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IN THIS ISSUE JANUARY 2020

57 New Year New You A Beauty Health & Fitness Special for 2020 58 Eating Healthy is Getting Easier: Try Out These Local Prepared Meal Services by Pattie Cinelli

64 Exercise Options: You Are Rich For Choice in Hill South by Pattie Cinelli

70 It’s Cold Outside: The District Vet

Winners of the 2019 Brickies by Elizabeth O’Gorek

by Rindy O’Brien

Capitol Cuisine by Celeste McCall

by Dan Teich, DVM

Preparing Our Trees for Tomorrow’s Climate

Color + Shape = Personality! See at Hill Center’s Young Artists Gallery by Elizabeth Nelson

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Winners of the 2019 Brickies: Livable, Walkable Awards Honor Those that Make Ward 6 Great by Elizabeth O’Gorek

The Numbers: Now Is the Time to Get Great Health Insurance by Ed Lazere

OUR RIVER: Learning Lessons From A Bridge by Bill Matuszeski

Women of Ward 6: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont. (1853-1933), A Major Figure in the Women’s Suffrage Movement by Marci Hilt

School Swing Space Plan Abandoned; ANC 6A Report by Nick L. Alberti

DGS Delays Construction Application; ANC 6B Report by Elizabeth O’Gorek

Commission Seeks Resident Views on Pot and Crime; ANC 6C Report by Elizabeth O’Gorek

No More Afterhours Construction; ANC 6D Report by Andrew Lightman

Bulletin Board by Kathleen Donner

homes and gardens 73

Preparing Our Trees for Tomorrow’s Climate by Rindy O’Brien

Dear Garden Problem Lady by Wendy Blair

Recycling Right! Getting 2020 Off to a Green Start by Catherine Plume

Changing Hands by Don Denton

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Capitol Cuisine by Celeste McCall

The Wine Girl by Elyse Genderson

Color + Shape = Personality! See at Hill Center’s Young Artists Gallery by Elizabeth Nelson

The Jazz Project by Jean Keith Fagon

At the Movies by Mike Canning

Art and The City by Jim Magner

Literary Hill by Karen Lyon

Poetic Hill by Karen Lyon

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96 CLASSIFIEDS 102 CROSSWORD on the cover: “Sunrise Movement” Jamie Langhoff 24x30 inches Available for Sale www.seeinginfabric.com Look closely: this “painting” is actually sewn fabric art. Seeing in Fabric is the sewn urban landscape art of Jamie Langhoff, a self-taught fiber artist. She has a background in oil painting, but never enjoyed waiting for the paint to dry. She remembered watching her mother sew as a kid and always liked the different colors and textures of fabric. In 2004, after oil painting for a few years, on a whim she decided to make a small, basic picture using fabric pieces instead of paint, based on the technique of fabric appliqué. Since then, she has been continuously evolving her work to become more detailed, but still using just fabric, thread, scissors, and her mother’s 1968 Singer sewing machine. She creates painterly aspects using thread and a self-taught back-stitch free-motion technique. Each piece of artwork is stretched over a ready to hang canvas. She lives in DC, and sells her work at Eastern Market and other street festivals and craft markets in the greater DC area. Visit www.seeinginfabric.com for more details.

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WHAT’S ON W A S H I N G T O N WOMEN: A CENTURY OF CHANGE National Geographic’s Women: A Century of Change celebrates the trailblazers who have redefined what it means to be a woman. The more than 100 images on display draw from the National Geographic archives featuring images taken by renowned National Geographic photographers including: Jodi Cobb, Lynsey Addario, Ami Vitale and Erika Larsen. The exhibition will be up through spring. $15 admission; $12 for seniors, military; $10 for kids. National Geographic, 1145 17th St. NW. nationalgeographic.org. ABOVE: Schoolgirls in Ghana help prepare for the opening of the Maranatha Maternity Clinic by carrying chairs to the ceremony. Photo: Randy Olson, 2007

LET FREEDOM RING On Jan. 20 at 6 p.m., the Kennedy Center and Georgetown University celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a free, ticketed musical tribute, “the Let Freedom Ring Celebration,” in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. This year’s program features Grammy Award winner Chaka Khan and the Let Freedom Ring Choir. Free tickets, up to two per person, will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at the entrance to the Hall of Nations, beginning at 4:30 p.m. kennedy-center.org. Photo: Courtesy of the Kennedy Center

HUNGRY HUMAN HIPPOS ON ICE Hungry Human Hippos, Jan. 11 and Feb. 8, 1 to 4 p.m., is the childhood board game brought to life by DC Fray at The Wharf Ice Rink. Teams of at least four players will collect as much food (balls) as possible. Everyone gets a chance to play. Sign up as an individual, small group or full team, maximum eight per team. The top teams will advance to the championship round to compete for the first-place prize. The full tournament lasts approximately two and a half hours. Come to watch if slots are already taken. Register at dcfray.com. Photo: Courtesy of dcfray.com

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR NIGHT International Guitar Night is the world’s premier touring guitar festival. Each show brings together innovative acoustic guitarists to exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting. Watch them play original songs and share musical ideas with their peers. International Guitar Night is at The Barns at Wolf Trap on Jan. 29 and 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $32. wolftrap.org The Barns at the Wolf Trap. Photo: Courtesy of Wolf Trap.

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THE ADICTS AT THE ROCK & ROLL HOTEL With their distinctive, A Clockwork Orange influenced image, sensational live shows and catchy, anthemic songs, The Adicts are one of the most easily recognizable punk bands of all time. Based in Ipswich, England, they were always the jokers in the punk rock pack. The flamboyant ‘Droog’ image and their urgent, high energy, up-tempo music and light-hearted lyrics, ensured The Adicts have always stood out from the rest of the punk-rock fraternity. They’re at H Street’s Rock and Roll Hotel on Jan. 21, 8 p.m. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

FIVETHIRTYEIGHT POLITICS Nate Silver and the FiveThirtyEight team cover the latest in politics, tracking the issues and game-changers every week. On Jan. 16, 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m., Nate Silver, Clare Malone, Micah Cohen and Galen Druke will discuss how one of the most crowded presidential primary contests in history could play out. Online ticket sales only at sixthandi.org. $45; $100, VIP. Read more at fivethirtyeight.com.

OL’BLUE EYES From Jan. 7 to 18, Arlington’s Signature Theater toasts the iconic crooner in a stylish, suave and sophisticated evening flush with all of Frank Sinatra’s famous tunes, including “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Strangers in the Night,” “The Way You Look Tonight” and more. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., off I-395 at the Shirlington exit (#6). sigtheatre.org. Photo: Courtesy of Signature Theatre

THE KING’S SPEECH “The King’s Speech” is based on the true story of King George VI’s struggle with a severe speech impediment and his friendship with his unconventional speech therapist, Lionel Logue. With the Nazi threat looming and civil unrest at home, royal secrets explode around the king as he is thrust onto the world stage. In this production, David Seidler’s original play, makes its long-awaited American debut. On stage at the National Theater, Feb. 11 to 16. thenationaldc.com. Illustration: Courtesy of The National Theater

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ISABEL ALLENDE Listen to the New York Times bestselling author of “The House of the Spirits,” as she discusses her novel, “A Long Petal of the Sea.” Her new epic spans decades and crossing continents as it follows two young people fleeing the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a new home. Isabel Allende is at Sixth & I, 600 I St. NW, on Jan. 21, 7 p.m. $40 for talk and book. sixthandi.org.

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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY OF SERVICE The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Jan. 20, 2020, marks the 25th anniversary of the day of service that celebrates the Civil Rights leader’s life and legacy. Observed each year on the third Monday in January, MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as “a national day of service” to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities. Find a volunteer opportunity at nationalservice.gov or serve.dc.gov. ABOVE: In 2017, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) joined President Barack Obama (D) and First Lady Michelle Obama to participate in a Martin Luther King Jr. day of service at Jobs Have Priority’s Naylor Road program, a temporary family housing facility for families in Southeast. The Obamas donated the First Family’s playground set to the site, which was moved from The White House South Lawn. Photo: Courtesy of the Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser

AFRICAN AMERICAN MOVIE POSTERS “Now Showing: Posters from African American Movies” opened at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in November. The exhibition is on display until November 2020. It showcases how movie poster design has been used to frame ideas, create moods and stoke interest in films and characters. More than 40 objects and graphics celebrating black films, filmmakers and actors from the museum’s expansive poster collection are on display in the Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts gallery. nmaahc.si.edu. ABOVE: Poster for Black Gold, 1928, ink on paper

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WEST AFRICAN DANCE The KanKouran West African Dance Company introduces the essence of traditional African dancing and drumming to local and national audiences, enriches American cultural heritage through the integration of authentic West African arts and promotes intercultural understanding. This annual MLK Day concert at Dance Place celebrates over 35 years of fulfilling a mission of giving back that which was lost. $15 to $30. Jan. 18, 8 p.m. and Jan. 19, 4 p.m., at Dance Place, 3225 Eighth St. NE. danceplace.org. Photo: Courtesy of the KanKouran West African Dance Company

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Profs and Pints brings college faculty members into bars, cafés, company offices and other off-campus venues to share their knowledge. They speak on subjects of broad interest, including local history, their region’s environment, emerging trends in business or politics and the ideas and innovations transforming our society and culture. In addition, Profs and Pints instructors also offer practical instruction that improves lives. $12 in advance; $15 at door. profsandpints.com/washingtondc. Listen to Justin Jacobs, associate professor of history at American University and scholar of ancient China and the Silk Road, lecture on “Ancient Chinese Philosophy” at the Bier Baron Tavern on Jan. 26, 3 p.m.

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WHAT PROBLEM? The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company was born in 1982 out of an 11-year collaboration. During this time, they redefined the duet form and foreshadowed issues of identity, form and social commentary that would change the face of American dance. Their latest work “What Problem?” provokes the tension between belonging to a community and feelings of isolation that many feel during these divisive political times. $29 to $48. They are on stage at George Mason University Center for the Arts in Fairfax, VA, on Feb. 1, 8 p.m. cfa.gmu.edu. Photo: Paul B. Goode

MIDORI AND JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET On Jan. 25, 8 p.m., violin superstar Midori and Jean-Yves Thibaudet team up for their first Washington Performing Arts appearances in more than a decade to commemorate Beethoven’s 250th birthday year. Witness how these two mainstays of the classical canon reveal fresh nuances and kindle powerful emotions in an all-Beethoven tribute. $40 to $80. Tickets at Strathmore.org. Midori. Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

TANGERINE Tangerine is a saturated, bold orange hue that describes the exterior of the delicious fruit. Like most other orange hues, tangerine is associated with energy, youth and happiness. It has also been the love interest in popular songs and is said to stimulate the joyful energy of the inner child. This juried show at Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Jan. 10 to Feb. 2, features art from area artists and is guaranteed to bring warmth and brightness to wintry days. Del Ray Artisans Gallery is at 2704 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria VA. delrayartisans.org. ABOVE: Broken by Betsey Mead

THE COWBOY JUNKIES Since 1988 when “The Trinity Sessions” took the airwaves by storm with its cover of “Sweet Jane,” Cowboy Junkies have hypnotized fans with their lush harmonies and layered instrumentation. Touring in support of their new album, “All That Reckoning,” the band plays much storied, intimate Birchmere. Whether commenting on the fragile state of the world or on personal relationships, their new collection of songs reprises their signature sound. The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA. on Jan. 29 and 30, 7:30 p.m. Entrance is $55. birchmere.com. Photo: Heather Pollock

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JO KOY, JUST KIDDING As one of today’s premiere stand-up comics Jo Koy has come a long way from his modest beginnings performing at a Las Vegas coffee house. The comedian, who pulls inspiration from his family, specifically his son, sells-out arenas and theaters across the world. Jo Koy is at the DAR Constitution Hall on Jan. 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. www.dar.org/constitution-hall/tickets. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix

THE DC CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR PARADE On Jan. 26 at 2 p.m., the streets of Chinatown will fill with revelers and spectators as the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association hosts the annual Chinese New Year parade. This year, 4718 in the Chinese Lunar Calendar, is the Year of the Rat, representing carefree fun, good fortune and wealth. An astounding array of parade groups will fill the streets; traditional lions and dragons come to life. The parade route is Sixth Street from I to H Streets NW. dcparade.com.

CRAFTING THE BUDDHA’S IMAGE The image of Buddha is one of the world’s most recognized religious symbols, but its origins are shrouded in mystery. Where did the famous likeness come from and why did it take so long to be created? On Jan. 15, 6:45 p.m., Rob DeCaroli, professor of art history at George Mason University, delves into the history of figural art in India. DeCaroli explores the early history of Buddhist art and the historical factors that eventually led to the acceptance and use of the Buddha’s image. $45. smithsonianassociates.org. 5th c. Buddha statue, Sarnath, India. Photo: Courtesy of the Sarnath Museum

A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS Adapted from the bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini, the play narrates the lives of two Afghan women. In the war-ravaged Kabul, Miriam and Laila become unlikely allies in the face of the insurmountable odds of a brutal and oppressive way of life. Hopes of a new life lead to an unselfish and shocking decision, changing the course of their futures forever. A Thousand Splendid Suns is at Arena Stage, Jan. 17 to March 1. arenastage.org. Illustration: Charlie Davis

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NPG PORTRAIT FINALISTS The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) presents the finalists in its fifth triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition in a major exhibition through Aug. 30. Every three years, artists living and working in the United States are invited to submit one of their recent portraits to a panel of experts chosen by the museum. The works of this year’s nearly 50 finalists were selected from over 2,600 entries. The first-prize winner receives $25,000 and a commission to create a portrait of a living person for the museum’s permanent collection. portraitcompetition.si.edu. ABOVE: Ajma, Refugee from Afghanistan by Carla Crawford. Oil on Canvas, 2016, from the Collection of the Artist

TONI MORRISON: A PORTRAIT On Feb. 9, 11 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., explore the life and works of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison with Michele L. SimmsBurton, founding board member of the Toni Morrison Society. Simms-Burton traces Morrison’s career in a creative arc that spans her formative years at Howard, her work as an actress and professor; her role as an editor at Random House and her breakthrough first novel. Morrison’s honors include a National Book Award and a Nobel Prize for Literature. $125; $50, student. smithsonianassociates.org. Photo: Courtesy of Smithsonian Associates

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On Jan. 27 at 1 and 7 p.m. and Jan. 28 at 1 p.m., the eight most intense athletes of Monster Jam Washington fiercely battle employing customized high-powered vehicles: Monster Jam Speedsters, Monster Jam ATVs and the famous Monster Jam trucks. There are Pit Parties both days from 10:30 a.m. to noon where fans can meet Monster Jam trucks and drivers. Tickets are $15, up. MonsterJam.com.

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calendar National’s Park Winterfest. Jan. 11 and 12. Interact with players and coaches, hear updates on the team and enjoy special behind-thescenes access to several parts of Nationals Park that are typically closed during the season. $35 for adults; $25 for kids. mlb.com/ nationals.

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SPECIAL EVENTS AmeriCorps’ City Year Program – Village Voices. Monday, January 13, 7-8 pm, at the Northeast Neighborhood Library, 330 Seventh St. NE. Four City Year volunteers will share their experiences, and observations on the state of education in DC. City Year is part of AmeriCorps. Andrea Mitchell, Torri Derby, Patricia Mitchell, and Dakiylah Tinsley will describe their experiences this year at John Hayden Johnson Middle School in Ward 8. The school enrolls roughly 275 students, 97% African American. Some 82% of the students do not meet English language proficiency expectations, and 95% do not meet expectations in math. The volunteers work with individual students and classrooms in order to serve as role models to encourage and inspire and to monitor progress. Hear their observations and insights concerning the challenges and opportunities of the school year. Free and open to the public. Village Voices lectures are sponsored by Capitol Hill Village. 202543-1778, info@capitolhillvillage.org. Glitz, Gangsters, & Gatsby: A Roaring 20’s Party! Are you ready for 2020?! Help Capitol Hill Village roll back the carpet 100 years for Glitz, Gangsters, & Gatsby: A Roaring 20’s Party! Join them 24 H HILLRAG.COM

on February 29th, 2020 as they celebrate Leap Day with some Lindy Hops into the new decade! A night of fun, celebrity and celebration awaits at St. Marks Church, 301 A St SE. For more information see page 54 in this Hill Rag or go to www.capitolhillvillage. org/gala Members Gardens -- Capitol Hill Garden Club members share their successes and disappointments in their own gardens. 7 p.m., lower level meeting room of the DC Northeast Library, 330 7th Street NE. Learn more about CHGC by attending one of their lectures as a guest.

MUSIC

Taisha Estrada. Capitol Hill Jazz Jam every Wednesday. Shows run 8 to 11 PM; doors open at 6 PM; no cover; two items per person minimum. Henry’s Upstairs, 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. mrhenrysdc.com. Rock & Roll Hotel DJs. Jan. 4 and 11, 10 PM to 3 AM. Rock & Roll Hotel’s legendary dance floor moves and shakes with a wide range of Top 40, anthems and dance hits spun by DC’s finest DJs! For ages 21+. rockandrollhoteldc.com. Rock and Roll Hotel. Jan. 4, Civic Duty and Meyru; Jan. 21, The Adicts; Jan. 25, Live New Wave Tribute Night; Jan. 29, Miniature Tigers. Rock and Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

Twelfth Night Concert. Jan. 4, 7:30 PM. Come share the joy of the season with Armonia Nova. Celebrate Twelfth Night/Winter Solstice/Epiphany. All are welcome. No tickets required. Donations requested. St. Mark’s, 301 Third St. SE. armonianova.org.

Blue Mondays. Mondays, 6 to 9 PM. Jan. 6, Memphis Gold & the Playlist Band; Jan. 13, Queen Aisha Blues; Jan. 20, Eddie Jones & the Young Bucks; Jan. 27, Full Power Blues. $5 cover. Children are free under 16 years old. Reasonably priced meals offered. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW. westminsterdc.org.

Mr. Henry’s. Jan. 4, Jeff Weintraub; Jan. 9, Darcy Cooke; Jan. 10, Kevin Cordt; Jan. 11, Julia Nixon; Jan. 16, Elin Megarejo; Jan. 23, Jose Andres; Jan. 24, Aaron L. Myers 11; Jan. 25, Maija Rejman; Jan. 30,

DC Chamber Musicians Concert. Jan. 19, 3 PM. Featuring Beethoven String Quartet No. 9; Debussy Piano Trio; and Iwazen Trio for Flute, Horn

and Piano. Free admission; donations accepted. St. Mark’s, 301 A St. SE. dccos.org. Jazz Fridays. Fridays, 6 to 9 PM. Jan. 10, Vince Smith Quartet; Jan. 17, 21st Anniversary Celebration, 2020 Westminster Legendary Men of Distinction; Jan. 24, Sharon Clark Sings!; Jan. 31, Thad Wilson Quintet. $5 cover. Children are free under 16 years old. Reasonably priced meals offered. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW. westminsterdc.org. The Atlas. Jan. 26, 3:30 and 5:50 PM, Capital City Symphony’s Symphonic Flight; Feb. 2, Jane Bunnett & Maqueque. 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. The Dunedin Consort. Jan. 30, 8 PM. The ensemble makes its first Washington appearance with an intimate, elegant band of eleven players. Listen to the virtuosic instrumental writing of the composer’s cantatas and concerti, often heard in much larger configurations. Free. Coolidge Auditorium. loc.gov. The Natural World Through Song. Feb. 1, 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the US Botanic Garden. Join Marsha and the Positrons, a DC kids/indie rock band, for a musical morning. Both playful and educational, their original songs are about science and how the world works. usbg.gov.

THEATER AND FILM Screening of Five Awake Sun, Jan., 12 | 2 pm, Baxter Hall, St. Marks Church, 301 A St. SE. A free screening of the documentary Five Awake will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, January 12. Five Louisiana women, outraged over husbands shooting their wives, set out to strengthen domestic violence laws, including a controversial proposal to restrict the gun rights of domestic abusers. This is the story of what happens when women, armed with passion, determination and political savvy, wake JANUARY 2020 H 25

SIGN UP FOR YOUR FREE SMALL BUSINESS WORKSHOP TODAY For existing & inspiring District businesses - the Small Business Resource Center is here for you! Senior Entrepreneurship Workshop Thursday, January 9, 2020 10:15 am – 11:45 am Hattie Holmes Senior Center 324 Kennedy Street NW Washington, DC 20011 Register: dcrasbrc.ecenterdirect.com/events/47876

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up and refuse to take no for an answer. Co-producer and director Donna Dees-Thomases will participate in a post-film discussion and Q&A. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Jan. 14 to March 1. The pursuit of money is bound to backfire when the targets are smarter than their gold-digging schemer. folger.edu. Stage Director Talk-The Merry Wives of Windsor. Jan. 16, 6:30 PM. Listen to Aaron Posner, director of The Merry Wives of Windsor, discuss his creative insights on the production with Resident Dramaturg, Michele Osherow. Tickets include a complimentary wine and light fare reception. $20. folger.edu. Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World. Jan. 16 to Feb. 16. Enjoy a romantic comedy from the winner of the Steinberg New American Play Award about Muslim and American identity, which is full of unexpected twists. mosaictheater. org. Recent Tragic Events. Jan. 23, to Feb. 16. It is Sept. 12, 2001; the setting is the Minneapolis apartment of Waverly, a young advertising executive. prologuetheatre.org.

All Things Non-Profit Thursday, January 16, 2020 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs 1100 4th Street SW, 2nd Floor, Room E-200 Washington, DC 20024 Register: dcrasbrc.ecenterdirect.com/events/47905

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The Bardy Bunch. Jan. 24, 6 PM. It’ll be a “Sunshine Day.” So, “Come On Get Happy” by joining a staged reading of Stephen Garvey’s madcap comedy, performed by local actors under the direction of Jennifer J. Hopkins. Free, but reservations are requested. folger.edu. Mosaic Reading Series. No Desert Roses by Laila Soliman, Jan. 27, 7 PM; Bereaved by Joshua Sobol, Feb. 3, 7 PM. $15. atlasarts.org. Mother Road. Feb. 7 to March 8. As the hardworking and terminally ill William Joad sets out on an epic journey to pass down his family farm. He is humiliated to find that the only surviving descendant of his family is a Mexican American named Martín Jodes, an ex-migrant worker. arenastage.org.

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LITERARY EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS, TALKS AND NEWS Thomas Jefferson’s Library. Daily, except Sundays, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Take a self-guided trip through a re-created version of Jefferson’s library, which assembles 6,487 volumes that founded the Library of Congress. Learn how one of America’s greatest thinkers was inspired through the world of books. Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. loc.gov. First Friday Book Club. The Christ Church’s Book Group meets at the church to explore spiritual and religious themes in select books. A light supper is served at 6:30 PM, with book discussion starting at 7 PM. washingtonparish.org. Kathleen Smith – Everything Isn’t Terrible. Jan. 7, 6:30 PM. East City Book Shop, 645 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. eastcitybookshop.com. Get Involved in the DC Literary Community. Jan. 11, 10 AM to noon. Connect with other writers and become part of the literary community. This one-day workshop will introduce the many writing groups, readings, bookstore events and online resources that the DC area offers. $50. hillcenterdc.org. Friends of SE Library Book Sale. Jan. 11, 10 AM to 3 PM. Most books are $1. Southeast Library, 403 Seventh St. SE. dclibrary.org/southeast.

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Rosedale Library Book Club. Second Saturdays, 7 PM. Join your neighbors on the second Tuesday of each month for a book discussion. January’s book is “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder. Copies are available at the Rosedale reference desk for pickup. Rosedale Library, 1701 Gales St. NE. dclibrary.org/rosedale. Not Just Another Day Off. Jan. 20, 10 AM. This free reading at the Folger Shakespeare Library combines poetry with historical speeches from Dr. King, Gandhi, Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune and more. Donations of dry and boxed food items are requested for the Food Pantry of The Lutheran Church of the Reforma28 H HILLRAG.COM

tion. Registration strongly suggested. folger.edu. From Novice to Novelist. Jan. 25, 10 AM to 5 PM. This day-long workshop will deconstruct and demystify the novel-writing process for struggling or aspiring writers. $115. hillcenterdc.org.

MAKING ART Drop-in Friday Artnights at CHAW. First, Third and Fourth Fridays at 6:30 to 9:30 PM. Work in front of a live model. No formal instruction. Bring supplies. Easels provided. $15. CHAW, 545 Seventh St. SE. chaw.org. Watercolor Cocktails-An Evening of Specialty Drinks & Painting Techniques. Jan. 8, 6:30 to 8:30 PM. This is a monthly collaboration between artist Marcella Kriebel and mixologist, Gina Chersevani. Participants enjoy a specialty seasonal cocktail prepared by Union Market’s Buffalo and Bergen and each is supplied line art of an illustrated recipe of Chersevani’s drink to paint in watercolor. $55. unionmarketdc.com. Painting with Botanicals-Tea, Saffron and Beyond. Jan. 25, 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Join mixed media artist Saya Behnam for this workshop exploring nature and art at the US Botanic Gardens. Learn how natural or dried flowers, plants and spices can be ground or cooked to extract a variety of colors, then create your own painting using these extracted colors. No previous artistic experience necessary. All materials provided. $90. usbg.gov.

SPORTS & FITNESS Nature in Motion at the Botanic Garden. Jan. 16, 6 to 7 PM. Doors at 5:45 PM. Nature in Motion is a sensory experience, a unique way to connect to the Garden. Take a guided journey through the Conservatory with thoughtful stops for

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Chiarina Chamber Players “New Paths.” Jan. 12, 7:30 PM. The genius of the young Brahms prompted Robert Schumann to envision “new paths” in the future of music. Chiarina Chamber Players present works by these two friends, as well as music by Hindemith and J.S. Bach. $10 to $25. St. Mark’s, 301 A St. SE. chiarina.org. stretching and meditation. Free; pre-registration required. usbg.gov. Canal Park Ice Skating. Daily, Sundays from 10 AM to 10 PM; Mondays to Thursdays from noon to 10 PM; Fridays, noon to 11 PM; and Saturdays, 10 AM to 11 PM. Adults, $10; children and seniors, $9. Skate rental, $5. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. canalparkiceskating.com. Rumsey Aquatic Center. Weekdays, 6:30 AM to 9 PM; Weekends, 9 AM to 5 PM. 635 North Carolina Ave. SE. Free for DC residents. Have ID. dpr.dc.gov. Have an item for the Calendar? Email to calendar@hillrag.com. ◆

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n the evening of Thursday, Dec. 5, the community gathered to celebrate the holidays and some amazing Ward 6 individuals, businesses, and organizations at the 2019 Brickie Awards. They gathered in the beautiful new DC Water Building (125 O St. SE), giving everyone a chance to get a look at the brand-new headquarters. Established 13 years ago as the “Livable Walkable Awards” by then-Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells, the event was nicknamed ‘The Brickies’ by Hill Rag Managing Editor Andrew Lightman because the awards are presented as engraved bricks. The winners are selected based on their contributions from a wide range of submissions, including nearly 100 nominations from Ward 6 residents submitted online. Recipients of this year’s Brickie Awards were:

Neighbor Award Christine Spencer, President, James Creek Residents Council -- For years, Christine Spencer has been an advocate and organizer for her neighbors living in James Creek, an aﬀordable housCRYSP DC – Capitol Hill Riverside Youth Sports Park ing community of more group is the recipient of the 2019 Community than 250 homes in SouthOrganization Brickie. west DC. As the President of the Residents Council, walks. She has also worked to bring on-site mental health professionals, orgaChristine organizes holinized community food drives, including holiday dinner distributions, school day meals, ice cream socials, comsupply drives, and more. munity meetings, and public safety walks. When Councilmember Community Organization Charles Allen visits, it is she who CRYSP DC -- When the Fields at RFK finally opened earlier this year, it was accompanies him on the walkthe culmination of more than a decade of hard work by several neighbors who through to highlight needs or chalhad banded together to urge the city to do something with the oceans of aslenges. And when a tragic shooting phalt at RFK. Now more than 20 acres of empty parking lot have been conNeighbor Award: Christine Spencer, took place this past summer, ChrisPresident, James Creek Residents verted into a beautiful set of athletic fields that are in use every weeknight and tine organized the community and Council packed on the weekends. But creating these fields was no small task – and instituted monthly public safety JANUARY 2020 H 33

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C residents are lucky for our city’s long history of expanding health coverage and pursuing policies that give access to medical care. One of the bright spots is DC Health Link, the healthcare exchange created after passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). DC Health Link is ranked as one of the best exchanges in the country at providing affordable, quality health plans to small businesses and residents. With DC Health Link, you can make it your New Year’s resolution to focus on your health and the health of your family. Open enrollment for individuals through DC Health Link runs through Jan. 31. If you are a District resident in need of health insurance, visit DCHealthLink.com to get enrolled and start 2020 with the peace of mind that comes with having healthcare coverage.

What Successful Health Coverage Looks Like When the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, the District quickly expanded Medicaid well above the minimum federal requirements. District lawmakers also chose to build a health insurance exchange designed by and for the residents it serves, rather than relying on the federal exchange. Today, residents with incomes up to 200% of poverty (319% for a family of three) can get free coverage through Medicaid. And individuals and families with incomes above Medicaid income eligibility and up to 400% of poverty (between $55,363 and $83,120 for a family of three) can get help paying for private coverage. DC Health Link provides health insurance to more than 20,000 residents through the individual marketplace and almost 95,000 through the small business marketplace. The positive results are clear. Since DC Health Link opened in 2013, the uninsured rate has been cut in half. The District now ranks second best in the nation in insurance coverage – with almost 97% of residents covered.

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DC Has Resisted Efforts to Roll Back the ACA This success comes from fully embracing the Affordable Care Act – even in the face of recent federal efforts to weaken it – with the shared belief that everyone in DC should succeed. The federal government shortened its open enrollment period to six weeks, but the District provides residents three full months. That means open enrollment runs through Jan. 31, during which time District residents can shop, compare and get covered. While the federal government has slashed funding for outreach and enrollment events, DC Health Link assisters are blanketing the city to find people who don’t have coverage and get them enrolled before the open enrollment period ends. DC Health Link holds regular enrollment events, participates at community events across the District and is able to provide one-on-one help to any resident who requests it. When the federal government cancelled the individual mandate to purchase health insurance, Mayor Bowser and the DC Council established a local individual responsibility requirement. This move helps everyone to get covered, which also holds down premium increases for all. The federal government recently expanded short-term, limited duration plans and association health plans – often called “junk plans” as they aren’t required to offer essential health benefits or meet other vital consumer protection standards. The District quickly passed legislation to ensure those plans won’t flourish here. DC Health Link also does a great job of offering plans that best fit the needs of businesses, individuals and families who know that deductibles can be a struggle. That’s why DC Health Link has introduced a standard plan option. Standard plans cover many innetwork medical services without having to meet the deductible first. These services include primary care, specialist visits, generic drugs, urgent care, outpatient mental and behavior health and outpatient substance abuse treatment.

A Best Friend to Small Businesses DC Health allows small businesses to compete with bigger businesses by offering employees quality health insurance. Time management is critical for all small businesses, and DC Health Link offers support tools to make the coverage process easy and efficient. At DCHealthLink.com, employers have an online eligibility check and cost calculator at their fingertips. Employees have tools to compare plans based on personal health needs, prescription drug needs and preferred doctors. Brokers are available to manage the enrollment process at no cost to small businesses. DC Health Link allows employers to offer a really wide choice of health plans to employees – something only big businesses used to be able to do. There are 156 health plans offered by Aetna, CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, Kaiser Permanente and United Healthcare. Employers have options to offer choices among all plans at one metal level (platinum, gold, silver, bronze), all plans from one carrier, or one plan from one carrier. Even if every employee picks a different plan, the employer just gets one bill. DC Health Link is a critical resource to help small businesses attract and retain talented employees. Also, healthy employees miss fewer days of work. DC Health Link’s open enrollment runs through Jan. 31. Visit www.dchealthlink.com to shop, compare and enroll in coverage that meets your needs and budget. If you prefer one-on-one help, enrollment centers throughout the city offer free expert assistance. DC Health Link can also help by phone at 855-532-5465. Small businesses, as well as individuals and families eligible for Medicaid, can enroll through www.dchealthlink.com throughout the year. Ed Lazere is the executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (www.dcfpi.org). DCFPI promotes budget and policy solutions to reduce poverty and inequality in the District of Columbia and increase opportunities for residents to build a better future. u

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OUR RIVER: THE ANACOSTIA Learning Lessons From A Bridge

e have all made great progress working together to bring back the Anacostia River as an asset to the City. The water quality is improving, the fish are returning, the parklands along the shorelines are better kept; there is much to be proud of. The solutions are complex and expensive, but folks have generally stepped up to the plate, taken on the tasks and helped pay for the results. This high level of cooperation among agencies at all levels, facility owners, environmental groups and the public is impressive and is a result of a major ongoing effort to keep everyone informed and engaged under the leadership of the DC Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE) and the Maryland Department of the Environment. How important and difficult that effort is occasionally becomes apparent when the system breaks down. This seems to have happened with respect to a pedestrian bridge being proposed by the National Park Service and the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) that would cross the River at the southern end of the National Arboretum. The bridge would serve many valid purposes. It would provide access to the Arboretum from the existing trail system on the Anacostia side of the River. It would connect the Arboretum and the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens for hikers and bikers. It would aid access for bike commuters living in neighborhoods on the Arboretum side of the River. This access would be enhanced by adding

by Bill Matuszeski trails to the north and south from Benning Road to New York Avenue and beyond. The Park Service and DDOT developed their proposal as follow-on to an earlier “re-alignment” effort, which included an “Environmental Assessment” (EA) that dealt with the banks and trails along the River. Neither the proposal nor the EA included the bridge or changes to the nearby banks, which are comprised of fill for the most part. Depending on these documents rather than initiating a new Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement, the partners moved forward to modify the existing Assessment and to complete the design document for the bridge.

Boaters Needs Left Out Unfortunately this approach failed to seek out and engage the full range of public interests, as would have happened with a new proposal and environmental analysis, especially if it were to lead to a fullblown Environmental Impact Statement for public review. While sometimes this does not create a problem, here we had a separate group of interests that was left out – the boaters. Those working on the bridge proposal for the Park Service and DDOT were apparently unaware of the number of colleges and high schools and others who have found the upper tidal Anacostia the perfect place to practice rowing and racing skills in shells and kayaks and other craft. One reason for this is the absence of motor craft in the area, due in large part to the low-level rail bridge that crosses the River above

Proposed New Anacostia Bridge at the Arboretum. Photo: National Park Service

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Pennsylvania Avenue, and keeps nearly all boats to the south. Another is the array of boat rentals and services available at Bladensburg Waterfront Park. On a typical day there are dozens of college crew members on the upper River before dawn, and hundreds of high school students learning and practicing rowing in the late afternoon. Most are part of their college and school teams. They store their vessels and operate out of the Boathouse at the Bladensburg Marina. In addition to the near-absence of motor craft, the reason this part of the River is so popular is that there is now only one place between Bladensburg and Benning Road that has crossings with support piers in the River – where New York Avenue and Amtrak cross over at the Maryland/DC line. The proposed bridge to the Arboretum would add another crossing with piers. According to the project team, a clear span alternative would be difficult to build because of the soils along the riverbanks and the distance to cross. Also, a clear span would require a higher arch, which would visually interfere more with the views of the natural landscape. The main concern of the schools, parents and others supporting the rowing community is the increased exposure of the youth to the chances of hitting one of the piers. In addition, they find the arguments against a free-span crossing at the Arboretum unconvincing since there is a crossing of just such a pedestrian bridge over a wide area of the River right above the boathouses in the Bladensburg Marina. Finally, some simply regret that the open, natural look and

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A Solution There is one solution that could meet everyone’s objectives, but it would require some backing off by the parties. That would be to build a bridge with piers, but locate it immediately downstream of the New York Avenue highway and railroad crossings. The added danger to boaters would be minimal, since the existing piers are enormous and the ways to navigate around them well-known. And little or none of the advantages of the existing proposal – Arboretum access, connecting the Arboretum to the Aquatic Gardens, new trails and biker access from the west – would be harmed; in fact the connection between the Aquatic Gardens and the Arboretum would be enhanced, since the entrance to the former from the trail system is located right below the existing bridges. The Park Service and DDOT would need to do some additional design and site testing, and the boating interests would need to be involved in the design and precise location of a new bridge with piers. So we can anticipate learning some lessons from this bridge. Can we work together on a satisfactory solution? Can we repair relations between key players in the Anacostia clean-up? Or will people dig in their heels and stick to their guns? The first way is the best way, and the way we have made the Anacostia recovery such a success so far. Are we “building bridges” or “burning bridges”? Let’s hope it’s the former. Bill Matuszeski writes monthly about the Anacostia River. He is the retired Director of the Chesapeake Bay Program, on the Boards of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the Friends of the National Arboretum, a DC member the Citizens Advisory Committee on the Anacostia River and a member of the Mayor’s Leadership Council for a Cleaner Anacostia River. u

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WOMEN OF WARD 6:

Alva Vanderbilt Belmont (1853-1933)

by Marci Hilt

donated it for use as NWP headquarters. anuary’s Woman of Ward 6 is Alva VanderBorn in Mobile, Ala., in 1853, Alva Smith bilt Belmont, a prominent multi-millionaire agreed to marry William K. Vanderbilt, grandson American socialite and a major figure in the of railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt during a American women’s suffrage movement. She was one of the founders of the National Woman’s Party (NWP) and helped gain support for the 19th AmendCourtesy of the Library of Congress ment, which gave women the right to vote. The BelmontPaul Women’s Equality National Monument in Ward 6 is named for Belmont and Alice Paul, another key figure in the fight for women’s voting rights. The Ward 6 Democrats are recognizing and honoring Ward 6 women who have made significant contributions to better our community for the 2020 anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Belmont was an important strategist and officer for the suffrage movement. In 1917, she organized the first picketing for women’s voting rights ever to take place before the White House. When the National Woman’s Party headquarters in the old Brick Capitol was seized to construct the Supreme Court building, Belmont bought a large brick historic home now known as the BelmontPaul Women’s Equality National Monument, located close the U.S. Capitol, and

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party at the storied Greenbrier in West Virginia in 1874. William was an eligible young nouveau riche bachelor, but Belmont had a family name respected by society. Her father was unable to regain the family’s wealth and social position in the South after the Civil War. By marrying Vanderbilt, she revived her family’s social position and financial status. While married to Vanderbilt, she built grand houses with architect Richard Morris Hunt and once threw a costumed ball in 1883 for 1,200 people that cost a staggering $3 million. In March 1895, she shocked society by divorcing Vanderbilt, who had long been unfaithful, at a time when divorce was rare among the elite. She received a large financial settlement said to be in excess of $10 million, in addition to several estates including Marble House, the Vanderbilt summer mansion in Newport, R.I. She remarried in 1896 to Oliver Belmont, heir to August Belmont, for whom the Belmont Stakes is named. After Oliver Belmont’s death in 1908, she took on the women’s voting rights cause and became an outspoken suffragist. She spent her later years campaigning wholeheartedly for women’s suffrage and bucking the status quo by including the rights of black women, who were often neglected by the movement. She was a woman very different from her time and class, according to

About the initiative: The Women of Ward 6 Initiative is a non-partisan recognition of Ward 6’s women. The initiative, in partnership with the National Woman’s Party, Capitol Hill Restoration Society and the Hill Rag will culminate in the 2020 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Marci Hilt is a retired communications coordinator and press secretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. She currently writes and edits EMMCA MATTERS and is treasurer of the Ward 6 Democrats. u

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School Swing Space Plan Abandoned ANC 6A RepoRt by Nick L. Alberti

ice Chair Phil Toomajian (6A02) called the Advisory Neighborhood 6A meeting to order at Miner Elementary School, 601 15th St. NE, with Commissioners Mike Soderman (6A03), Brian Alcorn (6A08), Ruth Ann Hudson (6A05), Marie Claire Brown (6A01), Sondra Phillips-Gilbert (6A07) and Commissioner Stephanie Zimny (6A06) present. Chairwoman Amber Gove (6A04) was absent.

Unexpected Change of Plans from DCPS Vice Chair Toomajian and members of the community shared their

experiences from a recent public meeting held by representatives from D.C. Public School (DCPS) discussing the future planned swing space (temporary housing for a school) in northeast DC. DC had set aside $8 million to construct this site and in 2018 DCPS had presented sites under consideration. This year, however, it seems that DCPS has scrapped the plan all together. Vice Chair Toomajian along with community members, many of who are parents of children in DC public schools, expressed great confusion and frustration at this unexpected change, specifically DCPSâ€™s lack of transparency in how this decision came to be. According to those who attended the meeting, At the meeting, representatives from DCPS provided very few details as to why the plan had been abruptly stopped and what will happen to affected students in the future. As a result of this open conversation, the Commissioners voted to send a letter to, among others, Mayor Bowser and the Deputy Mayor of Education, the Chancellor of DCPS, Council member Charles Allen and all DC Council members identifying the need for a swing space in Northeast DC, requesting specific details for how DCPS will accommodate students if a swing space is not eventually built and a request that DCPS allow public comments on these plans.

Alcohol Beverage Liscencing (ABL) Committee

Mr. Nick Alberti, Co-Chair of the ABL Committee reported that the settlement agreement with Biergarten Haus at 1355 H Street NE has been signed. 1. ANC 6A will take no action on license renewal application for the following establishments: McKenzie Group, LLC t/a Ocean Lounge (ABRA-114106); Besoke1337, LLC t/a Hill Prince at 1337 H St NE (ABRA104782); On the Rocks, LLC t/a On the Rocks at 1242 H St NE (ABRA-106695); Red & Black, LLC t/a 12 Twelve DC/Kyss Kyss at 12101212 H St NE (ABRA072734); Fernado Postigo t/a Sol Mexican Grill at 1251 H St NE (ABRA-092192); Felix Restaurant Group, LLC t/a The Pursuit at 1025 H St NE (ABRA113810); Truth DC 78, LLC t/a Truth DC 78 at 1220 H St NE (ABRA-108602); The Pug LLC, t/a The Pug/Toki Underground at 1234 H St NE (ABRA073166); Rock and Roll Hotel, LLC t/a Rock N Roll Hotel at 1353 H St NE (ABRA072777). 2. ANC 6A will take no action on the substantial change application for a class change from CR (Restaurant) to a CT (Tavern) license from

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ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 6A AMBER GOVE, CHAIR, AMBERANC6A@GMAIL.COM Serving the Near Northeast, North Lincoln Park, Rosedale, and H Street communities ANC 6A generally meets the second Thursday of the month, at Miner Elementary School, 601 15th Street, NE.

www.anc6a.org ALL ARE WELCOME. Dangerously Delicious DC, LLC at 1339 H St NE (ABRA-087422) if the licensee files a change of hours application with ABRA by December 12, 2019 and otherwise protest the application if the application for changes of hours has not been submitted. Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Sherwood Recreation Center on the corner of 10th and G Streets NE.

Transportation and Public Space (TPS) Committee 1. ANC 6A will send a letter to the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) regarding DDOT’s response to ANC 6A’s pedestrian safety priority list, specifically item #4, requesting additional speed humps on the unit to 400 blocks of 10th Street NE with a minimum of two humps on the 200 block of 10th Street NE. 2. ANC 6A will send a letter to DDOT requesting that trucks be restricted from using both 9th and 10th Streets NE, between Maryland Avenue and East Capitol Street NE. Meetings are held on at 7:00 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at Capitol Hill Towers, 900 G St. NE (photo ID required).

Economic Development and Zoning (EDZ) Committee 1. ANC 6A will send a letter of support to the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) for special exceptions from the lot occupancy requirements to construct a second floor addition to an existing accessory building at 803 Maryland Avenue, NE (BZA 20171) to accommo-

date an apartment in the MU-4 Zone provided that the applicant provide sign-off of Green Area Ratio (GAR) compliance either through cite of DC regulations or via an advisory letter from zoning administrator or from the BZA and make best efforts to obtain letters of support from both adjacent neighbors and the neighbors directly across the alley.

New Business Commissioner Hudson moved that the ANC send a letter to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) to delay the granting of certain raze permits until specific requirements are met. These will include the developer of the project meeting with surrounding neighbors, permits being clearly posted on the job site, sharing sufficient details about the project with neighbors and providing ample protection of the adjoining properties. Visit www.anc6a.org for calendar of events, changes of date/venue, agendas and other information.

DGS Delays Construction Application

The Next meeting is 2nd Thursday, Jan. 9th, 7:00 p.m. Miner Elementary, 601 Fifteenth (15th) Street NE Transportation & Public Space Committee - 4th Monday, Jan. 27th 7pm at Capitol Hill Towers • 900 G St., NE – Photo ID required Elizabeth Nelson - Chair (elizabeth_knits@yahoo.com)

Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee - 3rd Tuesday, Jan. 21st 7pm at Sherwood Recreation Center • Corner of 10th and G St,. NE Nick Alberti - Chair (alberti6a04@yahoo.com)

Economic Development & Zoning Committee - 3rd Wednesday, Jan. 22nd 7pm at Sherwood Recreation Center • Corner of 10th and G St,. NE Brad Greenfield - Chair (Brad.greenfield@gmail.com 202 262-9365)

Community Outreach Committee - 4th Monday, Jan. 27th

7pm at Eastern High School, Parent Center • 1700 East Capitol St., NE Veronica Hollmon - Chair (roni2865@aol.com)

Please check the Community Calendar on the website for cancellations and changes of venue.

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6C P.O. Box 77876 • Washington, D.C. 20013-7787 www.anc6c.org • (202) 547-7168

Next Meeting: January 8, 2020 7 pm at Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave NE.

ANC 6C COMMISSIONERS ANC 6C01 Christine Healey 6C01@anc.dc.gov

ANC 6C04 Mark Eckenwiler 6C04@anc.dc.gov

ANC 6C02 Karen Wirt 6C02@anc.dc.gov

ANC 6C05 Joel Kelty 6C05@anc.dc.gov

ANC 6C03 Jay Adelstein 6C03@anc.dc.gov

ANC 6C06 Drew Courtney drewcourtney.anc @gmail.com

ANC usually meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm, 214 Massachusetts Ave, N.E. Please check the ANC 6C website for dates.

ANC 6C COMMITTEES Alcoholic Beverage Licensing First Monday, 7 pm Contact: anc6c.abl.committee@gmail.com

Transportation and Public Space First Thursday, 7 pm Contact: anc6c.tps@gmail.com

Grants Last Thursday, 7 pm Contact: torylord@gmail.com Twitter: @ANC_6C_Grants Environment, Parks, and Events First Tuesday, 7 pm Contact: jgmccann@gmail.com

Planning, Zoning, and Economic Development First Wednesday, 6:30 pm Contact: 6C04@anc.dc.gov Twitter: @6C_PZE

ANC 6B Report by Elizabeth O’Gorek

dvisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6B held the December meeting of the full commis-

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sion at the Hill Center on Tuesday, Dec. 10, with a quorum of eight commissioners. On the dais: Gerald Sroufe (6B02, secretary), Kirsten Oldenburg (6B04), Steve Holtzman (6B05), Corey Holman (6B06, treasurer), Kelly Waud (6B07), Chander Jayaraman (6B08, chair), Kasie Clark (6B09, vice chair) and Denise Krepp (6B10). Commissioners Jennifer Samolyk (6B01) and Brian Ready (6B03, parliamentarian) were not present.

Eastern Market Metro Plaza The Department of General Services (DGS) has delayed its presentation before the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Public Space Committee on the Eastern Market Metro Plaza (EMMP) Park project. The DGS team was scheduled to go before the committee on Dec. 12. Commissioner Holtzman said that commissioners had received an email indicating that the DGS team had planned to seek approval for the plaza construction, but not on the plans presented to the ANC in October for changes to area transportation. Those plans included a reversal in the direction of traffic on D Street SE and the closure of the two sliplanes at the intersection of Eighth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE, near Trader Joe’s to the north and Dunkin’ Donuts to the south. He said the one-month delay would allow the DGS team to do greater outreach in regard to the transportation changes. Holtzman said it was likely DGS would go before the committee in January, when, he said, it is likely to get approval to begin construction in February on both elements.

To Elect New Chair in 2020 At the Dec. 10 meeting Jayaraman announced that he will not continue to serve as chair into the next calendar year. First elected as a commissioner in 2012, Jayaraman previously served as chair in 2017. At the meeting he said that he was stepping aside to allow other commissioners a chance to take the role. He will continue to serve as commissioner. In October, Jayaraman announced that he would run for the Independent at-large seat on the DC Council currently occupied by David Grosso. Grosso announced that he would not seek reelection in the Nov. 3, 2020, election. Ward 8 State

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Board of Education (SBOE) representative Markus Batchelor declared his candidacy in September. The ANC will elect a new executive at the January 2020 meeting.

Commission Urges Mayor to Reject a Water Street Heliport The commissioners voted to send a letter to the mayor voicing strong opposition to apparent plans by Congressional Aviation to relocate its heliport and operations to the site of the former DC Gas Light Company’s East Station at 12th and Water streets SE. At the Nov. 12 meeting of ANC 6B, Assistant City Administrator Jay Melder told the commission that he “fully expected” Congressional Aviation to come to the District with a request for the site. The letter urges the mayor to publicly reject this plan. In their letter, the commissioners wrote that they recognize the critical service provided by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) air support unit through contract with Congressional Aviation and that MPD and other agencies should initiate a public and transparent process to find a new home for the heliport. Holman said it was clear to him that the private operator was using the MPD contract as leverage to secure a private heliport facility, noting efforts as recently as 2013 by Eleanor Holmes Norton to restore commercial helicopter flights in the District. Commercial helicopter flights have been prohibited in DC since 2001. Holman said that the National Park Service (NPS) had informed him that remediation of the land was complete, with vegetation installed, and that remediation of the river is underway. Holman said that NPS will not allow the land to be developed until 2023.

Mayor’s Office Declines to Name Schools in Assault Cases Krepp asked Tyler Williams, the Ward 6 liaison from the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services (MOCRS), if the mayor intended to reply to a September request for the names of the schools involved in six sexual assaults in District schools this year. Williams read a statement from DC Public Schools (DCPS) indicating it had decided not to reveal the names of the schools. Ac-

cording to the statement this decision was made “in order to protect the victims and prevent speculation and gossip about the school communities.” The statement added that mayoral orders require DCPS to keep complaints and investigations “as confidential as possible.” “In the context of all this ongoing work and our notifications to the relevant school communities, we do not see any additional overall benefits to your request that might outweigh the reasons above,” Williams read. Krepp said that pursuant to the Clery Act, every college and university in the country has to report sexual assaults on campus annually, meaning that information can be easily obtained. In light of that, Krepp said, it simply does not make sense that DCPS will not reveal the school names.

Other Business The ANC voted to: • Protest an application for liquor license renewal by Bricklane Restaurant (517 Eighth St. SE) pursuant to a resolution of neighbor concerns with noise and trash management. • Support the application for a Class C restaurant liquor license by Ambar (523 Eighth St. SE) pending the receipt of a signed settlement agreement (SA). If a SA is not received by the status hearing scheduled for Dec. 12, the ANC reserves the right to protest. • Support a resolution calling for the prevention of the sale of flavored tobacco vaping products in the District. • Send a letter congratulating Hill resident Deborah C. Jones on her upcoming retirement from the Environmental Protection Agency. The next meeting of ANC 6B will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital (921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE). Most ANC committee meetings in January will take place on alternative dates to avoid conflicts with religious holidays. Visit www.anc6b.org for more info; email 6b@anc.dc.gov or find @ANC6B on Twitter. u

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Commission Seeks Resident Views on Pot and Crime ANC 6C RepoRt by Elizabeth O’Gorek

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ll six members of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6C were present at the Dec. 11 meeting: Christine Healey (6C01, secretary), Karen Wirt (6C02, chair), Jay Adelstein (6C03), Mark Eckenwiler (6C04, vice chair), Joel Kelty (6C05, treasurer) and Drew Courtney (6C06).

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Commissioner Kelty is looking for resident views on activity that he said is linked to marijuana distribution by businesses on the H Street corridor. “It’s causing craziness on H Street, it’s hurting our businesses and it’s having an adverse effect on our residents,” Kelty said. During the meeting he pointed to scenes from his own experience. He said that a few weeks prior to the meeting, he was walking on the 800 block of H Street NE when he saw a man with a digital scale weighing what he estimated to be at least a quarter ounce of weed in the middle of the street. He also referenced what he called a “full-on” gun battle on the 500 block of H Street NE earlier this year. Acknowledging that voters had chosen to decriminalize possession of two ounces or less of marijuana, Kelty said he still wondered if the current situation was what the voters had in mind.

At the meeting, Tyler Williams, Ward 6 liaison from the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services (MOCRS), said that while the possession and use of marijuana by adults has been legal in the District for four years, a rider from the congressional appropriations committee prohibits the District from spending money to legalize pot. That means that the District cannot regulate or tax marijuana sales, leading to what Kelty called a grey market in the District. Kelty said that he wanted to assess residents’ views before engaging with District government and agencies to look for a way to regulate the situation, pointing to the potential roles of the zoning code in dictating the location of businesses selling marijuana-related products or enforcement actions from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA). Residents who want to share their views should email Kelty at 6C05@anc.dc.gov.

Union Station The commission authorized written testimony in regard to the significant expansion of Union Station that is currently in the planning stages. The matter is expected to come up at the National Capital Planning Commission meeting scheduled for Jan. 9. The testimony will express the commission’s concern about the scale and impact of plans in the area, as well as concerns about a proposed renovation to the Union Station parking garage. Transportation and Public Space (TPS) Committee Chair Christy Kwan said that plans presented at a Nov. 19 meeting of stakeholders, called by developers, appear to indicate a potential 50% drop in the number of parking spots in the station

garage despite a proposed increase in height to six floors. The testimony will note the concerns about the garage, as well as reiterating concerns already expressed about the project by the ANC. In November, the commission voted to send a letter to the DC Council, the Executive Office of the Mayor (EOM), the Federal Railway Administration (FRA) and the developers to ask the District to take a leadership role to facilitate coordination between the projects as well as community involvement. The Union Station expansion is happening at the same time that planning has begun on a new neighborhood called Burnham Place at Union Station, a threemillion-square-foot development that will be built over the Union Station railyard. Kwan said that Commissioners Adelstein and Courtney met with Councilmember Charles Allen (D-Ward 6), who has sent a letter to DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Mayor Muriel Bowser to elevate the concerns of commissioners.

Consent Agenda Commissioners voted to support items on the consent agenda, including: • Protest an application for a restaurant and full-serve restaurant liquor license for Menomale NOMA (35 N St. NE) to pursue a settlement agreement. • Support an application for renewal of the liquor license for Gilly Goat Tavern (500 New Jersey Ave. NW). • Support a modification of significance to a consolidat-

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ed planned unit development (PUD) at 901 H St. NE in order to allow veterinary hospital use within ground-floor retail space, including grooming but not overnight boarding Support a public space application for a 13-floor apartment building at 40 Patterson St. NE. The application includes cement-covered utility boxes and a curb cut. The committee requested that the applicant add two parking spots for loading and unloading and ride-share use, which the applicant has done. Support a public space application from NBC News for 400 North Capitol St. NW, including 16 bollards and landscaping to integrate bollards into the streetscape. Support conversion of a mechanical penthouse at 50 F St. NW into a communal lounge and entertainment area. There will be a small expansion to the penthouse footprint. The support is conditional on the applicant’s promise there will be no amplified music outdoors.

Other Business The commission voted to: • Send a letter to the District Office of Planning, the mayor and the DC Council in support of a request from ANC 4D to extend the deadline for comment on proposed changes to the District Comprehensive Plan to 45 days for an ANC and 60 days for the public. The current deadline is Jan. 31, 2020. The ANC committees have systematically been working through proposed changes and will vote on all the recommendations at once. • Support an appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment challenging a certificate of occupancy issued for 337 H St. NE. Eckenwiler said he believed it was in violation of zoning regulations, specifically the floor area ratio (FAR) for non-residential use. • Send written testimony on the Department of Buildings Establishment Act of 2019. The act died in 2018 but was reintroduced this year and had a hearing before the Committee of the Whole on Dec. 10. The bill would separate DCRA into two agencies, one to deal with construction and housing, the other to issue and monitor business activity and provide mechanisms to increase ac-

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countability and decrease the potential for political influence on senior roles. Ask the applicant for a District Department of Transportation (DDOT) public space construction permit at 1212 Sixth St. NE to reappear before the ANC TPS Committee to provide more details about plans. Commissioners were concerned about the lack of detail in the drawings, noting that an interior garage the applicant had discussed at the committee meeting was not shown in the drawings. They also expressed concern about the height of the retaining wall and fence. Kelty requested that the applicants bring a ground-floor plan and a cross-section of the site, as well as a rendering of the building from the Sixth Street NE perspective.

ANC 6C meets at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month (except August) in the ground-floor conference room at the Heritage Foundation (214 Massachusetts Ave. NE). The next meeting of ANC 6C takes place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8. Learn more at www. anc6c.org. u

No More Afterhours Construction ANC 6D Report by Andrew Lightman

dvisory Neighborhood Commission 6D met on Dec. 9. Commissioners Gail Fast (6D01, Chair), Ronald Collins (6D03, Treasurer), Andy Litsky (6D04, Vice Chair), Edward Daniels (6D07), Anna Forgie (6D02), Fredrica D. Kramer (6D05) and Rhonda N. Hamilton (6D06, Secretary) attended.

No More Afterhours Construction HITT construction briefed the commission on their project at 250 M St. SE, future location of the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) headquarters. Currently, they are pouring the sixth floor and framing the seventh. The building will “top

out” in mid-February. Completion is projected for 2021. Currently, construction hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. HITT requested the flexibility to schedule afterhours construction. Commissioners greeted HITT’s request for afterhours construction permission with frank incredulity. Commissioner Daniels accused the company of abusing the permission that he granted in an earlier letter authorizing afterhours operations. Daniels enumerated the complaints the commission had received from residents of the neighboring Harlow apartments at 1100 Second Pl. SE. Construction operations had frequently been conducted at 3 a.m. HITT installed a massive floodlight on its crane that was left lit throughout the night. More than a dozen angry residents testified that HITT consistently operated late into the evening. Chair Fast stated on behalf of the entire commissioner that henceforth there was a moratorium on afterhours work at 1100 Second Pl. SE. “Please don’t force our hand,” she stated pointedly.

“No to Why Hotel” Akridge requested the commission to support a “modification of consequence” for its River Point development at 2100 Second St. SW. River Point is a nine-story, waterfront apartment complex comprising 485 apartments. The modification would change the permitted usage of the property to allow for a temporary hotel during its lease-up phase. Akridge has partnered with Why Hotel for the “pop-up” accommodation, which would be limited to the 24 months. The commissioners greeted Ackridge’s request with open hostility. They faulted the matterof-right project for containing very little affordable housing. “You’ve got the largest market rate building on Buzzard Point with 485 units of which only eight are affordable. They also chastised Akridge for backing off its commitment to neighborhood serving retail on the project’s ground floor. “This (request) is fairly outrageous,” stated Vice Chair Litsky. The commission voted with one abstention to oppose Ackridge’s request and authorized Chair Fast to testify.

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sion on the recent closure of District Bike & Hardware, Velo Café, DC Row and ANCHOR. The development scales retail rents to expected revenues, they stated. Despite these concessions, the four had not been able to survive. Eight new tenants, including Orange Theory, are slated to open in January. Commissioners reminded them of the promises made by The Wharf to place neighborhood serving retail on Maine Avenue SW made during the project’s zoning hearings. Turning to the subject of congestion, commissioners chastened Wharf representatives for snarled traffic created by the annual Parade of the Lighted Boats on Dec. 7. The traffic on Ninth Street SW, stated Chair Fast, backed up beyond the northern entrance to the Ninth Street Tunnel. Commissioners castigated Wharf representatives for their “mismanagement” of event traffic in general. The Traffic Control Officers (TCO) hired to control the intersection at Seventh and Maine Streets SW had remained in their vehicle, Wharf representatives stated. Complaints have been registered with DDOT, their employer. Commissioners pressed The Wharf to do better event planning in future and also to petition DDOT for more traffic resources.

Free Lead Pipe Replacement Representatives of DC Water presented commissioners with the details of the agency’s plans for lead pipe replacement. Watermains have no lead in them, they stated. The service pipes that connect private houses to them, however, can be made of lead. The agency is responsible for replacing any lead pipe in public space. It will also replace the lead pipe on private property if the watermain itself is being renovated; or in the event of watermain leaks, representatives stated. The Lead Pipe Replacement Assistance Program (LPRAP) provides financial assistance to help homeowners with the cost of replacing the pipes on their property. For more information, visit www.dcwater.com/voluntary-replacements.

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Other Matters Representatives of PN Hoffman, developers of Waterfront Station II, the 59,000-squarefoot lot at 1000 Fourth Street SW, informed the commission that they would be closing the sidewalk just north of the CVS for three to five days in January to dig test pits. Metropolitan Police (MPD) First District officers briefed the commission. Overall crime rates remained unchanged last month due in large part to the Fall Crime Initiative, they stated. The only exception had been an increase in theft from automobiles around Nationals Stadium. One homicide on the 200 block of L Street SW also remains unsolved. The MPD gun recovery unit arrested three felons with guns. In addition, a new First District “intelligence unit” has been organized to help better allocate police resources. Commissioners asked officers about an affray among juveniles that occurred on Dec. 8 at the Waterfront Metro. One teen suffered minor lacerations, officers stated. The DC Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE) briefed the commission on their agency’s work. As part of the Fall Crime Initiative, (ONSE) deployed violence interrupters to the area around James Creek and Syphax Gardens Public Housing complexes. Taking a public health approach to violence, they identify the instigators of violence and try to change their behavior. In particular, interrupters mediate disputes and broker peace agreements. More information about their work can be found at onse.dc.gov. Dr. Coralee Farley resigned her position as chair of the commission’s ABC Committee. A motion to ban flavored tobacco vape cartridges failed with two in favor, three opposed and two abstentions. The commissioner unanimously resolved to: • support both permanent and stipulated tavern licenses with entertainment endorsements as well as a community agreement for Albi/Maxwell, a 160-seat establishment located at 1340 Fourth St. SW; • file a protest against Chopsmith’s appli-

cation for a liquor license at 11 District Sq. SW on the basis of peace, order and quiet, since no community agreement has been negotiated; • support the addition of two and a half floors to 80 M St. SE provided a shadow study of the impact of the building redesign on its northern neighbor, the Velocity condominium would be minimal and the developer committed to provide space for community meetings on a regular basis; • support a modification of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) for 300 K St. SW to reduce the amount of parking provided that a memorandum of understanding was negotiated with the residents of the nearby Waterfront Towers condominium; • approved 2020 meeting dates. ANC 6D’s next meeting will be held on at 7 p.m. on Jan. 13 at 1100 Fourth St. SW. Visit www.anc6d. org/ for more information. u

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In anticipation of the 63rd anniversary of the Mother’s Day House and Garden Tour, May 9 and 10, the Capitol Hill Restoration Society (CHRS) is sponsoring a photo contest, “The Capitol Hill Home.” Entries are due Feb. 29. The quintessential Capitol Hill home could be a bay-front Victorian with arched windows and a double front entry. Photos may be also taken of hidden structural features such as a small, round window overlooking an alleyway; a stained glass transom window or a rusted fountain in the yard. To enter the contest, send a hi-resolution exterior shot to HouseTourCHRS@gmail.com. Using a cell phone? Text the photo to 202-3297864. Entries must include name and address, email address and the address of the property in the photo. The winning images will be awarded two complementary passes to the 2020 CHRS Mother’s Day House & Garden Tour and will be displayed on the website as well as printed in The Hill Rag. All submissions become the property of CHRS, which retains the right to reproduce, modify, digitize and adapt the photograph. chrs.org.

On January 19 at 4 PM, Christ Church is revisiting the past with a 1960’s hootenanny, followed by a chili potluck supper. Led by Rev Rick and D’aun Miles, young and old alike are invited to bring their guitars, banjos, harmonicas, STRANGE DREAMS washboards, and voices to sing and play by MK Bailey the folk and protest songs of that other troubled time. Words to the songs will be provided. Bring your favorite chili (there will be a vegetarian option) or a side or dessert to share. No admission charge, but everyone is encouraged to bring a can or box of non-perishable food to the event for the food pantry at Progress for Christ Baptist Church. This open-to-the-public family-friendly event is part of Christ Church’s 225th Anniversary Celebration. The hootenanny will be held at the parish hall, located next to the church at 620 G ST SE. For more information see the Christ Church website (washingtonparish.org) or contact Linda Mellgren at 202-907-5798.

Strings for a Winter Evening Benefit Concert On January 25, 7:30 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (3rdand A Streets SE), the Second Strings Ensemble (with the Melifera String Quartet) under the direction of Matthew Maffett will perform a second benefit concert to support the work of Good Neighbors Capitol Hill with Afghan and Salvadoran refugees. A reception will follow the performance. A suggested (deductible) donation of $20 per person or $30 per family will be used for vital refugee resettlement needs. Advance reserve donation: http://www.goodneighborscapitolhill.org. For further info: gnch-info@goolglegroups.com 52 H HILLRAG.COM

CHAW’s Artist In Residence The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) has selected MK Bailey as the recipient of the 2020 Gallery Artist Residency, a five-week paid residency beginning Jan. 6, in the organization’s gallery at 545 Seventh St. SE. The show, FEVER DREAM, includes a life-size, evolving collage on a wall of the gallery space that will grow and change in response to the gallery environment. MK will teach “Cut, Copy,” a collage workshop for ages 12 and up on Jan. 18, 1 to 3 p.m. A reception of MK’s work will take place on Jan. 31 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. All events are free. For more information, visit chaw.org or call 202-547-6839.

The Wharf Receives Champion Award from BroadFutures On Nov. 16, Elinor Bacon, a partner at Hoffman-Madison Waterfront, accepted the BroadFutures Champion Award on behalf of The Wharf. The award recognized the project’s support of the organization’s mission to create a diverse and inclusive workforce. BroadFutures is a nonprofit organization that provides training, mentoring and paid internship opportunities for young people with learning disabilities. The Wharf has worked with the nonprofit for the past two years to provide summer internships. To date, there have been 17 interns, who have worked at Hyatt House, Canopy by Hilton, InterContinental, Entertainment Cruises, Colonial Parking, CBRE Property Management and the

Southwest Business Improvement District. broadfutures.org.

Wharf Construction Job Fair The Wharf will hold a Phase 2 Construction Job Fair for DC residents, on Jan. 24, 10 a.m. to noon, in partnership with the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) and the DC Department of Employment Services (DOES), Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen (D), ANC 6D, the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (SWNA) and other community organizations. The Job Fair will be held in at the DC EnVision Center/DCHA Southwest Family Enhancement & Career Center, 203 N St. SW. Balfour Beatty, Donohoe and DPR, the Wharf ’s prime contractors, are fully committed to maximizing opportunities for DC residents. They plan to participate along with their subcontractors. Pre-apprenticeship training will be offered by Building Futures, which will also have a presence at the fair. As The Wharf ’s Phase 2 progresses, additional Job Fairs will be held both in Southwest DC and East of The River.

Coffee & Conversation Join DC Public Library users and staff for coffee, conversation and an activity, at 2 p.m., on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. The event brings together users from all walks of life in informal conversation focused on relevant and engaging topics discussed over a cup of coffee. Through this exchange of ideas, “Coffee & Conversation” promotes the library as a place to meet neighbors and focus on what residents share. All are welcome. Southeast Library, 403 Seventh St. SE. dclibrary.org/southeast.

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Alternatively, sign up to be an ambassador and help get the word out. Send a letter of interest to ANC 6D, 1101 Fourth St. SW, suite W-130, Washington, DC 20024.

Recycle Christmas Trees Holiday trees and greenery will be collected by appointment from the DC Department of Public Works (DPW) between Dec. 27 and Jan. 31. All collected items will be composted to support the District’s waste reduction efforts. Only residents in single family homes and apartment buildings with three or fewer units are eligible for this service. Residents must call 311 by January 10 to make their appointment. Do not put the trees and greenery in a bag. DPW crews will collect trees and greenery from the front of residents’ houses. Alternatively, residents can drop off holiday trees at the following locations: BenThe Capitol Hill Village Gala ning Road Transfer Station, Reservations open on Jan. 5 for the 2020 Capitol Hill Village Gala featuring “Glitz, Gangsters, & Gatsby: A Roaring 20’s Party.” 3200 Benning Rd. NE; Fort The event is on Feb. 29 at St. Mark’s, 301 A St. SE. The annual Gala includes a live and silent auction featuring salon dinners with Totten Transfer Station, 4900 celebrities and political leaders, vacation homes, fun events and more. To make a reservation, learn how to become a sponsor and John F. McCormack Dr. NE find out more about the auction, go to bidpal.net/CHVgala. The Gala benefits Capitol Hill Village, which works to sustain and en- and several other sites. After rich the lives of its members and the Capitol Hill community. Jan. 31, residents can place holiday trees and greenery Streets NE until about Jan. 17. The closure is part old photos that need scanning? On Wednesdays at where their trash is collectof the Maryland Avenue Streetscape Project. The 10 a.m., there is an orientation session which to ed. The items will be picked up with the trash as temporary lane closures will be in place weekdays help prepare for a three-hour Memory Lab appointspace in DPW trucks permits. DPW will compost between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., weather and construcment. Learn how to use lab equipment to digitize items collected between Dec. 27 and Jan. 31. Trees tion conditions permitting. They are needed to video and audio recordings, as well as how to scan and greenery collected after Jan. 31 will not conduct electrical work along the median. photographs, slides and documents. Sign up for be composted. the orientation at dclibrary.org/northeast. Northeast Library is at 330 Seventh St. NE. Volunteer at Get Free Compost

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Free compost, up to five 32-gallon bags, is available for District residents year-round while supplies last at the Fort Totten Transfer Station. Residents must bring their own bags.

MLK Peace Walk & Parade, Jan. 20 On January 20, 2020, starting at 11 a.m., the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade returns to the man’s namesake avenue and Milwaukee Place for its annual Peace Walk event. The parade, which was established by D.C. City Council in 1968 to promote the legacy of Dr. King, features the Ballou Marching Band and representatives from the area’s Asian, Bolivian, Jamaican, and African American communities. This hour-long celebration also features a variety of musical performances, dancers, and various civil rights organizations still fighting for equal rights today. You can register to join the parade (deadline is Jan. 3) or simply watch from the sidelines.

DC Oral History Each year, the DC Oral History Collaborative makes funding available for oral history projects or for public humanities projects that use existing oral history collections. Join them for a workshop or webinar to get more information on eligibility and how to apply. Application deadline is Jan. 10, 2020. dcoralhistories.org.

$25 Million in Arts Grants Awarded The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) recently awarded $24,738,534 in competitive grants to support arts and humanities projects, nonprofit organizations and individual practitioners across the District. This marks the largest annual issuance of grant funds in the agency’s 51-year history. CAH awards grants through a competitive process. Applications are reviewed by independent panels that then make award recommendations to the CAH board of commissioners for final approval. Those applicants not receiving funding are offered technical assistance to support future applications. A complete listing of FY 2020 grantees is available at dcarts.dc.gov.

Enroll in DC Health Link DC Health Link’s open enrollment lasts three months. Residents have until Jan. 31, 2020 to shop, compare and get covered. Make sure to take a look at the new standard plan option that allows residents obtain needed medical services without first having to meet a deductible. Those who select a standard plan have access to primary care, specialty care, mental health care, urgent care and generic prescription medications. Visit DCHealthLink.com to get started.

Submit a Film for DC Shorts Learn how to submit a film or script for consideration for inclusion in the 2020 DC Shorts Festival Film. The submission deadline is March 31; script submission deadline is April 30. DC Shorts 2020 Film Festival will be held from Sept. 10 to 19. festival.dcshorts.com.

Clean Up Shepard Parkway Ward 8 Woods also holds Shepherd Parkway clean-ups every second Saturday of the month, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers meet in the picnic area near the corner of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Avenues SE. Gloves, bags and light refreshments are provided. Wear boots and work clothes. For questions, contact Nathan at nathan@ward8woods.org.

Carol Anderson Carol Anderson, long-time Capitol Hill resident, died on November 20, 2019. Her beloved husband, Kevin, preceded her in death in 2018. She is survived by brothers, Rick Timberlake and Ed Fowler and sister Shirley McClellan, nieces and nephews, and many friends. She was an active member of the Capitol Hill United Methodist Church (421 Seward Square, SE, Washington, DC), where a memorial service will be held Saturday, January 11, at 1 p.m. She served as a church trustee, council member, and led communications and hospitality teams. She was well-known in the community for her volunteer spirit and advocacy for inclusion and social justice

and organized the annual Valentine Tribute for the DC Metropolitan police officers on Capitol Hill. She was a public relations executive with her own company, in partnership with her husband.

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ating well no longer means having to spend hours in the grocery store and then the kitchen preparing a meal. Many of us don’t have the time or inclination to plan balanced, locally sourced, pesticide-free meals. So, instead of dining at a restaurant eating food from who knows where for almost a day’s wage, or ordering in Chinese yet again, why not have a delicious, locally-sourced and locallycooked meal for less cost. Winter is perhaps the hardest time to eat well. During the other three seasons farmers markets are open, fresh fruit and vegetables are plentiful, and we are more inclined to eat fresh and

A V+B winter favorite that will warm your soul, the Vegetable and Quinoa Soup

local. If you like to cook, don’t like to shop and prefer eating what is sourced seasonally and locally and fresh, joining a CSA is the way to go. If time is important and you wind up doing take out or eating out several times a week, then one of the food preparation services may be more suited to your needs. Here are several that use local food sources whenever possible.

Vegetable and Butcher I love their slogan: “Live Better. For Longer. While making a diﬀerence.” V+B founders Turner and Ariane are business partners. Theirs is a love story as well. As romantic partners Turner found they were spending all day Sundays preparing their meals for the week instead of having a life. “We started V+B because we were tired of

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mediocre food that was marginally healthy, tired of yoyoing between diets that were diﬃcult to sustain, and we were tired of the single-use plastic packaging that is destroying our planet. Ariane is vegan and I’m not. Hence the name Vegetable and Butcher.” Tucker said he and Ariane want their customers to have more time for friends, families and most importantly, for themselves. You can order as few as two meals a week or as many as 18 depending on your needs and lifestyle. The more you order the lower the cost per meal. “Our cost per meal cannot be replicated given the time spent preparing, the quality of food and the variety of food,” said Tucker. “Our customers value their time and health more than money, not that we are expensive. $15 is the highest cost of a meal. Most are between $11 and $13. V+B support more than 30 local and regional farmers to craft fresh, seasonal menus that rotate weekly. Delivery is three times a week at locations on the Hill such as Physicality on H Street NE. They deliver in insulated grocery totes in ice packs that they col-

lect back. “Our meal packaging is 100 percent compostable.” They only serve the Washington, DC area. A one week trial oﬀer is available.

Territory Foods

Their website slogan: Living well starts by eating well. You select a plan that works for your appetite, lifestyle and taste. Territory is a national company that has roots in Washington, DC. Their ingredients are gluten and dairy free and have no added nitrates. Whenever possible, Territory chefs use antibiotic MightyMeals Co-Founders Dan Graziano, Executive Chef Stefano Marzano and Alex Lebonitte. and hormone free meats from animals raised cage-free. While ever possible. The company has nutrition advisors in their food is not totally locally Dallas, Los Angeles and Washington, DC. sourced, they try to use fresh, local and organic whenTerritory Food meals may be picked up at Sport & Health on Capitol Hill or for an added charge they MightyMeals provides a convenient, healthy meal delivery service made with locally sourced ingredients by chefs, can be dropped oﬀ at your home. With every Territooﬀering a wide array of meals on a menu that changes weekly. Photo: @eatthecapital ry order, the company donates the monetary equivalent of 1.2 pounds of rescued food to Feeding America and its network of local food banks.

Mighty Meals Mighty Meals was founded by two fitness professionals and a classically-trained chef. Their goal: healthy meals should be accessible to everyone. They have more than 55 pickup locations across the DMV. Vida Gym in the Navy Yard and Pacers on H St., NE are two. Mighty Meals kitchen is in Burke, VA where all meals are prepared. They can be frozen up to three weeks, according to Tiffany McCasland, Mighty Meals marketing manager, because they are made fresh and quickly chilled. She said MM has more than 50 different choices for meals which are mostly paleo-based. They do have vegetarian options. Most meals are between $10 and $13 with some lower priced options. It also offers meat, vegetables and rice in bulk and snacks. Check their website for introductory discounts.

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Ben Fidler, ﬁtness director at Sport & Health Capitol Hill, working out in the functional ﬁtness room. Photo: Pattie Cinelli

t’s easy to start an exercise program in the New Year. It’s almost a rite of passage that one of our New Year resolutions is to start working out. What’s hard is keeping to an exercise regime. By February or March at the latest, most of us will have abandoned our program. If exercise is nothing more than a chore to you, then you will never be able to make it a consistent priority in your life. But if you can find a routine you enjoy and that makes you feel good, you might just stick to it until it becomes a necessary part of your everyday routine. A couple of months ago I described the oﬀerings along and nearby H Street NE. This month I’m tackling the fitness oﬀerings around Pennsylvania Ave. SE. While it’s easy to get to any part of the Hill, the more convenient your fitness locale is to your home or work, the more likely you will be to engage consistently. Here are 12 fitness studios and two full-service gyms from which to choose.

Sport & Health 315 G St., SE Sportandhealth.com Sport & Health on Capitol Hill is a full-service gym that gives members a wide range of choices for working out. It has a huge functional training room equipped with all the latest equipment to tone your core and improve your balance. It has daily oﬀerings of fitness, yoga, spin, barre classes (and more) from dawn to dusk for every age and fitness level. Personal training is available. It has the only squash courts on the Hill and also has babysitting available at a nominal cost and free parking. S&H gives potential members

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Balance Gym 214 D St., SE Balancegym.com Balance Gym says it wants to “inspire people to create balance within their lives by demonstrating how fitness can be fun and sustainable.” It oﬀers the Silver Sneakers programs, personal training and a variety of exercise classes as well as spin, yoga, kickboxing, Zumba and more. Balance Gym also gives a free day pass for people who want to try it out. 64 H HILLRAG.COM

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Hap p Atlas Fitness 920 11 St. SE Atlasfitnessdc.com Owner Tim Bruffy designed a nononsense fitness studio so that “anyone can get the same innovative techniques and tools used to train the world’s top athletes.” Tim offers personal training, and group classes. Call or check out the website for introductory offers.

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Biker Barre 738 7th St., SE Bikerbarre.com It was the first indoor cycling and barre studio in DC. It was co-founded by Jane Brodsky and Katie Geffken, who wanted to teach classes where all are welcome. “Classes are intense, effective and fun.” Biker Barre has special rates for students, teachers and active service members. Introductory offer: $25 for two classes. Call: 202-733-1009 or email info@bikerbarre.com.

Krav Maga Martial Arts 315 G St., SE Kmcapitolhill.com Krav Maga, in the basement of Sport & Health, may be the best kept fitness secret on Capitol Hill. It provides selfdefense and functional fitness classes and group and individual coaching for preventive safety, wellness, nutrition and mindset coaching. The classes are designed to be eﬀective for people in all walks of life. It oﬀers a free intro class for new students.

Jade Fitness 1310 Pennsylvania Ave., SE Jadefitness.com Jade Fitness provides high intensity training, alignment-based fitness and weight management programs. It has a sleek warehouse space for function-

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t’s cold outside. After this past summer, who would have thought that winter would ever return? As we huddle inside, it is important to remember that cold can be as dangerous as heat to our pets. Indoor / outdoor cats are especially vulnerable to cold weather. Many cats lack a suﬃcient hair coat, resulting in hypothermia. When they are outside without easy access to the indoors, they will actively search for a shelter or warm place. This can result in cats wandering into unsafe areas or on top of car engines. Some may even become disoriented and lost. If the temperature is uncomfortable for you, that means your cat should be indoors. There are a number of community cats, formerly feral, that have been spayed and neutered by the Humane Rescue Alliance and returned to their colonies within the city. If there is a colony near you, consider building the cats a warm hut in which

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to reside. HRA has instructional videos for this simple construction project. This will enable you to provide homeless cats with a safe haven from the harsh winter elements. Cats like to sit on warm car engines. Before you get into your car, even if it is in a garage, bang on the hood a few times. It may scare a cat who has taken up residence, but it will spare them from encountering a running engine. Honking your horn is also suﬃcient. When it comes to dogs, practice common sense. Know your dog’s limits. If you have a Husky or similar northern breed, winter is their pleasure. But if your companion is a small puppy or thin-haired friend, remember that they can get cold quickly. Dogs should be walked outside, but limit walks with sensitive pups to short jaunts. For some, a coat may be necessary, but most dogs with a thick coat are usually fine for twenty minutes in moderately cold weather. If raining, make walks very short. No dog should be left for long periods in an out-

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side yard during cold weather, and the District has laws against this practice. Older dogs and cats are more sensitive to the weather. Think of them like mature people: cold makes their joints ache more. You may consider providing more warm-bedded areas and making sure that they have a comfortable, non-drafty place to sleep. Walking on icy surfaces is also more challenging for our elder pets, as they may be more prone to slipping and falling. Dr. Rachael Frost, the newest veterinarian to join the District Vet team, reminds everyone to wipe down a pet’s feet after going for a walk. The salt used on the pavement can be irritating to their feet. Also check their fur for de-icers or other residues as some of these can be toxic if ingested. Look between toes, too, as salt and ice can lodge in here, causing discomfort. Trimming hairs between the toes may help prevent accumulation of ice balls. Dr. Frost says that, “If you pet needs a bath in the winter, bathe them indoors and ensure they are completely dry before taking outside.” Frequent, but not aggressive brushing, will help maintain a healthy coat, keeping your pet warm. In the summer we worry about hot cars, in the winter, cold ones. A car can get cold almost as quickly as it can heat up! Old, ill, or otherwise sensitive pets should never be left in a car alone. As we enter winter, please stay happy, healthy, comfortable, and warm. Dr. Teich is the medical director for District Veterinary Hospitals in Eastern Market and Brookland. Visit www.districtvet.com for more information. ◆

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home and garden PREPARING OUR TREES FOR TOMORROW’S CLIMATE

arly in December, Casey Trees and Montgomery County Parks co-sponsored a one-day conference called the Green Cities Summit. It was held on the beautiful Gallaudet Campus at the Kellogg Conference Center, just steps away from Olmsted Green. Over 300 tree experts, including arborists, researchers, landscape designers and architects and park and arbor staff joined to contemplate what the future holds for our area’s trees. Climate change has often seemed like something happening in the future and far away. But here on the Hill, it is hard to escape the message that climate change is a “here and now” crisis. We hear it from Jane Fonda and others with their weekly protests on the Capitol grounds. We also see it in graffiti-like posters of Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish climate activist. As speaker after speaker at the summit emphasized, now is the time to be preparing for the future in our tree selections and city planning. “Climate change is happening already to our trees,” said Max Paschall, one of the speakers. He is the founder of Shelterwood Forest Farm in the Appalachian foothills of eastern Pennsylvania. He has been studying the effects of climate on tree growth in Philadelphia, and predicts that by 2024 our area will begin to see a vastly different tree landscape to accommodate more warm and humid days and a yo-yo cycle of wet and dry weather.

by Rindy O’Brien Trees like these two at the corner of 10th Street and North Carolina Avenue SE enhance neighborhood beauty and increase the value of Capitol Hill homes. Photo: Rindy O’Brien

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98% of DC residents live within a 10-minute walk to a park. The national average is only 54%. Trees affect our lives in so many ways. They add beauty and shade and provide habitat for wildlife that is vital for sustaining crops and flowers. Trees also increase the economic value of homes on the Hill. According to the Arbor Day Foundation, the presence of trees in a home’s yard increases financial value by up to 15%. The health benefits of having trees near are also well documented. Another important function of trees is to absorb pollutants. One mature tree absorbs 120 to 240 pounds of pollutants per year. Two healthy trees supply the oxygen needs of one person for an entire year. (On average, we each consume about 386 pounds of oxygen a year.) By planting trees along streets, alleyways and front yards, we can have a huge impact on our carbon dioxide exchange and help neutralize the change.

Impacts of Climate Change For homeowners, just like city planners and arborists, it is time to think about planting for the future,

especially when it comes to trees that take time to establish themselves. Earl Eutsler, associate director/state forester of the Urban Forestry Division of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), says that his division plants 8,000 new trees a year, with “a wide and diverse assortment of species, to better protect from future impacts related to climate as well as new pests and diseases.” Our area is already seeing new threats to oak trees, which grace Capitol Hill’s parks and tree boxes. The oak ambrosia beetle has been recently spotted in DC. It attacks stressed, dying or dead trees, but arborists also report seeing perfectly healthy mature trees being devastated in a period of weeks. The ambrosia beetle was accidentally imported to the United States in peach trees in North Carolina that had arrived from China in 1974. A dusting of white powder at the base of a tree is a telltale Earl Eutsler, associate director of the DDOT’s Urban Forestry Divisign of beetle damage. The sion, speaking at the December Green Cities Summit, advocates for more diversity in trees to ensure a healthy urban forest. APHIS survey of the US De- Photo: Rindy O’Brien partment of Agriculture is reporting a higher relative risk trees, we should be thinking about planting them along the Atlantic seaboard. The staff from the deep South, including cities like New Orof Davey’s Tree Service, a Hill firm, beleans. Trees already popular on Capitol Hill, like lieves an increase in the oak wilt fungus sugar gum, hollies and magnolias, have great track is also a cause of the recent epidemic hitrecords in the South. Other tree breeds being recomting oak trees. To catch the disease early, mended include poplar hybrids and empress trees. look for signs of leaves closing in or lookEutsler reports that the city has had good sucing thirsty, or brown spots on the leaves. cess planting several resilient species: Shumard In 2017, the National Park Service oak, overcup oak, black gum, American hornbeam closed Theodore Roosevelt Island for a and yellowwood. They thrive in hotter and drier arnumber of days to remove white ash trees eas found in the South, zones 8 and 9. He also notes that had been attacked by the emerald that the trees are under-represented in our area, and ash borer beetle. This beetle has been in planting them adds to species diversity. the DC area over the past 10 years, and We all can help make our neighborhood and about 25% of the white ash trees have city greener by doing a little research before we been killed and removed. plant new trees. Check out a tree’s growing zone As the world warms, our trees will and heat zone. See if it is resilient in the face of exconfront new threats, making it importreme weather and examine how it thrives in the tant to stay educated and alert. Casey South. By planting trees and making wise choices Trees, the DC Urban Forestry Division about what to plant, we are securing the future of and the US Forest Service are all excelour tree landscape. lent resources.

Think Trees of the South The largest tree at the US National Arboretum, an oak, could be facing pest and disease issues in the years ahead as a result of climate change. Photo: Rindy O’Brien

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ow that the party season has passed, tis the season for New Year’s resolutions – and decluttering. Recycling is evolving in the US and in DC, and there are new rules and new programs to help you improve, and expand, your recycling practices. Here are a few areas to focus on.

by Catherine Plume the bags – and all their wonderful recyclable content, are sent to the landfill. To ensure your recyclables are recycled, place them directly in the recycling bin.

Recycling Holiday Lights Unfortunately, most holiday lights are difficult to fix once they burn out. Through the end of January, Mom’s Organic Market locations (including the location at 1501 New York Ave. NE) will recycle working or non-working holiday lights. They’ll be transferred to a recycling center where raw materials will be recovered and reused to create any number of products, from roofing to flatware. Meanwhile, consider investing in LED holiday lights, which last longer and run on a minimal amount of electricity. They may be on sale!

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Trees and wreaths will be collected from Dec. 27 to Jan. 31. Residents in households served by the Department of Public Works should call 311 between Dec. 27 and Jan. 10 to schedule a collection date. All ornaments and lights should be removed, and trees and greenery should be placed in front of the home for collection and composting. Do not place trees and greenery in bags. After Jan. 31, greenery should be placed next to your trash bin, for collection with the trash as truck space permits. Unfortunately, trees and greenery collected after Jan. 31 will not be composted. And, remember, this compost is free to DC residents, so when you’re looking to improve the soil quality of your yard or garden, just head up to Fort Totten for compost any weekday from 1 to 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Recycle Food Scraps When food waste goes to a landfill, it generates methane, a greenhouse gas that is much more toxic than carbon dioxide and contributes to global warming. The DC government is now providing vouchers of up to $75 to incentivize home composting. Importantly, both worm-composting and backyard systems are included in the program, so you don’t have to have a backyard in order to participate. To receive a voucher, you’ll need to participate in a short class. For more information, see https://zerowaste.dc.gov/ homecomposting. If home composting isn’t for you, you can still drop off food scraps at Eastern Market every Saturday at the station located next to Rumsey Pool.

Dispose of Electronics Properly Batteries embedded in electronics can cause fires at landfills and waste-incineration facilities, so putting electronics in the trash bin is not allowed. For working electronics that you’re ready to pass along, Craigslist DC, Facebook Marketplace and even eBay offer on-

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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. 1508 F St NE #5 1508 F St NE #6 16 17th St NE #212 1621 E Capitol St SE #7 1704 Massachusetts Ave SE 1717 D St NE #2 1719 D St NE #1 1719 D St NE #2 245 15th St SE #404

450,000 450,000 590,000 379,000 927,500 724,900 647,000 710,000 565,000

2 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 1

332,000 1,800,000 473,000 615,000 505,000

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CENTRAL 2201 L St NW #809 475 H St NW #2-R 915 E St NW #508 1150 K St NW #1408 437 New York Ave NW #1006

EASTERN MARKET 11 6th St SE 418 7 St SE #101 418 7 St SE #103 418 7 St SE #201.

1,307,000 785,000 499,900 849,900

4 2 1 2

499,900 575,000 855,000 839,000 810,000 785,000 1,240,000

2 3 5 4 3 3 4

285,000 275,000 220,000 302,800 485,000

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615,000

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ANACOSTIA 1416 22nd St SE 1515 W St SE 1619 Frankford St SE 1638 16th St SE 1644 V St SE 1646 V St SE 2213 Chester St SE

415,000 554,000 1,200,000 300,000 349,000 480,000 366,000

3 3 1 4 2 2 2

390,000 225,000

3 2

570,000 775,000 985,000 1,189,000 925,000 414,000 569,000

2 2 4 3 9 2 2

830,000 1,315,000 1,300,000 1,400,000 834,999 785,000 1,389,000

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BARRY FARMS 1505 Howard Rd SE 3366 Brothers Pl SE #4

BLOOMINGDALE 150 Rhode Island Ave NW #402 2015 Flagler Pl NW #2 22 Bryant St NW #3 25 U St NW #2 28 T St NW 52 Quincy Pl NW #103 58 NW T St NW #2

CAPITOL HILL 104 10th St SE 1127 E Capitol St SE 121 12th St NE 1211 Independence Ave SE 1212 D St NE 1213 Linden Pl NE 1305 Independence Ave SE

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1306 A St SE 1307-1/2 D St SE 1319 D St SE 1339 South Carolina Ave SE 1351 Constitution Ave NE 1387 North Carolina Ave NE 1400 K St SE #2 1530 D St NE 205 15th St NE 215 5th St NE 218 S Carolina Ave SE 228 E St NE 241 8th St NE 246 11th NE 328 17th St NE 415 Constitution Ave NE 417 4th St SE #3 424 11th St NE #R 440 12th St NE #211 523 11th St SE 530 13th St SE 554 14th St SE 609 3rd St NE 7 Browns Ct SE 714 E St NE 725 G St NE 806-1/2 E St SE 919 C St NE

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12 S St NE #1 1826 Lincoln Rd NE 1835 N Capitol St NE 224 Seaton Pl NE 227 Seaton Pl NE #2 229 Seaton Pl NE #3 53 Quincy Pl NE

FORT DUPONT 1645 Fort Davis St SE 1801 Fort Davis St SE 3354 Ely Pl SE 4008 Q St SE 724 Adrian St SE

GALLERY PLACE 715 6th St NW #204

H STREET CORRIDOR 1019 7th St NE 1111 Orren St NE #206 1141 Owen Pl NE #2 1219 I St NE 1222 Wylie St NE 1237 I St NE 1331 I St NE 1367 Florida Ave NE #401 718 F St NE 725 10th St NE 808 K St NE 831 8th St NE 905 5th St NE 922 6th St NE #2

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530,000

KINGMAN PARK 2000 E St NE

259 14th Pl NE 532 23rd Pl NE 537 21st St NE 615 15th St NE #2

660,000 615,000 715,000 480,000

2 3 4 2

675,000 1,350,000 600,000 929,900 675,000 860,000

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LEDROIT PARK 117 T St NW #1 23 W St NW 424 Oakdale Pl NW 48 Adams St NW 7 U St NW 74 Adams St NW #3

MT VERNON SQUARE 460 New York Ave NW #1003 1117 10th St NW #612 437 New York Ave NW #507

550,000 475,000 462,000

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At ABC Pony, corkscrew pasta is napped with garlicky butter, olive oil and topped with prosciutto. Photo: Celeste McCall

ABC Pony proprietor Erik Bruner-Yang pauses before a 1986 Kurt Russell movie poster. Photo: Celeste McCall

CAPITOL CUISINE by Celeste McCall

East Meets West Our beloved World Champion Nationals have departed for the season, but their Navy Yard neighborhood is anything but quiet. A recent arrival near Nats Park is ABC Pony, a ’80s- and ’90s-themed fast-casual noodle house. Named for a child’s toy, the 99-seat ABC Pony is located in the ground level of the NOVEL South Capitol Residences at the corner of I and South Capitol streets SE. The sunny space opens into NOVEL’s sumptuous lobby. “When I opened Toki Underground (Atlas District) in 2011, I thought every neighborhood should have a great noodle shop,” local chef Erik Bruner-Yang explained. “Since then, noodle shops have evolved… and then this location became available.”

Tapping Asian ingredients like Filipino spring roll wrappers, Japanese glutinous rice dough and Hong Kong-style XO sauce, Bruner-Yang marries Asian and Italian cuisine. When he’s off duty, Bruner-Yang, 35, favors Italian food. His Taiwanese mother often served spaghetti alongside rice, we’re told. Joining Bruner-Yang are executive chefs Chris Yates, formerly of Elle (Mount Pleasant), and Paolo Dungca, previously with Bad Saint (Columbia Heights) and Kaliwa (District Wharf). ABC Pony’s décor showcases 80s and ’90s artifacts. Bookended by a toy horse and a Yoda figure, vintage cassettes line one shelf; toys and wine bottles snuggle on another. A poster from the 1986 Kurt Russell flick, “Big Trouble in Little China” dominates a wall. The modest newcomer resembles a coffee shop, but the food is gourmet, four-

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and pasta baked with béchamel sauce. Many dishes are vegetarian. Fava Pot sources high-quality local ingredients, including antibiotic-free and grass-fed chicken and game hens. Their motto: “Eat healthy for a good cause.” Fava Pot donates a portion of its proceeds to Egyptian orphans in need. Located inside Union Market at 1309 Fifth St. NE, Fava Bowl is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information visit www.favapot.com.

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Hadistic Tiger Mom Sandwich at Buffalo & Bergen. Photo: Rey Lopez

star quality. After ordering (and paying) at the counter, we perched at the bar and awaited our lunch. Husband Peter loves anchovies, so we decided to order “anchovy of the day,” a delicious boquerone (marinated white anchovy) from Spain. The tasty little fishes were presented in a custom-made cherry wooden plate, designed to represent a cassette holder. Other “snacks” were olives, prosciutto and baby red tomatoes. Egg-drop soup (an Asian riff on Italian stracciatella) was swimming with noodles, celery root, pecorino Romano and circles of jalapeno. Filipino-style lumpia (crisp-skinned egg rolls) were filled with nicely seasoned ground pork and escorted by spicy tomato sauce. But the star of the show was fusilli (corkscrew pasta), napped with “white Bolognese” (garlicy butter and olive oil), and crowned with soppresata, similar to prosciutto. Since ABC Pony serves breakfast, there’s a nice selection of coffees and teas. The cocktail list offers innovative concoctions which change regularly, plus brief but interesting beer and wine lists. Located at 2 Eye St. SE, ABC Pony is open daily (starting at 7 a.m.) for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Call 202-913-3155 or visit www.abcpony.com.

Little Egypt You no longer have to fly to Cairo to experience the exotic—and healthy—cuisine of Egypt. Fava Pot, an offshoot of a popular food truck, opened late last year in Union Market. Almost seven years ago, chef/owner Dina Daniel started out with an Arlington-based food truck. In 2018, she unveiled a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Falls Church. When Daniel left Egypt in 2004, she arrived with memories and recipes from her homeland. Back then few—if any—local restaurants served this Middle Eastern cuisine. Her menu focuses on Egyptian street food like falafel, stuffed grape leaves, fava bean sandwiches, dips and spreads. The signature koshary bowl combines lentils, rice, pasta, and a rich spicy tomato sauce topped with chickpeas and caramelized onions. Other comfort foods include gollash (Egyptian-style beef pie) 84 H HILLRAG.COM

Local mixologist Gina Chersevani, who opened her first Buffalo & Bergen in Union Market seven years ago, has unveiled a spinoff. You’ll find the “retro soda fountain meets New York deli” at 240 Mass. Ave. NE. Heading Gina’s kitchen is chef Adam Miller, formerly of O-Ku (near Union Market). Menu highlights are latkes dunked in bourbon apple sauce; a pastrami/corned beef Reuben on a bagel with an egg; “Matzo Baller” soup with lemongrass chicken stock and duck fat matzo balls; open-faced knishes with butter, garlic and parsley. Retaining the New York theme, Beverage Director Frankie Jones and General Manager Amy Hosseinnian showcase a “Big Apple” cocktail menu. Each drink—with names like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Chinatown to Chinatown” (the bus connecting Chinatowns in New York and Washington) contains apple. Buffalo & Bergen is open daily from 8 a.m. ‘til 3 p.m. Yes, that includes the bar. For more information visit www.buffalobergendc.com.

Soul Comes to H Smith Commons, 1245 H St. NE, will soon (if it hasn’t already) morph into a soul food destination called Milk & Honey. The Atlas District newcomer is part of a fast-growing, Maryland-based restaurant group. Heading the kitchen will be Chef Sammy Davis, an alum of New York’s famed Nobu.

Cafe Ole Reborn Nearby, an outpost of Baltimore’s Café Filí has arrived near Union Station, The 50-seat newcomer, operated by Lebanese-born Ziad Maalouf, serves Mediterranean dishes beloved at his Café Ole, which departed last year after a 20-year run in Tenleytown. Located at 701 Second St. NE, Café Fili serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. For more information visit www.cafefili.com.

Restaurant Week It’s back. Winter Restaurant Week, presented by Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, is coming up Jan. 13-19. Hundreds of restaurants in Washington, Maryland and Virginia invite diners to enjoy multi-course $35 dinner, $22 lunch and $22 brunch menus. The full list of participants is available on the Restaurant Week website: www.rwdmv.com.

Gone, Glub Glub Whaley’s, the seafood centric-restaurant at 301 Water St. SE, closed late last year. Known for its elaborate seafood towers, Whaley’s had been in business three and a half years…. And after nearly two years of threading Japanese-style chicken onto skewers at 2214 Rhode Island Ave. NE, Momo Yakitori folded late last month. According to proprietor Andrew Chiou, the Woodridge space will continue to host private events, pop-ups and catering services. u

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Protecting the Legacy of Champagne

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hampagne is the world’s most prestigious sparkling wine appellation. Located in northeast France, just an hour’s train ride from Paris, Champagne is a protected wine style and region. Winemakers in other countries have attempted to emulate the unique style of Champagne by using the same method of production called méthode champenoise or the traditional method. In some countries, producers may even use the name ‘Champagne’ on labels in an attempt to benefit from the prominence of the region. To crack down on this practice, In 1985 the EU banned the term méthode champenoise as a description of the traditional method for making sparkling wines outside of Champagne. Today sparkling wine produced in other regions, using the exact same method of production, must carry a different name. While other regions try and emulate the style of Champagne, they never quite nail it. It is impossible to capture the elegance, finesse, tiny persistent bubbles, and chalky mouth feel that you find in great Champagne. The unique terroir including chalky soils on Champagne’s hillsides are very beneficial for high-quality base wines, Chardonnay especially. Nowhere else on the map can emulate the climate conditions, water, and soils. You may see names like Crémant, which denotes a sparkling wine from a French region outside of Champagne. There are eight Crémant regions in France and they offer an incredible value alternative to Champagne as wines cost about $20 per bottle. Alsace and the Loire are the largest and most important regions for Crémant wines, but the production of each is still only about 10 per cent of the total production of Champagne. The trade organization, Comité Champagne, has worked aggressively to protect the Champagne name through legal channels. Their goal is to ensure that the name only applies to wines made in the traditional method from grapes grown within the Champagne appellation. If any brand or wine region attempts to use the name, legal action is quickly taken. In fact, the Comité even threated to sue Apple for attempting to use the name for a gold colored iPhone in 2013. In the US, we have grandfathered in some California sparkling wine producers legally permitted to use California Champagne on their labels. Perhaps you have seen this on brands like Korbel, Cook’s or André. Winemakers in California have been producing sparkling wine since the late 1800s and histori-

cally those wines were labeled as Champagne and marketed this way to capitalize on France’s acclaim. It was not until 2005 that the US and the EU reached a trade agreement that California Champagne would no longer be used on labels, unless a producer was already using that name. While wineries who were making sparkling wine before the agreement was signed are able to use Champagne on their label, most do not.

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NV Charles Ellner Brut Qualit� Extra Cuvee ($34.99):

A blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir, this beautiful Champagne displays notes of citrus, apricot, brioche, and savory spice. Charles Ellner is a family-owned grower Champagne house with roots in Epernay, dating back to 1901. These wines offer tremendous quality

Baby, It’s Cold Outside! for price. Fruit is fermented in stainless-steel tanks to allow the fresh lemon, apple, and pear flavors to shine. Only the Chardonnay spends a few months in large oak barrels between primary fermentation and bottling. They are then left on the lees for a minimum of five years to impart a beautifully creamy texture (the law is only 18 months).

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NV Paul Etienne St Germain Brut Rose ($54.99): A blend of 90% Pinot Noir and 10% Chardonnay, this beautifully crisp, purely elegant pink Champagne offers aromas of violets, white flowers and red raspberry jam. Candied orange peel, toast, and strawberries and also apparent.

Jean Laurent Blanc de Blancs ($49.99): Melon, toast, and sweet honey aromas mingle on the nose and palate of this beautiful, fresh aperitif style Champagne offering tons of complexity.

Poilvert-Jacques ($35.99): The Poilvert family’s winemaking history can be traced back to 1663 near Epernay in the heart of the Marne Valley. Jacques Poilvert owns nine acres of prime vineyard sites. He and his daughter produce a full range of Champagne. The non-vintage Brut is assembled from two red grape varieties, 50% Pinot Noir and 50% Pinot Meunier. Kept on the lees for three years before disgorgement, it is big, toasty and yeasty. This wine is mature but still has bright acidity that keeps it from being heavy. Despite the maturity of this wine, it has ripe, youthful apple and pear fruit. Elyse Genderson is the Vice President at Schneider’s. Visit her at the historic storefront (300 Mass Ave NE) to discover wines you’ll love. u

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COLOR SHAPE

Personality!

See at Hill Center’s Young Artists Gallery

by Elizabeth Nelson, photos Amanda Swift

econd grade students at Tyler ES (1001 G St. SE) have been learning about Expressionism and digging deep within to show their true colors through their art. Their teacher, Amanda Swift, is using “The Emotional Color Wheel: Elementary Edition: A Guide to Creating Expressionist Art for Children,” a book by Eric Gibbons, as a starting point. As Gibbons points out “It’s easy to say you love someone or dislike something. You can even draw things to help people understand these feelings, like a heart of a frowning face. But artists can say the same thing with colors and shapes.” Students learned that triangles can show someone is aggressive, angry or even motivated and ambitious. Circles can indicate that a person is friendly, fun and playful like a ball; and squares can represent someone who is sta-

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ble, strong, dependable - or maybe even a little boring. Colors can have meaning too: red-angry, loving; yellow- happy, warm; orange- impulsive, hot-headed; green- youthful, healthy; blue- calm, sad; purplepeaceful, quiet. Texture can add yet another dimension, prickly, smooth, or patterned. With this understanding, the kids made images of themselves using paint, markers and oil pastels, reflecting both their view of themselves – and the perspective of others who are important in their lives. One student described herself as loving, caring and strong. She used circles for loving and caring and squares for strong. She then paired red with loving, green with caring and blue for strong. Another students said he’s funny, frightening, boring and strong. He used circles and yellow for funny, triangles and red for frightening, and squares and blue for boring and strong. Ms. Swift invites you to “view the unique shapes they created to match the adjectives they used to describe themselves… and the colors and textures that reflect how they think other people in their life see them. The results are intriguing with a lot of room for the imagination to soar. Not to

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Here Be Dragons

mention, the students literally put themselves into their creations. If you see the show, you’ll be getting to know our beautiful Tyler children and how amazing they truly are!” “Color + Shape = Personality!”” will be on view in the Young Artists Gallery on the ground floor at Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave, SE through the end of February. u

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Oded Tzur, tenor saxophone Nitai Hershkovits, piano; Petros Klampanis, double bass Johnathan Blake, drums Tel Aviv born saxophonist Oded Tzur, is, at his best, a calming force in the jazz world – intelligent, invariably poised, big-toned, and confident. On his latest album the music is affectionate, rhythmically alive and beautifully detailed in a wide variety of repertoire. On pieces like “20 Years,” “The Dream,” “Can’t Help Falling In Love,” and “Gina Kronstadt October Comes Too Soon,” the music exudes infectious, highly diverse textures, spiritual and sensual elements, and sheer joie de vivre. Mr. Tzur’s lyricism and delicacy in the tender, probing central section of “Here Be Dragons” (the title track), is particularly memorable. A stimulating release, rich in introspective evocation, beautifully recorded.

Waiting Game

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Terri Lyne Carrington, drums, percussion, vocals Aaron Parks, piano, keyboards Mathew Stevens, guitars Morgan Guerin, saxophone, bass, Ewi Debo Ray, vocals Kassa Overall, MC, DJ In today’s overcrowded field of jazz singers, Terri Lyne Carrington possesses a lyrical intensity matched by few others. She sings with unerring purity of intonation; her voice is marvelously clean and her tone can only be called luminous; sometimes surprisingly free, but in its pacing invariably capturing rare color, atmosphere and mood as well dramatic points. The interpretations of the songs are at times mesmerizing, not just for their vocal qualities and their emotional commitment but for their exemplary use of words, which illustrates perfectly the profound unity of poetry and music. A good record is always a good record and this one is a very good one indeed. The recorded sound is ideal, the voice very present in a way that is entirely suited to this repertory. According to the liner notes, Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science confront a wide spectrum of social justice issues on Waiting Game; a stirring lineage of politically conscious and activist music through an eclectic program melding jazz, R&B, indie rock, contemporary improvisation, and hip-hop. Standouts include “Bells (Ring Loudly) Album version,” “Bells (Ring Loudly) featuring Malcolm-Jamal Warner,” “Waiting Game, featuring Debo Ray,” “If Not Now featuring Maimouna Youssef,” “Waiting Game (acapella) featuring Mark Kibble.” u

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AT THE MOVIES End-of-Year Cinematic Gifts: a Literary Classic, a War Story, a TV Scandal, and the Wrong Man by Mike Canning

Little Women

man) getting ominous orders from an apprehensive general (Colin Firth). Their mission This classic American novel by Louisa May Alrequires them to traverse a sector of French no cott has been filmed numerous times, but this man’s land—presumed abandoned by the Gerversion brings us a dazzling new production mans—to eventually reach a British battalion adapted for the screen and directed by Greta and get a planned offensive called off. They Gerwig, fast becoming one of our finest filmcover treacherous territory rife with sniper fire, makers (out at Christmas, the film is rated “PG” wayward aircraft, river rapids, and enemy reand runs 134 mins.). doubts, along with sudden death. What folGerwig’s “Little Women” traces the famillows is an intense, riveting journey to the finish. iar story of the beloved March sisters of ConMendes, recently known for Bond movies, cord but does it with such polish and punch here uses ample production resources to mount that she makes it new. She plays with the narraa movie massive in scale but highly personal at tive, beginning her story with wannabe writer its core. The acting, led by the heroic MacKay, Jo (Soairse Ronan), already in New York trying is lovingly understated in the best Brit way. The to write for a living. That big city experience (From left to right) Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan, production is enhanced by brilliant photograis returned to often in the film, but early on and Eliza Scanlen in Columbia Pictures’ “Little Women.” Photo credit: phy from the great Roger Deakins and a stirring Gerwig flashes back seven years to the March Wilson Webb © 2019 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved score by Thomas Newman. There could hardhousehold during the Civil War, with the faly be a Stiffer Upper Lip. ther gone and Marmee (Laura Dern) trying to 1917 keep home and hearth together. The year has seen two extraordinary films featuring Bombshell The story needs no summary here; suffice it to British infantryman in World War II. In January, PeBased on the 2016 personnel dust-up at Fox News, say Gerwig incorporates most of the book’s plot lines. ter Jackson unveiled “They Shall Not Grow Old,” “Bombshell” looked to be, from trailers, a satiric comWhile spunky Ronan is the protagonist here, all the a masterpiece of silent footage revivified with modedy; instead, it’s a surprisingly sober, yet thoroughother sisters get their due: modest Meg (Emma Watern cinematic techniques. Now comes director Sam ly entertaining, snapshot of the unit created by Rogson), sickly Beth (Eliza Sun), and feisty Amy (FlorMendes’ thrilling story of two English soldiers tryer Ailes and featuring leggy blondes (which Ailes ence Pugh). The latter is a revelation, Pugh offering ing to send a warning to units headed into a German favored) and their struggles for and with success at a spirited portrait that comes off more impactful than ambush. While the documentary treated the infanFox. Luckily for the film, it has the talents of Charlize the shallower character of the novel. try symbolically, the new film is a “tick-tock” thriller, Theron (as anchor Megyn Kelly), Nicole Kidman (as The males of the cast perform uniformly well, focusing on single infantrymen fighting against resTV host Gretchen Carlson), and Margot Robbie (as especially Timothee Chalamet as Laurie, in a mix olute time and twisted geography to save their coma composite associate producer named Layla Pospiof charm and lassitude. Louis Garrel adds a touch rades (this film, released on Christmas, runs 118 minsil) to sustain it (now in theaters, the film is rated “R” of European gravitas as Friedrich, Jo’s squeeze, and utes and is rated “R”). and runs 108 mins.). Tracey Letts gives a great cameo as Dashwood, Jo’s “1917” opens with Lance Corporals Schofield The three actresses are the reason to see this grumpy editor. (George MacKay) and Blake (Dean-Charles Chapmovie which, smartly written by Charles RanThis “Little Women” is a thoroughly rich dolph and directed by veteran Jay Roach, keeps conception of the novel, re-imagined, but not too a brisk pace throughout. much, and adorned with splendid costuming, Kidman, as Carlson, who got the legal ball outstanding production design, bracing storyrolling against Ailes, has the thinnest role, but the telling, and evocative music (hinting of Mahler’s actress nails it with a mien of quiet confidence, symphonies) by Alexandre Desplat. And Greknowing she can outwit her leadership and provta Gerwig has brought this all together in a coming a model for her news mates. pletely up-to-date and convincing spangle of a Robbie beautifully plays a naïve newbie, desholiday treat. Poster from “1917” perately anxious to get ahead. She learns, all too 90 H HILLRAG.COM

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From left, Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly, Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson, and Margot Robbie as Kayla Pospisil in “Bombshell.” Photo credit: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle SMPSP

palpably, what it might take to succeed when she is called in to an interview with Ailes (John Lithgow). Overall, her lack of guile morphs delicately into a “woke” woman newly aware of what advancement in her business can cost. Theron as Megyn Kelly seals the deal. She personifies the brilliant and skeptical Kelly, a lawyer/journalist who knows her value but still has to fight for basic respect. It is her turn away from Ailes that finally earns him his fate. From her tart opening as the film’s narrator to her final triumph of leaving the network, Theron is vibrant and compelling. It doesn’t hurt that she really looks like Kelly and even channels the anchor’s mezzo voice.

Richard Jewell Clint Eastwood’s true-life drama examines Richard Jewell, the man implicated in Atlanta’s Centennial Park bombing during the 1996 Olympics. In steady, docudrama style, it depicts the incident, which took place at a music festival, during which Jewell, as a security guard, warns attendees about a suspicious package. Though hailed as a hero, he soon becomes the bombing suspect, a theory pushed both by the local FBI office and the city’s most prominent newspaper. While the film has its pluses--some fine support work

by Kathy Bates (as his mom) and Sam Rockwell (as his lawyer)--the touchstone of the movie is Paul Warner Hauser as Jewell (the film is rated “R” and runs 129 minutes). Rare enough that a chubby, mildly creepy protagonist dominates a Hollywood film, but Hauser captures fully the complex nature of a diffident, unexceptional man who is obsessed with “law enforcement.” Though knowledgeable about police procedures and security practices, he is almost cravenly deferential to authority. This deference, plus his “security” knowledge makes him an easy mark for an anxious FBI team (headed by Jon Hamm) looking for a patsy. Hauser pulls off this balancing act in a performance of pure naturalism, making the viewer believe that, yes, he really is a creep--and also a victim. Hauser, who has had a solid career as a featured player (“BlackkKlanman,” “I, Tonya”) in recent years, gets the role of a lifetime and comes up golden. 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 and writings on film can be found online at www.mikesflix.com. u

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ARTandtheCITY by Jim Magner

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Art is a mystery within a mystery. The first enigma is the human brain and how he pictures are charged it picks out beauty or visual excitement with mysteries. The mysfrom everything that passes before it. teries are charged with How do you decide what’s on a highmeaning. The meanings are er level on the continuum from ugly—to wrapped in metaphors. Kay just OK—to precious? If everything is beauNguyen paints in a fugitive artistic language. tiful, as some believe, then what is art? Is it simply a In her 2019 series, the eyes of the sophisticated mystery to be unraveled on an ever-evolving romp ladies are covered, masked by design. They offer us through the fantastic fields of curiosity? an unreachable ideal—apart from, but a part of, the Kay Nguyen (see Artist Profile) infuses her Asian symbols and allusions that astonish in their inpaintings with ideas both clearly stated and only tricacy. They remain coolly distant, yet alluring. suggested. You are led by your optic nerves into Kay is a native of Hanoi, Vietnam. She came to a purposeful puzzle of forms and colors that beFlorida for high school and received degrees in phicome people, other living things, or symbols. In a word: surrealism. losophy and political science at James Madison Uni“Surrealism” is a term coined in 1917. It might versity in Virginia—with a minor in studio art. She be thought of as devious imagination—described as now lives and works in DC. the “true process of thought.” Artists were encourAlong with art training, Kay believes you have to aged to let loose the irrational dictates of the subconlearn through your own experiences, and look…keep scious. It was a fun excursion through thought puzlooking. Her major influence has been Rene Magritte, Ha Nhi by Kay Nguyen, 40 x 30, oil & acrylic on canvas, 2019 zles and visual chicaneries. But after World War I, the Surrealist of the 1900s. It’s his “Son of Man” sethere was disgust with the rational minds that spread ries in particular: the dapper man in the derby hat, his with a continuation of the seven concurrent solo death and misery throughout the world. Manifestos face obscured by a green apple. Its meaning is equalshows by local artists. Maria-Victoria Checa: Reflecwere written. Surrealism became angry. Many came ly obscured—it could have deep philosophical and tions in Color; Fierce Sonia: Once Upon a Future together in a group exhibition in 1925: Picasso, Jean religious interpretations—or it could be nonsense. So Bright; Kitty Kaupp: Landscapes, Flowers, GarArp, Joan Miro, Paul Klee and others. Kay believes art should appeal to your sense of dens; Sofia Kifle & Gediyon Kifle: The Jazz ExperiKay has been greatly influenced by Surrealists, esbeauty and stimulate your mind at the same time. She ence; Guy Terry Kuhn: Circular View; Linda Norpecially by Rene Magritte. But Magritte resided outworks to resolve intricate design and color dichototon: Global Dreams; Jeanne Batalova & Ben Amare: side that tight community—separate from manifestos. mies and harmonies while wrestling with the seemAging With Edge; Kasse Andrews-Weller: Heal US. He wasn’t a prisoner of subconscious dictates. He simingly unsolvable questions of meaning. Like Maghillcenterdc.org. ply saw himself as a window to realiritte, she leaves it to you to unravel ty—but reality as a self-contradictory the clues to the puzzle. At the Museums truth: the many truths inside a notion Her new works are going in a National Portrait Gallery of what’s truly real. Got that? The slightly different direction. Her fe8th and F St. NW questions overwhelm the answers. male subjects (self-portraits?) are The Outwin Portrait Competition is conducted evHe believed that you shouldn’t read becoming more “lifelike” and the ery three years and is open to everyone, nationally. too much into his paintings, or memdetails and symbols are even more It was established by an endowment from Virginia ories or even reality. It’s all transitory. intricate. The mysteries remain. Outwin Boochever, a longtime resident of DC and Kay was recently in the group a 20-year docent at the gallery. This year 50 porAt the Galleries show at the Hill Center and has adtraits were accepted from 2600 entries. The meHill Center ditional exhibits in the DC area this dia include painting, drawing, sculpture, photogra921 Pennsylvania Ave., SE year. You can also see her work at phy, printmaking, textiles, video, performance and –Feb. 1 www.kaynguyenarts.com. Tuong by Kay Nguyen, 40 x 30, “time-based media art.” The museum directed that oil and acrylic on canvas The Hill Center is opening the year

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Overblown by Linda Norton, 16 x 12, watercolor and ink on canvas at Hill Center through Feb. 1.

the “submissions respond to the current political and social context.” The First Prize went to Hugo Crosthwaite’s A Portrait of Bernice Sarmiento Chavez. It is a video completed in stop-motion animation with drawings. It is derived from conversations about the ordeals of a migrant as she made her way from Tijuana to find the “American Dream.” https:// npg.smithsonian.com. The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art West Building, 3rd and Constitution, NW Featuring 64 exquisite examples drawn entirely from the permanent collection, The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art traces the history of pastel from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Included are drawings by 18th century virtuosos such as Rosalba Carriera and Jean-Étienne Liotard; innovative works by Edgar Degas, James McNeill Whistler, and others whose experiments and technical skills revived interest in the medium in the 19th century; and rare examples by artists who only took up pastels on occasion, among them Henri Matisse and Roy Lichtenstein. Because pastel is such a fragile medium, these works have seldom, if ever, been exhibited. National Gallery of Art, WEst Building, 3rd and Constitution through January 26, 2020. u JANUARY 2020 H 93

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the LITERARY HILL A Compendium of Readers, Writers, Books, & Events by Karen Lyon

hen you make your New Year’s resolutions, be sure to include some books by local authors on your 2020 reading list. To help you out, I’m offering some suggestions from the many books that I reviewed here in 2019, as well as a few titles from my extracurricular reading list.

From 1840 to 1986 Any year that features new books by both Louis Bayard and Gene Weingarten is a winner and we hit the jackpot in 2019. Bayard’s “Courting Mr. Lincoln” is historical fiction of the highest order, presenting a fresh perspective on the fuIf you haven’t read it yet, put Louis Bayard’s Lincolnture president from inspired work of historical two people who knew fiction on your 2020 readhim best, Mary Todd ing list. and his friend Joshua Speed. With a wealth of intimate detail and penetrating character studies, this book is a revelation that will have you looking at Lincoln in a whole new way. www. louisbayard.com. For his new book, “One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gene Weingarten selected a day at random—December 28, 1986—and tracked down 18 stories that typified what was going on in the country at the time. From a ground-breaking heart transplant to the state of race relations, the AIDS epidemic, and a disfiguring fire, the stories are compelling and insightful, offering a powerful glimpse of who we were on one particular day in 1986. Twitter @geneweingarten. 94 H HILLRAG.COM

Murder, They Wrote Local mystery authors Colleen Shogan and Con Lehane kept us in suspense in 2019 with two new whodunits. Shogans’s “Gore in the Garden” is set in the US Botanic Garden, where the new Architect of the Capitol has been strangled with a fig vine during a reception celebrating the blooming of the conservatory’s famous corpse plant. Hill aide Kit Marshall and her “merry band of politicos-turned detectives” set off on the trail of the killer, but not without taking some time out to indulge in happy hours all over Capitol Hill. www.colleenshogan.com “Murder Off the Page,” the latest installment in Con Lehane’s 42nd Street Library Mystery Series, finds librarian Raymond Ambler in a tough spot. A man is found murdered in the hotel room of a mysterious woman who has been doing research in his Ambler’s crime fiction collection. Then she disappears along with his friend, bartender Brian McNulty, and the amateur sleuth is obliged to get to the bottom of things. www.conlehane.com

Lives Examined One Hill author shared her life in a powerful memoir in 2019 and another brought a local librarian to life. In “Love You Hard: A Memoir of Marriage, Brain Injury, and Reinventing Love,” Abby Maslin tells the intimately painful story of how her husband TC survived a vicious 2012 mugging Abby Maslin’s memoir the aftermath of and how the two of them about a grievous attack on her dealt with the changes in husband is a moving tribtheir lives—and their mar- ute to the power of love. riage—that came about as a result. A moving tribute to the courage and resiliency of the human spirit, her book is a heart-wrenching account of the challenges

they faced and, in the end, an acknowledgment of the power of love. www.LoveYouHard.com. Kate Stewart’s biography of a local librarian, “A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport,” focuses on the long and adventurous life and career of an independent, outspoken woman. Among other accomplishments, Rappaport was Israel’s first photograph archivist, created a library for the US military in Vietnam, and served for more than two decades as a cataloguer at the Library of Congress. She purchased a townhouse on Capitol Hill in 1970 where she lived until her death in 2010 at the age of 87. www.katestewart.com

For the Little Ones Children need reading lists, too, and local authors rose to the challenge in 2019 with a pair of worthy additions. In “Saffron Ice Cream,” artist and writer Rashin Kheiriyeh takes a bittersweet look at the challenges of immigration through the eyes of a little girl who reminisces longingly about family outings in Iran. Her new home in America just isn’t the same and she misses her friends and her saffron ice cream, but ultimately discovers that new flavors—and new friends—can be pretty amazing, too. www.rashinart.com. “Ben’s Tale” is the first in William S. Kurtz’s read-to-me Animal Post Office stories based on a tradition in the islands of northern Lake Huron, where local animals are known to leave letters in a tree trunk for visiting children. They take turns describing their adventures—how Ben Beaver’s lodge washed away and Terrance Toad organized the rebuilding effort— and chime in with their unique perspectives on the disaster and its aftermath. www.wildwoodbook.com.

For the Middle Ones Local authors didn’t neglect young readers in 2019 either, penning adventures to appeal to a variety of interests. In Kitty Felde’s novel, “Welcome to Washington, Fina Mendoza,” the ten-year-old daughter of a California congressman has been yanked from her

Rashin Kheiriyeh’s bright, quirky illustrations enliven this celebration of differences—and similarities.

school, her beloved grandmother, and her friends to live in a rowhouse near the Capitol. When bad things begin happening, Fina fears that she’s cursed by the Demon Cat of the US Capitol, and it takes all her bravest instincts to confront her deepest fears. www. kittyfelde.com In “Castle Keep,” the latest in Bill Gourgey’s “Cap City Kids” series, Mohammed “Moe” Toma is a music-loving techie teen who has fled his home and ended up as the youngest member of the White House grounds crew. But when his new friend, an aide in the West Wing, receives a thumb drive that contains some very incriminating conversations, he’s suddenly got more on his mind than lawn maintenance. The implications are jaw-dropping—and could go all the way to the Oval Office. https://gourgey.com.

My 2019 Reading List Okay, I confess: I consume mysteries like some people inhale potato chips. This year, I happily gobbled up new titles by many of my favorite authors, including Louise Penny, John Sandford, Christopher Fowler, Donna Leon, Cara Black, Andrea Camilleri, Jacqueline Winspear, and Martha Grimes.

However, in order to ensure a balanced diet, I also enjoyed several nonfiction books that I heartily recommend: “Dopesick” by Roanoke journalist Beth Macy, is an eye-opening and disheartening look at the opioid epidemic, focusing on Southwestern Virginia and the aggressive marketing of Purdue Pharma that flooded the area with drugs; “Fly Girls” by Keith O’Brien, is a fascinating history about the lives of five early female flyers and the many obstacles they overcame to become aviation pioneers; and “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland” by Patrick Radden Keefe provides a compelling and comprehensive history of the Troubles that focuses on the IRA’s abduction and murder of a mother of ten accused of being a tout for the loyalists. Happy reading!

THE POETIC HILL

by Karen Lyon

ee Woodman’s essays and poems have been published in Tiferet Journal, Zócalo Public Square, Grey Sparrow Press, The Ekphrastic Review, vox poetica, The New Guard Review, The Concord Monitor and forthcoming in the Naugatuck River Review. A Pushcart nominee, Lee is also a longtime artist and media producer, whose radio and film awards include five CINEs, two NY International Film Blue Ribbons, and three Gracies from American Women in Radio and Television. She is the recipient of two Individual Poetry Fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Her poetry collection, “HOMESCAPES,” will be published by Finishing Line Press in May 2020. Lee spent ten childhood years in India, moved to New Hampshire as a teenager, and has been a Washington DC resident since 1975. She recently relocated to the Eastern Market neighborhood. www.poetleewoodman.com. Photo: Sonya Melescu

What to Expect at Congressional Cemetery

Not the graves that drew me there, not the closed iron gates where I found an opening, not the numbered maps leading to celebrity headstones—

I tuned to the un named, the no ones, the un knowns.

Confused by the totem poles along the brick walk, distracted by the verse I was waiting for, bewildered by grief and loss and heat—

I blinked through sweat, pulled my straw hat down.

Amused by the K-9 dog-walkers who paid to be in the special society of cemetery donors, we all were deciphering Washington DC anew—

Not the St Albans where my first husband taught, not the Van Ness building where I lived for 28 years, not the Eastern Market flat I rented during separation—

I tuned to hundred years of burying.

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The 1892 epitaphs from husband to wives, tipped-back headstones of proud gay lovers, locked vaults built by self-claimed venerables made me flee back to the totems, the red carved cedars—

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The female bear of liberty, male eagle of war, turtle in the middle of the crossbar.

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I learned comfort from carver Jewel Praying Wolf James from Lummi Nation, a Washington far from Washington. This is the verse I was waiting for, the distraction

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I sought: All our arms are linked underground wrapped around one another. all our crooked feet know pain and suffering—

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EVERYWHERE! STORES SOUTHEAST 909 New Jersey Apartments 1600 Pennsylvania Ave SE 400 M Street SE Axiom Berkshire Hathaway Bullfrog Bagels Caper Carrolsburg Apartments Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Capitol Hill Hotel - Front Desk Capitol Hill Sport & Health Capitol Supreme Deli Capitol Yards CCN Office - Hill Rag Office Chats Liquor Store Coldwell Banker Capitol Hill Corner Market CVS – 12th ST CVS – Navy Yard Dcanter District Donuts Dunkin Donuts East City Books Eastern Market Fragers Hardware Gingko Gardens Harris Teeter Harris Teeter Hill Center Howl to the Chief Hype Café - Samuel Mengistou Kennedy Row Labrynth Game Store Metropolitan Wellness Center Mr. Henry’s National Capital Bank Neighbors Cleaners New York Pizza P&C Market Parc Riverside Petco Unleashed 7th Street Hill Café Prego Cafe Pretzel Bakery Southeast Library Souk Spring Mill Bakery St. Peter’s Church Sweet Lobby Townhomes of Capitol Hill Velocity Vida Fitness Wagtime Too Wisdom Yes Organic Market

909 New Jersey AVE SE 1600 Pennsylvania AVE SE 400 M St. SE 100 I ST SE 705 North Carolina Avenue 317 7th Street, SE 900 5th ST SE 545 7th ST SE 200 C Street, SE 315 G ST SE 501 4th St. SE 70 I ST SE 224 7th ST SE 503 8th Street, SE 605 Pennsylvania AVE SE 401 E. Capitol ST SE 500 12th ST SE 1100 New Jersey AVE SE 545 8th Street, SE 749 8th Street, SE 801 Penn. Ave SE 645 Pennsylvania Ave SE 225 7th ST SE 1323 E Street, SE 911 11th Street, SE 1350 Pennsylvania AVE SE 402 M St. SE 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE 733 8th Street, SE 1129 Penn. Ave SE 1717 E. Capitol ST SE 645 Penn. Ave SE #100 409 8th Street, SE 601 Pennsylvania AVE SE 316 Pennsylvania AVE SE 1023 E ST SE 1442 Pennsylvania AVE SE 1023 E. Capitol ST SE 401 1st ST SE 300 Tingey Street, SE 701 N. Carolina 210 7th ST SE 257 15th Street, SE 403 7th ST SE 705 8th Street, SE 701 8th Street, SE 313 2nd ST SE 404 8th Street, SE 750 6th Street, S.E. First & L St. SE 1212 4th Street, SE 900 M Street, SE 1432 Pennsylvania AVE SE 410 8th Street, SE

NORTHEAST Archstone First & M Aria on L

1160 First Street, NE 300 L Street, NE

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1333 H ST NE 1326 H St. NE 1001 H Street, NE 1512 Okie Street, NE 201 Massachusetts AVE NE 1341 H Street, NE 301 H Street, NE 1504 E Capitol St NE 645 H St. NE 1518 Benning RD NE 1339 H Street, NE 850 26th Street NE 1700 East Capitol Street NE 1830 Constitution Avenue 625 H Street, NE 130 M Street, NE 140 M Street, NE 1600 Maryland AVE NE 1201 First St. NE 500 K Street, NE 401 8th ST NE 600 K ST NE 307 5th ST NE 1501 New York Ave NE 12th Street Northeast 330 7th Street, NE 1804 D ST NE 625 H Street, NE 1200 First St. NE 1701 Gales Street, NE 1701 Gales Street, NE 1601 Maryland AVE NE 300 Massachusetts AVE NE 201 Eye ST NE 640 10th Street, NE 417 H ST NE 600F H Street, NE 701 Second Street, NE 1019 H ST NE 250 K Street, NE 151 Q Street, NE 538 3rd St NE. 538 3rd St NE. 600B H Street, NE

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SOUTHWEST Anchor Marine Store Arena Stage Capitol Park Plaza – 101 Capitol Park Plaza – 103 Capitol Park Plaza – 201 Capitol Tower – 301

709 Wharf Street, SW 1101 6th St SW 101 G Street, SW 103 G Street, SW 201 Eye ST SW 301 G ST SW

Carrollsburg Condominiums Community Management Assoc. CVS District Hardware First District MPD Harbor Square Politics & Prose River Park I River Park II Riverside Condominiums Riverside Condominiums SW Library The Leo The Lex The Press The View 2 Tiber Island Town Square Towers - Andrew Waterside Fitness Westminster Presbyterian

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701 N. Carolina 1027 Independence Ave SE 214 D St SE 201 Pennsylvania ave SE Tingey & 4th Street, SE 336 Pennsylvania AVE SE 7th & G Street, SE 11th & North Carolina SE 355 1st ST SE 501 4th St SE 8th & East Capitol ST, SE 1801 E ST SE 1003 3rd ST SE 661 Pennsylvania Ave SE 1100 New Jersey Ave SE 301 E. Capitol ST SE 12th & Penn. Ave, SE 1391 Pennsylvania AVE SE New Jersey & I Street, SE 501 East Capitol ST SE 3rd & Water, SE 1317 Penn SE 254 11th St SE 330 7th St SE 14th & Potomac Avenue 621 Pennsylvania ave SE 303 7th ST SE 192 19th ST SE 237 Pennsylvania AVE SE 1200 New Jersey ave SE F Street & South Carolina 11th & Pennsylvania, SE 5th & L Street, SE 400 1st ST SE D & Pennsylavania Avenue, SE New Jersey & H Streets, SE 3rd ST & G ST SW

4th & G, SW Anchor Marine Store Fourth & N SW Third & I SW Seventh & G, SW Street Box Street Box Corner Street Box - Next to Park Entrance Maury School Box Lincoln Park Cleaners D & 13th Box Cupboard Box Next to Mail Box & Liquor Store 18 & D Box Street Box Street Box - Giant Street Box 4th and Mass NE CACO BISTRO Grubb’s Box 4th & Constitution NE Box Street Box - Corner Street Box 5th & H ST NE Box 3rd & F Box Union Kitchen Box Street Box - Whole Foods Street Box - NW Corner Street Box - Kaiser Entrance Morton’s Box Kenny’s BBQ New York Avenue Metro Street Box Anchor Marine Store Arena Stage Capitol Park Plaza – 101 Capitol Park Plaza – 103 Capitol Park Plaza – 201 Capitol Tower – 301 Carrollsburg Condominiums Community Management Assoc. CVS District Hardware First District MPD Harbor Square Politics & Prose River Park I River Park II Riverside Condominiums Riverside Condominiums SW Library The Leo The Lex The Press The View 2 Waterside Fitness Tiber Island Town Square Towers - Andrew Waterside Fitness Westminster Presbyterian

400 G Street, SW 709 Wharf Street, SW 400 N St. SW 300 I St. SW 700 G Street, SW 4th & M Street, SW 4th & I Street, SW 6th & I Street, SW 11th & Maryland Avenue, NE 1300 Constitution Ave, NE 1305 E. Capitol ST NE 1332 D ST NE 1504 E Capitol St NE 15th & D Streets, NE 1800 D ST NE 200 7th Street, NE 300 H ST NE 300 I Street, NE 301 4th St NE 320 Mass Ave, NE 326 E. Capitol NE 331 Constitution AVE NE 4th & H Street, NE 500 6th ST NE 500 H ST NE 536 3rd ST NE 538 3rd St NE. 600 H ST NE 6th & E Street, NE 700 Second Street, NE 724 E Capitol st NE 732 Maryland AVE NE New York Avenue, NE Tennessee & E. Capitol, NE 709 Wharf Street, SW 1101 6th St SW 101 G Street, SW 103 G Street, SW 201 Eye ST SW 301 G ST SW 1250 M ST SW 525 Water Street, SW 1100 4th St. SW 730 Maine Avenue, SW 101 M ST SW 500 N ST SW 700 District Square, SW 1301 Delaware AVE SW 1311 Delaware AVE SW 1425 4th Street, SW 1435 4th Street, SW 900 Wesley PL SW 1150 4th Street, SW 1141 4th St., SW 785 Water St, SW, #4111 1000 6th St. SW 1100 6th ST SW 429 N ST SW 700 7th Ave. SW 901 6th St SW 400 I ST SW

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