed Monday. For reserpancakes, avocado toast and more, plus coffee, vations and more information call 202-554-7474 tea and other beverages. Breakfast hours are 8 or visit www.shillingcanning.com/thewineshop. to 11 a.m. Monday-Friday, and 8 to 3 p.m. with call 202-544-4368 or visit www.paraisotaqueria.com.

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Winter Wine and Dine Here’s something festive to welcome 2021: In the Navy Yard, Shilling Canning Company’s executive chef, Reid Shilling, has joined forces with Moet Hennessy to launch the restaurant’s inhouse wine shop. Located at 360 Water St. SE, the restaurant/wine shop carries a rotating selection of vintages (reds, whites and bubblies) selected by the Shilling Canning Company team to pair with the restaurant’s seasonal “farm-totable” cuisine. “This is a really meaningful partnership for us, at such a delicate time” says Sara QuinterosShilling, co-owner and head of business development who spearheaded the partnership. “It’s the perfect example of paying it forward. Möet Hennessy’s support allows us to continue our mission of supporting small, local farms, producers and fishermen in the Chesapeake region.” 62 ★ HILLRAG.COM

New on H The Atlas District has acquired a Peruvian restaurant called Tigo’s. Located at 1322 H St. NE, the zesty newcomer serves ceviche, empanadas, and pollo or lomo (rib eye) saltado strips prepared over a wok. The ever rotating space was formerly occupied by Meggrolls, Red Ginger and Shawafel. And….next spring, Farmbird, 625 H St. NE, which showcases antibiotic-free poultry raised humanely on regional farms, will unveil an offshoot across the Potomac at the Ballston Exchange development. Watch for details.

Winter Restaurant Week Coming up January 18-31: Winter Restaurant Week, sponsored by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington. For this promotion, which is more important this year than ever before, more than a dozen local restaurants will serve multi-course repasts for $35 or $55. (Lunch/brunch is $22.) Many will also offer specially-priced carryout meals. For more information and an up-to-date list of participating restaurants, visit www.rwdmv.com. ◆

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AT THE MOVIES

Two Epics: A Western Turn by Tom Hanks and a Cine-Bio of Citizen Kane by Mike Canning

News of the World

sentations, but difficulties intrude for them. One friendly lady saloon owner Gannett (Elizabeth “News of the World” is an American western co-writMarvel) is kind to the wanderers before they conten and directed by Paul Greengrass. It follows a latinue on the road. Joanna eventually even gets into conic Civil War veteran (Tom Hanks) who decides the act and begins to learn some English from the to return a young American waif who was been taken Gary Oldman is “Mank,” an autobiographical film from Captain. Eventually, they get past the worst of the director David Fincher. Photo from Netflix. hostage by Native Americans as a toddler back to her hardscrabble plains and reach the farm of Joanlast remaining family members in West Texas. The na’s kin where all does not go well. film is clearly meant to echo the spirit and flavor of ambush, to which he is able to react with good sense This is new territory for the British Greenclassic American Westerns, like “The Searchers,” (esand tact. Young Helena proves a good foil for him, her grass, who has made memorable films in the action pecially) as well as “True Grit” and “Days of Heaven” plain face and straight blonde bob showing watchfulgenre (three “Jason Bourne” films) and docu-thrill(The film, in theaters at Christmas, is rated “PG-13” ness and skepticism in her new circumstances. Only at ers (“United 93”and “Captain Phillips,” also starand runs 118 minutes). the end, when she has assisted Kidd in his show, do we ring Hanks). The film is dominated by the figure of Hanks as see her break out in a rousing smile at the audience’s He has clearly studied John Ford’s 1956 epic the Union Army captain named Jefferson Kyle Kidd, reaction. Looks like she may be hooked. “The Searchers, “ one of the great Hollywood Westwho has settled in Texas five years after the War and erns. Rather than shoot, however, in Monument Valekes out a living as a itinerant reader of current newsMank ley or the Four Corners of the Southwest, his vision papers for folks starved of information from the outThe new film “Mank” (now out on Netflix) may be looks out over the landscape of New Mexico, a less side world. Fake news, indeed; this is the only news hard to recommend. Its whole premise rests on familpicturesque but harshly beautiful terrain. The plot these people get, delivered in dim lecture halls and iarity with the creation of a film script, a famous one line parrots the original film, with the kidnapping tacky theaters around the state in Kidd’s gentle but to be sure, that of the 1941 RKO film “Citizen Kane,” by Indians of a young girl and her embrace of an Inexpression-rich cadence. Orson Welles’s spectacular debut as a director--at 24. dian culture. Even exact deRoaming the brush-filled Questions about its creation , especially its screenplay, tails—like the link of a simple countryside outside Wichita have lingered for years and came into greater focus 30 doll to the child, her struggles Falls one day, he hears heartyears after the film was launched, in 1971, when noted to be understood in a differfelt cries, which turn out to be film essayist and critic, Pauline Kael, scrutinized the ent language, and a late shot those of the young Johanna film in articles in The New Yorker magazine in Febof an open cabin door framed (Helena Zengel) stolen some ruary of that year. The essays were later turned into by black side panels which six years before, then raised Kael’s 1971 book. “Raising Kane”(The film, released directly echoes the Ford film. by Kiowa Indians as one of on Netflix in early December, is rated “R” for language All this plus the rhythms of their own. She speaks Kiowa, and runs 132 mins.) the plains on horseback or but has a German tinge to her Kael’s thesis was that the essence of “Kane” rustic wagon, plus the retilanguage lingering over from was written by long-time Hollywood veteran, Hencence of men against the granher birth family. Her remainry Mankiewicz—nicknamed “Mank”—rather than the deur of landscape evoke the ing kin, an aunt and uncle, live film’s producer, director, star Welles. The film fictionearlier work. days away, hundreds of miles alized the extravagant life of one of the greatest ediThis character of Hanks through the Texas Hill Countor-publishers of the day, William Randolph Hearst, in “News of the World” is on try. The pair are not wellhead of the nationwide Hearst empire of newspapers the crusty, surly side, not the equipped, and the landscape and journals. Mankiewicz, at the time past his prime engaging, droll side. While he is harsh, but they struggle on in Hollywood, was hired by Welles to write the script still is a storyteller and a pracin Kidd’s ramshackle wagon. at what amounted to a retreat in the vacant desert up ticed entertainer, the vicissiThe local audiences they the California Coast, near Hearst’s grandiose estate, tudes of war and a hard life play to are generally apprecia- Tom Hanks (left) and newcomer Helena San Simeon. have left him wary and guardtive and grateful for Kidd’s pre- Zengel star in “News of the World.” Photo His babysitter was John Houseman (Sam from Universal Pictures. ed, quick to smell danger and 64 H HILLRAG.COM

Troughton), a longtime colleague of Welles, told to keep an eye on the “Boy Wonder,” and he is also overseen by a hired secretary, Lily Collins (Rita Alexander), paid to type and report on the script’s progress to Houseman. On off-days, Mank pals around with movie buddies at San Simeon, having languid feasts with Hearst (Charles Dance), studio head Louis B. Mayer (Arliss Howard), and MGM star Marion Davies (Amanda Seyfried). Welles checks in periodically by phone. My warning at the opening of this review about “Mank’s” limited appeal stems from the fact that this movie is so dependent on knowledge and awareness of “Citizen Kane” itself; the film is littered with stories, anecdotes, and images ripped from the original “Kane” itself. It’s hard to make a strong case for Gary Oldman’s acting (as Mank) because he isn’t much of a protagonist; he is mainly acted upon. He is also a confirmed drunk, not the most interesting character for a film’s lead. For who was supposed to be one of Hollywood’s wittiest writers, he is rarely funny in the film and gives every sign of a washed up scribbler running out his string. Director David Fincher clearly means to send a love letter to vintage Hollywood with this picture, and he does, in part, shooting the lives of the period stars in a gauzy, black-andwhite palette that evokes the aura of the late 1930’s and early 1940’s. (The screenplay was written by Jack Fincher, the director’s father). In a way, the imagery by Erik Messerschmitt is too gauzy, and you wish the camera crew had pumped up the HD a bit, partly because the original Kane was so crisp. Hill resident Mike Canning has written on movies for the Hill Rag since 1993 and is a member of the Washington Area Film Critics Association. He is the author of “Hollywood on the Potomac: How the Movies View Washington, DC.” His reviews can be found online at www.mikesflix. ◆

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NEW YEAR NEW YOU! A Health and Fitness Special

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New Year. New You!

2021 Health and Fitness Trends

It’s About Going Deep, Letting Go and Trying New Things

ew Years is the time many of us make resolutions to change something we don’t like about ourselves or our lives. We’re eating too much, exercising too little and neglecting a host of self-care rituals. So we join a gym, hire a personal trainer or start a diet to remedy the things in our lives that have gotten off track. This year is a little different. Because our world has turned topsy-turvy for the near future, our entire sense of well-being is moving in a different direction.

by Pattie Cinelli The health and fitness trends I mention here are what I see as the positive outcomes of a really weird, bizarre year.

Looking Inward The topic of health has been brought front and center into our psyches (how to stay COVID-free) which is a good thing for the fitness industry. Exercise strengthens the immune system when it is done with awareness. The connection between mind, body and emotion is more important than ever and fitness trends are reflecting that connection.

Unplug, Headspace, Chopra, Calm, Insight Timer, Relax Melodies and Aura are just some of the apps popular to help you meditate, relax, eliminate fear and paranoia, de-stress and sleep well. Because we all have been and will continue to be at home in much of 2021, we have a unique opportunity to get to know ourselves in a way we never have had time to before. The value of multi-tasking is diminished. Instead, we are seeking ways to focus better, improve communications and even, gosh, will I say it? Learn to love ourselves flaws and all. I have been meditating with 15,000 people worldwide live every morning for peace and calm since August and I’ve barely missed a day. I’m addicted (penachedesai.com). This is just one of the several free offerings to meditate I’ve received. Oprah and Deepak Chopra have a 21-day meditation. Jon Gabriel, Gretchen Rubin (The Happiness Project), Carolyn Myss, Pema Chodron and Eckart Tolle have programs that help you connect with your inner being, true self, soul, source energy or whatever you call your life force. When you begin meditating, the peace and calm oozes into everything you do including exercise. “We are exercising in a more mindful, meaningful way,” said Jesse Heir, co-owner of Jade Fitness. “It’s become less about [exercising] for looks and more about [exercising] for health. How prepared is my body to deal with illness?” The trend now is to be more proactive. “We are trying to stay healthy instead of reacting to sickness as we may have done in the past,” said Jesse. We are learning more about what we like, what feels good to us and less about what we “should” be doing because everyone else is doing it. Yoga, Pilates and Barre workouts took three of the top five slots in digital on-line fitness classes with meditation and stretching in the top 10, according to USA Today.

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the tone of your voice and tells you what mood you are in. That may be a little creepy if you ask me. Apple is not one to be outdone by others. Its Fitness+ platform, powered by Apple Watch was just launched on December 14, 2020. It brings studio-style workouts to the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Users can select from a range of workout styles, including HIIT classes, strength training, and yoga. ($79.99/ year or $9.99/month) It’s free for three months when you buy an Apple watch. Tech company FitXR has a new virtual fitness game BoxVR (which you play while using a headset) that includes video-game-style combat conditioning classes that work up a sweat. There’s a new Peloton-style subscription offering available called Supernatural where you can do things like swing at an imaginary baseball. No matter how you choose to exercise this year, the importance of mindfully moving your body in order to stay well is undisputed. If you prefer a gym, hygiene transparency is a must, and I believe will continue to be well after COVID leaves us. Exercise is good medicine that everybody can benefit from.

However, some of the new high tech fitness toys are intriguing. A ring made out of titanium for $299 (Ouraring.com) monitors how your body is doing through all stages of the day. It wraps around your finger, where the pulse is strongest, to capture your resting heart rate, body temp and more. You get three daily scores on sleep, activity and readiness and advice for how to improve. The company that sells the Ouraring -Brit (brit.co) also sells other products that they say will help you chill out when anxiety sets in. From a low-tech wellness journal, bath soaks, and candles with a relaxing fragrance, to a high-tech chill-pad sleep system for $499 that says it will help a user take “amazing naps” and help you to a better mood as a result with this temp-controlled sleep system. It uses water-based heating and cooling to give you the perfect temperature for deep sleep. Tempo’s 3D sensors capture your movements as you work out. Then Al (the name given to Tempo’s computer voice) gives you instant feedback to help you improve. Tempo gives you guided workouts for any level of fitness. You get instant individualized guidance on your form with every class you take using Tempo, which looks like a mirror, but is actually a computer screen. For $1995. Plus a $39/month membership fee with one month free trial. Weights, dumbbells, barbells, heart rate monitor, workout mat and recovery roller included. It touts hundreds of classes available. www.tempo.fit The Whoop screenless strap measures your sleep, heart rate and quality of Stealth is basically a high-tech balworkouts. Photo Oura 70 ★ HILLRAG.COM

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Our River: The Anacostia Winter Walks Along Our River

by Bill Matuszeski f the level of COVID-19 and political anxieties make you feel like you need some quiet time, consider a relaxing walk along the Anacostia either alone or with a friend. There are five suggestions.

Frederick Douglass Bridge First, you should see close-up the progress being made in construction of the new Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge. Beginning this spring, the bridge will take South Capitol Street over the Anacostia in six lanes of traffic and separated double lanes for bikers and wide walks with overlooks. The walkway over the south side of the old bridge is still open and as you walk or bike across you get spectacular overlooks of the construction and what to expect. Other parts of this $441 million project will be removal of the old bridge and the addition of large traffic ovals surrounding active park areas at each end. Enter from Anacostia by following the signs in the park along the River to the path under the old bridge lanes and curving to the left onto the old bridge walkway. From Capitol Hill enter the bridge on the right side walkway at the intersection of Potomac Avenue and South Capitol Street below the baseball stadium. The views

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over and through the construction are themselves spectacular and extend out over the Potomac and beyond.

Buzzard Point Nearby the bridge is an area that is undergoing remarkable and longoverdue change. Starting at about P St. SW and heading south is Buzzard Point, a long-neglected and underused part of the city. Among the many stories giving Buzzard Point its bad name is the claim that it is where, in the time before cars and trucks, the dead horses were dragged and left for Buzzard Point Mural the buzzards and their friends to dine on. True or not, it has a long histoDouglas, Marvin Gaye and Eleanor Holmes Norton. ry of underdevelopment with a few inBy the way, the plan is to keep the huge stacks on the dustrial sites and little more, even though the westPEPCO site, which will become a type of communiern portion down to Greenleaf Point is comprised of ty center. There is a lot to see and a lot going on in the very attractive Fort McNair. There are two existold Buzzard Point. ing anchors – the new Audi Field Soccer Stadium on the north and the attractive James Creek Marina on Poplar Point the south. Between these is a level and pace of deFor those seeking a more peaceful walk with more velopment that is remarkable to see. New apartment exposure to nature, there is another site in the same complexes are underway neighborhood as the new bridge and Buzzard Point. with plans to provide over On the Anacostia side of the bridge and north along six thousand units. With the River to the 11th Street Bridge is an area called broad riverside walks and Poplar Point. Over the years it has seen a lot of use: planned “bustling gatherit was a Navy depot from the mid-20’s until 1993, ing spots”, the new develwith other parts used to grow trees. For decades there opment is being pitched have been plans to develop the area with housing, but as “The Final Jewel in the nothing has emerged. It is also the location of the Riverfront Crown.” New Park Service offices that oversee all the agency lands elements are arriving at and facilities along the River. But whatever the fuquite a pace. One recent ture holds, for now the most pleasant aspect of Popaddition is a spectacular lar Point is that the Park Service has allowed the natblock-long mural painted ural meadows to return undisturbed to the riverfront, by Kaliq Crosby and Rose in many places a hundred feet or more between the Jaffe. Located at the end of walk and the River, with occasional paths through the the old PEPCO substation grasses and other growth to the river’s edge. In the north wall facing the socwinter especially, it is a remarkably pleasant mix of cer stadium., it honors plants in shades of brown and tan and green in a vaiconic figures in DC hisriety of sizes and shapes and natural groupings. The tory, including Frederick

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sidewalk along the meadows is straight along the road and there is little traffic. All is calm, all is bright!

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens The Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens on the Anacostia side of the River is the only National Park Service site focused on water plants. Since most of the attention is to the lotuses and related plants when they are in bloom in summer, the Gardens are quite and peaceful in winter with respect to the number of visitors. But they are alive with bird and animal life, the animals mostly in the ponds and the birds out over the marshes, which are accessible by wooden boardwalks. The latest bird count is 236 species! These are the largest isolated marshes in the area so they attract both native and migrating birds of all types. There is also a very pleasant quarter mile trail out to the Anacostia from the center of the Gardens.

National Arboretum The National Arboretum is comprised of 440 acres of plants of every kind. There are three different places where the winter wanderer will get a special reward for seeking out nature. First, there is the trail to Mount Hamilton, the high point of the Arboretum that is reached by turning right at the R Street entrance and heading up the

grade a short distance to the parking lot on the left and the trail to the top. Because Hamilton is covered in thick forest, there is no view from the top while the trees have leaves. But in winter the leaves drop and the spectacular view of the city opens up, with the Capitol and the Washington Monument in the distance. Definitely worth the climb. Second, there is Springhouse Run, a recent project by staff and volunteers to take an old drain for a storm sewer coming under New York Avenue and heading for the Anacostia, and recreating a natural stream valley where it can cleanse itself and spread out and attract all manner of fish and other animal life, all on its way with the now cleaner stormwater to the Anacostia. There are trails throughout the stream valley and much to see and learn about what we can do to capture nature’s ability to do good. Finally, there are the Asia Gardens in the area overlooking the Anacostia. These are fun to explore in winter for the views that open up and for the collections of rare Asian plants that are often in flower when nothing else can be found. Plus there is a nice trail down to the River for those who want to extend their visit. Those are all places waiting for you to brighten your winter days and show you many things you might not otherwise see in the course of a year. And just getting out and away is a big part of it! So enjoy! Bill Matuszeski is a member of the Mayor’s Leadership Council for a Cleaner Anacostia River, and the retired Director of the Chesapeake Bay Program. He also serves on the board of Friends of the National Arboretum and on Citizen Advisory Committees for the Chesapeake and the Anacostia. u

Peter D. Rosenberg On Friday, December 4, 2020, PETE ROSENBERG passed away at age 72 at his home on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC after bravely battling pancreatic cancer for almost a year. He is survived by his wife, Jo Husbands-Rosenberg, his brother, Michael Rosenberg (Pat Sears) of Winooski, VT, his nephew Jeremy Rosenberg of Los Angeles, CA and his niece, Reba Rosenberg of Belmont, MA. Pete was born August 20, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY and was a first generation American on his father’s side. Exemplifying the mid-century American dream, he graduated Brooklyn College of the City of New York Phi Beta Kappa in Political Science, and attended University of Minnesota where he attained an M.A. and was A.B.D. The United States Army trained Pete as a Construction Surveyor and he concluded his six years in the U.S.A.R. as an E-4. After serving as a Visiting Professor of American Government at the University of Kentucky, Pete was awarded a Congressional Fellowship and served as an aide on Capitol Hill. He worked as a legislative assistant on the House and Senate sides before beginning his life’s work in a 30-year executive career in civil and criminal enforcement at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In retirement he travelled the world with his wife and was a fixture in Marion Park with his beloved Keeshond. Because of the Covid-19 environment memorial services will be held at a later date. In Pete’s memory, please consider making a donation to Keeshond Affiliated Rescuers of the Mid Atlantic or to the charity of your choice.

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Tall in the Saddle with Serve Your City

erve Your City (SYC) has recently received well deserved attention for its work with Ward 6 Mutual Aid (W6MA), providing food and supplies since the pandemic began in March. But SYC has been in operation for almost twenty years, offering non-traditional sports programming to youth from under-resourced families. All too often activities such as rowing, swimming, scuba diving, tennis and yoga are not available to these children – or are experienced by them, especially Black and Brown children, as exclusive, unwelcoming spaces.

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by Elizabeth Nelson; Photos: Maurice Cook This past fall, SYC expanded to include a partnership with Sprout Therapeutic Riding & Education Center to provide a comprehensive five-week program at their location. On 27 bucolic acres in Aldie VA, Sprout offers therapeutic riding lessons and programming, primarily to students with special needs, so they customized the curriculum for SYC participants. Each child was paired with a horse or pony and developed a real relationship, learning how to care for their special friend and take responsibility for their well-being – not just hopping on for a ride. Under the guidance of a team of instructors, each session began with basic grooming tasks (brushing, cleaning hooves), followed by anything needing to be done after the ride, to get their mount cooled down and cleaned up. They also learned how to do basic barn chores such as cleaning stalls, feeding, and watering. As Winston Churchill famously observed, “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” Or in this case, a child. It’s a real confidence-booster to manage an animal umpteen times your size. SYC volunteer Jackie Cook shared this example: “A few weeks in, one of our SYC students was asked to help with a lesson they were doing for a client with special needs.

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It was incredible to see our student (who had never interacted with a horse prior to the program), to be able to serve with confidence in a teaching assistant role.“ In addition to learning basic riding mechanics, veterinary science and horse communication skills, the program included a lot of interesting and fun components such as trail rides, dressage, gymkhana (competitive games on horseback), and driving a pony cart. Not to be discounted: the peace and serenity of the farm environment, a much-appreciated change of pace for these urban kids. The program took a break for the winter holidays, but will start up again in January 2021 with the same group of kids. Everyone had a great time and loved the horses, the farm and the whole experience. So the focus for the next session will be on extending their skills. SYC is guided by the principle of “Solidarity, not Charity” and the belief that “We, the community, keep us safe for our common survival and well-being and share a common responsibility.” SYC Executive Director Maurice Cook accepted a 2020 Brickie Award from City Councilmember Charles Allen’s office on behalf of W6MA. To learn more about SYC, W6MA, and many ways you can help support your community, please visit https://www.serveyourcitydc.org/ ◆

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The District Vet A Pandemic Year

or everyone 2020 presented numerous challenges and even some opportunities. Daily routines were rapidly altered, creating a new reality. The practice of veterinary medicine was not immune to 2020, and was at the forefront of these challenges. As quarantines and stay at home orders progressed, those in the animal care profession were considered essential workers and continued to provide care, despite risks. There was no break and paradoxically, the amount of work for veterinary professionals has significantly increased over the past year. In addition to the stress of living in a pandemic world, their workplace was not a sanctuary, as they were being asked to do more while having to embrace a new practice paradigm. A number of factors combined to upend veterinary practice over the past ten months. First was the sudden change to curbside practice. Veterinary staff work in close proximity to each other, frequently directly face to face when treating patients. Within the walls of a veterinary facility, it is difficult to social distance--it simply canâ€™t happen all the time. In order to reduce the risk of transmission from outside the practice, curbside practice was initiated, where clients remained outside the walls of the building. Within a day direct communication with clients changed to brief in-person interactions and extended telephone or email communication. Veterinary medicine is a personal profession where trust is built upon communication, therefore

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conversations were awkward and tensions ran high. This has also led to difficulties elucidating what was the clientâ€™s true issue with the pet. With time and experience, the staff and practice learned to adapt. Clients were asked to submit a history sheet in advance of their appointment, they became accustomed to the new world of curbside everything, and everyone understood that we are doing our best to keep our staff safe and the hospital open. Second, it appeared that every resident of the city without a dog or cat sought out a new companion. Dogs and cats are our friends--when stuck at home, many people saw the opportunity to welcome a new four-legged family member. Shelters were emptied. There were fights and bidding contests at breeders. And then there was a crush of new clients needing veterinary care. Third, now that many clients were telecommuting, they had more time to see the veterinarian for wellness care and chronic problems with their pets.

While being at home all day, it is much easier to notice that the dog is limping when walking, or that the cat is not eating as well as in the past. To the vet the clients wanted to go. The continuation of curbside care, increased phone calls (150%+ increase), influx of new patients, and increased demand for examination of existing patients, has led to a backlog of appointments and increased stress in the veterinary hospital and community. It must be remembered that this is coupled with the fact that we ourselves need to practice COVID protection within our walls and at home. The social responsibility of the staff is immense; we work close together and a staff member with COVID has the strong potential to spread the virus to others. It is difficult to put into words the appreciation that many clients have given to the staff and doctors. I consider the staff to be unsung heroes: they are tasked with keeping your pets healthy and happy, therefore providing you joy and your friends comfort, during these dark and distanced times. As surely as the anal gland stinks, 2020 will end, the pandemic will subside, and we will again open to a more personalized service, which clients have come to expect. This will take patience. This will take work. This will happen. For the hope of 2021, hold on a bit longer, spring is around the corner, and we will see you in our exam rooms once again. Dan Teich, DVM, Medical Director, District Veterinary Hospital. www.districtvet.com u

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