THE FOGGY BOTTOM CURRENTWednesday, February 9, 2011 Serving Foggy Bottom & the West End Vol. VI, No. 9

! Chocolate tour addsnew loop in time forValentine’s Day. Page 13.! A local matchmakerreveals her methods.Page 13.

! New contract couldimprove city tree care.Page 3.! Congo adjusts plansfor 16th Streetembassy. Page 4.

NEWS PASSAGES! Washington Balletgoes rock ’n’ roll. Page23.! Levine School ofMusic displays abstractworks. Page 23 .

EVENTS INDEXCalendar/20Classifieds/29District Digest/4Exhibits/23Foggy Bottom News/11In Your Neighborhood/10Opinion/8

Passages/13Police Report/6Real Estate/15School Dispatches/19Service Directory/25Theater/23Week Ahead/3

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

The Zients Family Foundation is restoring a grandRomanesque mansion at 2025 Massachusetts Ave. inDupont Circle to house its offices and an unusual pro-gram that mentors disadvantaged high school students,providing them with year-round paid internships and jobtraining.

Founded by Jeffrey Zients, now deputy director ofthe federal Office of Management and Budget, the foun-dation would occupy the upper floors of the 1885 house,which now sits vacant. The Urban Alliance, a nonprofitthat Zients and his wife, Mary, helped found, would usethe bottom two floors for its training and mentoring pro-grams, according to plans presented to the HistoricPreservation Review Board last week.

Those plans include restoring the ornate masonryfront of the house and reconfiguring the rear, whichbacks up on Q Street, to provide a welcoming entrancefor the students. Currently, the rear of the buildingincludes a later addition that is not attractive, and the

See Mansion/Page 5

Dupont mansion tohost mentor group

Bill Petros/The CurrentThe Zients Family Foundation and Urban Alliancewill share space in the Dupont Circle house.

By CAROL BUCKLEYCurrent Staff Writer

Police Chief Cathy Lanier issuedan internal order last week strength-ening the role of university police incalls for service to off-campus loca-tions linked to D.C. universities.

The general order directsMetropolitan Police Departmentofficers, when responding to calls toa “campus-affiliated location off-campus (e.g. fraternity house, off-

campus housing),” to invite campuspolice to respond to the site as well.

The order does not extend uni-versity police jurisdiction beyondcampus confines, clarifiedThomasine Johnson, director ofpublic safety at Catholic University.She served as chair of a committeewithin the Consortium ofUniversities of the WashingtonMetropolitan Area that helped ham-mer out the order.

The new directive reflects exist-ing practice at Catholic University,said Johnson. When 5th Districtpolice respond to a location off-

See Police/Page 7

University police will getinvite on off-campus calls

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

The young row of sycamoresalong Rock Creek Parkway near theWatergate could be replaced byshorter trees of the same family, orcould be left to grow. That’s thesomewhat murky upshot of a debate

that has roiled the National CapitalPlanning Commission, the NationalPark Service and a group ofWatergate residents over the pastfew months.

Planning commissioners lastThursday asked the Park Service toconsider replacing the sycamoreswith shorter trees — but only ifWatergate residents foot the bill formoving the saplings and buying andplanting new trees. Otherwise, therow of just under a dozen young

American sycamores, planted in2009, will remain.

Some residents of the Watergatecomplex have been pushing forremoval of the Americansycamores, arguing that the treescould eventually grow to 100 feet,blocking their views of the PotomacRiver and lowering property valuesat the upscale co-op complex.

Park Service officials, caught bysurprise at the intensity of the com-

See Watergate/Page 5

To change trees, Watergate will pay

Bill Petros/The CurrentOrganizers of the 2011 Monte Carlo Night at the Ritz-CarltonHotel in the West End hoped to raise $500,000 for Children’sNational Medical Center. Proceeds of the event, held by theD.C. real estate community, will go to capital improvements.

S T R I K E A P O S E

By KATIE PEARCECurrent Staff Writer

Developer Giorgio Furioso’s latest plan for a vacantspot on 14th Street NW passed through the HistoricPreservation Review Board but now faces the obstacleof resistant neighbors.

Furioso, with architect Eric Colbert, has planned asix-story contemporary office and retail complex at1515-1525 14th St., next door to the Studio Theatre. Thedevelopment will take over a vacant lot and extendabove an existing historic building, a former auto show-room now occupied by Posto Restaurant and HemphillGallery.

Furioso, who has owned the property for more thanfive years, has proposed a number of different ideas forthe site, including a condominium project and a luxuryhotel.

His most recent plan, for a glass-clad office and retailSee 14th Street/Page 18

14th Street development hits hurdle

! Parks: Deal would addressconcerns about building views

Bill Petros/Current File PhotoNeighbors are concerned that developer GiorgioFurioso’s office and retail project could create parking problems in Logan Circle.

! Safety: Protocol sets policyfor student-related incidents

2 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2011 THE CURRENT

To Our Customers, Our Neighbors:

We owe you an apology.

The past year has seen several powerful wind and snow storms that have caused widespread and extended

power outages for Pepco customers. Those outages have prompted storms of criticism.

We sincerely regret that we let you down.

At our core, the employees at Pepco, starting with me, are accountable to provide reliable service. We

are not where we want to be in meeting your expectations for power delivery, customer service or clear

communications about when and where power restoration will occur.

While no utility can guarantee there won’t be outages when ice, wind and trees rip down power lines,

we will not accept gaps in our own operations that add to customer frustration and inconvenience.

We will not make excuses. We will make improvements.

In fact, we already have begun execution of a Six-Point Reliability Enhancement Plan that will upgrade

our electric distribution infrastructure and protect our lines from damage due to trees and other factors.

Benefits of this program can be seen in neighborhoods where improvements to our substations and tree

trimming were completed last fall. We have committed $574 million to this effort over the next few

years, but I am determined to accelerate our investment and our progress until every neighborhood in

our territory experiences the same improved service reliability.

I have ordered a top-to-bottom re-examination and upgrade of our customer care systems. From our call

centers to our website, Pepco must be a responsive and reliable source of accurate information.

We’ve heard your concerns. We’re working on the problems you have identified.

We are committed to making these improvements, not just because it is our professional duty to you,

our customers; we are motivated to make these improvements because we are your neighbors. Our

employees and outside crews worked tirelessly to restore power, and I sincerely thank them for their hard

work. We will make good on our pledge to improve the system and improve customer satisfaction.

Sincerely,

Joseph M. RigbyChairman of the BoardPresidentChief Executive Officer

To Our Customers, Our Neighbors:

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced.

The past year has seen several powerful wind and snow storms that have caused widespread and extended power outages for Pepco customers. Those outages have prompted storms of criticism.

We regret that we are not meeting your expectations.

At our core, the employees at Pepco, starting with me, are accountable to provide reliable service. We are not where we want to be in meeting your expectations for power delivery, customer service or clear communications about when and where power restoration will occur.

While no utility can guarantee there won’t be outages when ice, wind and trees rip down power lines, we will not accept gaps in our own operations that add to customer frustration and inconvenience.

We will not make excuses. We will make improvements.

In fact, we already have begun execution of a Six-Point Reliability Enhancement Plan that will upgrade our electric distribution infrastructure and protect our lines from damage due to trees and other factors. Benefits of this program can be seen in neighborhoods where improvements to our substations and tree trimming were completed last fall. We have committed $574 million to this effort over the next few years, but I am determined to accelerate our investment and our progress until every neighborhood in our territory experiences the same improved service reliability.

I have ordered a top-to-bottom re-examination of our entire storm restoration process. From our call centers to our website, Pepco must be a responsive and reliable source of accurate information.

We’ve heard your concerns. We’re working on the problems you have identified.

We are committed to making these improvements, not just because it is our professional duty to you, our customers; we are motivated to make these improvements because we are your neighbors. Our employees and outside crews worked tirelessly to restore power, and I sincerely thank them for their hard work. We will make good on our pledge to improve the system and improve customer satisfaction.

Sincerely,

Joseph M. RigbyChairman of the BoardPresidentChief Executive Officer

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By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

A recent change to the District’scontracts for the planting and main-tenance of city street trees may helpnewly planted trees survive andmake it easier for officials to ensurethat work is being done well,according to a group that works toimprove the D.C. tree canopy.

The Urban ForestryAdministration, the office within theD.C. Department of Transportationresponsible for street trees, has bro-ken up its single citywide tree con-tract into four — with two wards percontract — and awarded each to C& D Tree Service of Vienna, Va.

Besides the easier supervisionthat the department says will comewith the smaller contracts — witharborists responsible for particularwards overseeing that area’s trees— the new deal requires that newlyplanted trees be watered monthlyfor a year and that trees that diebecause of neglect or poor plantingpractices be replaced at no charge,said Deborah Shapley, president ofthe Restore Mass Ave group.

“The watering of these new treesis essential for them to survive,”said Shapley, whose organization isprimarily focused on trees in theMassachusetts Avenue corridorfrom Dupont Circle to the U.S.Naval Observatory. Shapley said

she has also seen trees die becausetheir roots were carelessly wrappedwhen they were planted, chokingthe trees as they grew.

Shapley said that although hergroup is focused on a particulararea, trees are important throughoutthe District. “The city needs thesetrees in street areas, but it does nogood and wastes taxpayer money ifthey plant new trees that then die ina few years because of improperplanting or improper care,” she said.

Urban Forestry officials wereunavailable for comment, butTransportation Departmentspokesperson John Lisle said in ane-mail that the group’s informationwas correct.

New contract may help health of trees

Wednesday, Feb. 9The D.C. Council Committee on Public Works and

Transportation will hold a public hearing on the Winter SidewalkSafety Amendment Act of 2011. The hearing will begin at 1p.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Thursday, Feb. 10The D.C. Council Committee on Health will hold a public

hearing on the Athletic Concussion Protection Act of 2011. Thehearing will begin at 10 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A.Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.! The D.C. Patients’ Cooperative will hold a town-hall meetingon the city’s Medical Cannabis Program at 7 p.m. in Prince Hallat All Souls Unitarian Church, 16th and Harvard streets NW.

Friday, Feb. 11The D.C. Council Committee on Public Services and

Consumer Affairs will hold a public oversight roundtable on

Pepco’s reliability and restoration efforts after the Jan. 26snowstorm. The hearing will begin at 4 p.m. in Room 412 ofthe John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Tuesday, Feb. 15The Chevy Chase Citizens Association will hold its regular

meeting, which will feature a legislative update by Ward 4 D.C.Council member Muriel Bowser and an opening reception forthe “Celebrating Artists in Our Community” exhibition. Theevent will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Chevy ChaseCommunity Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Wednesday, Feb. 23The Current Newspapers and The Georgetown Dish will

hold a candidates forum for the at-large D.C. Council seat.Invited participants are Sekou Biddle, Patrick Mara, VincentOrange and Jacque Patterson. The forum will be held from 7 to9 p.m. in the lounge at the Social Safeway, 1855 WisconsinAve. NW.

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Congo changes plansfor embassy driveway

The fate of the historicToutorsky Mansion and a proposalto convert it to a chancery for theRepublic of the Congo are still upin the air. The Board of ZoningAdjustment will continue weighingthe foreign mission case March 8.

Yesterday, representatives ofCongo submitted a last-minute

change to plans for a circular drive-way in front of the house at 172016th St. — the aspect of their pro-posal that has drawn the most fire.They are now proposing a singleone-way driveway from adjacentRiggs Place to allow access for theambassador and other dignitaries.

But the compromise did notseem to satisfy city planning andtransportation staff, who told theboard they object to new curb cuts

and fear even a pervious drivewaywould be used to park cars. Thecity’s preservation board alsoobjected to curb cuts and a drive-way in the wide swath of publicspace that fronts the 1892Romanesque mansion.

There is pressure to resolve thecase quickly. The ornate house hassat virtually unused since a bed-and-breakfast operation thereclosed down several years ago.

Now the property is in foreclosure,and Bank of America’s agreementto accept a short sale expires March11, Congo representatives said.

— Elizabeth Wiener

Northwest man diesin Petworth shooting

The Metropolitan PoliceDepartment is investigating a Feb.4 homicide in the 4500 block of8th Street NW, according to a newsrelease from the department’shomicide branch.

Officers from the 4th Districtresponded at approximately 9:20p.m. to reports of gunshots andfound Northwest resident DerrickRawls, 20, “unconscious and unre-sponsive,” the release states.

The department urges anyonewho might have information to callthe police at 202-727-9099 or 888-919-2746. Calls can be madeanonymously by calling 866-411-

TIPS or text messaging 50411.

Police make arrest instring of robberies

D.C. police have arrested 23-year-old Ryan Nathaniel Collins inconnection with four early-December robberies in NorthwestD.C., the Metropolitan PoliceDepartment announced last week.

According to police, Collins issuspected of having committedthree armed robberies on Dec. 4:one on Wisconsin Avenue nearWoodley Road, a second in the4300 block of Jenifer Street, and athird in the 5200 block of 43rdStreet. In the third incident, the vic-tim was shot. Collins is also sus-pected of robbing a victim at gun-point on Dec. 9 in the 4100 blockof Harrison Street, police said.

Collins, who lives in Forestville,Md., was charged with three countsof armed robbery and one count ofassault with intent to rob.

Earth, Wind and Fireto help out Ellington

The band Earth, Wind and Firewill headline a Feb. 24 benefit con-cert for the Duke Ellington Schoolof the Arts. The concert will beginat 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall ofthe Kennedy Center, marking thenext installment of Ellington’s“Performance Series of Legends.”

“These artists’ willingness togive back their time, resources and… provides Duke Ellington stu-dents valuable exposure and cus-tomized artistic direction,” princi-pal Rory Pullens says in a release.

For general tickets, visitkennedy-center.org. VIP tickets areavailable at the office of theEllington Fund; call 202-333-2555.

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yard is “a broken asphalt paving,”according to a staff report. The pro-posal is for a new doorway and two-story brick wing.

“Most of the students are fromeast of the [Anacostia] River, andmay have never been to this part ofthe city,” said architect RalphCunningham. “So we wanted afriendly entrance” that is convenient

to the nearby Metro, he said.The board’s main concern was

that the renovation would alter thehome’s “grand hall,” removing theoriginal staircase, gallery and fire-place. According to a staff report,“the grand hall and its galleried stairrepresent one of the finest and mostintact Victorian residential interiorsin the city.”

Cunningham said some interiordemolition is required to make roomfor an elevator and second means ofegress, both requirements of the

building code. “The simple fact ofthat space is that it doesn’t workwith our program,” he told theboard.

Board members have no authori-ty over interior changes, but were“clearly troubled by the trashing ofthis interior,” as member TershBoasberg put it. He raised the possi-bility of seeking an interior land-mark designation before buildingpermits are issued, and suggestedthe owners rethink that aspect of theplan.

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plaints, say the new trees replace a historic “allée” ofsycamores planted in the mid-1930s when the parkwaywas built. That same parkway is now a national land-mark, and preservation law requires that the trees bereplaced “in-kind” — even if decades have elapsedsince the originals died off.

Steve Lorenzetti, deputy superintendent for theNational Mall and Memorial Parks, told the commissionthat a new hybrid sycamore, the Liberty Plane Tree,could be an acceptable substitute. The hybrid wouldprobably grow to only about 50 feet, and it is also high-ly resistant to a disease that has felled other sycamores,Lorenzetti said.

Harriet Tregoning, the District’s planning director,said she was relieved. “It looks like you’ve found a treethat’s about half the height. That’s an enormousimprovement,” she said.

But some Watergate representatives at the meetingweren’t satisfied. They said the District’s forester hadprovided a list of trees that would grow no more than 30feet and that would be appropriate replacements.

“We’re talking about hundreds of people whoseproperty values will be affected,” said Nancy Hicksof Watergate East. “We’d like the Park Service toopen their minds beyond sycamores.” Hicks tickedoff a list of flowering trees — cherry, crab apple, dog-wood — that she said would be both prettier andshorter.

But Watergate resident Barbara Spillinger, a formeradvisory neighborhood commissioner, testified thatmany of her fellow residents actually support the ParkService’s original plan. “The Park Service should con-

tinue to do what it does best — blanket the District withflowers, shrubs and, most importantly, trees,” Spillingersaid.

The sycamores in front of the Watergate are part ofthe nearly completed last phase of creating the

Georgetown Waterfront Park, the final link in a 200-mile pedestrian and bike trail along the banks of thePotomac, stretching from Cumberland, Md., to MountVernon.

Ultimately, the National Capital PlanningCommission approved a carefully worded resolutionthat endorsed the overall waterfront project but askedthe Park Service to consider using an “alternative” vari-ety of sycamore or other tree of comparable size.

“There’s still room for compromise,” Peter May, atop Park Service planner, said later. “If there’s someother tree that meets our standards, we’d be open tothat.” But if Watergate residents don’t agree to pay forre-planting, “the trees stay,” he said. “We’d like to moveforward with the existing trees.”

Liz Sara, a board member from Watergate South,called the planning commission ruling “a victory for theWatergate.” Sara said she’s confident the parties willfind “a mutually agreed-upon shorter tree. We standready to pay for the removal of the currently plantedsycamores and replacement of that 100-foot varietywith a shorter variety.”

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PSA 204

Assault with a dangerousweapon (knife)! 3200 block, Wisconsin Ave.;street; 7:35 a.m. Feb. 2.Theft (below $250)! 37th and Calvert streets;sidewalk; 1 p.m. Jan. 31.! 38th Street and WoodleyRoad; street; 5:30 p.m. Jan.31.! 29th and Garfield streets;street; 11 p.m. Jan. 31.! 2500 block, Porter St.;street; 7:07 p.m. Feb. 4.Destruction of property! 2800 block, 28th St.; street;6 p.m. Jan. 31.! 3600 block, Ordway St.;street; 1 p.m. Feb. 2.! 4200 block, MassachusettsAve.; residence; 7 a.m. Feb.5.

PSA 206

Robbery (force and violence)! 3200 block, O St.; sidewalk;10 p.m. Feb. 2.Burglary! 1500 block, 28th St.; resi-dence; 7:30 a.m. Feb. 1.! 1600 block, 33rd St.; resi-dence; 5:30 p.m. Feb. 2.Stolen auto! 1800 block, 37th St.; street;6:45 a.m. Feb. 5.! 3200 block, M St.; street;noon Feb. 5.Theft (below $250)! 1000 block, Paper Mill Court;residence; 1:22 p.m. Jan. 31.! 1800 block, Wisconsin Ave.;grocery store; 12:15 p.m. Feb.3.! 1600 block, Wisconsin Ave.;store; 1:05 p.m. Feb. 4.! 3000 block, M St.; store;1:55 p.m. Feb. 5.Theft from auto (below $250)! 3900 block, Reservoir Road;street; 10:55 a.m. Jan. 30.! Banks Alley and M Street;street; 5:30 p.m. Feb. 2.! 1200 block, 33rd St.; street;10:04 a.m. Feb. 3.! 1200 block, 31s St.; street;8:30 p.m. Feb. 3.! 2400 block, P St.; street;noon Feb. 4.Simple assault! 3300 block, M St.; side-walk; 2:05 a.m. Feb. 5.Destruction of property! 1200 block, WisconsinAve.; tavern; 12:35 a.m. Feb.4.

PSA 207

Theft ($250 plus)! 800 block, 22nd St.; universi-ty; 3 p.m. Jan. 31.Theft (below $250)! 2100 block, G St.; university;

5 p.m. Jan. 31.! 1100 block, 25th St.; grocerystore; 3 p.m. Feb. 1.Theft from auto (below $250)! 1000 block, 25th St.; parkinglot; 6:15 a.m. Feb. 1.Unlawful entry! 800 block, 21st St.; universi-ty; 12:46 p.m. Feb. 1.Destruction of property! 1200 block, 25th St.; street;8 p.m. Jan. 31.Property damage! 23rd Street and ConstitutionAvenue; street; 4 p.m. Jan. 30.Prostitution (solicitation)! Unit block, Washington Circle;hotel; 2:05 p.m. Feb. 1.! Unit block, Washington Circle;unspecified premises; 2:40p.m. Feb. 1.

PSA 208

Robbery (force and violence)! 1100 block, ConnecticutAve.; store; 12:05 p.m. Feb. 4.Robbery (snatch)! 19th and N streets; sidewalk;9:30 a.m. Jan. 31.Assault with a dangerousweapon (other)! 1200 block, ConnecticutAve.; tavern; 2:30 a.m. Feb. 5.Burglary! 1900 block, 16th St.; resi-dence; 8:25 a.m. Jan. 31.! 1300 block, ConnecticutAve.; office building; 5:30 p.m.Feb. 3.Theft ($250 plus)! 1000 block, ConnecticutAve.; store; 11:20 a.m. Jan.31.! 1300 block, ConnecticutAve.; office building; 5:35 p.m.Feb. 3.! 1100 block, ConnecticutAve.; unspecified premises;5:30 p.m. Feb. 4.Theft (below $250)! 1700 block, I St.; restaurant;1:30 a.m. Jan. 30.! 1000 block, 18th St.; restau-rant; 8:20 a.m. Feb. 1.! 17th Street and Rhode IslandAvenue; unspecified premises;noon Feb. 1.! 1700 block, PennsylvaniaAve.; restaurant; 12:40 p.m.Feb. 1.! 1700 block, 17th St.; govern-ment building; 5:10 p.m. Feb.1.! 1700 block, MassachusettsAve.; office building; 6:30 p.m.Feb. 1.! 1600 block, P St.; store;7:27 p.m. Feb. 1.! Unit block, Scott Circle; resi-dence; 2 a.m. Feb. 2.! Unit block, Dupont Circle;store; 1:30 p.m. Feb. 3.! 1100 block, ConnecticutAve.; store; 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3.! 1700 block, R St.; school;8:30 a.m. Feb. 4.! 1300 block, New HampshireAve.; office building; 2:32 a.m.Feb. 5.Theft (shoplifting)! 1700 block, Corcoran St.;grocery store; 2:25 p.m. Feb.1.

Theft from auto ($250 plus)! 16th and Caroline streets;street; 3:15 p.m. Feb. 1.! 17th Street andMassachusetts Avenue; street;3 p.m. Feb. 4.Theft from auto (below $250)! 2000 block, R St.; street;1:30 p.m. Jan. 31.! 1400 block, 21st St.; street;2:30 p.m. Jan. 31.! 17th and M streets; street;10:40 p.m. Feb. 2.! 1800 block, Q St.; street; 11a.m. Feb. 3.! 1900 block, K St.; street;8:30 p.m. Feb. 4.! 1300 block, 17th St. street;10:30 p.m. Feb. 4.Simple assault! 1300 block, ConnecticutAve.; tavern; 1:56 a.m. Feb. 2.! 1200 block, ConnecticutAve.; tavern; 2:10 a.m. Feb. 5.Unlawful entry! 1700 block, Rhode IslandAve.; church; 7:30 a.m. Feb. 3.Destruction of property! 800 block, 17th St.; bank; 1p.m. Feb. 3.! 1100 block, New HampshireAve.; parking lot; 5 p.m. Feb. 4.! 1500 block, Corcoran St.;alley; 7:45 p.m. Feb. 4.Property damage! 2100 block, O St.; street; 7p.m. Jan. 30.! 2100 block, O St.; street;7:30 p.m. Jan. 30.! 2000 block, O St.; street; 4p.m. Jan. 31.! 2100 block, ConnecticutAve.; street; 10 p.m. Jan. 31.! 19th and M streets; parkinglot; 10 a.m. Feb. 4.! 1700 block, S St.; street;6:15 p.m. Feb. 4.Drug possession (cocaine)! 1200 block, 19th St.; alley;12:17 a.m. Feb. 5.Prostitution (solicitation)! 2100 block, P St.; hotel;7:45 p.m. Feb. 4.! 2100 block, P St.; hotel;8:35 p.m. Feb. 4.! 2100 block, P St.; hotel;8:55 p.m. Feb. 4.! 2100 block, P St.; hotel;10:50 p.m. Feb. 4.! 2100 block, P St.; hotel;12:15 a.m. Feb. 5.! 2100 block, P St.; hotel;12:55 a.m. Feb. 5.

PSA 303

Assault with a dangerousweapon (gun)! 2300 block, Champlain St.;parking lot; 3:21 a.m. Feb. 5.Assault with a dangerousweapon (other)! 2500 block, 17th St.; street;5:35 p.m. Jan. 31.Burglary! 2300 block, Champlain St.;residence; 9 a.m. Feb. 1.Theft from auto (below $250)! 18th Street and SummitPlace; street; 9 p.m. Jan. 30.! 1800 block, Ontario Place;street; 4:10 a.m. Feb. 3.Simple assault! 18th Street and ColumbiaRoad; street; 2:04 a.m. Feb. 5.

Destruction of property! 1900 block, Calvert St.;street; 3 p.m. Jan. 30.! 2600 block, Adams MillRoad; street; 8 p.m. Feb. 2.Property damage! 2300 block, 18th St.; street;4 p.m. Jan. 31.! 1600 block, Columbia Road;street; 2 p.m. Feb. 1.! 2300 block, 18th St.; street;10 p.m. Feb. 1.! 2000 block, Allen Place;street; 6:30 p.m. Feb. 2.! 2000 block, Waterside Drive;street; 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2.! 2200 block, Ontario Road;street; 8 a.m. Feb. 4.

PSA 307

Robbery (force and violence)! Unit block, Thomas Circle;alley; 6:35 a.m. Feb. 1.Assault with a dangerousweapon (knife)! 15th and M streets; side-walk; 7:40 a.m. Feb. 3.! 1200 block, 11th St.; side-walk; 12:40 p.m. Feb. 5.Burglary! 1400 block, 11th St.; resi-dence; 8:30 a.m. Feb. 2.Theft (below $250)! 1200 block, 11th St.; street;11:30 a.m. Jan. 31.Theft from auto ($250 plus)! Kingman Place and P Street;street; noon Feb. 1.Theft from auto (below $250)! 1300 block, 10th St.; parkinglot; 8 a.m. Feb. 2.! 1400 block, MassachusettsAve.; street; 4:15 p.m. Feb. 2.! 1300 block, N St.; street;10:45 a.m. Feb. 3.! 1100 block, 13th St.; street;9:30 p.m. Feb. 3.! 1300 block, 11th St.; street;4:20 p.m. Feb. 5.Threats! 900 block, M St.; sidewalk;12:50 a.m. Feb. 5.Unlawful entry! 900 block, S St.; residence;4:05 p.m. Feb. 2.Destruction of property! 1100 block, M St.; street; 8p.m. Jan. 30.! 1700 block, Johnson Ave.;street; 1:50 p.m. Jan. 31.! 1600 block, 15th St.; street;7 p.m. Feb. 2.! 15th Street andMassachusetts Ave.; street; 9p.m. Feb. 4.! 10th and O streets; street; 4p.m. Feb. 5.Property damage! 1400 block, Corcoran St.;street; 3:30 p.m. Feb. 3.! 1400 block, Corcoran St.;street; 9 p.m. Feb. 3.! 1100 block, 13th St.; parkinglot; 8 a.m. Feb. 4.! 1400 block, N St.; street; 3p.m. Feb. 4.Drug possession (cocaine)! 1100 block, 14th St.; side-walk; 12:30 a.m. Feb. 2.Prostitution (solicitation)! 1100 block, 14th St.; hotel;1:30 p.m. Jan. 31.! 1100 block, 14th St.; hotel;4:45 p.m. Jan. 31.

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campus “where students are disturb-ing the area,” they call the universi-ty police to respond as well. Thoseschool-employed officers “attemptto bring a peaceful closure to theincident,” she said, at locationsincluding off-campus housing notowned by the university.

Though the order leaves someroom for interpretation of what con-stitutes “a campus-affiliated loca-tion,” a police department represen-tative confirmed yesterday that theorder would include off-campushomes rented by students.

“The genesis of this notificationis to permit the learning institutionto handle the matter in-house,address standards of conduct andassuage the concerns of the neigh-borhood, provided the problem isnot substantial,” D.C. policespokesperson Gwendolyn Crumpwrote in an e-mail to The Current.

Michael McNair, director ofpublic safety at AmericanUniversity, wrote in an e-mail thatthe new order will not change muchfor most campus police, whoalready often respond to off-campusincidents. The only real change, hesaid, is to allow the Metropolitan

Police Department more “latitude”in addressing matters involving stu-dents, particularly noise complaints.

Representatives of Georgetownand George Washington universitiesagreed that the rule is welcome.

“This order makes [it] clear thatcampus safety officers and MPDwork cooperatively to address inci-dents on or near campuses,” wroteGeorgetown spokesperson JulieBataille.

But the city police will remainthe lead agency at any off-campusincident, stressed advisory neigh-borhood commissioner EdSolomon, who chairs theGeorgetown/Burleith commission’spublic safety committee. “That’swhy I’m comfortable with this gen-eral order,” he said in an interview.

That may be the intent of theorder, but according to FraternalOrder of Police head KristopherBaumann, the result of the new pol-icy may look quite different.

The new rule encourages citypolice to defer to an entity with nopolice powers beyond campusboundaries, Baumann wrote in an e-mail to The Current.

What if someone is hurt — in afight or drug overdose, for example— while police are waiting forschool-employed safety officials,Baumann mused.

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A win for schoolsMayor Vincent Gray has come out in opposition to recent efforts

to relaunch the school voucher program in D.C., arguing that theprogram represents a federal intrusion into local affairs.

D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown, on the other hand, hasindicated his support for the scholarships, signing a 2009 letter toU.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urging him to continue theprogram because of its benefits for local children.

Both make good points. Certainly the program has had a positive impact on students. A

letter to the editor in last weekend’s Washington Post by parentVivian Butler describes the ways her daughter’s scholarship “hasbeen worth so much more than $7,500.”

But Mayor Gray has good reason to object to the program as con-gressional interference. Federal legislators like to use the District astheir testing ground, with many programs that seem more suited toscoring political wins than benefiting locals.

On this latest proposal, however, we find ourselves supportingvouchers — not because they are a perfect program, but because theauthors of the new legislation have paired the scholarships with addi-tional funds for D.C. public and public charter schools.

The legislation, introduced by House Speaker John Boehner andSen. Joe Lieberman, would allocate $60 million to D.C.: $20 millioneach to vouchers, the public school system and public charters.

We understand all the objections, which also include philosophi-cal oppositions to spending public money on private schools, andconcerns that the program takes active parents out of public schools.

But we find it hard to reject additional funds for local education.And if we must have congressional meddling, we’d like to see ityield local kids some benefits.

A tip of the cap?Back in December, during a job creation summit held by then-

Mayor-elect Vincent Gray’s transition team, local university officialsproposed eliminating student enrollment caps as a way to help growthe city’s economy. After the meeting, the mayor told TheWashington Examiner that he would consider the recommendation— though he noted that he would have to assess both the possibilityfor resulting job growth and the reason the caps were imposed.

That small opening has caused a bit of a flap in Foggy Bottom,where George Washington University is the subject of many a town-gown dispute.

The school’s student newspaper, the Hatchet, printed an articleabout the issue in December in which university president StevenKnapp declined to cite a position on caps but said, “I welcome a dis-cussion with city and community leaders on ways in which thegrowth of universities could be integrated with plans to revitalize thecity’s economy and provide new opportunities for its citizens.”

The story caused some concern for residents and advisory neigh-borhood commissioners, and that spurred school officials to write aletter clarifying that the university is not lobbying for the change.

We don’t know how serious now-Mayor Gray was in saying hewould consider eliminating the caps — as a politician’s offer to lookat an issue is hardly a promise of action — but we hope he was justspeculating. We think a quick study of the issue would reveal thatenrollment caps provide crucial protections for university neighbors.

That’s not to say that universities don’t benefit their surroundings;they certainly do. But the archives of this newspaper offer practicallycountless tales of problems faced by school neighbors, from noise totrash to traffic. While both permanent residents and students have aright to be part of a community, we believe caps offer some balance.

We wouldn’t discourage the mayor from learning more about theissue, but we hope that, after researching student caps, he will agreethat a change is not warranted.

Pepco techniciansdeserve recognition

While Pepco management hastaken a beating for its perform-ance during the recent storms,there is one portion of the organi-zation that is, based on my expe-rience, functioning admirably.

I refer to those who actuallymake the repairs: the field techni-cians who have to get out in theinclement weather conditions, atall hours, and restore power. Thesame is also true for the individu-als who carry out similar tasks forthe communication sector: tele-phone/television/Internet.(VerizonFiOS).

Having lost service on all fourover the past week, fortunatelynot all at the same time, I was

very impressed with the perform-ance of the two crews whoarrived. Despite having arrivedwell through a long working day,they handled their tasks withgood nature, professionalism anddispatch — reconnecting me withwelcome light, heat and cyber-space. I suspect that I am far fromalone in my experience.

These crews (one person inthe case of Verizon), along withsupporting staffs in their organi-zations, deserve our recognitionand thanks for a job well done.

Dana G. DalrympleThe Palisades

Underground wiressmart way to go

In your Feb. 2 editorial, “Bury,bury, bury,” you correctly advo-cate installing electrical powerlines underground.

Snow and ice storms have

wreaked considerable havoc onelectric service. Complaints werenumerous, but perhaps these out-ages should be taken into theirproper perspective.

European and Asian popula-tions muse over America’s vul-nerability to electric service out-ages during inclement weather.They don’t understand whyAmericans employ these vulnera-ble overhead lines instead of sim-ple deep-ground burials.

In the old days, the logic ofcheaper overhead lines seemedapparent. But towns and citiesgrew, and then wartime Europesaw much of its infrastructuredestroyed as the threat of warturned real. After the devastation,prudent decision-making mandat-ed sturdier, safer electric powernetworks. Therefore, six decadesafter, they laugh while we sweat!

Edward AbramicFoggy Bottom

LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR

AD.C. Council hearing this week added moreproof of a disturbing conclusion made in thewake of the recent snow and ice storm that

paralyzed the city.“It’s unnerving that our whole city could be shut

down like this,” said Ward 6 Council memberTommy Wells.

Wells is the new chair of the council’s Committeeon Public Works andTransportation. His hear-ing drew officials fromMetro and the city’stransportation, publicworks and emergencymanagement agencies.

None of the officials who spoke was able to givea clear idea of how or whether the agencies coordi-nate their actions. It’s clear they talk a lot. It’s clearthere are written plans. But it wasn’t clear that any-thing collaborative or cohesive was getting done forthe public during the storm.

Local governments should be glad that Pepco istaking so much heat for its failures; otherwise, morereporters would be focusing on the governments’failures.

It still seems to come as a surprise — two weekslater — that there ought to have been a coordinatedeffort to make certain the city’s 17 principal evacua-tion routes were moving better than other roads.

Our irreverent suggestion to City AdministratorAllen Lew after the storm was simple. We told himto just speed the cars over the bridges and roads intoVirginia and Maryland and then let those suburbshandle the result. But, of course, we really think thatthere ought to be regional coordination.

“It seems we were unable to evacuate the city,”Wells said.

To be fair, the storm was fast and furious, chang-ing from rain to ice to snow very quickly while rushhour was beginning.

But isn’t planning for the worst what city offi-cials are supposed to do? As we wrote last week,what if it had been a terrorist attack? We’re not surethe city’s evacuation plan even takes into accountthe “shutdown” that the U.S. Secret Service wouldput in place around the White House. Nothing willmove there.

And down Pennsylvania Avenue, you can be surethe U.S. Capitol Police will throw up their street bar-riers, blocking major roadways like Independenceand Constitution avenues.

If this city and this region can’t get it together fora snarling snowstorm, what hope do we have in aworse situation? It’ll be every person for him- orherself. Kind of like the snowstorm. Good luck to

everyone.! “Merry” Valentine’s Day. OK folks, time for myannual rant.

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, so could you pleasetake down your Christmas decorations? Those of uswho have to drive by wilted wreaths, burned-outbulbs and big bright ribbons and bows would appre-ciate it. You can put it all back up in just a few

months.Thank you.

! Furloughed for sure.Speaking of holidays,Mayor Vincent Graymade a point of notingthat he would also be

taking the four furlough days being imposed on citygovernment workers.

“Like other employees, I believe it is only fairthat I, too, share the sacrifice,” Gray said in a pressrelease. “It’s the right thing to do.”

As mayor, Gray earns a salary of $200,000 ayear. And there are other perks of the office, likeexpense accounts and a driver.

But it is a good gesture for him to take the fur-lough days. He had to sign a waiver to have hissalary officially reduced.

The unpaid holidays include Washington’s birth-day on Feb. 21, D.C. Emancipation Day on April 15,Memorial Day on May 30 and the July 4Independence Day holiday. Budget folks estimatethe furloughs will save the city about $19 million.

We just have one question: Do you still call it a“holiday” when you don’t get paid? We don’t thinkso. ! July elections? Ward 3 D.C. Council memberMary Cheh is considering a bill to move the city’sprimary elections from September to July. It wouldhelp the city conform to federal law that says juris-dictions must give overseas military personnel timeto cast ballots.

But would July be the best time? In the middle ofsummer? Cheh and others are still noodling thisaround, but it has to be done for next year’s elec-tions. The city got a waiver from the feds for 2010.! A final word. There was sad news this week thatpopular D.C. Council staffer Jeff Coudriet died ofcancer. He was just the kind of person you wantworking for your government, someone who knewwhat he was doing, was sensitive to politics and,best of all, enjoyed the work.

“He was a true public servant,” said CouncilChairman Kwame Brown, “who dedicated his careerto improving the lives of District citizens.”

Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a politi-cal reporter for News 4.

More on that failed ‘evacuation’ …

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Remembering councilstaffer Jeff Coudriet

As many of you are likelyaware, my longtime friend andcommittee clerk Jeff Coudriet losthis fight with cancer this week.Ward 2 and the entire city haveexperienced a great loss.

Jeff served as my clerk for theCommittee on Finance andRevenue, and he knew the D.C.budget and financial workings likeno one else. It was exemplary ofthis character that he always tookthe time to share this knowledgewith others — new D.C. Councilstaff, members of the media, andanyone else who might be interest-ed in the workings of the District.

More than a decade of publicservice to D.C. also took Jeff to theAlcoholic Beverage RegulationAdministration and the office ofWard 6 Council member SharonAmbrose. Jeff stayed just as busyoutside of the Wilson Building ashe did while at work, and we areall better off for it. He served aspresident of the Gay and LesbianActivists Alliance and the GertrudeStein Democratic Club, and as aboard member of the Logan CircleCommunity Association.

Jeff was one of the most posi-tive, uplifting and inspiring peopleI have ever known or worked with.I valued his loyalty, his supportand, above all, his friendship.

As we go through our dailylives, drone on through deadlinesand move from function to func-tion, I know that when my spiritbegins to sag, I can recall thosethings that made Jeff so special —intelligence, charm, enthusiasm andlove of life — and feel rejuvenated.Anyone who knew Jeff at all knewthat he strived to leave the worldbetter than he found it.

It is impossible to adequatelyput into words the contributionsJeff made to our city and its resi-dents, or the loss we are all feeling.My staff and I extend our condo-lences to Jeff’s family and friends,and deeply mourn his passing.

Jack EvansD.C. Council member, Ward 2

Sherwood left outpro-choice march

Tom Sherwood’s Jan. 26 col-umn “March for Life on a Monday…” should have given a fullaccounting of the Roe v. Wadeanniversary. There was a march thepreceding day by women forchoice that was not mentioned.

Why didn’t Sherwood mentionthe views of all women? He fea-tured only the anti-choice march.

Pro-choice women don’t faultother women who are against abor-

tion because of their religioustenets. However, when these anti-choice women proselytize theirbeliefs to other women, this is adirect violation of the separation ofchurch and state.

No one is suggesting these anti-choice women must have an abor-tion. These same women mustrespect the rights of all women tomake that choice for themselves.

Maureen GehrigBarnaby Woods

Government shouldshovel snow, too

If D.C. Council members MaryCheh and Tommy Wells want toensure enforcement of D.C.’s lawsregarding sidewalk snow clearanceby citizens and businesses [“Billaims to clear way on snowy side-walks,” Feb. 2], they can start byinsisting the D.C. government to dothe same.

None of the sidewalks on citybridges across Rock Creek Park,sidewalks fronting governmentproperty (like 23rd Street betweenQ and P streets) or bicycle paths istouched after a snowstorm.Residents, pedestrians and cyclistshave to fend for themselves whilethe way is cleared for parasite com-muter motorists from the suburbs.

Politicians should look at howtaxpayers who already pay for suchservices are getting shafted ratherthan cook up more laws and regu-lations. How about Cheh and Wellshave the police issue a parcel of$250 citations to the governmentfor failure to clear its property?

Peter C. KohlerGeorgetown

Sidewalk bill asks toomuch of residents

I fully agree that an effort mustbe made to clear sidewalks of snowand ice within a reasonable time[“Bill aims to clear way on snowysidewalks,” Feb. 2]. However, Iwish to bring to your attention thatI am an elderly person who has hadhip and knee operations, and thus Iwalk with extreme caution, andavoid walking on ice altogether.

From my front porch, there aretwo steps, then a wide walkway,and finally several steps before onereaches the sidewalk. Under icyconditions, I cannot go down eventhe first steps, much less reach thesidewalk to spread some de-icer.The depth and weight of the snowcan also be an impediment in clear-ing the sidewalk. Many houses inthe District have the same configu-ration, and there are many elderlystill living in their own homes.

Depending on circumstances, aneighbor may help, but there is noguarantee that someone will beavailable.

Since the D.C. Council is sointent on sidewalk clearance, I am

very surprised, to say the least, thatno mention is made of sidewalkscrossing bridges in the city. Forexample, the sidewalks of theConnecticut Avenue bridge overKlingle Valley are never cleared,and thus are treacherous, making itimpossible for the elderly to crossthe bridge. The same can be saidfor Taft Memorial Bridge betweenCalvert Street and Kalorama.

To impose a fine on individualswho try their best to comply, whensidewalks on bridges are not seento, appears to me to be an unbal-anced, unfair approach on the partof the council.

Marthe NorburyWoodley Park

At Fessenden, ticketsissued erroneously

I am a longtime D.C. residentand read Daniel Meijer’s letter withgreat interest [“Red light ticketsneed revision in D.C.,” Letters tothe Editor, Feb. 2]. I, too, receiveda $150 “Signal Pass Red Lite”camera ticket. However, in mycase, the ticket was not justified (asshown by the ticket photos). I’mconcerned that others are alsobeing ticketed wrongly.

On Sept. 14, I was going northon Nebraska Avenue and stopped atthe intersection of NebraskaAvenue and Fessenden Street inresponse to a red light, then made aright turn onto Fessenden (which ispermitted on red after stopping). Ididn’t cross the intersection, but thecamera took a photo of my carwhen I moved to make the turn.The first photo showed my carstopped before the first stop line(RTIME 25.6), and then anotherphoto two seconds later (RTIME27.5) showed my car before thefinal crosswalk line. I live on the3400 block of Fessenden and makethis right-hand turn often on myway home.

On Sept. 21, I went to the inter-section to figure out why I wasticketed and saw a technician therewho was making a repair or inspec-tion of the camera. He told me thatthe camera would photograph a careven if the car was making a rightturn during a red light and hadcome to a full stop at the light!(More recently, I have noticed thecamera flashing for other cars, too,when the wheels of their car havenot crossed the first stop line.)

In a request for adjudication bymail, I explained all this (the cir-cumstances, the ticket photos, andmy conversation with the techni-cian) but I never received aresponse and was re-sent the sameticket. Too busy to fight this issueand afraid of getting my ticket finedoubled, I just paid the ticket.However, I do think the city needsto correct this situation.

Andrew FedorsForest Hills

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ANC 1CAdams Morgan

The commission will meet at7 p.m. March 2 at Mary’sCenter, 2355 Ontario Road NW.

For details, call 202-332-2630 orvisit anc1c.org.

ANC 2AFoggy Bottom

The commission will meet at6:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at the WestEnd Neighborhood Library, 110124th St. NW.

Agenda items include:! presentation by Ward 2 D.C.Council member Jack Evans.! update on D.C. Water and SewerAuthority construction projects.! discussion of the NationalTriathlon.! discussion of the Foggy Bottomfarmers market in 2011.! consideration of a resolution on 7-Eleven’s request for extended hours.! consideration of a resolution onbrick sidewalks in the historic dis-trict and on 26th Street.! consideration of a permit applica-tion for a concert at Duke EllingtonPark to celebrate the birthday of thepark’s namesake.! discussion of interior renovationand expansion of the emergencydepartment at George WashingtonUniversity Hospital.! consideration of a resolution onGeorge Washington University’senrollment cap.! consideration of a resolution onGeorge Washington University’s

application for a second-stageplanned-unit development onSquare 55 (Science and EngineeringCenter).

For details, call 202-630-6026 orvisit anc2a.org.

ANC 2BDupont Circle

The commission will meet at7 p.m. Feb. 9 in the BrookingsInstitution building, 1775Massachusetts Ave. NW.

Agenda items include:! remarks by at-large D.C. Councilmember Michael A. Brown.! announcements.! presentation by organizers of thesixth annual National Marathon andHalf Marathon on March 26 andconsideration of a request for a letterof support for the route, includingunder Dupont Circle.! consideration of an AlcoholicBeverage Control application byKomi, 1509 17th St., for substantialchanges to a restaurant-class license(expansion to lower and street levelsat 1511 17th St. with six seats aboveand 26 below; addition of a side-walk cafe with no more than 10seats; hours of operation daily from7 a.m. to midnight; hours ofsales/service Sunday from 10 a.m.to midnight and Monday throughSaturday from 8 a.m. to midnight).! consideration of an AlcoholicBeverage Control application byUpper Crust Pizza, 1747Pennsylvania Ave., for a new restau-rant-class license for beer and wine(serving gourmet pizza for dine-in,takeout and delivery; occupancyload of 34; hours of operationSunday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. andMonday through Saturday from 11a.m. to 11 p.m.; hours of sales/serv-ice Sunday from noon to 10 p.m.and Monday through Saturday fromnoon to 11 p.m.).! consideration of a public-spaceapplication for an unenclosed side-walk cafe at 1625 I St. in front ofBrown Bag Restaurant (18 seats, sixtables and three umbrellas in com-mercial area; hours of operationdaily from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.).! presentation of a proposal for two-story rear addition at 1440 T St.! presentation of a proposal for afour-story rear addition at 2017 NSt. along with full restoration of thefront.! consideration of a resolutionrequesting a more equitable distri-bution of polling places in Ward 2for the upcoming special electionfor the at-large D.C. Council seat.! consideration of a resolutionopposing recruitment on D.C.Public Schools property by organi-zations that discriminate againstindividuals based on race, color,religion, sex, national origin, age,disability status, sexual orientation,gender identity or any other classprotected by law.! committee reports, including apresentation by the Dupont Westmoratorium ad hoc committee on itsdraft report and resolution andupcoming public meetings.

For details, visit dupontcir-cleanc.net.

ANC 2CShaw

The commission will meet at6:30 p.m. March 2 at the WathaT. Daniel/Shaw NeighborhoodLibrary, 1630 7th St. NW.

For details, call 202-387-1596.

ANC 2DSheridan-Kalorama

At the commission’s Jan. 24meeting:! commissioners elected David R.Bender as chair and secretary andEric S. Lamar as vice chair andtreasurer. ! Sarina Loy of Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans’ officeannounced that Evans will partici-pate in the March meeting.! Holly Sukenik of the Sheridan-Kalorama Neighborhood Councilreported that the Combined AnnualNeighborhood Meeting will be heldMarch 1, beginning at 6 p.m., at theWoodrow Wilson House.! commission chair David Bendermade a number of announcements:

- Pines of Florence has with-drawn its public-space applicationfor outdoor seating as it is notallowed to apply for any expansionbecause it is a nonconforming entityin a residential zone.

- The Board of ZoningAdjustment approved two localprojects Dec. 14: construction of anew Chinese chancery and embassystaff residential building at 2300-2310 Connecticut Ave., and conver-sion of 2119 R St. from a single-family residence to a two-unit flat.

- The Alcoholic BeverageRegulation Administrationapproved the renewal of liquorlicenses for Veritas Wine Bar at2031 Florida Ave. and the FabLounge at 1805 Connecticut Ave.

- The commission is preparing tovote at its next meeting on a resolu-tion to oppose plans for the Board ofElections and Ethics to open only 16of the city’s 143 polling places forthe April special election.

- The D.C. Water and SewerAuthority will brief commissionersabout a project that will involve dig-ging and some road closures onMassachusetts Avenue and 23rd, Qand R streets near Sheridan Circle.

The commission will meet at7 p.m. Feb. 28 at Our LadyQueen of the Americas Church,California Street and PhelpsPlace NW.

For details, contactdavidanc2d01@aol.com or visitanc2d.org.

ANC 2FLogan Circle

The commission will meet at7 p.m. March 2 at Luther PlaceMemorial Church, 1226Vermont Ave. NW.

For details, call 202-667-0052 orvisit anc2f.org.

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In Your Neighborhood

D F

ANC 2A! FOGGY BOTTOM / WEST END

ANC 2D! SHERIDAN-KALORAMA

ANC 2F! LOGAN CIRCLE

ANC 2B! DUPONT CIRCLE

ANC 1C! ADAMS MORGAN

ANC 2C! SHAW

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THE FOGGY BOTTOM NEWS2560 Virginia Ave. NW, Suite 195

Washington, DC 20037Editor-in-Chief: Susan Trinterfoggybottomnews@yahoo.com

The Foggy Bottom News is published by the Foggy BottomAssociation as a service to its members and provides information onFBA and neighborhood news, programs, activities and other events ofinterest to FBA members. Contributions and story ideas are welcome,but the FBN reserves the right to edit or hold pieces as space requires.

The Foggy Bottom Association was formed by a group of citizens in 1955 and was formally incorporated in 1959. Attendance at FBA meetings is open to all residents of Foggy Bottom and the West End.

FBA Officers:PRESIDENT – Joy Howell

VICE PRESIDENT – Jacqueline G. LemireSECRETARY – Jill Nevius

TREASURER – Russell Conlan

FBA Board of Directors: Rita Aid, Elizabeth B. Elliott, David Hertzfeldt, Dusty Horwitt,

Donald W. Kreuzer, Lawrence G. MrozinskiEx-Officio: Ron Cocome (Immediate Past President);

Susan Trinter (FBN Editor)

Published by the Foggy Bottom Association – 50 Years Serving Foggy Bottom / West EndThe Neighbors Who Brought You Trader Joe’s!

FOGGY BOTTOM NEWS (continues on next page)

SOUL FOOD ~ Jazz and the New Orleans Inspired Menu at Bayou on Penn

!e freshly painted blue-violet exterior of the Victorian Row House at 2519 Penn Ave beckons. It’s 11:15 a.m. Friday. Bayou on Penn has just opened for lunch—as it does every day except Monday. Brunch is served on Sunday, and live jazz is presented every day during dinner, with 10 p.m. shows on Friday and Saturday.

One walks into a traditionally elegant, yet fresh, feeling with wood paneling, tufted leather booths and a large bar along the far wall across the back of the room. !e craving for New Orleans and southern cuisine is heightened by the menu that hits all the right stops with listings of Crawfish and Andouille Sausage Cheesecake, Fried Green Tomatoes, BBQ Pork Drumsticks, Boudin Balls and Sides of Cajun Fries, Collard Greens, Mac

& Cheese, Dirty Rice and Po’ Boys to catch one’s attention. Your intrepid editor is torn over what to order first: the St. Charles with fried shrimp, lettuce, tomato, pickles, remoulade or the Marigny that is " and " shrimp, oysters, or catfish, lettuce, tomato, pickles, remoulade.

And the drink menu looks like Bayou on Penn has taken the fine art of sipping to a new level. Drinks such as the Drink Dark and Stormy are standards many places, but for the exotic, there are many options. !ese include Sazerac, mixed from Old Overholt Rye, Absinthe, Simple Syrup, Peychaud’s Bitters; Streetcar which is Cognac, Maraschino Liquor, Lemon Juice, Angostura Bitters; and the Frenchmen Fizz, made of Pear Vodka, Sparkling Wine, St. Germain. All tempt even

the least of imbibers. For the heartiest, the Whiskey Pickleback, a Powers Irish Whiskey Shot with Pickle Juice Chaser, may cut even the heaviest deep fry.

!e owners are featuring world class live music, New Orleans inspired cooking, and that laid back Big Easy vibe. Bayou on Penn brings together the award winning cuisine of executive chef Rusty Holman, hand crafted New Orleans cocktails, and a rotating line-up of both local and national recording artists. With two funky floors of dining and dancing, Bayou on Penn suits any occasion.

Phone: 202-223-6941 www.bayouonpenn.com

Vol. 52, No. 9 FBN archives available on FBA website: www.SaveFoggyBottom.com February 9, 2011

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 4–6PM AUTHOR KIM O’DONNEL, THE MEAT LOVER’S MEATLESS COOKBOOK gives cooking demonstration

and book signing. Blu Café and Lounge at The Sports Club/LA, 1170 22nd St NW, $45 pre-registration includes signed book from author. $60 at door. Contact Aja Holloway at aholloway@mp-sportsclub.com or 202.974.6638 for more information or to register.

YOUR FOGGY BOTTOM INSPIRED PRE-VALENTINE WEEKEND

Saturday Night: Make reservations for a full evening of dining and entertainment at FB’s newest dinner

and jazz club, Bayou on Penn (see article, left).Sunday Morning: Prepare a cozy breakfast while your partner is picking up an array of love food: muffins, croissants and almond or hazelnut twists from Watergate

Pastry. While he or she is there, why not also order a Valentine’s cake or pastry for Monday, and enjoy a hot chocolate or espresso at the window counter before

picking up the Sunday Times and the walk home?

Watergate Pastry. The Watergate Mall 2534 Virginia AvenuNW (202) 342-1777 www.watergatepastries.com/ menu.htm

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FOGGY BOTTOM NEWS (cont’d from preceding page) February 9, 2011

F E B R U A R Y C A L E N D A RTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 7:30PM —

FRANCES-MARIE UITTI, CELLO SOLOIST WITH GUITAR.

Uitti plays with two bows in one hand. Music selection of

Villa-Lobos, Scelsi, Sciarrino, and Kurtag. $20 general admission.

Sponsored by Consulate, Kingdom of Netherlands.

At St. Mary’s Episcopal Church 728 23rd St NW / 202-333-3985

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 — FBA MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGSpeaker: Author, Matthew Gilmore will present slide-talk

on his new book on Foggy Bottom / West End. Books available for sale (discounted) & autographing.

7 pm social. 7:30 pm meeting.

WEST END PUBLIC LIBRARYTuesday, February 15, 12:30pm – West End Book Club

Discussion of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

The Civil War: A Ken Burns Film Series, Thursdays at 1pm.February 10 – A Very Bloody Affair and Forever Free 1962 (NR)February 17 – Simply Murder and the Universe of Battle 1863 (NR)February 24 – Valley of the Shadow of Death and

Most Hallowed Ground 1864 (NR)March 3 – War is Hell and the Better Angels of Our Nature (NR)

West End Library Friends’ Reading/Discussion Series, led by Ori Z. Soltes, resident scholar in theology and fine arts at Georgetown University

— Wednesday, February 23, 6:30pm – Discussion of Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

— Wednesday, February 23, 6:30pm – Discussion of Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

AARP Tax Assistance – Tuesdays 1 to 4:30pmbeginning February 15 through April 12.

Self-Defense Workshop (conducted by a local instructor) February 19, 11am–12:30pm

Theosophical Society – Saturdays 11am, February 19 through March 19 Federal Poets Society –

Saturday, February 19, 1:30pm; Saturday, March 19, 1:30pm Sahaja Yoga Meditation – Wednesdays, 7pm

Tango Practice – Saturday, 2:30–5pm Bill Turner Librarian West End Neighborhood Library 1101 24th Street, NW

202-724-8698 bill.turner@dc.gov

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 — BLACK HISTORY MONTHKennedy Center – FREE

5PM – Fifth Annual Blacks in Wax. Will premiere with portrayals of over fifty influential figures from black history. Famous African Americans portrayed include

Madame CJ Walker, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Maya Angelou, the Supremes, Venus and Serena Williams, and President Barack Obama. – The Hall of States at the John F. Kennedy Center

6PM – “From Surviving to Thriving” The SETLC youth scholars, in partnership with the Washington Performing Arts Society, will have a cameo appearance with the award-winning a cappella group, Reverb, as they span African American history through song and moving portrayals of noteworthy African Americans. For more information, contact

the Recreation Wish List Committee 202. 678-7530. – Millennium Stage

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The People and Places of Northwest Washington February 9, 2011 ! Page 13

This is the fifth in a series about localsand their occupations.

By AMANDA ABRAMSCurrent Correspondent

How difficult can dating in Washingtonbe?

After all, it’s a major metropolitan regionpacked to the gills with smart, interesting,unhitched professionals and loaded withopportunities for people to get to know eachother. What could be so hard about meetingMr. or Ms. Right?

But ask a question like that of one ofD.C.’s thousands of unattached, dreading-Feb.-14, not-another-happy-hour singles, andyou’re likely to start a fight. Numbers aside,finding a relationship that feels easy and lov-ing in an area best known for its ambitious,workaholic, type-A egos is hardly simple.

That’s where Michelle Jacoby comes in.The local is a professional matchmaker, pro-viding a service that — online datingnotwithstanding — hasn’t changed much

since the old days. Drawing on her intuition,experience and vast personal connections,Jacoby said she combines folks that shethinks might be simpatico, and supplies adash of objectivity for those who can’t fig-ure out what they’re doing wrong.

The first thing to understand about Jacobyis this: She’s been there. After 17 years as astay-at-home mom, Jacoby, 45, found her-self back on the dating scene a few yearsago as a divorced mother of four. She tried itall: online dating, singles events, friends offriends. Her parents offered to pay for amatchmaker, but after doing some research,she didn’t feel there was a local firm thatcould meet her expectations.

That’s how her company, DCMatchmaking, was born. After gettingtrained and certified, Jacoby took her firstclient in July 2009.

“I used Craigslist in the beginning, andwent to networking events to talk it up, andbefore I knew it, people were calling me,”she said. “I’m just a natural connector —always have been.”

It’s not hard to imagine: Trim and ener-getic, Jacoby has a warm manner that drawspeople in. And the service is very muchabout personal interaction. When signing upclients, Jacoby will meet with them for anhour or more to get an in-depth sense of theirpast history, how they see themselves, andwhat they’re looking for.

“I won’t take their money if I don’t feelI’m able to meet their expectations,” sheexplained. While she listens closely to prefer-ences, a big part of the job is hearing whatisn’t being said — noticing patterns, forexample, that her clients may be unaware of.

From there, she’ll rack her brain in caseshe already knows someone who might fitthe bill. Her website, dcmatchmaking.com, isanother resource: It includes an online data-base where eligible singles can list theirinformation. But much of the elbow greaseof matchmaking occurs in the real world.

“One of my clients was looking for some-one tall, so I approached someone at themotor vehicle administration — we were in

By TEKE WIGGINCurrent Correspondent

Savvy singles and steadieshave an opportunity tosweeten up their sweethearts

this weekend by taking them on ataste-bud-titillating tour.

DC Metro Chocolate Toursstands ready to lead chocolate fansaround different parts of theDistrict — including on a freshlyminted Georgetown loop — tosample products from an eclecticmix of local chocolatiers.

“Any guy who shows up at thedoor and tells you, ‘I’m going totake you on a chocolate tour,’ issure to have a great day,” said tourmanager Rhiannon Swanson, whonoted that the tours typicallyinclude a lot of women, some fly-ing solo. “I really applaud theladies who come by themselves —you know they’re really hard-corechocoholics,” she added.

Comprised of no more than 14guests (to keep the experience“intimate,” Swanson said), groupsvisit at least six shops offering anarray of chocolate experiences thatpush boundaries of what the covet-ed sweet can do for its indulgers.

In addition to homemade artisanchocolates, samplers try chocolateskin-care products like lip balmand bubble bath solution, alongwith exotic concoctions like choco-late salt, sugar and tea.

But of all the chocolate incarna-

tions on the menu, there’sone that definitely takesthe cake, Swanson said:chocolate-covered bacon.

According to Swanson,the panoply of chocolate-related options is attributa-ble to a renaissance inD.C.’s culinary scene. Thetour manager said that inrecent years, the Districthas seen a spike in its foodofferings.

“I think we’re just see-ing smaller artisans taking a chancein coming into the D.C. market,”she said.

Spotting the influx of chocolatetalent, company owner DavidGoldstein decided to expand his

chocolate tour operation fromBoston to the District last fall. Onvisits to see his daughter, who isenrolled at George WashingtonUniversity, Goldstein saw “somereally great artists and vendors and

really unique shops,”said Swanson.

The expansion capi-talizes on sweet-eaters’increasing sophistication,indicated most acutely,perhaps, in the creationand enjoyment of choco-late bacon, Swanson

said.“This relationship between the

sweet and the salty is really takingoff,” she said. “Not only with saltbut also with spice. Spice chocolateas well is really coming to the fore-

front.”To form the tours, Swanson uti-

lizes Yelp, a review website, to pin-point the most reputable chocolateshops. But she also scouts for tastytalent on her own.

“We’ll hit the streets and justwalk and check all the nooks andcrannies — all the places thataren’t necessarily charted on themap,” she said.

Most recently, Swanson appliedthis method to Georgetown, carv-ing out a tour that shepherds guests

Chocolate tours poundthe pavement for treats

Bill Petros/The CurrentDC Metro Chocolate Tours offers three excursions — including a newly launched loop in Georgetown — everyweekend. Tours include stops at six or more shops.

See Match/Page 16

See Chocolate/Page 16

Courtesy of Michelle JacobyMichelle Jacoby became a matchmaker following a divorce.

Matchmaker uses old-school knowledge and some new technology to place pairs

14 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2011 THE CURRENT

ATLAS DISTRICT/H STREET6 UNIT CASH COW. Great investment opalong the newly revitalized H St/Atlas dis-trict. 6 Nicely kept units, $1550 monthlypositive cash flow w/ 25% down after debtservice. 7.8% cap rate. Close to new highend rental by Clark construction, Safeway,CVS and upcoming trolley. Possible sellerfinancing. By Appt. www.scottpurcell.com.Scott Purcell 202-262-6968Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300

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CHEVY CHASE $284,000SPACIOUS upper flr unit w/lots of sunlightand great views. Gleaming HWFs, brandnew KIT with gran countertops, SS applsand maple cabs! Good-sized BR w/2 largeclosets. One outdoor pkg space conveys.Prestige bldg with 24-hr mgmt. Schools,shops, Friendship Metro nearby.Pat GerachisFoxhall Office 202-363-1800

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CLEVELAND PK $399,000“THE BROADMOOR” 2 blocks toMETRO/shops from this “Best Addresses”bldg w/beautiful gardens adj to RC Park!2nd-Lvl 1000 SF 1BR overlooks Park fromSunrm, Bkfst Rm & BR. Loads oforiginal details. Rental PKG in bldg.www.TheChampionCollection.comDenise Champion 202-215-9242Chevy Chase Office 202-363-9700

COLUMBIA HTS $399,000JUST LISTED! Large 1BR+den with openKIT w/granite & SS appliances. 10’ ceil-ings, cherry wood flrs and huge WIC.Steps to Metro, shops & restaurants. Seephotos at www.MattandHeatherDC.com.Heather Davenport 202-821-3311Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300

COLUMBIA HTS $699,000OPPORTUNITY…right in the heart of

the EXPLOSIVE Columbia Hts businessdistrict. Two former bldgs combinedfor a great Newly Renov Space.New plumbing from fixtures to thestreet, New heat, AC and electric.THINK FUTURE and BUY NOW!www.DCMDHomeFinder.com.Walt Johnson 240-351-4663Chevy Chase Office 202-363-9700

DUPONTFANTASTIC OP to purchase high endinvestment property in the Dupont/Loganarea. Four 2BR/2BA units that are com-pletely self-contained. Owner pays waterand taxes. 2 car PKG in rear. Perfect forowner occupant or investor. Please callwith 24 hrs notice to show. Call fordetails. View @ www.ScottPurcell.com.1513 T St NW.Scott Purcell 202-262-6968Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300

DUPONT $530,000A RARE OP! Stunning open loft on entirefloor of classic Dupont TH – Vaulted ceilings,grmt KIT, 2 FPs, sumptuous BA w/steamshower & soaking tub, huge private roofdeckw/southern views of the WashingtonMonument. Pic at www.robythompson.com.

Roby Thompson 202-255-2986Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300

ECKINGTON /BLOOMINGDALE $475,000NEW PRICE. FHA approved – 2 new con-struction, luxury condos. 2 levels, 3BR,3FBA. Parking and low condo fees.Payam BakhajeFoxhall Office 202-363-1800

FOXHALL VILLAGE $789,000UNIQUE 4BR, 2BA Tudor TH overlookingThe National Park. Wonderful Californiastyle KIT opens to bright den and deck.Great entertainment flow. Large MBR. 2rear BRs adjoin 2nd floor den. In-law suite.CAC. 1545 44th St NW.Scott Polk 202-256-5460Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

FT. DUPONT PARK $185,500THIS 2BR SEMI-DET home is well-main-tained, HWFs, and extremely deep yard.Call for further details.Norris Dodson 202-486-1800Friendship Heights 202-364-5200

LANHAM $250,000TOTALLY RENOVATED 3BR, 2BA home

w/kit-din combo. Must see!!Judy Christie 240-355-2875Friendship Heights 301-652-2777

LEDROIT PARK $440,000GRAND DAME - waiting to be restored toreturn to her Glory. Beautiful architecturaldetails intact. Semi-detached, lovely frontporch & huge back yard. Sits among similarrestored homes in “Original Ledroit Park”Close to METRO, Howard Univ, U Streetshops & restaurants. What more can youask for? www.DCMDHomeFinder.com.Walt Johnson 240-351-4663Chevy Chase Office 202-363-9700

PALISADES $759,000CHARMING brick colonial on large cornerlot. 2/3BR, 3BA, party deck, garage, sweetfront porch, fenced yrd, upscale KIT, walk toG’twn/Canal/Crescent Trail. 4636 Q St NW.Mary Ann Corette 202-256-5501Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

PETWORTH $149,500WOW! GREAT VALUE! Large unit loadedwith charm. 700 SF 1BR w/high ceilings,HWFs, sep DR. Big storage and WD inbldg. Courtyard, cat-friendly. Near Metro,shops. www.TheChampionCollection.comDenise Champion 202-215-9242Chevy Chase Office 202-363-9700

PETWORTH $539,900FAB 3BR, 2FBA, 2HBA townhome renovand ready for you. HWFs, huge gour KITw/top-of-the-line appl’s, gran & customcabinets. Mste w/jetted tub, WIC. Fin LLw/half BA. Garage & custom landscaping.Ingrid SuismanTatjana BajramiFoxhall Office 202-363-1800

U STREET CORRIDOR $729,000TOP TO BOTTOM ‘07 renov 3BR, 3.5BAFederal TH! Perfect open floorplan w/warmHWFs, grand gourmet KIT, mste w/vaultedceiling & sweet BA, large 2nd BR leads toparty deck, full fin bsmt as 3rd BR or recroom, PKG, stroll to Metro & more! Pics@ www.robythompson.comRoby Thompson 202-255-2986Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300

WESLEY HEIGHTS $660,000THE COLONNADE - Spacious 2BR,2.5BA condo. 1,877 SF in impeccable con-dition, LR leads to 23 ft balcony facinglush back garden, remodeled eat-in KIT,large sep DR, grand MBR has expandedmarble BA, 2nd BR w/custom built-in stor-age, great closets, prime garage pkg space,24 hr desk/doorman, heated Olympic sizepool, small pets welcome. 2801 NewMexico Ave NW #511.Roberta Theis 202-538-7429Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

GEORGETOWN1680 Wisconsin Ave. NW

202.944.8400

FOXHALL3201 New Mexico Ave. NW

202.363.1800

FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS5101 Wisconsin Ave. NW

202.364.5200

CHEVY CHASE20 Chevy Chase Circle NW

202.363.9700

WOODLEY PARK2300 Calvert St.202.483.6300

CHEVY CHASE $579,000TERRIFIC OP! Rarely available at this price point.Home is in beautiful move-in condition. New KIT& BA, 3BRs, Big Backyard, Screened Porch,Charming front Porch, Beautiful HWFs & OSP.Close to RC Park, Public Trans & METRO.Julie Roberts 202-276-5854Chevy Chase Office 202-363-9700

DUPONT /DOWNTOWN

#405 - $675,000#406 - $275,000

RARE OP to purchase in“Best Address” Coop.TWO Units for Sale inThe Presidential. Unitsmay be combined. #405– 3BR, 3BA, Balcony,W/D, approx 1700+ SF.#406 – 1BR, 1BA,approx 550 SF. Bothhave CAC, HWFs.

Doorman Bldg. 2 blocks to Metro. PETS OK!Joseph Priester 202-262-7372Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300

TAKOMA PARK $519,000FABULOUS TAKOMA Bungalow! 4BR, 3FBA,finished LL. Entry foyer w/French doors, HWFs,huge eat-in KIT, renovated BAs, CAC, fpl. Deepfront porch, back deck, patio. Metro, buses, gro-cery, parks, public swimming & tennis. The charmyou’ve been looking for!Lili Sheeline 202-905-7561Chevy Chase Office 202-363-9700

ROCKVILLE $1,195,000CHARMING AND EXPANSIVE light-filled GlenHills Cape Cod home. 4BRs, 4 FBAs, main levelmaster suite, soaring ceilings in open floor plan, 2FPs, sun room, 2-car garage and more. Pool, patioand back yard landscaping on just over an acre.Tasia PappasFoxhall Office 202-363-1800

MT PLEASANT$1,050,000ONE OF ONLY A FEWdetached homes inHistoric Mt Pleasant–2parlors, formal DR,Gran/SS eat-in KIT,5BR+office & study.3/5BA, cedar sauna,2FPs, WF, CAC, studioin-law ste w/priv entry.Large lot & gardens, dri-veway pkg for 3+ cars.Near Metro, shops /restaurants, RC, Zoo.

Linda LowFoxhall Office 202-363-1800

CENTRAL$469,000

TOP FLOOR – large1BR with hardwoodfloors, granite counters,walk-in closet, exerciseroom, e-lounge, fabu-lous location, walk toGW, Metro, G’town,Dupont, World Bank,law firms. Pets OK.

www.DCHomes2Sell.com. 1111 25th St NW#912.

Kornelia Stuphan 202-669-5555Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

FOREST HILLS $989,000NEWLY PRICED, painted, polished. GoodCondition - Fab Location & Potential! All brick,southern exposure. 5BR, 4.5BA, 2FPL, level lot.Van Ness Metro. 2840 Brandywine St, NW.Denise Warner 202-487-5162Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

SILVER SPRING $444,000BEST VALUE! Priced to sell!! 4BR,3.5BA, 2 story LR, 2 FPs, sunlit DR, eat-in kit, open FR, deck & 2 car garage.Denise Verburg 301-335-5103Friendship Hts 301-652-2777

BETHESDA $949,000HIGH END REMODELED 5BR, 3BA colonial on aquiet street in desirable Burning Tree Manor.Double vanity in MBA, huge storage area in awalk-attic.Michael Fabrik 703-407-0103Friendship Heights 301-652-2777

Rooms With a ViewCorner 1 BR apt. in heart of Dupont. Art Deco bldg. with fabulous “green” roof, new flrs, fresh paint, 2 Metros $269,000

Ian Wakefield 202-207-7474

Inviting & InspiredBrick colonial w/ dramatic addition Open floor plan, 5 BRs up, 5.5 BAs + au-pair

suite. Gourmet Kitchen. Pristine condition. 2 car garage. Walk to Metro. $1,795,000

Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

Sleek & SassyCapitol Hill. Chic renovation of vintage building. 3 super apartments left w/ 1

Br + den, 1 Ba; French doors, hdwd flrs, sparkling kitchen & baths. $179,000 Courtney Abrams 202-253-0109

Denny Horner 703-629-8455

Bungalow Beauty Chevy Chase, Md. Hallmark bungalow in great location w/ panoramic views awaits

your loving touch or build your dream house here. Two 1st fl. bedrooms, 3rd bedroom

above. Det. garage. Walk to Metro. $845,000 Karen Kuchins 301-275-2255 Eric Murtagh 301-652-8971

Upscale LivingTwo level feels like TH. Open gourmet kit w/ brkfst bar, LR w/ gas f/p, 2 BRs, W/D, roof deck & Parking. $459,000Delia McCormick 301-977-7273

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301-229-4000

Susan Jaquet

With Washingtoniansacross the city recallingcrowded, city-size living

rooms packed for Super Bowl

Sunday, a spacious, nearly 5,000-square-foot home sounds like justthe thing.

This 1966 four-bedroom proper-ty in Chevy Chase’s Hawthorneneighborhood also offers a stylehard to come by in Colonial- andTudor-heavy D.C.: mid-centurymodern.

The long, low profile of thebrick-and-wood exterior signalsvisitors that the interior architecturewill be similarly unfussy. And thepromise holds: Beneath paint huesand wallpapers, well-proportionedrooms sport simple moldings, natu-ral materials, ample light — andnot much else.

But this modern home is notminimalist: Lucite chandeliers andother fab touches run throughout tooffer focal points in each space.

Most buyers will look to updatematerials and colors here, butchanges could easily stop withbasic cosmetics. More ambitious

renovators could take this classiccontemporary into ultra-modern,“Dwell”-magazine territory with afew exterior changes — wrap thefacade’s huge balcony in metal orreplace it with glass, for example.Large double front doors could alsogo 21st-century in steel or glam inhigh-gloss color.

But even in an extensive-reno-vation scenario, the home’s up-to-date layout could remainunchanged. A large living roomwaits just off a marble-tiled entry,then flows into a blast-from-the-past family room. Don’t be dauntedby the wood paneling and brickfireplace wall. Wood is easy towhitewash, ceruse or paint. A coatof paint could also spruce up thebrick, or owners could take the hintprovided by a black stone benchand clad this wall in stone.

Fortunately for those not eagerto double a down payment withrenovation costs, this home featuresa kitchen that was overhauled lastyear. Dark wood cabinetry istopped with light granite countersthat provide plenty of workspace inthis large kitchen. There’s also asunny spot for a table here — moreformal meals can be held in theadjacent dining room.

Visitors to the home’s virtual

tour online maywonder if a wide-angle lens is thecause of therefrigerator’sseeming girth, butit isn’t — theSub-Zero appli-ance is really thatbig. Two pantriesoffer more foodstorage spacehere.

Even those hardened to theshowiest upscale kitchen will bewowed by one original feature leftin place here: a wet bar with abuilt-in blender waiting to mix up abatch of margaritas — or some-thing more appropriately retro,given the space.

Those drinks can be servedinside or out on the home’s flag-stone patio. Also in the fencedbackyard are a heated pool, poolhouse and covered bar and grillarea.

The kitchen offers access to atwo-car garage as well as a lowerlevel, where there’s more retro fun.A large, undulating bar backs up toa prep space with two sinks. Theextensive space has room for ampleseating and more — perhaps a bil-liards table? Owners could also

wall off a part of the level for abedroom for in-laws or an au pair;there’s already a full bath on thisfloor.

Another spot here, a wood-cladsauna, suggests that the lower levelcould be used as a home gym,while an enclosed laundry areaoffers a more useful, though lessrelaxing, space.

Four large bedrooms waitupstairs, as do — technically —two baths. But these bathrooms aredesigned to serve multiple users atonce: Both feature a shared centralspace with a bath and shower (twoshowers in the case of the masterbath), while separate vanities flankthat room. Baths here are in goodcondition, though many buyers will

want to update these spaces. One more spot will excite cre-

ative renovators: Off the masterbedroom, a skylit room offers a hottub and stone-clad fireplace.Though not attuned to how mosthomeowners live today, the roomlends itself to a host of reinterpreta-tions. With plumbing in place, per-haps the best idea is to make thisroom an opulent master bath anddressing room.

This four-bedroom, 3.5-bathhome at 7000 Wyndale St. isoffered for $1,060,000. For details,contact Realtor Kimberly Cestariof W.C. & A.N. Miller Realtors, aLong & Foster Co., at 202-253-8757 or kimberly.cestari@longand-foster.com

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Chevy Chase home offers mid-century modernism

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from Washington Harbour upThomas Jefferson Street and alongM Street. She pushed for an earlydebut of the tour, so it would beready to go lead-ing up toValentine’s Daynext Monday.

Swanson saysall the tours hit upwell-knownshops, like BiagioFine Chocolate,but also moreobscure establish-ments likeLocalat Café andSchakoladChocolateFactory — allthree in theDupont area. Her company likes toshowcase the latter shops to “sup-port the small-business people,”she said.

Shops agree to provide samplesfor tour guests in exchange for theexposure they receive and the pro-motional work DC Chocolate

Tours provides on its Facebookpage and through Twitter.

There’s been no shortageof demand for spots on tour rosters,Swanson said, pointing to the1,200 half-off couponsWashingtonians purchased during arecent promotional campaign with

the websiteGroupon.

Just one tourfor each neigh-borhood runsevery weekend,allowing for only42 guests in totaland making atten-dees “very lucky”and the event“exclusive,” shesaid.

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line together, and he was 6-7, so Iwent up to him and asked him,”recalled Jacoby. It turned out hewas married, but that didn’t turnher off from talking to peoplewherever she is. “I’ll do it whileI’m getting a pedicure, if there’s anadorable woman next to me. Or atmy meditation class. I chat witheverybody.”

If someone seems like a reallygreat match, she’ll set him or herup with the client she had in mind.But it’s not always a slam-dunk; ifthe client doesn’t make a goodimpression, the date probablywon’t go well.

That’s how she wound up dou-bling as a dating coach. Guidancecan come in many forms. It mightmean encouraging a client to smileat people during a Metro commute,giving a makeover, or conductingmock dates to prepare for potential-ly sticky situations.

And part of the role is helpingclients change their perceptionsabout romance. What a guy wants,she tells her female clients, is awoman who’s kind, thoughtful andfeminine — not necessarily busi-nesslike and impressive. “I tellwomen, we all have our softer side— lead with it. Men dig it.”

For the men, she advises, “It’svery easy — if you don’t have apartner — to fill yourself withwork, but you have to make time inyour life.”

The very biggest issue? It’s TheList — a person’s mental tally thatincludes the profession, income,education level and background of

his or her ideal partner. “The rea-son people are single is because oftheir list,” said Jacoby. “But itshouldn’t be about the things youwant; it should be only about thevery small list of things you need.

“The more open they are, themore likely they’ll end up in a rela-tionship,” she added.

It worked for her. Jacoby mether fiancé one night while hangingout with a girlfriend; she hadn’tplanned on flirting with anyone andwas just being friendly to the guynext to her, who had asked a ques-tion. But they wound up chatting,and the rest is history.

It shouldn’t be a surprise that allthat wisdom and personalizedattention come at a cost. Jacobywouldn’t state her rate, but admit-ted to being relatively expensive,adding that she uses a VIP modeland gives individual service to the15 to 20 clients she has at one time.

One current client says he’svery happy with Jacoby’s services.Mitch, a 58-year-old professionalliving in Upper Northwest, signedup with her at the end of 2010. Hehad a handful of good datesthrough Jacoby in January, but itwas the fourth she arranged —with a woman he coincidentallyhad met and been attracted to in thepast — that made all the difference.“We totally connected from theget-go on every level,” he said. It’skarmic.” The two are now datingseriously.

Enlisting the services of amatchmaker like Jacoby isn’t foreveryone, but Mitch said he’s atrue believer. “If this doesn’t workout, heaven forbid, I have everyconfidence that Michelle will findsomeone else for me.”

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building, won approval from theHistoric Preservation Review Boardin the fall after he incorporatedsome of the board’s suggestions.

At this month’s meeting of theLogan Circle advisory neighbor-hood commission meeting, though,the developer faced some negativefeedback from neighbors who liveon Kingman Place, behind the pro-posed structure’s site.

Furioso came to seek the neigh-borhood commission’s support for azoning application that requests sev-eral areas of relief from city regula-tions. The D.C. Board of ZoningAdjustment is slated to hear the caseon March 15.

Most contentious appears to be aparking plan that would create 12belowground spaces accessiblethrough a car elevator; normal zon-ing rules would require 101 spacesfor the project.

Zoning attorney Kyrus Freemanof Holland & Knight explained thatonly 12 spaces are possible withinthe development because ofrestraints imposed by both the exist-

ing historic building as well asunderground contamination, whichmakes deep excavation impossible.

A few Kingman Place residentsat the Feb. 2 meeting were con-cerned not only that 12 more driverswould regularly use their already-crammed back alley, but also thatnew office employees without des-ignated spots would take over theneighborhood’s scarce street park-ing.

“Parking on Kingman Place isnotoriously lacking,” said one resi-dent. “To add another 90 cars …would be a disservice to the com-munity.”

In response, Furioso said heplans to market the office space totenants who will be aware of thebuilding’s lack of parking.

“But where will they park?” aresident asked.

“They’re not going to take a carthere. That’s my point,” saidFurioso, who emphasized that thesite is accessible to public trans-portation and that the developmentwould include bike racks and show-ers for cyclists.

Attorney Freeman expressedconfusion about the dual sentimenthe heard from neighbors — that 12

parking spaces would be both toomany, in terms of alley congestion,and too few, in terms of local streetparking. “I’m hearing two things,”he said.

Kingman Place neighbors alsoaired concerns about the building’srear dimensions and a rooftop pent-house structure, both of whichwould extend beyond what city reg-ulations normally allow.

The neighbors, who feared bothelements could rob their light, airand alley space, argued that finan-cial motivation was not a justifiablereason for the developer to seekzoning exceptions.

Furioso responded that if he wereto sacrifice “one square foot” of thecurrent project, he wouldn’t be ableto build it.

The neighborhood commissionultimately voted 5-1 to hold off avote until next month. Commissionchair Charles Reed said he wantstime to explore the issues in moredepth, though a couple of othercommissioners were skeptical thatmore time could resolve theimpasse.

Furioso, in an interview, said heplans to meet personally with neigh-bors this week.

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Aidan Montessori SchoolOn Feb. 22, Mrs. Mosher’s

upper-elementary class went on afield trip to the Kennedy Center.We saw a play called “AmericanScrapbook,” based on poems thatJacqueline Kennedy, former firstlady, put together.

The title came from a tradition

of the Kennedy family. EachChristmas, instead of giving gifts totheir relatives, the Kennedy chil-dren, Caroline and John, wouldchoose to illustrate a poem. ThenJacqueline Kennedy would gatherthem and put them in a scrapbook.

In this play, poems were notonly read, but also acted out. “Theyhad so much enthusiasm,” saidfourth-grader Rowan Bortz.

Fourth-grader JaquelinWeymouth thought it was good.She liked the actors’ expressions.

Some had less enthusiasm.Fourth-grader Brooke Jacobs said,“I didn’t like the poems they chose.They used too many dramaticeffects.”

— Ashton Lindeman, fifth-grader, and

Eva Gondelman, fourth-grader

Blessed Sacrament SchoolThis was Catholic Schools

Week, which honors Catholicschools around the country. AtBlessed Sacrament, it started with aprayer service and guest speaker.

Thursday was StudentAppreciation Day. The students gota free dress-up/dress-down day aswell as ice cream sandwiches andItalian ice. Sixth- through eighth-graders participated in a bingo

game with their kindergartenthrough second-grade buddies.

On Friday, Teacher AppreciationDay, teachers got a dress-down dayas well as schoolwide appreciationfor their dedication.

— Henry Menn, eighth-grader

British School of Washington

Our International PrimaryCurriculum topic for this term ismyths and legends.

In art class we have beensketching and painting mythicalmonsters. We have also been mak-ing our own “ology” books, basedon the “Dragonology” book. Wehave each chosen a mythical crea-ture and made introduction andmap pages. This week we willmake a page on different species ofour creature. At the end, we willeach have a unique “ology” book.

Recently we took a trip to theNational Gallery of Art and lookedat different paintings and sculpturesfrom ancient Greece. We learnedwhat the paintings were about andwhat they meant. Afterward, wesketched a painting of Hermes“calling to the wind.” Then we ateour lunches at the SculptureGarden and watched the iceskaters. Brrr.

Today, we had a visitor fromGermany. His name was FelixFinkbeiner, and when he was 9years old he started workingtoward his goal of planting a mil-lion trees in each country aroundthe world. He is now 13 and hasbeen to many countries sharing hisidea, which is called “Stop Talking,Start Planting.” Check it out atplant-for-the-planet.org.

— Eliot Wolfert, Year 5 York (fourth-grader)

Eaton ElementaryLast Friday, the first-graders

went on a field trip to the NationalMuseum of African Art to see astoryteller and to make Kangacloths.

The storyteller told the kids aMasai story called “The OrphanBoy.” It was about a man and hissearch in the sky for a missing star.

“The Masai are people who livein Kenya, and they judge theirwealth on how many children theyhave and how many cattle theyhave, not by money,” said AvaKoerner, a first-grader in Ms.Walsh’s class.

Kanga cloths are African clothsthat women in Kenya wear on theirheads and on their bodies. They areusually brightly colored. Each kidgot to make a Kanga cloth by usingAfrican print stamps and ink oncloth. Each kid wrote something onhis or her Kanga cloth that couldmake the world a better place.

The kids went on the trip tocontinue their study of Kenya. Ithelped them learn more aboutKenyan culture. They also got tomeet a person from Kenya.

— First-graders

Edmond Burke SchoolI am one of Burke’s new stu-

dents, and like many of the kidshere at Burke, I am happy with myeducation and look forward toschool each day. Burke is a schoolwhere we celebrate differences andembrace those who are unique. Ihave been here for three weeks andhave already made many friendsand know my entire grade.

In my other schools I madeplenty of friends, but they weren’tever my real friends.

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Concerts! “DC’s Got Talent” will feature per-

formances by bassist Antone’ “Chooky”Caldwell and vocalist Tamika Jones. 6 p.m.Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center.202-467-4600.

! The Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas inRome will present an interfaith evening ofchant. 6:30 p.m. $100; $150 for two tick-ets. Georgetown Visitation PreparatorySchool, 1524 35th St. NW. 202-364-4256.

Discussions and lectures! Abena Lewis-Mhoon, professor of his-

tory at Coppin State University, will discussElizabeth Keckley, the legendary African-American seamstress for first lady MaryTodd Lincoln. 6:30 p.m. Free; reservationsrequired. Mary McLeod Bethune CouncilHouse National Historic Site, 1318Vermont Ave. NW. 202-673-2402.

! Tim Johnson will discuss his book“Tragedy in Crimson: How the Dalai LamaConquered the World But Lost the BattleWith China.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. LangstonRoom, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St.NW. 202-387-7638.

! Ben Tarnoff will discuss his book“Moneymakers: The Wicked Lives andSurprising Adventures of Three NotoriousCounterfeiters.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics andProse, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films! “Movie Night” will feature Spike Lee’s

1989 film “Do the Right Thing.” 6 p.m.Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd ParkNeighborhood Library, 7420 Georgia Ave.NW. 202-541-6100.

! TheWashington DCJewishCommunityCenter willpresent JoannaRudnick’s docu-mentary “In the Family,” about the filmmak-

er’s experience after testing positive for thehereditary breast cancer gene. 6:30 p.m.Free; reservations required. Washington DCJewish Community Center, 1529 16th St.NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

! The DC Human Rights Watch FilmFestival will feature “Pushing the Elephant,”about a woman who escaped the conflict inthe Democratic Republic of Congo but wasforced to leave her 5-year-old daughterbehind. 7 p.m. $11; $9 for seniors and stu-dents; $8 for military personnel. West EndCinema, 2301 M St. NW. 202-419-3456.

! The Lions of Czech Film series willfeature Dan Svátek’s 2005 film “Close toHeaven.” 8 p.m. $11; $9 for students;$8.25 for seniors; $8 for ages 12 andyounger. Avalon Theatre, 5612 ConnecticutAve. NW. 202-966-6000.

Sporting event! The Washington Wizards will play the

Milwaukee Bucks. 7 p.m. $10 to $475.Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-397-7328.

Thursday, Feb. 10

Book sale! Chevy Chase DC Library Friends will

hold its annual winter used-book sale. 9:30a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. ChevyChase Neighborhood Library, 5625Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021. Thesale will continue Friday from 9:30 a.m. to5 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3p.m.

Concerts! Ted

Garber, 2010-2011StrathmoreArtist-in-Residence, willperform“BluesAmericanaRock” music. 6 p.m. Free.Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

! The National Symphony Orchestra

and pianist Radu Lupu will perform worksby Smetana, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. 7p.m. $20 to $85. Concert Hall, KennedyCenter. 202-467-4600. The concert willrepeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

! Pro Musica Hebraica will presentBritish bass-baritone Mark Glanville andpianist Alexander Knapp in their collabora-tive re-imagining of Schubert’s song cycle“A Yiddish Winterreise: Elegy for a VanishedWorld.” 7:30 p.m. $38. Terrace Theater,Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures! Marc Sommers, adjunct associate

professor of human security at TuftsUniversity and research fellow at BostonUniversity, will discuss “Stuck: Young inRwanda.” 9:30 a.m. Free; reservationsrequired. Kenney Auditorium, NitzeBuilding, Johns Hopkins University Schoolof Advanced International Studies, 1740Massachusetts Ave. NW. salsa.wiredforchange.com.

! Broadcast journalists Sid Davis andBill Sheehan will discuss “WashingtonWinter in Review.” 11:30 a.m. $30. reser-vations required. Woman’s NationalDemocratic Club, 1526 New HampshireAve. NW. 202-232-7363.

! Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, member ofparliament in Malaysia and leader of thereform-oriented opposition coalitionPakatan Rakyat, will discuss “Revolutionand Democracy in the Muslim World.”12:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.Room 270, Intercultural Center,Georgetown University, 37th and O streetsNW. mem297@georgetown.edu.

! Georgetown University professorSusan Martin will discuss her book “ANation of Immigrants.” 4 to 5:30 p.m. Free;reservations required. Mortara Building,Georgetown University, 37th and O streetsNW. mortara.georgetown.edu.

! A gallery talk will focus on“Bittersweet Comic Strip: ElizabethMurray’s ‘The Sun and the Moon.’” 6 and7 p.m. Donation suggested. PhillipsCollection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-387-

2151.! Librarian Karen Schneider will discuss

“Duncan Phillips and His ExperimentStation: Anniversary Reading Room.” 6:30p.m. Donation suggested. PhillipsCollection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-387-2151.

! William Ayers will discuss his book“To Teach: The Journey, in Comics” and“Teaching the Taboo: Courage andImagination in the Classroom.” 6:30 to 8p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys andPoets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

! Michael Schaller, professor of historyat the University of Arizona, will discuss“Ronald Reagan: Captivating andContradictory.” 6:40 to 8 p.m. $25. S.Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson DriveSW. 202-633-3030.

! Scholar Alain Touwaide will discuss“History of the Book: Papyrus to E-Books inOnly 4,000 Years.” 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. $40.S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 JeffersonDrive SW. 202-633-3030.

! Peter Hessler will discuss his book“Country Driving: A Journey Through ChinaFrom Farm to Factory.” 7 p.m. Free. Politicsand Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW.202-364-1919.

! Lee Alan Dugatkin, professor of biolo-gy at the University of Louisville, will dis-cuss “The Altruism Equation: Blood Kinshipand the Evolution of Goodness.” 7:30 p.m.Free. Bowen Center for the Study of theFamily, Suite 103, 4400 MacArthur Blvd.NW. 202-965-4400.

Films! “Chase Away the Blues With Some

Romantic Movies” will feature JamesIvory’s 1985 film “A Room With a View,”based on the novel by E.M. Forster. 4 p.m.Free. Palisades Neighborhood Library,4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139.

! The Woman’s National DemocraticClub will present the documentary “Praythe Devil Backto Hell,” aboutbrave andvisionarywomen whodemandedpeace inLiberia. A discussion about political andcivil liberties in the African country will fol-low. 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservationsrequired. Woman’s National DemocraticClub, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.

! The Inter-American Development Bank

Cultural Center will present Dalton Narine’s2010 film “Mas Man Peter Minshall.” 6:30p.m. Free. Enrique V. Iglesias ConferenceCenter, Inter-American Development Bank,1330 New York Ave. NW. 202-623-3558.

! “Les Lutins du Court-Métrage: FourthAnnual French Short Film Festival” will fea-ture “Bonne nuit,” “Montparnasse,” “LePetit Dragon” and “Schema Directeur.” 7p.m. $8; free for university students.Reservations required. Letelier Theater,3251 Prospect St. NW. 202-234-7911. Thefestival will continue through Feb. 13 at var-ious venues.

Friday, Feb. 11

Book signing! Michael Oher will sign copies of his

book “I Beat the Odds.” 12:30 p.m. Free.Borders, 18th and L streets NW. 202-466-4999.

Concerts! The Friday Morning Music Club will

perform works by Bartók, Debussy andDvorák. Noon. Free. Sumner SchoolMuseum, 1201 17th St. NW. 202-333-2075.

! David Christopher, organist and choir-master of the Episcopal Church of SaintsAndrew and Matthew in Wilmington, Del.,will perform works by Bach and Duruflé.12:15 to 1 p.m. Free. National CityChristian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW.202-797-0103.

! “Arts @ Midday” will feature Snowdayoffering a fresh take on a cappella. 12:30to 1:15 p.m. Free. St. Alban’s Parish, 3001Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-363-8286.

! John Moran on violoncello andDongsok Shin on fortepiano will present“The Legacy of Bach.” 1:15 p.m. Free.McNeir Hall, Georgetown University, 37thand O streets NW. 202-687-2787.

! Members of the National SymphonyOrchestra will perform classical works. 6p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, KennedyCenter. 202-467-4600.

! Coloratura soprano Lydia Rathkolband pianist Kenneth Slowik will performworks by Mozart, Mahler and the contem-porary composer Ivan Eröd. 7:30 p.m. $5.Embassy of Austria, 3524 InternationalCourt NW. InstantSeats.com.

! Teatro de la Luna will present “Nightof Boleros,” featuring Spanish-languagelove songs. 7:30 p.m. $30; $25 for stu-dents and seniors. Salón Bolivariano, 2443Massachusetts Ave. NW. 703-548-3092.The concert will repeat Saturday at 7:30p.m.

Discussions and lectures! Kosuke Motani, senior vice president

of the Department of Regional Planning atthe Development Bank of Japan Inc., willdiscuss “Japan’s Demography Crisis: ATsunami of Aging Baby Boomers Challengethe Economy.” 3 p.m. Free; reservationsrequired. Room 812, Rome Building, JohnsHopkins University School of AdvancedInternational Studies, 1619 MassachusettsAve. NW. 202-663-5812.

! Deborah Tannen,author of “You WereAlways Mom’s Favorite!Sisters in ConversationThroughout TheirLives,” will discuss theintricacies of familyrelationships in “TheComedy of Errors” and in contemporarysociety. 7 p.m. Free. Folger ShakespeareLibrary, 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077.

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Friday, FEBRUARY 11! Concert: The Utrecht StringQuartet will perform works byAuerbach, Meijering and Tchaikovsky.8 p.m. Free; tickets required.Coolidge Auditorium, ThomasJefferson Building, Library ofCongress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502.

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! Nick Galifianakis will discuss his book“If You Loved Me You’d Think This WasCute: Uncomfortably True Cartoons AboutYou.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films! “Les Lutins du Court-Métrage: Fourth

Annual French Short Film Festival” will fea-ture the best French short films of the year.6:30 to 7:30 p.m. $8. Hillwood Estate,Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave.NW. 202-686-5807.

! Reel Affirmations’ “RA Xtra” filmseries will feature Kareem J. Mortimer’s“Children ofGod,” about anasty current ofoutspoken andreligiouslyendorsedhomophobia inthe Bahamas that shadows two young menon their path out of the closet. 7 and 9:15p.m. $12. Washington DC JewishCommunity Center, 1529 16th St. NW.reelaffirmations.org.

Saturday, Feb. 12

Book signing! Kate Betts will sign copies of her

book “Michelle Obama: Everyday Icon.” 3to 5 p.m. Free. Main Store, NationalMuseum of American History, 14th Streetand Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000.

Children’s programs! The Saturday Morning at the National

series will feature juggler Michael Rosmantossing bowling balls, chain saws andbananas while riding a unicycle. 9:30 and11 a.m. Free; tickets required. Helen HayesGallery, National Theatre, 1321Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372.

! TheWeekendFamilyMatinees serieswill feature aperformance bycomedic magi-cian The Great Zucchini. 10 a.m. $7.50.Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW.202-966-6000.

Classes! Casey Trees urban forestry instructor

Shawn Walker and Casey Trees volunteercoordinator Carol Herwig will present a“Trees 101” class about tree anatomy, treeidentification and the benefits of an urbanforest. 9 a.m. to noon. Free. Casey Trees,3030 12th St. NE. 202-833-9125.

! The Smithsonian Associates will pres-ent a seminar on “Lewis and Clark: TheGreat Adventure.” 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.$120. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

! National Gallery of Art lecturer EricDenker will discuss “Venice Rediscovered:Art and Architecture From the Renaissanceto the 18th Century.” 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.$126. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

Concerts! The 21st Century Consort will per-

form works by Stravinsky, Jordan Kuspaand Jacob Druckman. 5 p.m. $20.Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8thand F streets NW. 202-633-3030.

! The a cappella gospel group Reverbwill present “Black History in Harmony,” an

educational musical that uses song to high-light social issues from various eras of his-tory. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage,Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

! Singers from the ShenandoahUniversity Conservatory Opera Program andguest artist Jose Sacin will perform ariasand ensembles from “La Boheme,”“Carmen,” “Marriage of Figaro” and“L’incoronazione di Poppea.” 7 p.m. Free;donations will benefit the Marie ReedLearning Center in Adams Morgan.Westmoreland Congregational UnitedChurch of Christ, 1 Westmoreland Circle.301-654-6403.

! The Smithsonian Jazz MasterworksOrchestra will present “Big Band JazzRevival.” 7:30 p.m. $25. Baird Auditorium,National Museum of Natural History, 10thStreet and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-3030.

! Singer, guitarist, composer and band-leader Howard Fishman will perform. 7:30p.m. $20. Woolly Mammoth TheatreCompany, 641 D St. NW. 202-393-3939.

! Dumbarton Concerts will presentsoprano Rosa Lamoreaux (shown), baritoneRobert Tudor, pianistBetty Bullock andbassist David Jerniganperforming “ABroadway Valentine:Love Songs FromBroadway’s GoldenAge.” 8 p.m. $33; $29for seniors; $22 for students. DumbartonUnited Methodist Church, 3133 DumbartonSt. NW. 202-965-2000.

Discussion! Ron Collins and Sam Chaltain will dis-

cuss their book “We Must Not Be Afraid toBe Free: Stories of Free Expression inAmerica.” 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose,5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films! The National Archives will present the

1999 film “The Hunley,” starring ArmandAssante and Donald Sutherland. Noon.Free. Jefferson Room, National ArchivesBuilding, Pennsylvania Avenue between 7thand 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

! A Black History Month film series willfeature the 2000 documentary“Scottsboro: An American Tragedy.” 1 p.m.Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd ParkNeighborhood Library, 7420 Georgia Ave.NW. 202-541-6100.

! “Jem Cohen: Curious Visions” willfeature a program of new shorts by theAmerican filmmaker. 2:30 p.m. Free. EastBuilding Auditorium, National Gallery of Art,4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.202-737-4215.

! ITVS Community Cinema will presentDaniel H. Birman’s film “Me Facing Life:Cyntoia’sStory,” about awoman tried asa juvenile andcurrently serv-ing a life sen-tence for a mur-der she committed at age 16. A discussionwill follow. 5 p.m. Free; reservationsrequired. Langston Room, Busboys andPoets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-939-0794.

Performances! The Gay Men’s Chorus of

Washington, DC, will present “Let’s Hear Itfor the Boys,” a USO-style show featuringformer U.S. Air Force Major Mike Almy andhonoring gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans-gender service members and veterans. 5and 8 p.m. $35. Church of the Epiphany,

1317 G St. NW. 292-293-1548.! Theater J’s “Voices From a Changing

Middle East: Portraits of Home” theaterfestival will feature a reading of AaronDavidman’s “Wrestling Jerusalem.” 8 p.m.$10. Goldman Theater, Washington DCJewish Community Center, 1529 16th St.NW. 202-777-3210.

Special events! A celebration of Frederick Douglass’

193rd birthday and his love of books willfeature music, presentations, programs onthe history of Anacostia, children’s activi-ties, and discussion of the books he wroteand read. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. FrederickDouglass National Historic Site, 1411 WSt. SE. 202-426-5691.

! A family festival will feature hands-onart and textile activities, as well as CentralAsian music and food. Noon to 4 p.m. Freeadmission. Textile Museum, 2340 S St.NW. 202-667-0441.

! The Prevention of Blindness Societyof Metropolitan Washington, HowardUniversity and the D.C. Public Library willpresent “The Eye/Heart Connection,” fea-turing workshops, health screenings andexhibits. 1 to 4 p.m. Free. Martin LutherKing Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW.202-234-1010.

! “Valentine’s Day Tea and ChocolateTasting” will feature costumed interpretersdiscussing the history of tea and chocolate.1:30 to 3 p.m. $25; reservations required.Tudor Place Historic House and Garden,1670 31st St. NW. 202-965-0400.

! The DC Anime Club will host a videogame day (for ages 13 and older). 2 to 5p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr.Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-262-2083.

! “La Saint-Valentin at the Embassy ofFrance” will feature dancing, an open barwith sparkling wine and French spirits,mounds of pastries, a crêpe stand and a

silent auction. 8 p.m. to midnight. $75. LaMaison Française, 4101 Reservoir RoadNW. InstantSeats.com.

Sporting event! The Washington Capitals will play the

Los Angeles Kings. 12:30 p.m. $75 to$340. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-397-7328.

! The Washington Wizards will play theSan Antonio Spurs. 8 p.m. $10 to $475.Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 202-397-7328.

Walks and tours! A park ranger will present “Sounds of

Black Georgetown,” a walking tour in honorof Black History Month. 11 a.m. Free. OldStone House, 3051 M St. NW. 202-426-6851.

! “Out of Sight: Life and Works ofEnslaved and Domestic Servants at TudorPlace” will explore domestic service at theGeorgetown estate since 1816. 11:30 a.m.$10; reservations required. Tudor PlaceHistoric House and Garden, 1670 31st St.NW. 202-965-0400.

Sunday, Feb. 13

Concerts! The Marine Chamber Ensembles will

perform works by Enesco, Higdon andKoetsier. 2 p.m. Free. John Philip SousaBand Hall, Marine Barracks Annex, 7th andL streets SE. 202-433-4011.

! Cellist Christopher Rex and pianistElizabeth Pridgen will perform works byChopin and Barber. 4 p.m. $20. PhillipsCollection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-387-2151.

! Jochanan van Driel of the Netherlandswill present an organ recital. 5:15 p.m.Free. Washington National Cathedral,Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenuesNW. 202-537-6200.

! Finalists in the National SymphonyOrchestra Young Soloist Competition HighSchool Division will compete for the chanceto perform as soloist with the orchestra ina future concert. 6 p.m. Free. Concert Hall,Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

! The Cathedral Choral Society willpresent a singalong of Mozart’s“Requiem,” featuring organist ToddFickley and soloists from the WashingtonNational Opera Domingo-Cafritz YoungArtist Program. 7:30 p.m. $10.Washington National Cathedral,Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenuesNW. cathedralchoralsociety.org.

Discussions and lectures! Kay Warren, co-

founder of theSaddleback Church inLake Forest, Calif., andauthor of “DangerousSurrender: WhatHappens When You SayYes to God,” will speakas part of the “Critical Issues in the Light

of Faith” series. 10:10 a.m. Free.Washington National Cathedral,Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenuesNW. 202-537-6200.

! Douglas Waller will discuss his book“Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster WhoCreated the OSS and Modern AmericanEspionage.” 5 p.m. Free. Politics andProse, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films! Filmmaker Charles Burnett will intro-

duce a program of his work, including twoearly short films and the feature “Killer ofSheep.” 2 p.m. Free. East BuildingAuditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4thStreet and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

! ITVS Community Cinema will presentDaniel H. Birman’s film “Me Facing Life:Cyntoia’s Story.” 3 p.m. Free; reservationsrequired. Washington DC JewishCommunity Center, 1529 16th St. NW.202-939-0794.

! Cineform Italiano will feature thefilm “The Manual of Love,” about the upsand downs of relationships as seenthrough four intertwining episodes. 4 p.m.$8 in advance; $10 at the door. LetelierTheater, 3251 Prospect St. NW.meetup.com/italiano.

! “Les Lutins du Court-Métrage:Festival of New French Sorts” will feature“The North Road,” “Another’s Reason,”“The Best Place” and “The Herd.” 5 p.m.Free. East Building Auditorium, NationalGallery of Art, 4th Street and ConstitutionAvenue NW. 202-737-4215.

! “Focus-In! Cinema for a ConsciousCommunity” will feature the film “BrotherOutsider,” about the life and work of BayardRustin. A panel discussion will follow. 8p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys andPoets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

Performance! Irish actors Dearbhia Molloy and

Dermot Crowley will perform “Give Me aHand,” based on a collection of poems byIrish poet Paul Durcan. 4 p.m. $30.Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW.202-639-1770.

Special event! “Catapalooza 2011,” a special

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Sunday, FEBRUARY 13! Concert: Violist Marcus Thompson(shown) and pianist Judith Gordonwill perform. 6:30 p.m. Free. WestGarden Court, National Gallery of Art,6th Street and Constitution AvenueNW. 202-842-6941.

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feline, will feature free cake and mimosas,giveaways, prizes and a $2 adoption fee forcats of all ages. Noon to 3 p.m. Freeadmission. Washington Animal RescueLeague, 71 Oglethorpe St. NW. 202-726-2556.

Monday, Feb. 14

Class! Art therapist Erin Brindle will lead a

Valentine’s Day workshop, “Being Open toLove,” for widowed persons. 11 a.m. to12:15 p.m. Free; reservations requested.Room 2, Renaissance Building, SibleyMemorial Hospital, 5255 Loughboro RoadNW. 202-364-7602.

Concerts! The Heartland Chamber Chorale of

Fort Wayne, Ind., will perform. 6 p.m. Free.Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

! The Monday Night at the Nationalseries will feature the chamber choralgroup Voce performing love songs. 6 and7:30 p.m. Free; tickets required. HelenHayes Gallery, National Theatre, 1321Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372.

Discussions and lectures! John Hofmeister will discuss his book

“Why We Hate the Oil Companies: StraightTalk From an Energy Insider.” Noon to 1:30p.m. Free; reservations required. CopleyHall, Georgetown University, 37th and Ostreets NW. mortara.georgetown.edu.

! Biochemist Beth Burrous will discuss

“Chocolate: A Consumer’s Guide andTasting.” Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free; registra-tion required. Conservatory Classroom,U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave.SW. 202-225-1116.

! Patrick Condon, author of “SevenRules for Sustainable Communities,” willdiscuss how the design of cities canaddress the challenge of climate change.12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Free; reservationsrequired. National Building Museum, 401 FSt. NW. 202-272-2448.

Film! “A Deeper Look: Showcasing

Film|Neu Directors” will feature RalfHuettner’s 1997 film “Cologne’s Finest.”6:30 p.m. $7. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St.NW. 202-289-1200, ext. 160.

Performances! Theater J’s “Voices From a Changing

Middle East: Portraits of Home” theaterfestival will feature a reading of two playsby Mona Mansour — “The Hour of Feeling”and “Urge for Going.” 7 p.m. $10; ticketsrequired. Goldman Theater, Washington DCJewish Community Center, 1529 16th St.NW. 202-777-3210.

! SpeakeasyDC will present “AValentine’sDay for theLovestruck,the Lovesickand theLovelorn,” fea-turing stories

of success and failure in the pursuit of

love. 7:30 p.m. $22. Atlas Performing ArtsCenter, 1333 H St. NE. bit.ly/LogicLuck.

Special event! “Valentine Romance at Tudor Place”

will feature wine, chocolate-covered straw-berries, musical entertainment, and a spe-cial exhibit featuring antique valentines andobjects from significant weddings at TudorPlace. 5:30 to 8 p.m. $30 per couple; reg-istration required. Tudor Place HistoricHouse and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW.202-965-0400.

Tuesday, Feb. 15

Concerts! Composer Graham Reynolds will fuse

the story of 19th-century inventor andmathematician Charles Babbage and hisattempt to create the world’s first computerin a loose concerto format for violin, celloand piano. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage,Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

! The EmersonString Quartet (shown)and the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Triowill perform works byBeethoven,Mendelssohn, Brahmsand Schoenberg. 7:30p.m. $38. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center.202-467-4600.

! The Fessenden Ensemble will per-form works by Mozart. 7:30 p.m. $30. St.Columba’s Episcopal Church, 4210Albemarle St. NW. 202-362-2390.

! The Washington Performing ArtsSociety will present mezzo-soprano JoyceDiDonato and pianist David Zobel. 8 p.m.$25 to $65. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center.202-467-4600.

Discussions and lectures! U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Samuel Gravely

will discuss his book “Trailblazer: The U.S.Navy’s First Black Admiral.” Noon. Free.Naval Heritage Center, U.S. Navy Memorial,701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.navymemorial.org.

! Gideon Rose willdiscuss his book “HowWars End: Why WeAlways Fight the LastBattle.” Noon to 1:30p.m. Free; reservationsrequired. MortaraBuilding, GeorgetownUniversity, 37th and O streets NW. mortara.georgetown.edu.

! “Populism: For or Against?” will fea-ture panelists Thomas Frank, columnist forHarper’s; David Frum, former speechwriterfor President George W. Bush; and MichaelKazin, professor of history at GeorgetownUniversity. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free.McShain Lounge, McCarthy Hall,Georgetown University, 37th and O streetsNW. mk8@georgetown.edu.

! Lynda Tredway will discuss her book“Leading From the Inside Out,” and JoeyFeldman will discuss his book “TeachingWithout Bells.” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free.Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 202114th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

! Rubin Carter and Ken Klonsky will dis-cuss their book “Eye of the Hurricane: MyPath From Darkness to Freedom.” 7 p.m.Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 ConnecticutAve. NW. 202-364-1919.

! The Tenleytown Historical Society willpresent a talk by lifelong D.C. residentAlbert LaFrance on “The Cold War andTenleytown.” 7:30 p.m. Free; reservationsrequired. Friendship Terrace RetirementCommunity, 4201 Butterworth Place NW.tenleytownhistoricalsociety@yahoo.com.

! Anthony Del Col(shown) and ConorMcCreery, the creatorsof the graphic novel“Kill Shakespeare,” willdiscuss their work.7:30 p.m. $15. FolgerShakespeare Library,201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077.

Films! A Spike Lee Film Festival will feature

the 1992 film “Malcolm X.” 5 p.m. Free.Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 RSt. NW. 202-727-0232.

! The Washington Psychotronic FilmSociety will present Anthony Harvey’s 1977film “Death Game.” 8 p.m. Free. ThePassenger, 1021 7th St. NW. 202-462-3356.

Readings! “Love Poems” will feature readings by

poets Michael Salcman, Michele Wolf andSue Brannan Walker. Noon. Free. WhittallPavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building, Libraryof Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5394.

! The Lannan Literary Programs serieswill feature a reading by Olufemi Terry, win-ner of the Caine Prize. 8 p.m. Free. CopleyFormal Lounge, Georgetown University,37th and O streets NW. 202-687-6294.

Wednesday, Feb. 16

Class! Bruce R. Fraedrich of Bartlett Tree

Research Lab in Charlotte, N.C., will lead aclass on “Innovations in Plant HealthCare.” 6:30 to 9 p.m. Free. Casey Trees,3030 12th St. NE. 202-833-9125.

Concerts! Pianist William

Chapman Nyaho willpresent “Music of theAfrican Diaspora.”12:10 p.m. Free. EastBuilding Auditorium,National Gallery of Art,4th Street andConstitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

! The Cathedral Choral Society will hoststudents from area schools for its sixthannual “Celebrate Youth! High School ChoirFestival.” 7 p.m. Free. Washington NationalCathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsinavenues NW. 202-537-5538.

! The Orion String Quartet andWindscape will perform Bach’s “The Art ofthe Fugue.” 7:30 p.m. $38. TerraceTheater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

! The Fessenden Ensemble will per-form works by Mozart. 7:30 p.m. $30.National City Christian Church, 5 ThomasCircle NW. 202-362-2390.

Discussions and lectures! NASA scientist

Neil Gehrels will dis-cuss “Gamma-RayBursts and the Birth ofBlack Holes.” 11:30a.m. Free. MaryPickford Theater, JamesMadison Building,Library of Congress, 101 IndependenceAve. SE. 202-707-5664.

! Edward Lengel will discuss his book“Inventing George Washington.” Noon.Free. National Portrait Gallery, 8th and Fstreets NW. 202-633-1000.

! Nelly Lahoud, associate professor atthe U.S. Military Academy at West Point,will discuss “The Jihadi’s Path to Self-Destruction.” 4 p.m. Free. Room 119,Thomas Jefferson Building, Library ofCongress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-2692.

! Richard Whitmire will discuss hisbook “The Bee Eater,” about former D.C.Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee.6:30 p.m. Free. Borders, 18th and Lstreets NW. 202-466-4999.

! David Hazony will discuss his book“The Ten Commandments: How Our MostAncient Moral Text Can Renew ModernLife.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

! National Jewish Book Award recipi-ent Steve Stern will discuss his novel“The Frozen Rabbi.” 7:30 p.m. $11.Goldman Theater, Washington DC JewishCommunity Center, 1529 16th St. NW.washingtondcjcc.org/authorsoutloud.

Films! “Movie Night” will feature Mary Pat

Kelly’s 2004 film “Proud.” 6 p.m. Free.Juanita E. Thornton Neighborhood Library,7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100.

! The DC Human Rights Watch FilmFestival will feature Thet Sambath and RobLemkin’s film “Enemies of the People,”about the explanations offered by perpetra-tors of the Cambodian genocide. 7 p.m.$11; $9 for seniors and students; $8 formilitary personnel. West End Cinema, 2301M St. NW. 202-419-3456.

Performance! Modern dance company Jane Franklin

Dance will perform “Take a Deep Breath.”6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, KennedyCenter. 202-467-4600.

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“The Art of Marsha Staiger: Rhythm andBalance Series,” featuring a series ofabstract wall-mounted acrylic sculptures

by Staiger, will open Friday at the Levine School ofMusic and continue through April 10.

An opening reception will take place Friday from 6

to 8 p.m., with a performance by the Josh Walker JazzQuartet at 7:30 p.m.

Located at 2801 Upton St. NW, the school is openMonday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. andSaturday from 3 to 9 p.m. 202-686-8000.! “Color and Shape,” presenting glass works byCapitol Hill artist Nancy Donnelly and paintings byCleveland Park artist Jill Finsen, opened last week atCity Gallery, where it will continue through Feb. 26.

The artists’ “works provide tension between famil-iarity and abstraction and at the same time questionplacement within imagined space,” states a release.

A closing party will take place Feb. 26 from 3 to 5p.m.

Located at 804 H St. NE, the gallery is openSaturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. 202-468-5277.! “Parade of Roses,” highlighting floral paintings bysix artists, opened recently at American PaintingFine Art and will continue through Feb. 19. Featuredare artists Chad Alan, Bernard Dellario, AndreiKushnir, Barbara Nuss, Carol Spils and MicheleMartin Taylor.

Located at 5118 MacArthur Blvd. NW, the galleryis open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7p.m. 202-244-3244.! Addison/Ripley Fine Art recently opened anexhibit of Dickson Carroll’s colorful new wall pieces,incorporating carved wood and mirrors. The exhibitwill continue through March 5.

Located at 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW, the gallery isopen Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

202-338-5180.! “Drive By,” highlighting six artists whose drawings,paintings, collages and video art explore commonscenes from the urban and suburban landscape, openedrecently at Project 4 Gallery, where it will continuethrough March 5. Featured are artists Kim Beck,Martyn Blundell, Zlatko Cosic, Sarah McKenzie,Michael A. Salter and Gregory Thielker.

Located at 1353 U St. NW on the third floor, thegallery is open Wednesday through Saturday fromnoon to 6 p.m. 202-232-4340.! “Karabakh on My Mind,” presenting paintings byLeyla Rzayeva and Yavar Rzayev that celebrate theKarabakh region of Azerbaijan, opened recently atPepco’s Edison Place Gallery, where it will contin-ue through Feb. 18.

Located at 702 9th St. NW, the gallery is openTuesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. 202-872-3396.

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The Levine School of Music will display abstractsculptures by Marsha Staiger through April 10.

The Washington Ballet willpresent “Rock & Roll” Feb.16 through 20 at Sidney

Harman Hall.The show will feature

Christopher Bruce’s energetic and

athletic “Rooster,” set to the musicof the Rolling Stones; TreyMcIntyre’s autobiographical “HighLonesome,” set to the music ofBeck; and a revival of artisticdirector Septime Webre’s early hit“Fluctuating Hemlines,” accompa-nied by Robert “Tigger” Benfordon an all-percussion original score.

Performance times are 8 p.m.Wednesday through Saturday; 2:30p.m. Saturday; and 1 and 5 p.m.Sunday. Ticket prices start at $20.Sidney Harman Hall is located at610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122;washingtonballet.org.! Georgetown University’sMask and Bauble DramaticSociety will present StephenSondheim’s “Sweeney Todd: TheDemon Barber of Fleet Street” Feb.10 through 19 in Poulton Hall.

When Benjamin Barker returnshome to London after being falselyimprisoned for a crime he did not

commit, he vows to seek revengeas the newly incarnated DemonBarber of Fleet Street, SweeneyTodd, and enlists the help of hispartner in crime, Mrs. Lovett. Thischilling musical delivers a rompfilled with murder, blood and, ofcourse, meat pies.

Performance times are 8 p.m.Wednesday through Saturday and 2p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $12; $8for students. GeorgetownUniversity is located at 37th and Ostreets NW. 202-687-2787; per-formingarts.georgetown.edu.! American University will stageStephen Sondheim’s “Company”Feb. 10 through 19 at Katzen ArtsCenter’s Studio Theatre.

A young man, scared andencouraged by his married friends,seeks the courage to commit to lov-ing one person, for better or forworse.

Performance times are 8 p.m.Thursday through Saturday and 2p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost $15;$10 for students, seniors and mem-bers of the American Universitycommunity. American University islocated at 4400 Massachusetts Ave.NW. 202-885-3634;american.tix.com.! The Washington Savoyardswill present a staged concert read-

ing of “The Gondoliers” Feb. 11through 13 at the Atlas PerformingArts Center.

Two newly wed Venetian gon-doliers are informed that one ofthem has just become the king of“Barataria.” But only one personcan confirm the true identity of the“real” king.

Performance times are 7:30 p.m.Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m.Sunday. Tickets cost $15 to $25.Atlas is located at 1333 H St. NE.202-399-7993; savoyards.org.

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In fact, we have an eighth-gradeclass called Values where weapproach topics that we may beunfamiliar with. We talk abouttrust, communication, sex educa-tion and leadership. I find this help-ful because if you make friends

here at Burke, you know they willbe educated in these topics too,which may be the key in yourfriendship.

— Devon Brent, eighth-grader

The Field SchoolThis week and last, classes at

Field have been suspended in orderfor students to participate in 60-hour internships in a field of theirchoice. Students have the optionsof participating in 60-hour commu-nity service programs, or joining acouple of teachers on school-offered educational trips. This year

the options were a science trip tothe Peruvian Amazon and a cul-ture/arts trip to Charleston, S.C. Allstudents, including middle-school-ers, are required to participate inthe internship program.

Field’s internship program isunique because it allows studentsto pursue their interests in the mostactive way possible and builds upexperience that is unusual for mosthigh school students. By the timeField students graduate highschool, they will have participatedin six internships. They can buildup contacts, decide what they’d

like to focus on as adults, gainunderstanding of how workplacesfunction and even become moreactive in their communities.

For my internship I am workingat The Current. Here I am helpingedit articles and writing a fewpieces. So far this has been a verycool and interesting experience,and I am learning a lot. I definitelywill be taking the skills I learn hereback to school! Thanks, Current!

— Nellie G.P., ninth-grader

Hyde-Addison ElementaryIn first grade we have been

studying Kevin Henkes. He is anauthor and illustrator, and we wantto improve our writing.

Kevin Henkes is a model writerfor us. We have special folders withhis picture in them. He writes aboutsmall moments, and we write aboutsmall moments. He zooms in onexciting moments with mice, andwe zoom in on exciting momentsabout our family and us.

We learned about Kevin Henkesin the library. He was 19 when hegot his first book published. Nowhe lives in Wisconsin with his kidsand wife.

— Brett Burch and Grace McCormack, first-graders

Key ElementaryWe created M&M’s graphs for

math class. We each took a jumbobag of M&M’s and then estimatedhow many M&M’s there were ofeach color in the bag. We thenopened the bags and divided thecolors into cups and counted theM&Ms. We figured out the per-centages and ratios of the amountof each color to the total number ofM&M’s. We recorded our data andmade pie graphs illustrating theresults, coloring them the colors ofthe M&M’s. It was interesting tosee the different variations of piegraphs and how some bags hadmore of one color than another.

We are also continuing ourwork on our memoirs and then willbegin to publish them.

Today we get our report cardsfor the quarter. We are all hopingfor good grades.

— Natasha Witaschek, fifth-grader

Lafayette ElementaryWinter in Washington often

means more indoor recess. Here atLafayette we surveyed students andteachers about whether they preferindoor or outside recess.Overwhelmingly, both groups saidthey prefer outdoor recess.

The main reason is that kidsneed to get outside to “get theirenergy out.” Then they are betterprepared to learn for the rest of theafternoon. Many students men-tioned liking to play active gameslike kickball and foursquare.

Most people who like indoorrecess best said they don’t likebeing out in the cold temperatures.“I prefer warm weather,” said Ms.Plummer, a first-grade teacher.

Many teachers prefer outdoorrecess, though. They mention noiseas the main reason. Ms. Carr, a pre-k aide, added, “It is just too crowd-ed during indoor recess.”

The person who decideswhether we’ll have indoor or out-door recess each day is usually theprincipal, Ms. Main. If it is rainingor snowing, she has an easy call.When it’s threatening rain it’s atougher call because it’s hard toswitch to indoors once outdoorrecess is under way.

— Kayla Miller, Skylah Parkerand Justice Page, fifth-graders

Mann ElementaryOn Jan. 28, we had our annual

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Centaur Celebration Day. This cel-ebration happens only once a yearat Horace Mann. Everyone choosesfour to six activities that theywould like to do, and the teachersassign them to two of the activitiesfor the whole afternoon. We do thisto get away from the work for awhile, and to celebrate how hardwe’ve been working all year.

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Bin Hong said, “Ms. Cogswellhelped me a lot and she was nice.”

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Ms. Cogswell promised that onspecial occasions such as field tripsand parties she would come back toMurch for the day.

— Kelly Hays

National Cathedral SchoolNational Cathedral School has

had an excellent “That Week ofService” thus far. In addition toselling baked goods during lunchperiods, the Service Board hasfound innovative ways to raisefunds for excellent causes. Studentshave purchased Chipotle burritosand T-shirts sporting the slogan“Imagine That” to benefit causeschosen by the Service Board.

The junior class recently held abake sale to raise money for Haitirelief and to bring attention andawareness back to the island’s dev-astation. Junior CassandraMoshfegh said, “I found it veryrewarding to help raise $270 in oneday, all of which will go towardschildren in Haiti.”

Junior Gloria Yoon added, “Tome, That Week is a period of timein which NCS students can devotethemselves to making the commu-nity and our world a better place. Ilove how the NCS community iswilling to take time to give back.”

It is clear that despite their rig-orous academic and extracurricularschedules, Cathedral’s youngwomen will always find time tocontribute to their community andgive to those in need.— Parisa Sadeghi, 11th-grader

National PresbyterianA new monitor was installed

over Christmas break in the fronthall at National PresbyterianSchool. This monitor is coming inhandy. It catches many glances onthe way to class. This monitor wasdonated by the Parents Association.Some of the most important eventshere show up on the monitor, forexample, free dress day, spirit dayand church services.

When asked how he liked themonitor, fifth-grader JoeMcCalmon said, “It’s really cool.”

The front-hall monitor is like anin-school version of CardinalNet,which is the website where parentscan see what’s going on at school.

— Eliot Koch, fifth-grader

St. Albans SchoolA recent talk was given to the

lower school students and teachersin order to clarify confusion con-cerning the school recycling pro-gram. Common belief among stu-dents was that there was no recy-cling system in the lower school,resulting in trash that could havebeen recycled but instead wasthrown away. But the lower schoolrecycling system has now beenclearly explained, and it appears tobe successful thus far.

In every classroom, there is ablue recycling can where anythingexcept food can be discarded. Thismakes recycling much easier by

preventing any controversy overwhat should or should not bethrown away. The bins are collect-ed and the waste is taken to therecycling plant, where it is separat-ed by material. The system promis-es to be effective and helps St.Albans to do its part in aiding theenvironment.

Seventh-grader Keith Simmsdescribed the St. Albans recyclingprogram as a “positive way to helpclean our environment.”

— Vincent Kardos, Form II(eighth-grader)

St. Ann’s SchoolCatholic Schools Week began

on Jan. 30. All Catholic schools inAmerica were involved in it. OnSunday the St. Ann’s choir sang atMass. There was a social afterMass.

On Tuesday we had an openhouse. Many people came by totake a tour of the school.

Wednesday was TeacherAppreciation Day. Our teachers atelunch together, and I made myteacher a card.

Thursday was StudentAppreciation Day. We got to havefree dress and play bingo.

On Friday we had theGrandmother’s Tea. This was aspecial time for the third and fourthgrades because they presented theirWax Museum Project. Every third-and fourth-grader dressed up as afamous person who impacted thehistory of Washington, D.C., a sub-ject we have been studying insocial studies. I dressed up asThomas Jefferson. We had to recitea speech.

— Brendan Quinn, third-grader

St. John’s College HighSchool

Since the massive snowstormcanceled school for several days,the winter semi-formal dance hasbeen rescheduled to Friday, Feb.11. Many students are excited toget dressed up and go to a socialevent with their friends.

The annual College Night forjuniors and their parents takes placethis week. This is a great opportu-nity for students and their parentsto learn about beginning the searchfor colleges. The guest speaker willbe Darryl Jones, senior associatedirector of admissions atGettysburg College.

On Feb. 4, the boys basketballteam faced off against Gonzaga.The nationally ranked girls basket-ball team faced Holy Cross.

— Emmett Cochetti, ninth-grader

San Miguel SchoolEighth grade is really important

for students at San Miguel. Wehave a lot of challenges. Oneexample is our high school applica-tions. Most of us had to writeessays and get teacher recommen-dations. We are nervously waitingfor acceptance letters that shouldcome by Feb. 24.

We recently faced another pres-sure — midterm exams. We had tostudy really hard and get back into

the rhythm of school after winterbreak. That’s very hard becausewinter is also flu season, and sever-al students have been hit. We alsohad to make sure that we got a lotof sleep and a good breakfastbefore we came in to take theexams. We are glad that obstacle isnow behind us.

In October we entered a compe-tition called Letters AboutLiterature, sponsored by the D.C.Public Library and the Library ofCongress. In this contest we had tochoose favorite authors and write tothem about how one of their booksrelated to our life. Two exampleswere Victor Martinez and his novel“Parrot in the Oven,” and WalterDean Myers and his book“Scorpions.” Winners receiveprizes. If we win at a national level,we will receive grants for ourschool library. We will hear aboutthe results this spring.

— Edwin Reyes and JosueAmaya, eighth-graders

School Without WallsBecause of the winter weather

D.C. has been dealing with, gradeswere not due Jan. 29 as planned.Instead, teachers had until 5 p.m.Monday to turn them in. Studentsgot their final report cards onWednesday.

Last week was relatively nor-mal. There were fundraisers atlunch: the riding team, which had a

competition on Saturday, held abake sale, and the sophomore classsold pizza again. The StudentGovernment Association started itsannual Valentine’s Day fundraiser.Students can send other students(or themselves) a card and treat.This year, the wonderful Mr.Ackerman volunteered to makebrownies for the event, so studentscan send a brownie with their notefor the first time.

The girls lacrosse team, nowcoached by Ms. Kennedy, startedrecruiting players last week. Theski team left on Thursday for anextended trip. The team is verypopular. It has no practices, andmembers receive extended excusedabsences from school.

— Lillian Audette, 12th-grader

Wilson High SchoolIn English class we are required

to write a five-page research paperby the end of the year. We canchoose from a variety of topicssuch as marriage, adoption, spiritu-al revelations, fashion, occupationsand language etiquette. I chose towrite about social rules and cus-toms surrounding adoption.

Throughout the process of writ-ing the paper, students will developwriting and research skills. We arerequired to read a novel related toour topic and to find at least fiveInternet articles. — Michaela Taylor, 10th-grader

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