THE NORTHWEST CURRENTWednesday, June 22, 2011 Serving Communities in Northwest Washington Since 1967 Vol. XLIV, No. 25

■ Travel team looks tocreate baseball‘dynasty.’ Page 11.■ Walls senior winsthird DCIAA tennis title.Page 11.

■ Project on CanalRoad, M Street aims tofix water leaks. Page 3.■ Council backtracks onsmoking exemption forhotels. Page 3.

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By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

In a surprising setback for citylibrary officials, the Board ofZoning Adjustment ruled Tuesdaythat a major addition to the MountPleasant Neighborhood Library —already well under construction —violates the District’s zoning rules.

The 3-2 vote puts in limbo along-debated expansion of the his-toric Carnegie library at 16th andLamont streets. The deciding votewas cast by a prominent new member of the board,Lloyd Jordan, former director of the D.C. Department ofConsumer and Regulatory Affairs and a confidant of

Mayor Vincent Gray. “This case is adoozy,” Jordan said before plunginginto the deliberation.

Fearing a negative vote, libraryofficials had already applied for azoning variance that would, ifapproved, allow completion of therear addition on Ward 1’s only pub-lic library. But they will probablyface opposition to that proposal aswell at an already-scheduled July 19hearing before the same board.

“We still have a valid buildingpermit and we will continue with the

Mount Pleasant library construction,” said GeorgeWilliams, a spokesperson for the D.C. Public Library

By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

A section of Woodley Park willswitch from Ward 1 to Ward 3,undoing a division of the neighbor-hood that many residents said wasconfusing and unnecessary.

Ward 3 D.C. Council memberMary Cheh’s successful amendmentto the city’s redistricting planapplies to the National Zoo and afew nearby streets east of

Connecticut Avenue. Earlier thismonth, with Ward 1 Council mem-ber Jim Graham and members of thecouncil’s redistricting subcommitteevoting against it, the same amend-ment failed 9-4.

Graham began to reconsider hisposition at Saturday’s Woodley Parkcommunity picnic, he said in aninterview. “I have some very, verygood friends in Woodley Park, dearpeople to me, whose opinions I real-ly respect, and some of them were atthis picnic the other day,” he said.

These residents told him thelogistical hurdles they face: They

Library project violates zoning, board says

Agency invites biddersfor car-sharing spaces

See Woodley/Page 5

Woodley Park areato reunite in Ward 3

By JESSICA GOULDCurrent Staff Writer

As students begin summer break,some are bidding farewell to theirprincipals and preparing to wel-come new leaders to their schools.

In Ward 3, Jacqueline Gartrell isleaving Eaton Elementary after fouryears.

Dawn Ellis at Murch Elementaryand William Kerlina at HearstElementary are both leaving aftertwo years.

Gartrell, who grew up in Ward 7and attended D.C.’s public schools,said she will serve as an instruction-al superintendent supporting ele-mentary schools. “I have been hav-ing discussions and working withthe chancellor looking at the big pic-ture for DCPS,” she said.

Gartrell said her goal is to helpthe school system become moresimilar “to the one I knew growingup, where we got a quality educa-tion throughout the city.” She saidshe also hopes to replicate the suc-cess of Eaton, which she calls a“great school” with a “great com-munity.”

“There’s no better parents inD.C.,” she said.

And the feeling appears to be

Area schoolsbid farewell to principals

See Principals/Page 19

Bill Petros/The CurrentPalisades Neighborhood Library associate Jessica Storkorganized a Turkish breakfast picnic at the library Saturdaymorning for children and their families.

T U R K E Y F O R B R E A K F A S T

By KATIE PEARCECurrent Staff Writer

Zipcar’s reign as the sole car-sharing service in the District seemsto be nearing an end after almostfour years, as the D.C. Departmentof Transportation offers some of thecompany’s parking spots to newapplicants.

Last week, the agency invitedbids for 86 curbside parking spotson city land, all spaces previouslyleased for free or low cost to Zipcar.Under a new leasing structure, thespaces will range in minimum pricefrom $2,400 to $4,800 per year.

The new process responds toincreased demand for the spots,according to TransportationDepartment associate director ScottKubly. “We had been approached byanother car-sharing companylaunching in the Washington mar-ket,” he said. “Really the only fairway to go is to open it up for com-petition. … Providers can competefor the spaces.”

Though Kubly declined to namethe competitor, Arlington Countycommuter services bureau chiefChris Hamilton said Hertz is tryingto start car-sharing services in theDistrict.

Connect by Hertz, the company’scar-sharing division, now operatesin multiple locations across thecountry, concentrated at universities.

Lemore Hecht, a public affairsspecialist for the Hertz Corp., said

■ Redistricting: City councilreverses stance on Cheh plan

Bill Petros/The CurrentCar-sharing service Zipcar hasbeen leasing 86 on-street spacesfrom the District.

Bill Petros/The CurrentThe board voted 3-2 to uphold anappeal against the addition.

■ Transportation: Hertz ispossible competitor for Zipcar

See Library/Page 17 See Parking/Page 19

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Wednesday, June 22The D.C. State Board of Education will hold a public meeting to hear a one-year

update on the District’s Race to the Top award. The meeting will begin at 5:30p.m. in the Old Council Chambers, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW.■ The Metropolitan Police Department will hold a community meeting for the 2ndDistrict on plans to realign police service area boundaries. The meeting will beginat 7 p.m. at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW.■ The D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency will hold anemergency preparedness seminar for Ward 4 residents. The event will be heldfrom 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fort Stevens Senior Center, 1327 Van Buren St. NW. Toregister, contact hsema.outreach@dc.gov or 202-481-3015.

Saturday, June 25DC Vote and other groups will hold a “White House Rally for DC Democracy”

from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lafayette Square Park, 16th and H streets NW.

Sunday, June 26Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh will hold a “Chat With Cheh” event

from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Firehook, 3411 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Tuesday, June 28Five design firms will present their concepts for beautifying and improving the

visitor experience and security components at President’s Park South, locatedbetween the White House and Constitution Avenue. The showcase will begin at12:30 p.m. at the offices of the National Capital Planning Commission, Suite500N, 401 9th St. NW. The event will be streamed live at ncpc.gov.■ The Humanities Council of Washington, DC, will hold a symposium on the DCCommunity Heritage Project. The event will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at theDeanwood Recreation Center and Library, 1350 49th St. NE. Admission is free; toregister, call 202-387-8391 or visit dcchpsymposium2011.eventbrite.com.

Wednesday, June 29The D.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on its draft

environmental assessment for the rehabilitation of Oregon Avenue betweenMilitary Road and Western Avenue. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.

The week ahead

By BORIS TSALYUK and KATIE PEARCECurrent Staff Writers

They got an inch last year, and now they’regetting a mile, Smokefree DC said after theD.C. Council passed legislation last week giv-ing hotels a chance for a one-day exemption tothe city’s smoking ban. But the group’s effortsnow have the council backtracking to tightenthe bill.

The budget provision the council approved12-1 last Tuesday lets hotels with liquorlicenses apply for temporary waivers of thecity’s smoke-free laws. The exceptions areallowed “once a year for one day for the pur-poses of hosting a special event which permitscigar smoking.”

Smokefree DC, which blasted the councilfor the measure, noted that it makes over 75hotels in the city eligible for the exception.

But it wasn’t supposed to be like that, leg-islators say. They intended to limit the exemp-tion to hotels that can seat at least 500 people,which would narrow the field down to onlytwo: the Capital Hilton, at 1001 16th St. NW,and Washington Hilton, at 1919 ConnecticutAve. NW.

Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans, whointroduced the amendment, said he mistaken-ly believed its language was identical to that

of an emergency bill he passed in March2010.

Back then, the council allowed some lee-way so two organizations — Fight forChildren and the Society of Friendly Sons ofSt. Patrick — could host large-scale fundrais-ers with legal cigar puffing. The one-time-only exemptions applied to Fight forChildren’s “Fight Night” event at the

Legislators plan to narrow smoking-ban exemption after group’s outcry

By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

A proposal designed to improvepolice response times wouldremove part of the Dupont Circleneighborhood from the 2nd Districtas part of an effort to balance policeresponsibilities across the city.

Few other changes are proposedfor the 2nd District, which coversGeorgetown and other Northwestneighborhoods west of Rock CreekPark, as well as Foggy Bottom, theWest End and Sheridan-Kalorama.

Metropolitan Police Departmentofficials said residents should notexpect to see a significant impactfrom the realignment, because eachshift is only a few blocks andbecause the same officers will typi-cally continue to patrol their famil-iar territory.

But at a June 9 meeting on theproposed changes to the 3rd

District, some Dupont Circle resi-dents worried about police collabo-ration across district lines and com-munity groups’ ability to work withtwo districts’ leadership.

A key aim of the proposed city-wide realignment of police bound-aries is to equalize each district’scrime at approximately one-seventhof the total, or 14.3 percent. Borderswere last redrawn in 2004.

The 2nd District, the largest ofthe seven districts geographically,now accounts for 12.6 percent of thecity’s crime. Under the proposal, itwould lose the northwestern portionof Dupont Circle but gain a fewblocks downtown around the WhiteHouse, increasing its share of thecrime slightly to 12.8 percent.

The 3rd District, which nowincludes the neighborhoods ofShaw, Logan Circle, ColumbiaHeights, Adams Morgan and Mount

Redrawn police boundariesseek to balance workloads

By CAROL BUCKLEYCurrent Staff Writer

Georgetown will trade one long-running infrastruc-ture project for another in the coming weeks, as the QStreet sewer-separation effort winds down and the citywater authority gears up to repair a crucial water mainrunning beneath the neighborhood’s streets.

Beginning July 11, the D.C. Water and SewerAuthority will work to repair a 48-inch water main thatferries drinking water to spots throughout the city andruns under Canal Road and M Street. By the end of thatmonth, the final step of the Q Street project, repaving,will be complete, reported authority spokespersonEmanuel Briggs.

Fixing worn joints in the aging 48-inch main is partof the agency’s capital improvement program, saidBriggs. But there are more immediate concerns as well,he said: Leaks have been reported along the main, andduring the winter that can mean icing on city streets.

In January, two people were killed in a head-on col-lision on Canal Road. Police reported that there was iceon the roadway, and area residents have frequently com-plained of standing water on the busy road.

Georgetown advisory neighborhood commissioner

Charlie Eason said that he was “disappointed” in theshort notice given to the community about the project.But, he added, he is pleased that the water authorityaccepted his suggestion to work on the Canal Roadexcavation pit — to be located near the GeorgetownUniversity entrance — during the summer, when trafficis lighter.

One lane of the popular commuter thoroughfare willbe closed between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Eason saidhe was told by agency officials.

Briggs said that there will likely be some road clo-sures, and the water authority is working out details —including the expanse of any closures — with the

Canal Road projectaims to stem leaks

See Roads/Page 17

Bill Petros/The CurrentA lane will be closed on part of Canal Road between9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. during construction.

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Broad Branch Roadreopened temporarily

A temporary one-lane bridge onBroad Branch Road acrossSoapstone Creek opened Mondayand will remain in place throughlate July, according to a newsrelease.

During rush hour, the D.C.Department of Transportation willclose the one-lane bridge to north-bound traffic from 6 a.m. to 10:15a.m., and to southbound traffic

from 2:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. At allother times, northbound and south-bound drivers can alternate throughthe stretch.

The release asks drivers to useheadlights when approaching andcrossing the bridge, and pedestriansand bicyclists to avoid using it.

The Transportation Departmentshut down the half-mile stretch ofBroad Branch Road betweenBrandywine Street and RidgeRoad after part of the road cavedin this April. The road will be

closed again when the agency isready to make permanent repairs,estimated to start late next month.The repairs are now targeted forcompletion in mid-September;officials had previously estimatedthe road would reopen by the endof August.

Beach Drive to closefor zoo-tunnel work

The National Park Service willclose a stretch of Beach Drive mid-

day tomorrow through Friday toclean and repair the National ZooTunnel, according to a newsrelease.

The closure will stretch fromRock Creek Parkway to KlingleRoad from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.on both days, the release says,though inclement weather couldpostpone the work.

Logan ANC seeks tofill two vacant seats

The advisory neighborhoodcommission that serves the LoganCircle area now has two vacantseats, according to commissionchair Charles Reed.

One open seat represents single-member district 2F02, an area westof Logan Circle between P and Nstreets; the other represents single-member district 2F05, a narrowarea above Massachusetts Avenuebetween 11th and 13th streets.

A map of single-member dis-tricts, along with more informationabout the Logan Circle advisoryneighborhood commission, is avail-able at anc2f.org.

The Logan commission encom-

passes six single-member districts,each of which has about 2,000 resi-dents. The commission’s recentefforts include securing funding tomarket the neighborhood as an artsdistrict, and leading an initiative toimprove the area’s public schooloptions.

Interested candidates must bequalified to vote in the District andreside within the boundaries of thesingle-member districts they wouldrepresent.

Candidates must collect signa-tures of 25 registered voters in theirdistrict and turn in a petition to theD.C. Board of Elections and Ethicsby June 27. Forms are available atthe board’s office at One JudiciarySquare, 441 4th St. NW.

Mayor taps Green tohead city call center

Mayor Vincent Gray last weekappointed Metropolitan PoliceDepartment Cmdr. Jennifer Greenas director of the Office of UnifiedCommunications, which manages911, non-emergency and 311 callsto the city.

Greene has risen in the policedepartment ranks since working asa 1st District patrol officer in 1982,according to a news release. Shebecame a commander in 2000 andhas served as commander of the5th District and liaison to theOffice of Unified Communications.

The Ward 7 resident received abachelor’s degree in sociologyfrom Duquesne University inPittsburgh.

Dupont group to host‘Cinema’ night Friday

Dupont Festival, a nonprofit cre-ated by a group of neighbors work-ing to enliven Dupont Circle, willhost “Cinema in the Circle” Friday,presenting the Steven Spielbergclassic “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial”at sundown, approximately 9:15p.m., in the neighborhood’s centralpark.

Dupont Circle advisory neigh-borhood commissioner MikeFeldstein said the organization’sgoal is to transform “one of themost underutilized parks in theU.S. into a neighborhood park.”

In the past year, the group hassponsored FotoWeek DC projec-tions, a Police Night Out celebra-tion, a World Cup viewing dubbed“Soccer in the Circle” and an EarthDay event called “Green in theCircle.”

For more information, visitdupontfestival.org.

CorrectionIn the June 15 issue, an article

on flooding on Reno Road mis-spelled the name of LenoreOstrowsky.

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Evans said the 2010 measure“was carefully drafted to apply toonly two hotels in the city, for justone event.”

Smokefree DC, the group thatlobbied for the District’s ban onsmoking in the workplace, spokeout at that time about the health risksinvolved with the city’s decision.And the anti-smoking group reactedwith similar anger when the councilpassed the similar — but more flex-ible — policy last week as part ofthe fiscal year 2012 budget.

Bob Summersgill, a member ofthe Smokefree DC steering commit-tee, noticed that the new legislationdidn’t specify any restrictions oncapacity. “The only restrictions areon the hotels … . The limit is for‘once a year for one day’at each andevery hotel in D.C. There are morethan 75 licensed hotels in theDistrict,” he wrote in a June 17email to Ward 3 Council memberMary Cheh.

It was Smokefree DC’s reactionthat prompted the council to lookmore closely at the language of themeasure.

In an interview yesterday, Evanssaid no one intended for the mini-mum-capacity clause to be omitted.

The council voted believing therestriction was narrow, at-largemember Phil Mendelson said at acommunity meeting Monday. “In

the debate, it was explained this wasonly about Fight Night.”

Mendelson had tried to removethe measure based on health con-cerns, but his colleagues rejected hisproposal. “On one hand, to say youdon’t want smoking in hotels andrestaurants, and then on the otherhand, to say it’s OK at these eventsas long as it’s cigars — it just does-n’t make sense,” he said in an inter-view yesterday.

Evans said the council will lookinto passing a technical amendmentto resolve the capacity mishapbefore the budget and all of its pro-visions take effect Oct. 1.Otherwise, the council would needto take formal action at an upcom-ing meeting to restrict the exemp-tion.

“We’d hate to have it go into thelaw the way that it is now,” he said.

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vote for a Ward 1 school board member while their chil-dren go to Ward 3 schools, they live in Ward 1 butreceive Zone 3 residential parking permits, and manycity officials are confused about the area’s ward desig-nation.

Most of their streets connect only to Ward 3 ratherthan crossing Rock Creek Park into Ward 1.

“We really had been in no-man’s land,” said LeeBrian Reba, a Cleveland Park/Woodley Park advisoryneighborhood commissioner who lives in the affectedarea and helped lobby for the boundary change.

Furthermore, Graham said, picnic-goers reassuredhim that he had been representing them well. “Therewas no, ‘We want to get out of your jurisdiction so wecan get better services’ — nothing like that,” he said.

Graham’s reversal may have made all the difference,Cheh said in an interview. “That switched people,” shesaid. “For some reason, it was like a cascade effect.”

Reba said he and his neighbors were delighted butnot entirely surprised that the council approved Cheh’samendment the second time around, saying it was “theright thing” to do. “We had a lot of opposition ... but thisis truly, truly a momentous occasion for Woodley Park

east of Connecticut Avenue,” he said.According to Cheh, three council members still

opposed her amendment yesterday: Ward 4 memberMuriel Bowser, Ward 5 member Harry Thomas andWard 7 member Yvette Alexander.

According to Cheh, Bowser remained concernedbecause the extra 1,735 people in Ward 3 would makethe ward the city’s most populous — though it wouldstay within the permissible limit of 5 percent of the aver-age. Thomas and Alexander did not publicly explaintheir votes yesterday, Cheh said.

Cheh said collecting all of Woodley Park into a sin-gle ward — undoing a change made during redistrictingafter the 1980 Census — will contribute to its commu-nity feel. “I think it’ll reflect the fact that it is a neigh-borhood,” she said. “That [eastern section is] part of theWoodley Park community, and now it will reflect that invoting.”

The D.C. Council had to shift several ward bound-aries because the 2010 Census reported uneven popula-tion growth in different parts of the city. The changesensure that each ward council member is representingapproximately the same number of citizens.

Unlike some other boundary changes in the city, theWoodley Park shift wasn’t necessary due to populationcounts. The move has no impact on the proposed bound-aries for other city wards.

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This is a listing of reportstaken from June 12 through18 by the Metropolitan PoliceDepartment in local policeservice areas.

PSA 201

Stolen auto■ 5500 block, Nevada Ave.;residence; midnight June 14.Theft (below $250)■ 5600 block, ConnecticutAve.; unspecified premises;1:15 p.m. June 12.■ 3300 block, McKinley St.;residence; 9 a.m. June 16.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 3600 block, Legation St.;street; 7:30 p.m. June 12.

PSA 202

Stolen auto■ 5200 block, WisconsinAve.; parking lot; 11:54 a.m.June 14.■ 44th and Harrison streets;street; 8 p.m. June 16.Theft (below $250)■ 5100 block, WisconsinAve.; grocery store; 9:10 p.m.June 13.■ 4500 block, WisconsinAve.; store; 12:12 p.m. June17.■ 5000 block, WisconsinAve.; office building; 6:45p.m. June 17.Theft (shoplifting)■ 5300 block, WisconsinAve.; store; 3:30 p.m. June18.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 4600 block, Warren St.;street; 12:31 a.m. June 14.■ 5200 block, WisconsinAve.; parking lot; 10:30 a.m.June 14.■ 4500 block, 42nd St.;street; 6 p.m. June 14.

PSA 203

Theft (shoplifting)■ 4300 block, ConnecticutAve.; drugstore; 9:15 a.m.June 14.

PSA 204

Robbery (fear)■ 4000 block, WisconsinAve.; bank; 4:16 p.m. June14.Assault with a dangerousweapon■ 2600 block, 39th St.; resi-dence; 12:05 a.m. June 16.Burglary■ 2800 block, 27th St.; resi-dence; 10 a.m. June 13.■ 3500 block, 30th St.; resi-dence; 12:15 p.m. June 13.■ 4000 block, Tunlaw Road;residence; 11 a.m. June 15.■ Unit block, ObservatoryCircle; residence; 12:15 p.m.

June 15.■ 2800 block, 27th St.; resi-dence; 7 a.m. June 16.Stolen auto■ 2700 block, Ordway St.;street; 4:30 p.m. June 14.Theft (below $250)■ 3800 block, Rodman St.;residence; 12:45 p.m. June13.■ 2600 block, ConnecticutAve.; restaurant; 1:30 p.m.June 16.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 3400 block, Porter St.;street; 6 p.m. June 14.■ 2600 block, Garfield St.;street; 10:30 p.m. June 14.■ 2900 block, Cathedral Ave.;parking lot; 11:45 p.m. June14.■ 2500 block, Calvert St.;street; 11:45 p.m. June 17.

PSA 205

Theft (below $250)■ 4500 block, Edmunds St.;residence; 4 p.m. June 13.■ 4800 block, MassachusettsAve.; store; 6 p.m. June 17.

PSA 206

Robbery (pickpocket)■ 1200 block, WisconsinAve.; sidewalk; 2 p.m. June13.Burglary■ 3400 block, Q St.; resi-dence; 9:45 p.m. June 13.■ 3600 block, Winfield Lane;residence; 12:05 a.m. June14.■ 1700 block, 35th St.; resi-dence; 6:30 a.m. June 16.■ 1500 block, 31st St.; resi-dence; 5:30 p.m. June 13.■ 3400 block, R St.; resi-dence; 8:30 a.m. June 15.Stolen auto■ 2700 block, Dumbarton St.;street; 12:30 p.m. June 14.■ 30th and N streets; street;10 p.m. June 17.Theft ($250 plus)■ 3200 block, K St.; parkinglot; 7:15 a.m. June 15.Theft (below $250)■ 3600 block, T St.; resi-dence; 7:55 a.m. June 14.■ 3200 block, M St.; store;5:33 p.m. June 17.■ 1300 block, WisconsinAve.; hotel; 7 p.m. June 17.■ 3200 block, M St.; restau-rant; 1:25 p.m. June 18.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 2900 block, N St.; parkinglot; 6 p.m. June 13.■ 3000 block, Q St.; resi-dence; 8 p.m. June 16.

PSA 207

Theft (below $250)■ 2100 block, PennsylvaniaAve.; restaurant; 10:30 p.m.June 14.■ 700 block, 24th St.; restau-rant; 3 p.m. June 15.■ 2400 block, Pennsylvania

Ave.; store; 7:20 p.m. June17.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 2500 block, K St.; unspeci-fied premises; 1:45 p.m. June15.■ 26th Street andPennsylvania Avenue; street;11:30 p.m. June 15.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 2100 block, PennsylvaniaAve.; parking lot; 9 p.m. June16.■ 900 block, 21st St.; street;12:30 a.m. June 17.

PSA 208

Robbery (gun)■ 1900 block, M St.; side-walk; 1:32 a.m. June 16.Robbery (force and violence)■ 1500 block, NewHampshire Ave.; sidewalk;midnight June 16.Robbery (pocketbook snatch)■ 1500 block, ConnecticutAve.; restaurant; 8:35 p.m.June 18.Assault with a dangerousweapon■ 2000 block, N St.; side-walk; 10:30 p.m. June 14.■ 1900 block, Florida Ave.;street; 3 a.m. June 16.■ 1300 block, ConnecticutAve.; sidewalk; 2:55 a.m.June 18.Burglary■ 2100 block, California St.;residence; 12:09 p.m. June13.Stolen auto■ 2100 block, Florida Ave.;street; 1:30 p.m. June 17.Theft ($250 plus)■ 1700 block, Corcoran St.;sidewalk; 4:45 p.m. June 18.Theft (below $250)■ 2000 block, R St.; side-walk; 11:30 a.m. June 12.■ Unit block, Scott Circle;sidewalk; 6 p.m. June 12.■ 2000 block, I St.; unspeci-fied premises; 3:30 p.m. June13.■ 1500 block, 20th St.; side-walk; 6 p.m. June 14.■ 2100 block, L St.; sidewalk;3 p.m. June 15.■ 2000 block, O St.; side-walk; 7:30 p.m. June 15.■ 1000 block, ConnecticutAve.; sidewalk; 10:20 p.m.June 15.■ 1200 block, 22nd St.; drug-store; noon June 17.■ 1100 block, ConnecticutAve.; unspecified premises;3:30 p.m. June 17.■ 2100 block, N St.; side-walk; 8 p.m. June 17.■ 1400 block, S St.; construc-tion site; 11:30 a.m. June 18.■ 1000 block, ConnecticutAve.; store; 2:57 p.m. June18.Breaking and entering (vending)■ 800 block, 17th St.; bank;noon June 13.Theft from auto ($250 plus)■ 1700 block, T St.; street;11 p.m. June 15.

Theft from auto (below $250)■ 16th and Swann streets;street; 8 a.m. June 15.■ 2300 block, P St.; street;6:30 p.m. June 16.■ 1500 block, N St.; street; 7p.m. June 16.■ 1700 block, Church St.;alley; 6 p.m. June 17.■ 1000 block, 17th St.;unspecified premises; 12:30a.m. June 18.■ 1200 block, 17th St.;unspecified premises; 1:15a.m. June 18.

PSA 303

Robbery (gun)■ 2400 block, Ontario Road;residence; 2:30 a.m. June18.Robbery (force and violence)■ 2300 block, 18th St.; alley;1:45 a.m. June 18.Robbery (snatch)■ 1900 block, Calvert St.;sidewalk; midnight June 18.Stolen auto■ 2400 block, 19th St.; resi-dence; 10:20 p.m. June 16.■ 1700 block, Florida Ave.;parking lot; 11 p.m. June 17.Theft ($250 plus)■ 2400 block, 18th St.;restaurant; 3 a.m. June 15.Theft (below $250)■ 2300 block, 18th St.; side-walk; 9:30 a.m. June 15.■ 1800 block, ColumbiaRoad; street; 1 p.m. June 15.■ 1800 block, Summit Place;residence; 11 p.m. June 17.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1700 block, ColumbiaRoad; parking lot; 7:30 a.m.June 13.■ 2800 block, Adams MillRoad; street; 10:40 a.m.June 13.■ 17th and Euclid streets;street; 6 p.m. June 14.■ 2400 block, Ontario Road;street; 10:30 p.m. June 14.

PSA 307

Robbery (snatch)■ 1300 block, MassachusettsAve.; sidewalk; 9:56 p.m.June 18.Robbery (pocketbook snatch)■ 1500 block, 14th St.; side-walk; 1 p.m. June 13.■ 14th Street and ThomasCircle; sidewalk; 1:20 p.m.June 15.Stolen auto■ 13th Street and LoganCircle; street; 9 p.m. June 16.Theft (below $250)■ 900 block, M St.; restau-rant; 3 p.m. June 12.■ 1100 block, O St.; resi-dence; midnight June 13.■ 1100 block, Vermont Ave.;street; 7 p.m. June 14.Theft from auto (below $250)■ 1700 block, Vermont Ave.;street; 9 a.m. June 14.■ 1100 block, 13th St.;street; 10 p.m. June 15.■ 1300 block, M St.; street; 1a.m. June 18.

PSA 201■ CHEVY CHASE

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PSA 203■ FOREST HILLS / VAN NESS

PSA 205■ PALISADES / SPRING VALLEYWESLEY HEIGHTS/ FOXHALL

PSA 206■ GEORGETOWN / BURLEITH

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Anumber of farmers marketsoffer baked goods. Butwhere do those brownies

begin, and who bakes them? At the14th and U streets Saturday market,the answer is Whisked! — a newcompany launched by two foodbloggers who bake during off hoursat nearby restaurant 1905.

The pair kicked off their firstseason last month. And, of course,they blogged about it.

“I will never again look at afarmer’s market stand in the sameway,” Jenna Huntsberger wrote onmoderndomestic.com. “Whenever Isee a stand I will think ‘Hmmm,how did they get their stuff there?What kind of van do they have?What kind of tent weights do theyuse?’”

Stephanie Willis contributed herown thoughts on their joint blog,whiskeddc.com/wordpress.com.

“On Saturday, Jenna and I gotup at the crack of dawn to pack upfor our very first day at the 14th &U Farmers Market,” she wrote May9. “Trust me, it was EARLY. Butwe didn’t care because we wererunning on pure adrenaline. Aftermonths of planning, testing andnavigating a very complex businesslicense process, we were actuallystanding in front of our marketstand.”

That joint journey began a few

years back, when the pair met at aHalloween bake sale Willis hadorganized for the market.Huntsberger contributed “heramazing chocolate cupcakes w/peanut butterfrosting” andvolunteered tohelp, Willswrote in anemail. So whenWillis consid-ered opening apermanentstand, sheturned toHuntsberger.

The two hadfocused on foodfor years. Willis had been experi-menting with recipes and writingabout them on her blog, adven-turesinshaw.com. And Huntsberger,whose blog was initially about pas-sionate homemakers who squeezein their cooking on weekends, quither day job a bit over a year ago tocook. She works for organic soupcompany Soupergirl and cateringcompany Spilled Milk, in additionto spending 20 to 30 hours a weekwith Willis on Whisked!

But they’re finding the results

are paying off — so much so thatthey don’t have much time to blog.

“With Whisked! taking up somuch of my time, I find it hard tosit down and write a blog post,”Willis said. “And I’m now mostlybaking for Whisked!, so I don’thave time to try new recipes andblog them.”

But whatshe is baking isearning ravereviews.“We’vereceived a greatresponse fromthe market andthe community,so as our repu-tation increases,we hope to beable to do thisfull time,” shesaid.

For now, they’re focusing oncreating enough goodies to fill theirstand, as well as their online orders(which are picked up at the mar-ket). Their website,whiskeddc.com, lists — and,temptingly, displays — the itemsavailable, including 7-Up poundcake, which draws on Willis’Southern roots ($7); Cracker Jackbars (four for $10); red velvet cake($35); and more.

The 14th and U market runsfrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.

Food bloggers trade their keyboards for whisksON THE STREETBETH COPE

Bill Petros/The CurrentStephanie Willis, left, and JennaHuntsberger launched their bakestand Whisked! last month.

Davis Kennedy/Publisher & EditorChris Kain/Managing Editor

Drawing the linesThe Metropolitan Police Department’s proposed new district

boundaries have met with skepticism from some quarters — a senti-ment we can understand.

Ward 1 D.C. Council member Jim Graham, for one, has objectedto the plan to shift Mount Pleasant to the 4th District from the 3rdDistrict, which now roughly incorporates the bulk of Mr. Graham’sward. And some in Dupont Circle are wary of splitting their neigh-borhood between two districts, with the northeastern chunk — eastof 18th Street and north of Q Street — shifting to the 3rd District.

In both instances, the plan espoused by Police Chief Cathy Lanierundoes changes adopted during the last realignment, which occurredin 2004.

Creating a large, unified police service area for the Dupont Circleneighborhood was intended as a way to enhance community polic-ing, in large part by improving communication with neighborhoodleaders. Positioning Mount Pleasant under the same commander asadjoining Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights was based on simi-lar grounds.

As it turns out, however, the 2004 boundaries — along withdemographic shifts — led to unintended consequences. The 3rdDistrict experiences 16.7 percent of D.C. crime — the largest slice ofany of the seven districts — while the 4th District sees 10.2 percent.

The discrepancies end up placing too much in the hands of somecommanders, but perhaps most importantly, they mean too manypolice officers are trying to communicate on the same radio frequen-cy. By splitting responsibility for Dupont Circle and similarly situat-ed neighborhoods, Chief Lanier reasons, the department can becomemore effective and efficient in delivering police services.

The chief says the department has improved collaboration andcoordination among police districts, and that will be all the moreessential under the new plan. But in the end, service delivery strikesus as the most important factor in judging the boundaries. The chiefhas made a compelling case.

A full assessmentThe significance of the timing was hard to miss this month as the

Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Areareleased its report “Capital Assets: Economic Impact and Beyond.”In it, economist Stephen S. Fuller, director of the Center forRegional Analysis at George Mason University, highlighted thehigher-education sector’s impact on the D.C. economy — $1.42 bil-lion in spending by the schools and their students, retirees and visi-tors.

The report and associated research summary never discuss D.C.zoning rules or campus plans and make only vague mention of “eco-nomic potentials” of the area’s universities. But it seems clear thatthe data were compiled at least in part to sway the ZoningCommission to accept the growth sought by American University,Georgetown University and the University of the District ofColumbia in their pending submissions.

Indeed, the report includes a lot of useful facts and figures thatadd up to an important reminder of the significance of universities inthe District’s economy. What the report doesn’t examine is theimpact — both positive and negative — on neighborhoods adjacentto college campuses. Under D.C. zoning rules for universities locat-ed in residential areas, that’s a key factor in allowing any growth.

We’d also like to see D.C. officials examine ways to maximizethe city’s share of the $11.3 billion regional impact. Given the num-ber of member institutions located in the District, we’d like to see alarger proportion than $1.42 billion. It’s likely that a sustained focuson the issue, such as encouraging universities to offer preferences forD.C. contractors or assistance in getting more employees to live inD.C., could pay off handsomely.

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Bond-tax coveragemissed key points

The Current has not includedany of the following facts aboutthe D.C. Council’s decision to taxnon-D.C. bonds:

The District has never taxednon-D.C. bonds, before or afterhome rule.

The D.C. Council floated theidea and held a final vote withinthree weeks without a publiccomment period.

D.C. would become the onlylocal jurisdiction that does notexempt the bonds of any state.

The two states that recentlydecided to tax out-of-state bonds(Utah and Indiana) grandfatheredexisting bondholders.

No state has consideredimposing a retroactive tax onthose who held out-of-state bondsin the past.

Only 13 states with little or noincome tax have fewer bondsthan D.C. in diversified tax-exempt mutual funds.

Unlike Virginia, Maryland andother states, residents of D.C.cannot reduce their risks and

costs by buying a state-specificmutual fund.

Someone selling non-D.C.bonds and buying replacementswould realize either capital lossesor taxable capital gains and paytransaction costs includingmarkups and commissions of atleast 3 percent.

A D.C. resident who gets 10percent of his income from non-D.C. bonds would pay 11 percentmore in D.C. income taxes, andsomeone who gets 50 percent ofhis income from non-D.C. bondswould pay twice as much.

Neil WilliamsThe Palisades

LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR

Didn’t we already fight this fight?Women once were told they couldn’t be police

officers or firefighters or go into combat. It’s notladylike. They need to be protected, not put inharm’s way. They might get pregnant and disrupt theworkplace. And blah, blah, blah.

We raise this point because of a troublesomeissue that’s now affecting the D.C. Fire andEmergency MedicalServices Department andits policy toward preg-nant firefighters.

In a move to cutovertime and otheradministrative costs, thedepartment is now limiting pregnant firefighters toonly 30 days of light duty or desk duty during apregnancy. After that, the employee must useaccrued sick leave or annual leave to cover the restof the pregnancy and any post-pregnancy time off.

Anyone who doesn’t have the time saved up isout of luck.

“The current policy is wrong; the current policyneeds to be reversed,” said an angry PhilMendelson, chair of the D.C. Council Committee onPublic Safety and the Judiciary.

Under the old policy, a pregnant firefighter mightwork several months on light duty until she was dueto give birth. Under the new policy, the firefightercould face several months of no pay at all.

“I won’t have enough leave … . I have to work,”said six-year firefighter Jessica Wooton. She talkedwith NBC4 along with Shalonda Smith and MelissaDavis, both firefighters for four years and now bothpregnant for the first time.

“They sprung this on us,” said Davis. Mendelson, the workers and Local 36 of the fire-

fighters’ union say the fire department may have theright to enforce the tougher policy, but Mendelson isasking D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan toreview it. In any event, Mendelson said the depart-ment also has the right to be more respectful of theemployees by allowing them to keep working aslong as they can.

He said if the department doesn’t reverse course,he’ll bring it up with the council before the summerrecess begins. ■ Resign already. Although Mayor Vincent Grayand members of the D.C. Council are treading light-ly around the scandal involving Ward 5 memberHarry “Tommy” Thomas, there’s no hesitation fromthe D.C. Republican Party.

“It is not enough that Councilmember Thomasresigned his Committee Chairmanship,” said GOPchair Bob Kabel in a release. “Anything less than afull resignation from the DC Council is an insult toDistrict residents.”

It’s not likely Kabel’s words will have any directeffect, but they do point out how mealy-mouthed thecouncil members have been on Thomas, who isbeing sued by the D.C. attorney general for allegedlymisappropriating $300,000 in city tax money andgrants for his own personal use.

Thomas is liked by many of his colleagues, butsurely they don’t like the scandal he’s brought upontheir house. But so far, the criticisms — at least inpublic — have been mild. Only in private do severalmembers say they are astonished at the allegationsand that, if they’re true, Thomas is in real trouble.■ Why go there? We couldn’t make the NationalForum for Black Public Administrators’ eighth annu-

al Barry K. CampbellHall of Fame andScholarship Awardsdinner and casino eventlast week. It’s a goodevent that honors cityworkers, and it’s named

after a former city executive who died way too soon.But we’re not sure we would have gone anyway.

The event is nice, but it was held on the Navy Yardfederal property in Southeast Washington. Thatmeans that no city sales taxes were collected.

It’s beyond us why D.C. organizations andgroups retreat to federal facilities to hold theirevents. Maybe the tax-free places offer cheaperaccommodations? Maybe parking is better? It seemsthe last thing we ought to do when honoring cityworkers is abandon the city.■ Another place we didn’t go. We loved the U.S.Open this past week, but we didn’t make it out toCongressional. We never finished reading the longlist of prohibited items, and we didn’t like the ideaof going almost to Baltimore to take a shuttle to thecourse. (We admit that last part is a little exaggera-tion, but not the long list that began with cellphonesand included lawn chairs and “no weapons regard-less of permits.”)

We can do without the blanket of securitybureaucracy that smothers such events. Thank good-ness for our big-screen TV.■ No medallions for you. Ward 6 Council memberTommy Wells won’t hold a hearing on a bill thatwould require D.C. cabbies to have city-issuedmedallions.

Many of the city’s independent cab drivers fearthat well-financed companies could buy up themedallions and corner the market. That’s what wasallegedly at stake in the 2009 taxicab scandal that’sstill being investigated by the FBI.

Local journalist Peter Tucker (thefightback.org)deserves credit for the work he’s been doing formonths to explore and explain the cab industry.

Many things may be wrong with the industry, butno one has yet explained why medallions would be asolution rather than another problem.■ A final word. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., mer-cifully resigned from Congress last week. He hadone last inexplicable moment, calling a final newsconference before a screaming mob of reporters(who shouted bawdy questions at him). He apparent-ly was addicted to the media as much as he was tohis widely distributed photos. Even Viagra couldn’tsave this Weiner.

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

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GU road would harmGlover Archbold Park

In the 1960s, planners projecteda highway through GloverArchbold Park, wooded nationalparkland west of Georgetown.District maps even showed the roadslicing the preserve treasured bymany for its quiet trails.Community opposition ended theill-conceived project.

Now there’s a new road schemefor Glover Archbold Park. Onceagain, neighbors are allied to savethe park — this time from anotherneighbor, Georgetown University.

As part of its proposed 10-yearexpansion plan, the universitywants to build a road on its ownland, directly bordering the park.The university wants the road inorder to link its Canal Roadentrance with the inner campus andReservoir Road. This so-called“loop road” would carry a streamof shuttle buses day and night.

As the institution seeks to addenrollment, credible concerns havebeen voiced that the road is an inte-gral element in the siting of a vast600,000-square-foot GeorgetownUniversity Hospital cited in the 10-year plan, but void of any specifics.

The university’s road would runalong a steep ridge beside the park.

The university has failed to curbrunoff and other issues that haveeroded the slope and harmedGlover Archbold Park.

In February 2011, the universitypaid a $30,000 fine for its environ-mental violations. To add insult toinjury, the road would invade a sce-nic easement that the universitygranted on its land to the NationalPark Service as its share for theCanal Road entrance that cost fed-eral taxpayers $7 million.

Noise, exhaust fumes and thefrequent sight of large buses willdegrade the park, witnesses told theD.C. Zoning Commission, which isreviewing the university’s expan-sion plan.

This degradation of nationalparkland and the adjoining neigh-borhood is readily avoidable. Ward3 D.C. Council member MaryCheh and others have reliablyshown how the “loop road” couldbe routed from Canal Road to thecenter of the 104-acre campus,where its buses have navigatedconveniently for years. But itappears that the university wouldrather transfer the impact of bustraffic to the park — and close resi-dents.

Mindful of its moral teachings— “Do no harm,” instructs themedical school — Georgetownshould adopt an alternative route. Ifthe university chooses to behavelike any other corporation bent onexpansion at the cost of others, the

Zoning Commission should rejectthe proposed road.

Howard BrayFoxhall Village

University growth hasmany hidden costs

As a D.C. taxpayer, I was dis-couraged by the June 15 article“Study touts local universities’impacts.” The study in question,commissioned by the Consortiumof Universities of the MetropolitanWashington Area, appears to be atypical example of biased academicstudies. Their results are invalidat-ed by who pays for them (universi-ties) and who conducts them (uni-versity employees). This study’spredetermined dubious claim isobvious: University expansion isgood for cities.

But expansion at what cost? Asexpected, no mention is made inthe study of universities’ nonprofit,tax-exempt status, which profound-ly reduces cities’ tax bases. Thestudy description suggests universi-ties should be allowed to expandtheir enrollments and vast realestate holdings, as well as theirheavy use of public services.

City officials need to researchthe true costs of universities’ cozytax-exempt status. And thisresearch should not be funded ordone by university special interests.

David HertzfeldtFoggy Bottom

LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR

The D.C. budget plan approved last week by theD.C. Council is a positive development forWashingtonians eager to see their city free of

congestion and the pollution associated with automo-bile emissions.

Included in the budget plan prepared by D.C.Council Chairman Kwame Brown are the means toprovide necessary funding to Washington MetropolitanArea Transit Authority operations, thereby avoidingany major service cuts; provisions for 40 new CapitalBikeshare locations in the District; and increased fund-ing for D.C. streetcar lines. These are encouraging vic-tories for various environmental groups and sustain-ability initiatives throughout the Washington areawhose supporters so heavily petitioned the council toclose the budget gap in Metro service funding.

D.C. will now fully commit to its share of Metrooperating costs, a measure that puts the city in linewith Virginia and Maryland, which have alreadyapproved such spending. Additionally, Circulator fareswill remain at $1, and Metrorail headways for week-end riders will not increase.

Unfortunately, not all services were spared. Thebudget calls for the elimination of two area bus lines,the N8 and K1, leaving many local residents withfewer commuting options (although the closing of theK1 line is somewhat defensible, given the scheduledclosing of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, theline’s primary destination). The elimination of these

lines will force hundreds of District residents onto bikepaths, sidewalks and roadways, only exacerbating thealready-perilous congestion bike riders, walkers anddrivers face on the narrow city streets daily.

However, the council has taken some importantsteps to discourage car use in the city, with ResidentialParking Permit costs slated to increase from $15 to $35per car. Additionally, the council’s plan will raise thecity’s parking tax from 12 percent to 18 percent, asproposed by Mayor Vincent Gray. This is a move inthe right direction for an area plagued by incessantcongestion and roadway construction, yet still morecan be done to decrease automobile traffic through theDistrict.

Ward 6 Council member Tommy Wells has beenone of the most vocal proponents of increasing fees forautomobile use within the city. He has proposed gradu-ated Residential Parking Permit rates — $35 for thefirst car, $50 for the second, and $100 for any addition-al cars. Although this idea did not make it into thecouncil’s budget, it shows promise for a more pragmat-ic transportation approach and a more walker/cyclist-friendly city.

Undoubtedly, more will need to be done to correctthe woes of D.C. commuters; the District is treading athin line between being a city built for cars and a citybuilt for people. But by including monetary support forCapital Bikeshare and Metro’s bus and rail services,coupled with moderate fee increases for car use, theD.C. Council is providing hope for a better, greenertomorrow.

Garrett Herndon is an intern with the Sierra Club’sSustainable Metro DC Campaign.

Budget shows promise for transportationVIEWPOINTGARRETT HERNDON

LETTERS TO THE EDITORThe Current publishes letters and Viewpoint submissions representing various points of view. Because ofspace limitations, letters should be no more than 400 words and are subject to editing. Letters and Viewpointsubmissions intended for publication should be addressed to Letters to the Editor, The Current, Post OfficeBox 40400, Washington, D.C. 20016-0400. You may send e-mail to letters@currentnewspapers.com.

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Walls tennis finishesstrong season

After she experienced somuch success on the court atSchool Without Walls, it wasonly fitting that Camille Hydewould go out on top. ThePenguins senior completed herimpressive career by winning herthird straight D.C. InterscholasticAthletic Association girls singlestitle on Wednesday at TakomaRecreation Center.

Hyde beat Wilson sophomoreSunita Premysler in straight sets,

6-2, 6-3, to capture the crown. Ina match chock-full of long points,Hyde’s patience prevailed, as shekept mistakes to a minimum andheld off her opponent.

In doubles, Walls junior BreaEllis took her second straightDCIAA title, this time teamingwith Giovanni Chippano — anexchange student from Italy — toknock off McKinley Tech’s topduo in the finals.

Since the DCIAA has onlyone doubles title, Ellis teamedwith a boy for the second time toknock off a team of boys for thewin. “We work really welltogether,” she said after the

match. Wilson, meanwhile, took

home a trophy of its own as SeanFinney beat Cardozo’s TadaelAsfaha in three sets on Monday— 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 — for the boyssingles title. The Tigers were theDCIAA regular season champi-ons this season.

The championships were orig-inally scheduled for the previousweek, but D.C. Public Schoolsmoved them due to excessiveheat.

Hultzen wins out westUniversity of Virginia starter

and St. Albans alumnus Danny

Hultzen has become the talk ofthe town after being selected sec-ond overall this month by theSeattle Mariners in the MajorL e a g u eB a s e b a l lDraft.

For now,t h o u g h ,Hu l t zen ’sfocus is onleading theCavaliers toa CollegeWorld Series title. On Sunday, heguided his college squad past theUniversity of California 4-1 in anopening-round game of the tour-

nament. In front of over 21,000 fans at

TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha,Neb., Hultzen was facing chal-lenges right off the bat, throwing28 pitches in the first frame. Buthe settled down to strike out theside, and gave up only three hitsin six and one-third innings, fan-ning six batters and walkingthree.

The game was scoreless aftersix innings, but the Cavs’ batscame alive late and the teamadvanced to take on defendingnational champion SouthCarolina last night after presstime.

Sports Desk

By BORIS TSALYUKCurrent Staff Writer

DC Dynasty travel baseballdirector Antoine Williams knowsthat the Washington area has longbeen considered a hub for footballand basketball talent. It’s his job,he said, to help local baseballattain the same recognition.

“That’s why we call ourselvesDynasty — because we want to beon that level,” Williams said. “Weknow D.C. is a hotbed for footballand basketball, and we want to putit on par with that for baseball.”

Since its founding in 2001 byWilliams and Carlos Chavarria —whose son Jerry will be a seniorcatcher for Washington CatholicAthletic Conference champion St.John’s Cadets next season —Dynasty has developed into one ofthe better travel teams on the EastCoast. The program has divisionsfor age groups from 11-and-underthrough 19-and-under.

According to Williams, threeout of four Dynasty players go onto play baseball in college. Andgetting to that level, said Wilsonpitcher Ben Whitener, who isplaying with the squad for thefourth time this summer, requiresquite a commitment.

“For someone to be the best atwhat they do, it has to be an all-year-round [thing],” he said.

Williams said Dynasty takesonly players who are serious aboutthe game and dedicated to improv-ing on the field — there simplyisn’t time to get less-inspired play-ers’ work ethics up to speed. “Thekids that come here work hard andunderstand our message and whatour philosophy is,” he said.

The deserving cast gets anopportunity to play alongside andagainst some of the best localplayers, and also to take on top tal-

ent from outside the area. “We getto see players beyond the D.C areawho you’ve been playing with allyour life,” said Whitener.

The more experienced teamswill be especially interesting towatch this year because they fieldplayers who are preparing to play— or are already playing — base-ball beyond high school.

“It’ll get the guys ready for thenext level, which is college base-ball and then pro, if they’relucky,” said Williams, who hasalso been the head baseball coachat 2011 Mid-Atlantic AthleticConference co-champion Maretsince 1998.

The 19-and-under team wel-comes the return of CameronWindham, a 2010 St. Albans grad-uate now playing the closer role atAmherst College. “It’s good to beback,” he said before a game onMonday.

Henry Emerson of Maret,Henry Sisson of St. Albans,Andrew Hudson of GeorgetownDay and Sam Stevens of Sidwell

— all planning to play baseball ascollege freshmen next year — willalso be among the team’s leaders.

The team is co-coached byMichael Shore and local baseballlegend Todd Nutter, and will com-pete in the competitive OldDominion League. It will nexttake the field at 5:30 today againstthe Bradley Eagles at Maury WillsField at Benjamin BannekerAcademic High School.

“We want to compete at a highlevel in every game, no matterwho we’re playing. And that’ssomething that applies in life, sothat’s what I’m trying to get

through to them,” said Shore.“You’re gonna compete for a jobor compete in life in general.”

Williams is coaching the 17-and-under team that featuresWilson rising junior catcher PedroMateo, School Without Wallspitcher Sean Kelly, Maret’s DrewReid and Potomac School’sJohnny Read, who lives inTenleytown. They will play todayat Fort Reno Park also against theBradley Eagles.

When they’re not taking thefield themselves, players willcatch a lot of major league actionon television this summer, said

Whitener. “I spend a lot of mytime watching baseball games andI’m always picking something upand learning something new. Thebest way to learn the game is fromthe professionals,” he said.

“It definitely benefits you toplay so many games and not haveto worry about school,” addedWindham.

DC Dynasty baseball teamswill host games all summer at FortReno Park and at Maury WillsField at Banneker. For informa-tion, visit dcdynastybaseball.netor contact travel director Williamsat awilliams@maret.org.

For aspiring college baseball players, summer is no vacation

Matt Petros/The CurrentShortstop Robinson Mateo, above, and pitcher Ben Whitener, at left, were teammates on the Wilson Tigerslast season. They are also among the top players on the DC Dynasty 19-and-under travel team.

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British School of Washington

This year I had the wonderfulopportunity to be involved in CityYear’s Young Heroes program. Itwas a Saturday leadership andcommunity service program thatran from January to May.

The City Year Corps members

came to an assembly at our schoolto talk to us about the benefits ofbeing in the Young Heroes pro-gram. The members introducedthemselves and talked about theirfavorite parts of City Year. A smallgroup applied for the program, andeight of us were accepted out of150 applicants from all over D.C.

Young Heroes has helped melearn to take the lead in projectsand increased my confidence inmeeting new people. It has taughtme to be a leader and not a follow-er, to help build a community, todemonstrate unity, to make myvoice loud and to be strong andproud.

On the last Saturday of service,we had a graduation to celebratethe hours of commitment. Awardswere handed out for cooperation,courage and commitment.

I won the Nelson Mandela LongWalk Award for achieving morethan 150 hours of service in theprogram. I was very proud. I reallyenjoyed being in the Young HeroesProgram. I learned many valuablelessons and skills that I can applynow and in the future.

Unfortunately, this was the lastyear for the Young Heroes in D.C. Ifeel so fortunate to have had theopportunity to take part in such arewarding program.

— Shukura Babirye, Year 7(sixth-grader)

Jewish Primary DaySchool

On May 31, the fourth-gradersvisited Fitness for Health.

We learned how to exercise inlots of ways. We climbed up a rockwall in a dark room with only ablack light. We jumped across ahuge trampoline. We played on anobstacle course and played lots ofother games.

We think that the main point ofthe trip was to learn how to workas a team. Lots of kids said the tripwas fun.

— Ilan Cohen and Ari Griboff,fourth-graders

In May, the fourth grade learnedabout fractured fairy tales.

A fractured fairy tale is based on

a classic fairy tale. Certain ele-ments are changed, such as the set-ting, characters or plot. You canmake it modern or change the char-acters, and lots more, but the mainidea usually doesn’t change.

After we read lots of fracturedfairy tales by real authors, we wereassigned to write our own fracturedfairy tales. Mine was about Jackand the Beanstalk. Our teacheredited them, and we typed them up.

— Kate Sosland, fourth-grader The fourth grade held a World

Expo on June 2, focusing on allthings geographical and cultural.

Parents and the whole schoolcame to watch our World Expo.They saw all our individual andgroup projects. There were videosof us dancing, and there was goodfood. To prepare for the expo, welearned about cultures of othercountries in the world, wrote para-graphs as a group or individuallyabout the holidays of different cul-tures, and learned dances from dif-ferent cultures.

— Ella Goldblum, fourth-grader

Key ElementarySchool is coming to an end! The

fifth-graders were scheduled tograduate last Wednesday. Most ofus were finishing off six or sevenyears here at Key.

We are leaving with all of theknowledge we need. We havemany plans for life, a sense ofcommunity and diversity, andfriendships that will last forever.This knowledge will help us moveon to a new school. Graduation is atime to come together and celebratethe long-term relationships of thefifth grade.

— Greta Felton, fifth-grader

St. John’s College HighSchool

One of the summer classesoffered at St. John’s is WorldCultures. It is based on the historyof most of the world from thebeginning of recorded history toWorld War II. The class goes intothe culture, technology and ideas ofmany civilizations from Sumer tothe modern-day Americas.

Most freshmen at St. John’s takethe class, but some of the JuniorReserve Officers’ Training Corpsstudents chose to take an electiveinstead, so now they will be takingit over the summer.

— Emmett Cochetti, 10th-grader

Stoddert ElementaryHi, I’m Fatemeh from Iran and I

speak Farsi. I have really enjoyedfifth grade and the projects and the

plays this year.Fifth-grade promotion was real-

ly fun because we could all be veryspecial. I felt like a rock starbecause everyone was taking ourpictures.

Coming from Iran three yearsago with no English was a realchallenge. At first, I had no ideaabout anything. Now I can talk,read and write in English reallywell due to my teachers andfriends.

I have been in America threeyears. I started in third grade. Threeyears ago, I had no idea that I’dever graduate from an Americanschool.

Hi, I’m Maia and my culturalbackground is Argentinean. I speakSpanish. I have been at Stoddertsince pre-k. From learning thealphabet to learning Newton’s threelaws of motion, I’ve come a longway.

This year we learned a lot aboutmath. We had to write essays everyweek. My favorite essay was whenwe had to find a poem and describeit. I enjoyed learning about theCivil War and acting out plays atthe end of the school year. I dancedin the talent show and read aspeechat promotion.

— Fatemeh Samoei and Maia Paz, fifth-graders

12 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011 THE CURRENT

Spotlight on Schools

School DISPATCHES

The People and Places of Northwest Washington June 22, 2011 ■ Page 13

By JACOB COMENETZCurrent Correspondent

At a time of economic hardship andrapid technological change, a“downwardly mobile” American

family is living hand-to-mouth, sellingsubscriptions, taking odd jobs, trying toscrape together enough money and hopingthe situation’s temporary — that they’regoing to get back on track and be able tobuild a future for themselves.

It could be a story from yesterday’snewspaper, but it’s also the essence of oneof great American playwright TennesseeWilliams’ most iconic works, “The GlassMenagerie,” which is getting new life thismonth through a unique collaborationbetween Georgetown University and ArenaStage.

“The Glass Menagerie,” which debutedon Broadway in 1945, portrays the painedefforts of Amanda Wingfield, a formerSouthern belle, to prevent her family fromfurther decline in a Depression-era St.Louis tenement. Williams’ “memory play,”based on his own childhood experiences, is

largely autobiographical, yet he insisted itwas not intended to be “realistic.”

The show, which had a successful runthis spring at Georgetown as part of thetheater department’s yearlong celebrationof Williams’ centennial, is the centerpieceof a larger “Glass Menagerie Project.”Accompanying the play are a series of freeshort performances and interactive installa-tions by Georgetown drama students andrecent alumni. These performances collec-

tively use the play as a “prism” to exploreWilliams’ life and inspirations in writingthe play, according to Arena materials.

Director Derek Goldman, associate pro-fessor of theater at Georgetown, said theKogod Cradle theater, the most intimatestage within the new Arena Stage com-plex, felt “like a particularly beautifulspace for this production.”

“The designers certainly had [theCradle] in mind as they made their …choices. So it doesn’t feel like we importeda show and kind of planted it down there,but it really was designed with that partic-ular room in mind,” he said.

The collaboration between Georgetownand Arena Stage goes much deeper thanthis play, however. As Goldman explained,the present endeavor is “the fullest realiza-tion” of a five-year-old, multifacted part-nership between the university and the the-ater.

“It kind of takes the partnership to thenext level in terms of really a full produc-tion that has a full run at Arena,” he said.“That’s unusual for any university partner-ship with a professional theater. It felt like

a kind of natural progression of manyother kinds of collaboration, particularly ofnew work development.”

Arena Stage managing director EdgarDobie agreed that the partnership — whichhas included student-centered residencies,workshops with leading artists, symposia,panels and performances on a variety ofissues facing the theater world today — isbeneficial to both institutions. Both arecommitted to developing new productions,engaging the community, and fosteringdialogue about American theater.

“I can’t think of a better way to cele-brate this landmark season than with a fes-tival of Tennessee Williams, one ofAmerica’s greatest playwrights,” Dobiesaid.

Through the opportunity to work atArena Stage, Georgetown students havebeen able to gain firsthand experience in aprofessional theater. Goldman said thepartnership is proving to be a “wonderfulkind of apprenticeship opportunity forthose young artists to be working at thehighest level.”

By JESSICA GOULDCurrent Staff Writer

“In every field of humanendeavor,” GeorgetownDay School math teacher

Andy Lipps said, “there is a goldstandard. In music, it was Mozart.In modern art, it was Picasso. Intheater, Shakespeare. And inmathematics, at least here atGeorgetown Day School, it isBen Gunby.”

A few weeks ago, Lipps pre-sented Gunby with the school’sZachary Sobel Award for his out-standing work in mathematics.

“The great interest that GDSstudents have shown in the mathteam in the last few years is duein no small part to Ben’s efforts,”Lipps said. “He has set a veryhigh standard, not just forachievement in mathematics, butfor the passion he brought everyday to that endeavor.”

But Lipps said the award isonly the most recent in a string ofhonors for the Georgetown DaySchool student, who is currentlytraining to compete as part of theU.S. team in the InternationalMath Olympiad.

The event, which showcasesthe top talent from countriesacross the world, is scheduled totake place next month in the

Netherlands. It will be Gunby’ssecond time participating. Lastyear, he traveled to Kazakhstanas part of the U.S team, andbrought home a gold medal.

“This is a wonderful child, butnot an ordinary kid,” Lipps said.“You’re really talking about agenius.”

In an interview from theOlympiad summer preparationprogram in Nebraska, Gunbymeditated on the meaning ofmath. “It’s well-defined,” he said,“describable, and the basic fabricof everything. It’s very interestingto work through problems.”

According to his mother,Margaret Pearson, Gunby’s talentmanifested early. “When Ben wasaround 1 or 1 1/2, we lived inBoston. He remembered numbershe saw, and he’d take greatdelight in them,” she said.

Back then, Pearson said,Gunby’s father used to play math

games with him. “We kept tryingto feed the love that was there,”Pearson said. “And other peoplereally jumped in to help.”

For instance, when Gunbyarrived at Georgetown DaySchool as a freshman, he hadalready taken an advanced calcu-lus class and linear algebra. So, inninth grade, Lipps gathered asmall group of students andtaught them advanced linear alge-

bra. In 10th grade, the studentsstudied number theory and grouptheory. And last year, havingexhausted the teachers’ offerings,Gunby took two online coursesoffered by Stanford University.

Pearson said she’s grateful forhow hard the school worked toaccommodate her son. “Theywent out of their way not to getin his way,” she said.

In fact, over the past three

years, Lipps said it was some-times hard to tell who was thestudent and who was the teacher.“He’s clearly the most giftedmath student I’ve ever had,” hesaid. “It’s challenging and exhila-rating.”

Meanwhile, Gunby cultivatedhis passions as part of theschool’s math team, which hecounts among his best memories.

In his prime: Math starheads to Olympiad again

Courtesy of Georgetown Day SchoolFor the second year in a row, Ben Gunby will compete as part of the U.S. team in the International MathOlympiad. Last year, he took home a gold medal. He has loved numbers since he was a baby.

See Menagerie/Page 18

See Math/Page 18

Leslie E. Kossoff/Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University and Arena Stagehave partnered to present “The GlassMenagerie” this month.

Heart of glass: Georgetown U. and Arena celebrate Tennessee Williams’ 100th

❝This is a wonderfulchild, but not an ordinary kid. You’rereally talking about agenius.❞

— GDS teacher Andy Lipps

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The 1913 home is certainly notshort on historic detail; beyond itstaupe, black, white and redColonial facade, a very wide fronthall funnels visitors to a series ofrooms, all with 9-foot-plus ceilingsand well-kept heart-pine floor-boards. Pocket doors, six-over-onewindows and chunky moldings,including around three wood-burn-ing fireplaces on this level, areother signs of a home with somepatina on it.

But a modern family couldmove in here tomorrow and findnone of the common complaintsabout older homes: small rooms,nonexistent storage and the like.The seven-bedroom home is spa-cious, and upgrades have left com-

mon trouble spots such as bathsand the kitchen with up-to-date —but historically appropriate —makeovers.

Buyers would do well to followthe current owners’ lead and mixtraditional and modern furnishingsand art here: The blend brings thehome to life, as do warm paintchoices in the living room, diningroom and cozy library.

The palette gets cooler in thespacious kitchen-cum-family roomat the rear of the home. A leafgreen lets a black-and-whitekitchen pop; the shade also mergeswith outdoor foliage to bring in abit of the natural world.

This property’s slice of thatworld is anything but wild. In thefront, symmetry rules, while friend-ly perennials such as hydrangeassoften the look. In the rear, aparterre between the house and agarage used for storage againstrikes a formal note, which curv-ing flower beds and a looselyarranged stone patio balance out.

Though the garage has beenconverted to store items other thanautomobiles, there’s enough roomfor two cars to park in the drive-way.

The home’s second level offerstwo bedroom suites and other use-

ful spots, including a large officewith built-in book storage — a fea-ture that pops up all over this home— and a separate, intimate readingroom lined in trompe-l’oeil paperof book-laden shelves.

The office accesses a roomyscreened porch overlooking quiettreetops. That spot — which alsofeatures a design classic, a robin’s-egg-blue ceiling — can also beaccessed from the master suite.

That group of rooms, which canbe closed off with double doors,will be a draw for many buyers. Asitting room flows into a yellow-toile-papered bedroom, which inturn feeds into a very roomy dress-

ing room. The bathroom is also siz-able, with travertine-tiled floorsand spa-tub surround. There’s aseparate shower here, too, as wellas the door to the screened porch.

Four more roomy bedrooms andtwo full baths wait on the home’sthird level. Sloping eaves andcheery paint colors make this floora bright, but intimate, space forkids’ rooms in particular.

A bottom level offers a seventhand final bedroom as well as a fullbath and three large, flexiblespaces. One makes most sense as a

media room, given its built-inshelving and large area for seating.Another is now used for exerciseequipment, and the third for stor-age.

This level also holds a laundryroom and a climate-controlled winecellar.

This seven-bedroom home at3607 Lowell St. with five full andtwo half-baths is offered for$3,295,000. For more information,call William F.X. Moody or RobertHryniewicki of Washington FineProperties at 202-243-1620.

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At the commission’s June 15meeting:■ chair Rebecca Coder congratulat-ed Foggy Bottom Grocery ownerKristopher Hart for being named theD.C. Chamber of Commerce 2011Young Entrepreneur of the Year.Hart thanked the commission andthe neighborhood for supportinghim and his business.■ a resident announced a Sept. 24ceremony to honor the FoggyBottom Association’s 50th anniver-sary. Residents will gather at 10 a.m.at 11 Snows Court for a brief cere-mony and to install a plaque com-memorating the site of the associa-tion’s founding meeting.■ representatives of the D.C. Waterand Sewer Authority discussedwork on a water main under CanalRoad and M Street that is scheduledto begin next month.

To access the main, the authorityexpects to dig six pits, three ofwhich would be in the West End: onM Street near 22nd Street and near26th Street, and on New HampshireAvenue between M Street and WardPlace. None of the pits would closea street, but they would eliminatesome parking and travel lanes.

The work is not expected to dis-rupt water supply, and it is sched-uled to end in early 2012, the repre-sentatives said.■ resident Don McGovern discussedcharter schools that might be inter-ested in the former Stevens School,1050 21st St., and answered ques-tions about his efforts to find a goodcharter operator to use the site. At itsSeptember meeting, the commis-sion will hear from residents whowould prefer to see a traditionalpublic school there. The commis-sion will not vote to favor one typeof school and will continue to lobbythe D.C. government for any sort ofeducational use of the shutteredfacility.

“What’s so valuable about whatDon has done is demonstrated inter-est when the city said, ‘Oh, no one isinterested,’” said commissionerFlorence Harmon.■ commissioners voted unanimous-

ly to oppose plans to locate theGeorge Washington UniversityHospital Radiation OncologyCenter at 1250 23rd St. unless thehospital could resolve the concernsof condominium residents in thesame building.■ developers of a planned hotel at22nd and M streets said they willsoon seek Zoning Commissionapproval for a Hilton Garden Inn.The proposed building would be thesame size as a luxury hotel plannedearlier for the spot, but developersdecided a higher-end establishmentwould not be economically viable.

The neighborhood commissionwon’t vote on the plans until thedeveloper files them with theZoning Commission, but severalcommissioners and residentsexpressed disappointment that theneighborhood wouldn’t be gettingsomething fancier.■ commissioners voted unanimous-ly to send a letter of support forBobby’s Burger Palace, 2121 K St.,in its application for a liquor license.■ commissioners took no action onliquor license applications forWhole Foods Market, 2221 I St.,and Rasika West End, 1177 22nd St.■ commissioners unanimouslyapproved Susana Baranano as theirnew executive director.

The commission will meet at7 p.m. July 20 at Heart House,2400 N St. NW.

For details, visit anc2a.org.

ANC 2BDupont Circle

The commission will meet at7 p.m. July 13 in the BrookingsInstitution building, 1775Massachusetts Ave. NW.

For details, visit dupontcir-cleanc.net.

ANC 2DSheridan-Kalorama

The commission will meet at7 p.m. Sept. 19 at Our LadyQueen of the Americas Church,California Street and PhelpsPlace NW.

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

ANC 2EGeorgetownCloisters

The commission will meet at6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, atGeorgetown VisitationPreparatory School, 1524 35thSt. NW. The commission adjust-ed its normal schedule becausethe meeting would otherwiseoccur on Independence Day.

For details, call 202-724-7098 orvisit anc2e.com.

ANC 2FLogan Circle

The commission will meet at7 p.m. July 6 at WashingtonPlaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle

NW.For details, call 202-667-0052 or

visit anc2f.org.

ANC 3BGlover Park

The commission will meet at7 p.m. July 14 at StoddertElementary School andRecreation Center, 4001Calvert St. NW.

For details, call 202-338-2969,contact info@anc3b.org or visitanc3b.org.

ANC 3CCleveland ParkWoodley ParkMassachusetts Avenue Heights

The commission will meet at7:30 p.m. July 18 at the 2ndDistrict Police Headquarters,3320 Idaho Ave. NW.

For details, call 202-657-5725 orvisit anc3c.org.

ANC 3DSpring ValleyWesley Heights

The commission will meet at7 p.m. July 6 in the new medicalbuilding at Sibley MemorialHospital, 5215 Loughboro RoadNW.

For details, call 202-363-4130 orvisit anc3d.org.

ANC 3ETenleytownAmerican University Park

The commission will meet at7:30 p.m. July 14 at St. MaryArmenian Apostolic Church,42nd and Fessenden streetsNW.

For details, visit anc3e.org.

ANC 3FForest Hills

The commission will meet at7:30 p.m. July 18 at the CapitalMemorial Seventh-Day AdventistChurch, 3150 Chesapeake St.NW.

For details, call 202-362-6120 orvisit anc3f.us.

ANC 3/4GChevy Chase

The commission will meet at7:30 p.m. July 11 at the ChevyChase Community Center,Connecticut Avenue andMcKinley Street NW.

For details, call 202-363-5803 orsend an email to chevy-chaseanc3@verizon.net.

ANC 4AColonial VillageShepherd Park

The commission will meet at7:15 p.m. Sept. 6 at FortStevens Recreation Center,13th and Van Buren streets NW.

For details, call 202-450-6225.

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agency. “We’ve applied for a vari-ance and we will continue to pursuethat variance so that the MountPleasant community gets the librarythey deserve.”

The construction and renovationon Lamont Street, one of manylibrary improvements now underway citywide, has been controver-sial from the start. Some neighbor-hood and library activists argue thatthe picturesque 1925 library shouldnot be expanded, and that an addi-tion — to the side or to the rear —would crowd the tight lot and adja-cent apartment buildings.

But the appeal by the MountPleasant advisory neighborhoodcommission that played outTuesday focused on a seeminglyarcane zoning question: whetherlibrary planners, who sited the addi-tion in the rear after a side additionmet opposition, could do so withoutthe normally required 15-foot set-back from the southern propertyline.

City zoning administratorMatthew LeGrant had no problemwith that proposal, arguing that hecould designate the south side of theirregularly shaped corner lot as aside yard — where no setback isrequired — and the west side of theproperty as the rear yard.

After hearings that have draggedon since last winter, and severalrescheduled votes, a majority of thezoning board disagreed withLeGrant’s “manipulation of the zon-ing regulations for a predeterminedoutcome,” as member MichaelTurnbull, a representative of theArchitect of the Capitol, put it.

In April, the board deadlocked 2-2 on the case, with two mayoralappointees supporting LeGrant andtwo federal representatives,Turnbull and National CapitalPlanning Commission stafferJeffery Hinkle, rejecting his reason-ing.

The wild card this time was newmayoral appointee Jordan, who saidhe had scoured the case record andimmediately recognized the signifi-cance of his vote.

But the attorney, who supervisedzoning and building permits as headof the city’s regulatory agency in thelate 1990s, said his vote was not aclose call. “The [zoning regulations]are clear,” he said. “The zoningadministrator erred in determining

the rear yard.”Mayoral appointees Meridith

Moldenhauer and Nicole Sorg triedto dissuade him. “We should givedeference to the zoning administra-tor,” said board chair Moldenhauer.“There are two potential fronts ofthe building, so there are two poten-tial rears.”

“It’s a very peculiar lot and avery peculiar building,” said Sorg,noting that the library’s broad frontsteps face the corner of 16th andLamont. “We’re not setting a prece-dent, not allowing any homeownerto say that the front is the side, andthe side is the back.” Setbacks aredictated by the zoning code to pro-vide light, air and access betweenvarious structures.

But Hinkle sided with Turnbulland Jordan. “Consistency is impor-tant. The zoning regs are there for areason, and we need to recognizethat,” he said.

The 3-2 vote leaves many uncer-tainties. A zoning variance couldeliminate the rear-yard setbackrequirement, but is likely to meetthe same vociferous oppositionfrom neighborhood activists whosay library officials should build asecond library in Ward 1 rather thantrying to squeeze in an addition onthe historic Mount Pleasant build-ing’s small lot.

Chris Otten, a library activist,said one “real-life” issue all alonghas been that an addition wouldchoke off emergency vehicle accessto several old apartment buildings ina neighborhood that has already suf-fered serious apartment buildingfires in recent years.

Some neighbors have alsoobjected to the long handicappedaccess ramp that would have towrap around the historic building.The project also includes major ren-ovation of the library’s children’sroom and other interior spaces.

It’s not clear if construction workwill have to stop before the zoningboard issues its written order, whichcould take months. Library officialscould appeal that order to the D.C.Court of Appeals, but that woulddrag the case out past the late-2011scheduled completion date.

“We remain hopeful that the zon-ing process will accommodate thenew expanded library,” saidspokesperson Williams. He said therenovation and expansion were ini-tially projected to cost about $11.5million, but legal fees and designchanges have added at least $1 mil-lion to the total price tag.

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District Department of Transportation now.After wrapping up Canal Road, workers

will move to excavation pits at the intersectionof Foxhall Road and MacArthur Boulevard,as well as along M Street near Key Bridge, butinitial plans indicate that traffic impacts dur-ing that portion of the work will be lesssevere, said Eason.

No water shutoffs are planned as part of the

repair, according to agency materials.In the second phase of the project, slated to

finish in March of next year, workers willrepair portions of pipe under M Street east ofGeorgetown, between 26th Street and NewHampshire Avenue.

Georgetowners may also see evidence of aseparate D.C. Water and Sewer Authorityproject just beyond the bounds of their neigh-borhood. First announced last year, repairs tothe Crosstown Tunnel, another main thatdelivers drinking water to large swaths of thecity, will also begin in July.

Workers will access the main through twoshafts, one at Foxhall Road and MacArthurBoulevard and a second on the recently reno-vated Francis Field in the West End.

As in the other project, repairs are neces-sary to prevent further leaks, engineers toldFoxhall residents at a meeting last fall.

Agency supervisor Duncan Mukira saidthe agency first suspected that the tunnel —which measures 84 feet in diameter — hadsprung leaks in December 2008 when stand-ing water was reported in Rock Creek Parkand along the parkway above the tunnel’s

path. Testing soon confirmed that suspicion,showing that the excess water, particularlydangerous to motorists in freezing weather,was potable.

The project, slated to run throughSeptember 2012, will close off the northeast-ern portion of Francis Field, according toagency documents. The task — to widen theaccess shaft located there from 4 to 26 feet indiameter — “will generate certain levels ofnoise and vibration,” the reports state.Temporary sound walls will aim to mitigatethe impact on neighbors.

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“For us it’s not been just,‘Let’s bring our campus workover there and have a fun fieldtrip’; it’s really been about devel-oping work on a professionalscale,” he said. “Those are thesame standards wehold ourselves to atGeorgetown, also. ButI think the opportunityfor the students andyoung alums is differ-ent just because of thevenue and the oppor-tunity that it affords.”

The “Menagerie”cast features award-winning actress andGeorgetown facultymember SarahMarshall in the role ofAmanda Wingfield,along with recentalumni RachelCaywood, MichaelMitchell and ClarkYoung.

Asked how he made this pro-duction of “The GlassMenagerie” stand out from previ-ous ones, Goldman said it beganwith “listening to what the textactually says,” which revealedtwo key aspects often forgottenby those familiar with the play:the humor, and the love withinthe family.

“People who love the play willrecognize it, but find it fresh. Yes,there’s conflict; yes, there’s a diresituation that they find them-selves in, but there’s enormouslove,” he said.

Augmenting these emotionalelements, the play features thehigh-tech projections of New York-based video/imagery designer Jared

Mezzocchi, described by Goldmanas “one of the leading designers inthat field.”

Though Williams’ originalscript called for expressionistic“screen device projections,” thevast majority of previous direc-tors have ignored this, Goldmansaid, in part due to technologicallimitations.

Now, however, it has becomepossible.

“By working with a designerlike Jared, I think we have theopportunity, because technologyhas advanced in such extraordi-nary ways even just in the lastfew years, to in a way honorWilliams’ original intention andinterest,” he said.

Outside of theCradle, theatergoerscan check out the twointeractive installations:“The OverstuffedChair,” designed byGeorgetown seniorCourtney Ulrich, inwhich visitors sit in asensor-activated arm-chair, listening toWilliams talk about hislife; and “TennEncounters,” created byalumna Lucy Obus,which uses an old-fash-ioned typewriter as ameans of calling upvideo “snapshots” ofhis life and work.

As a whole, the“Glass Menagerie Project” pro-vides a unique window into themind of “a true poet of the heart,”said Goldman.

“His plays break our hearts,and move us, and make us feelour own vulnerability because ofthe empathy we feel for the vul-nerability and tenderness” of thecharacters, he said.

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“The math team became its own communi-ty,” he said. “We were all friends.”

Lipps, who served as the team’s coach,said it was exciting to watch Gunby andhis classmates advance at competitions.For the past two years, Gunby has placedfirst in the high school mathematics com-petition at the University of Maryland.Last year, he finished first in the AmericanRegional Math League competition, andfirst in the Harvard University/

Massachusetts Institute of Technologyregional math tournament.

“The very hardest problems are theones that Ben will almost inevitably get,”said Lipps.

But the teacher said he was equallyimpressed by what he witnessed betweenGunby and a friend en route to competi-tions. “They were playing chess,” he said.“Not surprising. But there was no chess-board. They were playing in their heads.”

Pearson said she was hesitant at firstabout her son’s foray into competitivemath. And like the parent of a star athleteor child actor, she said she was concerned

about fostering balance for her son. “Youfeel the responsibility. You feel the weight

of it,” she said. Plus, Pearson said, her son’s preco-

ciousness means he’ll be leaving home alittle earlier than expected.

Gunby, who just completed his junioryear at Georgetown Day, is scheduled tobegin his freshman year at MIT this fall. “He’s very excited. Me, not so much,” hismom said.

And yet, in between classes at mathcamp in Nebraska, Gunby did admit tosome pre-college jitters. But he said heplans to treat it like any major mathemati-cal challenge: “It’s hard to be nervous anddo math. You have to be focused.”

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Leslie E. Kossoff/Georgetown UniversitySarah Marshall, a Georgetown University faculty member and Helen Hayes Award winner, stars in “TheGlass Menagerie” along with several school alumni.

GDS’ BenGunby haswon nationaland interna-tional math competitions.He leaves forMIT this fall.

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the company entered D.C. lastmonth by creating an electric-car-sharing program at Union Station.As for other plans, “obviously we’relooking for any opportunity toexpand into the city,” Hecht said,adding that arrangements are “beingworked on.” She didn’t provide fur-ther detail.

Car-sharing services, whichmake temporary rental vehiclesavailable to multiple users who paymembership fees, first came to theDistrict in 2001. In the beginning,two companies — Zipcar andFlexcar — operated in the city, andthe Transportation Department“gave the [public] spaces over forfree,” Kubly said.

When Zipcar merged withFlexcar in 2007, it acquired all 86public spaces in D.C. TheTransportation Department begancharging Zipcar $200 per year foreach spot last October.

“Last year … we started charg-ing for the spaces, recognizing thatthe market for car-sharing is now

mature,” Kubly said.The same shift is now happening

in Arlington County, which was thefirst jurisdiction on the East Coast togrant public space to car-sharingfirms. Zipcar now uses about 75spots there, according to Hamilton.

“We’re working with Zipcarright now in finalizing an arrange-ment to have them pay for spaces,”Hamilton said.

Zipcar representatives weren’tavailable for comment. Accordingto Kubly, the firm has more than700 vehicles in the Washingtonregion on both public and privatespace.

About pushback from Zipcar onD.C.’s new leasing process, Kublysaid: “They would rather there notbe competition in the market.”

Though he conceded that a sin-gle car-sharing service might bemore appealing to customers whowant easy access to many cars,Kubly argued that there are few“industries in which a monopolyprovides better service than a com-petitive market.”

Cheryl Cort, policy director forthe Coalition for Smarter Growth,pointed out that competing car-shar-

ing services already exist side byside in many cities, includingPhiladelphia and San Francisco.“These different companies can spe-cialize in different things,” she said.“More variety gives people betteroptions, better choices.”

In the District, the TransportationDepartment’s invitation for bidsidentifies 18 available spaces inWard 1, 16 in Ward 2, 12 in Ward 3,eight in Ward 4, six in Ward 5, 16 inWard 6, six in Ward 7 and four inWard 8. Spaces are priciest in Ward2, which includes Dupont Circle,downtown and Georgetown, andcheapest in Ward 8 in SoutheastD.C.

Kubly said the higher-pricescheme makes sense because theDistrict has “one of the more robustcar-sharing systems in the country,”with “one of the biggest dedicationsof public space.”

He also noted that public spotscontribute to a company’s advertis-ing. “It’s in the public eye, generat-ing customer awareness.”

Bids for the spots are due July 6,and the Transportation Departmentexpects to make decisions shortlythereafter, Kubly said.

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Pleasant, sees 16.7 percent of D.C. crime —the largest slice of any of the seven districts.

“If you take my police force and divvythem up, everybody is getting the level ofpolice service they should get,” Police ChiefCathy Lanier said of the realignment at theJune 9 meeting.

Under the proposed changes, the 3rdDistrict would account for 14.2 percent of thecity’s crime. The redrawn district wouldinclude the northeastern part of DupontCircle, extending south to Q Street (instead of

the current U Street) and west to 18th Street(instead of 15th Street). The rest of the DupontCircle neighborhood would remain within the2nd District, whose 12.8 percent slice of crimewould be the lowest of the seven districts afterthe boundary redrawing.

The 3rd District would lose all of MountPleasant and a few blocks of ColumbiaHeights — north from Park Road — to the 4thDistrict, which already contains the latterneighborhood’s northernmost streets.

Dividing populous neighborhoods withrelatively high crime — such as DupontCircle and Columbia Heights — between dis-tricts means that radio traffic from officersresponding to incidents is split between two

frequencies, Lanier said. Another advantage,she added, is that one commander isn’tresponsible for the huge number of officersrequired to police an entire crime-denseneighborhood.

Several Dupont Circle residents ques-tioned whether their community needs to besplit to accomplish those same ends, sayingit’s confusing for immediate neighbors toreport to different police districts and thatcriminals operating across district boundariescould be difficult for police to track.

Lanier said some of those issues appearwherever a border is drawn, and she believesthe proposals put her department in the bestposition to fight crime. She also noted that

collaboration among districts has improved inrecent years.

The changes will likely go into effect bythe end of the year, Lanier said at the June 9meeting. Though the district borders are sub-ject to D.C. Council approval, Lanier said sheconsidered them “pretty much set.”

A meeting on the proposed boundaries forthe 2nd District and its police service areaswill be held today at 7 p.m. at the 2nd DistrictPolice Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. A hear-ing on all of the changes before the D.C.Council’s Committee on Public Safety and theJudiciary is scheduled for July 6.

Maps of the proposals are available attinyurl.com/psamaps.

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mutual. “I thought she was amazing,”

said PTA president KieshaGebreyes. “She made it very appar-ent that every person in the buildingwas important, and she really kepther door open, and I appreciated heraccessibility. She’slovely, and you cantell she really caresabout John Eaton.”

Gebreyes saidshe was especiallyimpressed byGartrell’s ability towin increasedautonomy for theschool, expandChinese languageofferings, andimplement a specialWorld Cultures pro-gram.

“I think she wasan excellent leader,”Eaton parent andenrichment coordinator EileenLangholtz wrote in an email. “Shewas a warm, kind leader who was agood listener, available, and kneweach student by face and name. Ithink she will be missed by many.”

Now, Gebreyes said, formerFairfax County Public Schoolsadministrator Dale Mann will betaking the reins at the ClevelandPark school. “Mr. Mann comes toJohn Eaton from Fairfax VillaElementary School, where heserved as principal for more thanfive years,” she wrote in a note toparents. “He has more than 12 yearsin educational leadership and sixyears in the classroom.” He wasnamed “top principal” by theFairfax County Federation ofTeachers for three years, she added.

Gebreyes, who participated inthe interview process, said she wasstruck by Mann’s compassion andcommitment to maintaining thesuccessful program at Eaton. “He’snot going to try to come in andchange what is already working,”she said.

Meanwhile, Murch principalEllis said she will miss the studentsand families she has come to knowover the past two years leading theNorth Cleveland Park school.“What I will miss about Murch themost is the kind, caring, fun-lovingyoungsters I’ve met and the reallywonderful families,” she said.

“She was a really strong princi-pal,” Home and School Associationco-president Alison Howard said.“She was incredibly savvy.”

But, Howard said, some parentsand staff chafed at Ellis’ manage-ment style.

In an interview, Ellis said sheresigned but declined to give a rea-son or discuss her future plans.

Howard said a team of parents,

staff and central office officials iscurrently interviewing candidates tofill the position.

Hearst principal William Kerlinadid not respond to a request forcomment about his departure.

But parent Sarah Stoll said she isvery sorry to see him go. “I think,from the parents’ perspective, hewas considered to be very effec-tive,” she said.

Stoll said she was particularlyimpressed by Kerlina’s custom ofgreeting students as they enteredschool every day.

Still, she said, she got theimpression that Kerlina wasn’t get-ting the support he deserved fromthe school system. “It’s disappoint-ing,” she said.

PTA president Tenithia Anthonyagreed. According to Anthony,Kerlina helped out with enrichmentactivities, taught tennis to students,and used his own money to supple-ment school resources.

“He was so beloved,” she said.“He had an open-door policy. Hereally put children first.”

In fact, she said the parentsfought hard two years ago to enticeKerlina to their school, and most arevery sad to see him go. “We’re aresilient group of people,” she said.“But it’s a blow.”

She said parents, staff and offi-cials are currently conducting inter-views for a new principal.

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Matt Petros/Current File PhotoMurch Elementary principal Dawn Ellis led theNorth Cleveland Park school for two years.

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Concerts■ The Harbour Nights concert series

will feature Josh Burgess performing grass-roots rock. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Plaza,The Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW.202-295-5007.

■ The Golden Triangle BusinessImprovement District will present the bandCazhmiere performing top 40 and dancetunes. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. FarragutSquare Park, Connecticut Avenue and KStreet NW. goldentriangle.com.

■ Tony Ellis and his band will performbanjo and string-band music. 6 p.m. Free.Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Singer/songwriter Noah Gittell willpresent an acoustic concert. 7:30 p.m.Free; reservations required. District ofColumbia Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW.202-462-7833.

■ The U.S. Marine Band will performworks by Paul Creston, Kenneth J. Alford,Amilcare Ponchielli, Arturo Márquez, EricOsterling and Frank Ticheli. 8 p.m. Free.West Terrace, U.S. Capitol. 202-433-4011.

Discussions and lectures■ A panel discussion on the economic,

environmental and social impact of thetsunami in Japan will feature Joel Charny,vice president of humanitarian policy andpractice at InterAction; Brian Klein, formerinternational affairs fellow at the Council onForeign Relations; and David Nakamura,staff writer at The Washington Post. 6 to 8p.m. $15; reservations required. CinnabarRoom, Asia Society Washington, 1526 NewHampshire Ave. NW. 202-833-2742.

■ Barbara Babcock, law professoremerita at Stanford University, will discussher book “Woman Lawyer: The Trials ofClara Foltz,” about the first woman admit-ted to the California Bar. 6:30 p.m. Free.Reiter’s Books, 1900 G St. NW. 202-223-3327.

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■ Mark S. Smith, professor of Bible and

ancient Near Eastern studies at New YorkUniversity and author of “The PriestlyVersion of Genesis I,” will discuss “TheRoots of Monotheism.” A book signing willfollow. 6:45 to 9 p.m. $40. S. Dillon RipleyCenter, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Mary Doria Russell will discuss hernovel “Doc.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics andProse, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Panelists will discuss the significanceof the Vienna Summit of 1961 betweenU.S. President John F. Kennedy and SovietPremier Nikita Khrushchev. 7 p.m. Free;reservations required. Embassy of Austria,3524 International Court NW. 202-895-6776.

Films■ “The Met: Live in HD Summer

Encores” will feature Donizetti’s “DonPasquale.” 6:30 p.m. $12.50. AMC MazzaGallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. fathomevents.com.

■ “NoMa Summer Screen” will presentGeorge Roy Hill’s 1969 film “Butch Cassidyand the Sundance Kid,” starring PaulNewman and Robert Redford. 7 p.m. Free.L Street between 2nd and 3rd streets NE.nomasummerscreen.com.

■ “From Britain With Love” will featureS.J. Clarkson’s 2010 film “Toast,” basedon the child-hood of foodwriter NigelSlater. 8 p.m.$11; $9 forseniors andstudents; $8for military personnel and ages 12 andyounger. West End Cinema, 2301 M St.NW. 202-419-3456.

■ The Reel Israel DC series will featureOri Ravid’s 2008 film “Eli & Ben.” 8 p.m.$11; $9 for students; $8.25 for seniors;$8 for ages 12 and younger. AvalonTheatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

■ “Movie Nights in the Heights” will fea-ture Brian Levant’s 2005 film “Are WeThere Yet?” 8:30 p.m. Field, TubmanElementary School, 11th and Kenyonstreets NW. info@columbiaheightsday.org.

Performances■ The 12th annual Washington Jewish

Music Festival will feature New York-based

performance artist and indie-folk musicianDan Fishbackpresenting “Ona Queer Day,You Can SeeForever.” 7:30p.m. $15; $12for seniors andages 24 and younger. Goldman Theater,Washington DC Jewish Community Center,1529 16th St. NW. 202-777-3251.

■ As part of a five-day workshop seriesfeaturing 11 new pieces, Artists’ Bloc willpresent “Pinoy: A’merican Tale” by JR Russ.7:30 p.m. $5 donation suggested. MeltonRehearsal Hall, Woolly Mammoth TheatreCompany, 641 D St. NW. artistsbloc.org.The series will continue through Sundaywith performances at various times.

Reading■ Radio and television host Robert

Aubry Davis will read his favorite lovepoems, drawn from various writers anderas. A wine and hors d’oeuvres receptionwill follow. 5:30 p.m. $20; reservationsrequired. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 ISt. NW. 202-331-7282, ext. 16.

Sporting event■ The Washington Nationals will play

the Seattle Mariners. 7:05 p.m. $5 to$350. Nationals Park, 1500 South CapitolSt. SE. 888-632-6287. The series will con-tinue Thursday at 1:05 p.m.

Thursday, June 23

Concerts■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza”

series will feature The Jolley Twins Projectperforming jazz. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free.Ronald Reagan Building and InternationalTrade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.202-312-1300.

■ Senegalese vocalist YoussouN’Dour will perform. 8p.m. $30 to $65.Lisner Auditorium,George WashingtonUniversity, 730 21st St.NW. 202-397-7328.

■ The U.S. Marine Band will performworks by Paul Creston, Kenneth J. Alford,Amilcare Ponchielli, Arturo Márquez, EricOsterling and Frank Ticheli. 8 p.m. Free.Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument

grounds, 15th Street and IndependenceAvenue SW. 202-433-4011.

Discussions and lectures■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

will present GeorgeMason University pro-fessor Roger Wilkinsdiscussing “The Natureof the AmericanPresidency.” 10 to11:50 a.m. Free.Abramson FamilyRecital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, AmericanUniversity, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.202-895-4860.

■ Members of the Kyrgyz parliament willdiscuss the current situation in their coun-try. 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required.Rome Building Auditorium, Johns HopkinsUniversity School of Advanced InternationalStudies, 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW.202-663-7723.

■ A gallery talk will focus on “Signs andSymbols in Kandinsky’s ‘Painting With aWhite Border.’” 6 and 7 p.m. $12; $10 forseniors; free for ages 18 and younger.Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-387-2151.

■ Judith Martin, one of the lenders tothe “Capital Portraits” exhibit, will speakabout her portrait. 6 to 6:30 p.m. Free.National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streetsNW. 202-633-1000.

■ Artist Allan deSouza will discuss hisproject for the Phillips Collection, “TheWorld Series.” 6:30 p.m. Donation suggest-ed. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW.202-387-2151.

■ David Wise will discuss his book“Tiger Trap: America’s Spy War WithChina.” 6:30 p.m. $12.50. InternationalSpy Museum, 800 F St. NW. 202-393-7798.

■ Brooke Gladstone, host of NPR’s “Onthe Media,” will discuss her book “TheInfluencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone onthe Media.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics andProse, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Former first lady Laura Bush will dis-cuss her memoir“Spoken From theHeart.” 7 p.m. Free;tickets required.McGowan Theater,National ArchivesBuilding, PennsylvaniaAvenue between 7thand 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ Verna Curtis, curator of photography

at the Library of Congress, will discussalbum projects featured in her book“Photographic Memory: The Album in theAge of Photography.” 7 p.m. $15. CorcoranGallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1770.

■ Selby Kiffer, senior specialist atSotheby’s, will discuss “Collecting the BookThat Breaks the Rules: Shakespeare’s FirstFolio at Auction.” 7 p.m. Free. FolgerShakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St.SE. 202-544-7077.

■ Joshua O. Haberman, founding chairof the Foundation for Jewish Studies andformer senior rabbi at the WashingtonHebrew Congregation, will discuss his book“Healing Psalms: The Dialogues With GodThat Help You Cope With Life.” 7:30 p.m.Free; reservations required. Sixth & IHistoric Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org.

Films■ The Smithsonian American Art

Museum will show Michael Curtiz’s 1945film “Mildred Pierce,” starring JoanCrawford. 7 p.m. Free. SmithsonianAmerican Art Museum/National PortraitGallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ “Summer Camp: Sauceriferous!” willfeature Byron Haskin’s 1953 film “The Warof the Worlds.” 7 p.m. Free. HirshhornMuseum and Sculpture Garden, 7th Streetand Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000.

Reading■ The Joaquin Miller Poetry Series will

feature readings by Adam Tavel andMelissa Tuckey. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. RockCreek Nature Center, 5200 Glover RoadNW. 202-895-6070.

Special event■ Writer and performance artist

Khadijah “Moon” Ali-Coleman will host anhour of music and readings from the book“Liberated Muse: How I Freed My Soul.” 1p.m. Free. Great Hall, Martin Luther King Jr.Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-1261.

Wine tasting■ “Wine Tasting 101” will feature

author and critic James K. Finkel leading asession on “Emblematic Pinot Noir —Maison Faiveley.” 7 p.m. $65. La MaisonFrançaise, 4101 Reservoir Road NW.InstantSeats.com.

Friday, June 24

Benefit■ The Metropolitan Police Department

Citizens Advisory Council will host a benefitdinner to send D.C. children from disadvan-taged homes to the Joseph K. SmithMemorial Camp. 6:30 to 10 p.m. $50.Washington Navy Yard Catering andConference Center, 11th and O streets SE.202-291-6727.

Concerts■ John Lowe of Gainesville, Fla., will

present an organ recital. 12:15 p.m. Free.National City Christian Church, 5 ThomasCircle NW. 202-797-0103.

■ The “Jazz in the Garden” series willfeature jazz vocalist Sheila Ross. 5 to 8:30p.m. Free. Sculpture Garden, NationalGallery of Art, 7th Street and ConstitutionAvenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The Villa Sinfonia, a full string orches-tra featuring musicians of all ages and abil-ities, will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium

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Thursday, JUNE 23■ Concert: The Washington JewishMusic Festival will feature singerClaire Burson. 7:30 p.m. $15; $2 forseniors and ages 24 and younger.Goldman Theater, Washington DCJewish Community Center, 152916th St. NW. 202-777-3251.

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sent “Sunsets With a Soundtrack,” featur-ing a musical journey through Spain,Norway, Russia and Japan. 8 p.m. Free.West Steps, U.S. Captiol. 703-696-3399.

■ WMD & the Badass Brass Band —an 11-piece funk and soul band featuringMichael Dolan, Jonathan Quigley and IanMartinez — will perform. 10 p.m. $10.Rock & Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

Discussions and lectures■ George Washington University anthro-

pology professor Muhammad Spocter willdiscuss “What the Chimpanzee Brain TellsUs About the Evolution of HumanLanguage. 3 to 4 p.m. Free. David H. KochHall of Human Origins, National Museum ofNatural History, 10th Street andConstitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000.

■ Steven Weinberg(shown) and CaseyScieszka will discusstheir book “ToTimbuktu: NineCountries, Two People,One True Story.” 7p.m. Free. Politics andProse, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Film■ Dupont Festival’s “Cinema in the

Circle” will present an outdoor screening ofSteven Spielberg’s 1982 film “E.T.: TheExtra-Terrestrial.” 9:15 p.m. Free. DupontCircle Park, Connecticut, New Hampshireand Massachusetts avenues NW. dupontfestival.org.

Performances■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza”

series will feature DC Caribbean Carnivalperformers. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free.Ronald Reagan Building and InternationalTrade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.202-312-1300.

■ The Potter’s House will present anopen-mike night featuring poetry andmusic. 7 to 10:30 p.m. $15 to $50 dona-tion suggested. The Potter’s House, 1658Columbia Road NW. pottershousedc.og.

■ Arena Stage will present a reading of“Journey to the Door of No Return … ,” thelatest play by Psalmayene 24. 7:30 p.m.Free; reservations suggested. GondaTheatre, Davis Performing Arts Center,Georgetown University, 37th and O streetsNW. 202-488-3300.

■ “Shawn Mikael’s Theater” will featurea night of sketch comedy. 10 p.m. $10;reservations required. District of ColumbiaArts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-462-7833. The performance will repeatSaturday at 10 p.m.

Saturday, June 25

Benefit■ “Wig Aid Live,” featuring live vocal

performances by an all-star cast of dragperformers from Washington andBaltimore, will benefit the Wanda AlstonHouse, a local transitional housing programfor homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual andtransgender youth. 8 to 10:30 p.m. $10 atthe door. Town Danceboutique, 2009 8thSt. NW.

Book sale■ Friends of Palisades Library will hold

a “Mystery Madness Sidewalk Sale,” fea-turing $1 hardcover books and 50-cent

paperbacks. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admis-sion. Palisades Neighborhood Library,4901 V St. NW.friendsofpalisadeslibrary@gmail.com.

Classes and workshops■ Susanne Simon and Bettina Stern of

Loulies.com will lead a “Market to Kitchen”cooking class on “Farm Market Meat: WhyIt Matters and How Best to Cook It.” 9 to11 a.m. $25; reservations required. GloverPark-Burleith Farmers’ Market, HardyMiddle School parking lot, WisconsinAvenue and 34th Street NW. loulies.com.

■ Larry Snitzler willlead a seminar on “TheClassical Guitar, Insideand Out.” 10 a.m. to4:30 p.m. $120. S.Dillon Ripley Center,1100 Jefferson DriveSW. 202-633-3030.

■ Chef Luigi Diotaiuti will lead a classon the Puglia region’s cooking, history andculture, with three courses of food andpaired wines. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $75; reser-vations required. Al Tiramisu, 2014 P St.NW. altiramisu.com.

■ Author ValorieBurton will lead aworkshop on navigat-ing life’s obstaclesand unexpected chal-lenges. 6 to 8 p.m.$35. The MadisonHotel, 1177 15th St.NW. thriveseries.eventbrite.com.

Concerts■ The Adams Morgan Partnership

Business Improvement District’s summerconcert series will feature The Honeygunsperforming high-energy, soulful dance/rockmusic. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Public plaza infront of BB&T Bank at Columbia Road,Adams Mills Road and 16th Street NW.202-997-0783.

■ The National League of American PenWomen will present “Under a SouthernSky,” featuring South American dances withWilliam Feasley on guitar and Yeon JeeSohn on oboe. 7 p.m. Free. Pen ArtsBuilding, 1300 17th St.. NW. 202-785-1997.

■ Singer Nancy Scimone will performjazz selections. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Free.Blue Bar Lounge, Henley Park Hotel, 926Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-638-5200.

■ TheGrammy-win-ning bandOzomatli willjoin the NSOPops for anevening withLatin flair. 8 p.m. $20 to $65. Concert Hall,Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Musicians Haley Bonar, Daniel MartinMoore and Holcombe Waller will perform. 8p.m. $12 in advance; $15 on the day ofthe show. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue,600 I St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Discussions and lectures■ Alex and Hal

Malchow will discusstheir book “The Swordof Darrow,” at 10:30a.m.; and KeithDonohue (shown) willdiscuss his novel“Centuries of June,” at6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Christian Science practitioner MaryAlice Rose, an engineer and earth scientistby training, will discuss “The Science of

Christianity.” 3 p.m. Free. 5510 16th St.NW. 202-726-6776.

■ Radhanath Swami will discuss hisbook “The Journey Home: Autobiography ofan American Swami.” 5 to 7 p.m. Free.Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 10255th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

Festival■ The annual Rock Creek Strawberry

Festival will feature fresh strawberries,strawberry shortcake, picnic food, bakedgoods, jewelry and plants available for sale.The event will also include games andentertainment for all ages. 4 to 7 p.m. Freeadmission. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,Rock Creek Parish, Rock Creek ChurchRoad and Webster Street NW. 202-726-2080.

Films■ The National Archives will present the

2008 film “Ratatouille” and the 1948 short“Johnny Appleseed.” Noon. Free. McGowanTheater, National Archives Building,Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9thstreets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ The DC Anime Club will present thepremiere of Jeff Clark’s documentary “TrueOtaku,” about fans of Japanese popularculture in the Baltimore-Washington region.2 to 5 p.m. Free. Room A-5, Martin Luther

King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW.dcanimeclub.org.

■ “Color, ’Scope: Recent RestorationsFrom the 1950s” will feature RichardFleischer’s 1955 film “Violent Saturday.”2:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium,National Gallery of Art, 4th Street andConstitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ “American Originals Now: KevinJerome Everson” will feature the D.C. pre-miere of “Half On, Half Off” and “Erie.”4:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium,National Gallery of Art, 4th Street andConstitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Performances■ Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey

will present “the megaphone project,” asound work/installation made up of 25 redmegaphones of different shapes and sizes.6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, KennedyCenter. 202-467-4600.

■ “Choreographer’s CollaborationProject” will feature modern dance. 8 p.m.$22; $17 for students, teachers, seniorsand artists; $8 for ages 17 and younger. 8p.m. Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE. 202-269-1600. The performance will repeatSaturday at 7 p.m.

Special event■ The Polish-American-Arts Association

of Washington, D.C., will present “Wianki:Festival of Wreaths,” featuring Polish musicand public dancing. 6 to 10 p.m. Free. U.S.Capitol Reflecting Pool, 3rd Street betweenMaryland and Pennsylvania avenues. 703-255-9645.

Sporting event■ D.C. United will play the Houston

Dynamo. 6 p.m. $23 to $52; $15 for col-lege students. RFK Memorial Stadium,2400 East Capitol St. SE. 202-397-7328.

Walks and tours■ A park ranger will lead ages 7 and

older on a two-mile hike focusing on presi-dential visits to Rock Creek Park. 10 a.m.Free. Picnic Grove 1, Tilden Street andBeach Drive NW. 202-895-6070.

■ Rocco Zappone, a nativeWashingtonian and freelance writer, willlead an interactive “Walking Tour asPersonal Essay,” filled with his reminis-cences and impressions of a lifetime inD.C. 10 a.m. $25. Meet at the statue ofAndrew Jackson in Lafayette Square, 16thand H streets NW. 202-341-5208.

■ A park ranger will lead ages 7 andolder on a hike to Milkhouse Ford and dis-cuss the natural and cultural resources thatsurround the historic water crossing. 2 p.m.Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

Sunday, June 26

Book signing■ Corkey Hay DeSimone will sign copes

of her book “All About Me in D.C.: A Kid’sPocket Guide.” Noon to 3 p.m. Free.Outside Museum Store, National Museumof Natural History, 10th Street andConstitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000.

Concerts■ The weekly Steel Drummer Sundays

concert series will feature Roger Greenidge.Noon to 3 p.m. Free. Plaza, TheWashington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202-295-5007.

■ East River Jazz will present the CarlGrubbs Ensemble in concert. 4 to 7:30p.m. $20 in advance; $25 on the day ofthe event. Anacostia Art Gallery &Boutique, 2806 Bruce Place SE. bemojazz.com.

■ Musicians from the U.S. Army Bandwill perform the winning compositions ofthe National Association for Music

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Saturday, JUNE 25■ Festival: The 19th annual DCCaribbean Carnival will feature a fes-tival with international foods, craftsand live performances. Noon to 8p.m. $10; free for seniors and ages11 and younger. Howard CenterParking Facility, Georgia Avenue andBryant Street NW. dccarnival.org. Theday’s activities will also include aparade along Georgia Avenue fromKansas Avenue to Barry Place, start-ing at 11 a.m.

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Education’s 2011 Student ComposersCompetition. 6 p.m. Free. MillenniumStage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Cathedral Choral Society willpresent a singalong performance of CarlOrff’s “Carmina Burana.” 7:30 p.m. $10.Washington National Cathedral,Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenuesNW. 202-537-5510.

Discussions and lectures■ John Kress of the Smithsonian

Institution will discuss “PhenomenalPhylogeny,” about advances in the under-standing of the evolution and classificationof plants. 2 to 3 p.m. Free; reservationsrequired. Conservatory Classroom, U.S.Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW.202-225-1116.

■ John Prendergast and MichaelMattocks will discuss their book “UnlikelyBrothers: Our Story of Adventure, Loss, andRedemption.” 5 p.m. Free. Politics andProse, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Journalist Helen Thomas will discussher pioneering career in the White Housepress corps. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. CullenRoom, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St.NW. 202-387-7638.

Festival■ The Georgetown Waterfront Summer

Celebration will feature music, children’sactivities and the “Great Georgetown WaterBalloon Battle.” Noon to 3 p.m. Free. TheWashington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202-295-5007.

Film■ “Color, ’Scope: Recent Restorations

From the 1950s” will feature NicholasRay’s 1956 film “Bigger Than Life.” 2 and4:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium,National Gallery of Art, 4th Street andConstitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Performance■ Lean & Hungry Theatre will present a

production of Shakespeare’s “A

Midsummer Night’s Dream,” to be broad-cast live on WAMU 88.5. A discussion ofthe play’s relevance in literature and con-temporary society will follow. 6 p.m. $25.Woods-Brown Amphitheatre, AmericanUniversity, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.wamu.tix.com.

Sporting event■ The Washington Mystics will play the

Tulsa Shock. 4 p.m. $10 to $300. VerizonCenter, 601 F St. NW. 202-397-7328.

Walks and tours■ A park ranger will discuss the variety

of birds that live in Dumbarton Oaks Parkduring the spring. 10 a.m. Free. DumbartonOaks Park, R Street between 30th and31st streets NW. 202-895-6070.

■ A park ranger will lead ages 8 andolder on a “Dumbarton Oaks Spring Stroll”through the naturalistic park designed byBeatrix Farrand. 2 p.m. Free. DumbartonOaks Park, R Street between 30th and31st streets NW. 202-895-6070.

Monday, June 27

Children’s program■ Physics teacher Katey Shirey will

share stories and video from her recent tripto the South Pole to work on the IceCubeneutrino research project, and attendeeswill make their own pizza-box solar ovens tocapture infrared radiation and cook solars’mores (ages 8 through 12). 3:30 p.m.Free. Petworth Neighborhood Library, 4200Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.

Concerts■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza”

series will fea-ture TheGrandsons per-forming rocka-billy music.Noon to 1:30p.m. Free.Ronald Reagan Building and InternationalTrade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.202-312-1300.

■ Etran Finatawa, an ensemble from

Niger, will perform a new musical style ofnomad blues. 6 p.m. Free. MillenniumStage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Concert organistNathan J. Laube willpresent a public recitalas part of the OrganHistorical Society’s con-vention. 7 p.m. Free.Washington NationalCathedral,Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenuesNW. 202-537-6200.

■ The Fort Reno concert series will fea-ture performances by Beasts of No Nation,Railsplitter and Valley Tours. 7:15 p.m.Free. Fort Reno Park, 40th andChesapeake streets NW. fortreno.com.

■ Beethoven Found will present “ATribute to the Wounded Warriors,” featuringa medley of patriotic songs and other cele-bratory selections. 8 p.m. $75 to $500.Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The U.S. Navy Band Concert Band willperform. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps, U.S.

Capitol. 202-433-2525.

Discussions and lectures■ Angela J. Rabatin, an attorney and

business professor, will discuss “ThePsychology of the Job Interview From theInterviewer’s Perspective.” 9:45 to 11:30a.m. Free. 40Plus of Greater Washington,Suite T2, 1718 P St. NW. 202-387-1582.

■ The Dupont Circle Village’s monthlyLive and Learn Seminar will feature a talkby Matthew Nelson and Jared Hughes ofCompassion & Choices on “Good to Go:End of Life Choices.” 3:30 to 5 p.m. $10;free for Dupont Circle Village members.Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Suite 800,1050 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-234-2567.

■ Eleanor Henderson will discuss hernovel “Ten Thousand Saints.” 7 p.m. Free.Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave.NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Rabbi Avi Weiss will discuss “Open toInterpretation: Defining Modern Orthodoxy.”7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Sixth &I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org.

■ The History/Biography Book Club willdiscuss “Undaunted Courage: MeriwetherLewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Openingof the American West” by Stephen E.Ambrose. 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-FriendshipNeighborhood Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave.NW. 202-727-1488.

Films■ “Dial ‘H’ for Hitchcock,” a summer

movie series, will fea-ture Alfred Hitchcock’s1940 film “Rebecca,”starring LaurenceOlivier, Joan Fontaineand Judith Anderson.6:30 p.m. Free; ticketsrequired. Helen HayesGallery, National Theatre, 1321Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372.

■ “Pushing the Boundaries: ThreeSports Films by Pepe Danquart” will fea-ture the direc-tor’s 2007 film“To the Limit,”about twobrothers whoset out tobreak therecord in speed climbing at El Capitan inYosemite Valley, California. 6:30 p.m. $7.Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. 202-289-1200, ext. 160.

■ “Opera in Cinema” will feature Verdi’s“Macbeth,” recorded this month at theRoyal Opera House in London. 7 p.m. $20.West End Cinema, 2301 M St. NW. 202-419-3456. The film will be shown againSaturday at 11 a.m.

■ “Shakespeare’s Globe LondonCinema Series” will feature “The MerryWives of Windsor,” recorded at therenowned Globe Theatre in London. 7 p.m.$12.50. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300Wisconsin Ave. NW. fathomevents.com.

Performance■ Zeitgeist DC will present a staged

reading of “hamlet is dead. no gravity,” writ-ten by Ewald Palmetshofer and translatedby Neil Blackadder. A discussion will follow.7 p.m. Free; reservations required.Embassy of Austria, 3524 InternationalCourt NW. 202-895-6776.

Tuesday, June 28

Classes■ Teacher and therapist Heather Ferris

will lead a weekly yoga class. Noon. Free.Watha T. Daniel-Shaw NeighborhoodLibrary, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.

■ A monthly Fiber Arts Workshop willoffer an introduction to the drop spindle. 7p.m. Free. Cleveland Park NeighborhoodLibrary, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.

Concerts■ The “Live! on Woodrow Wilson Plaza”

series will feature trumpeter AaronBroadus. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free. RonaldReagan Building and International TradeCenter, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-312-1300.

■ The New Dominion Chorale will host asingalong of choralexcerpts from Mozart’s“Requiem,” conductedby Thomas Beveridge,artistic director of NewDominion Chorale andNational Men’s Chorus.7:30 p.m. $10.Western Presbyterian Church, 2401 VirginiaAve. NW. 703-442-9404.

■ The U.S. Air Force Band’s Airmen ofNote will perform. 8 p.m. Free. West Steps,U.S. Capitol. 202-767-5658.

■ The U.S. Navy Band will perform. 8p.m. Free. U.S. Navy Memorial, 701Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-737-2300.

Discussions and lectures■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

will present Milton Greenberg, formerprovost at American University, discussing“The GI Bill: The Law That Changed andContinues to Change America.” 10 to11:50 a.m. Free. Abramson Family RecitalHall, Katzen Arts Center, AmericanUniversity, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.202-895-4860.

■ Soo Hong will discuss her book “ACord of Three Strands: A New Approach toParent Engagement in Schools,” about thesuccess of the Logan Square NeighborhoodAssociation in organizing parents on thenorthwest side of Chicago. The event willinclude a screening of the short film“Parent Power.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free. LangstonRoom, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St.NW. 202-387-7638.

■ Chapters’ Club de Lecture will dis-cuss “Bonheur d’Occasion” by GabrielleRoy (in French). 6:30 p.m. Free. NationalPlace Food Hall, 13th and F streets NW.chapters.literary@erols.com.

■ Linda Stout, director of Spirit in Actionand founder of the Piedmont Peace Project,will discuss her book “Collective Visioning:How Groups Can Work Together for a Justand Sustainable Future.” 7 p.m. Free.Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave.NW. 202-364-1919.

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Tuesday, JUNE 28■ Concert: The Harbour Kids concertseries will feature Oh Susannah.10:30 a.m. to noon. Free. Plaza, TheWashington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW.202-295-5007.

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The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College ofArt + Design’s Gallery 31 will open a five-day exhibit today of works in diverse media by

2011 graduates of the Corcoran College of Art +Design Master of Arts in Teaching program.

The Corcoran also recently opened an exhibit ofpaintings by D.C.-born artist Chris Martin that willcontinue through Oct. 23.

An opening reception will take place tomorrowfrom 6 to 8 p.m.

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Chris Martin’s “Here Comes the Sun …” is part of aCorcoran Gallery exhibit of the artist’s paintings.

See Exhibits/Page 30

By MARK LONGAKERCurrent Correspondent

What does music looklike? Walt Disney’s1940 film “Fantasia”

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“StellaSounds: TheScarlatti KSeries,” whichopened recentlyat the PhillipsCollection,offers anothertake. The focus exhibition high-lights eight wall-mounted abstractsculptures by Frank Stella from an

ongoing series begun five years agoand now numbering some 150works, all visualizing the flamboy-ant 18th-century harpsichordsonatas of Domenico Scarlatti.

“If you follow the lines of thesculptures, yousense a rhythmand movement,the thread of thesound and colorthat you get inthe music ofScarlatti,” saidcurator ElsaSmithgall dur-ing a tour.

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features a downward-looping spiralthat echoes a similar progression ofnotes heard as a recurring motif inthe sonata for which the sculptureis named.

The high energy and density ofthe sculpture are also characteristicof the K.3 sonata. This is the firsttime that Stella, 75, has exhibitedpieces from this series in a muse-um, so one would expect morescholarly research to follow aboutthe exact correspondences betweenindividual sculptures and sonatas.But a cursory comparison suggestsit is fairly close.

Before seeing the show, visitorsmight want to load their iPods withperformances of the specificsonatas that name each sculpture.They can then stand before eachsculpture and gauge how well itvisualizes the music. The sculpturesand the sonatas follow a namingscheme devised last century byScarlatti scholar Ralph Kirkpatrick,

who gave every sonata a numberpreceded by the first letter of hislast name. Besides sonata numberK.3, the sculptures reference sonatanumbers K.43, K.51, K.54, K.94,

K.419, K.454 and K.478.“I think these works mark a new

chapter in this artist’s career,” said

Stella sculptures evoke Scarlatti sonatas

See Sculptures/Page 30

Above: “K.3 (2nd version),” 2006, cast aluminum; left: “K.454,” 2010,titanium; both courtesy of FreedmanArt

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p.m. 202-633-1000.■ “Artists at Work,” featuring two-and three-dimensional works of artby members of the Smithsoniancommunity, will open tomorrow atthe S. Dillon Ripley Center andcontinue through Oct. 2.

Located at 1100 JeffersonDrive SW, the gallery is opendaily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.202-633-1000.■ “Machu Picchu: A Lost CityUncovered, Photographs From theHiram Bingham Expeditions, 1911-15,” showcasing photographs fromthe early expeditions to map andstudy the Inca site, will openFriday at the National GeographicMuseum and continue throughSept. 11.

Located at 1145 17th St. NW,the museum is open daily from 10a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-857-7588.■ The Willard InterContinentalhotel will open an exhibit Fridaythat focuses on the first battle of theAmerican Civil War, at FortSumter, and includes more than 36

three-dimensional photographsfrom the era. The show will contin-ue through July 15 in the hotel’sPeacock Alley area.

Located at 1401 PennsylvaniaAve. NW, the hotel will open thedisplay to the public daily from 9a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-628-9100.■ “The Spirit of Wood,” featuringwood sculpture by Katie DellKaufman and Lynda Smith-Bugge, opened recently at theEleven Eleven SculptureSpace, where it will continuethrough Aug. 27.

An artists’ reception will takeplace today from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Located at 1111 PennsylvaniaAve. NW, the space is openMonday through Friday from 8a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-783-2963.■ “Unsold,” an installation byDublin artist Fiona Hallinan thatincludes unsold organic items col-lected from local retailers, willclose Saturday at Fathom Gallery.

A reception will take placetomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m.

Located at 1333 14th St. NW,the gallery is open Monday throughFriday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-588-8100.

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Smithgall. “In his earlier works,he’s very literal, and these piecesare quite the opposite. They’re agame of illusion. On the one hand,they’re static pieces, but on theother hand there’s incredibledynamism and a sense of move-ment.”

They also rely heavily on digitaltechnology for their creation. Tomake each piece, Stella starts witha small model that he scans into acomputer. He can rotate the com-puter model 360 degrees to viewand modify it however he likes. Hethen blows up the design to createspecifications for fabricators. Heputs the parts together and paintsthem, often in bright colors, to cre-ate works blending sculpture, paint-ing and music.

The works on view include sev-eral of the small models, known asmaquettes. Only about a foot high,they have a more-intimate charac-ter than the large showy finishedpieces. One example is “K.454”(2010), which features a fragment-ed core surrounded by wide loops,a bit like an exploding atom.

A few of the larger works mightat first put viewers off. For exam-ple, the 5-by-6-foot piece “K.51”(2008) includes thin green zigzag-ging tubes that jut out from a cen-tral body of curving shapes, thewhole suggesting a giant mosquito-like insect or a space alien.

If one listens to enough Scarlattisonatas, however, a few commoncharacteristics emerge: The musicis often marked by many loops andlong runs, the former correspon-ding to Stella’s curving shapes andthe latter to the long, thin tubes.

What Stella’s visualization ofthe sonatas does is to reinforcetheir structural elements. The musicand the sculptures inform oneanother, a cross-pollination thatallows viewers to see the sculptureswith fresh ears and listeners to hearthe sonatas with fresh eyes.

“Stella Sounds: The Scarlatti KSeries” will continue through Sept.4 at the Phillips Collection, at 160021st St. NW. The museum is openTuesday through Saturday from 10a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday until 8:30p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6p.m. Admission is $12 for adults,$10 for seniors and students; andfree for ages 18 and younger. 202-387-2151; phillipscollection.org.

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Tuesday through Sunday and 2p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Ticketscost $39 to $49. 202-467-4600;kennedy-center.org.■ The Shakespeare TheatreCompany is presenting “TheMerchant of Venice” through July24 in Sidney Harman Hall.

Whether contemplating the con-tents of gilded chests or the darkestcorners of human nature,“Merchant” challenges audiencesto look beyond misleading appear-

ances to find the true measure ofthings. Director Ethan McSweeneysets the play in Manhattan’s LowerEast Side in the 1920s, focusing on“two ethnic groups, Jews andItalians, fighting one another tobecome enfranchised in theAmerican marketplace,” he said.

Performance times are 7:30p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday andSunday; 8 p.m. Thursday throughSaturday; and 2 p.m. Saturday andSunday. There will also be a noonmatinee on July 20. Tickets cost$20 to $98. Sidney Harman Hall islocated at 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122; shakespearetheatre.org.

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