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D.C. prepares to launch new lottery for school selection

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NEWS SPORTS

Hostile tone reigns at education forum for mayoral hopefuls

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By GRAHAM VYSECurrent Staff Writer

On education issues, D.C. may-oral candidate Andy Shallal isn’t keeping anyone guessing. The Busboys and Poets owner made himself a crowd favorite at a Washington Teachers’ Union debate Monday night, drawing applause by sharply critiquing the education reform policies of D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and her predecessor Michelle Rhee. In an hourlong interview Monday after-noon, Shallal pledged to fundamen-tally alter the District’s education strategy if he is elected, saying the status quo has D.C. headed in the wrong direction.

“We keep trying to put lipstick on this pig,” said Shallal, who is seek-ing the Democratic mayoral nomi-nation. “We’ve tried these reforms. They haven’t worked.” Shallal points to the District’s 2013 National Assessment of Edu-cational Progress results, which

showed overall gains for the school system, but a persistent and pro-nounced student achievement gap along racial and socioeconomic lines. “We need to do something dras-tic,” he said. “I don’t think schools are failing. I think we’re failing them.” Specifically, Shallal believes many policies that aim to hold teach-ers accountable for student perfor-mance unfairly expect educators to compensate for poverty and other societal ills. What the District really needs, the restaurateur argues, is an increase in wraparound social ser-vices for low-income students. “We cannot keep demonizing

Shallal pledges new education reform path

Photo by Rick ReinhardAndy Shallal says current school reform measures aren’t working.

By KAT LUCEROCurrent Staff Writer

Three public charter schools are vying to take over the site of Ward 4’s Sharpe Health School, which the D.C. Public Schools system plans to close, relocating its opera-tions due to low enrollment.

At a Dec. 2 hearing on the future use of the facility, Bridges and Briya public charter schools, which have partnered in their bid, and Dorothy I. Height Community Academy Public Charter School presented plans for the 87,500-square-foot property at 4300 13th St. in Petworth.

Bridges is located just blocks from Sharpe, at 1250 Taylor St., and Briya’s main building is at 2333 Ontario Road in Adams Morgan, with other locations in Petworth and Mount Pleasant. Dorothy Height has multiple campuses, including one adjacent to Sharpe.

During the first presentation, by Bridges and Briya, supporters packed the large community room

at the Petworth Library. They were parents, young children and stu-dents bearing signs stating, “I am from Ward 4.”

Eight representatives from these partner schools testified about the importance of keeping a facility in the neighborhood as each of their populations increases.

“We see the benefits for D.C. and Ward 4 as being an increase in high-quality education seats — 600 students will ultimately be served in the building,” said Bridges co-founder and principal Olivia Smith. “We also see this as an opportunity for local job creation, as more than 200 people will be employed by the

Area charter schools strive to take over Sharpe facility

Bill Petros/The CurrentA ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor Vincent Gray, Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser and other city officials in attendance highlighted last Wednesday’s grand opening of the new Walmart on Georgia Avenue.

M A R K E T D AY

■ School: Special education campus scheduled for closure

By BRADY HOLTCurrent Staff Writer

When the Zoning Commission last month held some two-dozen hours of public hearings on the over-haul of the District’s land-use regu-lations, a number of community leaders and other residents said they felt excluded from the process. Despite all the public hearings, and numerous meetings held before that, they argued that there hadn’t been enough time for them to review the most recent draft of the Office of Planning’s thousand-page zoning rewrite. Responding to those complaints, the Zoning Commission now plans to hold five additional public hear-ings and continue to accept written submissions through at least 3 p.m. March 3. Chair Anthony Hood announced the delay at the commis-sion’s meeting Monday night. The hearings will include a Jan. 30 session reserved exclusively for advisory neighborhood commis-sions, many of which had requested delays ranging from 60 to 180 days, along with four February sessions

Zoning panel adds hearings on rewrite

By ELIZABETH WIENERCurrent Staff Writer

A broad-based commission charged with figuring out how to reform the District’s convoluted tax code failed to reach agreement as scheduled Monday. This delay pushes off recommen-dations that could affect both busi-ness and individual taxpayers to the end of the year — just days before the group is supposed to disband. Disagreements, broadly put, cen-

ter on a classic split between reduc-ing the burden on low- and moder-ate-income residents — the so-called “progressivity” push — and lower-ing business taxes to boost the Dis-trict’s competitiveness in attracting and retaining commercial employ-ers. The commission, chaired by for-mer Mayor Anthony Williams, has tentatively come up with two alter-native lists of options, including smatterings of both goals. One would be basically “revenue neu-tral,” with tax breaks and tax hikes essentially balancing out. The other — which Williams said he favored

Commission struggles to find accord on taxes■ Reform: Recommendation due soon to mayor, council

Bill Petros/The CurrentDorothy Height, Bridges and Briya charter schools hope to accommodate growth.

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Wednesday, Dec. 11 The D.C. Department of Transporta-tion, advisory neighborhood commis-sioner Sally Gresham and the developer of the Park Van Ness project at 4455 Connecticut Ave. will hold a community meeting to discuss the current phase of construction and the related traffic con-trol plan. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Community Room at the Methodist Home of D.C., 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Thursday, Dec. 12 The Chevy Chase Citizens Associa-tion will hold its regular meeting, which will include updates from the group’s president and from at-large D.C. Council member David Grosso. The meeting will

begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Saturday, Dec. 14 The D.C. Council Committee on Edu-cation will hold a public oversight round table for D.C. teachers to discuss the state of public education. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. in the auditorium at the McKinley Technology Education Campus, 151 T St. NE.■ Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser will hold a Ward 4 Holiday Party from 6 to 8 p.m. at St. John’s College High School, 2607 Military Road NW. Attendees are asked to donate a new winter coat for a child, sizes 2T through 18. To make reservations, contact

Shayne Wells at 202-724-8052 or swells@dccouncil.us.

Tuesday, Dec. 17 The D.C. Department of General Services will hold a public meeting on the proposed disposition of the Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center in connection with the assemblage of land to build a soccer stadium at Buzzard Point. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Reeves Center, 2000 14th St. NW.■ The National Park Service will hold a public meeting on its new permitting system for picnic areas in Rock Creek Park and proposed fee increases. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW.

The week ahead

By GRAHAM VYSECurrent Staff Writer

D.C. education officials are get-ting ready to launch a new lottery system that aims to streamline and simplify the application process. Starting Monday, the revamped lottery will allow every D.C. family to submit up to 12 applications for any of the District’s traditional pub-lic schools and most of its charter schools, using the website myschooldc.org. For the first time, families will no longer have to keep track of different deadlines for tradi-tional public schools and charters. D.C. Public Schools official Kari Brandt gave a presentation about this new system to Ward 2 parents and education activists Nov. 16 at School Without Walls at Fran-cis-Stevens. “This is one-stop shopping,” she said, noting that a list of participat-ing charters is available on the web-site. “The purpose is to maximize the number of students matched with the schools they are most inter-ested in attending.” Brandt said parents logging onto the website will need to create only one online account, regardless of how many children they have. The goal is to eliminate redundancy in the application process, preventing

students from ending up on waiting lists for multiple schools, for exam-ple. “You will only be waitlisted at schools you ranked higher than the school where you were given a seat,” Brandt said. Under the new system, families will still need to be mindful of sev-eral key dates. Those applying for high schools must have their appli-cations submitted by Feb. 3, where-as families applying for lower grades have until March 3. Brandt said this differentiation is meant to accommodate specialized high schools such as School With-out Walls and Duke Ellington School of the Arts. “Those schools have merit-based applications that require additional time for students to audition, participate in interviews and take tests,” she said. As she described this timeline, Brandt reassured parents that it isn’t necessary to race onto the website when the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 16. “There’s no preference for applying sooner rather than later,” she said. Dupont Circle advisory neigh-borhood commissioner Stephanie Maltz raised an issue of logistics: “If you are a parent that doesn’t have an Internet connection, is there a way

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Norton recalls legacy of Nelson Mandela D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Nor-ton, who helped lead the Free South Africa movement in the 1980s, traveled to the African country Monday with other members of Congress to attend former President Nelson Mandela’s funeral. In 1984, Norton and three other activists took part in a visit to the South African Embassy that led to

protests, arrests and U.S. sanctions against the then-apartheid country. “Nelson Mandela’s legacy in history was written long before he died today,” she said in a news release. “Securing and spreading his model of leadership is the challenge he has left to today’s world.”

Graham, three others vie for Ward 1 seat Longtime Ward 1 D.C. Council

member Jim Graham announced this week that he will run for re-election, seeking a fifth term. Brianne Nadeau, Bryan Weaver and Beverley Wheeler have also announced their campaigns for the seat. Petitions are due by Jan. 2. In a news release, Graham said his ward has balanced “preservation of diversity” and development dur-ing his tenure, citing the “transfor-mation” of Columbia Heights and U Street.

Graham further pointed to his successful legislative initiatives, including the Green Building Act, the Language Access Act, and laws strengthening tenant rights and rent control. He said he has recently focused on school and recreation center renovations in his ward. Nadeau and Weaver released statements in response, with Weaver calling Graham “out of touch.” “When The Washington Post, a former ardent supporter of the Councilmember, calls for his imme-diate resignation, and when key political supporters and staffers have become central figures in scandals of political misconduct and malfeasance, [it’s] time to finally put the people’s needs first, and turn the chapter on the pay-to play era of D.C. politics,” wrote Weaver, a for-mer advisory neighborhood com-missioner in Adams Morgan. Nadeau, a former neighborhood

commissioner in the U Street area and current vice chair of the Ward 1 Democrats, said residents want a new representative. Nadeau filed more than 400 signatures with elec-tions officials Monday. “After 15 years, voters in Ward 1 are telling me they’re ready for a new energy and some real leader-ship on the Council,” said Nadeau. “It’s time to start solving our prob-lems for the long-term, not just case-by-case. We need to focus on improving our schools, increasing affordability and supporting long-term shared economic growth.” Wheeler, who did not release a statement about Graham, is a for-mer neighborhood commissioner in Columbia Heights and council aide.

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school, as well as additional part-time staff.”

Founded in 2005, Bridges start-ed as a preschool program that pro-vided early intervention to students with special needs. The school is now expanding to serve elementary school students from pre-K through fifth grade. Its main campus is located on Taylor Street, but since last year Bridges has also rented space at Sharpe.

Briya is an offshoot of a U.S. Department of Education-funded program launched in 1989 to pro-vide formal education and skills training for the influx of adult immi-grants moving to D.C. In 2002, an early-education program was inte-grated into the adult program.

To a less-packed crowd, Dorothy Height founder Kent Amos explained that he wants to expand the school’s main campus, called Amos 1, which sits next door to Sharpe.

A veteran and former Xerox Corp. executive, Amos started the school as part of the nonprofit he founded, the Urban Families Insti-tute. The first campus — Amos 1, at 1300 Allison St. — welcomed 287 students when it opened in 1998.

Now the school has 1,800 students at its four campuses in both North-west and Northeast.

The hearing also raised aware-ness about the lagging status of the renovation of River Terrace Ele-mentary School, a Northeast facility where Sharpe students are expected to relocate.

“The concern is that [D.C. offi-cials haven’t] started renovating the D.C. building. … It’s supposed to be done by August,” said Crystal Sylvia, a social worker at Sharpe.

She also said the school is still waiting for an environmental study of the site since a Pepco power plant is located nearby.

“[Pepco] has had contamination and leaks throughout the years,” said Sylvia. “That’s a very impor-tant issue. [The study] hasn’t come back yet.”

Sylvia brought up the same issue at the November meeting of the Petworth/16th Street Heights advi-sory neighborhood commission meeting, when Mayor Vincent Gray was present. During a question-and-answer portion, Gray said that he won’t push out Sharpe students, staff and faculty if the new facility isn’t ready.

Bridges/Briya representatives had introduced their plans to the

community at the same meeting, and a throng of supporters packed the room before and during the pre-sentation. A shorter informational presentation from a representative of Dorothy Height school then fol-lowed.

Last spring, the charter schools hoping to take over Sharpe submit-ted proposals to the D.C. Depart-ment of General Services, which facilitates the release of government property that the city has declared “surplus.” When the department can’t find other local agencies that need the facility, charter schools are given first dibs to offer on the prop-erty, according to D.C. law.

A selection panel comprised of representatives from the D.C. Office of Planning, D.C. Public Schools and the D.C. Department of General Services will decide which school will take over the Sharpe facility, said the hearing’s moderator, Althea Holford, a real estate specialist at the Department of General Servic-es.

Holford said that due to some of the concerns about Sharpe’s reloca-tion that were raised during the hearing, more public meetings about the proposals might take place and the selection date might be postponed beyond this month.

SHARPE: Charters compete for school buildingFrom Page 1

you can participate in this process?” Brandt said such parents could use computers at public libraries or contact D.C. Public Schools at 202-478-5738. In an interview, Maltz said she appreciated the pre-sentation, and she sounded generally positive about the new system. But she said that D.C.’s need for an elabo-rate application procedure highlights an underlying

problem that the city is not addressing. “If there were a quality neighborhood school in every neighborhood, you wouldn’t have to be doing this,” said Maltz. “It makes me really sad that there doesn’t seem to be a commitment to a right to a neighborhood school.” Dupont Circle resident Lee Granados agreed that it’s important for each part of the city to have a strong pub-lic school. “It does nothing but increase the neighbor-hood’s value, safety and community,” she said.

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Police Report

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This is a listing of reports taken from Dec. 2 through 8 in local police service areas.

PSA 101

Robbery■ G and 12th streets; 4 a.m. Dec. 7.■ 9th and G streets; 9:30 p.m. Dec. 8.

Motor vehicle theft■ 1100-1199 block, New York Ave.; 9:30 a.m. Dec. 5.

Theft from auto■ 1-99 block, 7th St.; 4:30 p.m. Dec. 2.■ 1-99 block, 7th St.; 2:50 p.m. Dec. 6.■ 900-999 block, 14h St.; 4:37 a.m. Dec. 7.

Theft■ 700-723 block, 14th St.; 1:05 p.m. Dec. 5.■ 1300-1399 block, Pennsyl-vania Ave.; 2:58 p.m. Dec. 6.■ 900-999 block, G St.; 4:12 p.m. Dec. 6.■ 1000-1099 block, 14th St.; 6 p.m. Dec. 6.■ 13th Street and Pennsylva-nia Avenue; 6 p.m. Dec. 7.

PSA 102

Robbery■ 600-699 block, H St.; 7:15 a.m. Dec. 8.

Burglary■ 400-499 block, K St.; 10 a.m. Dec. 2.■ 400-499 block, L St.; 8:49 p.m. Dec. 8.

Theft from auto■ 700-799 block, G St.; 9:47 a.m. Dec. 3.■ 9th and H streets; 8:32 p.m. Dec. 5.

Theft■ 800-899 block, 7th St.; 10:29 a.m. Dec. 5.■ 700-899 block, K St.; 8:32 p.m. Dec. 5.■ 800-899 block, E St.; 11:05 a.m. Dec. 7.

PSA 201

Burglary■ 5425-5467 block, 32nd St.; 9:16 p.m. Dec. 5.■ 3300-3399 block, Stephen-son Place; 1 p.m. Dec. 6.■ 5500-5519 block, Nevada Ave.; 8 p.m. Dec. 6.■ 3200-3299 block, Jocelyn St.; 8:58 p.m. Dec. 6.

Theft from auto■ 5600-5628 block, Connecti-cut Ave.; 8:29 p.m. Dec. 3.■ 3600-3699 block, Jocelyn St.; 9:13 a.m. Dec. 5.■ Unit block, Chevy Chase Cir-cle; 1 p.m. Dec. 5.■ 2900-2999 block, Military Road; 12:17 p.m. Dec. 6.

■ 5300-5399 block, 28th St.; 2:41 p.m. Dec. 6.

Theft■ 6400-6499 block, Western Ave.; 4:30 p.m. Dec. 2.■ 5510-5514 block, Nebraska Ave.; 6:30 p.m. Dec. 5.

PSA 202

Burglary■ 5000-5099 block, 38th St.; 4 p.m. Dec. 4.■ 5300-5399 block, 41st St.; 12:30 a.m. Dec. 5.

Theft from auto■ 4500-4599 block, Fessen-den St.; 12:11 p.m. Dec. 5.■ 4800-4829 block, Chesa-peake St.; 11:19 a.m. Dec. 6.

Theft■ 5330-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 12:35 p.m. Dec. 4.■ 42nd Place and Military Road; 7 p.m. Dec. 5.

PSA 203

Theft from auto■ 4400-4499 block, Connecti-cut Ave.; 10:55 p.m. Dec. 2.■ 2900-2999 block, Van Ness St.; 3 p.m. Dec. 3.

Theft■ 2900-2999 block, Van Ness St.; 2:01 p.m. Dec. 4.

PSA 204

Burglary■ 2700-2799 block, Cortland Place; 12:34 p.m. Dec. 6.

Theft from auto■ 4200-4349 block, Massa-chusetts Ave.; 8:34 a.m. Dec. 5.■ 3000-3199 block, Connecti-cut Ave.; 12:27 p.m. Dec. 6.

Theft■ 2301-2499 block, Wisconsin Ave.; noon Dec. 3.■ 3000-3199 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 1:35 p.m. Dec. 6.

PSA 401

Robbery■ 7500-7603 block, Georgia Ave.; 10:57 a.m. Dec. 6.

Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 6600-6699 block, Georgia Ave.; 4:30 p.m. Dec. 3 (with knife).

Theft from auto■ 6890-6899 block, Laurel St.; 4:30 p.m. Dec. 5.■ 7600-7699 block, 16th St.; 1:44 p.m. Dec. 7.

■ 6600-6699 block, Sandy Spring Road; 11:21 p.m. Dec. 8.

Theft■ 7500-7603 block, Georgia Ave.; 12:26 p.m. Dec. 2.■ 7700-7799 block, Morning-side Drive; 10:35 a.m. Dec. 5.

PSA 402

Homicide■ 900-999 block, Sheridan St.; midnight Dec. 8 (with gun).

Burglary■ 5916-5999 block, 4th St.; 12:25 a.m. Dec. 2.■ 1400-1499 block, Rock Creek Ford Road; 6:45 p.m. Dec. 6.■ 6100-6199 block, 14th St.; 2:40 a.m. Dec. 7.

Motor vehicle theft■ 6200-6299 block, Georgia Ave.; 9:34 p.m. Dec. 4.

Theft from auto■ 1300-1327 block, Peabody St.; 8:02 a.m. Dec. 2.■ 1300-1399 block, Rock Creek Ford Road; 7:50 a.m. Dec. 3.■ 6500-6599 block, 14th St.; 3:31 p.m. Dec. 3.■ 6500-6599 block, 8th St.; 8:20 a.m. Dec. 4.■ 14th Street and Fort Stevens Drive; 10:30 a.m. Dec. 7.

Theft■ 5910-5999 block, Georgia Ave.; 1 a.m. Dec. 7.■ 5910-5999 block, Georgia Ave.; 2:25 p.m. Dec. 7.■ 400-499 block, Marietta Place; 12:05 p.m. Dec. 8.■ 5910-5999 block, Georgia Ave.; 2 p.m. Dec. 8.

PSA 403

Robbery■ 500-699 block, Kennedy St.; 10:03 p.m. Dec. 4 (with gun).■ 5500-5599 block, 7th St.; 11:45 a.m. Dec. 6 (with gun).■ 500-699 block, Shepherd Road; 6:34 p.m. Dec. 6 (with gun).■ 1400-1451 block, Irving St.; 7:41 p.m. Dec. 7.

Burglary■ 900-999 block, Longfellow St.; 4:44 p.m. Dec. 5.

Motor vehicle theft■ 521-699 block, Madison St.; 12:28 p.m. Dec. 3.

Theft from auto■ 1400-1599 block, Longfel-low St.; 6:15 a.m. Dec. 3.■ 5200-5290 block, North Capitol St.; 11:06 a.m. Dec. 4.■ 1300-1344 block, Montague St.; 11:40 p.m. Dec. 5.■ 1300-1344 block, Montague St.; 11:44 p.m. Dec. 5.■ 1400-1421 block, Nicholson

St.; 5:06 a.m. Dec. 8.■ 5600-5699 block, 13th St.; 5:35 p.m. Dec. 8.

Theft■ 800-899 block, Kennedy St.; 5 p.m. Dec. 6.

PSA 404

Burglary■ 1800-1903 block, Quincy St.; 11:30 a.m. Dec. 2.

Motor vehicle theft■ 4700-4799 block, Blagden Terrace; 9 a.m. Dec. 3.■ 4300-4399 block, 17th St.; 8:35 a.m. Dec. 7.

Theft from auto■ Piney Branch Road and Gall-atin Street; 2:45 p.m. Dec. 2.■ 4400-4499 block, 14th St.; 3:25 p.m. Dec. 2.■ 4500-4599 block, Arkansas Ave.; 10:45 p.m. Dec. 2.■ 1400-1499 block, Shepherd St.; 1 p.m. Dec. 3.■ 4600-4699 block, 14th St.; 9:02 a.m. Dec. 4.■ 4900-4999 block, Georgia Ave.; 9 p.m. Dec. 4.■ 4600-4699 block, Iowa Ave.; 9 p.m. Dec. 6.■ 4000-4099 block, Arkansas Ave.; 2:08 a.m. Dec. 8.■ 1400-1509 block, Meridian Place; 3:49 a.m. Dec. 8.

Theft■ 3800-3899 block, 13th St.; 10:15 a.m. Dec. 7.■ 4350-4705 block, Blagden Ave.; 3 p.m. Dec. 8.■ 1300-1399 block, Upshur St.; 4:57 p.m. Dec. 8.

PSA 407

Robbery■ 3700-3799 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 7 p.m. Dec. 5.■ 700-799 block, Upshur St.; 7:43 p.m. Dec. 5.

Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 300-399 block, Upshur St.; 7 p.m. Dec. 6 (with knife).

Burglary■ 600-699 block, Emerson St.; 8 a.m. Dec. 7.

Motor vehicle theft■ 700-799 block, Quincy St.; 5:53 p.m. Dec. 3.■ 300-399 block, Gallatin St.; 11 p.m. Dec. 7.

Theft from auto■ 4500-4599 block, 7th St.; 7:40 a.m. Dec. 4.■ 3800-3899 block, Georgia Ave.; 9:46 a.m. Dec. 5.■ 300-399 block, Delafield Place; 2:20 p.m. Dec. 6.

Theft■ 1-99 block, Farragut Place; 12:25 a.m. Dec. 3.■ 4510-4599 block, 4th St.; 10:40 a.m. Dec. 3.

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psA 401■ colonial villaGeshePherd Park / takoma

psA 404■ 16th street heiGhtscrestwood

psA 203■ forest hills / van nesscleveland Park

psA 407■ Petworth

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held in different parts of the city. “We wanted to make sure we have a wide

representation of people who’ve come down here to testify,” Hood said, adding, “We couldn’t get everybody here, so the Zoning Commission, we’re going to come to you.”

During last month’s hearings, Hood had expressed particular concern about a lack of

participation from wards 7 and 8. Some com-missions representing other parts of the city — including Adams Morgan, Cleveland Park and northern Petworth — also requested a delay so that they could more thoroughly evaluate the Office of Planning proposal. Oth-ers, such as those representing Glover Park and Dupont Circle, have backed the proposed zon-ing rewrite. Particularly contentious proposed changes

have included reducing minimum parking requirements in parts of the city, allowing apartments in many single-family properties and permitting small stores on certain blocks of residential row houses. Some residents and activists who have pored over the text have also found seemingly minor changes that they believe could harm their communities. Dates and locations for the four February public hearings haven’t yet been set. There will

be one each for wards 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, and 7 and 8, held within that section of the city. These hearings will be reserved for resi-dents who have not previously testified, Hood said, though others can continue to file written submissions. Hood said commissioners could still decide to further extend the deadline or hold even more hearings, but “the goal is to close the record on March 3.”

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The right focus More and more of the city’s elementary schools have significantly improved in recent years. Some are now bursting at the seams as residents rely less on private education and as newcomers moving to the District use the D.C. Public Schools system. But the same is true of only one middle school in the system: Ward 3’s Alice Deal. That school has already outgrown a recent expansion and is now undergoing another, with no shortage of demand. In other parts of the city, middle schools have been merged or shuttered, leaving the survivors under-enrolled or relying heavily on out-of-boundary students. That’s in large part because so many parents of graduating fifth-graders opt for private or charter schools — or decide they have no choice but to move to the suburbs. Fortunately, there’s a growing sense of urgency among city officials that D.C. Public Schools needs to focus on substantially upgrading middle schools. The system itself has identified this as a priority, and D.C. Council members are rallying behind a resolution from Ward 4’s Muriel Bowser — dubbed “Alice Deal for All” — saying that the system’s other nine middle schools need to match that program’s quality. Part of the problem is fundamental to the middle school model: A neigh-borhood elementary school has the key advantage of convenience. But since middle schools tend to require further traveling anyway, parents who have the means to do so are more likely to consider a wider set of options. Nevertheless, some improvements are possible. For instance, we support a proposal from Chancellor Kaya Henderson to standardize middle schools’ curricula, as is already done with elementaries. We, too, believe that top-quality programs should be more widely available throughout the city. We would also like to see greater collaboration among elementary, mid-dle and high schools within a feeder pattern, and we think students who enjoy specialized elementary school programs should be able to go to a mid-dle school that also offers them. Both are issues that have been raised by at-large D.C. Council member David Catania, chair of the Education Commit-tee. Clearly more work is needed than these few proposals to improve D.C. middle schools and retain students beyond the fifth grade. We’re encouraged by the attention middle schools are getting, and we look forward to seeing what other ideas emerge as a result.

Greetings to Walmart A few comments in a Washington Post story last week captured the range of opinions involved in Walmart’s opening of its first two D.C. stores. “I will never go to a Wal-Mart in Maryland again,” Pamela Scott told the paper as she shopped at the company’s H Street NW store on Dec. 4, its first day of business. “I live in D.C., and that’s where I want to shop.” “Twenty-three thousand applications for about 800 jobs,” senior vice president Henry Jordan, manager of nearly 900 East Coast stores, told employees at the Georgia Avenue NW store. “You are the best of the best.” “I have not called for a boycott or anything like that,” said the Rev. Gray-lan S. Hagler, pastor of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, located a mile from the Georgia Avenue store. “But I said, ‘Understand, when you make this corporation richer, it’s at the expense of making some-body poorer.’” They’re all important points. But we’ve said in the past that on balance, we side with the argument that the jobs the company has created — and the lost spending and tax revenue the District will capture from Maryland and Virginia — substantially outweigh the drawback of the company’s low start-ing salaries. Presented with an option of low wages or no wages, we had to side with low. It’s worth noting that Walmart’s new workers have now joined the ranks of the employed, adding experience to their resumes and starting on a path that could lead to promotions and higher pay. And while proponents of legis-lation that would have required the megastore to pay higher salaries lost that particular battle, the fight has led to approved legislation in the D.C. Council that will raise the minimum wage for all of the District’s workers by 2016. At the behest of Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, a regional partnership will mean similar increases in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. There’s still another concern to resolve: The Takoma D.C. listserv has been overflowing with chatter about snarled traffic from the new store and its parking garage. City officials should wait a few weeks to let the dust set-tle, but then they should look to see what fixes are needed — and take action to implement them.

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The Eastern High School auditorium was packed Monday night. The Washington Teach-ers’ Union was hosting an education forum on,

we think, the future of education in our city. We say, “we think,” because the forum was chaot-ic, noisy and uninformative. None of the teachers in that auditorium would put up for a minute in their classrooms with the rowdy behavior the teachers themselves displayed. The format was quite simple. The union invit-ed candidates for mayor to come answer ques-tions about education. The event officially could not be advertised as a political debate, but that was the real intent. For example, the Rev. Graylan Hagler asked a simple question: Did the candidates support contin-ued mayoral control of the schools? The activist min-ister took his seat and waited on the answer. Mayor Vincent Gray spoke with passion about how anything that was done ought to be done for the children. But he didn’t answer the question. (We should just stipulate that every candidate wants to do what is “best for the children.” It’s a meaningless phrase if you really think about it.) Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans had no problem answering whether he supports continued mayoral control of schools. He bluntly said he had voted for mayoral control and it was the right way to go because the schools had been failing for at least 15 years before that. Many in the crowd hooted and jeered, but Evans stood his ground. He tried to use his remaining time to talk about why he felt that way, but the audience wouldn’t let him. When newcomer candidate Andy Shallal — owner of the popular Busboys and Poets restaurants — said he wouldn’t close any schools, the crowd cheered. When he later defended tough teacher eval-uations, he was jeered. Candidate Tommy Wells, the Ward 6 council member, kept reminding the audience that his ward has a waiting list for its schools because parents have been part of the planning. He says as mayor he would make walkable schools available for every neighborhood in the city.

Christian Carter, the least known candidate and not an officeholder, won cheers as he attacked every-one else on the stage, as well as Chancellor Kaya Henderson and former Chancellor Michelle Rhee. Carter also stalked toward Gray as if he were going to directly challenge him. Gray tensed up, but didn’t fall for responding to Carter’s theatrics. At-large Council member Vincent Orange kept to his script, that he’ll educate everyone’s child, getting

them ready for college or the workforce. New-comer Reta Jo Lewis got a bit tangled trying to answer a specific question on “excessed teachers,” asking that it

be repeated twice. It was another indication that she’s an earnest candidate but lacks real knowledge about many local issues. It was the third face-off of candidates early in this campaign for the April 1 primary. Ward 4 Council member and mayoral candidate Muriel Bowser didn’t attend, citing a previous commitment. Washington City Paper’s Loose Lips columnist summed up the evening for the audience: grouchy. It was an unusually undisciplined forum for a profes-sional educator’s group. But one candidate muttered later that “it won’t be the worst one” they attend. Let’s hope that’s not true. ■ A big embarrassment. This one isn’t political like the forum. It was the horrendous 45-10 drubbing of the ’Skins by the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in the icy snow. For NBC4, we rode into downtown Washington and into Alexandria looking for ’Skins fans to com-ment on the game, and the controversy surrounding coach Mike Shanahan. (If you don’t know about the controversy, you don’t have to read further.) At the Sports Authority shop in Alexandria, cus-tomers were coming and going but no one — no one — had a good word to say about the ’Skins. One shopper, who said she was supposed to be at work, only allowed us to interview her as we held a Red-skins’ seat cushion up to hide her face. Truth be told, she was hiding more because the ’Skins are so bad rather than fear of her boss. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a politi-cal reporter for News 4.

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wells’ teen proposal seems like posturing I’m writing in response to The Current’s Dec. 4 article on mayor-al candidate Tommy Wells, whose interest in helping young people to pursue worthwhile activities for themselves and society is, I believe, sincere and well-intended. After reading the article, I feel there’s a bit of grandstanding. Mr. Wells proposes to spend $200 million over 24 months. How would it really be spent? Would it reach individual youngsters and assist them as Mr. Wells helped Dominic? Two quotes attributed to Mr. Wells are absolutely bizarre: that if young folks have extra money “they won’t have to hit you over the head for a smartphone,” and that, in some situations, young individuals will be “attached to adults who are not family mem-bers that have an interest in their well-being.” I would note that plenty of relatives do care about

their young relatives.R.J. JonesGlover Park

ellington’s holiday show is a must-see As parent-fans of local high school theater, we’ve seen some wonderful productions, including Wilson High School’s sensational staging of “West Side Story” last month. But the Langston Hughes gospel musical that students, staff and alumni of Duke Ellington School of the Arts are performing this month to celebrate the school’s 40th anniversary is flat-out extraordinary. Everything about “Black Nativity” delights — from the dazzling dancers, vocalists, cos-tumes and orchestra to the stu-dents’ impressive art in the lobby. We often hear what’s wrong with public education. This production offers a joyful glimpse of the great things taking place in our schools. See the show before it closes Sun-day.

Woody LandayMary Lord

Dupont Circle

helicopters aren’t safe over homes The recent crash of a military helicopter in Glasgow, Scotland, killing six people on the ground reminds us that the increasing density of low-level helicopters over the Kalorama and Washing-ton Heights neighborhoods is gambling with the lives of resi-dents. There is no question that emer-gency helicopters delivering criti-cal victims to hospital emergency rooms deserve priority. However, most of these helicopters appear to be federal and private-sector commuting vehicles. These helicopters have alterna-tive routes that do not take them over houses and schools. Those federal officials that control the air space over the federal city need to consider the danger these helicop-ters pose to both civilians and to the White House complex. Where appropriate, new measures should require higher altitude flights and less populated routes than those now taken.

Vic MillerWashington Heights

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Spotlight on SchoolsAidan Montessori School

Our class had a Thanksgiving lunch. We had cranberry sauce, green beans, mashed potatoes and a rotisserie chicken because we couldn’t fit a turkey in our toaster oven. We all got to prepare the food. Some people peeled the pota-toes, some people cut and cooked the green beans, and some people got to bake the pies. (They were delicious!) Preparing the food was a lot of fun.

Before eating we had a Thanks-giving play. We invited the other teachers to join us for the entertain-ment and the feast. After we ate we had music and games. We think that it was one of the best feasts that we ever had.

— Dolci Gates and Sydney Wittstock-McDonald, fifth-graders

British School of Washington

In Year 10 History, the class has been learning about Prohibition in America in the 1920s, and the role gangsters such as Al Capone and Bugs Moran had to play. After the First World War (1914-1918) Amer-ica’s economy was vastly expand-ing, from loans to European coun-tries such as Britain and France. The growing economy allowed industry to grow and the develop-ment of products for Europe. The American quality of life improved exponentially and people wanted fun at parties. When Prohibition was introduced people still wanted alcohol and speakeasies opened.

History can be a challenging subject, as it involves having to infer and deduce information and meaning from a variety of different sources We have used sources such as cartoons and newspaper articles from the time, as the media plays a big role in documenting history.

The small classes and caring learning environment here means that you will never be left out, and teachers will always give advice to help students’ knowledge blossom. Everyone has different learning styles, and at BSW, students are given the opportunity to find the technique that is right for them to make the learning experience as effective as possible.

— Nathaniel Balch, Year 10 Washington (ninth-grader)

Deal Middle SchoolAt Alice Deal we have a great

robotics program. We share a fun community and talk with each other about good designs and different programs that allow our robots to do amazing things.

In robotics club many different students come and partner up with different people already in the club. With your partner in the club you both work together to create the ultimate robot. We have robot bat-tles to see which robot is the best among us. Soon we are building this obstacle course with different stuff our robots have to do to see which of us has the best robot.

When you start your robot it

may be a bit frustrating but it will all come into place eventually. In order to build a robot you need a brick, which is basically the moth-erboard, and motors to move the wheels. The teacher who teaches this club is Dr. Slocumb.

— Daniel Chineme, seventh-grader

Eaton Elementary John Eaton fifth-graders recently started studying the Civil War, which was a fight between the North and the South based on slav-ery. It lasted from 1861 to 1865. Our class went to Tudor Place in Georgetown to learn about D.C. during that time. Tudor Place is a big fancy house and garden that was owned by Mar-tha Washington’s granddaughter. We went in lots of rooms that had many antiques and learned about the history of the house by doing skits. We found out that during the Civil War, big houses were used as hospitals. The owner of Tudor Place didn’t want her home to be a hospi-tal so she turned it into a boarding house for Union soldiers even though she was from the South. We did a skit about a slave who escaped from the South and then worked at Tudor Place for 44 years. We saw objects, such as a bullet maker, tea-cups and a fan that women used to keep cool and also to fan away bad smells by spraying perfume on it! We walked around Georgetown and saw a cemetery where Abraham Lincoln’s son was buried. Spies were buried there too. We saw an area that was a camp for soldiers but is now a boring old parking lot. We saw houses where slaves lived and worked. We wonder if the peo-ple that live in those houses now know all those stories.

— Brianna Bergfalk and Annie Caroline Wright, fifth-graders

Edmund Burke School Clubs are a terrific interactive experience where all of your club members come together to discuss what they would like to accomplish in the club and then carry it out for the school year. At Burke, if you make a club with enough people then you may receive up to $100 for your club to get props or materi-als or whatever is needed. There are all sorts of clubs at Burke, including a Minecraft club for gamers, a smoothie-making club for fresh drink lovers, language clubs for lin-guists, sports clubs for athletes and many others. You need a proctor/teacher to advise the group and then you begin to recruit people on a special day termed “expo day.” Some clubs don’t always work out or maybe just prosper for the first year. Some clubs are traditional for Burke meaning they have been here for a very long time. An example of this is movie club where people go chill and watch and discuss movies.

Clubs mostly meet on club day although some get together after school or during lunch period. Did you ever want to have a club that would meet outside and play games? Have you wanted to learn about water problems in Africa? Do you love Latin and Greek? Well, you’re interested, so now join a club or make a new one!

— Aidan Bryar, eighth-grader

Georgetown Day School Students have already begun counting down the days until winter break, which as of today can be counted on two hands. While the excitement for the upcoming holi-days is in full force, students have also moaned of compiling major assignments in the coming days. Last Friday, Dr. Amy Lehman, founder of the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic, spoke at an assembly. Dr. Lehman discussed her experiences running a hospital aboard a ship that serves millions of people living in the isolated Lake Tanganyika regions of central Afri-ca. The vessel spends one to two weeks in each community, where the medical team provides medical and surgical services and also con-ducts training to further develop the local health care infrastructure. The seventh annual World AIDS Day Cabaret took place last Friday. The annual event showcased 15 musical acts while indulging the audience with dinner food and des-serts. The revenue generated from the tickets sold was donated to Metro Teen AIDS, an organization that educates and counsels young D.C. adults about HIV and AIDS. The animated occasion has raised nearly $10,000 in recent years. In sports, the boys varsity bas-ketball team recently defeated Model, St. Anselm’s and Washing-ton Waldorf to bring its season record to 3-1. The girls varsity bas-ketball team was recently victorious over St. Andrew’s and Model to bring its season record to 2-2. Our coed wrestling and swimming teams also won last week.— Carlton Marshall II, 12th-grader

Holy Trinity School We were asked to think about what the Examen means to us. The Examen is an important part of my school day because it’s a quiet reflection on what my day was like. Sometimes, we do something called “guided imagery.” This means our teacher, Mr. Rook, will have us imagine that we’re somewhere else and that Jesus is there in mind and body. Would he be proud of us and how we acted that particular day? Would he smile at us and our choic-es that day? Could we have done better? We are also grateful for peo-ple and God in our lives. I think a lot about my mistakes and troubles and just let them go. I enjoy experiencing the Examen differently each year with my new teachers. I think they have different ways of praying to God, just like I

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ANC 3ETenleytownAmerican University Park

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, in the library at Janney Elementary School, 4130 Albemarle St. NW. Agenda items include:■ discussion of and possible vote on a resolution regarding a proposed addition to Janney Elementary School. (The D.C. Department of General Services will hold a meeting from 7 to 7:30 p.m. in the same room to present its plans.)■ police report.■ presentation by at-large D.C. Council member David Catania, chair of the Education Committee, on education policy in D.C.■ presentation and possible vote on a resolution on a public space applica-tion by Douglas Development for the Babe’s Billiards site.■ announcements/open forum. For details, visit anc3e.org.

ANC 3/4GChevy Chase

The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, at the Chevy Chase Community Center, Connecticut Avenue and McKin-ley Street NW. For details, send an email to chevychaseanc3@verizon.net or call 202-363-5803.

ANC 4AColonial VillageShepherd ParkCrestwood

At the commission’s Dec. 3 meeting: ■ commissioners voted 7-0, with Acqunetta Anderson abstaining, to adopt an annual grant limit of $5,000, with a cap of $500 for each grantee. Commission chair Dwayne Toliver said grants can go only to nonprofits but it is not necessary for them to have federally recognized 501(c)(3) status.■ Jose Reyes, the landlord of Sun-shine Bar & Restaurant at 7321 Georgia Ave., reported that the establishment had broken the terms of its lease and will be leaving once court action is completed, potentially by the end of January.■ commissioners voted 7-0, with Aqcunetta Anderson abstaining, to establish an ad hoc committee to meet with the Metropolitan Police Department regarding recent bur-glaries and car break-ins in the area. Anderson said she has a plan to address the problem and asked to chair the committee, but that request was denied. ■ Matthew Chalifoux of the archi-tectural firm EYP and Clifton Sea-groves of the U.S. State Department discussed plans for the 45 acres of the Walter Reed Army Medical Cen-ter site that will be used by foreign missions. The State Department will own the land and lease it to the foreign missions, which will own the build-

ings, Chalifoux said. The develop-ment process is expected to last about 20 years. Once a plan is pre-pared, there will be a public com-ment period as well as an open house. The master plan should be completed by the end of 2014 and will include design guidelines for the embassies, he said. Seagroves said the streets will not be gated. And unlike the embassy area of Sheridan-Kalorama, there will be ample parking. ■ commissioners voted unanimous-ly to recommend that a stop sign be installed on Alaska Avenue at the corner of Floral Street due to the dif-ficulty of crossing Alaska, as neither pedestrians nor drivers on Floral can see traffic on Alaska.■ commissioners unanimously appointed commissioner Karrye Braxton to work with the D.C. Department of Transportation to improve pedestrian safety at the cor-ner of Georgia and Missouri ave-

nues. Braxton said she has observed numerous vehicles not stopping at the crosswalk for pedestrians.■ commissioner Acqunetta Ander-son reported she had organized a public safety committee to work on issues during the Kalmia Road cul-vert reconstruction. She reported there will only be limited construc-tion work during the winter. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, at Fort Ste-vens Recreation Center, 13th and Van Buren streets NW. For details, call 202-450-6225 or visit anc4a.org.

ANC 4CPetworth/16th Street Heights

The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, at the Petworth Library, 4200 Kan-sas Ave. NW. For details, call 202-723-6670 or visit anc4c.org.

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Chevy Chase Citizens Association Tomorrow night, join us for the Chevy Chase Citizens Associa-tion’s next meeting, at the Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Ave. NW, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will feature updates from the association’s president and from at-large D.C. Council mem-ber David Grosso. In addition, we will vote on a proposed update of our bylaws. Finally, as part of a holiday celebration of community, we will serve refreshments, including food provided by business members Arucola Osteria Italiana, Magruder’s, Parthenon Restaurant and Sub-way. All are welcome to attend. The Chevy Chase Community Center is also a collection site for a coat drive sponsored by the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation through Dec. 20. Coats will be donated to the Salvation Army and will be distributed to D.C. families in need. On another subject, it is important, especially this time of year, for our community to support the local businesses that form an essential part of our neighborhood. The shops and restaurants along Connecticut Avenue and adjoining blocks in particular help create a vibrant “Main Street” for our Chevy Chase D.C. community throughout the year. During this holiday season, please remember these establishments, especially our business members, when you shop for and dine with family and friends. For a list of our business members, visit chevychasecitizens.org and click on “Business Corner.” In other news, the Ward 4 Holiday Party, hosted by D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser, is on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m., at St. John’s College High School, 2607 Military Road NW. Guests are asked to bring a new coat for a Ward 4 student (boys or girls, sizes 2T to 18). To RSVP, or for more information, contact Shayne Wells at 202-724-8052 or swells@dccouncil.us.

— Jonathan Lawlor

Shepherd Park Citizens Association There was a large gathering of neighbors at Shepherd Elementary School last Wednesday to meet the developers selected to undertake the redevelopment of the surplus portion of the former Walter Reed site. D.C. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Victor Hoskins introduced Hines-Urban Atlantic-Trident Joint Venture, which was chosen from a short list of three highly qualified joint ven-tures. The PowerPoint slides for the meeting can be found at walter-reedlra.com/community-meetings. Members of the joint venture have participated locally in D.C. projects such as CityCenterDC and Rhode Island Row. They have titled the project “The Parks at Walter Reed.” Martine Combal and Jason Cross of the deputy mayor’s office joined the development team to answer neighbors’ questions and update the project timeline. The next steps include U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approval and conveyance of the land rights from the Army. While all parties wish to move quickly on the redevelopment, it could be 2015 or later before any demolition or con-struction begins. The D.C. Council, deputy mayor’s office and master developer all stressed their strong interest in continuing citizen engagement as the project progresses.

— Tim Shuy

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At halftime of Edmund Burke’s girls bas-ketball game Friday night, an assistant coach took sophomore center Kayla Hinderlie aside and helped with her post moves in the paint. “I was working on the high-low play,” Hinderlie said of the warm-up session in the game against Field School. “They were telling me to look for the shot and the other post player so we could get some good high-low action.” The Bengals coaches also wanted to change the sophomore’s mindset. “We just told her to be more aggressive and really go at the bas-ket,” said coach Mike McQuaid. “I think she was deferring to her teammates a lot in the first half and trying to get them shots instead of being her aggressive self.” The extra reps paid dividends in the second half as Hinderlie scored 14 of her 20 points and powered the Bengals to a 38-21 victory over their biggest rivals. “It feels pretty good,” said Hinderlie. “It’s nice to come off with a second win. I think

we’ll just go up from here.” Aside from Hinderlie’s standout perfor-mance, Burke junior forward Dominique Joe had eight points, and junior point guard Alexis Pound had six. Field, meanwhile, was led by junior forward Saige Honig’s 13 points. The rivals spent the first half in a close game, but right before halftime Burke took a 14-10 lead. Field wouldn’t come any closer. After switching to a zone defense, the Bengals kept the Falcons scoreless in the period. “We went to a zone and they struggled from the outside shooting,” said McQuaid. “It helped us because we were getting into foul trouble a little bit. It worked out pretty well. That was a big transition for us.” The team’s 2-0 start and its strong leaders — Pound, guard Alex Jones and forward Gil-lian Rosenzweig-Stein — seem like cause for optimism this season. “I think we’ll have a really competitive team in the PVAC this year,” said McQuaid. The Bengals will look to keep their perfect record intact when they travel to play Grace Brethren on Thursday afternoon at 4:30.

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By BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

In the past, when Gonzaga’s bas-ketball team needed a critical shot, motivation, fiery leadership or snacks distributed at games, it would turn to Kris Jenkins — at least for three of those four tasks. Jenkins was the unquestioned leader of last year’s squad, and it was often said that he did everything but pass out the popcorn. Coming into this season, the Eagles need to fill a major void, with Jenkins now playing at Villanova University. Finding someone to hand out popcorn is easy; replacing Jenkins isn’t. But Gonzaga is confi-dent that it can move on. “Every year it’s the same ques-tion,” said coach Steve Turner. “New guys come in, and the veterans roll on to college. We’ve never been a one-trick pony and I say it all the time: We’re a team. It’s going to be the sum of our parts this year.” Without last year’s Washington Catholic Athletic Conference and D.C. Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year, the Eagles come into this season as an underdog. It’s unfamil-iar territory for the perennial power, but they’re embracing it. “Sometimes it’s a little fun to be the hunter instead of being the hunt-ed,” said Turner. The Eagles feel ready to face that challenge. “Without Kris, it’s a big loss. But there are other pieces to the puzzle, too,” said senior forward Jordan

Abdur-Ra’oof. “We’re still a team. This year without that one player to go to, a lot of players have had to step up to fill that void.” And the cupboard is hardly bare on I Street. The Eagles return highly recruited junior guard Bryant Craw-ford, who missed some time with injuries last year but will direct the

team’s offensive attack this season. “Coming off his injury it seems like he’s a lot more athletic,” said Turner. “He stayed in the weight room and got himself stronger. He’s bigger than he was before he got hurt. He’s really becoming our lead-er right now.” The coach also praised Abdur-Ra’oof, who has committed to play for Cornell. “He’s gotten stronger,” Turner said. “He’s improved his jump shot. He’s going to surprise a lot of people because he can do more things than just dunk on people. We expect him to be a leader. We need his leader-ship.” The team will also see senior forward RaMond Hines stepping into an expanded role. Hines had a particularly good outing against Georgetown Prep on Dec. 1 that

caught Turner’s attention. On the court, the biggest hole to fill will be in the post — Jenkins’ old domain. So far the task has fallen to power forwards Bradley Jacks, a senior, and Sam Miller, a junior. “Kris Jenkins was their kryp-tonite last year,” said Turner, refer-ring to the limited action Jacks and Miller saw taking a back seat to Jenkins. “Now they have to step up and do their part. Those are the two guys that I think are going to pick up the scoring for us.” Jacks and Miller have already begun to jell as a unit in the paint. “We have a great chemistry,” said Jacks. “We talk a lot during the game and work well in the post.” The Eagles will also bring in some new faces to the varsity roster, including freshman guard Chris Lykes, who has emerged as a major threat after putting up 19 points against O’Connell on Dec. 3. With so many moving parts on the team, the Eagles’ focus is on improving with hopes to peak in February during the postseason. “I think we’re going to have some games early on that we win that people don’t expect us to win, and we’re going to lose some games that people don’t expect us to lose,” said Turner. “But as long as we can grow together and become the best team we can be in February, that’s when we have to be at our best.” The Eagles are off to a 1-2 start and will continue their season Friday at 5 p.m. when they host Lafayette, a Kentucky school.

Gonzaga enters season in unfamilar role

Brian Kapur/The CurrentFreshman guard Chris Lykes has stepped into the Eagles rotation as a key role player. Gonzaga is 1-2 so far this season but expects to get on a roll by the time the playoffs draw near.

Burke powers past PVAC rival Field

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Brian Kapur/The CurrentBurke sophomore center Kayla Hinderlie scored a game-high 20 points in Friday’s win.

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After losing to Edmund Burke at home last season, Field’s boys bas-ketball players wanted to make sure they protected their home court this year. And they did: The Falcons knocked off the Bengals 53-45 Fri-day night to move to 4-0 on the sea-son and 3-0 in the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference. “It’s a huge win for us in terms of momentum,” said Field head coach Ryan Reese. “It’s always fun to beat Burke and to play well on your home court in front of our fans.” Field was led by junior Eli Weissler, who had 14 points. “Eli is a super smart player and a heady player,” said Reese. “We can count on him to get our team in the right mindset.” Freshman point guard Cooper Macklin and senior forward Benja-min Rubenstein each added 12 points to the Falcons’ tally, while Burke was led by junior guard Nigel Smith’s 17 points and junior guard Enzi Gregory’s 11 points. “I was really happy with how we won,” said Reese. “I feel like we played our game and executed. More importantly, we’re a team that’s built on defensive effort and rebounding.” Although Field ended up with a comfortable win, the Bengals had the upper hand in the early going. Burke led Field by seven points early in the second quarter, but then Macklin sparked a rally. The fresh-man point guard scored twice and dished out a layup to swing the momentum and give the Falcons a 17-14 lead by halftime. “He’s going to be the next big thing,” said Reese. “Every game for him so far he has done a really nice job of progressing. He single-hand-edly pulled us back in the second quarter.” During intermission, the team committed to attacking the basket

rather than settling for jump shots. “We were being more patient and taking the ball to the rim more,” said Weissler. “In the first half we were waiting back too much. In the sec-ond half we really took it to them.” After the break, the Falcons used their newfound brawn — junior for-ward Connor Madan — to control the boards and lock down on defense. “He was actually a guard for us last year and, I’m not exaggerating, grew six inches over the summer and put on 15 pounds of muscle,”

said Reese. While Madan was anchoring the defense, Rubenstein helped put the game out of reach in the fourth quar-ter with clutch free throws. “Ben is our spark plug,” said Reese. “He relies so much on inten-sity and high effort. When he got into the lane, [he] drew some fouls and finished with his free throws — that really put us over the top in the fourth quarter.” Field will be back in action when it hosts Saint Anselm’s tonight at 6.

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Girls basketballSidwell 48, Friends 36WIS 39, Field 37Riverdale Baptist 87, Bell 27Cesar Chavez 46, Coolidge 30

Wilson 50, GDS 15Friendship Collegiate 51, Bell 48Oakcrest 26, WIS 25Burke 28, Field 21GDS 40, Holton-Arms 37Bell 50, Friendly 41Sidwell 36, Episcopal 31St. John’s 59, St. Joseph 53

Wilson 54, MCS Charter 45Episcopal 65, GDS 50Visitation 86, Coolidge 47

Boys basketballField 51, Washington Christian 39O’Connell 75, Gonzaga 73

Jewish Day 77, WIS 77The Heights 88, GDS 59Field 51, Sandy Spring 45St. John’s 109, Laurel 68Wilson 66, South Lakes 56Friendship Collegiate 69, Bell 62Sidwell 52, Evangel Christian 47Field 53, Burke 45

St. Stephen’s 61, Maret 57Takoma Academy 67, St. Albans 58John Paul the Great 76, Walls 53Cesar Chavez 63, Sidwell 57St. Rita 69, Gonzaga 58St. John’s 100, The Heights 61

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Gonzaga D.C. Classic this weekend The 25th annual Gonzaga D.C. Classic Basketball tournament will tip off Friday and conclude Sunday. Event proceeds go to a slew of Gonzaga’s charity efforts, including nonprofits like So Others Might Eat. The local squads joining Gonzaga in this year’s bracket include Coolidge and Cesar Chavez. The first day of action will be at Gonzaga, while Saturday and Sunday’s action takes place at American University’s Bender Arena. Tickets are $5 for students or youths and $10 for

adults per day; tournament passes are $25 for adults and $15 for students or youths.

St. Albans to host basketball tourney The Bulldogs will host the annual Bishop John T. Walker Invitational Basketball Tournament at St. Albans, beginning Thursday and wrapping up Satur-day. Proceeds from the event go to Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys, an Episcopal school in Southeast that serves children of low-income families. Northwest D.C. schools participating in the tourna-ment include St. Albans, Bell, Maret and Roosevelt. Tickets for each day are $5; a weekend pass is $10.

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The three-bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom home at 1321 Naylor Court is now on the market for $1,695,000.

The Naylor Court Stables devel-opment, with its units connected within a single red-brick structure, honors the equestrian heritage of the alley during the horse-and-buggy era. “This was born for this site,” said Sean Ruppert, principal of project developer OPaL.

The alley’s historical signifi-cance, coupled with D.C.’s recent population boom, has attracted more development to this corner of Shaw. Many of Naylor Court’s existing old stables have been con-verted to residences or offices, such as the building around the corner at

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Each residence’s interior has a modern classic design with a hint of farmhouse charm, with white wooden panel doors and black and white basketweave tiles in the full bathrooms.

In the available unit, the front entryway leads directly to the kitch-en, which is filled with sleek white-gloss cabinetry and stainless steel appliances. Around the corner are a powder room and closet.

Adjacent to the kitchen is the dining room, with a bench/plan-ning desk along the wall. Bordered by two columns, the living room features beamed ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook

the courtyard and carriage house-style garage. There’s also a door-way to the courtyard from this main area.

Across from the kitchen and din-ing room is a white-paneled stair-way leading to the upper levels. On the second floor are two of the three bedrooms, both with walk-in clos-ets. The first bedroom, right off the landing, has enlarged windows overlooking the front and a door to the adjacent hallway bathroom.

The master suite features walls of glass looking onto the courtyard. The bathroom evokes country themes, as does the one in the hall-way.

The top level is an open space

that can serve as a study or another living area. It offers access to an L-shaped roof terrace looking over Naylor Court — a space larger than the ones provided with The Year-ling’s other two units. The third bedroom, with its own private bath, is also up here. From this floor, a skylight pours sunshine down to the staircase.

Down in the basement is a recre-ation room, with high ceilings and white paneled walls. The space also includes another full bathroom and a laundry area.

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In the shared courtyard, ivy will soon cover the south wall and crepe myrtles will line each residence. Once the landscaping is complete, a motorized gate to this back area will be fully functional.

This three-bedroom, four-and-half-bathroom home located at 1321 Naylor Court NW is offered for $1,695,000. For details contact Sean Ruppert of OPaL at 301-320-3979 or sean@opaldc.com.

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level. The commission’s draft report said that would cost the city $15.8 million in the first year, but support-ers say it could actually increase revenue because some wealthy peo-ple would choose to remain in the city or re-establish residence as they age. ■ Imposing a “local services fee” on employers amounting to $100 per employee each year. The commis-sion initially considered imposing a payment in lieu of taxes for nonprof-

its only, but the nonprofits — which are currently exempt from most tax-ation — lobbied against the idea. The new fee would catch all employ-ers, but for-profit firms might recoup the loss with other business tax cuts.■ Raising the general sales tax from 5.75 percent to 6 percent, and extending it to certain services, including construction contractors, carpentry, storage, barbers and beau-ticians, carpet and upholstery clean-ing, health clubs and tanning studios,

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to the inevitable and, as the suppos-edly final meeting came to a close, delayed its vote again. “There’s clearly a lack of consen-sus,” said Williams. “Let’s use addi-tional time to reformulate the pack-age, and recirculate it to the world. I don’t want to slap something togeth-er 10 minutes before I have to

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teachers,” he said. As mayor, Shallal would also seek to de-emphasize standardized testing, which he describes as a punitive means of assessment for students and teachers alike. He said he wor-ries about the sheer number of school days required for preparation and examination. “To me, those days are a loss — a loss of learning, of creativity, of imagination,” he said. More broadly, Shallal finds fault with D.C.’s much-vaunted focus on school choice, saying education shouldn’t be driven by a mar-ketplace. “In the market, you have people at the top

and people at the bottom. You’re always going to have people at the bottom. That doesn’t seem right,” he said. To that end, Shallal proposes a moratorium on school closings, explaining his stance in a campaign statement on education policy: “The truth is parents don’t so much want choice as they want good neighborhood schools within easy walking or biking distance of where they live,” the statement reads. “Charter schools are here to stay, but should not be in a position to compete directly with and destroy neighborhood schools.” All of these positions place Shallal at odds with D.C.’s education establishment. Though he has declined to say whether he would

replace Henderson as chancellor if he were elected, Shallal has explicitly argued that he is “the only candidate who is committed to mak-ing changes before it’s too late.” He has also proposed several original school initiatives. The first is the creation of a six-week sum-mer academy to ensure students learn about “life skills” like conflict resolution and appro-priate behavior before entering middle school. “I would eventually like to make it manda-tory,” Shallal said, arguing that the academy would foster cultural cohesion between stu-dents of different backgrounds. He also believes the training could be provided by area universities at no cost to taxpayers. Another proposal from Shallal would cre-

ate a more robust civics curriculum for D.C. students in their senior year of high school. Shallal wants seniors spending more time examining local legislation, hearing from Dis-trict politicians and taking field trips to the Wilson Building. As an incentive to get them engaged, he proposes that D.C. follow the example of Takoma Park, Md., and lower the voting age a year or two. “Young kids start driving at 16, so I don’t see why they couldn’t start voting at 16 or 17, especially in local elections,” he said. “I believe in young people. I believe in their voice.” This is the second article in a series explor-ing key policy goals of mayoral candidates.

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Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus are constant, but everything else is up for grabs in the

Washington National Cathedral’s annual exhibit of nativity scenes from around the world, on view through Jan. 12 in the lower-level crypt. Take, for example, a crèche from Nepal made of cornhusks, in which the Three Wise Men are portrayed as a Buddhist monk, a Hindu priest and a Sherpa holy man. It is one of 100 miniature nativity scenes from 50 countries and 12 U.S. states on display from a collection of some 800 received by the Cathedral as gifts over the

years. These variations on a theme attest to the universality of the Christmas story, but also to the need of diverse cultures to interpret it in their own way. So a tour of the exhibit may seem like a Yule-tide visit to many distant lands. A crèche from Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous Central Asian country once part of the Soviet Union, reveals the nomadic character of the region’s people by placing the holy family outside a yurt, the tra-ditional transportable dwelling of the shepherds living there. Made of white felt, the figures also include animals that symbolize desirable attributes. The horse signifies power, the camel stands for perse-verance, the donkey indicates

patience and the goat and sheep indicate prosperity. One of the more unusual crèches is from Poland. Called a Szopka, this nativity is in the form of a fanta-sy church facade, con-structed of cardboard and brightly colored foil. The Christ child lies in a semi-circular apse at the bottom, with Joseph to the right holding his shepherd’s

crook and Mary to the left. Even less traditional is a small

crèche from Peru that shows Mary, Joseph and their child seated atop a crowded public bus. Some of the more spectacular displays include a blown-glass crèche from Italy called a presepio, featuring pastel colors, an irides-cent finish and a modernist design. Also from Italy and equally impressive, though markedly dif-ferent in style and material, is an elaborate papier-mâché reconstruc-tion of a famous Neapolitan crèche from the 18th century. Hands down, the most elaborate scene shows a French village from the early 19th century. Separate works made of pottery have been assembled together to represent houses, a bridge and a windmill, amid which are human figures known as santons, or little saints. The larger figures, including the holy infant and his parents, are set in the front, while the smaller ones such as the Wise Men stand at the back, suggesting perspective. Navajo traditions are portrayed in two crèches from Arizona, fea-turing such figures as chiefs in full regalia portraying the Wise Men, and Christ swaddled like a papoose. An example from Alaska includes Wise Men approaching by kayak and dog sled, while a moose, reindeer, walrus and polar bear watch over a traditional lodge-house manger. The Washington National Cathedral’s crèche exhibit will continue through Jan. 12 in the crypt on the lower level. A nativity pageant, open to chil-dren of all ages, will take place Dec. 21 at 2 p.m., with a rehearsal at 1:30 p.m. Pageant participants should come dressed as shepherds, angels and animals. Halos will be provided. Located at 3101 Wiscon-sin Ave. NW, the Cathedral is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-537-6200.

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As Christmas draws near, a varied slate of markets, per-formances and holiday-

themed house tours are underway throughout Northwest. Here’s a sampling:■ The Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens will host its annual Russian Winter Festival Dec. 14 and 15. Spotlighting Grandfather Frost and his granddaughter the Snow Maiden, the festival will offer a chance to meet and pose for pic-tures with the characters, a hands-on art activity, shopping, dining and more. The winter festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 14 and 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 15. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $15 for seniors, $12 for members, $10 for students, and $5 for children 6 through 18; they are free for children under age 6.

Hillwood is located at 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807; hillwoodmuseum.org.■ St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School will host a “Gifts for Good” Alternative Holiday Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 14 at the school’s gym, 4701 Whitehaven Parkway NW. Attendees can make donations to more than 35 local, national and international charities in exchange for token gifts, which can be given as holiday presents.■ Thirty local artists, craftspeople and food vendors will gather in Pet-worth for the Upshur Street Hand-made Arts & Crafts Fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 14. The event, in the 800 block of Upshur, will feature pottery, wood-en jewelry, scarves, paintings, pho-tos, edible gifts and more. The Delafields, Herb Scott Trio, Elena & Los Fulanos, and Paperhaus will

perform. For details, visit tinyurl.com/upshur-fair.■ The Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement Dis-trict will present a free Santa Cele-bration from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12 at 5th and K streets NW. The event will feature photo ops with Santa for kids, dogs and adults, as well as free dog treats, candy canes, mulled cider and dessert. It will also serve as a collection point for toys for the Central Union Mis-sion’s Operation Christmas Miracle program (missiondc.org/toys).■ The Keegan Theatre will host its annual holiday show “An Irish Carol” Dec. 13 through 31. Set in a modern Dublin pub, Matthew Keenan’s play is an hom-age to the Dickens classic. “An Irish Carol” follows one evening in the life of David, a wealthy pub owner who has lost touch with his

own humanity in the interest of self-protection and material success. But on this Christmas Eve, his life may change forever. Tickets cost $30 to $35. The Keegan Theatre is located at 1742 Church St. NW. 703-892-0202; keegantheatre.com.■ Weichert, Realtors, will host a toy drive through Dec. 13, collect-ing gifts for financially and physi-cally disadvantaged children at local offices, including 5034 Wis-consin Ave. NW. weichert.com.

■ Georgetown will host the light-based works of four international artists Dec. 13 through 20 in “Fete Des Lumieres Georgetown,” inspired by the Festival of Lights in Lyon, France. Luisa Alvarez will present “Ciu-dad Habitad,” a collection of lit mannequins in whimsical poses, and “Floating Lights,” an interac-tive light wall, throughout the festi-val. The Theoriz Crew will present “Larsen 3G,” a collection of inter-

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If Thomas and Martha Custis Peter were immortal and still lived in their early 19th-century

estate in Georgetown, they would adorn the mantels and staircases with evergreen at Christmastime. To spruce up that traditional decor for the present day, they would proba-bly add scintillating colors and elec-trical lights. In “Red, Green & Gold, The New and the Old: Tudor Place Sparkles for Christmas,” Tudor Place Historic House and Garden decorated the main floor of the Peters’ grand home around this theme of reimagining how the prominent Washingtonians — son

of the first mayor of Georgetown and granddaughter of former first lady Martha Washington — might have decorated their residence in 2013. “We’ve done historical period Christmas installations in the past, but we thought we’d go outside the box and try to imagine what the family could’ve done during the present day,” said curator Erin Kuykendall.

This year, the museum worked with local interior designer John Peters Irelan, a longtime Washing-tonian who has embellished several rooms inside the U.S. Supreme Court building with holiday decor. At Tudor Place, he offered guidance on how to brighten up the otherwise plain-looking decorations of the

Peters’ day. “If you go back to 19th-century

decorations, they didn’t do much,” said Irelan, also a patron of the museum. “When they do period

decorations, they’re kind of dull for the 21st-century eye. Let’s pretend that the family is still living in the house. Let’s puff it up and make it sparkle and brighter using reflective

colors to bring more of the Christ-mas atmosphere.” Kuykendall said the idea for modernizing Tudor Place for the holidays was Irelan’s, and that he also came up with the installation’s name. “He approached us over the summer. That’s when the staff start-ed brainstorming with him on how to freshen up the Christmas installa-tion,” she said. This year, adding contemporary pep to the golden yellow-clad parlor and drawing rooms are the sequined Christmas ball trees on the mantel. And next to the drawing room win-dow is a brightly lit Christmas tree — a German-inspired custom not common in America before Eng-land’s Queen Victoria popularized it in the late 1800s. On the main floor, traditional Colonial Revival holiday decora-tions on tables include fruit topiar-ies, status symbols for wealthy households in the early 19th

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Kat Lucero/The CurrentTudor Place brightened the 19th-century parlor (left) and drawing room (above) by adding scintillating colors and a Christmas tree with electric lights.

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active video projections, and Chloe Yaiche will present “Zodiac,” an artistic display of constellations inspired by NASA satellite imagery, on Dec. 13 and 14. Other events will take place throughout the week; visit georgetowndc.com and click on “Events,” then “Holi-day Happenings” for details. The festival will coincide with the second annual Georgetown Hol-iday Window Competition, in which neighborhood merchants cre-ate holiday-themed window dis-plays using only four different materials. The festival is sponsored by the Georgetown Business Improvement District, Alliance Française de Washington, Art Soiree Productions, SPAIN Arts & Culture, The JBG Cos., Wallonie-Bruxelles Interna-tional and Electricite de France.■ The Duke Ellington School of the Arts will stage Langston Hughes’ “Black Nativity” through Dec. 15. The show retells the Nativity story and celebrates the African-American experience through gos-pel music, song and dance. The pro-duction features the choreography

of the late Mike Malone, the school’s co-founder and director of the regional holiday favorite during a seven-year run at the Kennedy Center. Malone’s protégés Kather-ine Smith and Tracie Jade Jenkins are co-directors of this year’s show, which draws on every arts disci-pline taught at Ellington. Before each show, the Ellington Theatre’s lobby will feature a Nativ-ity Village with costumed singers, dancers and musicians. Performance times vary. Tickets cost $25 to $40. The Duke Elling-ton School of the Arts is located at 3500 R St. NW. 202-337-4825; ellingtonschool.org.■ BUILD Metro DC will present a Holiday Sales Bazaar from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 17 at start-up incubator 1776, located on the 12th floor at 1133 15th St. NW.

Students involved in BUILD’s college-readiness program will pres-ent their own businesses and sell products as they compete for prizes from Microsoft. For details visit build.org/dc/bazaar. ■ Fahrney’s Pens is holding a “Letter to Santa” contest for chil-dren through Dec. 18, with the win-ner slated to receive a new Pelikan Twist Fountain Pen, Workbook and Practice Pad. Entrants are asked to show off their cursive penmanship. An entry will be selected at random on Dec. 20, and the prize will be mailed in time to arrive before Christmas. Entries may be placed in a mail-box at the store, located at 1317 F St. NW. They may also be mailed to Letter to Santa Contest, 8329 Old Marlboro Pike B13, Upper Marl-boro, MD 20772.

century. Evergreen kissing balls loom over the entryways of the par-lor and drawing room. Pulled from the museum collection, period stockings hang over the parlor’s fireplace, a custom that started after the poem “A Visit From St. Nicho-las” (best known for its first line “’Twas the night before Christ-mas”) was published in 1823.

In the dining room, Tudor Place showcases parts of its extensive col-lections of 2,000 pieces of silver-ware and 59 sets of China porce-lain, many more than two centuries old. To add more to the glittery theme, Irelan followed the Christ-mas custom of placing a single

lighted candle on each of the north-side windows, similar to the tradi-tions of Colonial Williamsburg dur-ing the holidays, he said. He donat-ed battery-operated candles with flameless wicks that flicker like real fire when they’re on. Tudor Place, located at 1644 31st St., unveiled the Christmas decor last Thursday at its quarterly themed-evening event that invites the public to view various aspects of the museum’s collection. The installation will also be a part of “Holidays Through History,” a multi-house tour taking place Sat-urday from 4 to 8 p.m. The ticketed event includes viewings at the Anderson House, 2118 Massachu-setts Ave.; the Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 S St.; and Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. For more infor-mation, visit tudorplace.org.

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do. When I finish the Examen each day, I feel peaceful and kind, and have more gratitude. When I pray the Examen, I feel more and more connected to God.

— Cami Bradshaw, fourth-grader

Hyde-Addison Elementary Nine Hyde-Addison Elementary School fourth-graders headed toward the National Portrait Gallery last month for a very special event — the Peopling Challenge Tourna-ment. GeoPlunge is a card game where you have to study geography. It is a fun way to learn geography. There are three main games: guess the state, race for the borders and play the ranks. Hyde-Addison students were competing for the first time against 11 other schools. Each school had three teams of three students, which made 108 stu-dents participating, including Hyde-Addison students. The Hyde-Addi-son GeoPlungers were Luca, Land-on, Camsey, Grace, Alyssa, Asha, Alex, Stuart and myself. Luca, Landon and I were unde-feated through our first 12 games. In the finals, we won the first game, but lost the tiebreaker. We came in second place. We earned a medal, a trophy and a bookmark that said “2nd place.” The team that came in first was a team of sixth-grade stu-dents from J.O. Wilson who have been practicing together for three

years. Although we lost, we still had fun playing geography games together as a team. Next time we will have had more experience and hopefully come in first place!

— Owen Nadler, fourth-grader

Lowell School Recently, Wendy Young, presi-dent of KIND (Kids In Need of Defense) came to speak to Lowell School’s seventh-graders about her job. Seventh-graders’ service learn-ing involves helping immigrant children because they are reading the book “Crossing the Wire” by Will Hobbs about a young Mexican boy who immigrates to the U.S. to earn money for his family. KIND works mainly with undocumented, unaccompanied minors. A lot of these kids are young, from 2 to 15 years old. They do not always speak English, and if they go to court, they are not always guaranteed a lawyer. KIND tries to find lawyers for them. If they can’t, the children might be deported. One of the youngest children they have helped was Fifi, a 5-year-old from Haiti. To raise money to help this orga-nization, the Lowell seventh-graders will be making spirit bracelets with the colors of our school and selling them, along with baked goods, at middle school basketball games, starting on Dec. 5. The proceeds will be donated to KIND and main-ly used to find lawyers for these children. The seventh-graders are also doing advocacy work by writ-ing to members of Congress, writ-

ing articles for newspapers and their school newsletter and talking to stu-dents in the primary school.

— Deniz Ertem, seventh-grader

Mann Elementary In first and third grades at Hor-ace Mann we are learning about babies and how people feel in Roots of Empathy. We have visits from real babies with their mothers and they show us how to soothe the baby. Their names are Baby Owen, Baby Micah, Baby Benedict and Baby John. We sit on a mat in a U shape and look at the baby and see what it does. We look at the baby’s emotions and we feel how the baby feels. We learned about why babies cry. When the baby comes into the class we sing a hello song. The baby is happy to hear the song. At the end of the class we all get to touch the baby’s feet! In fourth and fifth grades, we are excited to be using our new Smart Boards. But sometimes they don’t seem very smart. We play math games on them but sometimes they give us the answers! They have a lot of glitches and technical difficul-ties. In other news, our physical edu-cation teacher has received a certifi-cation to teach archery. Mr. Clasby is getting us bows, arrows and tar-gets. In the spring, some students (“only those with good self-con-trol,” Mr. Clasby says) will begin learning the skill of archery. We are really excited!

— Sylvia Hopkins, Frankie

Duporte, Immanuel Friday and Nico Sotoodehnia, first-graders;

Juliette Krevat, Ravi Miano, Sophie Reeves and Giada

Ghiaroni, third-graders; Eddie Cavallin, Matteo Caloia, Joseph Laroski and Theo Sotoodehnia,

fourth-graders; and Frederic Truslow, fifth-grader

Maret School In third grade, we’re working on our Japan projects. We each get to pick a topic. For example, I am doing schools, Harry is doing art, and John is doing government. We have been working hard for three weeks. We started researching with books and packets that Mr. Stone gave us. I got four thick packets and four mini pages with lots of facts. The worst thing I learned was that in Japan, the schools go from April to March, with only one month of summer break! Some other interesting facts are that there is a middle school named Obama Middle School and one school has 13 teachers and only 22 students in the whole school. Soon we are going to start making our posters. When we are done, we are going to show them to the whole grade.

— Katie Tibbits, third-grader

Murch Elementary In second grade we are learning the main topic of a multiparagraph for nonfiction text in Reading Workshop. It is important to know what you are reading. One strategy is to know that the main idea is

sometimes the first sentence. Some-times you can make a question out of the heading to find the main idea. In Writers Workshop second grade is learning poetry. So far we’ve learned stanza, alliteration and assonance. We are working hard on making poems of our own using a poet’s eye. In math we are learning how to add with regrouping and subtract with borrowing. We’ve also learned how to solve word problems. In social studies we are learning about different traditions. We learned about Thanksgiving, Diwa-li, Las Posadas, Kwanzaa, Rama-dan, Hanukkah and Christmas. We have been making things for each holiday. Our parents and all of Murch will come to see us perform our traditional songs.

— Katie Crouch, second-grader

Our Lady of Victory School In November the Our Lady of Victory fourth grade went on a field trip to the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore. We went because we were learning about space and the environment in our science classes. The fifth-graders came with us. For the first activity, we went into a classroom, sat at tables and each group of students made a wind turbine. We used supplies such as paper, foam, small paper cups, string and pipes. We learned that wind turbines make clean energy. Our next activity was in the planetarium. We watched a movie

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on the ceiling about the planets, sat-ellites and electricity. We ate lunch outside on the har-bor in the sun. Then we had a scav-enger hunt on the first floor of the museum. We got to check out a lot of cool places and exhibits. I really liked the dinosaur section because the museum has so many kinds and sizes. In another section, some of us went into a small booth that shows you what it feels like to be in a hur-ricane. I liked watching the screen that measured how fast the wind was going. The Science Center was great, and the bus ride home was fun too because the fourth-graders were louder than the fifth-graders.

— Anna Shirvinski, fourth-grader

Ross Elementary This weekend we have fundrais-ers: tree sale, bake sale and the book fair. I hope we can get money to upgrade our school. I hope kids can enjoy their Christmas trees, their baked goods and their books. We are getting ready for our guest readers from the U.S. Depart-ment of Interior. They read books to students in all grades as part of “Read Across America.” I support this idea because they help the kids read and enjoy books. In physical education class, we are learning physical stuff such as running, jogging, jumping and exer-cise. We are learning how physics helps us. I feel like it’s fun because we need exercise once in a while. I also enjoy how Mr. Neil, our PE teacher, teaches this stuff. It’s a lot for kids, but Mr. Neil says it its easy for us to understand. We are trying to publish the first edition of our school newspaper, The Roadrunner Post, before Dec. 18. I enjoy this idea of making a newspaper because we like writing and reading and we are trying to encourage kids to read more by try-ing to make a kids’ magazine. We are making kids smarter and they

don’t even notice it.— Jonathan Velasquez,

fifth-grader

St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day At St. Patrick’s, sixth-grade stu-dents are designing boats using a 3-D printer. First, we drew our ideas on paper and brainstormed in groups what we needed in order to make a functional boat. Then, we designed the boats on a computer with our groups using a program called 3DTin. Next, we pro-grammed the 3-D printer to make the shape we designed. The 3-D printer takes plastic from a roll on its back and melts the plastic like a hot glue gun, then extrudes it into the shape we designed. We are still in the progress of printing the boats, but we need to go back and fix mistakes. Some boats came out too small. Some are missing necessary pieces that all boats need. The boats have to have a little ring on top to hold the mast. The rings all have to be the same size, because we have one mast that should fit on every boat. We also need the boat to be able to carry a specified load. After we have made all of the boats, we will race them. Each boat will have a piece of paper on the mast for a sail. We will use a fan to make the boats go forward and put loads on our boats to see how much weight they can withstand. This has been a group challenge, because each group needs to work together to make the boat most successful.

— Ayer Richmond, sixth-grader

School Without Walls High School Rome, Tokyo, New Delhi, under the sea? Walls students have been everywhere. With the multitude of school trips and other travel oppor-tunities, Walls has become truly international. This year there have already been two official school trips, one to India and one to Rome, with plenty more to come. Not interested in any of the des-tinations that the school has to offer? No worries, there are other

options, too. Walls heavily pro-motes different opportunities avail-able for students for travel during the summer. Whether a monthlong service trip in Jamaica or a State Department-funded scholarship to study Mandarin in China, there are plenty of opportunities. Now, plenty of schools might have school trips to different loca-tions around the world, but Walls students manage to truly explore new territory when embarking on a trip with the scuba club. Two years ago students went scuba diving in the Cayman Islands and this year they plan to go either to Honduras or Mexico to explore the deep. Trips are also planned this year for Japan, England and possibly Brazil. There are no walls when it comes to students and travel here at SWW. Who knows where we’ll go next — space?

— Delmar Tarragó, 12th-grader

Sheridan School You may not know what to do with all of those shoeboxes you have lying around at home but at Sheridan we are committed to using them to help the less fortunate in our community. Every year around the holidays Sheridan holds an annual shoebox drive for Friendship Place. We take shoeboxes and fill them with toiletries that students donate and cards that were made by buddy grades at the school. That’s almost 100 shoeboxes that we donate each year. To kick off the project, each year we have a speak-er from Friendship Place come in to speak to the school about homeless-ness in D.C., and how we can help. If you have any spare shoeboxes, toiletries or winter coats around feel free to drop them off at Sheridan.

— Shonali Palacios and Dinah Benaka, seventh-graders

Stoddert Elementary We take part in Tudor Place activities and we are doing new his-torical plays. Every time we go to Tudor Place we learn about new things like slavery and the world’s wars and about Tudor Place and the people who lived there. We learn as we go along in time. We get a biog-raphy first to study. Right now, there are four plays and there are at least six people in each one. I’m Ian and I’m in the play about women getting the right to vote. I’m Caleb and I’m in the play about homecoming and I’m acting as Armistead Peter Jr. and I greet my son coming home from the war. It’s about wounded soldiers coming home and their stories. Tudor Place supervisors came to our class and we got our scripts. We rehearsed once. We did all four plays: “Women Get to Vote,” “Homecoming,” “Escape on the Pearl” and “The Early Capitol.” In the women getting to vote play, there are a few men who don’t want women to vote, but then they end up helping the women and the women get the right to vote.

— Ian Griffin and Caleb Barnett, fifth-graders

Wilson High School On Nov. 27, students and teach-ers were wrapping up classes — getting ready to go to the surprise pep rally for the football team in honor of their Turkey Bowl game the following day — when at about 2:40 p.m. the fire alarm went off. Administrators and security guards started yelling through the halls, “This is a real fire! Exit the building immediately!” Using what we have practiced in our monthly fire drills, we filed out of the build-ing and met our teachers and classes in our respective areas. As we hud-

dled together for warmth on the field, word spread that a chemistry class was doing an experiment using fire when the sprinklers went off. People also said a pipe burst, flooding the lab room and the sur-rounding hallways and classrooms. The fire department reacted quickly with several fire engines reporting to the scene. Luckily, there was no permanent damage and no one was hurt. It was a group effort, starting with the administrators and security guards making sure everybody got out of the building quickly and ending with the fire department making sure everybody was safe. This event was an example of the teamwork and strong community environment the Wilson Tigers possess, even during times of chaos.

— Erin Doherty, 10th-grader

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Concerts■ The “Holiday Lobbying” concert

series will feature the Washington Chorus. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-9100.

■ The Jamie McLean Band will per-form. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Ken-nedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Discussion■ Kathleen Wheaton will discuss her

book “Aliens & Other Stories,” a glimpse into the lives of exiles and wanderers and recipi-ent of the Washington Writers’ Publishers House Fiction Prize. 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

Films■ The Smithsonian American Art Muse-

um will present Dennis Hopper’s 1969 film “Easy Rider.” 6:30 p.m. Free. McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ The Inter-American Development Bank will present Andreas M. Dalsgaard’s 2012 film “The Human Scale — Bringing Cities to Life,” about Danish architect and urban planner Jan Gehl. A discussion will follow. 6:30 p.m. Free. Iglesias Auditorium, Inter-American Development Bank, 1330 New York Ave. NW. 202-623-1410.

■ The Global Lens film series will fea-ture Suman Ghosh’s 2012 film “Shyamal Uncle Turns Off the Lights.” 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1225.

■ GALA Hispanic Theatre’s REEL

Women Film Festival will feature the Mexi-can film “She Doesn’t Want to Sleep Alone (No quiero dormir sola).” The event will fea-ture a Q-and-A with director Natalia Beri-stain and a reception hosted by the Mexi-can Cultural Institute. 7 p.m. $10 donation suggested. GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174. The festival will contin-ue through Sunday.

■ The Lions of Czech Film series will feature Tomás Lunák’s 2011 film “Alois Nebel.” 8 p.m. $8.50 to $11.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

Performance■ The Step Afrika! dance ensemble will

present its “Magical, Musical Holiday Step Show.” 7:30 p.m. $15 to $35.50. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. Performances will contin-ue through Dec. 22.

Special events■ The ninth annual Downtown Holiday

Market will feature exhibitors, local food and live music. Noon to 8 p.m. Free admis-sion. Sidewalk of F Street between 7th and 9th streets NW, in front of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Por-trait Gallery. downtownholidaymarket.com. The market will continue through Dec. 23 from noon to 8 p.m. daily.

■ “ZooLights” will feature light displays, a model train exhibit, “snow tubing” tracks and live entertainment. 5 to 9 p.m. Free admission. National Zoo, 3001 Connecti-cut Ave. NW. 202-633-4470. The event will repeat each daily through Jan. 1 (except Dec. 24, 25 and 31).

Thursday, Dec. 12

Concerts■ The “Holiday Lobbying” concert

series will feature the Vienna-Falls Chorus, a barbershop-style a cappella women’s chorus. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylva-nia Ave. NW. 202-628-9100.

■ Austrian jazz bass clarinetist Ulrich Drechsler will perform with pianist Michael Tiefenbacher. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ A holiday music concert series will feature the Capital Accord Chorus perform-ing choral music. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Conser-vatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ The Leading European Composers series will fea-ture Slovenian composer Dusan Bavdek. 6:30 p.m. $15 to $30; reser-vations sug-gested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music.

■ NSO Pops will present “Happy Holi-days!” with Broadway’s Brian Stokes Mitch-ell. 7 p.m. $20 to $85. Concert Hall, Ken-nedy Center. 202-467-4600. The perfor-mance will repeat Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 1:30 and 8 p.m.

■ Iranian instrumentalist and dancer Saeid Shanbezadeh, Syrian saxophonist Basel Rajoub, Iranian percussionist Naguib Shanbehzadeh and guest artists will pres-ent “Sound: The Encounter — New Music From Iran and Syria.” 7:30 p.m. Free; tick-ets required. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gal-lery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-1000.

■ The Embassy Series will present the chamber group MiXt, featuring clarinetist José Franch-Ballester, violinist Jacob Beil-man and pianist Ran Dank. 7:30 p.m. $150. Spanish Ambassador’s Residence, 2300 Foxhall Road NW. 202-625-2361.

■ Caravan of Thieves and the Justin Trawick Duo will perform. 7:30 p.m. $15 to $19. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ Marvin Pinkert, executive director of

the Jewish Museum of Maryland, will dis-cuss “Manassas, Gettysburg, and Balti-more Street?” Noon. Free. McGowan The-ater, National Archives Building, Constitu-tion Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten will discuss “The Future of Our Public Schools.” Lun-cheon at 12:15 p.m.; program at 1 p.m. $10 to $30. Woman’s National Democrat-ic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.

■ Rust Deming, former U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia and a professorial lecturer of Japan studies at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss “The Evolving Role of Embassies in U.S. Foreign Policy.” 4:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 806, Rome Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts

Ave. NW. reischauer@jhu.edu.■ Korea analyst and author Robert

Carlin will discuss the re-release of School of Advanced International Studies scholar Don Oberdorfer’s book “The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History.” 6 p.m. Free; reser-vations required. Room 500, Bernstein-Offit Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW. uskoreainstitute.org.

■ Life coach Nadjejda Chapoteau will discuss “Living Our Values.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St. NW. 202-671-3121.

■ Sam Freedman will discuss his book “Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights,” and Ericka Blount Danois will dis-cuss her book “Love, Peace, and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America’s Favorite Dance Show.” 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Cul-len Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

■ Local sci-fi writer Bill Gourgey will dis-cuss “Nu Logic,” the second book in his acclaimed “Glide Trilogy.” 7 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW; 202-282-0021.

■ Local tour guide Tammy Belden will share interesting D.C. history and offer tips on touring historical sites. 7 p.m. Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-576-7252.

■ A discussion series on award-winning young fiction writers will focus on C.E. Mor-gan, “All the Living,” a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway First Fiction Book Award. 7 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.

Film■ The “Autumn in New York” series will

feature a movie set in the Big Apple. 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1225.

Performances■ Arts on the Horizon will present

“Drumming With Dishes: Holiday Edition!” 10:30 a.m. $8. Atlas Performing Arts Cen-ter, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. Perfor-mances will continue through Dec. 18.

■ Wilson High School will present the 1942 comedy “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” about a notorious talk show host who slips on the icy steps of a prominent Midwestern family and insists on recuper-ating in their home during the holidays. 7:30 p.m. $3 to $7. Black Box Stage, Wil-son High School, 3950 Chesapeake St. NW. wilsonhs.org. The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

■ The Duke Ellington School of the Arts will stage Langston Hughes’ “Black Nativi-ty,” a celebration of the African-American experience through gospel music, song and dance. 7:30 p.m. $25 to $40. Elling-ton Theatre, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, 3500 R St. NW. ellingtonschool.org. Performances will continue through Sun-day.

■ Washington Improv Theater will pres-ent “Seasonal Disorder,” a look at the seemingly unavoidable chaos that the holi-days deliver. 8 and 10 p.m. $12 to $30. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. 202-204-7770. Performances will continue through Dec. 28.

Special events■ The two-day Celebration of Mexico

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Thursday, DeCember 12■ Discussion: Yossi Klein Halevi (shown) will discuss his book “Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusa-lem and Divided a Nation” in conver-sation with New Republic editor Franklin Foer as part of the “Authors Out Loud” series. 7:30 to 9 p.m. $10 to $12. Washington DC Jewish Com-munity Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

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■ The Embassy of Denmark’s annual “Creative Christmas” open house will fea-ture an exhibit on the country’s expertise in water management and technology, a collection of original modern Danish furni-ture and photographs by Judith Glickman depicting the rescue of the Danish Jews in 1943. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. Danish Ambassa-dor’s Residence, 3200 Whitehaven St. NW. usa.um.dk.

■ The Newtown Foundation and the Washington National Cathedral will host a vigil service of mourning and loving remembrance for victims of gun violence. 3:45 p.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. nationalcathedral.org.

■ The Washington Peace Center will celebrate local activism with an awards gala, food, drink and music. 6:30 to 11 p.m. $15 to $200. St. Stephen & Incarna-tion Episcopal Church, 1525 Newton St. NW. tinyurl.com/activistawards2013.

Friday, Dec. 13

Concerts■ The Friday Morning Music Club will

present a concert of works by Scott Pend-er, Sharon Guertin Shafer, Mark Simon, Leslie Bennett and Ron Dicus. Noon. Free. Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202-333-2075.

■ The “Holiday Lobbying” concert series will feature the Sound Advice Quar-tet, a female barbershop quartet of the Vienna-Falls Chorus. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-9100.

■ Coral Cantigas will perform seasonal songs from Latin America, Spain and the United States. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Students of Esther Haynes will pres-ent a guitar, voice and banjo recital. 6 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326.

■ The Washington International Chorus will present a holiday concert. 7:30 p.m. Free. The United Church, 1920 G St. NW. 202-331-1495.

■ Pianist Burnett Thompson will pres-ent “Christmas in Vienna.” 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court. NW. christmasinvienna.eventbrite.com.

■ The Carroll Café will present the har-mony trio Brother Sun (shown) and opening act Steve & Peter Jones. 7:30 p.m. $20 to $25. Seekers Church, 276 Carroll St. NW. carrollcafe.org.

■ The Folger Consort will present “Christmas in New Spain: Early Music of Mexico and Peru,” featuring music by 16th- and 17th-century Latin American and Spanish composers for the Christmas sea-son featured alongside the lively rhythms of early baroque dances. 8 p.m. $50. Folg-er Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077. Performances will continue through Dec. 22.

■ Jonathan Byrd and the Pickup Cow-boys will perform. 8 p.m. $12 to $16. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ The Michael Thomas Quintet will per-form. 8 and 10 p.m. $17. Twins Jazz, 1344 U St. NW. twinsjazz.com. The concert will repeat Saturday at 8 and 10 p.m.

Discussions and lectures■ Artur Nowak-Far, undersecretary of

state at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will discuss “Overhaul of the Euro-pean Monetary Union: Diamond or Graph-ite?” 10 a.m. Free; reservations required. Room 500, Bernstein-Offit Building, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW. arturnowak-far.eventbrite.com.

■ Nicholas Basbanes will discuss his book “On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year-History.” Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Build-ing, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ Society of the Cincinnati library direc-tor Ellen Clark will discuss “A Receipt for a Cheap Soup,” a broadside with a recipe published in 1778 for the use of soldiers at Coxheath Camp in Kent, England. 12:30 p.m. Free. Society of the Cincinnati, Ander-son House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-785-2040.

Films■ GALA Hispanic Theatre’s REEL

Women Film Festival will feature the Span-ish film “Chrysalis (De tu ventana a la mía).” The event will feature a Q-and-A with director Paula Ortiz and a reception hosted by the Embassy of Spain. 7 p.m. $10 donation suggested. GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174.

■ The Freer Gallery of Art will host a screening of Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s 2002 film “Shadow Kill.” 7 p.m. Free. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-1000.

Performances■ The Washington Revels will present

the annual production of “The Christmas Revels: In Celebration of the Winter Sol-stice,” featuring music, dance and drama of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. 7:30 p.m. $12 to $50. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, 730 21st St. NW. 800-595-4849. The performance will repeat Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1 and 5 p.m.

■ Busboys and Poets will present the “11th Hour Poetry Slam,” hosted by 2Deep the Poetess. 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. $5. Langs-ton Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

Special events■ Glover Park Village’s “Friday Free-for-

All” series will feature a film or games, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.; and dinner, from 5 to 6 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. events@gloverparkvillage.org.

■ An opening night party with musical performances and video installations will celebrate the launch of “Fête des Lumières Georgetown,” a weeklong light festival inspired by the renowned event in Lyon, France. 9 p.m. $10; reservations required. Malmaison, 3401 K St. NW. francedc.org.

Saturday, Dec. 14

Children’s programs■ “Saturday Morning at the National”

will feature Bright Star Theatre performing

“Holidays From Around the World.” 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before each show. National The-atre, 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372.

■ “Shake Up Your Saturdays: Yuletide Shakespeare” will feature poetry, games and crafts (for ages 6 through 12). 10 to 11 a.m. Free. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077.

■ The National Gallery of Art will pres-ent the English-language version of the 2007 animated film “Christmas Story” (for ages 8 and older). 10:30 a.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215. The film will be shown again at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

■ A one-hour holiday workshop will fea-ture a tour of the historic Tudor Place man-sion and a chance to design and build an edible gingerbread house to take home (for ages 5 and older). 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. $10 to $12; free for accompanying adult. Reservations required. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org. The workshop will also be offered Dec. 19 and 20 at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

■ A holiday festival will feature craft activities, themed scavenger hunts, hot apple cider and festive music. 11:30 a.m.

to 3 p.m. Free. Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program on stars and constellations asso-ciated with Christmas and other holiday traditions. 1 to 1:30 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6224.

■ Asmae Otmani will lead a “Les délices de Noel” cooking workshop for ages 5 through 10. 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. $55. Alliance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyoming Ave. NW. francedc.org. The workshop will also be offered Dec. 21 at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.

Classes■ Dahn Yoga DC will present a one-

hour class on how to “Manage Your Energy With Yoga and Meditation.” 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Dahn Yoga DC, 700 14th St. NW. 202-393-2440.

■ A holiday workshop led by pastry

chef Beverly Bates will share tricks to build-ing and decorating the perfect gingerbread house. Proceeds will benefit the DC Cen-tral Kitchen. Noon to 2 p.m. $10 to $20; reservations required. RIS, 2275 L St. NW. 202-730-2500.

■ Psychotherapist and art therapist Rebecca Wilkinson will lead a workshop on “Reducing Stress: Identifying and Optimiz-ing Strengths.” 1 to 2:30 p.m. Free; reser-vations suggested. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-352-5225.

Concerts■ The National Gallery of Art’s annual

“Holiday Caroling” program will feature the Washington Chorus Outreach Singers. 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Free. West Building Rotunda, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The Cathedral Choral Society’s “Joy of Christmas” concert will feature perfor-mances by the Washington Symphonic

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“In Focus: Ara Güler’s Anatolia,” presenting 24 images of Anatolian monuments by one of Turkey’s most famous

photojournalists, will open Saturday at the Arthur m. Sackler Gallery and continue through May 4. Located at 1050 Independence Ave. SW, the gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000.■ The National Gallery of Art will exhibit one of the most famous works from antiquity, “Dying Gaul,” beginning tomor-row and continuing through March 16. Carved during the first or second century, the Roman sculpture is on loan from the Capitoline Museum in Rome and has never before been seen in the United States. Located at 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, the museum is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 202-737-4215.■ The Heurich Gallery will open an exhibit of paintings by Maryland artist James Hilleary with a reception today from 5:30 to 7 p.m. On view through March 4, the exhibit includes works spanning the long career of an artist often associated with the Washington Color School. Located at 505 9th St. NW, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 202-223-1626.■ “Mr. Lincoln’s Washington: A Civil War Portfolio,” featuring

large-format reproductions of original photographs, prints, drawings and maps that document how the Civil War affected life in the nation’s capital, will open Friday at the National Portrait Gallery and remain on view through January 2015. The gallery also recently opened “Yousuf Karsh: American Portraits,” highlighting images of famous Americans by the legendary photographer. It is being presented in two installa-tions — the first on view through April 27, and the second on view from May 2 through Nov. 2. Located at 8th and F streets NW, the gallery is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-633-1000.

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Brass, Cantigas, organist Todd Fickley and carillonist Edward Nassor. 4 p.m. $25 to $65. Washington National Cathedral, Mas-sachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. 202-537-2228. A family-oriented matinee will be presented at noon; the regular per-formance will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m.

■ National Men’s Chorus, soprano Laura Strickling, pianist Thomas Pandolfi will present “Christmas Traditions,” featur-ing carols, spirituals, Christmas songs from many lands, and seasonal songs by Ameri-can composers. 5 p.m. $20. Western Pres-byterian Church, 2401 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-244-7191.

■ Dumbarton Concerts will present “A Celtic Christ-mas,” featuring the Linn Barnes & Alli-son Hampton Celtic Consort and seasonal readings by Robert Aubry Davis. 4 p.m. $17 to $35. Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton St. NW. 202-965-2000. The performance will repeat Sunday at 4 p.m.

■ Pianist Michelle Richardson and vio-

linist Matt Richardson will perform works by Beethoven, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Pablo de Sarasate and Bartók. 5 p.m. Free. Church of the Holy City, 1611 16th St. NW. 202-462-6734.

■ Georgetown Lutheran Church will host a Community Christmas Carol Sing-along. 5 p.m. Free. Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-333-3642.

■ The “Holiday Lobbying” concert series will feature Capital Harmonia, a community women’s chorus. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Lobby, The Willard InterConti-nental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-9100.

■ The Middle Eight, a New York-based indie art rock group, will perform with the Georgetown String Quartet. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Adult students will present a recital. 6 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wis-consin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326.

■ The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra will perform Duke Ellington and Bill Strayhorn’s adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite.” 7:30 p.m. $18 to $25. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-633-3030.

■ Chantry will present “Spain in the

Sistine at Christmas: Music of Cristóbal de Morales.” 8 p.m. $15 to $35. St. Mary Mother of God, 727 5th St. NW. chantrydc.com.

■ The Woodshedders will perform a mix of American country, R&B, bluegrass and gypsy jazz. 8:30 p.m. $5 to $8. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ Park ranger Scott Einberger will dis-

cuss “A New Deal for Rock Creek Park,” about the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Works Progress Administration and Public Works Administration in the park during the Great Depression. 10 to 11 a.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6224.

■ Collector and dealer Raoul Tschebull will discuss “The Great Variety of Persian Bags.” 10:30 a.m. Free. Textile Museum, 2320 S St. NW. 202-667-0441, ext. 64.

■ Conductor, musicologist and choris-ter Nicholas Alexander Brown will discuss “Conductors Beyond the Podium,” about the lives of leading 20th-century conduc-tors. 11 a.m. Free; reservations required. Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502.

Family program■ “Arts for Families” will feature a

chance to repurpose plastic drinking straws into a portable loom in order to weave a bracelet, belt or headband. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. Textile Museum, 2320 S St. NW. 202-667-0441, ext. 64.

Films■ “Réalité Tales: Young French Cine-

ma” will feature Dominique Marchais’ 2010 film “Time of Thanksgiving,” about farmers in France and their traditions, at 2 p.m.; and Manuela Frésil’s 2011 film “Entrée du personnel,” about the lives of employees at an abattoir and meatpacking plant on the margins of a semi-industrial French city, at 4:30 p.m. Free. East Build-ing Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ GALA Hispanic Theatre’s REEL Women Film Festival will feature Mexican director Emilio Fernández’s 1944 film “María Candelaria,” at 2 p.m.; Mexican director Viviana Garía Besné’s 2010 film “Lost in Time (Perdida),” at 7 p.m.; and Mariana Chenillo’s 2010 film “Nora’s Will (Cindo días sin Nora),” at 9 p.m. $10 dona-tion suggested. GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174.

Performances■ Playwright Lauren McConnell and

students of Central Michigan University will present “Reviving Terezin’s ‘The Fireflies” — Honoring the Past, Healing in the Pres-ent, Educating in the Future,” featuring a performance and lecture. 3 p.m. Free; res-ervations required. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW. 301-622-4775.

■ Joy of Motion Dance Center will pres-ent its annual Fall Youth Company Concert. 6 and 8 p.m. $17 to $20. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993.

■ Coyaba Dance Theater will present its annual Kwanzaa Celebration. 8 p.m. $12 to $30. Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Marvin Center, George Washington Univer-sity, 800 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800.

■ The Capital City Showcase will pres-ent a “Christmahanukwanzakah” holiday special. 10 p.m. $15 to $20. District of Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW. 202-431-4704.

Sales■ The 23rd annual “BZB Holiday Gift &

Art Show” will feature holiday items, home accessories, clothes, jewelry and more. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Free admission. Shiloh Fam-ily Life Center, 1510 9th St. NW. 202-610-4188. The sale will continue Dec. 21.

■ Shaune Bazner’s annual studio sale will feature handcrafted jewelry and acces-sories. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. Lab School of Washington, 4759 Reservoir Road NW. shaunebazner.com. The sale will continue Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

■ D.C. United will hold its annual holi-day equipment sale, featuring items such as game-worn player jerseys and shorts. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. Capitol View Club, RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capi-tol St. SE. dcunited.com.

■ Jewelry designer Maureen O’Keefe, a Wilson High School graduate, and 19 other local vendors will present “From 202 to You: DC Artisan Holiday Show,” featuring men’s wallets, T-shirts, jewelry, candles, baby clothes, dog clothes, photography, painting and other gift items. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. $5 admission; includes open bar. Stu-dio 52, 52 O St. NW. getlitonlife.esty.com.

Special events■ St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School

students will host “Gifts for Good,” an alternative holiday fair to benefit more than 35 local, national and international charitable organizations. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free admission. Gymnasium, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School, 4701 Whitehaven Parkway NW. stpatsdc.org.

■ The D.C. Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America will pres-ent “Moment of No Silence: A Call for Remembrance and Resolve,” honoring the lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary and all victims of gun violence. 2 p.m. Free. Canal Park, 200 M St. SE. momsdemandaction.org.

■ “Holidays Through History” will fea-ture seasonal decor, treats, music and crafts at four historic house museums in Georgetown, Dupont Circle and Sheridan-Kalorama. 4 to 8 p.m. $10 to $20. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW; Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW; Anderson House, 2118 Massachu-setts Ave. NW; and the President Woodrow

Wilson House, 2340 S St. NW. holidaysthroughhistory.eventbrite.com.

■ The Church of the Pilgrims Communi-ty Christmas Celebration will feature an evening of caroling, children’s activities, seasonal crafts, photos with Santa, Christ-mas lights, refreshments and more. 4 to 7 p.m. Free. Church of the Pilgrims, 2201 P St. NW. churchofthepilgrims.org.

■ The Kosciuszko Foundation will host a Christmas celebration with traditional Polish dishes and a singalong. 5 p.m. $15 to $20. Kosciuszko Foundation, 2025 O St. NW. 202-785-2320.

Sporting events■ Scare Force One will square off

against the DC DemonCats and the Majori-ty Whips will compete against the Cherry Blossom Bombshells in DC Rollergirls com-petition. 4 and 5:45 p.m. $16.85. D.C. Armory, 2001 East Capitol St. SE. 800-745-3000.

■ The Washington Wizards will play the Los Angeles Clippers. 7 p.m. $6.55 to $809. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Sunday, Dec. 15

Children’s programs■ Former park ranger Michael Zwelling

will present a holiday arts and crafts pro-gram and discuss how Christmas was cel-ebrated at the Old Stone House in the 1700s. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Old Stone House, 3051 M St. NW. 202-895-6227.

■ A park ranger will lead a planetarium program on winter’s brightest stars, plan-ets and constellations (for ages 5 and older). 1 to 1:45 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6224.

Concerts■ The National Gallery of Art’s annual

“Holiday Caroling” program will feature the J.E.B. Stuart High School Select Vocal Ensemble. 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Free. West Building Rotunda, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The Marine Big Band will present a holiday concert. 2 p.m. Free. Sousa Band Hall, Marine Barracks Annex, 7th and K streets SE. 202-433-4011.

■ The musical groups of Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church will present “Chevy Chase Christmas,” featuring community carols and Kirke Mechem’s “The Seven Joys of Christmas” for choir and harp. 4 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW. 202-363-2202.

■ The Washington Men’s Camerata will present “Christmas With the Camerata,” featuring traditional carols, sacred classics and other holiday music by Eric Whitacre, Anton Bruckner, Franz Schubert, Ralph Vaughn Williams and Irving Berlin. 4 p.m. $15 to $25. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-364-1064.

■ British tenor Barry Banks will perform works by Benjamin Britten. 4 p.m. $15 to $30; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music.

■ The Thomas Circle Singers will pres-ent “Sing We All Nowell! — Music for Christ-mas.” 4 p.m. $15 to $20. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 4900 Connecticut Ave. NW. thomascirclesingers.org.

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Saturday, DeCember 14■ Festival: ■ A Russian Winter Festival will feature Grandfather Frost and the Snow Maiden, folk music, art activities and more. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $5 to $18; free for ages 5 and younger. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. The festival will continue Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.

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■ The Choir of Christ Church will pres-ent “A Service of Nine Lessons and Car-ols,” featuring music by Gerald Near, Har-old Darke and Camille Saint-Saëns. 5 p.m. Free. Christ Church, Georgetown, 31st and O streets NW. 202-333-6677.

■ The City Choir of Washington will present “The Holly and the Ivy: Music for Christmas,” featuring the “Hallelujah Cho-rus” from Handel’s “Messiah” and a new Christmas work by artistic director Robert Shafer. 5 p.m. $15 to $50. National Pres-byterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW. 301-572-6865.

■ The Metropolitan Concert Series will present Handel’s “Messiah,” featuring soprano Simone Paulwell, mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford, tenor Anthony McGlaun (shown) and bass Kevin Thompson. 5 p.m. Free. First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., 1328 16th St. NW. mbchandelsmessiah2013.eventbrite.com.

■ The Washington Chorus will present “A Candlelight Christmas,” featuring brass, organ, percussion, harp, a 200-voice cho-rus, singalongs and a candlelight proces-sional. 5 p.m. $15 to $70. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The con-cert will repeat Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. and Dec. 22 at 7 p.m.

■ St. John’s Episcopal Church will pres-ent a Candlelight Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, featuring the St. John’s Choir and Samuel Carabetta, organist and choir-master. 5 p.m. Free. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Georgetown, 3240 O St. NW. 202-338-1796.

■ The American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millen-nium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Students of Nelson Dougherty will present a guitar and ukulele recital. 6 p.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326.

■ The New York Opera Society will per-form the world premiere of Norwegian composer Gisle Kverndokk’s “Max & Mori-tz” and “Supersize Girl.” 6:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-842-6941.

Discussions and lectures■ The Rev. Lloyd A. “Tony” Lewis, pro-

fessor emeritus of New Testament at Vir-ginia Theological Seminary, will conclude his two-part lecture on “The Gospel of Mat-thew.” 10 a.m. Free. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, 16th and H streets NW. 202-347-8766.

■ The “Classics Revisited” book discus-sion series will focus on “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. 2 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW; 202-282-0021.

■ Arthur J. Wheelock Jr. curator of northern baroque paintings at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss “The Education of a Curator: Keeping It All in Balance.” 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Con-stitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ Musicologist and lecturer Rob Kap-ilow will examine Schubert’s “Wanderer” Fantasie as part of his “What Makes It Great?” series for the Smithsonian Associ-ates and the Washington Performing Arts Society. A performance by pianist Yuliya Gorenman will follow. 6 p.m. $20. Baird

Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Ave-nue NW. 202-785-9727.

Films■ GALA Hispanic Theatre’s REEL

Women Film Festival will feature the D.C. premiere of Spanish director Neus Ballús’ 2013 film “The Plague (La Plaga).” 2 p.m. $10 donation suggested. GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174.

■ The Freer Gallery of Art will host a screening of Girish Kasaravalli’s 1977 film “The Ritual,” an exploration of the dark corners of life among the highest Hindu caste. 2 p.m. Free. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-1000.

■ “Réalité Tales: Young French Cine-ma” will feature Andrew Kötting’s 2012 film “Swandown.” 4:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Performance■ “Sunday Kind of Love” will feature

emerging and established poets, followed by an open mic segment. 5 to 7 p.m. $5. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

Special event■ The Washington Animal Rescue

League’s holiday open house will feature music, treats and pet photographs with Santa Claus. Noon to 3 p.m. Free admis-sion; donations of unopened pet food sug-gested. Washington Animal Rescue League, 71 Oglethorpe St. NW. warl.org.

Sporting event■ The Washington Capitals will play the

Philadelphia Flyers. 3 p.m. $53 to $510. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

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Children’s performance■ Discovery Theater will present “Sea-

sons of Light,” an interactive program about the customs of Ramadan, Diwali, Sankta Lucia, Hanukkah, Los Posados, Kwanzaa, Christmas and the First Nations’ tradition of the Winter Solstice (for ages 5 through 10). 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. $3 to $8. Discovery Theater, S. Dillon Ripley Cen-ter, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-8700. Performances will repeat at 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.

Concerts■ The “Holiday Lobbying” concert

series will feature the chamber choir Car-mina Illuminare. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-9100.

■ The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” will present “A Stan Kenton Christ-mas,” highlighting the music of the famous pianist, composer and orchestra leader. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Choral Arts Society of Washing-ton will present the Choral Arts Chorus and the Children’s Chorus of Washington in “An Enchanted Christmas,” featuring Yuletide classics, Italian carols and a singalong. 7 p.m. $15 to $75. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Dec. 21 at 4 p.m. and Dec. 24 at 1 p.m.

Discussions and lectures■ The group 40Plus of Greater Wash-

ington will present a talk by Rozanne Weissman on “Finding and Working With Executive Recruiters.” 9:45 a.m. to noon. Free. Suite T-2, 1718 P St. NW. 202-387-1582.

■ Providence Hospital and the Joslin Diabetes Center will present a program on diabetes. The event will include compli-mentary A1C diabetes and blood pressure testing. 11 a.m. to noon. Free. Seabury at Friendship Terrace, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. 202-244-7400.

■ Scholars Sardar Bagishbekov and Evgenia Pak will discuss Central Asia. 4 to 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Suite 412, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/cafellows.

■ Kathleen DeBoer of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Develop-ment will discuss the group’s work on issues such as youth unemployment. 6:30 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ The Spanish collective Travesías de Luz will discuss their participation in “Fête des Lumières Georgetown,” a weeklong light festival inspired by the renowned

event in Lyon, France. 6:30 p.m. Free. Embassy of Spain, 2375 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. festivaloflightsdc2013.eventbrite.com.

■ The Friendship Hospital for Animals Client Education Series will feature Dr. Ray Phillip discussing the benefits for regular dental checkups and cleanings for pets. 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1225.

■ Letty Cottin Pogrebin will discuss her book “How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick” in a conversation with Moment Magazine editor and publisher Nadine Epstein. 7:30 to 9 p.m. $10 to

$12. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW.washingtondcjcc.org.

Films■ “Marvelous Movie Mondays” will fea-

ture Richard Benjamin’s 1982 film “My Favorite Year,” a tribute to Sid Caesar’s “Show of Shows.” 2 and 6:30 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW; 202-282-0021.

■ A holiday film series will feature Irving Berlin’s 1954 classic “White Christ-

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The Woolly mammoth theatre Company will present The Pajama Men’s brand-new show, “Just the Two of Each of Us,” Dec. 11 through Jan. 5. The comedy duo portrays a host of weird but wonderful characters — from

Beulah, who would eat a spider to fit in with the cool kids, to Nadine, who wants her missing arm back. The time-warped, joke-ridden tale features seemingly unrelated storylines that come crashing together by the end. Tickets start at $35. Woolly Mam-moth is located at 641 D St. NW. 202-393-3939; woollymammoth.net.■ Arena Stage will host Eleasha Gam-ble and Nicholas Rodriguez in “The Power of Two” Dec. 11 through 15 in the Kogod Cradle. The two stars of Arena’s hit produc-tion of “Oklahoma!” will present a caba-

ret about the powerful bonds of friend-ship and relationships. Signature The-atre’s Matthew Gardiner directs the show, which combines Top 40 hits and Broadway tunes. Tickets cost $25 to $40. Arena Stage is located at 1101 6th St. SW. 202-488-3300; arenastage.org.■ Studio 2ndStage will stage the U.S. premiere of British playwright Sam Hol-croft’s “Edgar & Annabel” Dec. 11 through Jan. 5 at the Studio Theatre. The mischievous and provocative political comedy features undercover agents, surveillance algorithms and explosive karaoke — with the two title characters living a lie that could save their country. D.C. actress and longtime Studio collaborator Holly Twyford directs. Tickets cost $30 to $35. Studio The-atre is located at 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300; studiotheatre.org.■ Washington National Opera will present the world premiere of “The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me” Dec. 14 through

22 in the Kennedy Center’s Terrace The-ater. Based on Jeanette Winterson’s award-winning children’s book with music by Jeanine Tesori and a libretto by poet J.D. McClatchy, this holiday fami-ly opera tells the story of the Nativity from a donkey’s point of view. Tickets start at $34. 202-467-4600; kennedy-center.org.

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■ The Goethe-Institut will present Helmut Käutner’s 1955 film “Ludwig II.” 6:30 p.m. $4 to $7. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. 202-289-1200.

■ The Ballet in Cinema series will pres-ent the Bolshoi Ballet’s production of “The Sleeping Beauty.” 7 p.m. $18.80. West End Cinema, 23rd Street between M and N streets NW. 202-419-3456. The film will be shown again Dec. 21 at 11 a.m.

Performance■ Story League will hold a storytelling

contest about “Debauchery,” with a $100 grand prize. 9 to 11 p.m. $10. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. storyleague.org.

reading■ The theater company Crash of

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brate the season with refreshments, a community carol singalong, a reading of “The Night Before Christmas” and a perfor-mance by the Olivera Duo. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Free. Seabury at Friendship Terrace, 4201 Butterworth Place NW. 202-244-7400.

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Concerts■ The Friday Morning Music Club will

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■ The Tuesday Concert Series will fea-ture the Epiphany Choir performing Benja-min Britten’s cantata “A Boy Was Born” and other seasonal music. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635.

■ The “Holiday Lobbying” concert series will feature the Arlington Children’s Chorus. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Pennsylva-nia Ave. NW. 202-628-9100.

■ Members of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra will perform. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ A holiday music concert series will feature Laissez Foure performing New Orleans-style jazz music. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

Discussions and lectures■ The team working on the Iraqi Jewish

Archive Preservation Project will discuss their work. 11 a.m. Free. McGowan The-ater, National Archives Building, Constitu-tion Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ Photojournalist Mohammad Al-Azza will discuss his work with the Lajee Center, where he teaches youth in a Palestinian refugee camp about photography and doc-umentary production. 12:30 to 2 p.m. Free; reservations requested. The Jerusa-lem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-

338-1958.■ Los Angeles-based architect Neil

Denari will discuss his firm’s work and explore the idea of “cultural ergonomics,” in which forms “fit” contemporary life. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $12 to $20. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.

■ Kirk Johnson, director of the National History of Natural History, will discuss “Paleontology and Deep Time” in a conver-sation with NPR science correspondent Joe Palca. 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. $20 to $25. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Business strategist Nii Akwei, author of “Sales as a Strategy,” and Kenneth Beckham, an expert in small businesses, will discuss sustainable sales practices. Attendees will receive a copy of the book. 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1225.

Films■ The Georgetown Library will screen

Claude Berri’s 1986 film “Manon of the Spring.” 6 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ “Classical Ballets on the Big Screen” will feature a showing of the Royal Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker.” 7 p.m. $15. AMC Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. fathomevents.com.

■ An Italian film series will feature Rocco Mortelliti’s “La scomparsa di Patò.” 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. Audito-rium, Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW. iicwashington.esteri.it.

■ A Czech film series will feature Jirí Menzel’s 1968 movie “Capricious Sum-mer.” 7 p.m. Free. Bistro Bohem, 600 Flori-da Ave. NW. bistrobohem.com.

■ Adas Israel Congregation will host a screening of Eliav Lilti’s 2012 documenta-ry “Israel: A Home Movie,” featuring foot-age from the 1930s through the 1970s. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. $11. Adas Israel Congre-gation, 2850 Quebec St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

meeting■ The West End Book Club will discuss

“War Horse” by Michael Morpurgo. 12:30 p.m. Free. West End Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-724-8707.

Performances■ A stand-up comedy show will feature

Sara Armour. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $10. Des-perados, 1342 U St. NW. lygodc.com.

■ The Washington Improv Theater’s “Harold Night” will feature performances by Breaker Breaker and Spirit Bear, fol-lowed by an improv jam. 10 p.m. Free. Source, 1835 14th St. NW. washingtonimprovtheater.com.

Special event■ A “Holiday Tea” will feature a tradi-

tional Victorian tea in the stately 1870s Dower House, followed by a guided tour through the 1816 mansion at Tudor Place. 1 to 3 p.m. $25 to $30; reservations required. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org.

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Children’s programs■ The Friends of the Takoma Park

Library will sponsor a holiday presentation of “Pigs at the Pole” by Blue Sky Puppet Theater. 10:30 a.m. Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-576-7252.

■ A holiday program will feature a sto-rytime and a detective hunt through the Tudor Place mansion, followed by a chance to decorate gingerbread cookies to take

home (for ages 3 through 5). 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. $5 to $8; free for adult chaper-ones. Reservations required. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org.

Class■ Karin Silverman will lead a workshop

on “Reduce Stress This Holiday Season Through Meditation.” 7 p.m. Free. Room A-3, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

Concerts■ The “Holiday Lobbying” concert

series will feature the National Philharmon-ic Singers. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Lobby, The Willard InterContinental, 1401 Penn-sylvania Ave. NW. 202-628-9100.

■ The Millennium Stage will present the 40th anniversary of “Merry TubaChrist-mas,” featuring 300 local tuba, sousa-phone and euphonium players performing Christmas music. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Parker Quartet will perform works by Mendelssohn, Ades and Dvorák. 8 p.m. Free; tickets required. Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-5502.

■ The Sweetback Sisters will present “Country Christmas Sing Along Spectacu-lar.” 8 p.m. $8 to $12. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ National Museum of Women in the

Arts digital media specialist Laura Hoff-man will present a gallery talk on “Local Ladies,” about artworks by Georgia Mills Jessup, Loïs Mailou Jones and Alma Wood-sey Thomas. Noon to 12:30 p.m. Free. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370.

■ Kanani Hoopai will discuss “The Lit-tle Highlander,” a watercolor by Caroline Rebecca Nourse. 12:30 p.m. Free. Belle Vue Room, Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW. 202-337-2288.

■ “Books & Bars: Reinventing the Book Club” will feature a discussion of “The Cuckoo’s Calling” by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym for J.K. Rowling). 7 p.m. Free admission. Laughing Man Tavern, 1306 G St. NW. kari.mitchell@dc.gov.

Films■ The West End Film Club will present

Stephen Spielberg’s 2011 film “War Horse.” A discussion will follow. 12:30 p.m. Free. West End Library, 1101 24th St. NW. 202-724-8707.

■ The Global Lens Film Series will fea-ture Mohamed Diab’s 2010 film “Cairo 678,” about three women from different backgrounds who join together in uneasy solidarity to combat the sexual harassment that has affected their lives. 6:30 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.

■ “Retro Movie Night” will feature Ste-phen Spielberg’s 1981 film “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.

■ The French Cinémathèque series will feature Christian Vincent’s 2012 film “Haute Cuisine.” 8 p.m. $8.50 to $11.50. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

Performance■ The Happenings at the Harman

series will feature Matthew Pauli in “An Hour With a Clown.” Noon. Free. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. 202-547-1122.

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