Beloved Business Leader Jim Weaver Dies
• May 1, 2013

W.T. Weaver & Sons owner Jim Weaver, 81, died April 24 at Georgetown University Hospital of complications from kidney cancer.

Founded in 1889, W.T. Weaver & Sons opened as a hardware store and is a fourth-generation Washington, D.C., business, providing ornamental hardware and other high-end household fixtures for residential and commercial projects and serving architects, designers, contractors and homeowners. It is located at 1208 Wisconsin Ave., NW.

A wake for Jim Weaver will take place, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., April 30 at National Funeral Home, 7482 Lee Highway, Falls Church, Va. A 11 a.m. memorial service is planned for May 1 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, 7001 Georgetown Pike, McLean, Va. A private burial is set at Oak Hill Cemetery on R Street.

Speaking of his father, Mike Weaver who runs the business with his brother Bryce, said, “He loved everything about Georgetown.”

Retired Georgetowner publisher David Roffman learned of Weaver’s passing and had this to say about his friend: “Jim was a longtime champion of the mercantile interests of Georgetown, having served for years on the board of directors of the Georgetown Business Association. He is fondly remembered for almost single-handedly — along with Tim Jackson of Swensen’s Ice Cream Parlor and Arnie Passman of the Georgetown Lamp Gallery — organizing and staging the wonderful Georgetown parades that were held each September as part of the Francis Scott Key Star-Spangled Banner Celebration. Jim and his beautiful wife Peggy were always upbeat and cheerful and a delight to be around. I feel fortunate to have known him.”

The Georgetowner will update with additional details as they come it. Look for an appreciation in the May 8 Georgetowner. Visit the Citizens Association of Georgetown’s website — CAGtown.org/OralHistory — to read an interview of Jim Weaver.

Weekend Round Up April 25, 2013
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Sam Bush at The Hamilton Live

April 25th, 2013 at 07:30 PM | $51.50-$56 | ashleyscott@lotosnile.com | Tel: 202-787-1000 | Event Website

Sam Bush with openers Mark Walbridge, Bob Shank, and Sam Morgan of Hickory Wind. Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Sam Bush, known as the King of Telluride and the King of Newgrass, has helped to expand the horizons of bluegrass music, fusing it with jazz, rock, blues, and funk. He’s the co-founder of the genre-bending New Grass Revival and an in-demand musician who has played with Emmylou Harris, Bela Fleck, Charlie Haden, Lyle Lovett and Garth Brooks, among others.

Address

The Hamilton; 600 14th Street, N.W.

STASH

April 26th, 2013 at 06:00 PM | 0 | info@heinercontemporary.com | Tel: 202-338-0072 | Event Website

April 26 – June 8

Opening Reception: April 26, 6-8pm

Heiner Contemporary is pleased to announce STASH, an exhibition culled from the gallery’s flat files and storage, featuring work by Polly Apfelbaum, Ingrid Calame, Tara Donovan, Deborah Kass, Kate Shepherd, Jon-Phillip Sheridan and Austin Thomas. STASH diverges from typical programming by presenting artwork that is usually viewed by appointment.

Address

1675 Wisconsin Avenue NW

Georgetown House Tour 2013

April 27th, 2013 at 11:00 AM | $45-50 | Tel: 202-338-2287 | Event Website](https://stjohnsgeorgetown.ejoinme.org/MyPages/GeorgetownHouseTour/tabid/203906/Default.aspx)

Come to Georgetown on April 27th for the Georgetown House Tour featuring eight to twelve of Georgetown’s most beautiful homes. Every home on the Tour will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Included in your ticket price is a not-to-be missed Parish Tea in Blake Hall at the historic St. John’s Church from 2 to 5 p.m.

Address

St. John’s Church; 3240 O Street, NW

Bonhams Appraisals, Auction Highlights

April 27th, 2013 at 11:00 AM | Free | Tel: 202-333-1696

Bonhams will exhibit auction items and offer free appraisals during the Spring Exhibition Weekend. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Complimentary appraisals are available on April 27 by appointment. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday. Contact Martin Gammon at Bonhams

Address

Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown.

Washington Jewish Music Festival Opening Night: Noa

April 28th, 2013 at 07:30 PM | $38; $32 Member/Student with ID/Senior VIP (includes private reception and priority seating): $100 | [Event Website](http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-arts/music/wjmf/)

Celebrated Israeli artist Noa (Achinoam Nini) will kick off the 2013 Washington Jewish Music Festival with an homage to the beautiful Hebrew songs that inspired her personally and have molded Israeli culture and consciousness for the past 50 years. Noa, accompanied by musical director Gil Dor and the Yoed Nir String Quartet, will play some of her most famous songs from the past 23 years, as well as music from her most recent album The Israeli Songbook.

Sponsored by Louie and Ralph Dweck

Address

Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center; 7995 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Opening of The Kreeger Museum Reflecting Pool and John L. Dreyfuss Exhibition

May 1st, 2013 at 10:00 AM | $7-$10 | visitorservices@kreegermuseum.org | Tel: 202-338-3552 | [Event Website](http://www.kreegermuseum.org/exhibitions/view/upcoming)

The Kreeger Museum is pleased to announce the opening of Inventions by John L. Dreyfuss on May 1, 2013. This inaugural exhibit around the Museum’s new reflecting pool includes several large-scale works from the sculptor’s Inventions series and marks a new exhibition space for the Museum.

In honor of The Kreeger Museum’s 20th anniversary in 2014, three additional pieces will be fabricated and installed next spring to complete this exhibition.

Address

The Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Road, NW

Blues Alley Jazz Night at the Fourth Estate Restaurant

May 1st, 2013 at 06:00 PM | jserwer@press.org | Tel: 202-662-7638 | [Event Website](http://www.press.org/restaurants/fourth-estate)

Through its exclusive partnership with Blues Alley, Georgetown’s iconic home for jazz, The Fourth Estate is thrilled to present “Jazz Night”.

On Wednesday May 1, The Fourth Estate restaurant will be hosting performances by musician-members of the renowned Blues Alley Youth Orchestra. Now is your chance to hear the Oscar Peterson or Joshua Redman of the future.

All attendees will receive 10% off their bill and will also receive discounts to Blues Alley shows in Georgetown.

Address

National Press Club; Fourth Estate Restaurant; 529 14th Street, NW., 13th Floor

At-Large Council Election: Good to Be the Incumbent
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An interim councilmember no more, Anita Bonds led the pack to secure her at-large seat on the District Council.

At-Large Council Election: Good to Be the IncumbentApril 25, 2013
• April 25, 2013

For once, holding down the seat might have actually helped.

After this week?s special election results in the race for the D.C. At-large Council seat vacated by Phil Mendelson?s rise to the council chairmanship, you?d have to say, that familiarity helped Anita Bonds, the veteran Democratic Party official who held the seat on an interim basis win, and so did sweeping victories in four of the District’s black majority wards.

Conversely, Patrick Mara, the D.C. Board of Education member and a Republican running in his third race for a council seat, scored strong again in the affluent, pre-dominantly white Wards 2 and 3, including Georgetown.

But then, Mara, who had been endorsed by the Washington Post, the Sierra Club and the Chamber of Commerce, an unusual political trifecta, to say the least, looked to have a very good chance to win this time. He presented himself as a moderate, conservative on economics, more in line with the city?s progressive makeup on social issues. An expected low turnout?it was below 10 percent, a little lower than predicted?should have been an advantage for Mara, but it wasn?t the case. He actually finished third behind Democrat Alissa Silverman, the former Loose Lips columnist for the City Paper and economic policy specialist who ran a strong, spirited campaign and did especially well in Wards 1 and 6.

Bonds finished with 32 percent of the vote, Silverman got 28 percent and Mara had 23 percent, according to unofficial Board of Election results. Bonds, 68, and running in her first campaign for office, had created a bit of a stir late in the campaign when she appealed to black voters to vote for her.

The numbers in Wards 4, 5, 7 and 8 were impressive?she got 46 percent in Ward 4, 60 percent in Ward 5, 78 percent in Ward 7 and 79 percent in Ward 8. The results are as much about race as about the great economic divide that still exists in the city in spite of its current budget surplus and general affluence which has not yet made itself felt in the city?s poorer wards.

Mara won a lively battle in Ward 3, where he rolled over both Matthew Frumin, who was from Ward 1, and Silverman.
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Biz Group Meets at Smith Point
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Who let this crowd through the door? The Georgetown Business Association met April 17 for its monthly networking reception at Smith Point, one of Georgetown’s celebrated prepster, 30-something hot spots which made headlines when first daughters Jenna and Barbara Bush made the scene in 2005. Owner Bo Blair — whose other ventures include Surfside, Jetties and Fairgrounds and the Bullpen — was the host.

D.C.’s ‘Potholepalooza’ Begins
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It’s really not about music or about grass, although the word sounds that way. Potholepalooza is the District’s month-long spring campaign to repair damaged roadways across the city.

The funny name of the program notwithstanding, D.C. officials have set lots of connections for citizens. Residents and commuters are encouraged to call, go online, tweet, or e-mail to submit requests for pothole repairs.

Residents and commuters can notify DDOT about pothole in a variety of ways:

1. Call the Mayor’s Call Center at 311;

2. Use the On-line Service Request Center at 311.dc.gov

3. Tweet to twitter.com/DDOTDC

4. Email to Potholepalooza@dc.gov

5. Use the District’s new DC311 smartphone application

6. Post a comment on the Potholpalooza Facebook page

The first-ever Potholepalooza was held in 2009, and since then District Department of Transportation crews have filled almost 21,011 potholes during the annual campaign. Through May 22, DDOT, the agency responsible for the repair of potholes for the District, will work to repair identified potholes within 48 hours of the request (normal response time is within 72 hours).

Residents can also track the repairs at www.gis.ddot.dc.gov/potholeapp.

And the Winner Is . . .
• April 24, 2013

Shortly before midnight last night, it was announced that incumbent Anita Bonds, 68, would hold onto her at-large seat on the D.C. Council.

About 10 percent of eligible voters went to the polls April 23, with Bonds securing about one-third of those votes. Bonds beat five opponents for the seat, including Democrat Elissa Silverman who received 28 percent of the vote to Bonds’s 32 percent.

Candidates competed for the at-large seat left vacant by Phil Mendelson, who became chairman of the District Council in November of last year. Bonds had been serving as an interim councilmember since December.

The special election also presented a ballot referendum to amend D.C.’s Home Rule Charter and give D.C. more budget autonomy. The amendment will allow the District to use its local revenue without congressional oversight. Although residents have approved the amendment, Congress still has to vote to approve the measure in 35 days.

Succinct Sportscaster Summerall, a Classic
• April 22, 2013

When the Chicago Bears defeated the St. Louis Rams, 24-0, in the National Football League championship game to reach the Super Bowl, in 1986, the win looked so decisive that it hardly needed a play-by-play commentary.

But sportscaster Pat Summerall, working with rambunctious John Madden, managed to put both grace and finality into the day, which was wind-off-the-lake, winter cold, after the Bears scored their last touchdown, putting scale and drama into describing a PAT (Point After Touchdown):

“The kick—like everything else today for the Chicago Bears—was perfect,” I remember him intoning.

That was actually a lot of words for Summerall, the former NFL placekicker who became a legendary NFL—and golf and tennis—announcer with Madden and other partners, known for elegant brevity who made every word count as in announcing a Redskin highlight: “Riggins barrels into the end zone, touchdown Redskins”—or not: “Riggins. Left side. Nothing doing.”

To hear of Summerall’s death, at the age 82 on April 16, is to realize just how much sports announcing has changed. There are no Pat Summeralls around, or even Pat Summerall wannabes. It’s talk, talk, talk, sports talk and cliches. Will somebody just call a homer a homer (instead of rockets and taters), instead of being one?

He and Madden were in some ways a perfect match of opposites when they called NFL games first on CBS Sports then on Fox Sports—a move that made Fox instantly respectable in football circles. Here was Madden, a jumping bean of a man, full of stats, drawings, a motor mouth of considerable heft, a one-time coach for the Oakland Raiders who made an industry out of himself. And here was Summerall, who, next to Madden, could have been Calvin Coolidge in terms of word count.

But Summerall could set the stage, describe the scene, and it was a voice that had a coal miner’s poetry to it, and a ringing authority. Watching a very fast running back score a touchdown: “Speed kills. Touchdown.” He had a voice that was great on television and radio, and a physical presence that resonated like a movie star’s, rugged, sage when his hair turned white, an athlete’s build with a gentleman’s manner.

As a kicker, Summerall famously beat a Cleveland Browns team with a last-second 49-yard field goal. I remember this because I lived in Ohio way back when. He battled—and triumphed over—alcoholism by checking into the Betty Ford clinic which tacked several days on his stay because of his anger over friends who engineered an intervention. He told one reporter that he didn’t want to go because he was having too much fun.

For years, the rather civilized CBS mega hit “Murder She Wrote,” starring the esteemed actress Angela Lansbury, racked up big ratings on Sunday. The suspicion remains that it was because of this: “Tonight, on CBS, after “60 Minutes,” “Murder She Wrote,” as practically commanded by the voice of Pat Summerall.

John Madden called him “the voice of football.” These are too many words for a Summerall tribute. He would have liked the comment from a fan, for the brevity, if not the sentiment: “He. Is. Legend.”

Weekend Round Up April 18, 2013
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10th Annual Georgetown French Market

April 19th, 2013 at 10:00 AM | Event Website

The charming Book Hill neighborhood of Georgetown will transform into a Parisian open-air market during the 10th Annual Georgetown French Market on Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Over 35 shops, cafés, and galleries along Wisconsin Avenue, from P Street to Reservoir Road, are offering up to 75% off clothing, art, home furnishings, French fare, and more. Whimsical mimes, strolling musicians, arts & crafts with Alliance Francais and live art demo by Art Soiree will offer fun and entertainment for the whole family.

Address

TD Bank Parking Lot; 1611 Wisconsin Avenue NW

The Old Print Gallery: Ross/Romano Opening & Exhibit

April 19th, 2013 at 05:00 PM | Tel: 202.965.1818 | Event Website

The Old Print Gallery is pleased to announce its new summer show Ross/Romano. The show will open on April 19th and stay on view until July 13th. The exhibit features the work of John Ross and Clare Romano, internationally known printmakers, teachers, and husband and wife creative duo. Their prints sample architecture, waterways, and canyon vistas – a visual record of their travels to Italy and the Southwest. Working in the medium of collagraphy and woodcuts, prints by Ross and Romano marry texture and color in a skillfully layered way. A free nighttime reception will be held on Friday, April 19th, from 5 to 8 p.m,. at The Old Print Gallery (1220 31st Street, NW) to the celebrate the show’s opening.

Address

The Old Print Gallery; 1220 31st Street, NW

Dumbarton House: Jazz Soiree

April 19th, 2013 at 07:00 PM | $20 (cash only) | Tel: 202-337-2288 | Event Website

join The International Club of D.C. as they host an evening of jazz, dancing, refreshments and conversation on the grounds of one of Georgetown’s historic homes and one of the finest examples of Federal period architecture in the U.S.

Address

The Dumbarton House; 2715 Q Street, NW

DC Fund Film Benefit

April 20th, 2013 at 06:30 PM | Donation – any amount | info@diversecityfund.org | Tel: Brigette Rouson Wilson, 202.460.2025 | Event Website

DC’s grassroots funder, Diverse City Fund, hosts a benefit showing of Traces of the Trade – a story of wealth built on slave trading – and dialogue with filmmaker Katrina Browne, a DC resident, about racism today.

Trailer and film info: http://www.tracesofthetrade.org/view-clips/

Address

Location: Emergence Community Arts Collective, 733 Euclid Street, NW, DC 20009.

Accessibility: For elevator, enter from the parking lot at the rear (drive into alleyway from Fairmont off Georgia Ave., or Euclid Street off Sherman Ave.)

Sleepout: WPA Housewarming and Slumber Party

April 20th, 2013 at 09:00 PM | $25-35 | bmurphy@wpadc.org | Event Website

Wear your pajamas and party with WPA at our first poolside sleepover party to celebrate our move to the Capitol Skyline Hotel!
Bring a tent or a sleeping bag and sleep with us under the stars (or in the ballroom if weather doesn’t cooperate).

Address

Capitol Skyline Hotel, 10 I (eye) St. SW,

Glen’s Garden Market Opening Day Celebration

April 21st, 2013 at 12:00 PM | Free | info@glensgardenmarket.com | Tel: 602.418.0316. | Event Website

Come celebrate the opening of Glen’s Garden Market, the region’s first all-local, full-service grocery store. Doors open at noon with a toast.

At the opening, customers can taste free samples of the market’s in-house menu and can shop the locally sourced produce, meats, dairy products and specialty foods. To celebrate Earth Day and Glen’s Garden Market’s commitment to be environmentally sustainable, shoppers will receive one reusable bag per purchase. Please visit GlensGardenMarket.com

Address

2001 S Street NW

“Summer in February,” NSLM dinner and a movie fund-raiser

April 21st, 2013 at 04:00 PM | Holly@webstergroupinc.com 202.741.1294 | Holly@webstergroupinc.com | Tel: 202.741.1294 | Event Website

“Summer in February,” NSLM dinner and a movie fund-raiser and preview of the exhibition Munnings: Out in the Open, April 21, 2013.
In conjunction with the opening, the NSLM will host a private preview of the film “Summer in February” starring Dominic Cooper, Dan Stevens and Emily Browning. Based upon Jonathan Smith’s 1996 novel with the same title, the film explores the relationships Munnings developed while in Lamorna.

Address

National Sporting Library & Museum; 102 The Plains Road; Middleburg, Virginia 20118-1335

Choral Evensong

April 21st, 2013 at 05:00 PM | Free | Tel: 202-333-6677

Music of Richard Ayleward, Williams H. Harris, and Edward C. Bairstow. Sung by the professional Choir of Christ Church, the series is free and open to the public as a gift to the community.

Address

Christ Church, Georgetown; 31st & O Street NW

Citizens Association of Georgetown Meeting

April 22nd, 2013 at 07:00 PM

Georgetown University will host CAG to view its new state-of-the-art science building, Regents Hall. With reception before tour.

Address

Georgetown University – Copley Formal Lounge in Copley Building, off Healy Circle