Dear Neighbors, I caught a "bug" so this will be very brief. Items that
you sent that are not included in this issue will be published in next
week's issue.
 
 
 

TENLEYTOWN LISTSERVE -- GET ON LIST
Except in rare instances, I won't print items sent to the Tenleytown
listserve at
tenleytown@yahoogroups.com unless they are also sent to COMMUNIT-E. A
lot of good information is disseminated via the Tenleytown  listserve so
I urge you to subscribe to it. Contact Buddy Yingling at
<buddydc1@msn.com>.

If you want to disseminate information or ask a question via COMMUNIT-E,
you'll need to send it to me for COMMUNIT-E.  I'm doing this to cut down
on unnecessary duplication.
 
 
 
 

WILSON BOOK FAIR AT POLITICS & PROSE
From: "Laura Akgulian" <laura@marginata.com>
Sat., March 1, 9 am - 11 pm   AND  Sun., March 2, 10 am - 8 pm
Please support Wilson High by coming this weekend to Politics & Prose,
5015 Connecticut Avenue NW. The school will receive 20% of the cost of
any books you purchase. Just tell the cashier you're a Wilson supporter.
There'll also be a wish list downstairs at the "Wilson table" if you
would like to donate titles directly to the school.
 
Curious about the creative writing process? Then join us at the store at
4 pm on Sunday, when you can discuss the "writing life" with Ethelbert
Miller, a local poet and faculty member at Howard University, along with
fellow poets Naomi Ayala and Miriam Nathan. The poets will read from
their own works, followed by a discussion with the audience. Then
students can read their own works. A perfect setting for your budding
Langston Hughes or  Emily Dickenson. Questions? Call Maggie Kennedy
(363-8772) or Penny Ray (363-2976).
 
 
 
 

OPERA IN THE 'HOOD
>From AU Park neighbor Kathleen Hunter  <jhunter1900@yahoo.com>
For Surviving the Snow, Treat Yourself to the Opera - - - - -   Here's
an opportunity to hear (and see) opera, live, here in Tenleytown, and at
movie prices.  On February 28 and March 2, the Eldbrooke Artist Series
will present Giuseppi Verdi's La Traviata (The Transgressor), to be sung
in Italian, with area professionals in principal roles and in the
chamber orchestra.
Friday performance at 7:30; Sunday at 1:30  Admission $10 for adults and
$5 for students under age 18.  At Eldbrooke United Methodist Church, on
River Road around the corner from Tenleytown Metro.  Questions?  Call
202/966-4975.
 
The role of the tragic heroine will be sung by soprano Marje Palmieri,
whose last appearance at Eldbrooke was in the role of Queen of the Night
in The Magic Flute.  She has  sung the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor
with this company, Madam Butterfly at the Kennedy Center, and Anna in
The King and I.  Her lover, Alfredo, will be played by David Holovac,
one of the founders of Eldbrooke opera and premier tenor in several
productions.  He has won the Princess in Magic Flute, stabbed Carmen in
despair, abandoned the lovely Marguerite in Faust, and mourned the dying
Mimi in La Boheme.  Alfredo's father, Giorgio Germont, will be sung by
baritone Sterling Scroggins, director of the Eldbrooke Artist Series,
local music teacher, and Washington Opera chorus member.  And Violetta's
friend Flora will be sung by a young mezzo-soprano currently based in
the Washington area; Bridgette Cooper has sung at Carnegie Hall in New
York and with the Lyric Opera of Chicago.  She has also sung with the
Charleston Symphony Tour of Porgy and Bess, and with a national tour of
Show Boat.
 
Eldbrooke productions are fully staged, with imaginative use of the
choir loft, balcony, and aisles.  This story is set in Paris, among the
upper classes; costumes will be evocative of high fashion from a century
and a half ago.
 
Two good websites for learning about Verdi and La Traviata are:
http://www.r-ds.com/opera/verdiana/traviata.htm
http://www.operaed.org/learningcenter/frames/fs_trav.htm
 
 
 
 

MUSICAL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
From: "KD McLynn" <kdmclynn@starpower.net>
JOSIE! AND THE JAZZY JACKET  ...an original musical.
Everyone is welcome!  St. Columba's church (kitty-corner from Janney
School)on Albemarle at 42nd St., NW presents JOSIE! AND THE JAZZY JACKET
...an original musical.
Music & Lyrics: John Pickard, Book and Direction: Terry Peel. . . .
.Forecasting the future--a biblical fable, re-fabricated as a fun-filled
fricassee of foul play, Pharaohs, fame, farmyard famine, fear, false
identity & family forgiveness. . .
featuring St. Columba's own fantastic flock of tap-dancing sheep!
Five shows:
Friday, Feb. 28th @ 7:30,
Sat., Mar. 1 @ 3 & 7:30,
Sunday, Mar. 2 @ 3 & 7 PM.
Proceeds to benefit outreach (which includes IONA Senior Services,
Fletcher House, STEP
Education Program, etc.) and also towards purchasing a piano in the
church hall.
We hope the show will be GREAT fun for all!  Also, the proceeds support
programs that are a huge benefit to our community.
Tickets & Information, Call 966-6540.
-Kathleen McLynn
 
 
 
 

OTHER EVENTS IN THE 'HOOD
From:  Shirley Moyer <smoyer@erols.com>
March 2nd is a really busy day at Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist
Church, The National United Methodist Church.  Please feel free to come
to all or selected events.
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NOBEL LAUREATE TO SPEAK
Nobel Laureate Marshall Nirenberg will speak on Genetics, Human Freedom
and Responsibility at the Faith and Science Lecture series at
Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church on Sunday, March 2.  The
session begins promptly at 10:10 am with coffee at 10 am. In 1962 Dr.
Nirenberg became head of the Section of Biochemical Genetics at the
National Institutes of Health. There he began to study the steps that
relate DNA, RNA, and protein. Today he supervises an extensive research
laboratory at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

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LECTURE-RECITAL
Dr. Raymond Jackson, Professor of Music at Howard University will
present a lecture recital on the "Piano Music of Black Composers" on
Sunday, March 2 - 4:00 p.m. Dr. Jackson has appeared to rave reviews  in
concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, and South America,
as well as performances in the West Indies.  As an artist-teacher, he
has received the Howard University Faculty Excellence Award.  He
established The Raymond Jackson Scholarship and Mentoring Program for
Gifted Pre-College African-American Pianists and The Jackson Foundation
to identify and train young talented pianists. His program will include
works of European Classics, Folk Pieces, and Spirituals.  Free will
offering.
 
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ART EXHIBIT OPENING
Following the concert, at 5 p.m., The Arts Council of Metropolitan
Memorial United Methodist Church announces the opening of "Turnings:
The Polarities of Repentance" by Edward Knippers. Knippers is an
internationally recognized artist whose paintings capture Biblical
themes on massive canvases.  The exhibit focuses on individual decisions
as pivotal moments in the biblical narrative -- Adam and Eve in the
Garden, Jonah and the Great Fish, The Conversion of Saul, David's
Repentance and The Woman Washing the Feet of Jesus.   Exhibit closes
March 30, 2003. Hours: M-F 9 a.m. - 5 pm; Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

All events will take place at Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist
Church, 3401 Nebraska Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20016. 202-363-4900.
 
 
 

HELP SHOVELING ? ? ?
From: <Robmayers@AOL.COM>
Just wanted to know if you might know anyone in the 'hood who might be
interested in making some dough shovelling snow. In past years, I always
had teenagers coming around looking to help but this year no one has
surfaced. Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated!
ROBIN MORSE MAYERS
Phone:  202-966-2213
 
 
 

SCHOOL CLOSINGS? SCHOOL DELAYS?
From: <anc3b@aol.com>
To find out about school closings or delays via e-mail, D.C. Public
Schools has set up a system to receive e-mail alerts.  Sign up at:
http://www.k12.dc.us/dcps/insidedcps/ealert.html
 
 
 
 

CURRENT EVENTS DISCUSSION
From:  wharw32487@aol.com
Reply-To:  tenleytown@yahoogroups.com

[Although this was sent to the Tenleytown Listserve, I am running it
because it will be held this weekend.  In the future, I won't be running
most items sent to the Tenleytown Listserve -- KS]

You are invited to a discussion of world events at noon this coming
Sunday, March 2, at the Cleveland Park UCC Church. We are located at the
corner of  34th and Lowell Streets, across from John Eaton Elementary
school. As part of our ongoing discussion series on current events, two
experienced observers of the world situation and members of our church
family will be leading a discussion of the situations in Iraq and North
Korea.
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David Sanger is White House corespondent for the New York Times.  In a
20-year career at the paper, he has reported from New York, Tokyo, and
Washington.  Most recently he has focussed on the events surrounding
September 11, the war on terrorism, and the confrontations with Iraq and
North Korea. Twice he has been a member of teams that won the Pulitzer
Prize.  Mr. Sanger appears regularly on Washington Week in Review and
frequently on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
---------
James Carafano is an Adjunct Professor at both the US Naval War College
and Georgetown University, which granted him a doctorate in Diplomatic
History in 2000.  After graduating from West Point, he was assigned to
command and staff  positions in the US, Korea and Europe.  He has
written four books on military  history, including an assessment of
domestic threats after 9/11 and on Normandy after the D-day invasion. He
is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary
Assessments here in Washington.
We plan to finish about 1:00.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at home,
237-1506.
Bill Harwood
 
 

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