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ROLLING THUNDER

“Rolling Thunder” is the annual motorcycle rally held in DC during the Memorial Day weekend. Thousands of motorcycles roar across the city as a tribute to American war heroes. Here’s their schedule: May 25, 5 p.m., “Blessing of the Bikes” at the Washington National Cathedral; May 26, 11 a.m., rally at US Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW; May 27, noon, departure from Pentagon, 1:30 p.m., speakers program at Lincoln Memorial, 3 p.m., musical tribute to veterans featuring Rockie Lynne, Gordon Painter and Ben Mason. Rolling Thunder has 90 chapters throughout the United States and members abroad. Members are old and young, men and women, veterans and non-veterans. rollingthunder1.com. Photo: Bob Stegmaier

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ST. SOPHIA GREEK ORTHODOX SPRING FESTIVAL

Saint Sophia’s festival brings the best of Greek food, drink and culture to the DC area. An annual tradition, this year’s festival will be held on May 18 to 20, on the St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral grounds at 2815 36th St. and Massachusetts Ave. NW. Every evening under the stars, enjoy live Greek music played by local musicians. Spirited festival goers are welcome to join in and dance. There will be a marketplace showcasing vendors with wares including fine and costume jewelry, pottery and home goods, clothing, music, Byzantine icons and a traditional Greek grocer. There will also be a variety of children’s games and activities. Guided tours of the interior of the Cathedral are available on the weekend. Experience the Cathedral’s fully mosaic tiled interior, while learning about this special house of worship, Byzantine design and the Orthodox faith. Festival hours are noon to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; and noon to 7 p.m. on Sunday. saintsophiadc.com. Photo: Courtesy of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral

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SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY IMAX

Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes. This PG-13 rated film is 143 minutes long. It opens on May 24, in the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater, at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum on the Mall. airandspace.si.edu. Actor Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo

CHESAPEAKE BAY BLUES FESTIVAL

The Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival at Sandy Point State Park is on May 19 and May 20, 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., both days. Gates open at 10:30 a.m. This year’s performers are Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Delbert McClinton, Keb’ Mo’ Band, Doyle Bramhall II, Shemkia Copeland, Mike Zito, Mr. Sipp, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton, Heather Gillis Band, Brandon Taz Niederauer and Deanna Bogart. The festival features a concert stage with Jumbtron, large crafter village, a wide variety of food and drink, beer and wine, beach, lawn seating. Bring a low back lawn or beach chair or blankets. Also consider sunblock and sunglasses. This year’s festival benefits We Care and Friends and Special Love. Tickets are $75 each day: $130 for two days. Children under 12 are free with paying adult. bayblues.org.

BIKE TO WORK DAY

On May 18, Commuter Connections and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association celebrate bicycling as a clean, fun and healthy way to get to work. Be one of the first 20,000 to register at biketoworkmetrodc.org and attend this free event. Then bike to any of the 100 pit stops in DC, MD and VA to receive a free T-shirt, refreshments, and be part of a bicycle raffle. biketoworkmetrodc.org. Photo: Courtesy of Bike to Work Day

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Wednesdays, June 6 to Aug. 29, at sunset. Free. Movies subtitled, Dogs on leashes, okay. The theme for 2018 is Wonder Women, and this year’s selection features a variety of movies with strong female leads. June 6, 10 Things I Hate About You (PG-13); June 13, Mulan (G); June 20, Chicago (PG-13); June 27, Mad Max: Fury Road (R); July 11, Matilda (PG); July 18, A League of Their Own (PG); July 25, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13); Aug. 1, Pitch Perfect (PG-13); Aug. 8, Moana (PG); Aug. 15, Thelma & Louise (R); Aug. 22, Ghostbusters (2016) (PG-13); Aug. 29, Wonder Woman (PG-13); Sept. 5, rain date. Movies are at NoMa Junction @ Storey Park, 1005 First St. NE, at the corner of First and L Streets NE. nomabid.org. sy of Photo: Courte

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“Flags-In” at Arlington Cemetery. Each year, the Third Infantry (The Old Guard) honors America’s fallen heroes by placing American flags before the gravestones and niches of service members buried both at Arlington National Cemetery and the US Soldier’s and Airmen’s National Cemetery just prior to Memorial Day Weekend. Arlington National Cemetery. arlingtoncemetery.mil. Annual Memorial Day Shabbat Service. May 25, 6 PM. During the service, the names of the identified Jewish American service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan will be read in solemn remembrance and prayer. Sixth & I, 600 I St. NW. Register at sixthandi.org. Blessing of the Bikes at National Cathedral. May 25, 5 PM. The Cathedral welcomes members of Rolling Thunder at the beginning of Memo-

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rial Day weekend for special programs that include a “Blessing of the Bikes,” special tours, and prayers for those who have not come home. Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. cathedral.org. Annual Memorial Day Shabbat Service. May 25, 6 PM. During the service, the names of the identified Jewish American service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan will be read in solemn remembrance and prayer. Sixth & I, 600 I St. NW. Register at sixthandi.org.

National Memorial Day Choral Festival. May 27, 3 PM. Come sing in honor of America’s heroes from the American Revolution through Operation Iraqi Freedom in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Online ticketing at memorialdaychoralfestival.org. National Memorial Day Concert. May 27, 8 PM (Gates open at 5 PM). The National Symphony Orchestra performs the first of three outdoor holiday concerts. The full-dress rehearsal is May 26, 8 PM. Both are free. West lawn, US Capitol.

waShington dC dragon boat FeStiVal May 19 and 20 (Rain Dates, June 16 and 17). The Washington DC Dragon Boat Festival is a two-day festival held along the Potomac River complete with cultural exhibitions, craft demonstrations, and dragon boat racing. Thompsons Boat Center, 2900 Virginia Ave. NW. dcdragonboatfestival.com.

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Wolf Trap Summer Blast Off. May 27, 8 PM (Gates open at 6:30 PM for lawn). “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band will launch Wolf Trap’s summer season with a program of concert band favorites. A fireworks display will follow the concert at 9:45 PM. Park will close at capacity. Filene Center, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, 1551 Trap Rd. Vienna, VA. wolftrap.org. Library of Congress Main Reading Room Memorial Day Open House. May 28, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The Library of Congress opens its Main Reading Room to share information

about how the public can access the Library’s resources. Docents talk with visitors about the Jefferson Building, its history, art and architecture and the Library’s collections and exhibitions between 10 AM and 3:30 PM. Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. loc.gov. Memorial Day at the World War II Memorial. May 28, 9 AM. Wreaths will be placed in honor of our veterans. Guest speakers will give remarks. World War II Memorial, 17th Street between Constitution and Independence Avenues NW. wwiimemorial.com.

Memorial Day Wreath Laying at Arlington. May 28, 11 AM. Arrive much earlier. Expect heavy security. There is free parking and a free bus ride to and from the ceremony. Arlington National Cemetery. arlingtoncemetery.mil. Memorial Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. May 28, 1 PM. Each year on Memorial Day veterans and their families congregate at ‘The Wall’ to remember and to honor those who served. On this day, Americans from all walks of life come to the Memorial to deliver thoughtful and patriotic speeches. vvmf.org. National Memorial Day Parade. May 28, 2 PM. The parade is Constitution Avenue NW, between Seventh and 17th Streets. Expect a lot of music, color and old-fashioned patriotism. nationalmemorialdayparade.com. Women in Military Service Honors Memorial Day. May 28, 4 PM. The program includes formal military honors, remarks from servicewomen representing each of the services and the Women’s Memorial traditional Rose Petal Ceremony with personal tributes to departed comrades. Ceremony at the gateway to Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA. womensmemorial.org. Armed Forces and Veterans Admission Discounts at Mount Vernon. Purple Heart recipients get free admission to Mount Vernon year-round. Veterans get a $4 discount off the regular general admission anytime. mountvernon.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS ZooFari: Dine for Wildlife. May 17, 6:30 to 9:30 PM. This premier culinary event features more than 100 of DC’s restaurants and vintners in the wild setting of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. $200, up. nationalzoo.si.edu. President Lincoln’s Cottage Bourbon & Bluegrass. May 19 and 20. Lounge on Lincoln’s front lawn, sip bourbon and enjoy live bluegrass music as part of President Lincoln’s Cottage fourth annual Bourbon and Bluegrass event. lincolncottage.org/ bourbon-and-bluegrass-2018. Blue Monday Blues Festival. May 19, noon to 7PM. Features dozens of great blues art-

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Saint Joan at the Folger May 12 to June 10. The martyred heroine of France fought and defeated the besieging English at Orleans. She was captured and taken prisoner in Burgundy, put on trial and burned at the stake. All by the age of nineteen. Folger Shakespeare Theatre, 201 East Capitol St. SE. folger.edu. Aundria Brown as Joan. Photo: C. King Photos

ists, artists, vendors and a health fair. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW. westminsterdc.org. Washington National Opera Gala. May 20, 6 PM. Conductor John DeMain leads the WNO Orchestra in this event honoring the centennial of iconic composer, conductor, educator and humanitarian Leonard Bernstein’s birth. kennedy-center.org. Taste of Arlington. May 20, noon to 6 PM. The 31st Annual Taste of Arlington returns with 60 plus restaurant tents and food trucks, craft beer, wine, spirits, live music, BarkPark and KidZone areas. Event is between North Randolph and North Lincoln Streets on Wilson Blvd. tasteofarlington.com. DanceAfrica, DC. May 29 to June 3. Celebrating the dance, music and spirit of the African Dias-

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pora. Featuring Mama Sylvia Soumah as Griot, outstanding African dance companies, a master class series, free outdoor activities and their signature African Marketplace. Dance Place, 3225 Eighth St NE. danceplace.org. Dupont-Kalorama Museum Walk Weekend. June 2 and 3. Five diverse museums will open their doors free of charge. Discover Anderson House, Dumbarton House, National Museum of American Jewish Military History, The Phillips Collection and the President Woodrow Wilson House. dkmuseums.com. Pride Festival in the Nation’s Capital. Capital Pride Parade, June 9, 4:30 to 7:30 PM, starts at 22nd and P Streets NW; ends at 14th and R Streets NW. Capital Pride Festival, June 10, noon to 10 PM, Pennsylvania Avenue between Third and Seventh Streets NW. capitalpride.org.

OUTDOOR MOVIES, MUSIC AND CEREMONY Adams Morgan Movie Nights. Tuesdays, May 15 to June 12. May 15, Pixar Shorts collection; May 22, The Big Lebowski; May 29, Hairspray; June 5, Jackie; and June 12, Hidden Figures. The films are screened at dark at the Marie Reed Recreation Center. Bring chairs, kids and neighbors for a fun evening out. adamsmorganonline.com. Tunes in the Triangle at Milian Park. Thursdays, 8 PM. May 31, The Perfectionists; June 14, Zack Cutler & Alison Carney; June 28, Darcy Dawn; July 12, Pebble to Pearl; July 26, Jarreau Williams; Aug. 7, Justin Trawick. Guests are encouraged to pick up a meal at one of the many nearby restaurants. Relax on a blanket or on outdoor furniture provided

by the MVT CID. Milian Park, Massachusetts Avenue and I Street NW. mvtcid.org. Union Market Drive-in Movies. Fridays. June 1, 8:45 PM, Clueless; July 6, 8:55 PM, Like Water for Chocolate (Spanish language, English subtitles); Aug. 3, 8:45 PM, Black Panther; Sept. 7, 8 PM, The Lion King; Oct. 5, 8:15 PM, Cool Runnings; Nov. 2, 8 PM, Hocus Pocus. Movies are held in Union Market’s parking lot, 1309 Fifth St. NE, and projected on the wall. Each family-friendly showing is free for walk-up film fans viewing in the picnic area or costs $10 per car. Food is delivered on wheels by The DC Rollergirls. unionmarketdc.com/events/unionmarket-drive-in-2018. Golden Cinema at Farragut Park. Movies at sunset. June 1, The Post; June 8, The Devil Wears Prada; June 15, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; June 22, La Land; June 29, Beauty and the

Beast (2017); July 6, Back to the Future; July 13, Coco; July 20, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017); July 27, Casablanca; Aug. 3, Black Panther. Rain dates are Aug. 10 and 17. Farragut Park is at Connecticut Avenue and K Street NW. goldentriangledc.com.

MUSIC Music at Black Cat. May 12, Frankie Cosmos and Hot Band Showcase; May 13, Anvil; May 15, Y La Banba; May 16, Mdou Moctar; May 17, Mad Caddies; May 18, Handsome Hound; May 19, Wet and Right Round; May 20, Okkervil River; May 22, Dead to Me; May 23, Pussy Riot; May 24, Mount Kimbie; May 25, The Sidekicks; May 26, Gymshorts; May 27, Chad Valley; May 30, Red Hare; May 31, Black Moth Super Rainbow; June 2, A Tribute to Radiohead and School of Rock; June 6, The Regrettes; June 7, Jesse Marchant; June 8 and 9, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists. Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW. blackcatdc.com. Music at U Street Music Hall. May 12, Alice Glass and Billy Kenny; May 16, BJ The Chicago Kid & Ro James; May 17, DJ Hype b2b DJ Hazard; May 18, James Veitch and Jungle Fever; May 19, SOB X RBE; May 23, Superfruit; May 24, 070 Shake and Ed Rush & Optical; May 25, Jake Miller and U SLEAZE; May 26, Jussie Smollett and Bae K-Pop Dance Party; June 1, Classixx (DJ Set); June 5, Bruno Major; June 6, Mala; June 8, Logan Henderson and Honey Soundsystem; June 9, Shwayze & Cisco: 10th Anniversary Summer Tour and Deep Sugar DC. U Street Music Hall, 1115 U St. NW. ustreetmusichall.com. Music at 9:30 Club. May 12 and 13, Trampled By Turtles; May 14, Fever Ray; May 15 and 16, Shakey Graves; May 17, Jukebox the Ghost; May 18, Nav; May 19, The Fratellis; May 20, Andrew W.K.; May 21, Tune-Yards; May 23, Bishop Briggs; May 25, Rising Appalachia; May 26, Lissie; May 27 and 28, The Gaslight Anthem; May 30, Japanese Breakfast; May 31, Flight Facilities; June 1, Dirty Projectors and Real Friends?: Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Rihanna, and Drake Dance Night; June 2, The Glitch Mob; June 5, Hop Along; June 6, Francis and the Lights; June 7, Parquet Courts; June 8, White Ford Bronco: DC’s All 90s Band. 815 V St. NW. 930.com Music at The Howard. May 12, The Official Funk Parade “True Funk” After Party feat.

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The Undeniable Sound of Right Now at Keegan Through May 29. It’s 1992. Chicago. Hank is struggling to keep his legendary rock club going amid changing times and changing tastes. Keegan Theatre, 1742 Church St. NW. keegantheatre.com. Chris Stezin, Jessie Power and Ryan Sellers. Photo: Mike Kozemchak

& the Night Sweats; May 18, Fleet Foxes; May 19 and 20, Brandi Carlile; May 29 and 30, Jack White; June 9, Belle & Sebastian; June 12, Vance Joy. The Anthem, 901 Wharf St. SW. theanthemdc.com. Sunday Concerts at the Phillips. May 13, Hermitage Piano Trio; May 20, Late Night with Leonard Bernstein; May 27, Stephen Kovacevich, piano. Concerts are at 4 PM. $40, $20 for members and students with ID; includes museum admission for the day of the concert. phillipscollection.org/music. Music at Boundary Stone. May 14, 21, 28, June 4. Open Mic & $4 Drafts with Reed Appleseed. Boundary Stone, 116 Rhode Island Ave. NW. boundarystonedc.com. Music at the Lincoln. May 14, the Kills; June 2 and 3, Trans America; June 9, Gomez. The Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. thelincolndc.com. Music at Ivy City Smokehouse. May 16, 23 DJ Scientific; May 19, play it cool; May 24, The Ryan Forrester Trio; May 25, The Junion Bryce Band; June 5, Tuesday Hand Dancing. Ivy City Smokehouse, 1356 Okie St. NE. ivycitysmokehouse.com.

THEATER AND FILM Michael “Kidd Funkadelic” Hampton & The Bad Boys of Funk “Clones of Funk; May 13, Jorja Smith; May 18, Eva Ayllon; May 19, Patrice Roberts & MarzVille; May 20, Sons of Apollo; May 25, Reggae Fest vs. Soca; May 26, 702 and Unleashed DC Presents: Chocolate City Invasion; May 27, The Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute Show-7th Anniversary Concert; May 30, Burma Boy; June 1, Jean Carlos Centeno; June 2, PRhyme; June 3, Cocoa Tea; June 6, Cipha Sounds & Nitty Scott; June 7, All-Star Purple Party: Prince Tribute Show; June 9, Dru Hill. Howard Theatre, 620 T St. NW. thehowardtheatre.com. Music at Hill Country. May 12, The 19th Street Band; May 15, Gurf Morlix Presents A Blaze Foley Experience and John Nichols

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Band; May 16, 23, 30 and June 6; Hill Country Live Band Karaoke; May 17, The Claudettes Album Release Party!; May 18, Bobby Thompson + Friends, Plus, Fiona Silver; May 19, The Woodshedders; May 22, Rod Picott; May 25, Bearcat Wildcat; May 26, Jonah Tolchin, Dharmasoul Band; May 31, Revelator Hill; June 1, Kendall Street Company; June 3, Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters; June 5, An Evening with Chuck Hawthorne; June 8, The Vegabonds, The National Reserve; June 9, The congress. Hill Country Live, 410 Seventh St. NW. hillcountry.com/dc. Music at Sixth and I. May 12, Chelsey Green and The Green Project; June 14, Terri Lyne Carrington. Sixth and I, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org.

Music at City Winery. May 12, Sandra Bernhard “Sandemonium”; May 16, Laith Al-Saadi; May 18 and 19, Cowboy Mouth w / Fred LeBlanc; May 20, Roger Creager Solo; May 25, Nicolay & The Hot At Nights; May 31, Trina Broussard; June 1, Garland Jeffreys & the Coney Island Playboys; June 2, The BAND; June 7, DC JazzFest Opening Ceremony with performances by Frederic Yonnet w/ special guest Maimouna Youssef and the Washington Renaissance Orchestra Octet; June 9, Pharoah Sanders w/ William Henderson, Nat Reevss & Jonathan Blake; June 10, The Bad Plus. City Winery, 1350 Okie St. NE. citywinery. com/washingtondc. Music at The Anthem. May 12, David Byrne; May 15, Big Sean; May 16, Nathaniel Rateliff

The Snow Child. Through May 20. Eowyn Ivey’s debut novel The Snow Child, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, is reborn as a magical new musical featuring a score that combines Alaskan backcountry string-band traditions and contemporary musical theater. Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. arenastage.org. Vietgone. Through May 20. A VietnameseAmerican playwright recreates his parents’ 1975 refugee camp romance in this high-octane comedy. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. studiotheatre.org. The Frederick Douglas Project. Through May 24. Staged on a pier at The Yard’s Marina, 1492 4th St. SE, this play was commissioned by Solas Nua to commemorate Frederick Doug-

lass’ 1845 voyage to Ireland and the bicentennial of his birth. The production features live music, hip hop and dancing in an innovative blend of African American and Irish culture. $35. solasnua.org. Scena’s 1984. Through May 27. 1984 is the stage version of George Orwell’s dystopian vision of the future. This chilling drama about a world where individualism is crushed; and challenging authority leads to torture, prison and death. Atlas, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. Rite of Spring. Through May 27. A new adaptation of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet, featuring an all-female cast. Dance Loft on 14, 4618 14th St. NW. pointlesstheatre.com. Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies. Through June 3. Back by popular demand, Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm’s on-point comedy returns for a special encore after its sold-out run became a breakout hit of 2017. The Paul Sprenger Theatre at the Atlas, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org. Girlfriend. Through June 10. This is the DC Premiere of Todd Almond’s coming-of-age musical, inspired by Matthew Sweet’s 1991 alternative-rock album Girlfriend. Signature Theatre, 4200 Campbell Ave., Shirlington, VA. signaturetheatre.org.

Spook. May 17 to 26. One hour before his execution, ex-police officer turned active shooter, Daryl “Spook” Spokane will give a live televised interview from death row. Logan Fringe Arts Space, Trinidad Theatre, 1358 Florida Ave. NE. capitalfringe.org. The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs. May 17 to June 10. Grace finds herself irresistibly drawn to a mysterious and forbidden room. Universalist National Memorial Church, 1810 16th St. NW. spookyaction.org. The Cherry Orchard. May 18 to June 10. Appropriate for ages 12, up. Tickets available at the door, 1-800-838-3006, and cherryo. brownpapertickets.com. Eastman Studio Theatre, Elstad Annex at Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave. NE. factionoffools.org. The Tempest. May 31 to July 1. Shakespeare’s classic comedy. The only play he set in the New World. Gunston Arts Center, Theatre Two, 2700 So. Lang St., Arlington, VA. avantbard.org. The Vagrant Trilogy. June 6 to July 1. The life of a displaced Palestinian family spanning four decades and the trenchant pull of home. Adham journeys to the UK on the eve of the Six Day with his new wife, Abir to deliver a career-defining lecture. Atlas, 1333 H St. NE. atlasarts.org.

Helen Hayes Awards. May 14, 7:30 PM (doors open, 5:30 PM). Join co-hosts Michael J. Bobbitt and Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan, along with favorite Washington artists and performers, for an evening showcasing DC’s vibrant and diverse professional theater community in. $50 to $275. The Anthem, 901 Wharf St. SW. ticketfly.com.

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Waitress. May 15 to June 3. This irresistible new Broadway hit features original music and lyrics by six-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles. National Theater, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. thenationaldc.org.

By the White House Farmers Market. Thursdays, through Nov. 15, 11 Am to 2 PM. 810 Vermont Ave. NW. freshfarm.org.

The Remains. May 16 to June 17. Ten years after their historic wedding, Kevin and Theo host a dinner for their families. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. studiotheatre.org. Pericles. May 16 to June 8. Careening between sea storms, high courts, bawdy brothels, palace intrigue and cases of mistaken identity, Pericles examines the will of the human spirit to endure all obstacles no matter how weighty or unlikely. CHAW, 545 Seventh St. SE. wehappyfewdc.com.

Penn Quarter Farmers Market. Thursdays, through Nov. 15, 3 to 7 PM. 801 F St. NW. freshfarm.org.

Foggy Bottom Farmers Market. Wednesdays, through Nov. 21, 3 to 7 PM. 901 23rd St. NW. freshfarm.org. CityCenterDC Farmers Market. Tuesdays, through Oct. 30, 11 AM to 2 PM. 1098 New York Ave. NW. freshfarm.org. Mt. Vernon Triangle Farmers Market. Saturdays, through Oct. 27, 9 AM to 1 PM. 499 I St. NW. freshfarm.org.

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Dupont Circle FRESHFARM Market. Sundays, 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM. 20th St. and Massachusetts Ave. NW. freshfarmmarket.org. Union Market. Tuesdays to Fridays, 11 AM to 8 PM; Saturdays and Sundays, 8 AM to 8 PM. Union Market is an artisanal, curated, food market featuring over 40 local vendors. 1309 Fifth St. NE. unionmarketdc.com.

CIVIC LIFE Congresswoman Norton’s NW District Ofﬁce. Open weekdays, 9 AM to 5:30 PM. 90 K St. NE. 202-408-9041. norton.house.gov. All Ways Mount Pleasant. First Saturday, noon to 2 PM. LaCasa. All Ways is a citizen’s association primarily for the tenants of the larger apartment buildings of Mount Pleasant. 3166 Mt. Pleasant St. NW. aass.org. Chinatown Revitalization Council. Fourth Monday, 7 to 8 PM. 510 I St. NW. Chinatown Revitalization Council promotes the Chinatown renewal and the preservation of its cultural heritage. The public is welcome. Convention Center Community Association. Last Tuesday, 7 to 8:30 PM. Kennedy Rec Center, 1401 Seventh St. NW. facebook. com/pages/Convention-Center-Community. Downtown Neighborhood Association. Second Tuesday, 7 to 9 PM. US Naval Memorial Center, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. miles@dcdna.org. dcdna.org. East Central Civic Association of Shaw. First Monday, 7 PM. Third Baptist Church, 1546 Fifth St. NW. Contact: Al Hajj Mahdi Leroy J Thorpe Jr, 202-387-1596.

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Eckington Civic Association. First Monday, 7 to 8:30 PM. Harry Thomas Recreation Center, 1743 Lincoln Rd. NE. eckingtondc.org.

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Edgewood Civic Association. Last Monday, 7 to 9 PM. Edgewood senior building, 635 Edgewood St. NE, Ninth Floor.

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Logan Circle Citizens Association. Visit logancircle.org/calendar for meeting dates and times. logancircle.org.

The Taste of North Capitol The Taste of North Capitol makes its return to Washington, DC Thursday June 7, from 7-10PM at the NPR building, 1111 North Capitol St. NE. Come enjoy the finest celebration in DC as we showcase the best chefs, mixologists, and local businesses #NorthCapontheMap has to offer! Endless food and drink tastings, live music, and awesome swag! Get your tickets’s NOW.... https://tasteofnorthcap.eventbrite.com Photo: Mark Soriano

G G ROOFING AWARDED BEST WASHINGTON, DC CONTRACTOR OF 2012 BY ANGIE’S LIST FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED • “50 YEARS EXPERIENCE” Mount Vernon Square Neighborhood Association. Third Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 PM. Yale Steam Laundry, 437 New York Ave. NW. lifein. mvsna.org. U Street Neighborhood Association. Second Thursday, 7 to 8:30 PM. Source (Second Floor Classroom), 1835 14th St. NW. ANC 1A. Second Wednesday, 7 PM. Harriet Tubman Elementary School, 3101 13th St. NW. anc1a.org. ANC 1B. First Thursday, 6:30 PM. DC Housing Finance Agency, 815 Florida Ave. NW. anc1b.org.

ANC 1B11. Second Monday, 7 PM. LeDroit Senior Building (Basement Community Room), 2125 Fourth St. NW. anc1b.org.

ANC 2C. First Wednesday, 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 Seventh St. NW. anc2C. org.

ANC 1B04. First Thursday, 6:30 PM. Banneker Recreation Center, 2500 Georgia Ave. NW. LaKisha M. Brown Commissioner. groups.yahoo.com/ neo/groups/ANC1B04/info.

ANC 6E. First Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Meeting at Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 Seventh St. NW. anc6e.org.

ANC 1C. First Wednesday, 7 PM. Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Health, 2355 Ontario Rd. NW. anc1c.org. ANC 1D. Third Tuesday, 7 PM. 3166 Mount Pleasant St. NW. anc1d.org.

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East City Art’s Mid-City Gallery Exhibitions and News

Gordon, Anna U. Davis and Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi illustrate abstract expressionism’s polyphonic possibilities. The sum of each part, in this case each individual work, creates a compelling and carefully curated ensemble which resoundingly asserts that American abstract expressionism continues to evolve as a genre and will do so for the foreseeable future.

Foundry Gallery

At first glance, especially when seen reproduced online or in print, Fran Abrams’ work appears as any other abstract expressionist painting: two dimensional. However, this is not the case. For the better part of two decades, the artist has used colored polymer clay to create her paintings and has competed with traditional painters, as her work has been received and exhibited side-by-side with those of her two-dimensional counterparts. While the use of polymer clay may sometimes be associated with craftprojects, this view would do a disservice to Abrams’ process. What is remarkable about her work is that she has been able to use this unlikely medium to create bold compositions which appear two-dimensional but are actually sculptural. In “For the Love of Lines: Polymer and Poetry,” Abrams alludes to the plastic nature of her material and the verses she has written for her solo show. Yet, the artist emphatically states that “there is no direct relationship between a piece of artwork and a specific poem but rather the exhibit is intended to demonstrate how much can be expressed by just a few lines in the visual art and the carefully chosen words in the poems.”

Hemphill Fine Arts

Fran Abrams,“Knotted.” Polymer clay trim, 10 x 10 inches. Image:

Group exhibition “More Courtesy Foundry Gallery or Less” consists of mostly regional artists both living and deceased who work or have worked in abstract expressionism. Gallerist George Hemphill conceived the exhibition based on a conversation he had with legendary curator Walter Hopps, for whom abstract expressionism represented the most important American art movement. While the history of the United States has yet to be fully written, Hopps’ comments to Hemphill almost 40 years ago made the gallerist appreciate the full breadth of possibility with the genre and its ability to facilitate a multitude of expressions, influences and permutations on the same theme. Washington color school titans like Gene Davis and Thomas Downing hang alongside the work of next-generation color field artists like Jeremy Flick. The works of Amber Robles-

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Long View Gallery

Long View Gallery presFran Abrams,“Miami Beach.” Polymer clay (not painted) trim, 10 x 10 ents “Heavy Metal,” an inches. Image: Courtesy Foundry Gallery exhibition which concurrently displays the work of both Takefumi Hori and Eve Stockton. Like many of the exhibitions in the gallery, which doubles as rental space for largescale corporate events and wedding receptions, the contact between the two artists’ work is loosely defined by proximity and theme. In this case, the element of metal binds the works of the two artists together. Eve Stockton, who lives in Alexandria, uses the time-honored technique of woodblock printing to achieve her oeuvre,

Takefumi Hori,“Silver and Silver No 5,” 2017. Acrylic, gold leaf and metal leaf on canvas, 27 x 27 inches. Image: Courtesy of the artist

Amber Robles-Gordon,“Interdimensional Realms I,” 2017. Image: Hemphill Fine Arts

which consists mainly of subjects inspired by nature including landscapes, botanical themes and patterns derived from clouds, water and even neural networks. For this exhibition, she has printed a series of patterned works with metallic hues. Takefumi Hori, who lives and works in New York City, has created a series of abstract paintings titled by

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number in two distinct series, gold and silver. Hori’s three-foot canvases look like stucco walls that have been serially written over with graffiti, scratched and dented, with the entirety of the markings appearing to have faded over time. However, the “plaster” of the “wall” appears metallic – silver or gold depending on which series – giving the works an appearance of luxurious street art.

Touchstone

The Touchstone Foundation for the Arts (TFA) 2016-18 Emerging Artist Fellowship presents recipient Carol Ann Moore and her solo exhibition “Seeking Refuge,” which consists of lithographs and intaglio prints. The artist explains that the work is a “personal response to the natural world.” Her contact with the natural world has led her to collect plant samples whose likeness she incorporates in her prints. In “Over in the Meadow” and “Seeking Refuge,” the artist surrounds her subjects – a fox in the former and a human figure in the latter – with leaves, flowers and roots.

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Longtime Shaw residents remember the scent of bread baking wafting from the Wonder Bread factory on S Street back in the day. Master baker Jonathan Bethony and his wife/ co-owner Jessica Azeez have brought fresh-baked bread back to Shaw in a big way. Not only is Seylou the District’s only all whole grain bakery, but they’re the only ones milling their grains on the premises, using organic grains grown for them by local farmers. The result is bread and pastries baked fresh in a wood-fired oven five days a week that draw fans from around the city eager to take home a loaf or two. Choose from sourdough, ciabatta, baguettes, croissants, and be sure to ask about the horse bread). Wheat-free and Vegan options, too. Bethony has been called “the Steve Jobs of bread.” Need we say more?

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FishScale 637 Florida Avenue, NW • www.wearefishscale.com

When Chef Brandon Williams was wowing crowds and critics alike with his fresh fish burgers at the White House Farmer’s Market, he knew he was on to something. Williams and his sister Kristal have brought his passion for sustainable, wild-caught fish and shellfish, and grilling fish over aromatic wood to Shaw. FishScale serves fish burgers and sides exclusively (grilled romaine and Japanese sweet potato are favorites). The fish varieties change regularly, including varieties you’ve never heard of (monchong burger, anyone?). The burgers are cooked to order and served on grilled buns with housemade condiments. These tasty, healthy treats have quite a following, even among fans of red meat.

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Urban Athletic Club 804 N Street, NW • (202) 813-9555 • www.urbanathletic.club/shaw

We can’t have enough top-notch fitness facilities to work off all the calories that Shaw’s award-winning restaurants and bars have to offer. Owners Jay Morgan and Graham King opened the flagship location of their popular athlete-focused crossfit gyms at the north end of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Urban Athletic Club’s 3,300 square foot space offers high-level sports conditioning, Olympic lifting and strength training, and dynamic bodyweight exercise in group classes, personal training, and open gym options. Make progress on those athletic and performance goals on American-made Rogue equipment, under a great mural by Aniekan Udofia.

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Carol Ann Moore,“Over in the Meadow.” Lithograph, hand-colored. Image: Touchstone Gallery

The Renaissance Italian technique of intaglio, which Moore employs, begins with the etching of a metal plate, whereupon ink is applied. The paper used for the print is then compressed, sometimes using a heavy roller, and offers a slight indentation or relief on the surface. The technique is used currently by some nations to create banknotes.

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“my gesture is addressed to the human body. I want to exalt the ephemeral in the folds of our body, in the traces of our passage.” “Highwire” alludes to a tightrope that we must all walk and in so doing “balance memory or risk freefall,” according to Cora. In particular, the artist explores haptic memory, the Susi Cora,“Emerging Figures.” Stoneware and wood, 5 x 5 x 2 memory we develop through inches. Image: Touchstone Gallery our sense of touch that allows us to remember the way velvet Moore’s technique is unique in that feels or how a sandy surface is coarse. after printing, she applies color to the By way of figurative work created in prints by hand, almost like a coloring ceramic figurines, which Cora then book, creating individual works from places in frames as a type of sculptural a single plate with strong lines offset photomontage, she follows in Szapocby subtle hues. znikow’s footsteps by capturing the TFA also presents the second fleeting moments in which our bodies Emerging Artist Fellowship recipifold and unfold. ent, Susi Cora, this month. Cora’s current work focuses on memory in Phil Hutinet is the publisher of East a solo exhibition entitled “Highwire.” City Art, dedicated to DC’s visual arts. Cora’s inspiration comes in part from For more information visit www.eastAlina Szapocznikow, who stated that cityart.com u Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art Dacha Loft Building 1602 Seventh St. NW, 2nd Floor 202-638-3612 charleskrausereporting.com Hours: Weekends from 1-6pm Exhibition schedule TBD Gallery Neptune & Brown 1530 14th St. NW 202-986-1200 neptunefineart.com Hours: Wed-Sat., noon to 7pm Through May 25 Lois Dodd and Colleen Cox, “Two Painters: A Visual Dialogue” Foundry Gallery 2118 Eighth St. NW 202-232-0203 foundrygallery.org Hours: Wed. to Sun., 1-7pm Through May 27 Fran Abrams, “For the Love of Lines: Polymer and Poetry”

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Hamiltonian Gallery 1353 U St. NW 202-332-1116 hamiltoniangallery.com Hours: Tues-Sat., noon to 6pm Through May 12 Heather Theresa Clark, “Along a Line”

Exhibitions on View Hemphill Fine Arts 1515 14th St. NW 202-234-5601 hemphillfinearts.com Hours: Tues-Sat., 10am-5pm Through June 9 “More or Less” group exhibition Long View Gallery 1234 Ninth St. NW 202-232-4788 longviewgallerydc.com Hours: Wed-Sat. 11am-6pm Through May 20 Eve Stockton and Takefumi Hori, “Heavy Metal” Touchstone Gallery 901 New York Ave. NW 202-347-2787 touchstonegallery.com Hours: Wed-Fri. 11am-6pm Weekends, noon to 5 pm Through May 27 Gallery A: Group exhibition “Borders” Gallery B: Susi Cora, “Highwire” Gallery C: Carol Ann Moore, “Seeking Refuge”

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Insatiable Article and photos by Celeste McCall

Something’s Fishy

Who says burgers have to be beef ? In Shaw/LeDroit Park, we’ve discovered a healthy, tasty take on this perennial favorite. At FishScale, chef Brandon Williams transforms sustainable seafoods – not beef – into quarter-pound patties. His filler-free, flame-grilled burgers are shaped from critters purchased fresh daily (wild-caught, not farm-raised).

A handsome metal fish figure sets the scene at FishScale.

building, the casual pub will arrive later this spring or early summer. Local restaurateurs Kristen Ciuba and husband Todd Ciuba are also co-owners of five-year-old Black Whiskey at 1410 14th St. NW. Located next to Dacha Beer Garden, Jake’s will dispense burgers, sandwiches, wings and shareable appetizers. Beer, wine and cocktails will flow. Downstairs, the bar area will seat 20, and high-top tables will fit 30; there will also be a back patio. The upstairs space, projected to debut later this summer, will house another bar and party room. That block in Shaw is getting lots of action. Balkan eatery Ambar, with locations on Barracks Row and Arlington, is reportedly eyeing a space across the street for another spinoff. Jose Garces, who is opening an American-themed food hall at Union Station, is also planning to unveil burger-centric Village Whiskey nearby.

At a recent lunch, we ordered at the counter from Brandon’s sister Kristal. Then we feasted on Florida Spanish mackerel and black sea bass. Nestled on a bun, the juicy burgers came with choice of organic Mobile kitchen Sloppy Mama’s BBQ condiments: pesto (our favorite), tomatohas unveiled its daily breakfast at brickscucumber relish, “dinosaur kimchee” and and-mortar Solly’s U Street Tavern. The tongue-tingling sambal (hot sauce). No popular food truck, which has been sellbooze; instead we quaffed refreshing Me ing smoked meats and picnic-style sides and the Bees ginger-scented lemonade. At FishScale, owner/chef Brandon Williams makes tasty, filler-free burgers from sustainable seafoods. at Union Market and at Solly’s for lunch Open since “the beginning of winter,” and dinner, has added breakfast to its the modest little eatery seats 14, plus caragenda. Sloppy Mama founder Joe Neuryout. “It’s been a great experience,” the personman says the additions were inspired by a chalable 37-year-old chef told us. “It was difficult in lenge issued by a friend on the West Coast. the winter when people don’t want to be outside, Burritos are filled with choice of protein but we’re looking forward to warm weather.” A (brisket, pulled pork, bacon or tofu), eggs, fries, graduate of the (now shuttered) l’Academie de cheese and either red or green chili sauce. LoCuisine, Williams honed his skills at Black Salt cated at 1942 11th St. NW (just off U), Solly’s in upper Northwest DC. is open daily. Call 202-232-6590 or visit www. Located at 637 Florida Ave. NW, FishScale sollystavern.com. is open Monday through Saturday for lunch and dinner; closed Sunday. On Tuesdays, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Williams also operates a Any day now, it looks like U Street is getting stand at the CenterCity farmers’ market. a New York import. The Smith, the “modern American brasserie” that opened in the East Village in 2007, is about to unveil its second Coming soon to Shaw is Jake’s Tavern, 1606 DC outpost; the other Smith is in Penn QuarNestled in a bun with pesto and cucumber/tomato relish, a juicy quarter-pound Seventh St. NW. Esconced in a two-story ter. You’ll find the newbie at 1314 U St. NW burger is shaped from Spanish mackerel.

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in a glitzy JBG Smith condo building. Customers enter through soaring, accordionstyle doors overlooking U Street’s bustling foot traffic. “We wanted to bring the energy forward because there’s 80 feet of frontage on U Street,” partner Jeff Lefcourt told Eater DC. For a Big Apple fix for homesick New Yorkers, the polished design from New York’s Nema Workshop features white subway tiling plus patterned mosaic flooring.

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At the Royal Wedding pop-up in Shaw, the throne room in Buckingham Palace is artfully recreated.

Another Gotham Import

The Meatball Shop, which debuted on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 2010, is opening at 1720 14th St. NW, former home of Cork Wine Bar. (Cork has moved down the street.) As the name implies, The Meatball Shop specializes in five varieties of the tasty spheres, shaped with pork, chicken, veggies and the “daily special,” anointed with housemade sauces: tomato, pesto, parmesan cream, spicy meat and mushroom gravy. Guests might prefer their meatballs “naked,” resting on pasta or veggies, on a Kitchen Sink salad (greens with seasonally rotating vegetable and grains), in a hero (on a toasted baguette) or a Smash (on a brioche roll with melted mozzarella or provolone). Full bar.

Wine More About it

In Ivy City, the eagerly awaited City Winery finally opened at 1350 Okie St. NE. Part of it, anyway. The cavernous, four-level space – the former Love nightclub – includes a working winery, concert venue, private event space and a 175-seat restaurant. Don’t rush over right away; the entire complex won’t open until later this month. Restaurant details are still being worked out, but the decor will feature wine tanks, barrels and banquettes. The third floor and rooftops will open in mid-May, in preparation for a grand opening of the entire venue slated for later in the month. Oh yes, the wine. Grapes from the United States, Argentina and Chile will go into the vino, which City Winery will start making in-house after this year’s grape harvest. Until then, City Winery will source wine from the

company’s other five locations. For updates visit www.citywinery.com/washingtondc. As you probably know, Washington now claims two wineries. City Winery joins Navy Yard’s District Winery (and restaurant), which opened last year. District Winery is now pouring its very own, housemade dry rose.

Royal Pop-up

So, your invitation to the royal wedding got lost in the mail? Bummer. So did ours. But don’t mope. Instead, head to Shaw, where Drink Company is celebrating the nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the Eat the Rich slot, 1839 Seventh St. NW. Through May 20, the space will be festooned with flowers, sparkly drinks and a replica of the lemonelderflower, royal wedding cake. Drink Company is also recreating the columns and stained-glass windows at St. George’s Chapel (where the wedding will take place) and the throne room at Buckingham Palace. Cocktails ($13-$14) will include a cucumber French 75 called “Put a Ring on It” – paired with a fake engagement ring – and a “Markle Sparkle” drink complete with edible glitter. Even glassware will get the royal treatment, with Waterford crystal teacups and saucers for a “Strawberry Cuppa” scotch-andstrawberry vermouth cocktail. On May 19, set your alarm for EARLY; the bar will open at 6:30 a.m. for a real-time viewing party of the actual wedding. On other days, hours are 5 p.m.-12:30 a.m., SundayThursday; ‘til 1:30 a.m., Friday and Saturday. Be sure to wear a fancy hat. Call 202-3169396 or visit www.drinkcompany.com. u

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Do More 24

Do More 24 brings together nonprofit organizations, partners and donors committed to creating impact in on the DC community. Held on May 17 and 18, noon to noon, Do More 24 is the DMV’s largest 24-hour online fundraiser. Powered by United Way, donors can contribute to any of the more than 700 participating nonprofits to fund programs and services in DC. Last year, Do More 24 raised more than $1.6 million, which allowed nonprofit organizations to fill holes in their budget, buy desperately needed

equipment and serve more people in need. For more information and to donate, visit domore24.org.

German Conversation Group

Goethe-Institut in cooperation with DC Public Library presents a lunchtime German-language conversation group every third Thursday of the month. Come practice German conversation skills. Talk about ideas and events and make new friends. The facilitator starts the group off with a topic. This event is held in German only, but all proficiency levels are

welcome. This month’s topic is “Bewerbung” (job application). Participants are encouraged to bring their own brown bag lunches. No refreshments provided. No reservation required. First come, first served. Goethe-Institut Washington, German Cultural Center, 1990 K St. NW, Suite 03 (entrance 20th St.). goethe.de/washington.

Connecticut Avenue Construction

Comment on the Connecticut Avenue Streetscape and Deck-Over Project. This project spans from Connecticut Avenue north of Dupont Circle to CaliforThe Flea Market at Eastern Market nia Street NW, including the Deck-Over Plaza from Dupont Circle to Q Street NW. The project aims to enhance the vitality, economic opportunities and quality of life for local business and residential communities in the neighborhood. Improvements to the streetscape and pedestrian infrastructure will create a new public space and improve multimodal access. For more information, contact Project Manager, Ali Agahi at ctavestreetscape@gmail. com or visit ctavestreetscapeplaza.com.

Electric Circulator Buses Arrive

Flea Market at Eastern Market Celebrates 35 Years

The popular Flea Market at Eastern Market has commenced its 35th year of continuous operation at Eastern Market, making it among the longest running outdoor markets in the region. In addition to the space on a newly-created C Street SE between Seventh and Eighth Streets, the Flea Market also remains on Seventh Street SE between Pennsylvania Avenue and C Street, where it relocated in May 2015. It operates on Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EasternMarket.net.

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On May 1, the District begins operating 14 electric Circulator buses. This is the largest electric bus fleet in the region, and one of the largest nationwide. The new battery-electric buses are manufactured in the United States. They run on 100 percent battery electric propulsion. The vehicles will deliver clean, quiet, zero-emission transportation to more

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DDOT Dockless Demo Extended

The District Department of Transportation has (DDOT) announced it will extend the Dockless Demonstration Project. The pilot, which began last September, will run through August. Dockless companies provide a new approach that Nationals fans take part in Seniors Stroll the Bases during the 2016 enables bikeshare and scooterseason. Photo: Courtesy of the Washington Nationals Baseball Club share systems to operate without physical stations. Instead, dockless systems self-lock and can be high density of violence. In these locals, MPD will accessed via smartphone apps. Seven private comutilize all available resources, including collaborapanies are currently operating in the District. Jump, tive outreach, to prevent violent crime in those arSpin, ofo and Mobike operate bicycles only. Waybots eas during the summer months. Through focused and Bird operate electric scooters. Limebike has both prevention, strategic enforcement and the support scooters and bikes. Dockless companies are allowed of all partners in the justice system, SCI is designed a total of 400 vehicles per operator. Feedback on the to reduce violent crime; remove illegal guns from demonstration project can be submitted to dockless. our neighborhood streets; hold repeat violent ofbikeshare@dc.gov. fenders accountable; utilize all available resources and latest crime-fighting technology and conduct innovative outreach for all community members. Read more at mpdc.dc.gov/page/summer-crimeThe Summer Crime Initiative (SCI) is a coordiprevention-initiative. nated effort to reduce violent crime through strategic prevention and focused enforcement in specific areas across the District. For the past ten years, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has idenMayor Bowser has launched the Right Care, Right tified five to six focus areas that have experienced a

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DC Right Care, Right Now Initiative

Water Taxi to National Harbor from The Wharf

The regional water taxi system now connects DC’s Southwest waterfront to Georgetown, Alexandria, VA and National Harbor, MD, with four 150-passenger, 88-foot state of the art high-speed, lowwake water taxis operated by The Potomac Riverboat Company out of The Wharf ’s Transit Pier. For more information, visit potomacriverboatco.com.

New Water Taxis serving The Wharf, Alexandria, Georgetown and National Harbor bring more connectivity to the waterfront in 2018.

May 23 and Aug. 5, Seniors Stroll the Bases presented by Kaiser Permanente. Aug. 5 is Grandparents Day and seniors will be invited to include their grandchildren in the Stroll with a valid ticket. All fans who purchase a ticket to Senior Stroll the Bases have ability to stroll the bases after the game. For more information or to purchase a group of 13 or more, contact Jennifer McCarty at 202-640-7648 or email jennifer.mccarty@nationals.com. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets for this promotion are not available at the Nat’s Park box office.

Now initiative. The new program adds a nurse triage line to the Office of Unified Communications. 911 callers better served and treated in a primary care setting will be transferred to a nurse. At that health professional’s discretion, a caller may be transported to primary care setting. The nurse will identify a doctor’s office in the caller’s neighborhood where the patient will be able to receive care the very same day. Medicaid and DC HealthCare Alliance beneficiaries will receive free roundtrip transportation to the identified clinic within one hour of making a call to 911. Right Care, Right Now will operate daily from 7a.m. to 11 p.m. For more information, visit fems.dc.gov/page/frequently-asked-questions-right-care-right-now.

Historical Society Suspends Library Services

The Historical Society of Washington, DC, plans to suspend library services on June 29. They will resume in December at the restored Carnegie Library on Mt. Vernon Square. Last fall the Historical Society, Events DC, and Apple Inc. began restoration of the historic library. In December, the Historical Society and Apple will occupy the refurbished facility in a combination educational and retail space at the heart of downtown. dchistory.org. Have an item for the Bulletin Board? Email the information to bulletinboard@hillrag.com. u

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Don’t Tread on the District

Restore Voting Rights to Returning Citizens

ur neighboring US senator, Ben Cardin, has introduced a vitally important piece of voting rights legislation, the Restore Democracy Act, S. 1588, which would secure federal voting rights to formerly incarcerated persons. As of 2008, over five million formerly incarcerated Americans were denied federal voting rights. There are only 22 states with a population greater than five million, to put that level of disenfranchisement in perspective. Some states are embarking on efforts to reform this and grant formerly incarcerated persons voting rights, but this also should be done at the national level for federal voting rights. Sen. Cardin should be commended for introducing this bill and his cosponsors thanked for supporting it. There are 13 cosponsors of the DC statehood bill, S. 1278, who are also cosponsors of the Restore Democracy Act. Six of the cosponsors of the Restore Democracy Act, however, are not cosponsors of the statehood bill. Yes, the disenfranchisement of formerly incarcerated Americans is something we all should oppose, and senators should legislate to end it yet the silence of these six Senators on the denial of federal voting rights to citizens in the District is also galling and indefensible. This is not an Us vs. Them scenario. Rather, it’s a What about Us? situation. Why don’t these senators support legislation to guarantee federal voting rights for the 700,000+ people living in DC? What, about our political status, do they find acceptable? What is it about DC statehood that causes them to remain silent? They and others should support the restoration of federal voting rights for formerly incarcerated Americans and for the people of DC. As members of the Democratic Party, a party that seems more aligned with a pro-civil rights and voting rights agenda, they should have no problem supporting equality for the people in DC. Heck, DC statehood is in the 2016 platform, yet too many members in the Senate remain silent. Senators should be commended for cosponsoring the Restore Democracy Act (and others should be pressured to support it as well), but they also should be called on to restore democracy

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by Josh Burch for DC too, by cosponsoring the DC statehood bill. We must amplify the pressure on them here in DC and back in their home states so they can no longer remain mute on this critical issue at the core of our democracy. One of the most fundamental principles laid out in the Declaration of Independence is that government is constituted of people who derive their power from the consent of the governed, yet we in DC have never been allowed to consent to tax bills, federal appointees and judicial appointees. It’s long past time that we restore democracy in DC too, so that we can formally offer our consent or dissent to the government in power. The six senators who support Sen. Cardin’s pro-voting rights bill but not OUR pro-voting rights bill probably won’t be reading this column, but you are, so please call their offices and ask them “to support democracy in DC to by cosponsoring the Washington, DC Admission Act.” Here are the numbers to call: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.): 202-224-2823

Sen. Robert Casey (D-Pa.) 202-224-6324 Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) 202-224-6361 Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) 202-224-4242 Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) 202-224-5641 Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) 202-224-5244 Josh Burch is a member of Neighbors United for DC Statehood (www.the51st.org), a group of residents who believe that community organizing and strategic congressional outreach are the foundation and driving force behind the DC statehood movement. He can be found at josh@unitedforstatehood.com or followed at @JBurchDC. u

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At-Large Council Candidates Race to the Finish Line

here is little light between incumbent AtLarge DC Councilmember Anita Bonds and the three millennial African-American male professionals – Aaron Holmes, Jeremiah Lowery and Marcus Goodwin – hoping to unseat her in the Democratic primary on June 19. During interviews and at candidates’ forums, they have all agreed that the primary issues facing the District are affordable housing, economic development, gentrification, government accountability and quality public education. “We need more oversight of our schools,” said Goodwin. Major scandals have rocked public education in DC over the past several months, including evidence that some students graduated high school in 2017 without meeting the requisite attendance and academic requirements. It also has been disclosed that funds appropriated to help at-risk students have been spent in unrelated areas. “We’re not doing adequate follow-up,” echoed Bonds, a member of the DC Council’s Committee

by Jonetta Rose Barras on Education and Libraries. When challenged by me about the disconnect between her criticism and the role she plays on the committee, she said there were limits to what she could do; she is not the chair. “The problem is not mayoral control; it is whether we are giving our children a culturally responsive curriculum,” argued Holmes. “We have to move from the idea that we need to repair our children. I believe we have to empower our young people. “Change is a verb,” he added

Fighting for Advantage

Despite his eloquence, Holmes may not be on the ballot in June. The DC Board of Elections and Ethics (DCBOE) has upheld a challenge by Lowery to the validity of signatures on Holmes’s nominating petitions. According to elections officials, Holmes was 153 short of the required 2,000 signatures. Lowery told me he filed the protest as a strategic move. “With a smaller field, it makes the race more competitive. I have nothing against Aaron. In fact, I

consider him a friend of mine,” said Lowery. Holmes argued the DCBOE should not have accepted the challenge. He has filed an appeal in the DC Court of Appeals. “The Board of Elections’ own regulations, which have the force of law, require that challengers provide the names of the voters whose signatures are supposedly invalid. The challenger in this case did not do so. By allowing the challenge to stand, the Board of Elections essentially held me to a higher standard than other candidates,” Holmes declared in a prepared statement. Until the court decision, he said he will “continue knocking on doors and getting my message out to voters.” Rachel Coll, DCBOE spokesperson, said that “the board does not comment on pending litigation.” In its ruling, however, the DCBOE seemed to agree there were problems with the challenge, but asserted that the “board may, for good cause shown, waive any of the provisions … if, in the judgement of the board, the waiver will not prejudice the rights of any party and is otherwise not prohibited by law.” Holmes said there could be no greater prejudice than the fact that he may not appear on the ballot for the June primary.

Shared Biographies

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Holmes and the other candidates have roots in the District’s predominantly African-American communities. He is a Ward 8 resident, making a second bid for office. In 2016, the 34-year-old ran for the Ward 8 Council seat against incumbent LaRuby May. Trayon White subsequently defeated May. Brash and as confident as the other opponents, Holmes graduated from Oxon Hill High School in Maryland. His father is a police officer. His mother is a nurse. Holmes’s claim to fame may be his MyPD program, which brings police officers into city schools. He said he wants to create a strong bond between officers and the people they serve. He also has advocated for the DC government to directly construct affordable housing rather than rely, as it does, on the private sector. Lowery said his mother spent a portion of her life homeless or in foster care. His father, who

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had a job as a security guard, often took him and his siblings to work. His two brothers became involved in the drug trade and are now in prison. He credits the community for “standing with him” and helping him make it through the University of Maryland, College Park. In 2016, he was appointed to the DC Food Policy Council. Lowery currently works with the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. He has pushed for creating a clean energy environment and has focused on ending evictions in the city. He has also advocated for “build first,” a process that would reduce the displacement of existing residents at apartments or public housing complexes slated for redevelopment. Goodwin’s said that during his childhood he traveled between his mother’s house in Ward 1 and his father’s house in Ward 8. His mother is a teacher and his father an environmental scientist. Goodwin is the fifth of eight children, all named for wellknown Pan-Africanists; he is named for Marcus Garvey. Goodwin went to St Alban’s High School and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. A real estate professional, who currently owns a home in Ward 4, Goodwin said he intends “to win all eight wards.” “I want to be 100-percent respectful,” the 28-year-old told me. “[But] we need contemporary solutions to contemporary problems. Campaigning and governing are two totally different things. Councilmember Bonds is a great campaigner. The city needs new ideas, new innovation and new leaders. “

No Easy Roll

Beating Bonds won’t be an easy feat. She has been part of DC’s body politick since the late 1970s. She helped Marion Barry move from community activist to DC councilmember and then mayor. She was the keeper of his political machine, serving during off season as his director of community affairs, and then jumping out of that

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government job to shore up his subsequent elections. She also served in the cabinet of Mayors Sharon Pratt and Anthony Williams. Unsurprisingly, Bonds became the chair of the Democratic State Committee, which critics have described as weak and ineffective. She persuaded members to appoint her in 2012 to the DC Council to complete Phil Mendelson’s term as at-large member after he became chair. In 2014, Bonds was elected to a full four-year term. In the Democratic primary, she won 43,586 out of the 81,859 votes cast. In addition to sitting on the Education Committee, she is a member of the Committee on Business and Economic Development and the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety. It’s as chair of the Committee on Housing and Community Development that she has made her mark over the past three years. She has controlled a broad swath of territory including various commissions – Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, the Commission on Women, the Latino Community Development, for example. She also oversees the Office on Aging; seniors are a reliable voting bloc. Bonds said she has worked hard responding to the needs of residents, particularly the most vulnerable. However, “The city’s not right yet. We have a distance to go.”

Searching for Differences

No greater challenge faces the city than breaking the affordable housing nut. DC has spent millions of dollars on preserving or constructing lowcost housing. The effort has resulted in mixed reviews. The DC Auditor found that some Housing Production Trust Fund monies have been used for administrative salaries, not housing. The city also has been slow to use a program created two decades ago giving it authority to take control of properties and redevelop them itself or effect development in partnership with local for-profit or non-

profit companies. “I want to focus my first 100 days on making sure that everyone in the District of Columbia can afford to live in their community,” said Goodwin. He is concerned about the paucity of apartment units for large families. He has singled out support for redevelopment of Barry Farm, a public housing complex in Ward 8. A DC Superior Court judge last month ordered the city’s zoning commission review its decision around granting approval for housing density at the site. That could put a temporary halt to the project and enable activists to negotiate terms that would allow more of the current residents to remain there. Opponents chastised Bonds for pushing through legislation that stripped renters in single-family homes of their rights under the Tenants Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA). “There needed to be reform to TOPA but not that reform,” said Goodwin. Lowery also has accused Bonds of refusing to move legislation in committee because it could adversely affect the business community. That legislation, proposed by Bonds, would provide radical reforms for rent control. Among other things it would adjust downward the amount landlords could increase rent on occupied apartments. It also would reduce from 30 percent to 10 percent the increase landlords could make to the rent on a unit after it becomes vacant. It’s baffling that Bonds would stymie the legislation. “She just wanted to have it on the [campaign] circular,” said Lowery, adding that doing so would allow Bonds to take credit for the introduction without taking any action. “I am not going to respond to that charge,” Bonds told me. “Like any other legislation, you try to move it out of committee when you have the votes.” She admitted that the Department of Housing and Community Development had a difficult time getting revved up, accounting for

some of the management problems associated with the trust fund. “I’m comfortable that Polly [Donaldson] has settled in and is putting in place some safeguards.” Bonds said she has begun to be more focused on housing preservation and pushing for the construction of more workforce housing that would attract teachers and police officers who work in DC but don’t live in the city. “We have a lot of work to do to be sure we limit displacement,” she continued, noting that when she was appointed chair of the housing committee “I did not realize the vastness of the issue. It encompasses everything from transportation, to jobs, to education even. “It’s much more in-depth,” she added. Her opponents don’t disagree. That’s one reason housing affordability has topped every campaign forum, and why they have collectively concluded Bonds is not up for the job. It will take more than that recognition to unseat the seasoned pol. Holmes, Lowery and Goodwin are part of a new generation of emerging African-American politicians. The last class, which included former Councilmembers Kwame Brown, Harry Thomas Jr. and Michael Brown, failed miserably, with the latter two going to prison. This rising group seems to have greater promise. Given their history of activism, if they lose, they are not likely to slink off into the sunset. Bonds and others facing future reelection bids may want to start looking over their shoulders. jonetta rose barras is executive producer and host of “The Barras Report,” aired on the University of the District of Columbia cable television station. u

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Charles Allen: A Journey

t is 1995. A tall, clean-cut young man stands at a pay phone in rural northeast Alabama. Charles Allen has had a roadside breakdown, two hours into a 10-hour drive to visit Washington and Lee University, his future alma mater. In a pre-cellular era, he has just walked two miles to a filling station to call his parents for assistance. Frustrated and tired, seriously considering giving up on the whole trip, Allen is both figuratively and literally standing at a crossroads. Moving forward nearly a quarter century, Allen, now Ward 6’s elected councilmember, is still that same tall figure despite the gray now edging his beard. Chairing an oversight hearing at the DC Council, he shepherds a disparate crew of government officials, advocates and community members through the proceedings. He is a poised presence on the dais. How did a young man from Alabama become such a consummate elected official?

by Andrew Lightman an emergency medical technician. “Seriously. I’ve done spinal surgery, appendectomies, hip and knee replacements, bowel removals and much more. I’m good in a crisis,” he recalls with a laugh.

Leaving Home

In his senior year, Allen applied to Auburn University, his father’s and uncle’s alma mater. He also applied to Washington and Lee in Lexington, Va., an expensive private institution that appeared financially out of

Born in 1977, Allen grew up in Homewood, a mostly white, middleclass suburb of Birmingham. His father, an attorney, was a solo practitioner. The family was comfortable but not wealthy. His mother worked evening retail to pay the bills. As the elder of two brothers, Allen waited up for her return, a habit so ingrained that he remains a night owl to this day. An Eagle Scout and diligent student, Allen worked his way through high school. In the summers, he traveled as a school locker repairman. With an eye on medical school, he became a surgical assistant in a local hospital. Allen attended thousands of operations, later becoming

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Homewood, Alabama

reach until Allen’s mother, convinced that Washington and Lee was the right school, implored Allen to visit. He got in his beater and set out. Later that day at the filling station, Allen was feeding change into the payphone, prepared to call the whole trip off. His mother, however, told him to stay put while she and his father drove up with a replacement car. Allen finally arrived in Lexington in the wee hours of the morning, and immediately fell in love with the school. Between his

family’s scrimping, his own savings and the addition of student loans, Allen managed to attend for a pivotal four years.

College: A Fork in The Road

Allen arrived at Washington and Lee in 1995, a smart, but apolitical pre-med. Along with many of his contemporaries, he was largely ignorant of the conflicted racial history of his hometown, a subject completely ignored in the high school curriculum. An intensive class in his sophomore year entitled “Malcolm and Martin,” taught by a charismatic professor, changed his life. Allen had never read about the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church or the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Birmingham campaign. Here were events that had occurred within walking distance of his home. Suddenly, Allen had to confront what Alabama’s foremost troubadours, The DriveBy-Truckers, have called “the duality of the Southern thing.” Returning home, Allen made a pilgrimage to the historic localities that he had studied. He asked his parents, friends and relatives about their memories of the civil rights era. At school, while continuing the premed track, he added a concentration in poverty studies. As part of the courses he spent a summer working in a free clinic in Dorchester, Mass. The experience demonstrated the breadth of health problems facing the less fortunate. Believing he needed to make a larger difference, Allen abandoned medicine in favor of a career in public health.

From Policy to Politics

After graduating in 1999, Allen matriculated in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama

to pursue a master’s degree. While in school, he worked for a nonprofit focused on the health of uninsured residents in neighboring Jefferson County. Graduating in 2001, he moved to the District to take a postgraduate fellowship at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). There Allen worked on strengthening primary health clinics through provider recruitment. He became policy director at the DC Primary Care Association (DCPCA), where he worked on the expansion of DC Medicaid and the creation of the DC Healthcare Alliance. At DCPCA he helped create the DC Health Professional Loan Repayment Program, which provides medical professionals to underserved areas in the city, and the DC Captive Insurance Company, which provides affordable medical malpractice insurance to free clinics. “That first year in DC helped me really understand that it matters greatly not just to have the right policy but have the right people in the office for that policy,” recalls Allen. At HHS, Allen spent a lot of time arguing policy positions, and up on the Hill at hearings. He became fascinated by Sen. Paul Wellstone (DMinn.). “This is someone I find to be on the right side of so many issues,” Allen explains. When a friend sent him a solicitation to work in the waning days of Wellstone’s 2002 Senate reelection campaign, he volunteered the following morning. Later that day, Wellstone and his family were killed in a plane crash. Allen flew out to work for Walter Mondale, who had stepped into Wellstone’s place on the ballot. He was thrown into the middle of a getout-the-vote effort, spending time door knocking, going to rallies and calling voters. “We lost. It was one of the most gut-wrenching experiences of my life. Standing at his campaign headquarters after the election, I was just sobbing,” Allen says.

Allen returned, determined to remain active politically. He joined friends to form DC for Dean (DCD) to support Howard Dean’s presidential bid. Together, they built a substantial grassroots organization that won the District for their candidate and, in time, morphed into DC for Democracy. As part of this organization, as well as on his own, Allen has volunteered on political campaigns ever since.

to move Wells’ “livable-walkable” agenda. They had an early victory with the 2010 law that imposed a five-cent fee on plastic bags to fund the cleanup of the Anacostia River. Allen shepherded the two-year rebuilding of H Street’s streetscape, often joking that he was its unpaid project manager. He also helped Wells ensure that the city rebuilt the Eastern Market after its devastating 2007 fire.

Entering Public Life

Stepping Into Larger Shoes

Working for Dean led Allen to make another friendship. The only DC public elected official to endorse the candidate was Ward 6 School Board Representative Tommy Wells (D). DCD invited Wells to address a Dean meet-and-greet at the storied Hawk ’n’ Dove on Capitol Hill. At the bar after the event, Allen and Wells shared a drink. “Remind me again, you’re from Alabama?” said Wells. “Yes, I am,” replied Allen. “Where in Alabama?” Birmingham, said Allen. Turns out, Wells had grown up three blocks from Allen’s home, 20 years previously. They shared a high school and a church. They had even been taught by the same social studies teacher. The two men found they shared an interest in public health and left-of-center politics. Despite Wells’ affinity for University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide, and Allen’s allegiance to Auburn, they became friends and political allies. (Football in Alabama is like religion.) In 2002, Allen moved to Ward 6. He met his wife Jordi Hutchinson. They bought a home on the northeast side of Capitol Hill, where they live with their two children. When Wells ran for the Ward 6 council seat in 2006, he asked Allen to manage his campaign. After the election, Allen joined the new councilmember as his chief of staff. These were momentous years for the ward, the city and Allen. Allen worked behind the scenes

When Wells ran for mayor unsuccessfully in 2014, Allen threw his hat into the Council race. He won the Democratic primary with 58.16 percent of the vote after a hardfought campaign, then romped to an easy victory in the general election. He was sworn in in 2015. Allen successfully moved legislation to provide books at government expense to all small children in the District, the so-called Books from Birth bill, designed to close the achievement gap by getting youngsters ready for the classroom. On the other end of life’s spectrum, Allen’s legislation established the Safe at Home program, which provides grants enabling older residents to make modifications to help them age in place. His legislation Made in DC, promoting DC businesses, also passed. Allen was an important part of the Council coalition that raised the minimum wage and enshrined family leave in the face of significant mayoral opposition. Working with colleagues, he restored money required for middle-school modernization that somehow had been dropped out of the mayoral budget. No politician gets elected for championing local homeless shelters, but when Mayor Bowser (D) announced her program to replace DC General with a set of small, geographically dispersed family shelters, Allen supported the concept, while working with Council Chair Phil Mendelson (D) to refashion the

initiative into a practical plan that made sense for Ward 6. He and his staff sat through countless community and agency meetings. The result was a design for a facility in Southwest, now under construction, which one neighbor likened to a boutique hotel. Allen was able to preserve space at the Southwest shelter site for the return of a highly valued community medical clinic. In return for his support, he extracted a public commitment from Mayor Bowser for a “build first” approach to the renovation of nearby Greenleaf Gardens that would protect public housing residents against displacement. During the current legislative session, Mendelson appointed Allen chair of the Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety. Working with colleagues, he secured the passage of a major reform of the Youth Rehabilitation Act. Then, in the face of considerable mayoral opposition, he moved legislation that established public campaign financing. He also led his colleagues in the passage of the Defending Access to Woman’s Health Care Services Amendment, which protects women’s right to choose in the face of congressional efforts to roll back Obamacare. This year, Allen stands for reelection. He faces a Democratic opponent in the primary scheduled for June 19 and a Republican challenger in the November general election. Allen has traveled a long way from that lonely filling station. Yet, in his carriage and mien, one can still glimpse the young Eagle Scout who left home determined to make a difference. u

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Lisa Hunter

Challenging the Status Quo by Andrew Lightman Aside from teaching, she helped erect a greenhouse for people living with HIV/AIDS. She also developed workshops for village teachers designed to prevent child abuse and HIV infection. Hunter still maintains ties to her friends and host family in Guyana. courtesy of the Lisa Hunter Campaign

n a dusty field outside a village in Guyana, an athletic young woman dribbles a soccer ball. Just out of college, she is a Peace Corps volunteer teaching in a local school. Soon, she is joined by a sea of men, young and old. When an impromptu game starts, Lisa Hunter has crossed a cultural divide to make a new set of friends. “My cleats and soccer ball were my most useful social tools,” Hunter said recalling her service abroad. Now Hunter is using those social skills to connect with the voters of Ward 6 as she runs against incumbent Councilmember Charles Allen (D).

Early Life

Daughter of two attorneys, Hunter grew up in Malibu, Calif. While her father worked on matters of public interest, her mother defended workers as a labor lawyer. Civic questions and social responsibility were dinner-table conversation. Bilingual, Hunter spent a great deal of time in Arizona with her mother’s extended Mexican American family, which had lived in the area since before incorporation into the United States. “The border crossed us rather than us crossing the border,” Hunter observed wryly. She learned firsthand about the impact of immigration raids and deportations on her neighbors. This injustice needed to be righted, she believed. Heading to attend Vassar College, Hunter thought her future lay in the practice of immigration law. At Vassar, Hunter continued her athletics, playing competitive soccer. She graduated in 2007 with a degree in anthropology. Three days later, Hunter was on a plane to her Peace Corps posting in Guyana. Life in Guyana was a huge culture shock. Hunter taught literacy to primary students during the day and built connections playing soccer in the evenings.

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Yes, We Can!

In the summer of 2008, Hunter returned home, no job in hand. She quickly threw herself into the Obama campaign. Starting as an intern, she helped manage workers in its Chicago headquarters. Recognizing her talent, the campaign promoted her to deputy field organizer. Hunter was dispatched to manage the 20 volunteers in one of the St. Louis field offices, running daily canvassing, office staffing and phone banks. She worked mostly in the barrio, where her bilingual skills were much in demand. The Obama campaign changed Hunter’s life. Canvassing introduced her to the many difficult issues facing society’s disadvantaged and discarded. “I met lots of wonderful people,” she recalled. Abandoning the idea of law school, Hunter followed Obama to Washington, determined to find a place in the administration to help the folks she had met in St. Louis.

Working in Washington

Hunter followed a traditional Washington career trajectory. In spring 2009, she secured a congressional internship in the office of California Rep. Howard Berman (D), where she handled constituent issues, conducted policy research and drafted correspondence. In the fall, Hunter went to work for newly elected Rep. Judy Chu as a congressional staff assistant. She helped set up Chu’s DC office, assisted the legislative staff with communications and worked on constituent services. In summer 2010, Hunter joined the Obama administration in the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as special assistant to the assistant secretary for legislation. This was a policy job focused on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), HIV/AIDS, minority health disparities, woman’s

health and drug shortages. She worked on congressional testimony, secretarial briefing materials and regulatory issues. Hunter moved to the Office of the Secretary in 2012 as a special assistant. There she continued her policy and communications work. She matriculated in Georgetown’s master’s program in public policy, which she completed in spring 2014. By then she had left the administration for the private sector. She became a director at Avalere Health, a healthcare company offering advice and analysis on best practices and regulatory compliance. Supervising a team of 10, she advised associations and nonprofits on ACA regulations, coverage expansion and market reforms. She also drafted communications for the firm’s regulatory newsletters. Hunter left Avalere this past April to campaign fulltime for the Ward 6 Council seat held by Charles Allen.

Capitol Hill Life

Hunter lived on the Hill while working in Congress, but in 2010, after meeting her future husband, Ian Hunter, she relocated to Logan Circle. The couple moved to the Hill a year or so later, purchasing the home they now occupy with their daughter. Hunter’s parents also moved to the neighborhood just blocks away. The couple run and bike together and spend weekends walking the dog in Congressional Cemetery, visiting museums, cooking and yard work or home improvement projects. Homeownership and childrearing led Hunter to refocus her political interest from the national to the local stage. She became frustrated with her interactions with the city administration on issues like rat abatement and the posting of parking enforcement signs that she thought targeted Latin-speaking construction workers. Dissatisfaction with her councilmember’s constituent services and a desire to represent the views of neighbors struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of gentrification moved Hunter to challenge Allen for his seat.

Hunter’s Platform

Hunter sees a lack of compassion on the DC Council. Motivated by a keen sense of equity, she is run-

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ning on three issues: housing security, fair living wages and campaign finance reform. The key to affordable housing, in Hunter’s opinion, is increasing the number of available units and maintaining the city’s existing stock. She strongly supports raising the city’s contribution to the Housing Production Trust Fund. The monies for this can be secured by reversing the estate tax reductions and increasing corporate taxes, she believes. Hunter opposed recent changes to the Tenant Right to Purchase Act (TOPA) that removed singlefamily homes from the law’s purview. She believes that it should have maintained protections for longtime tenants. Recognizing the strong connection between homelessness and domestic violence, she supports the opening of mini shelters for women and families. Criticizing recent measures that demand proof of residency for shelter applicants as onerous, Hunter would have the city recognize the homeless as a legally protected class. The provision of fair living wages is the second plank of Hunter’s program. She supports increasing the minimum wage beyond $15. She is an advocate also of the ballot initiative to increase the tipped minimum wage and of taking more measures against wage theft. If the public were made aware of the poor wages earned in the restaurant industry, she argues, they would strongly support these measures. “The Council needs to lead on this issue,” she declared. Third, Hunter wants increased campaign finance transparency. After observing the extent to which campaign funding can influence the city’s elected leadership and skyline, she has concluded that greater transparency “is a commonsense method of tracking shady money in our current finance system.” When individuals contribute, she argues, they should be required to disclose their

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Vote in the Tuesday, June 19, 2018 Primary Election Polls will be open from 7am to 8pm. During the Primary, only Democratic, Republican, DC Statehood Green, and Libertarian voters may vote on the candidates. However, every registered voter, including unaffiliated and minor party affiliated voters, may vote on the Initiative Measure that will appear on the ballot. Contests on the Ballot: • • • • • •

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The Numbers

DC Should Act Now to Improve Access to Healthcare for Thousands of Immigrant Residents

n a time of great turmoil for immigrant families across the country, it is more important than ever that DC be a welcoming and inclusive community. Yet DC’s healthcare program for immigrants, the DC Healthcare Alliance, is shutting out thousands of eligible residents with onerous requirements – forcing beneficiaries to line up before dawn at service centers twice a year, while their US-citizen neighbors apply for Medicaid annually through an online portal. The DC Council has passed two laws that would fix this inequity, but without funding for either law in the budget for the coming year, many residents will continue to face barriers to accessing the care they need. The DC Healthcare Alliance program is a locally funded program that has long served residents with low incomes. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) permitted DC to move many alliance participants to Medicaid, allowing the city to leverage new federal funds through the ACA that became available for healthcare. Because of that shift, the alliance program now primarily serves residents who are not eligible for Medicaid, Medicare or subsidies on DC Health Link, including undocumented immigrants and documented immigrants who have not yet met the five-year waiting period for federal benefits. While the DC Healthcare Alliance plays a critical role in ensuring access to care, program rules implemented in 2011 have made it hard for eligible residents to maintain their coverage and access crucial health services like checkups and immunizations. In October 2011, the District began requiring all participants to have face-to-face interviews every

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by Jodi Kwarciany six months at a DC social service center to maintain coverage in the alliance. In contrast, residents with Medicaid coverage only need to renew every 12 months and can do so online if they choose. The new requirements led to a sharp drop in

enrollment. During the first year of the policy, from October 2011 to October 2012, the number of residents in the alliance dropped by one-third, from 24,000 to 16,000 (see figure). Enrollment has

fluctuated modestly since then but currently stands around 16,000, despite continued growth in the District’s population. The six-month re-enrollment requirement has been an enormous obstacle for eligible residents. Workers with limited access to childcare and full-time work find it difficult to complete the frequent-interview requirement. Beyond that, many families are forced to make multiple trips because of a lack of language assistance, long lines and delays in staff processing of information. Often, beneficiaries must go several times to finish the re-enrollment. Even for those who do secure coverage, 44 percent lose coverage after the first six months. That’s thousands of individuals who are not receiving regular care. These barriers are particularly painful for immigrant residents, who are grappling with hostile federal policies that make accessing public benefits a fearful, intimidating process. The District strives to be a welcoming city for immigrants, but it is difficult to encourage use of programs, like the alliance, when additional barriers are imposed. Some applicants have described the enrollment process as confusing, intimidating, discriminatory and inflexible. Two pieces of legislation passed by the DC Council have sought to ease this barrier. One allows alliance beneficiaries to re-apply for the program over the phone, and the other allows beneficiaries to re-apply just once a year – and at community health centers, where people often feel more comfortable. Together, these could increase the number of people covered by 1,600-6,000 enrollees. While both bills were passed unanimously

(Continued from pg. 35) corporate connections, job title, any lobbying registration and employment. In her view, this kind of information, now being mandated in other cities, should be publicly available in DC. While Hunter may have traveled far from Guyana and her West Coast roots, she honors them in her commitment to social justice, equity and equality. While she may have temporarily hung up her cleats and put away her ball, she is still forging connections to improve the world around her. u

into law in 2017, they were not accounted for in the proposed fiscal year 2019 budget. Unless the Council includes them by the time the budget is finalized this month, the laws cannot go into effect. When people have health insurance, they can more regularly manage their health needs and focus on other things like their families, education or jobs. For the District to be a place where health insurance is universally accessible, we must make it easier for eligible residents to apply for and maintain their alliance benefit. The recommended changes to the program would ensure that residents not only have access to healthcare but can keep their coverage. We hope the DC Council will fund these changes in the fiscal year 2019 budget and continue its commitment toward healthcare for all. Jodi Kwarciany is a policy analyst at 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 to increase opportunities for residents to build a better future. u

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Shaw Streets by Pleasant Mann

Shaw Rules in City Paper ‘Best of DC’ List

When a new co-working space opened recently in DC, a potential member gave location as her reason for declining an invitation: “If they’re so up-and-coming, feminist, hipster, it should be in Shaw or H Street.” Shaw’s hipster credentials remain solid, according to the City Paper’s new “Best of DC” list, made up of a readers’ poll augmented by staff picks. Shaw remained strong in its most competitive category of Food & Drink establishments. Right Proper Brewing Company won the poll for Best Brew Pub, while Nellie’s Sports Bar was declared the Best Gay Bar as well as Best Sports Bar in Planned Convention Center streetscape redesign. Image: Events DC DC. Maxwell Park won the top position for Best staff pick for Best Bartender in DC. Wine Bar and Best Wine List, while also receiving In the category of entertainment, the 9:30 Club the staff pick for Best Wine Bar. Beau Thai won the came in first again for Best Music Venue, while poll for another year as Best Thai Restaurant, while Town Danceboutique won the poll for Best Night Farmers and Distillers got its first designation as Club. Lee’s Flower and Card Shop won the poll for Best New American Restaurant. Best Flower Shop, while also getting a staff pick The City Paper staff gave additional kudos to the for Best Non-Alcoholic Happy Hour for its Friday speakeasy at 600 T (Best New Bar), All Souls (Best Flower Power Hour. No-Frills Cocktail Bar) and Unconventional Diner Off Road DC won the poll for Best Indoor Cy(Best Home Cooking Upgrade, for its meatloaf ). cling Studio, an honor it has gotten for a number of years. Warby Parker (Best Place to Buy Eyeglasses) and uBreakiFix DC (Best Place to Get Your Cracked Phone Screen Fixed) also came out on top of the readers’ poll. City Paper staff named Cherry Blossom Creative as Best Place for Bullet Journalism Enthusiasts, in other words, for its selection of pens, paper and other stationery items.

Square offers the closest example of what the finished Shaw store will look like. The target date for the completion and opening of the store is Thanksgiving 2018. All the retail space at the Convention Center is now leased out, but a reconfiguration could allow the creation of additional retail space. There are also plans to enliven the center’s exterior space. Right now, the neighborhood faces a blank wall around the perimeter of the center, with almost no activity along the sidewalks. Even the treeboxes are inadequate, being too small and shallow to provide nutrients to the trees. Plans are to activate the exterior by installing artwork on the façade, installing pop-up retail in the building’s niches and creating raised treeboxes that will provide seating for visitors. Perhaps the most dramatic feature will be a rooftop deck on the N Street side of the center, accessible by an outdoor stairway. The exterior plans have been approved by the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts, although some details have to be worked out with the DC Department of Transportation before work can begin. Plans are to start construction in fall 2018, with phased delivery stretching from 2019 through 2021.

Shaw Main Streets Holds Taste of Shaw Gala

Shaw Main Streets held its annual gala on the night of April 18 at the Howard Theater. Themed “A Taste

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600 T: City Paper’s “Best New Bar in DC.” Photo: Pleasant Mann

The quirkier awards included The Dabney (Best Free Bread Service), Haikan (Best Ramen Sidekicks) and Dacha Beer Garden (Best Excuse to Mix Beer and Another Drink in the Same Glass, for their radlers). Megan Barnes of Espita Mezcaleria was the

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Events DC held a community meeting the night of April 11, led by Events DC CEO Greg O’Dell, to give an update on the status of the Apple Store at the Carnegie Library, along with plans to expand retail and improve the space around the Washington Convention Center. As people may have noticed, the Carnegie Library is being renovated to house a new Apple store. The Apple Store in San Francisco’s Union

Shaw Main Streets gala at the Howard Theater. Photo: Pleasant Mann

ANC 6E by Steve Holton

ommissioners Alex Padro (6E01), Frank Wiggins (6E03, vice chair and treasurer), David Jaffe (6E04, secretary), Alex Marriott (6E05, chair), Alvin Judd (6E06) and Kevin Rogers (6E07) made up the quorum to conduct official business at the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6E April meeting. Anthony Brown (6E02) was absent.

Yehunie Belay wows the crowd at the Shaw Main Streets gala. Photo: Pleasant Mann

of Shaw,” the gala featured 23 neighborhood establishments, ranging from fine dining and craft cocktail bars all the way to sandwich shops, providing samples of what they had to offer to the hundreds of gala attendees. Entertainment was provided by Yehunie Belay, one of the most prominent new Ethiopian music entertainers in the world. He electrified the crowd at last September’s Art All Night celebration and had everyone on their feet dancing at the gala. During a brief ceremony, Shaw Main Streets Board Chair Gretchen Wharton and Executive Director Alexander Padro welcomed attendees and outlined the organization’s plans for strengthening the commercial corridors of Shaw over the next year. Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen came to express his support for Shaw Main Streets and its work in supporting the economy of the city. Then Kristi Whitfield, director of the city’s Department of Small and Local Business Development, spoke, noting that the gala illustrated the enthusiasm and support of the community for the work of Shaw Main Streets. The last task of the night was presenting the organization’s Shaw Champion Award, given this year to the Marriott Marquis Hotel, represented by Dan Nadeau, its general manager, for the Marriott’s support of the organization and the Shaw neighborhood. u

Museum Square Tenants’ Association Meeting

Chair Marriott said that he attended a tenants’ association meeting in Museum Square in March. He reported to the commission that residents are suffering from a lack of heat and hot water, rodent infestation and non-working elevators. Marriott motioned and Padro seconded that the commission submit a letter to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) to convey the complaints of the Museum Square residents. The letter will be copied to Councilmember Charles Allen and Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Naming M Street Alleyway

Jaffe sent a letter of support to Councilmember Charles Allen stating that a consensus had been reached on naming an alleyway, located in the rear of 1131 Fifth St. NW, Yale Steam Alley. Commissioner Padro asked that EHT Traceries Inc. determine if the alley was ever named in the past. The firm had suggested that there should be additional community outreach before deciding on a name.

Permit Request for Ninth Street Cafe

A representative of Chaplin’s restaurant, located at 1509 Ninth St. NW, notified the commission that they have been working with the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) on a public space permit request to convert the property’s outdoor patio into an enclosed cafe. The representative said that an open patio that respects the green space will still exist, but the restaurant’s operators would like to have the option to enclose it during bad weather. HPRB approved the enclosure design, which will be made of glass with a steel railing. Padro moved and Marriott seconded a motion to support Chaplin’s HPRB application with the exception that they use black paint on all painted elements. The motion passed unanimously. The commission’s support will be communicated in writing to the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and HPRB.

HPO Approves New Housing Concept

The Historic Preservation Office (HPO) approved a housing design concept for two identical row homes that will be constructed on two vacant lots at 1735-1737 10th St. NW. The design was submitted by Charles Warren of Teass/ Warren Architects, who was chosen as developer for the project by the District. A hearing for HPRB approval was scheduled in April. Affordable workforce housing will be offered on the lower units, and the upper units will have two bedrooms each. The architectural firm has received positive feedback from the community, and the ANC 6E Zoning Committee has viewed the concept and strongly supported most of the zoning relief. Two zoning concerns that will be addressed in May did not affect the matter at hand. Padro noted that the Zoning Committee’s concerns lie with the amount of glazing on the 10th Street facade and the color palette of materials. After expressing concerns, the Zoning Committee unanimously recommended support for the needed zoning relief. Padro moved and Marriott seconded a motion to support the overall design but asked the architectural firm to work with HPRB on addressing the Zoning Committee’s concerns. The motion passed unanimously, and the commission’s support will be communicated in writing to HPRB.

Request for Curb Cut

R. Donahue Peebles, CEO of the Peebles Corporation, spoke to the commission and said that a 12-story hotel development with 100 spaces for underground parking, located at Fifth and I streets NW, is moving forward. He wanted to discuss the firm’s public space application for a curb cut on the I Street side, since they are breaking ground in June. The sidewalk and pavers will be improved, and Donahue noted that they are communicating with surrounding property owners about construction. The ANC 6E Zoning Committee previously met with the Peebles Corporation to review the application and recommended bike racks, planters and the purchasing of slip-resistant materials. Marriott moved and Padro seconded a motion that the commission support the application for the curb cut and communicate it in writing to the DDOT Public Space Committee. The motion passed unanimously. ANC 6E will meet again at 6:30 p.m. on May 1 at the Shaw/ Watha T. Daniel Library, located at 1630 Seventh St. NW. Steve Holton can be contacted at ssholton@gmail.com. u

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East Side News by Taylor Barden Golden Stores, a group of 12 Ace locations in the DMV metro area. “That’s why it’s so important for us and our model that we involve ourselves in the local community and give back through educational opportunities and other events.” The Fifth Street Ace is always on hand for events sponsored by the community improvement district (CID), providing its famous popcorn, a staple of local events and popped daily in-store.

Trader Joe’s for the People

To the delight of the NoMa neighbors to the east, Trader Joe’s has finally opened its doors in the desert between Harris Teeter and Union Market. Located on the corner of Fourth Street and Florida Avenue NE, the store is filling a gap for the residents of the new apartments and new and old rowhomes in that small subsection of the neighborhood cut off by tracks and industrial centers. “We are so excited to be opening a store in such a neat and growing neighborhood,” explains NoMa store manage NoMa has been center of mind for Rebekah Eagle. “As a resident of Northmany of the city’s developers over the east DC for the last 11 years, it is very last decade, and earlier this month a exciting to see this part of the city grow The Fifth Street Ace Hardware celebrates Earth Day. panel of developers sat down to talk Photo: Taylor Barden Golden and to be able to be a part of that.” Eagle about the progress made and the future plans to involve the new store in neighof the new(ish) neighborhood north borhood events by providing in-kind doof Massachusetts Avenue. Joined by for the front door are recommended to search for nations of food and drink. “It’s important for every NoMa BID President Robin-Eve Jasper, the group 1240 Fourth St., but the parking lot, and the actual Trader Joe’s to support their neighbors and the local discussed how collaboration and vision made the Google address of the store, is 350 Florida Ave. As organizations,” she says. neighborhood what it is today and how it will help for the confusion, Eagle says hopefully it will work “We’re thrilled that Trader Joe’s has arrived on foster new life into the Union Market section of itself out once the building is filled with its office and Florida Avenue,” explains Robin-Eve Jasper, presithe city. residential tenants. dent of the NoMa Business Improvement District The event was organized by Bisnow, a commer(BID). “TJ’s eclectic mix of foods and their aloha atcial real estate news company that hosts live events titude will be a great addition to the neighborhood. and education. On the panel were representatives Just because the weather has not been living up to We especially appreciate the way they jumped in as a of some of the biggest names in DC-area real esits ideal spring, that’s no reason not to new NoMa community partner with support for this celebrate the Earth. This Earth Day, year’s POW! WOW! DC mural festival.” the Fifth Street Ace Hardware in An important note about the store: it techniMount Vernon Triangle put its garcally has two different addresses. Pedestrians looking den products and green partnerships on display outside the store. Neighbors with kids or dogs stopped by to pick out plants or speak with representatives from Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative or District Bliss. “Ace Hardware is a coop, and each store is independently owned,” explains Courtney Belew, marketing manager for A Few Cool Hardware A panel of developers discusses the future of NoMa/Union Market. Photo: Taylor Barden Golden

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A new Trader Joe’s opens in NoMa. Photo: Taylor Barden Golden

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Taylor Barden Golden is a real estate agent with the Stokes Group at McEnearney Associates Inc. A former Hill staﬀer, Taylor lives in Brentwood with her husband, two dogs and a cat. She’s always on the lookout for new places to explore and ways to spend time outside. Get in touch: taylor@midcitydcnews.com; @rtaylorb. u

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ig Bear Cafe has long been a pylon in the foundation on which Bloomingdale thrives. The inside/outside coffee shop and restaurant is the goto spot for Bloomingdale’s neighbors and anyone looking for an outdoor space that’s open during office hours. Open for over a decade now, Big

by Taylor Barden Golden Billington, formerly of Woodbury Kitchen in Baltimore, and Big Bear owner Stu Davenport have a long history, so when Billington came up with the idea for the event two years ago, Davenport was happy to host. The shuck is not a formalized annual event, and as with many things about Big Bear, it happened organi-

the second floor of the building. Currently under renovation, the space runs the whole length of the building and will be designed to house artwork installations as well as seating and multi-use areas. Davenport hopes they will also be able to set up a screening room section to view art in another medium. “Everybody needs a coffee house, and that’s why people started coming here.” Events grew organically from people wanting to hold their special occasions on the patio. Those events have grown in scale but still tend to be produced through creative and organic collaboration.

Flowers Blooming

As the flowers in DC struggled to bloom throughout April, the Bloomingdale community was determined to hold its annual Beautification Day. All the bigwigs came out to celebrate the rare The crew at Big Bear Cafe hands out brats and grilled oysters. Photo: Taylor Barden Golden

Bear is also starting to become the perfect spot for chefs trying something new and, soon, artists wanting to exhibit their work. This month, Big Bear hosted its second “The More the Merrier Oyster Shuck” event on its patio on one of the few truly beautiful days in April. One section hosted a grilling station for oysters and brats, the other was full of fun things like balloon animals to keep the kids busy. The event is the brainchild of Isaiah Billington and Cai Lindeman.

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cally as a collaboration of creativity and the space to house it. That’s what Davenport is hoping to do with his Big Bear space: give chefs and other creatives the ability to thrive. “These guys love to do pop-ups and try new things. We have the space for them to try what they want,” explained Davenport. As previously reported, Big Bear is also expanding its usable square footage to

and beautiful weather, and everyone was happy to roll up their sleeves and dig into the dirt to help bring to life the flowers of spring. The event is held every year to prepare the grown plantings for the coming season, but it has expanded in conjunction with the growth of the neighborhood in general. Over the last decade, both participation and financial resources have increased to ensure that the necessary amount of funds and time are allocated to the project. The event is coordinated with the DC Department of Public Works in conjunction with Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 5E. ANC 5E is committed to beautification and annually allocates $1,500 to each of its 10 commissioners for the beautification of public space. Three commissioners annually provide $3,750 to the Bloomingdale Civic Association’s (BCA) Beautification Day for the purchase of plants. Consequently, explains Commissioner Bertha Holliday, “neighbors have come to know each other, birds have returned to the neighborhood and Bloomingdale’s sense of place and unique character have been strengthened. I’d say the ANC in collaboration with BCA has made a modest but great public investment that is making a difference you can see!” In turn this has spurred other block efforts, for example the collective buying of iron treeboxes and additional plants. “The neighborhood has really unified around these efforts,” says BCA President Teri Janine Quinn, who em-

Neighbors roll up their sleeves and start planting for Beautification Day. Photo: Office of Councilmember McDuffie

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changing hands

Changing Hands is a list of most residential sales in the Midcity DC area 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. Neighborhood

Price BR

HOMES

1741 1ST ST NW #1 51 RANDOLPH PL NW #304 70 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW #402

Bloomingdale

Central

2216 1ST ST NW

$1,350,000

Columbia Heights

1443 EUCLID ST NW 2909 GEORGIA AVE NW 1034 PARK RD NW 603 KENYON ST NW 2619 UNIVERSITY PL NW 1404 MERIDIAN PL NW 2905 GEORGIA AVE NW 826 OTIS PL NW 772 LAMONT ST NW 3309 SHERMAN AVE NW 716 KENYON ST NW

$3,310,000 $1,611,500 $977,500 $940,000 $900,000 $900,000 $865,000 $791,777 $652,000 $630,000 $540,000

Dupont Circle 1755 P ST NW

$2,800,000

6 8 10 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 2 3 5

Eckington 33 QUINCY PL NE 1700 1ST ST NE 162 U ST NE 154 R ST NE 129 QUINCY PL NE 2016 4TH ST NE

$989,900 $860,000 $780,000 $711,000 $690,000 $550,000

Foggy Bottom 917 25TH ST NW 801 25TH ST NW

$1,090,000 $1,080,000

4 4 3 3 2 4 2 2

Kalorama 2203 WYOMING AVE NW 2335 ASHMEAD PL NW 1953 BILTMORE ST NW 2023 BELMONT RD NW 1855 MINTWOOD PL NW 1954 CALVERT ST NW

$4,400,000 $2,050,000 $1,695,000 $1,651,000 $1,650,000 $1,625,000

Ledroit Park 87 V ST NW 2126 1ST ST NW 12 W ST NW 316 ELM ST NW 335 U ST NW 29 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW 1936 2ND ST NW 533 U ST NW 1833 4TH ST NW

$1,700,000 $1,425,000 $953,500 $880,000 $860,000 $827,000 $760,000 $704,500 $690,000

Logan Circle 1418 CORCORAN ST NW 935 T ST NW 1833 VERMONT AVE NW

$1,700,000 $1,451,000 $950,000

Mount Pleasant 3114 18TH ST NW 3160 18TH ST NW 1841 INGLESIDE TER NW 2000 KLINGLE RD NW 3212 19TH ST NW

$1,607,000 $1,265,000 $1,165,000 $1,040,000 $1,020,000

Old City #2 2016 HILLYER PL NW

$2,150,000

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2118 O ST NW #C 2425 L ST NW #908 2501 M ST NW #715 1010 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #1206 920 I ST NW #604 1010 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #208 1133 14TH ST NW #608 2425 L ST NW #424 1150 K ST NW #509 1150 K ST NW #1108 1150 K ST NW #711 400 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #815 1150 K ST NW #911 801 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW #1027 616 E ST NW #323 616 E ST NW #1122 915 E ST NW #812 1121 24TH ST NW #306 777 7TH ST NW #1004 1511 22ND ST NW #34 777 7TH ST NW #1028 777 7TH ST NW #522 777 7TH ST NW #734 1260 21ST ST NW #814

$367,500 $335,000 $249,000 $1,795,000 $1,200,000 $950,000 $730,000 $699,900 $670,000 $654,000 $650,000 $620,000 $596,000 $580,000 $575,000 $570,000 $547,500 $530,000 $475,000 $450,000 $435,000 $416,000 $415,000 $410,000 $370,000 $345,000 $255,000

Columbia Heights

3435 14TH ST NW #6 1219 PARK RD NW #2 2125 14TH ST NW #103W 1208 V ST NW $1,457,000 4 664 IRVING ST NW #1 1458 T ST NW $1,363,000 2 1423 CLIFTON ST NW #2 1509 VERMONT AVE NW $1,200,000 4 3221 WARDER ST NW #4 1521 CAROLINE ST NW $1,125,000 3 3612 PARK PL NW #1 2111 12TH PL NW $915,000 2 1322 KENYON ST NW #1 427 RIDGE ST NW $802,500 2 3225 SHERMAN AVE NW #1 481 RIDGE ST NW $755,000 2 3229 SHERMAN AVE NW #ONE 964 FLORIDA AVE NW $700,000 2 3221 WARDER ST NW #3 38 BATES ST NW $550,000 4 1436 CHAPIN ST NW #B Shaw 1361 IRVING ST NW #14 3404 13TH ST NW #102 1005 O ST NW $1,350,000 5 3435 14TH ST NW #3 435 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW $885,000 3 4010 GEORGIA AVE NW #3 1322 8TH ST NW $818,000 3 1020 MONROE ST NW #101 1323 CLIFTON ST NW #4 U Street Corridor 1461 HARVARD ST NW #5 2258 12TH PL NW $716,000 2 3035 15TH ST NW #104 2129 13TH ST NW $920,000 3 2750 14TH ST NW #606 3318 SHERMAN AVE NW #106 CONDO 1417 CHAPIN ST NW #404 1451 PARK RD NW #102 1020 MONROE ST NW #304 14th Street Corridor 1417 NEWTON ST NW #205 1421 FLORIDA AVE NW #7 $760,045 2 1440 COLUMBIA RD NW #404 1401 COLUMBIA RD NW #319 Adams Morgan 1415 CHAPIN ST NW #204 1700 EUCLID ST NW #B-6 $970,000 2 3435 14TH ST NW #UNIT 1 2426 ONTARIO RD NW #304 $799,000 2 2608 SHERMAN AVE NW #103 2432 ONTARIO RD NW #2 $707,000 2 3534 10TH ST NW #210 1745 KALORAMA RD NW #201 $585,000 2 2201 15TH ST NW #C04 1421 COLUMBIA RD NW #302 Bloomingdale 1451 PARK RD NW #220 74 R ST NW #1 $860,000 3 3123 WARDER ST NW #2 1718 1ST ST NW #6 $490,000 2 3123 WARDER ST NW #1 149 W ST NW #36 $425,000 1

$889,900 $780,000 $769,000 $740,000 $734,000 $725,000 $710,000 $705,000 $699,500 $662,898 $660,000 $630,000 $630,000 $614,000 $592,000 $544,500 $528,000 $515,000 $480,500 $448,999 $447,000 $420,000 $406,500 $385,000 $381,500 $362,500 $357,500 $349,900 $344,000 $343,400 $310,500 $305,000 $280,000 $262,350 $230,000 $499,900 $470,000

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Dupont Circle 1734 R ST NW #2 1515 16TH ST NW #1C 2115 1/2 S ST NW 1330 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #916 1837 CORCORAN ST NW #21 1615 Q ST NW #207 1711 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #114 2000 16TH ST NW #306 1260 21ST ST NW #1008 1420 N ST NW #610 1616 Q ST NW #A 1330 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #625 1727 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW #307 1301 20TH ST NW #607 1933 18TH ST NW #104 1330 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW #1009 1715 15TH ST NW #103

$965,000 $640,000 $637,500 $525,000 $522,000 $432,000 $360,000 $360,000 $350,000 $240,000 $449,000 $440,000 $371,500 $340,000 $327,000 $300,000 $675,000

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Eckington 1741 1ST ST NW #2 59 R ST NE #2 2126 3RD ST NE #B 13 R ST NE #1 14 S ST NE #301

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(Continued from pg. 42) phasized the inclusion of the local business community into the Beautification Day and other neighborhood events. The day ends with a pizza party hosted by Bacio Pizzeria, which donates all the food as a “thank you” for bringing beauty to the block. Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) made an appearance at the event. “The annual Beautification Day is another fine example of the great community that exists in Bloomingdale,” he said. “It is a day when neighbors work collectively to make the community more attractive with fresh flowers and plants.” This year’s special guest was Mayor Bowser, who helped bag debris before the planters started on a particular spot. A large portion of the mayor’s media presence outside of the campaign trail has centered around littering and green space beautification. BCA’s Quinn made it clear that the mayor knows that the Bloomingdale neighborhood is important because residents are invested in the community. That’s why the big players in DC spend a lot of time speaking with and listening to the Bloomingdalians. The day was not only fun but a success that can seen by anyone driving through the streets of Bloomingdale. After months of willing it, spring has finally come to DC. Taylor Barden Golden is a real estate agent with the Stokes Group at McEnearney Associates Inc. A former Hill staﬀer, Taylor lives in Brentwood with her husband, two dogs and a cat. She’s always on the lookout for new places to explore and ways to spend time outside. Get in touch: taylor@midcitydcnews.com; @rtaylorb. u

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Art & Play at the National Gallery of Art

On May 19 and 20, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., kick off summer with a festive weekend at the Gallery! Play classic board and parlor games with an artistic twist, move to the sights and sounds of DC-based dance company Heart Stück Bernie. Get creative with a large-scale collaborative sculpture and other art-making activities. See where art and play come together at the National Gallery of Art. More information at nga. gov/community.

Stories and Stretches

Who says kids need to sit still when listening to stories? Stories and Stretches is a story time for children ages 3 to 5 that incorporates the entire body. During this 30 to 40-minute program, children and their grownups will learn how to engage with books and storytelling through movement as they experiment with poses, shapes and stretches. Activities are designed to encourage children to develop a love of reading, promote body awareness and expand imaginations. Caregivers should be prepared to participate modelling poses for their children at the level which is appropriate for them. Yoga mats are welcome but not required. Stories and Stretches is on June 4, July 2 and Aug. 6 at 11 a.m., at Shaw Library, 1630 Seventh St. NW. dclibrary.org/watha.

Girls on the Run: DC Spring 5k

The Spring 5k is June 3, at Freedom Plaza. The official race start time is 9 a.m. Arrive by 8 a.m. to take advantage of pre-race festivities! 5k starts at 9 a.m.; kids dash at 10:15 a.m. Register at gotrdc.org.

The Buddha’s Birthday

On May 19, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., come to the Freer/ Sackler for a festive day for all ages to celebrate Vesak, an international holiday that commemorates the Buddha’s birth and enlightenment. It is named for the Sanskrit word for the month of May and is cel-

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ebrated on the full moon, when the Buddha’s mother is said to have given birth to him in a garden in the foothills of the Himalayas. Members of the Silkroad Ensemble will create an atmosphere for contemplation throughout the day, filling the museums with sound as they present excerpts from their new composition inspired by artworks on view. Take special tours of the exhibition Encountering the Buddha. Meet Buddhist practitioners from local community groups. Catch the debut of two short films made by the Free/Sackler Teen Council. freersackler.si.edu.

DC Sail Youth Programs

DC Sail’s greatest goals is to allow DC kids to interact with and experience the waterways that surround their city. Through Kids Set Sail and the High School Racing Program, DC Sail provides fun and educational sailing programs to area children. Each of their youth programs follows the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curriculum and use the exciting sport of sailing to develop self-respect and sportsmanship, foster teamwork, as well as cultivate sailing skills and an appreciation for maritime-related activities. Read more at dcsail. org/youth.

Joy of Motion Dance Festival

Joy of Motion Dance Center will mark the conclusion of its Community Dance School’s program year with a free, open-to-the public festival in Fort Reno Park, just north of the Tenleytown/AU Metro. The only such event in the DC region dedicated to dance and arts education, “JoyFest” will welcome 4,000 people on June 10, starting at 10 a.m. More than 800 students will present more than 100 pieces, interspersed with interactive warm-ups and demonstrations, family activities, music, and crafts. Food trucks will line up along Chesapeake Street, so that attendees can truly spend the day at Fort Reno Park, immersing themselves in dance education and connecting with fellow dance-enthusiasts. joyofmotion.org.

NSO Music for The Young

Brass instruments make a BIG sound! But when Brass of Peace takes the stage, children might be surprised to see that these musicians behind this powerful playing aren’t much bigger than they are. Comprised of 13 area high school students, this ensemble plays a selection of pieces that just might blow the roof off the Kennedy Center. On May 19, 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., retired NSO hornist Sylvia

Alimena conducts these concerts that bring together the city’s finest young brass musicians to teach audiences all about how this family of instruments makes music out of metal and wind. $20. Most enjoyed by ages 3, up. Come early for a musical instrument petting zoo one hour before the concert. kennedy-center.org.

Robin Hood

In this story from the traditional English folklore, Chris Dinolfo plays the title role. Our hero sides with the townsfolk against the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham and the even crueler, greedier King John. With his band of Merry Men and the lovely Maid Marian, Robin robs the rich to help

the poor. Experience sword fighting, bows and arrows and miraculous escapes. Best for ages 4, up. Plays through May 20 at Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, MD. You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown runs from June 23 to Aug. 12. imaginationstage.org.

Sleeping Beauty

Performed elegantly by the Puppet Co. at Glen Echo, Sleeping Beauty combines romance and adventure in a story of fairies, frogs, kings, queens and of course, a sleeping princess and the gallant prince destined to find her. Told with rod puppets and special effects, the show is a real treat for princesses and princes, big and small. Plays

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The Phillips Collection Jazz ‘N’ Family Days

In partnership with the Phillips, DC JazzFest celebrates the synergy between jazz and the visual arts with performances by more than a dozen regional artists and rising star ensembles. This annual free, family-friendly weekend features live jazz performances throughout the museum. Listen to musicians improvise to paintings in the galleries. Enjoy an art-making workshop with jazzinspired activities; instrument petting zoo; gallery talks; storytelling and a museum shop tent sale. The Phillips Collection Jazz ‘N’ Family Fun Days are on June 2, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and June 3, noon to 6:30 p.m. Museum admission and all activities are free. The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org.

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The “A Book That Shaped Me” Summer Writing Contest is administered as part of summer reading programs in DC. Prizes will be awarded. Top winners will be invited to present their essays during a special presentation at the 18th Library of Congress National Book Festival, Sept. 1. Focused on a single book, essays should be one page in length and must be submitted with an entry form in person at participating public library locations. The deadline for entries is July 7. Submission forms are available at the Library of Congress Young Readers Center in Room G-29 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE or at participating public library locations. The list of participating libraries and more information are available at loc.gov. Have an item for the Notebook? Email it to bulletinboard@hillrag.com. u

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DC Outdoor Pools Open Labor Day Weekend

All pools open Memorial Day weekend except East Potomac and Langdon. Outdoor pools operate only on weekends until school is out on June 13 and then six days a week. Each pool has a dedicated closed day. East Potomac is closed this summer. It will re-open in 2019. Langdon will open in June. dpr.dc.gov/service/find-pool.

at Glen Echo, May 17 to June 24. Recommended for ages 3 and a half, up. Tickets are $12. thepuppetco.org.

Judy Moody & Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt

Third grade has put Judy Moody in a mood. She’s got to figure out what to include in her “Me” collage. But, her know-it-all little brother Stink keeps getting in the way. When the Moody family drops anchor on “Artichoke” Island, they meet Cap’n Weevil with a secret treasure map, launching them on a mad dash across the island in search of gold. But they’re not the only salty dogs lookin’ for loot. For ages 4, up. It’s on stage at Glen Echo through June 3. Tickets are $19.50 and can be purchased at adventuretheatre-mtc.org or by calling 301-634-2270.

“A Book That Shaped Me” Contest

The Library of Congress has launched its annual summer essay contest for rising 5th and 6th grade students.

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The Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance perform on the main stage.

The 24th annual Imagination Bethesda, a children’s street festival celebrating children and the arts, is scheduled for June 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Musical performances and professional children’s entertainers light up the stage. Hands-on art & craft activities line the streets along Elm Street and Woodmont Avenue in downtown Bethesda. The festival will host 20 local businesses and arts organizations that will provide a variety of hands-on art and craft activities to entertain and energize the 12-and-under crowd. Additionally, the festival will feature face painters, balloonists, giveaways and more. bethesda.org.

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