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SHERWOOD

By KELSEY KNORPCurrent Correspondent

A concept design released earlier this month for the new Cleveland Park Library building has drawn mixed reviews from local residents. The project is slated to begin in February, when the original 60-year-old library building at 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW will be largely demol-ished and replaced by a larger “net zero” facility — a building that produces as much energy as it consumes — to open by summer 2017. A tempo-rary facility will provide resources to library users in the interim. The latest design would include about 27,500 square feet of space, almost 9,000 more than the current structure. The proposal would afford about 2,000 more square feet for adult sections and a little more than that for children’s areas. All adult collections and reading areas would

be moved to the second floor, while the children’s sections and a new teen area would be located on the first. Meeting rooms would be installed between those two main-level sections, with sig-nificant additional space for assembly on the

lower level as well. Other features include a chil-dren’s garden extending off the first floor and a roof garden on the second. A number of residents told The Current they support a new library building, but there remains some debate about the aesthetics and features incorporated in the design. Some have worried the concrete exterior and tall glass windows would be too modern for the historic neighborhood, and there has also been disagreement about whether the architects should include underground parking in the design. The only parking currently available on the property is confined to a small lot at the rear end of the building, off Macomb Street NW, and additional parking has not been included in the new construction plan. Resident Megan Draheim, one of many who commented on the design in posts on the Cleve-land Park neighborhood listserv, said she supports

Proposed design for Cleveland Park Library sparks debate

Rendering courtesy of D.C. Public LibraryA larger, more modern structure — rendered here from Connecticut Avenue — is proposed to replace the aging Cleveland Park Library.

Brian Kapur/The CurrentThe St. John’s field hockey team won its first-ever crown by upsetting defending Washington Catholic Athletic Conference champion Good Counsel 2-0 on Thursday. Second-year coach Corey Samperton, left, pushed her team to play with passion, which showed in players’ aggressive style. See story, page 9.

J u M P I N G F O R J O Y

By MARK LIEBERMANCurrent Staff Writer

Former Georgetown residents Margaret Peters and Roumania Peters Walker — or as they’re some-times remembered, “Pete” and “Re-pete” — spent the first half of the 20th century building a legacy as champions of tennis. The sisters challenged gender and racial stereo-types, setting an example for future generations of black women and others by racking up more doubles titles than any team in history.

And now, a century after the sis-ters were born, their old tennis courts are named after them.

More than 100 community mem-bers and city officials gathered Sat-urday afternoon in Georgetown’s Rose Park at 2609 Dumbarton St. NW, just a block away from the sis-ters’ childhood home, to honor their impact on the Georgetown commu-nity with a plaque personally donat-ed by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.

As it did when the Peters sisters were alive, the park represents a respite from the inequalities that continue to plague the nation to this day, Friends of Rose Park member David Abrams said with a tear in his eye before Saturday’s event.

“It’s a haven from everything else that goes on,” Abrams said. “The turmoil that we have today disappears in our little park.”

Abrams sparked the idea of hon-oring the sisters after reading a series of profiles by blogger Topher Mathews in the Georgetown Metro-politan in February. Then he enlisted support from Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans and the George-town advisory neighborhood com-mission.

“I feel strongly that theirs was and is a story that needs to be told, so that those who come after them know that before there was Venus and Serena, there were the talented, the dynamic, the athletically gifted Peters sisters,” neighborhood com-missioner Monica Roaché said dur-

Peters sisters honored in Georgetown

By MARK LIEBERMANCurrent Staff Writer

The scores for last school year’s first iteration of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Col-lege and Careers (PARCC) exams have arrived, and D.C. officials say the overall numbers aren’t encourag-ing.

Citywide, slightly more than a quarter of the 3,000-plus high school students who took the exams this past spring are considered proficient and college-ready in English, and only 10 percent of test takers earned the same distinction in math, accord-ing to new data provided by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.

The new standardized test replac-es the D.C. Comprehensive Assess-ment System for high school grades, evaluating students’ math perfor-mance after they take geometry and English upon completion of English II. A student with a score of at least 4 out of 5 is considered “proficient” and “college-ready.”

“I think generally these results

are about what I would have expect-ed when considering the far more rigorous bar that PARCC holds our students to, and also when looking at the data from other students,” D.C. state superintendent of education Hanseul Kang told reporters Mon-day. “While these results are not easy to see, and certainly we have a lot of work to do, they are roughly what I expected.”

School Without Walls, a magnet school, was by far the best-perform-ing D.C. high school, with 97 per-cent of English test-takers and 76 percent of geometry test-takers scor-ing proficient.

Benjamin Banneker Academic

High school exam yields low, but expected, scores■ Education: PARCC finds weak English, geometry skills

Brian Kapur/Current file photoSchool Without Walls posted the city’s best performance on the new high school PARCC exams.

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Two local libraries set for renovations The Chevy Chase Library will close Nov. 7 for two months, and the Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library will close the same day for four months, both to allow construction work. The “refresh” projects will yield

Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant spaces and other upgrades. Work in the Chevy Chase branch, focusing on the first floor, will include installing new flooring, adding fresh paint, bringing in new furniture and setting up a new seat-ing area by the windows. Power outlets will also be added at all

reader tables, while computers, copiers and express computers will be consolidated in one area. Finally, the project will create a “larger and more welcoming” teen area with four Apple computers and extra seating. The budget is $650,000. In Shepherd Park, most work will take place inside on the first and second floors, which will get

new flooring, new furniture, power outlets at all reader tables, a new teen area on the first floor, new con-ference rooms and new study rooms. Minor work will be done on the lower level, and some exterior work will take place on the roof and elsewhere on the site to improve the building’s drainage. The budget is $1.1 million.

While the libraries are closed, Chevy Chase users can pick up books on hold from the Tenley-Friendship Library, while Shepherd Park users can get theirs from the Takoma Park branch.

City agencies prep for snow removal Mayor Muriel Bowser held the city’s annual dry-run snow exercise Friday at the Farragut Salt Dome in Southeast, with the snow team’s 800-plus members preparing for wintry precipitation. The city has 14 new heavy plow trucks for larger streets; six new light plows for smaller streets; 15 additional rented plows; and 2,000 tons of salt in reserve, on top of the dome’s 39,000-ton capacity, accord-ing to a news release. There’s also new technology to track plows and new cameras to check progress. “With winter around the corner, today’s dry run gives us a chance to plan, prepare and practice for snow events,” Bowser says in the release. “We’ve taken a close look at previ-ous snow seasons and improved on them. This year, we are deploying more resources earlier.” Bowser said the city is seeking 2,500 volunteers for the team. To sign up, visit snowteam.dc.gov. Residents who need help with snow removal should call 311.

Correction An Oct. 21 article about renova-tions to Kalorama Park incorrectly stated that the park site is a former cemetery that was recently the site of an archaeological investigation. That investigation occurred at near-by Walter Pierce Park, the site of the cemetery. The Current regrets the error. As a matter of policy, The Cur-rent corrects all errors of substance. To report an error, call the manag-ing editor at 202-567-2011.

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Wednesday, Oct. 28 The Metropolitan Police Department’s 2nd District Citizens Advisory Council will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the 2nd District Police Headquarters, 3320 Idaho Ave. NW. Thursday, Oct. 29 The D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 220 South, One Judiciary Square, 441 4th St. NW. The agenda will include master plan review for the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus.■ The Washington Bar Association will host a panel discussion on “Parents vs. Bullies: Understanding the 2012 Youth Bullying Prevention Act” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Room A-5, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. Speak-ers will include Suzanne Greenfield, director of the Citywide Bullying Prevention Program at the D.C. Office of Human Rights; Faith Gibson Hubbard, head of the D.C. Office of the Student Advocate; Joyanna Smith, ombudsman for public edu-cation; and Kimberly Jenkins, a parent advocate.■ The D.C. Preservation League will hold its annual membership meeting and reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Columbus Club at Union Station, 50 Mas-sachusetts Ave. NE. Admission is free for members and $50 for others; to RSVP, visit dcpreservation.org.■ The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities will hold the 30th annual Mayor’s Arts Awards at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. Admission is free; creative formalwear is suggested.■ Friendship Place will hold its 18th annual Benjamin E. Cooper Awards event to recognize its volunteers. The event will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Metropoli-tan Memorial United Methodist Church, 3401 Nebraska Ave. NW. To RSVP, visit friendshipplace.org/bencooper. Sunday, Nov. 1 DC Health Link will host a citywide information and enrollment fair to help D.C. residents compare and enroll in health insurance plans that best meet their needs and budgets. The event will be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. Monday, Nov. 2 The Brightwood Park Citizens Association will host a “Community Conversa-tion” with D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton on topics such as the selection of a new U.S. attorney, combating synthetic drugs and federal government shutdown impacts on D.C. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Emery Recreation Center, 5701 Georgia Ave. NW. Tuesday, Nov. 3 The Community Preschool of the Palisades will host a Parent Education Night on “Preschool Philosophies and Environments,” featuring a panel discussion on Reggio Emilia, Montessori, Waldorf, traditional and play-based models of learning. The forum will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Community Preschool of the Pal-isades, 5200 Cathedral Ave. NW. Wednesday, Nov. 4 The D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development will hold a public hearing on its Consolidated Plan, which highlights the District’s needs and goals in terms of affordable housing, community economic development, and public infrastructure and facilities. The hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the headquarters of the Greater Washington Urban League, 2901 14th St. NW.■ The D.C. Public Library will hold a forum on how best to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the modernized library that bears his name. The forum will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW.■ The D.C. chapter of the NAACP will host its 2015 Freedom Fund Banquet, fea-turing a keynote address by the Rev. Dr. Cornell Brooks, the NAACP national presi-dent and CEO. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at the Washington Hilton, 1919 Con-necticut Ave. NW. Tickets cost $125 to $150; visit naacpdc.org. Thursday, Nov. 5 Ward 4 D.C. Council member Brandon Todd will present his “State of the Ward 4 Senior” address from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Riggs LaSalle Recreation Cen-ter, 501 Riggs Road NE. In addition to Todd’s remarks, the event will include health screenings, information from D.C. government agencies, breakfast, lunch and entertainment. To RSVP, contact Solomon Waller at 202-724-8052 or swaller@dccouncil.us.

The week ahead

By MARK LIEBERMANCurrent Staff Writer

A longtime “Exorcist” enthusiast, Andrew Huff got to thinking about the movie’s iconic Georgetown steps one day last June, while showering “with a head full of shampoo.”

The iconic Exorcist steps — featured in the climax of William Friedkin’s 1973 horror film — are already a well-known tourist attraction, but Huff, a D.C. resident and American Uni-

versity’s director of community relations, believed the site merits formal recognition.

On Friday evening, Huff’s brainchild com-pletes the journey from his shower to the steps at 3600 Prospect St. NW. City officials includ-ing Mayor Muriel Bowser and several D.C. Council members will unveil a plaque com-memorating the site during a 6 p.m. ceremony at the bottom of the steps. And per a ceremo-nial D.C. Council resolution authored by Ward 2 member Jack Evans, Oct. 30 will be known

as “Exorcist Day” in D.C. going forward.Before the ceremony, from 4 to 6 p.m.,

Friedkin will be at the top of the steps signing autographs, answering questions and giving away a limited number of free Blu-rays of the film and collectible headshot photos of himself on the set. William Peter Blatty, the author of the book on which the movie is based, will join Friedkin for the second hour.

The event concludes with an invitation-only screening of “The Exorcist” at the nearby

AMC Georgetown theater.Interested residents across the city donated

a total of $7,000 to the event. Support from Aaron DeNu at Dupont Festival, the event’s official organizer, and promotion from the Georgetown advisory neighborhood commis-sion and other city officials, made those dona-tions possible, Huff said.

“That’s the coolest part of all this,” Huff said of the citywide enthusiasm. “It really is a

Exorcist steps ceremony attracts widespread interest, original filmmaker

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Police Report

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This is a listing of reports taken from Oct. 19 through 25 in local police service areas.

PSA 101

Robbery■ 900-999 block, G St.; 10:08 p.m. Oct. 23.■ F and 13th streets; 10:25 p.m. Oct. 24.

Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 1200-1299 block, New York Ave.; 6 a.m. Oct. 19.■ 1306-1399 block, H St.; 9:40 p.m. Oct. 19 (with knife).

Motor vehicle theft■ 1100-1199 block, K St.; 10:03 a.m. Oct. 21.

Theft■ 600-699 block, 11th St.; 12:36 p.m. Oct. 19.■ 600-699 block, 13th St.; 11:14 a.m. Oct. 20.■ 1200-1299 block, G St.; 5:48 p.m. Oct. 20.■ 1300-1399 block, Pennsyl-vania Ave.; 6 p.m. Oct. 20.■ 11th and G streets; 3 p.m. Oct. 21.■ 900-999 block, F St.; 9:45 a.m. Oct. 23.■ 900-999 block, F St.; 10:10 a.m. Oct. 23.■ 1000-1099 block, Pennsyl-vania Ave.; 1:25 p.m. Oct. 23.■ 1200-1299 block, L St.; 2:50 p.m. Oct. 23.■ 600-699 block, 13th St.; 9:17 a.m. Oct. 24.■ 1000-1099 block, H St.; 7:55 a.m. Oct. 25.

Theft from auto■ 900-999 block, New York Ave.; 11:26 a.m. Oct. 19.■ 1300-1399 block, F St.; 10:52 a.m. Oct. 21.■ 900-999 block, New York Ave.; noon Oct. 24.■ 900-999 block, New York Ave.; noon Oct. 24.

PSA 201

Theft from auto■ Military Road and Chevy Chase Parkway; 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22.

PSA 202

Robbery■ 4900-4907 block, Western Ave.; 10:50 p.m. Oct. 21.■ 4400-4423 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 11:28 p.m. Oct. 24.

Theft■ 4227-4299 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 1:45 p.m. Oct. 21.■ 4600-4699 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 21.■ 4404-4499 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 1 p.m. Oct. 22.■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 3:15 p.m. Oct. 22.■ 4500-4599 block, 40th St.; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 23.

■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 4 p.m. Oct. 23.■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 4:53 p.m. Oct. 24.■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 8:10 p.m. Oct. 24.■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 5 p.m. Oct. 25.■ 5300-5399 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 5:55 p.m. Oct. 25.

Theft from auto■ 4500-4599 block, Windom Place; 10:19 a.m. Oct. 21.■ 3800-3899 block, Yuma St.; 6 a.m. Oct. 22.■ 3800-3813 block, Brandy-wine St.; 8:30 a.m. Oct. 22.■ 4700-4799 block, 41st St.; 11 a.m. Oct. 22.■ 3800-3899 block, Windom Place; 11:30 a.m. Oct. 22.■ 3800-3899 block, Yuma St.; noon Oct. 22.■ Nebraska Avenue and Ches-apeake Street; noon Oct. 24.■ Nebraska Avenue and Ches-apeake Street; 2 p.m. Oct. 24.

PSA 203

Robbery■ 5000-5099 block, Connecti-cut Ave.; 9:59 a.m. Oct. 19.■ 5000-5099 block, Connecti-cut Ave.; 11:08 a.m. Oct. 22.

Theft■ 3319-3499 block, Connecti-cut Ave.; 5:06 p.m. Oct. 22.

Theft from auto■ 3000-3021 block, Ellicott St.; 7 a.m. Oct. 22.■ 5000-5099 block, Connecti-cut Ave.; 10 a.m. Oct. 22.■ 2900-2915 block, Ellicott St.; 11 a.m. Oct. 22.

PSA 204

Burglary■ 3800-3899 block, Massa-chusetts Ave.; 3:10 a.m. Oct. 25.■ 2900-3099 block, Cathedral Ave.; 11:27 a.m. Oct. 25.

Theft■ 3900-3917 block, Benton St.; 10:05 p.m. Oct. 20.■ 3700-3749 block, Newark St.; 7:45 p.m. Oct. 23.■ 2800-2899 block, Wisconsin Ave.; 10 a.m. Oct. 24.■ 2900-3099 block, Cathedral Ave.; 12:49 p.m. Oct. 25.

Theft from auto■ 3200-3299 block, Cathedral Ave.; 11 a.m. Oct. 21.■ 2054-2118 block, 37th St.; 1:48 p.m. Oct. 21.

PSA 205

Theft■ 2800-2810 block, University Terrace; 11:17 a.m. Oct. 22.

■ 4640-4699 block, Q St.; 7:38 p.m. Oct. 23.

Theft from auto■ 4600-4699 block, Cathedral Ave.; 11:31 a.m. Oct. 21.

PSA 401

Robbery■ 7300-7399 block, Georgia Ave.; 9:22 p.m. Oct. 21 (with gun).

Burglary■ 7800-7899 block, 12th St.; 1 p.m. Oct. 24.

Motor vehicle theft■ 7524-7679 block, 12th St.; 7:39 a.m. Oct. 19.■ 8000-8099 block, Eastern Ave.; 11 p.m. Oct. 21.

Theft■ 200-399 block, Carroll St.; 7:25 a.m. Oct. 23.

Theft from auto■ 6600-6699 block, 6th St.; 10:45 a.m. Oct. 19.■ 1300-1399 block, Roxanna Road; 3 a.m. Oct. 20.■ 9th and Dahlia streets; 7:25 p.m. Oct. 20.■ 6729-6899 block, Eastern Ave.; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 22.■ 400-499 block, Aspen St.; 11:45 a.m. Oct. 23.■ 7000-7099 block, Blair Road; 1:49 p.m. Oct. 24.■ 6600-6699 block, 8th St.; 6 p.m. Oct. 24.■ 403-499 block, Cedar St.; 10:05 p.m. Oct. 24.

PSA 402

Robbery■ 500-699 block, Sheridan St.; 6 p.m. Oct. 19.

Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 500-699 block, Rittenhouse St.; 11:24 a.m. Oct. 19.

Burglary■ 5910-5999 block, 14th St.; 5 a.m. Oct. 25.

Theft■ 5900-5999 block, Georgia Ave.; 1:10 p.m. Oct. 19.■ 1400-1599 block, Sheridan St.; 11:30 a.m. Oct. 20.■ 1410-1599 block, Under-wood St.; 3:57 p.m. Oct. 20.■ 5900-5999 block, Georgia Ave.; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20.■ 5900-5999 block, Georgia Ave.; 5:09 p.m. Oct. 21.

Theft from auto■ 6400-6489 block, Georgia Ave.; 9:15 p.m. Oct. 20.■ 601-699 block, Van Buren St.; noon Oct. 21.■ 6100-6199 block, 13th St.; 11 p.m. Oct. 21.■ 400-499 block, Rittenhouse St.; 7 a.m. Oct. 24.■ 400-499 block, Van Buren St.; 5 p.m. Oct. 25.

PSA 403

Robbery■ 1300-1399 block, Hamilton St.; 12:45 a.m. Oct. 22.

Burglary■ 5300-5399 block, Illinois Ave.; 8 a.m. Oct. 20.

Motor vehicle theft■ 700-799 block, Jefferson St.; 2 p.m. Oct. 19.■ 900-935 block, Kennedy St.; 4 p.m. Oct. 24.

Theft■ 5100-5199 block, 8th St.; 5 p.m. Oct. 23.

Theft from auto■ 5300-5399 block, New Hampshire Ave.; 10:05 a.m. Oct. 20.■ 100-199 block, Jefferson St.; 6:30 p.m. Oct. 20.■ 5700-5799 block, 13th St.; 1:14 p.m. Oct. 23.

PSA 404

Robbery■ 14th Street and Iowa Ave-nue; 11:30 p.m. Oct. 22 (gun).

Theft■ 3800-3899 block, Georgia Ave.; 5:25 p.m. Oct. 19.■ 4200-4205 block, Kansas Ave.; 11:36 a.m. Oct. 21.■ 3800-3899 block, Georgia Ave.; 3:15 p.m. Oct. 22.■ 4600-4699 block, 15th St.; 6:13 a.m. Oct. 25.

Theft from auto■ 1700-1799 block, Taylor St.; noon Oct. 19.■ 1300-1399 block, Taylor St.; 4:45 p.m. Oct. 23.■ 4000-4099 block, Georgia Ave.; 1:35 p.m. Oct. 24.

PSA 407

Robbery■ 4700-4799 block, 9th St.; 10:40 p.m. Oct. 20.■ 500-699 block, Gallatin St.; 9:55 a.m. Oct. 24 (with gun).

Assault with a dangerous weapon■ 4200-4299 block, 2nd St.; 7:05 p.m. Oct. 25.

Motor vehicle theft■ 4500-4599 block, Georgia Ave.; 8:30 a.m. Oct. 19.

Theft■ 800-899 block, Upshur St.; 8:30 p.m. Oct. 19.■ 4100-4199 block, 7th St.; 12:15 p.m. Oct. 24.

Theft from auto■ 300-399 block, Farragut St.; 6:30 p.m. Oct. 23.■ 3800-3899 block, Georgia Ave.; 6:33 p.m. Oct. 23.

psa 403■ brightwood / petworthbrightwood park16th street heights

psa 404■ 16th street heightscrestwood

psa 101■ downtown

psa 203■ Forest hills / van nesscleveland park

psa 201■ chevy chase

psa 202■ Friendship heights tenleytown / aU park

psa 401■ colonial villageshepherd park / takoMa

psa 204■ MassachUsetts avenUe heights / cleveland parkwoodley park / glover park / cathedral heights

psa 402■ brightwood / Manor park

psa 407■ petworth

psa 205■ palisades / spring valleywesley heights / Foxhall

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High School ranked second among D.C. Public Schools’ magnet high schools, with 74 percent of students scoring proficient in English and 32 percent scoring proficient in math.

At Duke Ellington School of the Arts, 50 percent of students scored proficient in English, while the school’s math performance was much lower, with only 3 percent scoring proficient.

Over at Wilson, the D.C. Public Schools’ highest-performing general high school, the results were mixed. In English, 50 percent of students earned a 4 or 5, but only 8 percent of geometry test-takers earned the same distinction.

At Coolidge and Roosevelt High, one number stood out: Zero percent of test takers scored proficient on the geometry exam. No Roosevelt stu-dents scored proficient on the Eng-lish exam, either, and just 8 percent of Coolidge test takers earned profi-cient marks in English. The most common score at those schools was a 2 out of 5.

Meanwhile, Washington Latin Public Charter School had the best showing of any D.C. charter school, with 63 percent of students scoring a 4 or 5 in English and 32 percent of students earning those proficient scores in geometry.

The citywide numbers matched expectations that the scores would be significantly lower than those in the DC CAS exams, which were phased out after the 2013-2014 school year. Those exams were administered to students based on grade level, while students take the PARCC exams after taking a partic-ular class — for high school, English level II or geometry. They assess students’ knowledge up to the end of the particular class, with an empha-sis on the content of that class.

In future years, Kang said she expects the test results to arrive in the summer. The delay this time can be attributed to the additional diffi-culties of scoring a brand-new test, she said.

Results from elementary and middle schools are due in mid-November.

D.C. State Board of Education president Jack Jacobson said in an

interview that he was unpleasantly surprised to see the low scores in English. But he thinks the low scores overall might be in part because cur-rent high school students haven’t been exposed to the Common Core learning standards on this test for long. Jacobson will look to the ele-mentary and middle school data to see if there’s better performance from students with more experience learning under Common Core.

The numbers also reflect the con-tinuing racial disparities in D.C.’s education system. Just 4 percent of black test-takers in geometry earned a 4 or 5 score, compared to 50 per-cent of the white geometry test-tak-ers. Meanwhile, 47 percent of Asian students and 9 percent of Hispanic students were judged proficient.

In English, where a larger num-ber of students performed higher this year, 86 percent of white test-takers scored proficient, compared to 19 percent of the black test-takers. Asian and Hispanic students again fell between the extremes, at 43 per-cent and 28 percent, respectively.

State Board of Education execu-tive director John-Paul Hayworth entertains the possibility that the composition and format of the test may have played a role in the gaps.

“It’s quite possible that there are students in different racial categories that don’t have the experience with online testing that some of our white students might have,” Hayworth said. “That may be a factor. I just don’t know.”

Students will receive individual score reports in the mail sometime in December, Kang said. The reports will include a comparison of the student’s results to other students across the city.

For parents and students con-cerned about low scores, Jacobson said they should look at the score as an opportunity for growth.

“Don’t be discouraged. This is a difficult exam,” Jacobson said. “And it’s not the end-all be-all.”

The report will not include a comparison to how the student might have performed on the DC CAS exam, said Kang, because the two tests are assessing students at differ-ent points in their education process. Jacobson said the two tests are like “apples and celery.”

“This assessment is not the only measure of a student’s success,” said Jacobson. “While some of these numbers look daunting, and there’s certainly work to do, this test will help us create a roadmap so that all students can do better and achieve more.”

Changes to the test could arrive as early as this school year, accord-ing to Kang’s deputy chief of staff, Jessie Harteis. This year’s test, for instance, will be 90 minutes shorter than last year’s.

The PARCC comes amid a grow-ing nationwide concern about the time spent on standardized test prep-aration. But Jay Russell, president of the Democrats for Education Reform advisory board, defended the value of a result that he called “sobering.”

“Some will point to these scores and deny the importance of rigorous, reasonable assessments,” Russell said in the statement. “However, if our students are not learning the skills they need to succeed in college and in life, we must understand

where the gaps are, and expand the programs that are working in order to allow more students to achieve their full potential.”

The widespread issues in the city’s schools won’t be solved over-night, Hayworth said.

“The data’s critical. We have to have the information on where our students are and where they’re mov-ing from year to year,” Hayworth said. “Having the data now with the foundation is going to be very help-ful for everyone.”

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A stale loophole Mayor Muriel Bowser’s 2014 campaign promised D.C. a “fresh start” — seemingly, a pledge to rid the city of the sort of scandals that had become all too common in recent years. Multiple D.C. Council members landed in jail, and her predecessor has been investigated (though not charged) in connec-tion with an illegal “shadow campaign” in 2010. Nine months into her governance, the word “fresh” is in the air again, though this time — ironically — it’s the name of a questionable organization called FreshPAC that’s raising vast amounts to support the mayor’s goals. A legal loophole allows political action committees to raise unlimited funds in non-election years to support candidates, and FreshPAC treasurer Ben Soto says he’s aiming to collect a million dollars before 2015 ends. Ms. Bowser herself has supported FreshPAC by taking part in fundraisers, and contributions are pouring in from developers seeking to curry favor, as well as from individuals the mayor has appointed to boards and commissions. Mr. Soto has spent modestly so far — a little bit on polling — but plans to do more during next year’s council elections to support legislators aligned with the mayor. He argues that the effort complies with both the letter and spirit of the city’s elections law. But FreshPAC is simply inappropriate. On WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Show Friday, analyst Tom Sherwood hinted at the sort of questionable exchanges that could occur. Mr. Sherwood, an NBC4 reporter and Current columnist, recounted asking Pepco whether FreshPAC had solicited money from the company during the mayor’s negotiation of a potential takeover by Exelon. Aside from saying Pepco hadn’t made a contribution, the utility refused to answer, as did the fundraising group, he said. The silence is disturbing. What’s most dispiriting to us about the new PAC is that Mayor Bowser has been doing an excellent job leading the city. We’d hate to see this mis-take ruin or even detract from her otherwise strong reputation. We strongly urge the mayor to have the group disbanded and contributions refunded. We think the D.C. Council should also move forward with legislation to close the loophole that allows unlimited donations to PACs in non-election years. Members Mary Cheh (Ward 3) and David Grosso (at-large) intro-duced the measure, saying FreshPAC smacks of a “pay-to-play” culture. “There are things you can get away with but shouldn’t do,” Council member Cheh told Kojo Nnamdi. “This is one of them.” While the bill would have to pass as emergency legislation in order to impact FreshPAC’s plans — and it might not have sufficient support, with just seven lawmakers signing on initially — we’d recommend council mem-bers press on even if they can’t secure immediate action. The unlimited-fun-draising loophole needs to be eliminated.

College success Many D.C. neighborhoods are filled with high school seniors who are eagerly — or perhaps frantically — visiting possible colleges and assem-bling persuasive applications. But in too many other areas, higher education is on few students’ radar. Poverty keeps families from creating healthy college funds. A lack of sup-port reduces academic potential. And for some, it feels like an alien world. We’re fortunate to have the D.C. College Success Foundation working tirelessly on these issues. Since 2007, the nonprofit has helped send over 1,200 students from low-income D.C. families to college, providing scholar-ship money, mentorship, application assistance and even campus tours. Michael Cheever, chief administrative officer of the foundation’s national parent organization, discussed the group’s work Thursday morning at the Capital Hilton during a fundraiser sponsored by Costco. He said in addition to pursuing academic success, the foundation has boosted access to emotion-al assistance and other wraparound services. The commitments are working: As of the end of 2014, 171 program participants from D.C. who graduated from high school between 2008 and 2011 had earned bachelor’s degrees, with 700 more still in college, according to the foundation’s website. One D.C. Public Schools instructor who spoke at the event knew how important the foundation’s work can be. Dean Bolden, a fifth-grade teacher in Ward 7, said he owes his current career to the group’s work. When he was a student at Woodson High, foundation staff members “kept my head on straight,” Bolden said. “They got me engaged in my schoolwork.” As improvements within the classroom help equip students for a college career, the College Success Foundation is providing necessary external sup-port. Its involvement in the lives of local teens is helping make the path to college seem real, and then guiding students along that path. We applaud the foundation for its work.

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Hard to believe, but the District government has run a significant part of the popular Marine Corps Marathon out of town. People

should be outraged. This race is a defining event in our nation’s capital. Oh, the 30,000 or so runners will still race on our grand avenues (closed for the occasion). But next year the headquarters for all those runners to sign up and get their racing numbers, as well as the big run-ning expo held at our convention center, are moving to National Har-bor in Prince George’s County. Events DC, the city agency that runs the convention center, says the popular marathon — which first included D.C. in 1977 during its second year — didn’t draw enough people who stay in city hotel rooms, the key matrix the center uses in book-ing events. (The same rent-our-rooms-or-else approach may spell doom for the annual Washington Auto Show, some officials fear.) “If all our decisions are made about money,” one local consultant told us, “we’ll be pushing out our culture. It can’t be all about money.” The Notebook understands that convention cen-ter officials face a double-edged sword. On one hand, people — including D.C. auditor Kathy Pat-terson, recently — complain when the center doesn’t maximize its facility to fill those hotel rooms and pay its expenses. On the other, some feel-good groups like the marathon bring undeniable good publicity to the city that can’t be measured only in dollars. That’s certainly true in 2016, a presi-dential election year. And let’s face it, National Harbor is a wholly made-up, commercialized shopping mall specifically built to compete with the District for meetings and conventions. Its Gaylord Hotel advertises itself as if it were here! The first sentence of its website reads, “Our spectacular Washington, D.C. resort anchors the 300 acre National Harbor waterfront entertainment dis-trict, located 8 miles south of D.C.” And a Google search finds this: “Gaylord National in D.C. - offi-cial site.” First of all, the District ought to make them stop saying they are a D.C. hotel or send them a tax bill for using our name. And secondly, the city should fight any encroach-ment from National Harbor. It is only going to get worse when the MGM casino opens late next year.■ Logistics be damned. All those 30,000 runners and family members and friends won’t like depend-ing on shuttles to get to and from National Harbor. There was a rash of angry responses when the Washington City Paper’s Andrew Giambrone report-ed the news on Twitter. “That’s awful, inconvenient, difficult access and ridiculous,” wrote one reader. “Next year we’ll be stuck in shuttles,” moaned another. And another

said, “Bad move. No public transportation. No park-ing. PLEASE rethink this decision.” Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans called the convention center decision shortsighted. Evans, a runner who has competed in the marathon, told the Notebook it could be too late to reverse the 2016 decision.

“We want the race in the city. It’s our marathon,” he said. “I will work to get them back.”

■ FreshPAC fallout. Political and business folks of all types are continuing to weigh in on this new political action committee, which supposedly oper-

ates independently of Mayor Muriel Bowser but is run by you-can’t-get-any-closer associates. “This is ridiculous,” said one knowledgeable observer of city politics. “This is really, really, really bad politics.” And yes, he said “really” three times. The Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU 88.5 FM took up the issue again on Monday, with reporter Patrick Madden fleshing out more from the first story done on the pro-Bowser FreshPAC. Expect more from Madden, who knows how to search and dissect those campaign finance files better than many others. “Whether it’s legal or not,” said the political observer with knowledge of city campaigns, “is not the issue.” Bowser built her council reputation by tackling tough ethics-issue legislation and then ran for mayor on it. “Now, she’s throwing that reputa-tion away, and for what? She was very proud of that [bill].” At minimum, that ethics glow is tarnished. Now, whatever FreshPAC does will be on her hands. FreshPAC has the same treasurer and key decision-maker as did her official campaign (Ben Soto). FreshPAC has the same polling firm she had (Garin-Hart-Yang).■ The Exorcist steps up. The public is invited this Friday at 6 p.m. to the bottom of the Georgetown steps used in the 1973 film “The Exorcist” for a spe-cial event commemorating the site with a plaque. Director William Friedkin and author William Peter Blatty are special guests. From 4 to 6 p.m., Friedkin will greet people at the top of the steps.■ A final word. Ed Walker lived radio for 65 years. This past week, weak and in his hospital bed, Walk-er recorded the last of his WAMU shows, “The Big Broadcast.” On Sunday night, it aired a final time. Within a couple of hours, Ed Walker died, his fami-ly surrounding him. The Notebook hopes you’ll take a moment to read about Walker. The Notebook was proud to have known him over the years that he had an office in our NBC4 building on Nebraska Avenue NW. A true giant of radio in such a quiet, self-effacing man. Tom Sherwood, a Southwest resident, is a politi-cal reporter for News 4.

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‘express’ bus stops could ease crowding For six years, I took the 16th Street bus to Irving Street NW and transferred to the bus to Ten-leytown for middle and high school. My summer job in high school required me to take that route downtown to transfer to the bus to National Airport. Many years later, I took that same bus to my job downtown. In some areas of the Chicago El, there isn’t enough platform

space to allow an express train to stop. It usually runs on a track between the northbound and southbound trains. Those trains alternate stops. At about the same time, one train is stopping at an “A” stop and another is stopping at a “B” stop. When it is wide enough for two platforms on either side of the express train, they all stop at that station. Perhaps D.C. could do some-thing similar, maybe with “C” stops as well. I could see an “express stop” at Military Road, Irving Street, etc., to allow riders to switch to the bus that would stop at their destinations or to take a crosstown bus. These would be

the only places where an extra-long bus stop would be needed. Otherwise, the express buses could run in the lane for cars. If I’m not mistaken, New York City used the same type of scheme for rush-hour buses on Fifth Avenue when the double-decker buses stopped running. I wish D.C. all good luck nec-essary to solve the problem. The 16th Street bus was my “lifeline” for about 20 years, and I was always grateful for it after con-certs at the Watergate (barge) and watching the fireworks on the National Mall.

Pat FletcherTacoma, Wash.

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‘Death with dignity’law would risk abuse A front-page article in The Cur-rent’s Oct. 7 issue concerned the adoption by California of a “death with dignity”-type law and how it has encouraged the proponents of similar legislation for the District. It appears that we could be moving from aborting in the womb to expe-diting exit to the tomb. In addition to the fact that moral and ethical considerations are ignored, it is sad that such a movement is addressed to those who are the most vulnera-ble to abuse.

James P. NashChevy Chase

on ellington project, look at the options

In the D.C. Council’s budget deliberations in May, the expression that repeatedly came up to describe the Duke Ellington School of the Arts project — slated to cost $180 million, or $300,000 a student — was “out of control.” One council member said those responsible for letting the price reach such levels should be in jail.

Nevertheless, the council felt the most it could do was trim the bud-get by $9.8 million.

The mayor now proposes to add back that same amount.

That request will be deemed approved Friday unless a council member asks by Thursday that the review period be extended.

In the meantime, the council will hold a roundtable on school mod-ernizations next Monday and the D.C. auditor is in the throes of a review of the project.

If there is a way to hold approv-al until at least after Monday’s roundtable, at which the Depart-ment of General Services can be pressed to explain what has hap-pened and what other options have been considered, on the public record, why not do that?

At any price, modernizing Ellington in place — far from the center of the city and a Metro sta-tion — makes no sense. It will eliminate one possible way to address Wilson overcrowding. And, make no mistake, the stratospheric spending on Ellington means other schools must wait for their modern-izations.

Ellington students have been in temporary space in the center city for two years and are expected to be there for another year and a half. While demolition at Ellington has been done, the build-out that will generate the lion’s share of the cost has not begun.

It may be that we have little

choice but to plow forward with this project regardless of the cost. But before we simply restore the $10 million and turn the corner to spend the significant majority of the dollars for the project (and don’t be shocked if the price tag increases yet again), we should at least pause to consider our options.

For example, could the Ellington program be co-located with a com-prehensive high school in a beauti-ful new facility even next year? Is there a suitable site in the arts dis-trict near the U Street corridor where Duke Ellington grew up? Or, could the Ellington project be expanded on the current site to cre-ate seats for a comprehensive high school — thereby bringing down the cost per student, creating a mechanism to strengthen feeding schools and academics for Ellington students, and alleviating overcrowd-ing at Wilson?

Perhaps we have no choice but to spend dizzying sums to modern-ize Ellington in place, but before we throw up our hands and reopen our checkbook, let’s take a thoughtful look at our options.

Matthew FruminTenleytown

GDs plan’s height is cause for concern

I take exception to a number of points in Adam Klein’s letter to the editor [“GDS plan’s opponents are vocal minority,” Oct. 21]. It’s his opinion, not fact, that those who oppose Georgetown Day School’s plans are “in the minority” and do not speak for the neighborhood. Suffice it to say that there are strong views on both sides of the issue, but more importantly, the arguments of those he labels as “opponents” are much more nuanced than his letter suggests.

For example, I have not heard anyone suggest that any part of the Martens site is either historic or desirable. Nor have I heard anyone suggest that developing the site is a bad idea. In all the community meetings I have been to — I have been to many — the consensus is that new retail, restaurants, a market and a spruced-up streetscape benefit us all.

The primary opposition to the project is, indeed, height, and the reasons that many in the neighbor-hood oppose the height of the build-ings are based in both principle and practicality.

Chapter 23 of the Comprehen-sive Plan lays out the principles of development for the Rock Creek West Area Element, which includes the Wisconsin Avenue corridor, stressing the need for “careful tran-sitions from development along the avenues to nearby low-scale neigh-borhoods” and requiring that the heights and densities of infill devel-

opment be “appropriate to the scale and character of adjoining commu-nities.”

The Georgetown Day School project is not appropriate to the scale and character of the neighbor-hood, far exceeding both what is currently allowed for the avenue and the heights of the most recent developments in the area. If, how-ever, GDS followed these principles and the current zoning require-ments, it could redevelop the Mar-tens site in a way that not only brings vibrancy to the community but also respects the character of the existing neighborhood. This is a reasonable request for compromise and one that should be amenable to Georgetown Day School.

From a practical standpoint, there is the risk of irreparable dam-age to the neighborhoods east and west of Wisconsin Avenue, if GDS so greatly exceeds the heights that are currently allowed. The threat of even greater building heights becomes very real, as this project becomes the standard against which developers request even more. Once that genie is out of the bottle, it is impossible to put it back in.

Marti EdmondsonTenleytown

D.C. libraries should mull public kitchens Watching C-SPAN 3’s live “Book TV” broadcast Saturday from Madison, Wisc., provided me with an inspiring thought applicable to D.C. The director of the Madison Public Library, Greg Mickells, noted that the upcoming renovation of one of the city’s libraries would include a public kitchen. It is intended to serve both the homeless and schoolchildren whose last meal may have been their school lunch. (It will also present opportunities to teach some basic cooking skills that disappeared with the demise of home economics as a subject in high schools.) What a great idea and opportuni-ty. The Chevy Chase Library is about to undergo renovations at the same time as our mayor has launched a bold initiative to improve D.C.’s services to our homeless neighbors. It would be good if those planned renovations can be expanded to include a “pub-lic kitchen.” The needs are there. The rela-tively new Tenley-Friendship Library has seen a large number of people in need of shelter congregat-ing nearby. I suspect that many of D.C.’s public service centers may be experiencing similar demands. We should encourage the mayor to further expand her vision to serve the homeless.

Jay ThalChevy Chase

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Blessed Sacrament School has many after-school activities like art, choir, science, sports and many oth-ers. Blessed Sacrament just started a new activity: Girls on the Run. They meet every Tuesday and Sun-day. When they meet, they stretch, do a fun activity and run, all in an hour and a half. There are 25 girls participating in two groups based on grade level. There is a group for third through fifth grades and one for sixth through eighth grades.

Girls on the Run helps girls exercise and boost their confidence. For every mile the girls run, they get a little shoe charm to put on their necklaces. At the end the girls run a 5K on Dec. 6 with all the Girls on the Run groups in the area. Fifth-grader Ella Hayes said that at Girls on the Run, “you learn how to pace yourself and it helps running.” Girls on the Run is a great program and I am glad that Blessed Sacra-ment made it one of their activities.

— Stella Glasgow, fifth-grader

Eaton ElementaryThird-graders have been learning

about buildings in D.C. We did group posters about different monu-ments and memorials, with facts, illustrations done by kids, and a title. The facts told things like what the building is used for, what the style of the building is, how many columns or steps there are and when it was built. We learned that there are 56 steps on the Lincoln Memorial because President Lin-coln died at age 56.

An architect talked to us about the different parts of buildings including columns, pediments and domes. We also talked about differ-ent building materials like iron,

stone and bricks.We each chose a memorial to

research individually. We are mak-ing brochures about the buildings and we have to include lots of infor-mation about when it was built, why it is important and what it looks like. We each got a postcard of our building that we turned into a mosaic at All Fired Up. This week we are going to see some of the memorials that we studied: Jefferson, Lincoln, Roos-evelt and Martin Luther King Jr. We also hope we can see the White House, the Washington Mon-ument and the Capitol from the bus.

— Rowan McCrary, Tamara Walker and Victoria Sewell,

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Janney Elementary The 2015 Janney Elementary Embassy Adoption Club is focusing on one of the smallest countries in the world: Luxembourg! The club is a group of fifth-graders who learn about one country, go to its embas-sy, eat its famous foods, play games that are popular there, and more. Janney has nine special subjects (specials): art, graphic arts, perform-ing arts, music, library, social stud-ies, science, digital communications and PE. Since I am guessing that you already know what arts, music, library, social studies, science and PE are, I am going to tell you about the other specials. Graphic arts is a class where you use computers, iPads and cameras. Digital commu-nications is a class where you use computers and iPads to work on code and more. Lastly, performing arts is a class where you learn about

acting skills, play fun games, and write interesting stuff about people who were important in acting and performing. We also write about fun facts that can help us act.

— Albert Malhotra, fifth-grader Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital At the beginning of the year, all the second-graders at JPDS-NC worked on a special math project. We came up with creative ways to help us learn skip count patterns. The students were divided into small groups. Each groups was assigned a number to skip count by. Each group had a different number from two to 12. We made songs out of the skip count patterns. Some groups used tunes from songs they knew, like “Happy Birthday” and other groups wrote original tunes to memorize the skip counts. The songs were recorded and will be given out to all of the second-grad-ers. This project was fun and helped us learn skip counting in a way we are sure to remember. During this project, all the sec-ond-graders also rotated through other activities that taught different math skills, like working with money, making a calendar and learning about place value. Overall, we enjoyed this project and the chance to work with students from the other second-grade classes.

— Eliana Dolven-Miller, Serah Jeruchim, Gabi Kunzman, Carmel

Pinsky and Shoshana Tinsley, second-graders

Lafayette Elementary In the town of Lafayette, when all good citizens are safe inside, do you know what creatures roam the trailers at night? Boo!

Everyone enjoyed the Lafayette Fall Festival on Oct. 24. It lasted from 3 to 5 p.m., with many kids and families attending a movie in the Big Top (our cafeteria tent) at 5:30 p.m. This year the festival’s theme was the Box Trolls. Some came in costume or even in a box. There were many activities for kids to enjoy such as a moon bounce, arts and crafts, karaoke, games, potions and face painting. There was even a photo booth where people could come dressed in costumes and have some spook-tacular pictures taken. The Lafayette Recreation Center was decorated and transformed into a haunted house for the day by the fifth-graders and some parents. It was a big attraction and was manned by the fifth-grade classes. The fifth-graders were busy spread-ing scares dressed as creepy clowns. The haunted house was not the only activity the students hosted, though. The second-graders displayed Box Trolls they had made in art class! We hope you enjoyed the Fall Festival. Now everyone is looking forward to Halloween. Since Friday, Oct. 30, is a half day, the school’s annual Halloween parade will be in the morning. Mwahahahaha!

— Addy Darnell and Kate Oliphant, fifth-graders

Maret School In the lower school, we are paired with another grade. Our fourth grade is paired up with the kindergartners. The third grade is with the first grade, and the second grade is together. In fourth grade, we meet with our kindie buddies every other week because we have two fourth-grade classes and only one kindergarten class. Mostly we read to our buddies but later in the year we might play a math game or have them read to us. The first time we met with our kindie buddies we interviewed them. Apart from finding out their name, age, if they had any siblings, and what they did over the summer,

we had to find three things that we had in common with our buddy. We then took all this information and wrote a paragraph about our kindie buddy. We then revised and edited these paragraphs to grab our read-er’s attention. One student began with, “My buddy comes in a deluxe package.” Another student began, “Cactus Cantina is a place that I love and so does my buddy.” We also have great math buddies from the upper school. Once a week seven 11th- and 12th-graders come to our classroom and work with us individually. We are excited to see them play sports at homecoming.

— Mrs. Richardson’s fourth-graders

Murch Elementary Every year, students go on many field trips at Murch. Earlier this year, fifth-graders went the Smith-sonian’s National Museum of American History to experience the Spark!Lab “Invention at Play,” and the new Lemelson Hall of Inven-tion. This exhibit shows some of the steps that inventors take and also takes you through the history of some of the world’s important and fun inventions. The interactive part is the Spark!Lab. We were allowed to view and hold a 3-D printed model of Abraham Lincoln’s head and we learned about 3-D printing. We even got to see a life-sized model of the Philadelphia gun ship. In the Spark!Lab, we explored and tried out various tools and machines. At different stations around the lab, we used these tools to solve challenges and problems. We were also able to make our own inventions with different materials. Even though it was a really rainy day, everyone still had fun on the first fifth-grade field trip.

— Ethan Stoll and Emily Parrish, fifth-graders

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After trimming a 20-point deficit into a one-score game with seven minutes to play, Sidwell coach John Simon had a tough decision to make on Friday: try to pick up a first down on a critical fourth down play, or be conservative and punt. Simon’s son and assistant coach, Heath Simon, talked his father into gambling instead of handing the ball back to Maret’s potent offense. “We debated,” said John Simon, who initially wanted to just punt and play defense before his son pointed to the Frogs’ strong offense as a deterrent. “I was afraid that if we punted, Maret would run the clock out and we wouldn’t get a chance to score.” The risk was rewarded when senior quarterback Ted Hefter hit sophomore running back Mark Chichester for a 57-yard touchdown pass. The strike proved to be the game-winning score as the Quakers defeated the Frogs 36-32 at Duke Ellington Field. “It was a heck of a comeback,”

said John Simon. “I’m still in a state of shock over how we won. I have no idea how the hell we did it, but we did.” The victory gives the Quakers a huge advantage in the race for the Mid-Atlantic Conference crown. Sidwell is now in the driver’s seat for the league title and can win it outright by winning its remaining games against Saint James and Flint Hill. Meanwhile, Maret can still earn a share of the title if Sidwell drops one game and the Frogs win their last two games. Hefter led the Quakers’ offense with 294 passing yards and two touchdowns. His go-to targets were Chichester, who had 196 receiving yards, and junior wideout Dylan Reynolds, who had four grabs for 74 yards. Maret’s offense was led by its dual-threat junior quarterback Gar-rison Burnett, who rushed for a game-high 83 yards and threw for 124 yards and a score. While the Quakers basked in the victory at the end of the game, it was Maret that did most of the celebrat-ing early on. The Frogs built a com-

manding 26-6 advantage in the first half by using an explosive offense to continually move the ball up and down the field. But Sidwell began to find itself late in the second quarter, with Chichester scoring to trim the lead to 26-6 by halftime. After the break, Maret padded its lead to 32-6 on a Burnett touchdown pass. But the Frogs wouldn’t score again. Sidwell’s offense built off its late first-half push and scored on a run by senior running back Terrance Horne to continue the Quakers’ momen-tum. Moments later, Sidwell earned two points on a safety to trim the game down to 32-18 early in the fourth quarter. Sidwell then scored on another Horne run and caught a break by scooping up a fumble and racing 10 yards for a touchdown to make it a one-score game. “The ball bounced in our favor,” Simon said. “We scored two quick touchdowns and that really helped us. Maret is a very good team. We got a couple of good breaks, and that’s just part of football.”

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St. John’s has had a field hockey program for only 12 years, and for much of that time it’s been knocked around by Washington Catholic Athletic Conference stalwarts Good Counsel and Holy Cross. But this year the Cadets finally broke through the traditional league powers, ousting Holy Cross Oct. 20 to earn a date with Good Counsel for the title last Thursday. Feeling her team needed the power of posi-tivity heading into the championship game, second-year Cadet coach Corey Samperton emailed her players a mantra to repeat to them-selves: “Today is going to be the greatest day of my life; I believe that I am mentally and physically prepared; I believe that I am a champion and I believe that my teammates are champions; and I believe that today we’re going to be victorious.” The girls followed through and enjoyed their best day on the field together Thursday by knocking off the two-time defending confer-ence champion Falcons 2-0. With that win, the Cadets claimed their first-ever field hockey championship. For the team’s seniors, it was a special moment that they’d been building toward for four years. “This meant everything to me,” said senior forward Maggie Scott. “Every year, we’ve been building. I’ve seen captains on this team graduate from this team, who deserved to win this game, but weren’t able to get here. Every-thing I have been working for since August

2012 has been leading up to this moment.” The Cadets walked onto the field as a hun-gry team, approaching each pregame drill and huddle with enthusiasm and roars of excite-ment. That energy carried over after the whis-tle sounded, with Samperton barking instruc-tions at her players from the sidelines, jumping and waving her arms at times, her emotions clearly on her sleeves. “Passion is a great thing,” the coach said. “I say if you’re passionate about something, har-ness that energy into it. That passion lives on the field and you feel it in your body and it comes and it’s OK. It’s contagious.” That love for the game rubbed off on her players, who controlled the ball in the early going and forced the Falcons to take a timeout to settle down. “It’s hard to calm down when you have Coach Corey screaming on the sidelines,” said Scott. “Nothing is going to make us take a breath; we were just going to keep pushing.” The break allowed Good Counsel to become the aggressors as the squad dominated possession deep in the Cadets’ end of the field and earned five penalty corner opportunities. Despite the shots on goal, the St. John’s defense stood tall, led by senior goalie Katie Wright, who posted a shutout. “She’s amazing,” Samperton said of Wright. “She was just smacking them down. She motivates them and she tells them where to be.” The defensive stand swung the momentum in the Cadets’ favor and sparked the offense to begin clicking. St. John’s pushed the ball into Good Counsel territory, and freshman Clara

Morrison poked it into the back of the cage after a scrum in the Falcons’ circle with 12 minutes and 34 seconds to go before halftime. St. John’s maintained the 1-0 advantage at the break, but as they left the field for intermis-sion, several Cadets could be heard telling their teammates not to celebrate yet. After the break, Good Counsel tried to

rally, but St. John’s once again found the back of the net. This time it was junior Ali House, who deflected a shot for a score and a com-manding 2-0 lead with 17:24 to go. The Cadets never allowed the Falcons another chance to threaten, and after the game was called, they stormed the field at Bishop O’Connell to celebrate their first crown.

Cadets win first hockey crown

Brian Kapur/The CurrentSt. John’s, which has had a field hockey team for 12 seasons, broke through to win its first championship in the sport on Thursday. The team defeated Good Counsel, which had won the previous two WCAC championships, for the crown 2-0.

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Brian Kapur/The CurrentSidwell senior quarterback Ted Hefter helped rally the Quakers from a 26-6 halftime deficit to defeat Maret 36-32 on Friday afternoon.

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the “forward-thinking” design and especially appreciates the expanded communal spaces and environmen-tally friendly features. “Cities are dynamic spaces, so I’ve never understood the urge to re-create past historical styles in new buildings,” she said in an interview. “Cities just shouldn’t be static.” Susan Lowell, another Cleveland Park resident, called for the new library to incorporate additional parking. To illustrate her point, she gave the example of a parent with an injury that could limit his or her abil-ity to take a child to the facility. “The mission of a library is not to accommodate people that are operat-ing only on one specific transporta-tion style,” Lowell said. “You’ve got to serve the community you have, not the community you wish you had.” Lowell also suggested that a tower planned for the corner of

Macomb Street and Connecticut Avenue be utilized as an educational opportunity for younger library users, given its potential views of Van Ness and Rock Creek Park. Resident Todd Cain supports the updated design for its use of space and contribution to the “already diverse” assortment of architectural styles in the neighborhood, and he opposes additional parking. “There is a Metro stop down the street, a [Capital Bikeshare] station next door and a bus stop at the front door,” he wrote in an email to The Current. “We should not be spending money or effort encouraging folks to drive there.” Another resident, who wished to remain unnamed, opposed the design aesthetic and called for adding more parking to the final design. “I don’t like the modern look,” she wrote in an email to The Current. “I feel they can offer a beautiful updated structure in a classic design. Also, I think parking is really impor-

tant in the sense that often people may have ordered a book or are run-ning in to drop off books, and it is just a quick visit.” Regardless, she said the library does need a new facility to replace the “old, tired structure” that cur-rently stands on the lot. The Cleveland Park Historical Society will be among those submit-ting comments on the design after its Architectural Review Committee sees a formal presentation Nov. 9, according to executive director Carin Ruff. The local advisory neighbor-hood commission will also weigh in, and the final plans will need approv-al by the city’s Historic Preservation Review Board because Cleveland Park is a designated historic district. The D.C. Public Library has sub-mitted the proposed design to the review board, though it is not yet certain if the board will place it on its November agenda. Full design details can be found at slideshare.net/DCPublicLibrary.

LIBRARY: Cleveland Park design set for reviewFrom Page 1

local D.C. event, and it’s important enough to these people and these organizations to have this location com-memorated that they’re willing to help us.”

Since his dad showed him the movie when he was 10 years old, Huff has been fascinated with every aspect of “The Exorcist.” He estimates he’s seen it 50 times since.

“It created an impression in me that never left,” Huff said. “The fact that I was so interested and terrified at the same time, and so curious, made the movie stay with me.”

Huff is urging eventgoers to reach the steps via public transportation on Friday. If it rains, the ceremony will move from the bottom of the steps to the top, where there’s an outdoor pavilion.

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By BRIAN KAPURCurrent Staff Writer

After beating DeMatha on national television, Gonzaga had to quickly regroup and put that big win behind them to focus on another Washington Catholic Athletic Con-ference stalwart — Good Counsel. In Friday’s game the Eagles were able to continue their undefeated march through the season by dis-patching the perennial powerhouse 32-13, spoiling Good Counsel’s senior day. “I’m just glad for my team,” said junior running back Tyree Randolph. “We wanted to just stay in the moment. Last week was over with. We just had to stay focused.” Gonzaga’s strong performance was bolstered by their ball-hawking defense, which collected four turn-overs as junior linebacker Mitchell Johns and junior cornerback Joseph

Zuccari each grabbed a pair of inter-ceptions. “I knew they were going to come out passing,” said Zuccari. “I knew they were down and they had to make something happen on offense. Our coaches get us prepared every week for what we have to do.” While the Eagles defense was taking the ball away, the team’s offense was lighting up the score-board behind a workhorse effort from Randolph, who galloped for 207 yards on 28 carries and two touchdowns. Gonzaga’s passing attack was led by junior quarterback Sam Brown, who threw for 90 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the win. His main target was junior wideout Max Fish-er, who grabbed three balls for 33 yards and a touchdown. The Eagles will have the chance to clinch a spot in the WCAC play-off with a win when they host Arch-

bishop Carroll on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Wilson routs Anacostia Wilson met Anacostia on the gridiron for the second time this season on Friday and the result was more of the same — a 37-0 mauling by the Tigers. Steven Williams Jr. led the Tigers’ potent offense with 206 pass-ing yards and three touchdown strikes. His top receiver was junior wideout Sean Savoy, who made seven catches for 90 yards and a score. Williams also targeted junior wide receiver Khaleb Coleman for a touchdown and 44 yards. Meanwhile senior running back Brian Higginbotham led the Tigers’ ground attack with 84 yards on eight carries and a touchdown. Wilson will try to stay perfect in D.C. Interstate Athletic Association play when the Tigers host Coolidge Friday at 6 p.m.

Gonzaga stays perfect; Wilson nets victory

FootballBell 32, Roosevelt 7St. John’s 35, O’Connell 0

Field hockeySt. John’s 1, Holy Cross 0Cathedral 3, Sidwell 1

Visitation 2, Stone Ridge 1Cathedral 2, Holy Child 1

VolleyballSidwell 3, Episcopal 0Visitation 3, Cathedral 1Maret 3, St. Andrew’s 0Good Counsel 3, St. John’s 0WIS 3, Hebrew Academy 0Wilson 2, Phelps 1

WIS 3, Burke 0Wilson 3, Bell 0Paul VI 3, St. John’s 1St. John’s 3, Pallotti 0Good Counsel 3, Maret 0Wilson 2, Walls 1

Boys soccerGDS 0, St. Andrew’s 0St. Albans 2, Episcopal 1

St. John’s 6, Carroll 1Gonzaga 4, McNamara 2Wilson 2, Bell 2Maret 0, St. Andrew’s 0Gonzaga 1, O’Connell 1The Heights 7, Walls 0GDS 1, Sidwell 0St. Albans 2, Georgetown Prep 0DeMatha 4, St. John’s 1

WIS 1, Wilson 0

Girls soccerCathedral 2, Visitation 0St. John’s 2, Bullis 1GDS 2, Potomac School 1Wilson 1, Maret 1Potomac School 2, Visitation 0Cathedral 1, Wilson 1Maret 10, Walls 0

Scores

Dreaming of a new home for the holidays? This seven-bedroom, four-and-a-half-

bath house in Forest Hills is ready

to host the whole family. But be warned: After this visit, your guests will be anxious to return next sum-mer to take advantage of the pictur-esque backyard pool. A sprawling wraparound porch draws guests up the steps to the gray-shingled American foursquare at 4629 30th St. NW, which is on the market for $2,350,000. Inside, a wood-burning fireplace and charming entry hall continue the warm welcome into the 1928 home. Through an archway to the side is the living room, which fea-tures built-in shelves flanking a large front picture window. This room has a fireplace as well, but with an unusual twist: It’s surround-ed by colorful original tiles depict-ing scenes from the Bible and antiq-uity. More windows and a glass door lead out to a screened porch that connects to the front porch as well. Narrow-width hardwood covers the

floors in the living room and throughout the first level. Next to the rear, through pocket doors, is a spacious dining room. Three large windows set in a bay look out over the large side yard. A family room sits behind this space, housing yet another fireplace along with two walls of built-ins, suggest-ing it would work well as a home library, too. Three windows here bring in light. The kitchen has room for not just a table, but a sizable one at that, and a breakfast bar provides yet another place to perch and eat. It’s covered with black granite, as are the counters, contrasting nicely with the cherry cabinetry and stainless appliances, including a huge Sub-Zero refrigerator. In the rear, doors lead out to the third in this home’s trinity of out-door lounging spaces: a large back deck. A flight of stairs zigzags down to the pool, which is sur-rounded by intricate stonework, including an outdoor kitchen with a wine fridge and sink. Add in the hot tub tucked under the deck, and this yard is perfect for parties. A door under the deck connects to the basement, which, as Realtor Jennifer Knoll put it, is “awaiting the new owner.” It’s finished but

ready for updates — and a full bath with a shower here makes the floor particularly usable. One can easily envision the large rear room housing recreational uses like a pool table, and a smaller space could be a bedroom for a nanny. There’s also a laundry room with a Kenmore washer and dryer. Up two flights of stairs, the home’s second floor contains four bedrooms and three baths. The expansive master, created in 2004, sits in the rear. Five windows in the bedroom let in sun, while the home’s fourth fireplace (this one gas) provides ambiance. Further romance can be found in the bath-room, where candleholders dot a wall alongside a clawfoot tub. Slate covers the floors, double sinks sit on a wooden vanity, and a toilet is tucked into its own closet. A walk-in closet rounds out the suite. An updated hall bath with white subway tiles serves two of the other bedrooms, while the third has its

own. This final water closet is a quirky little space, sitting a step up from the bedroom, and featuring an undersized tub and blue tiled floors (a kid’s bath, says Knoll). Two more bedrooms sit on the third floor, though both would like-ly be used in other ways. In the front, a small space decorated with painted animals on the walls has a petite built-in loft. And the rear room, with exposed wood beams on the ceiling and two small win-dows, seems best suited to a play-room or den. Both have window seats. Along with a house alarm, the property comes equipped with two motion-sensor video cameras

trained on the front and side yards. The footage can be viewed by the owner online. Located just blocks from Rock Creek Park, the home is also within walking distance of the Van Ness commercial strip on Connecticut Avenue NW, as well as the shop-ping center a few blocks north that contains Politics and Prose, Comet Ping-Pong and Buck’s Fishing and Camping. This seven-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath house at 4629 30th St. NW is listed for $2,350,000. For details contact Jennifer Knoll of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty at 202-441-2301 or jennifer.knoll@sothebysrealty.com.

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Forest Hills home offers year-round entertainment amenities

Photos courtesy of TTR Sotheby’s International RealtyThis seven-bedroom Forest Hills house is priced at $2,350,000.

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Selling The Area’s Finest Properties

Contemporary FlairKent. Gracious contemporary w/formal LR & DR. Kit opens to sun rm & lge family rm. 5 BRs, 3.5 BAs includes 3/2 on 1st �r. In law suite + 5th BR on LL. 2 patios, large side garden. 2 car garage + o� st pkg. Walk to shops & parks. $1,155,000.

Nancy Hammond 202-262-5374

Sunshine & SpaceEnchanting home on tree lined St has thoughtful �oorplan, LR w/wbfp, formal DR, 4 BR (2 w/balconies), 3 BA, 2 HB,  sunroom, breakfast room, 2 zone HVAC w/warranty, 2-car garage and driveway. Close to Metro. $874,500

Lynn Bulmer 202-257-2410

Stylish & SpaciousWesley Heights. Magniªcent home in prime location. Gracious proportions for formal entertaining & family living. Major upgrades throughout. 5 BRs, 4.5 BAs, 4 frpls. Patio, 2 car garage + pkg for 5 cars. $1,595,000

Susan Berger 202-255-5006Ellen Sandler 202-255-5007

Standing ProudChevy Chase, DC. Sophisticated Colonial w/formal LR & DR. Updated kit w/SS Wonderful sun rm w/wall of windows overlooking fabulous tiered deck for the best of indoor/outdoor living. $795,000

Paul Prevost 202-210-4378

Tudor TreasureRollingwood. Exquisite brick 4 BR/3BA Tudor on large landscaped 11,239 sf lot. Great views from all windows and original design features remain throughout. $1,295,000 3112 Leland Street, NW

Laura McCa�rey 301-641-4456

Grande DameTown of Ch Ch, MD. “Historic Hallmark” exquisitely renovated. Classic & elegant w/4 ªnished high end levels that will impress the most discerning of buyers. 5-7 BRs, 6.5 BAs. 3 car garage. $2,575,000

Eric Murtagh  301-652-8971

ANC 3ETenleytownAmerican University Park The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at Embassy Suites Hotel, Chevy Chase Pavilion, 5335 Wisconsin Ave. NW. For details, visit anc3e.org. ANC 3FForest Hills The commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, at For-est Hills of DC, 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW. For details, call 202-670-7262 or visit anc3f.us. ANC 3/4GChevy Chase The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at the Chevy Chase Community Center, Con-necticut Avenue and McKinley Street NW. For details, call 202-363-5803, email chevychaseanc3@verizon.net or visit anc3g.org. ANC 4AColonial VillageShepherd ParkCrestwood The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Bright-wood Education Campus, 1300 Nicholson St. NW. Agenda items include:■ community concerns.■ discussion with Emmanuel Briggs of the D.C. Water and Sewer Author-ity.■ discussion regarding the Jewish

Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital.■ discussion regarding D.C. Depart-ment of Transportation protocols.■ consideration of a letter of support for a Board of Zoning Adjustment

application for the project at 7300 Georgia Ave. NW.■ introduction of the principal at Brightwood Education Campus.■ update from the Walter Reed Community Advisory Group.

For details, call 202-450-6225 or visit anc4a.org. ANC 4CPetworth/16th Street Heights The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the

lower-level community meeting room at the Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. The com-mission adjusted its regular meet-ing schedule in recognition of Vet-erans Day. For details, call 202-723-6670 or visit anc4c.org.

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Chevy Chase Citizens Association Initial evaluation results of the District’s first use of cameras worn by Metropolitan Police Department officers are encouraging, Cmdr. Ralph Ennis told our association at a public meeting last week. Officers have been testing 400 cameras since June, split between the 5th and 7th police dis-tricts. There are 100 officers not using cameras in each district, serving as a control group for the ongoing study. Some 15,000 hours of events have been recorded so far. With the help of a $1 million federal grant, other sections of the District will get cameras, too, but it’s not yet clear when they will come to our 2nd District. Ennis said the police department hopes the cameras will help increase public trust, enhance accountability, reduce citizen complaints and increase transparency of police activities, among other goals. Officers make every effort to tell citizens that they are being recorded. If there is a complaint against an officer, a citizen may view the video after 48 hours. The procedure doesn’t apply to criminal cases, which are gov-erned by rules of criminal discovery. The Dis-trict does not use vehicle dashboard cameras, which are favored in places that focus on traffic enforcement. We also heard from Eric Shuler of the fed-eral Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, which works to improve literacy, increase employment and reduce drug use among the 11,000 offenders under supervision in the District. The agency uses mental health services (including behavioral modification), substance abuse treatment, education and voca-tional training. Shuler discussed challenges the agency and offenders face, including employer

reluctance to hire those with criminal records. Last Saturday, Michael Linderman accepted a Grass Roots award on behalf of his late mother, Joan Linderman, from the D.C. Federa-tion of Civic Associations at the group’s annual awards and scholarship luncheon. Our associa-tion nominated Joan Linderman, our longtime former treasurer, for her service to our group and to the community. The annual Halloween Spooktacular will happen this Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. in the busi-ness corridor along Connecticut Avenue NW from Livingston Street to Chevy Chase Circle. Businesses and our association will have tables with candy and other treats for children in cos-tume. Afterward, stop at the Chevy Chase Com-munity Center at Connecticut Avenue and McKinley Street NW for more fun and treats.

— Anne Mascolino

Shepherd Park Citizens Association Growing up in Memphis, Tenn., in the 1940s, I never saw a school bus. I walked the mile to school. If I was running even a little late, there was often a long wait for the 50- to 60-car freight train to clear the tracks before I could cross to the school grounds. In winter, it was cold, windy, snowy and icy. Luckily, I had a warm coat, hat, scarf or earmuffs, gloves or mit-tens, and a big pair of galoshes. There are plenty of children in D.C. who walk to school in late fall and winter without such warm clothes. The Shepherd Park Citizens Association’s winter coat and hat drive will end Saturday, Oct. 31. The drop-off is at Rex Cleaners at 7346 Georgia Ave. NW. The children of Hope and a Home are counting on the Shepherd Park community to fill the boxes by the deadline. Look through your closets and drawers, take a quick trip to the

mall, or talk to a friend. If it’s been a long time since you’ve had little ones, remember that the four fathers and 15 mothers of the sponsored young people might also need warm winter wear. When you’ve accomplished that task, join the community at the Shepherd Field on Satur-day, Oct. 31, for the annual Halloween Parade. The grand promenade begins promptly at 6 p.m. Members of the citizen’s association board and other volunteers will be on hand to distribute glow sticks and candy. There’ll be a list of houses ready to welcome trick-or-treaters fol-lowing the parade. If your house is not yet on the list, please send an email to mark_pattison@hotmail.com. Watch the Shepherd Park listserv for the announcement of the winners in the home decoration contest. This is a time when the “inner child” shines forth in the Shepherd Park adult population, proving that costume design is not only for the younger set. Twice around the track is time enough for all the ghosts, goblins, superheroes, celebrities and other unrecognizable folks to show their stuff. It’s also time to touch base with people you’ve not seen since the last parade or at least not since the association picnic in June. On Thursday, Oct. 29, join the students and staff at San Miguel Middle School, 7705 Geor-gia Ave. NW, for their monthly breakfast open house. Come for coffee or tea and light refresh-ments from 8 to 9:15 a.m. and meet and talk with some of the boys who participated in the activities during Pope Francis’ visit. If you haven’t visited the school before, take a tour guided by some very articulate middle-school-ers. You may even get to see the hydroponic gardening project that’s just starting this fall.

— June Confer

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Concert■ Singer-songwriter Ian Fitzgerald will

perform. 7 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ Lisa Randall will discuss her book

“Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Uni-verse.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Economist Carmel Chiswick will dis-cuss her book “Judaism in Transition: How Economic Choices Shape Religious Tradi-tion.” 7 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ Keith Donohue will discuss his novel “The Boy Who Drew Monsters.” 7 p.m. Free. Upshur Street Books, 827 Upshur St. NW. upshurstreetbooks.com.

■ A conference on “Reinventing Israel: Transformations of Israeli Society in the 21st Century” will open with a keynote address by Brandeis University professor David Ellenson on “From BG to Bibi: The End of an Era in Israel-Diaspora Rela-tions?” 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Abramson Family Founders Room, School of International Service Building, American University, Nebraska and New Mexico avenues NW. american.edu/cas/israelstudies. The conference will continue Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Film■ The Reel Israel DC series will feature

Ami Drozd’s 2011 film “My Australia.” 8 p.m. $8.75 to $11.75. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

Performances■ As part of the Kids Euro Festival

2015, the Czech troupe Theatre Viola will present “Endele Vendele,” featuring Czech fairy tales, nursery rhymes, poems, folk songs and games. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Dance company Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE will join with jazz artist Jason Moran and The Bandwagon to present a night of jazz and dance. 7:30 p.m. $29 to $59. Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m.

■ Georgetown University’s Nomadic Theatre will present Steve Yockey’s “after-life: a ghost story.” 8 p.m. $8 to $12. Devine Studio Theatre, Davis Performing Arts Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787. The per-formance will repeat Thursday, Friday and

Saturday at 8 p.m.

Special event■ Steelhead Productions will present

“Scream City, Washington, DC,” an immer-sive haunted house experience for Hallow-een. 7 to 10 p.m. $35. Parking lot, RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. NW. screamcity.com. The event will continue nightly through Sunday.

Sporting events■ D.C. United will play the New England

Revolution in the Knockout Round of the MLS Cup playoffs. 7:30 p.m. $25 to $60. RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol St. SE. 800-745-3000.

■ The Washington Capitals will play the Pittsburgh Penguins. 8 p.m. $62 to $369. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Thursday, Oct. 29

Children’s programs■ Spirits, zombies and ghouls will take

over the Afterschool Lounge for a program with snacks, a photo booth, a creepy craft and music (for ages 11 through 18). 3:30 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

■ A Halloween party will feature games, snacks, a parade, crafts and a movie. 4 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ A Halloween party will feature sto-ries, snacks and songs. 5 p.m. Free. Cleve-land Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.

■ A Halloween event will feature crafts, healthy snacks and an animated film about a scary house that turns out to be a monster. 6 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139.

Concerts■ Pianists Dennis Russell Davies and

Maki Namekawa will perform. 6 p.m. $15 to $30; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music.

■ The Embassy Series will present pia-nist Eduardo Rojas performing works by Beethoven, Rach-maninoff, Liszt, Piazzo-la, Calvo and Ginas-tera. 6:45 to 9 p.m. $150. Residence of the Colombian Ambas-sador, 1520 20th St. NW. 202-625-2361.

■ The National Symphony Orchestra and pianist Lang Lang will perform works by Grieg, Wagner and Dvorák. 7 p.m. $25 to $99. Concert Hall, Kennedy Center.

202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.

■ Tenor Travis Pearce and soprano Natalya Ryabova, winners of the American Institute for Musical Studies’ 2015 vocal competitions, will perform with pianist Christina Haan. 7:30 p.m. Free; reserva-tions required. Austrian Cultural Forum, 3524 International Court NW. afcdc.org.

■ The JACK string quartet and Light-bulb ensemble will perform works by John Cage, Georg Friedrich Haas, Wayne Vitale, Brian Baumbusch and Peter Steele. 7:30 p.m. Free; tickets required. Meyer Auditori-um, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-1000.

■ Musician Ari Jacobson will perform. 7:30 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ ELM, Tweed and Eminence Ensem-ble will perform. 8 p.m. $12. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Demonstration■ Writer Adrienne Cook and nutritionist

Danielle Cook will present a “Fifty Shades of Grain” cooking demonstration featuring the panoply of grains now easily accessible at supermarkets and online. Noon and 12:45 p.m. Free. Conservatory Garden Court, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

Discussions and lectures■ The 2015 winners of the internation-

al Nuclear-Free Future Award will discuss their efforts to end the uranium fuel chain and offer peaceful, sustainable alterna-tives to nuclear power and nuclear weap-ons. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free; reservations required. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com.

■ Maritime historian Glenn M. Stein will discuss his book “Discovering the North-West Passage: The Four-Year Arctic Odyssey of H.M.S. Investigator and the McClure Expedition.” 11:30 a.m. Free. Mumford Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE. 202-707-4751.

■ Samuel Bowker, curator and lecturer in art history and visual culture at Charles Stuart University in Australia, will discuss “Khayamiya: Art of the Egyptian Tentmak-ers.” Noon. Free. George Washington Uni-versity Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

■ Kevin Lippert will discuss his book “War Plan Red: The United States’ Secret Plan to Invade Canada and Canada’s Secret Plan to Invade the United States.” Noon. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

■ Jason Brownlee, Tarek Masoud and Andrew Reynolds will discuss their book “The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform.” Noon to 2 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. elliott.gwu.edu/events-calendar.

■ Harvard University professor Michael J. Sandel will discuss “Justice, Neutrality and Law.” 3 p.m. Free. Room 119, Jeffer-son Building, Library of Congress, 10 1st St. SE. 202-707-4642.

■ Poonam Mahajan, member of India’s parliament and the Bharatiya Janata Party, will discuss “An Inside Look: How the Rul-ing Party Is Changing India.” 4 to 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Copley Formal Lounge, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.

■ Jewelry expert Andrew Prince will dis-cuss “From Downton to Gatsby: Jewelry and Fashion From 1890 to 1929.” 5:30 to 8 p.m. $7 to $20; free for Hillwood mem-bers and volunteers. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807.

■ Stuart Kestenbaum, a poet and lead-er in craft education, will discuss “Skill, Knowledge, and Intuition: A Look at Mak-ing Today.” 6 p.m. $10; reservations required. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-7394.

■ Steve Case — CEO of the D.C.-based firm Revolution, founding chair of the Start-up America Partnership, chair of the Case Foundation and co-founder of America Online — will discuss “Local Entrepreneur-ship” in conversation with Brian Park, chapter director of Startup Grind DC. 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. $25 to $30. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Writer and activist Kevin Powell will discuss his book “The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey Into Manhood,” about his troubled relationships, his appearance on MTV’s first season of “The Real World,” his battles with alcohol and depression, his two campaigns for Con-gress and the trip to Africa that renewed his sense of personal mission. 7 p.m. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

■ Simon Winchester will discuss his book “Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surf-boards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Bru-tal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World’s Superpow-ers.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ “Conversations on the Constitution”

will feature Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in conversation with Yale law profes-sor and constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar. 7 p.m. Free. McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 9th streets NW. 202-357-5000.

FIlms■ The 2015 Human Rights Film Series

will feature “3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets,” about the aftermath of the murder of 17-year-old Jordan Davis and the trial of Michael Dunn, who shot him at a Florida gas station for playing his music too loudly. A Q&A will follow. 5:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Room 602, American University Washing-ton College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Ave. NW. auhumanrightsfilmseries.org.

■ The Embassy of the Czech Republic will present a family screen-ing of Jan Sverák’s 2014 film “Three Brothers,” about three brothers as they magically venture into famous fairy tales. 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reser-vations required. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. threebrothers.eventbrite.com.

■ The Washington DC Jewish Commu-nity Center will present Laura Bialis’ 2014 film “Rock in the Red Zone,” about life in the city of Siderot on the edge of Israel’s Negev Desert and directly in the path of Hamas rockets. A Q&A with Bialis and live performance by Sderot musician Avi Vaknin will follow. 7:30 to 9 p.m. $13. Goldman Theater, Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Performance■ Members of the Washington Nation-

al Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program will present a preview of the show “Appomattox,” as well as songs and read-ings from the Civil War and civil rights eras. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Special event■ Enrich Life Over 50 — a national

group seeking to reverse ageism in the United States and foster the idea that peo-ple 50 and older can be substantial con-tributors to the country’s economic growth and social development — will host a meet-ing to launch its new D.C. chapter. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $30. The Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW. elo50.com.

Friday, Oct. 30

Children’s programs■ Guy Mason Recreation Center will

host a Halloween costume party (ages 6 through 17). 3:30 to 6 p.m. Free. Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St. NW. 202-282-2199.

■ The 14th annual Chevy Chase Hal-loween Spooktacular — sponsored by Tay-lor Agostino Real Estate Group and other Connecticut Avenue businesses — will fea-ture a chance for children to collect candy and prizes from neighborhood merchants, participate in face painting and games and enjoy other festivities. 4 to 6 p.m. Free. Connecticut Avenue between Livingston Street and Chevy Chase Circle NW.

■ The Oyster Community Council will celebrate Halloween with a “Fall Festival and Haunted Garage,” featuring costume and pumpkin-carving competitions, a

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Concerts■ The Friday Morning Music Club will

present works by Debussy, Butterworth and Schubert. Noon. Free. Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW. 202-333-2075.

■ Organist Eric Bowman of Charles Town, W.Va., will perform. 12:15 p.m. Free. National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle NW. 202-797-0103.

■ The Friday Music Series will feature pianist Grace Kim. 1:15 p.m. Free. McNeir Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. 202-687-2787.

■ “Barbara Cook’s Spotlight” series will feature singer Randy Graff, known as the original Fantine in Broadway’s “Les Misérables” and for her Tony-winning role in “City of Angels.” 7 p.m. $50. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The American University Symphony Orchestra will present “Modern Times,” featuring works by Sibelius and Beethoven. 8 p.m. $5 to $10. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American Univer-sity, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2787. The performance will repeat Saturday at 7 p.m.

■ Singer-songwriter B.R. Lively will per-form. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ Musicians Nikki Lane and Frankie Lee will perform. 9 p.m. $14 to $18. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ Biochemist Beth Burrous will high-

light plants from around the world that impart flavor to sweet foods. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Conserva-tory Classroom, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ Ghada Karmi will discuss her book “Return: A Palestinian Memoir.” 1 to 2 p.m. Free. The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-338-1290.

■ A forum on the “Crosscurrents” exhi-bition will feature academic, writer and cul-tural diplomat Annie Cohen-Solal; chief curator Virginia Mecklenburg; collectors Sam Rose and Julie Walters; and art histo-rian, food critic and author Gijs van Hens-bergen. 5:30 p.m. Free. McEvoy Auditori-um, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ Paula Hawkins will discuss her book “The Girl on the Train.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Bill Nye, host of National Geographic Channel’s new Explorer episode on climate change, and Brooke Runnette, president of National Geographic Studios, will present clips from the show and discuss the global effects of climate change. 7:30 p.m. $30. Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geograph-ic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700.

Film■ A Seijun Suzuki retrospective will fea-

ture the filmmaker’s 1964 movie “The Call of Blood.” 7 p.m. Free. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jeffer-son Drive SW. 202-633-1000.

Performances■ The Kennedy Center will present the

world premiere of “Darius & Twig,” based on Walter Dean Myers’ award-winning novel of the same name about two teen-age best friends who use their unique gifts to rise above inner-city struggles (for ages 13 and older). 7 p.m. $20. Family Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. Perfor-mances will continue through Nov. 8.

■ The Suzanne Farrell Ballet will pres-ent “Balanchine, Béjart, and the Bard.” 7 p.m. $20 to $119. Opera House, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. The performance will repeat Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.

■ Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company will present the 12th annual Fall Festival of South Asian Arts, featuring dancers and musicians from India and the United States. 7:30 p.m. $20 to $50. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. The festival will continue with performances Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m.

Special events■ Middle C Music will host its second

annual Halloween Costume Contest. 10 a.m. Free. Middle C Music, 4530 Wiscon-sin Ave. NW. 202-244-7326.

■ A celebration of the Georgetown steps made famous by the 1973 movie “The Exorcist” will feature a signing event with director William Friedkin, from 4 to 6 p.m.; and the unveiling of a plaque with a ceremony featuring Friedkin, screenwriter William Peter Blatty, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans and Georgetown University President Jack DeGioia, at 6 p.m. Free. Meet and greet at the top of the steps at 3520 Prospect St. NW; ceremony at the bottom of the steps at 3607 M St. NW.

■ “Haunted History and Ghost Hunt” will provide a night of chills and thrills with an overview of the history of the Palisades followed by an introduction to “paranormal investigation” techniques, terms and equipment. 4 to 9 p.m. Free. Palisades Library, 4901 V St. NW. 202-282-3139.

■ “Night of the Living Zoo” will feature live music, strolling illusionists and fire twirlers, a costume contest, craft beer and food trucks. 6:30 to 10 p.m. $20 to $80. National Zoo, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. nationalzoo.si.edu.

■ “Heurich Halloween” will feature actors reciting Victorian gothic tales in the Conservatory surrounded by candlelight; tours of the historic mansion; and a talk about the Heurich family’s spiritualism in the early 20th century. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. $15. Heurich House Museum, 1307 New Hampshire Ave. NW. heurichhouse.org.

■ “Mod Women (and Men),” a retro late-night reception at the National Muse-um of Women in the Arts, will feature craft cocktails, dancing and tours of the new exhibition “Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today.” 8 to 11:30 p.m. $45 to $65; reservations suggested. National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. 202-783-7370.

Sporting event■ The Washington Capitals will play the

Columbus Blue Jackets. 7 p.m. $30 to $250. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Walk■ Washington Walks will present its

“Ghosts of the Octagon” tour, featuring a walk around the grounds and inside the Federal-era mansion with a history of deaths by tragic accident, suicide and mur-der. 7 p.m. $20 to $25. Location provided

upon registration. washingtonwalks.com. The tour will repeat Saturday at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 31

book signing■ NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a

longtime fan of the Sherlock Holmes mys-teries, will sign copies of his book “Mycroft Holmes,” about Sherlock’s smarter but less industrious older brother. 11 a.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

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

will feature the Washington Irving classic “Sleepy Hollow.” 9:30 and 11 a.m. Free; tickets distributed 30 minutes before the screening. National Theatre, 1321 Penn-sylvania Ave. NW. 202-783-3372.

■ The Avalon The-atre’s annual “John Henry’s Halloween Bash” will highlight the musician’s playful musical style. 10 a.m. $5.50 to $7. Avalon Theatre, 5612 Con-necticut Ave. NW. 202-966-6000.

■ “Trick or Treat at Tudor Place” will offer a chance to wander the Georgetown estate’s meandering paths to find treats. Activities will also include crafts, face paint-ing and active period games. 10 a.m. to noon. $5 to $10; $3 for accompanying adults. Tudor Place Historic House and Garden, 1644 31st St. NW. tudorplace.org.

■ A park ranger will lead a “Creepy Crit-ter Crafts” program. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

■ U.S. Botanic Garden children’s edu-cation specialist Lee Coykendall will pres-

ent a “Bat Hunt!” program with a variety of bat-related activities. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Conservatory, U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW. 202-225-8333.

■ Alliance Française de Washington will host a Halloween party (for ages 5 and older). 10:30 a.m. to noon. $8 to $10. Alli-ance Française de Washington, 2142 Wyo-ming Ave. NW. francedc.org.

■ The Tenley-Friendship Library will host a Halloween-themed story time for the whole family, at 10:30 a.m.; and trick-or-treating and a drop-in “Creepy Crafts” program (for ages 12 and younger), from 11:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friend-ship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

■ Halloween festivities will feature games and kids in costume (for ages 12 and younger). Noon to 2 p.m. Free. Tako-ma Community Center, 300 Van Buren St. NW. barbara.jones2@dc.gov.

■ A park ranger will lead a “Spooky Night Sky” planetarium program. 1 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

■ As part of the Kids Euro Festival, Theatre Viola will present “Endele Vendele” in Czech (for ages 5 through 10). 1 to 2:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. czechrhymesandriddles.eventbrite.com.

■ A Halloween party will feature a story time, craft activity, trick-or-treating and a costume contest. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. Pet-worth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave. NW. 202-243-1188.

■ GALita will present “Nuevas aventu-ras de Don Quijote,” a bilingual adaptation of the classic novel (suitable for the entire family but especially ages 5 through 9). 3 p.m. $10 to $12. GALA Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174. The perfor-

mance will repeat Sunday at 3 p.m.■ A Halloween Party will feature

games, face painting, musical chairs and a costume parade (for ages 12 and younger). 4 to 6 p.m. Free. Volta Park Recreation Center, 1555 34th St. NW. shirley.debrow@dc.gov.

Class■ John M. Freymann, permanent mili-

tary professor in history at the U.S. Naval Academy, will lead a class on “The Popes: From Peter to John XXIII.” 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $90 to $130. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

Concerts■ The American University Symphony

Orchestra will present a “Halloween Spook-tacular,” a family concert with audience members encouraged to come in costume. 3 p.m. $5 to $10. Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center, American Univer-sity, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2787.

■ Singer-songwriter Josh Gray will per-form. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ Vocalists Mavis Staples and Joan Osborne will perform. 8 p.m. $30 to $50. Lisner Auditorium, George Washington Uni-versity, 730 21st St. NW. 202-994-6800.

■ “Nightmare on K Street” will feature a tribute to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beck and Phish. 8:30 p.m. $13. Gypsy Sal-ly’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ Anthropologist Jeffery Splitstoser will

discuss “Unwrapping the History of Inka Khipus.” 10:30 a.m. Free. George Wash-ington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-

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“Crosscurrents: Modern Art From the Sam Rose and Julie Walters Collec-tion,” featuring 88 paintings and sculp-

tures that highlight the cultural exchang-es between major American and Euro-pean artists during the 20th century, will open Friday at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and continue through April 3. Located at 9th and G streets NW, the museum is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-633-1000.■ The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will open two surre-alist-oriented shows tomorrow and con-tinue them through Feb. 15. “Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York” pres-ents more than 100 works by some 20 artists from both sides of the Atlantic. “Shana Lutker: Le ‘NEW’ Monocle, Chapters 1-3” features stage-set-like installations of sculptures based on his-toric fistfights between surrealist artists. Located at Independence Avenue and 7th Street SW, the museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 202-633-1000.■ “Speciesism,” highlighting animal-themed paintings by Dana Ellyn, will open Friday with an artist’s reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at P Street Gallerie. The exhibit will continue through Dec. 4.

Located at 3235 P St. NW, the gal-lery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 202-333-4868.■ “Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today,” exploring women’s contributions to post-war visual culture, will open Friday at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and continue through Feb. 28. Located at 1250 New York Ave. NW, the museum is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission costs $10 for adults and $8 for stu-dents and seniors; it is free for ages 18 and younger. Free “Community Days” are the first Sunday of every month. 202-783-5000.■ “Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts,” presenting works from the dawn of pho-tography to modern times, will open Sunday at the National Gallery of Art and continue through March 13. Located at 4th Street and Constitu-tion Avenue NW, the gallery 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.■ “Solutions: Group 93 — 2015,” featur-ing paintings, sculpture, prints and drawings by members of Group 93, opened recently at the Katzen rotun-da Gallery and will continue through Nov. 14. An opening reception will take place Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m.

Located at 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, the Katzen Arts Center is open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-885-1300.■ American Painting Fine Art recently opened an exhibit of works by the Potomac River School Four, which includes artists Brenda Kidera, Mary Kokoski, Andrei Kushnir and Barbara Nuss. The show will continue through Nov. 14. Located at 5118 MacArthur Blvd. NW, the gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 202-244-3244.

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“Last Night’s Reading: Illustrated Encoun-ters With Extraordinary Authors,” at 1 p.m.; Alex Mar will discuss her book “Witches of America,” at 3:30 p.m.; and Tom Gjelten will discuss his book “A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story,” at 6 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Con-necticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

Films■ “Agnès Varda: Ciné-Portraiture” will

feature legendary shorts from the 1950s and 1960s, including “Salut les Cubains” and “Black Panthers (Huey).” 12:30 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ In cooperation with the Washington Jewish Film Festival, the National Gallery of Art will pres-ent Richard Kane’s 2014 documentary “Jon Imber’s Left Hand,” about a Har-vard University art professor who found a way to continue painting when he was diagnosed with ALS. 3 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

Performance■ “Scary League: A Story League Hal-

loween at the Kennedy Center” will feature a costumed comedy-story show with magic tricks, treats and surprises. 6 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the States Gallery a half hour before the performance. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Special events■ The Mount Vernon Triangle Fall Fun

Day Festival will feature pumpkin painting, trick-or-treating, a dog costume contest, a pumpkin decorating contest and more. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Plaza, 5th and K streets NW. mvtcid.org.

■ Coldwell Banker Residential Broker-age and Operation Paws for Homes will present the Howl-o-Ween Pet Adoption Event, featuring costume contests as well as with pumpkin biscuits for canine visitors arriving in costume. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Free. Washington Harbour, 3050 K St. NW. 202-333-6100.

■ The Chevy Chase Recreation Cen-ter’s second annual Masquerade Dog Show will feature a Halloween costume parade for local canines. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Recreation Center, 5500 41st St. NW. 202-727-7714.

■ The Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home, the Friendship Children’s Center and Northwest Neighbors Village will host Community Zoo Day, featuring a magician, clowns, face painting, a moon bounce, intergenerational art activities, baby farm animals and pony rides (rescheduled from an earlier date due to inclement weather). 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free admission. Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home, 5425 Western Ave. NW. lldhhome.org.

■ Van Buren United Methodist Church will host “Halloween Trunk-or-Treat” with food, fun and a moon bounce. 2 to 6 p.m. Free. Van Buren United Methodist Church, 35 Van Buren St. NW. vanburenchurch.org.

■ Hoya Break Squad will host a breakdancing competition, “Hoyaween Bboy Jam.” 2 to 7 p.m. $5 to $10. McShain Lounge, McCarthy Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. performingarts.georgetown.edu.

■ “Haunted History and Ghost Hunt” will feature an overview of the history of the Chevy Chase area followed by a hands-on introduction to “paranormal investiga-tion” techniques, terms and equipment. 4 to 9 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

Sporting event■ The Washington Wizards will play the

New York Knicks. 7 p.m. $19 to $899. Ver-izon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

tours and walks■ Washington Walks’ “Get Local!”

series will feature a walking tour of Wood-ley Park and the Washington National Cathedral. 11 a.m. $15 to $20. Meet out-side the Woodley Park-Zoo Metrorail sta-tion. washingtonwalks.com.

■ A park ranger will lead a hike to Fort DeRussy. 2:30 p.m. Free. Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road NW. 202-895-6070.

■ Washington Walks will present its “Capitol Hauntings” tour. 7:30 p.m. $10 to $15. Meet outside the Capitol South Metrorail station. washingtonwalks.com.

■ The National Building Museum will

present a “Haunted Museum Historic Ghost Tour” by lantern light. 8 and 9:15 p.m. $22 to $25; reservations required. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.

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Children’s program■ The Kids Euro Festival will feature

Theatre Viola’s performance of “Endele Vendele,” featuring the folk- and fairy-tale traditions of the Czech Republic (for ages 5 through 10). 2 p.m. Free. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave. NW. 202-541-6100.

Concerts■ The Apollo Orchestra will perform

scenes from Bizet’s opera “Carmen” and orchestral music from four Wagner operas with the Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists and the Sidwell Friends Upper School Chorus. 3 p.m. Free. Robert Smith Meeting House, Sidwell Friends School, 3825 Wisconsin Ave. NW. apolloorchestra.com.

■ The Inscape Chamber Orchestra will perform. 3:30 p.m. Free. West Garden Court, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The American Youth Chorus will pres-ent “It’s a Small World: A Multi-Cultural Musical Extravaganza,” featuring musical numbers from around the world sung in 12 different languages. 4 p.m. $11 to $16; free for ages 5 and younger. Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capi-tol St. NE. congressionalchorus.org.

■ Violinist Ji Young Lim will perform with pianist Rohan De Silva. 4 p.m. $15 to $30; reservations suggested. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. phillipscollection.org/music.

■ The Roy Assaf Trio will perform. 5 to 7 p.m. $26.50. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Discussions and lectures■ As part of the Amran Scholar Series,

Smithsonian fellow Peter Manseau, author of “One Nation, Under Gods,” will discuss a view of American histo-ry beyond the tradition-al prism of Christianity. 10:30 a.m. Free. Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St. NW. 202-362-7100.

■ Steven Hill will discuss his book “Raw Deal: How the ‘Uber Economy’ and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing Ameri-can Workers,” at 1 p.m.; and Linda Pastan will discuss her book “Insomnia: Poems,” at 5 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ “Artists and Mentorship” will feature David C. Driskell, artist, curator and profes-sor emeritus at the University of Maryland at College Park, and Ellington Robinson, artist and professorial lecturer at American University and Montgomery College. 2 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ The Legends & Lore DC book discus-sion series will delve into “All Aunt Hagar’s Children” by Edward P. Jones. 2 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.

■ Rebecca Goldfield, Matt Dembicki, Mike Short and Evan Keeling will discuss their book “Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John Jewitt.”

6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Brook-land, 625 Monroe St. NE. 202-636-7230.

Festival■ The Friends of Volta Park group will

hold the annual Volta Park Day, featuring rides, games, grilled food and drinks (rescheduled from an earlier date due to inclement weather). 1 to 4 p.m. Free admission. Volta Park, 34th and Q streets NW. voltapark.org.

Films■ A Seijun Suzuki retrospective will fea-

ture the filmmaker’s 1959 movie “Pass-port to Darkness,” at 1 p.m.; and his 1957 movie “Eight Hours of Fear,” at 3 p.m. Free. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-1000.

■ The National Gallery of Art will pres-ent Göran Hugo Olsson’s 2011 film “The Black Power Mixtape (1967-1975).” 4 p.m. Free. East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art, 4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.

■ A French film festival will feature Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s 1995 movie “Le Hussard sur le toit (The Horseman on the Roof).” 4:30 p.m. Free. Eckles Auditorium, George Washington University Mount Ver-non Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road NW. 202-242-5117.

Performance■ “Comedy at the Kennedy Center” will

feature Adam Lowitt and Haywood Turnip-seed Jr. 6 p.m. Free; tickets distributed in the States Gallery a half hour before the performance. Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

Special events■ “Haunted History and Ghost Hunt”

will feature an overview of the history of the Cleveland Park area followed by an introduction to “paranormal investigation” techniques, terms and equipment. 4 to 9 p.m. Free. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080.

Walks and tours■ The Spies of Georgetown Walking

Tour will feature tales of espionage and covert operations. 1 p.m. $15. Meet in front of the Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 703-569-1875.

Monday, Nov. 2

Classes and workshops■ Poets on the Fringe will host a week-

ly poetry workshop, with attendees asked to bring one of their own poems with suffi-cient copies to share. 7 to 9 p.m. Free. Stoddert Recreation Center, 4001 Calvert St. NW. passapamela@aol.com.

■ Yoga Activist will present a weekly yoga class. 7 p.m. Free. Second-floor meet-ing room, Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-3080. The class will also be offered Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Concerts■ Jazz pianist Dan Tepfer will perform.

7 p.m. $15 to $30. Arts Club of Washing-ton, 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282.

■ The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys will perform Fauré’s “Requiem” at a Mass for the Feast of All Souls. 7:30 p.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Mas-sachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

Discussions and lectures■ Michelle Krowl, Civil War specialist

for the Manuscripts Division of the Library

of Congress, will discuss “Digitizing the Clara Barton Papers at the Library of Con-gress.” Noon. Free. George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st St. NW. 202-994-5200.

■ Composer Philip Glass will discuss his life and work in conversation with Washington National Opera artistic director Francesca Zambello. 5:30 p.m. $15. The-ater Lab, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Scientist and environmentalist Tim Flannery will discuss his book “Atmo-sphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis” and participate in a Q&A with paleontologist and National Museum of Natural History director Kirk Johnson. 6:15 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Baird Auditorium, National Muse-um of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. mnh.si.edu.

■ Lenore Myka and Virginia Pye will discuss their respective books “King of the Gypsies” and “Dreams of the Red Phoe-nix.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

■ Allison Bass will discuss her book “Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ Ru Freeman, Nate Brown and Susan Muaddi Darraj will discuss their book “Extraordinary Rendition,” an anthology of work by 65 writers seeking to counter mainstream reporting on Palestine. 6:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

■ T.J. Stiles will discuss his book “Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor will discuss their book “Welcome to Night Vale.” 7 p.m. $15. Sixth & I Historic Syna-gogue, 600 I St. NW. sixthandi.org.

Films■ “Kino 2003-2015: Your Favorite

Films” will feature Anno Saul’s 2005 movie “Kebab Connection.” 6:30 p.m. $4 to $7. Goethe-Institut, 812 7th St. NW. boxofficetickets.com/goethe.

■ Anthropologist Sanford Low will pres-ent his documentary “The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $42. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ The Music and Poetry Club will screen the 1984 movie “Amadeus.” A per-formance by the Blues Muse ensemble will follow. 7:30 p.m. Free. St. Mary’s Court, 725 24th St. NW. 202-393-1511.

Performances and readings■ Poet David Ebenbach will read from

his work. Noon to 1 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Room 462, Bunn Intercultural Center, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets NW. guevents.georgetown.edu.

■ As part of the Kids Euro Festival 2015, Luxembourg will present a perfor-mance by multi-percussionist Sven Kiefer. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Eleanor Holdridge will direct a staged reading of the play “After the Blood,” about two D.C. activists protesting the bombing of Gaza. 6:30 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

Special events■ Oyster-Adams Bilingual School will

host its annual Bilingual Book Fair, featur-

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ing children’s books in Spanish, in English and in both languages. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Free admission. Oyster Campus, Oyster-Adams Bilingual School, 2801 Calvert St. NW. 202-671-6130. The sale will continue Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

■ Margaret McNamara Education Grants will host an International Arts and Crafts Fair. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admis-sion. World Bank Main Complex, 1818 H St. NW. mmmf-grants.org/home/fair. The event will continue Tuesday through Thurs-day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

■ A Día de los Muertos Celebration will feature music, dancing and crafts. 4:30 to 7 p.m. Free. Kogod Courtyard, National Portrait Gallery, 8th and F streets NW. 202-633-1000.

Tuesday, Nov. 3

Concerts■ As part of the Tuesday Concert

Series, the Washington Bach Consort and organist Joy-Leihani Garbutt will perform. 12:10 p.m. Free. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW. 202-347-2635.

■ “Flower-Bird-Wind-Moon” will feature

soprano Asako Tamura and pianist Mariko Furukawa. 7:30 p.m. Free; tickets required. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. 202-633-1000.

■ The Embassy Series will present singer Adrienne Haan, pianist Heinz-Walter Florin and the Israeli String Quartet per-forming music of the 1920s sung in Ger-man, Yiddish and Hebrew in honor of the 50th anniversary of German-Israeli diplo-matic relations. 7:30 p.m. $60. Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court NW. 202-625-2361.

■ Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge will host its weekly open mic show. 8 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ Musicians Shawn Mullins and Chuck Cannon will perform. 8:30 p.m. $18 to $23. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

at American University will present a talk on “The New Golden Age of Washington” by Mary Fitch, executive director of the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Washington Architectur-al Foundation. 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Free.

Temple Baptist Church, 3850 Nebraska Ave. NW. 202-895-4860.

■ Adam Ortiz, director of the Prince George’s County Department of the Envi-ronment, will discuss “Empowering Stew-ardship” as part of the “Earth in Crisis” lec-ture series. 6 to 8 p.m. $10 to $25. Wom-an’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 202-232-7363.

■ Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner will discuss their book “Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Brook-land, 625 Monroe St. NE. 202-636-7230.

■ Mehrsa Baradaran, associate profes-sor at the University of Georgia School of Law, will discuss her book “How the Other Half Banks: Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ Comedian Sara Benincasa will dis-cuss her novel “D.C. Trip.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. 202-387-7638.

■ Francis Garry Powers Jr. will discuss his father’s ordeal in the 1960 U-2 inci-dent over the former Soviet Union. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW. go.gwu.edu/U2incident.

■ Georgetown University history profes-sor Maurice Jackson will join native Wash-ingtonians James Bennett and the Rev. Sandra Butler-Truesdale to discuss the life and culture of African-Americans in Wash-ington in the 1950s. 6:30 p.m. Free. Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-727-0321.

■ Bill Causey, assistant attorney gener-al for D.C. and an adjunct law professor at Georgetown University, will discuss legal themes in Charles Dickens’ novel “Bleak House” and their relevance today. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations required. Training and Events Room, Bender Library, Ameri-can University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. tinyurl.com/au-bleakhouse.

■ Madhur Jaffrey will discuss her book “Vegetarian India.” 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. $25 to $30. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jef-ferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ Stacy Schiff will discuss her book “The Witches: Salem, 1692.” 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. $30 to $62. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. 202-633-3030.

■ Julie Checkoway will discuss her book “The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui’s Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ The Chevy Chase Library Book Club will discuss “All Aunt Hagar’s Children” by Edward P. Jones. 7 p.m. Free. Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-282-0021.

■ Artificial intelligence expert Vladimir Marík will lead a panel discussion on “It All Started With Capek: Czech Robotics Today.” 7 to 9 p.m. Free; reservations required by Nov. 1. Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW. roboticslecture.eventbrite.com.

Films■ “Reel Writers,” part of National Novel

Writing Month, will feature the film “Strang-er Than Fiction.” 6 p.m. Free. Georgetown Library, 3260 R St. NW. 202-727-0232.

■ In cooperation with the National Gal-lery of Art, the Washington DC Jewish Com-munity Center will present Richard Kane’s 2014 documentary “Jon Imber’s Left Hand.” 7:30 p.m. $13. Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St.

NW. washingtondcjcc.org.

Performances and readings■ “Writing Truth: Stories From the Mili-

tary Experience” will feature readings of personal stories written by U.S. veterans and caregivers. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ The Rose Theatre Co. will present “Blue Rivers” by Chris Stezin as part of its First Draft Series. 7:30 p.m. Free. Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW. 202-331-7282.

Special event■ Elected officials, faith leaders and

national gun violence prevention organiza-tions will present “United to Stop Gun Vio-lence.” 7 p.m. Free. Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues NW. cathedral.org.

Sporting event■ The Washington Wizards will play the

San Antonio Spurs. 7 p.m. $23 to $899. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. 800-745-3000.

Wednesday, Nov. 4

Concerts■ The First Wednesday Concert series

will feature saxophonist Noah Getz and organist Michael Lodico. 12:10 p.m. Free. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, 1525 H St. NW. 202-347-8766.

■ The Vinyl Lounge Grateful Jam will feature newcomers performing with the regulars. 7 p.m. Free. Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

■ By & By, Burt the Dirt, and Herb & Hanson will perform. 8:30 p.m. $10 to $12. Gypsy Sally’s, 3401 K St. NW. gypsysallys.com.

Discussions and lectures■ “Smart Growth: Urban Innovation”

will feature a talk by former D.C. Depart-ment of Transportation director Gabe Kein on his book “Start-Up City,” about how to make urban areas more resilient, sustain-able and enjoyable. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. $10; free for members. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448.

■ Mark Weisbrot will discuss his book “Failed: What the ‘Experts’ Got Wrong About the Global Economy.” 5:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Cullen Room, Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-789-2227.

■ The World Affairs Council will host a talk about sustainability, climate change and the upcoming Paris Climate Confer-ence by Luiz Figueiredo Machado, ambas-sador of Brazil to the United States. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. Hori-zon Ballroom, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsyl-vania Ave. NW. worldaffairsdc.org.

■ Stefanie Haeffele-Balch will discuss her book “Community Revival in the Wake of Disaster: Lessons in Local Entrepreneur-ship.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. 202-726-0856.

■ Roy Scranton will discuss his book “Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization.” 6:30 p.m. Free. Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.

■ Journalist Wil Haygood will discuss his book “Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America.” 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. $25 to $30. S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jef-ferson Drive SW. 202-633-3030.

■ The D.C. Public Library and Friends

of the Tenley-Friendship Library will spon-sor a book talk by D.C. writer and tour guide Garrett Peck, author of “Walt Whit-man in Washington, D.C.: The Civil War and America’s Great Poet.” 7 p.m. Free. Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 202-727-1488.

■ Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Char-lie Savage will discuss his book “Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presiden-cy.” 7 p.m. Free. Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.

■ The Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library will host a discussion of “All Aunt Hagar’s Children” by Edward P. Jones. 7 p.m. Free. Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library, 1630 7th St. NW. 202-727-1288.

■ Paul Jaskot, professor at the Center of Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art and author of “The Architecture of Oppression: The SS, Forced Labor and the Nazi Monumental Building Economy,” will discuss “Architecture of the Holocaust.” 7 p.m. Free; reservations required. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Muse-um, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW. 202-488-0454.

■ Jack Sustic, curator of the Bonsai and Penjing Museum at the National Arbo-retum, and Sandra Moore, author of the book “Peace Tree From Hiroshima: The Lit-tle Bonsai With a Big Story,” will discuss how bonsai became part of D.C. lore. 7 p.m. Free. Takoma Park Library, 416 Cedar St. NW. 202-576-7252.

■ Scholar Lawrence Weschler will dis-cuss “Ed Kienholz at the Fraught Cross-roads Where Class, Race, Sex, and Vio-lence Keep Converging Across American History.” 7 p.m. Free; tickets available a half hour before the lecture. McEvoy Audi-torium, Smithsonian American Art Muse-um, 8th and G streets NW. 202-633-1000.

■ National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore will discuss “Building the Photo Ark,” about his efforts to capture portraits of the world’s species before they disappear. 7:30 p.m. $25. Grosvenor Audi-torium, National Geographic, 1600 M St. NW. 202-857-7700.

Films■ Disability Rights International will

present the D.C. premiere of the documen-tary “No One Left Behind.” 6 to 8 p.m. Free; reservations requested. Langston Room, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW. rsvp@DRIadvocacy.org.

■ The National Gallery of Art’s “Agnès Varda: Ciné-Portraiture” series will feature the 1955 film “La pointe courte,” about the daily rhythms of a village near her childhood home on the Mediterranean coast. 7 p.m. Free. McKinley Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-737-4215.

Performances and readings■ As part of the Kids Euro Festival

2015, Bulgarian master storyteller Julia Tasheva will present “Baba Marta’s Yarn,” featuring a traditional folk tale told with puppets and props made of yarn. 6 p.m. Free. Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600.

■ Actor Dwane Starlin will present “Marching Along With John Philip Sousa.” 7 p.m. Free. West End Interim Library, 2522 Virginia Ave. NW. 202-724-8707.

■ The Visiting Writers Series will fea-ture a reading by Abigail Thomas, author of the memoirs “Safekeeping: Some True Sto-ries From a Life,” “A Three-Dog Life” and “What Comes Next and How to Like It.” 8 p.m. Free. McDowell Formal Lounge, Amer-ican University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-2973.

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seventh-graders St. Albans School Last week we were lucky to have the opportunity to have Chris-topher Paul Curtis, a well-known children’s author, come and speak to us about his life and how he got into writing. He is the author of sev-eral well-known children’s books that are based on the lives of Afri-can-American children. A few of the younger students read some of his books as summer reading. Mr. Curtis described to us how he received his passion for writing. He worked on the first drafts of his first book, called “The Watsons Go

to Birmingham,” during breaks at his factory job. After this, he left the factory and writing took off for him. Soon he had written several chil-dren’s novels based on historical fiction and is now a leading chil-dren’s author. He expects his next book to be out around 2017.

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Sheridan School This week in second grade we started our Family Message Jour-nals (FMJ for short). They are let-ters to our families. In them we talk about what we’re doing in home-room. We can write anything about homeroom, like how we are learn-ing about telling time, about books we’re reading and how we use our five senses in our writing. We write the month and the date first. Then the greeting should say “Dear Mom,” or “Dear Dad,” or you can write to both of them. Then comes the body of the letter, with some information we want to tell them. We always put a question at the end. Then you have to have a closing like “From So-and So,” or “Love, your son, Ryan.” Our par-ents are supposed to answer the question and write back in the FMJ. In our FMJ, we use an editing checklist. We check that we wrote neatly. We check for periods at the end of each sentence, and a ques-tion mark after a question. We check for uppercase letters at the beginning of sentences and for peo-ple’s names. We also check to see that we spelled “no excuse words” correctly.

— Ryan Alfonso, second-grader Stoddert Elementary In October we learned about the pumpkin life cycle and we took a field trip to see how they grow. We loved jumping in the straw, going on the hay ride and going down the slide. We also fed the goats and pigs, and saw a caterpillar that was really soft. It was super amazing!

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ing the ceremony.Thanks to a D.C. Council resolution proposed by

Evans over the summer, the park’s courts are now offi-cially known as the Margaret Peters and Roumania Peters Walker Tennis Courts. John Stokes, deputy direc-tor of the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation, said it’s the first time his office has named tennis courts after an individual or group of individuals.

Many of Saturday’s attendees had a personal connec-tion to the Peters sisters and their family. Lisa Edwards said in an interview that Roumania taught her entire fam-ily how to play tennis when she was young. Edwards remembers commuting from her home in Shepherd Park to the courts at Rose Park by 9 a.m. every summer week-day for instruction from Roumania and leaving at 5 p.m., or later if her parents were delayed.

Secretary Johnson, meanwhile, first found out about the Peters sisters while walking his dog through Rose Park about a year after moving into a house down the street with his family in 2009. He saw a printed sign detailing the sisters’ history with the park and immedi-ately got hooked.

“I’m a fan of history. I said, wow, that is so interest-ing,” Johnson told The Current after the event. “I had no idea this kind of history existed here.”

Johnson now jokes that he wants to keep that sign for himself as compensation for donating the plaque, which he happily offered after hearing about the project from Abrams. “This is a terrific neighborhood,” Johnson. “No one here feels like an outsider.”

A chance encounter also helped ensure the ceremony was on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s schedule. While waiting to meet the Pope during his visit to D.C. last month, Johnson mentioned the renaming to the mayor’s mother, Joan, who sat in the front row on Saturday. Joan Bowser, who played tennis in Rose Park as a child growing up in Georgetown, replied promptly: “The mayor will be there.” And she was, traffic delays notwithstanding.

“There are not many buildings, not many streets, not many tennis courts or recreational facilities named for women,” Mayor Bowser said during the ceremony. “But we need to change that, don’t we?”

And during the entire length of the ceremony, some dedicated community members volleyed tennis balls back and forth on the courts, even as the speakers addressed the crowd a few feet away.

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