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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) presided over a conference committee that eliminated anti-LGBT
language from a defense bill.
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The gay head of the New Hampshire Democratic Party on Tuesday announced he is
running to become the next chair of the Democratic National Committee.
I am a candidate for chair of the Democratic National Committee, he wrote on
Facebook. I look forward to a robust discussion with you on the future of the Democratic
Party and I ask for and hope to earn your support.
Make no mistake, if I am elected chair there will be radical reform of how the DNC
operates, he added. You and every member of the DNC will be called on to fully participate
in the governance of our party. The DNC will be a team eort unlike what we have seen for
many years. Every voice should be respected, every face reected in the Democratic Party.
The party cannot just be about winning the White House. We have thousands of other
races, including state, county and local races that we need to win as well.
Buckleys announcement comes on the heels of President-elect Trumps defeat of
Hillary Clinton in the Electoral College. Democrats also failed to regain control of the
House of Representatives and Senate.
The DNC has been in turmoil since Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
resigned as chair on the eve of the Democratic National Convention after Wikileaks
published emails that showed she favored Clinton over U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
Interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile faced criticism last month after emails from WikiLeaks
revealed that she provided debate questions to Clintons campaign during the primaries.
South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Jaime Harrison, former Vermont Gov. Howard
Dean, Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison have also announced their candidacies to
succeed Brazile. Former Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley last month said he will not run.
The election on who will succeed Brazile is slated to take place in February during the
DNCs winter meeting in Atlanta.
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Cuban President Fidel Castros picture reads revolution is unity.
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Gay U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican
Republic James Wally Brewster last week
announced he will resign once Presidentelect Trump takes oce.
At midday on Jan 20, 2017, I will submit
my resignation as U.S. ambassador to the
Dominican Republic and Bob and I will
leave in search of new adventures, said
Brewster in a statement the U.S. Embassy
in the Dominican Republic posted to its
Twitter page. Our spirits will remain with
you forever.
Listn Diario, a Dominican newspaper,
reported
Brewster
made
the
announcement during a speech he gave at
a pre-Thanksgiving event that the American
Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican
Republic hosted.
Brewster, who is a former member of
the Human Rights Campaign board of
directors, has faced a barrage of criticism
since President Obama nominated him
to represent the U.S. in the Dominican
Republic in 2013.
Nicols de Jess Lpez Rodrguez, the
former cardinal of the Archdiocese of
Santo Domingo, has repeatedly used
anti-gay slurs to describe Brewster.
A group of Dominican intellectuals
and religious leaders earlier this year
urged President Danilo Medina and
his countrys government to declare
Brewster persona non grata because
of a U.S.-backed education initiative they
said sought to turn our adolescents gay.
A member of the Dominican House of
Deputies in March described those who
defend Brewster as faggots.
Dominican
religious
leaders
on
Wednesday
welcomed
Brewsters
announcement.
What were seeing is traditional tactics that
people use to push people back in the closet,
to push allies back from wanting to come
out and support the rights of those who
are marginalized, Brewster told the Blade
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He is exceptionally qualied to
shepherd our commitment to repeal and
replace Obamacare and bring aordable
and accessible healthcare to every
American. I am proud to nominate him as
secretary of health and human services.
One of Obamacares chief opponents,
the six-term House Republican has
pushed legislation to undo the law,
including a measure in 2013 that would
have prohibited the Internal Revenue
Service from aording tax credits to
oset the cost of insurance premiums.
An estimated 20 million people are
insured under the Aordable Care Act
and health advocates fear those people
could lose access to care ifthe presidentelect and U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan
(R-Wis.) make good on their pledge to
repeal the law.
Transgender advocates have expressed
concerns about repeal of Section
1557, which prohibits discrimination
on the basis of gender in health care.
The Obama administration has issued
a rule interpreting that language to
apply to transgender people, including
for transition-related care and gender
reassignment surgery, as well as gender
non-conforming people.
Mara Keisling, executive director of the
National Center for Transgender Equality,
was among those expressing concerns
about the choice of Price as head of the
Department of Health & Human Services.
We continue to be concerned with
President-elect Trumps selection of
anti-LGBT extremists like Rep. Price for
cabinet positions, Keisling said. Though
a physician, Rep. Price has consistently
worked against a fair and just healthcare
system. Rep. Price is a dangerous choice for
secretary of health and human services.
As head of HHS, Price could blunt the
Obama administrations rule prohibiting
anti-trans discrimination in health care
with an exemption allowing religiousbased organizations to refuse care
transition-related or otherwise to
transgender people. Anti-LGBT advocates
expressed consternation that rule had
no religious exemption and the provision
is facing court challenges on the basis it
ignoresreligious concerns.
The potential loss of the Medicaid
expansion under Obamacare is a source
of anxiety for HIV/AIDS advocates.
The program, which Republicans have
threatened to change to a block-grant
system, provides care for an estimated
40 percent of people with the disease in
the United States.
Hilary McQuie, director of U.S. policy
and grassroots mobilization for the HIV/
AIDS group Health GAP, said the Price
nomination is a worst case scenario for
people living with HIV.
Post,
Seeking to tamp down the impact of
the New York Magazine article,McFarland
in other media reports which cited
advisers publicly fearing she would
appear homophobic emphasized she
allegedly grew up in a physically abusive
home.
In seeking to put a painful past
behind me, I wrote two candid letters
to my parents in 1992 at the advice
of a counselor, McFarland said in a
statement at the time. Now, in the midst
of a political campaign, those letters
have found their way into the hands of a
magazine reporter.
In a subsequent interview with the
New York Times, McFarland reportedly
said she grew up in a home where from
the age of 2 onward she was beaten
and whipped with belts along with her
brother. At times, McFarland reportedly
said, her father would wave a gun in her
face, threatening to kill the family.
After they grew up and left home,
McFarland and her brother lived only a few
miles apart in New York City from1985 to
1995, but McFarland admitted she largely
cut him out of her life after she learned
hehad HIV and refused to let her young
children see him.
I was really living a life of going to
Central Park with my kids, and he was
increasingly living there was no
secret about it he was openly gay,
McFarland was quoted as saying. I had
no problem with that, I loved him. But I
was increasingly concerned because he
talked about a very promiscuous lifestyle.
And it saddened me a great deal.
During the interview, McFarland reportedly
denied the abuse made him gay, but said it
contributed to his reported promiscuity.
I think the abuse absolutely aected his
riskier behavior, his more promiscuous
I dont want to use the word selfdestructive is there another word
like that? McFarland reportedly said.
I dont think its something that made
him gay; he was always gay. That stu
leaves emotional scars on everybody,
and everybody copes with it in dierent
ways.
According to the New York Times,
McFarland saidher brother was often sick
during the 1990s and she would visit him
at his home or the hospital, but she didnt
have any contact with him during the last
two years of his life.
Do I wish I spent more time with him?
Of course I do, McFarland is quoted as
saying. Its the great regret that I have
of my adult life, that I didnt spend more
time with him, that I was not with him in
his nal months.
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VIEWPOINT
By CHARLES FRANCIS
In his recent Blade op-ed (Forgotten
Americans, Nov. 25) James Driscoll
makes
some
reasonable-sounding
suggestions for LGBT Republican AIDS
policy advocacy in the Trump years were it
not the year 2016. After the sad history of
Republican AIDS activism during the rst
term of George W. Bush, some 17 years
ago, anyone who is serious about history
should know better than to dust o oldschool Log Cabin messaging, especially
Driscoll who served for years on George
W. Bushs Presidential Advisory Council
on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). Indeed, why are
George W. Bush and Karl Rove and their
gay supporters nowhere mentioned in
Driscolls piece on Trump?
Driscoll is not so much a forgotten
American as a forgetting American.
He conveniently forgets the train wreck
of the Bush presidency and LGBTrelated AIDS policy. So much of LGBT
history is deleted or remains sealed in
government vaults, it is easy to forget
how the rst White House openly gay
AIDS czar Scott Evertz was pressured to
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Celebrate the rst year of newlywed bliss with a set of Mr. and Mr. or Mrs. and Mrs.
ceramic mugs ($30) sold at Urban Dwell (1837 Columbia Rd., N.W.). Make the rest of the
kitchenware sentimental with a set of Mr. and Mr. or Mrs. and Mrs. wine glasses ($24)
or a vintage silverware fork set emblazoned with the titles ($34).
For the sushi lovers in your life (or for yourself) pick up a patterned sushi set ($38-40) at
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Give the gift to satisfy tastebuds and decorate the kitchen with
a basket from Cork Market & Tasting Room (1805 14th St., N.W.)
The giver can assemble an assortment of perishable and nonperishable items for a personal touch. Baskets start at $50.
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Beekman 1802 Home Collection at Target, available exclusively online, offers many
items that give a rustic, farmhouse vibe. Get more basic furniture items such as a set
of two Harvester X-Back dining chairs ($179.99) or a Harvester bookshelf ($76.98).
More stand out pieces include a large Freemont lantern ($55.99) or a Burr distressed
nightstand in antique white ($101.99). Stay cozy with items like the Emma reversible
duvet set ($53.99-83.99) which offers comfort and style. Grab a stand-out accent
piece, like the Beekman 1802 Farmhouse gure pig ($23.99), to give the gift of
personality to a room. (Photo courtesy Target)
Tabletop has two locations (1608 20th St., N.W.) and (6927 Laurel Ave.,Takoma Park,
Md.) lled with smaller home items to gift. Get a head start on next years holiday
season with Santa Claus salt and pepper shakers ($16) or give the gift of a fun bear
mug ($16). Get the kitchen in matching order with sh cooking ware ($65) and
matching ceramic mixing bowls in a set of three ($30). Make the mornings extra
special with the Night & Day matching espresso cups ($32) and inspire wanderlust
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From left in back are EPHRAIM SKYES, JENNIFER HUDSON, MARTIN SHORT, DOVE CAMERON;
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The 18th Street Singers present their concert From Shadow to Light
next week that promises a transcendent musical experience designed to
showcase the meditative and sublime beauty of early music.
The Singers, an a cappella choir of about 50 that specializes in early (i.e.
pre-Baroque) music, will perform Dec. 9-10 at 7:30 p.m. each night at St. Agnes
of the Ascension Church (1217 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.) featuring sacred
works by Purcell, Tallis, Palestrina, Monteverdi, Pretorias and more. Tickets
are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Visit 18thstreetsingers.com for details.
Choral singing, to me, is like a team sport, says 31-year-old Jon-Michael
JM Eclar, an original member of the seven-year-old choir in which he sings
tenor. Everyone in the choir is working hard toward a common goal and we
cannot be successful unless we all pitch in. When it nally comes together and
the chords lock, its truly a magical experience.
Eclar, a Chantilly, Va., native, works by day for a human resources trade
association. He also leads the tenor section in the choir of Church of the
Reformation on Capitol Hill.
Hes in a relationship with Brad Haas and lives in Dupont Circle. Eclar enjoys
working out, running, playing in the Stonewall Kickball League and, of course,
singing in his free time.
Why Washington?
Because Washington oers the
best of a big city without feeling so
overwhelmed. Great neighborhood bars
and restaurants. Plenty of green space
to roam around outside. And bike lanes.
Yes, bike lanes.
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O U T & A BO U T
By BRIAN WALMER
After a four-year break from new
material, 2016 nds Mary Chapin
Carpenter back with her 14th studio
album, The Things That We Are Made Of.
Since the release of 2012s Ashes and
Roses, the ve-time Grammy winner has
toured with fellow singer-songwriter Shawn
Colvin; released and toured with her 2014
symphonic album, Songs From the Movie;
and toured an acoustic show last year.
Carpenter will be wrapping up the end
of a busy touring year performing two soldout shows at the Birchmere Dec. 6-7. A few
last-minute tickets may be available when
the box oce opens each evening at 5 p.m.
Carpenter recalls her early days
performing at the Birchmere, looking
back and being labeled a country artist
during a phone chat from her home in
the Blue Ridge Mountains.
WASHINGTON BLADE: What are your
memories of singing at the Birchmere?
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER: I dont know
when the exact rst time I ever had a show
there. I started playing there in the early 80s
as an opener and as part of other groups.
Its much bigger than it used to be. The
new Birchmere has been there a long time
now. The old Birchmere used to be about a
quarter of the size. It really was an intimate
space and one of the premier listening
rooms in the country. Now they can bring
bigger shows and theres more seats, but its
still such a revered listening room.
BLADE: Does it feel the same playing
there now?
CARPENTER: You mean the same
feeling of being nervous and scared? Yes!
(laughs)
BLADE: Youve played the Birchmere
and Wolf Trap many times. Do you have
a preference?
CARPENTER: Theyre so dierent. I dont
prefer one over the other. Certainly, the
Birchmere being more intimate, its an
opportunity to be more free wheeling and
chatting with the audience where with Wolf
Trap, its so vast, but its still possible to feel
the collective energy of 7,000 people. I feel
so lucky to be a resident of this area in the
sense that I have two hometown stages
that mean the world to me and theyre
both very dierent, but theyre both deeply
meaningful to me in terms of my career
and what it feels like to play music. I have
gone to both as a listener for so long before
I had the good fortune to play those stages,
Looking at lyrics for her new album made MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER realize shes still asking
questions.
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PAUL HAMY in The Ornithologist, an adventure lm from Portugal that echoes the legend of St.
Anthony of Padua.
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The Gay Mens Chorus of Washington has four performances planned of its
holiday show Naughty and Nice. It will be presented at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec.
10; at 3 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17; and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18. All
performances are at the Lincoln Theatre (1215 U St., N.W.).
The concert will be directed by John Moran and conducted by Thea Kano,
artistic director of the chorus. Tickets range from $25-65 and can be purchased
at gmcw.org or at the box oce from noon-7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Naughty and Nice will feature new holiday songs and traditional favorites
with a twist along with new arrangements, mashups, tap dancers, leather
reindeer, dancing fruitcakes, men in heels, snow and more. Songs include Sleigh
Ride, Snow, Text Me Merry Christmas and more.
Full details at gmcw.org.
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Into The Woods
Dec 6-Jan 8. Kennedy Center.
kennedy-center.org.
Venture into the woods with the acclaimed Fiasco Theaters production that
became NYCs surprise hit of the season. Mind the wolf, heed the witch, and
honor the giant in the sky in this extraordinary musical about the power of
wishes--and what really happens after they come true.
King Ubu
Dec 8-Jan 7. Pointless Theatre at Mead Theatre Lab.
pointlesstheatre.com.
Hilarious, violent, and absurd, King Ubu promises audiences lowbrow humor,
ludicrous language, and full-bore puppet carnage all wrapped up into a
funhouse take on Macbeth and the classical tragedy.
Open Studios
Dec 4. Jackson Art Center.
jacksonartcenter.com.
THEATRE
The Second Shepherds Play. Thru
Dec 21. Folger Consort. Folger Theatre.
folger.edu.
A Christmas Carol. Thru Dec 31.
Fords Theatre. fords.org.
Goyescas. Dec 7-Dec 18. In Series at
GALA Hispanic Theatre. inseries.org.
Hecho en Puelto Rico (Made in
Puelto Rico). Dec 2-Dec 3. GALA
Hispanic Theatre. galatheatre.org.
Tame. Thru Dec 11. WSC Avant Bard.
Gunston Arts Center. wscavantbard.
org.
Six Degrees of Separation. Thru Dec
3. Keegan Theatre. keegantheatre.com.
A View From the Bridge. Thru Dec
MUSIC
Chopteeth. Dec 2. Bernard/
Ebb Showcase. Dec 3. The
Capital Hearings. Dec 4. AMP.
ampbystrathmore.com.
Eldar Trio. Dec 2. Cecily Salutes
DC. Dec 3. Bohemian Caverns Jazz
Orchestra. Dec 4. Atlas. atlasarts.org.
Virginia Opera: The Barber of Seville.
Dec 3-Dec 4. GMU Center for the Arts.
cfa.gmu.edu.
Gamelan and Koto Concert.
Dec 2. Christian Scott aTunde
Adjuah. Dec 2-Aug 5. The Clarice.
claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
Christmas and Holiday Celebration.
Dec 7. Embassy Experiences. Embassy
of Croatia. embassyexperiences.com.
Boutellis-Taft, Violin, Angela
Draghicescu, Piano. Dec 8. Embassy
Series. Embassy of Romania.
embassyseries.org.
An Evening with Megan Hilty. Dec
8-Dec 9. Kennedy Center. kennedycenter.org.
The Tallis Scholars. Dec 7. Library of
Congress. loc.gov.
Vidimus Stellam. Dec 3-Dec 4. Capitol
Hill Chorale. Lutheran Church of the
Reformation. capitolhillchorale.org.
Donal Fox, jazz piano. Dec 3. Fox
Wolf Duo. Dec 4. National Gallery of
Art. nga.gov.
The Mavericks. Dec 2. Ramn Tasat,
tenor & guitar. Dec 7. Strathmore.
strathmore.org.
Tomer Gewirtzman, piano.
Dec 3. Attacca Quartet. Dec 4.
Washington Performing Arts. UDC.
washingtonperformingarts.org.
The Swingles. Dec 2. Boston Brass.
Dec 4. The Barns. wolftrap.org.
MUSEUMS
Kreeger Museum. Selected Works:
GALLERIES
DAC. 2016 Professional Awards of the
Potomac Chapter, ASLA. Thru Dec 10.
aiadac.com.
Goethe-Institut. Shadowgraphs by
Tim Otto Roth. Thru Jan 13. goethe.de.
Hill Center. Hill Center Galleries
Exhibitions. Thru Dec 30. hillcenterdc.
org.
ISAAG. The Real Distance
(Uruguay). Thru Dec 12.
idbstaassociationartgallery.org.
Strathmore. Fine Art in Miniature.
Thru Dec 31. Ctrl+P. Thru Dec 31.
Jennifer Kahn Barlow. Thru Dec 31.
strathmore.org.
The Art League Gallery. The Artistic
Frame. Thru Dec 4. MiniMAX. Thru
Dec 4. Soomin Ham. Thru Dec 4.
theartleague.org.
Waverly Street Gallery. New Work
in Clay by Kanika Sircar. Thru Dec
3. The Holiday Show. Dec 6-Jan 7.
waverlystreetgallery.com.
Zenith Sculpture Space. STEEL the
SHOW. Thru Jan 14. zenithgallery.com.
AND MORE...
King Lear. Dec 5. Folger Theatre.
folger.edu.
Between River and Rim. Dec 8.
National Geographic. nglive.org.
Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to
Greatness. Dec 7. From the Vaults:
How Americans First Learned of Pearl
Harbor. Dec 7. National Archives.
archivesfoundation.org.
PEN/Malamud Award: Joy Williams. Dec
2. PEN/Faulkner. Folger Shakespeare
Library. penfaulkner.org.
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tonight and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Both shows are sold out but last-minute
tickets may be available at the box oce
at 5 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Details at
birchmere.com.
A Magical Season Celebration, the
fourth annual holiday heat wave party by
Capital Pride is tonight from 7:30-10:30 p.m.
at the HRC Equality Center (1640 Rhode
Island Ave., N.W.). The party will feature
food, festive holiday drinks and decor and
music. Tickets are $15 and include two
drink tickets and hors doeuvres or VIP
tickets for $30 which include open bar.
Details at capitalpride.org.
Genderqueer D.C. holds a discussion
group at the D.C. Center (13181 U St.,
N.W.) at 7 p.m. tonight. The group is for
anyone who identies outside of the
gender binary as bigender, agender,
genderuid or any label outside of
cisgender. For more information, visit
thedccenter.org.
TODAY
Legendary diva Diana Ross who last
week received the Presidential Medal of
Freedom continues her three-night run
at the Kennedy Center tonight with the
NSO Pops under the direction of Emil de
Cou. ALL the Best of Times will feature
hits from throughout her 50-year career.
The 85-minute show will be performed in
the Kennedy Center Concert Hall (2700 F
St., N.W.) tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $59-179. Details at kennedycenter.org.
Pushing Dead, a drama about a
struggling HIV-positive writer who loses
his health care plan for making too much
money after depositing a $100 birthday
check, will be screened tonight at 7 p.m.
at the HRC Equality Center (1640 Rhode
Island Ave., N.W.). The lm stars Danny
Glover and James Roday and is directed by
Tom Brown. A cocktail reception and Q&A
with the director will follow the screening.
Regular tickets are $12. VIP tickets are
$25. Details at reelarmations.org.
The fourth annual Holiday Market
will be held at Miss Pixies Furnishings &
Whatnot (1626 14th St., N.W.) today from
5:30-8:30 p.m. Details at misspixies.com.
Otter
Crossing
featuring
DJ
StrokeStone is tonight at 10 p.m. at Green
Lantern (1335 Green Ct., N.W.) with otter
joy and disco holidays. Power Otter
Scotty will host. Admission is $5. Details
on Facebook.
SATURDAY, DEC. 3
Jazz saxophonist Dave Koz brings
his Christmas Tour 2016 with guests
Jonathan Butler, Valerie Simpson and
Kenny Lattimore to the National Theatre
(1321 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.) tonight
at 8 p.m. Tickets are $193. Details at
nationaltheatre.org.
D.C. Leather Pride and the Imperial
Court of Washington will have their second
annual Winter Soltice Ball tonight from
7-10 p.m. at the D.C. Eagle (3701 Benning
Rd., N.E.). The event promises our usual
shenanigans with performers, demos
and getting men naked all in the name
of fundraising for the children. All funds
generated will be donated to the Wanda
Alston House, a local LGBT homeless
shelter. Delta B. Knyght will perform and
emcee the event. Look for the event on
Facebook for full details.
The Mixtape Holiday Dance Party is
tonight at 9:30 p.m. at the Black Cat (1811
14th St., N.W.). Mixtape DJs Shea Van
Horn and Matt Bailer will spin tracks for
a holiday dance party. Admission is $10.
Details on Facebook.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7
A home featured on last years Logan Circle Holiday House Tour. This years tour will be held
Sunday afternoon.
SUNDAY, DEC. 4
The 38th annual Logan Circle Holiday
House Tour is today from 1-5 p.m. Visitors
will tour homes in the neighborhood
while various musicians entertain at
spots throughout. A Wassail reception
will be held at Studio Theatre. Tickets are
$30 in advance or $35. Visit logancircle.
org for advance tickets. Day-of tickets will
be for sale at Studio Theatre.
MONDAY, DEC. 5
Many Languages, One Voice will host
Trump Says Go Back, We Say Fight
Back, an event for those willing to
give eight-10 hours per month to local
immigration justice work. It will be held
from 6-8 p.m. tonight at La Casa (3166 Mt.
Pleasant St., N.W.). Many Languages is an
immigrant-centered and led movement
for undocumented, Muslim, queer and
people of color immigrants. Look for the
event on Facebook for full details.
TUESDAY, DEC. 6
Mary Chapin Carpenter brings her
The Things We Are Made Of Tour with
guest Rose Cousins to the Birchmere
(3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, Va.)
THURSDAY, DEC. 8
Accumulation, a new show by
artist Elaine Florimonte continues today
through Dec. 23 at Touchstone Gallery
(901 New York Ave., N.W.). The museum
is open today from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Using
paint and canvas, she tackles the notion
that the depth of our shared human
experience is created by a latering of
interaction with each other and the
world. A reception is planned on Dec. 9
from 6-8:30 p.m. An encore reception
is planned on Dec. 11 from 1-3 p.m.
with an artist talk at 2 p.m. Details at
touchstonegallery.com.
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