This week: October 18, 2024 - Marina Khoury - Connecting People to Places
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October 18: Marina Khoury - Connecting People to Places
October 25: Dan Moore - Classification Talk
November 1: Claes Ryn - Classification Talk

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Marina Khoury – Connecting People to Places: New Urbanism, Kentlands and Designing Thriving Places

October 18th

Marina Khoury is an expert in sustainable urban redevelopment, master planning, and form-based codes. A partner at DPZ CoDesign, she has led its Washington D.C. office since 2007. A licensed architect fluent in several languages, she has worked on projects worldwide, including pioneering resilient urbanism codes. Khoury co-led the development of the Miami21 code, the first form-based code in the U.S., and serves on the Expert Committee of the UNEP-GFHS International Green Model City Initiative. She is active in civic groups like the Congress for the New Urbanism and Smart Growth America’s Form-Based Code Institute, where she served as Chair.

Anna Tirat-Gefen – Comedy as a Second Language

October 11th

Anna Tirat-Gefen is an immigrant from Ukraine, a full-time working mother of five children, a wife, and a rocket scientist. Anna also helps match students with host families for an international high school student exchange program.
Anna’s hobbies include catching up on sleep, taking walks, cooking, reading and writing.  Anna is also a published designer of crochet patterns, and yet unpublished poet. Another hobby gives Anna a big recognition. This hobby is the comedy.

Anna lives, works and performs at many Comedy Clubs in the Greater Washington DC area. One of very successful performance is Comedy as a Second Language.

Chloe Ellen Stewart – Becoming a Professional Performer and Teacher

October 4th

Chloe Ellen Stewart is best known for her classical music career, performing with Virginia Opera and Opera Mississippi. She earned her Bachelor’s in Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and her Master’s in Music from the University of Mobile. In addition to classical roles, she has worked extensively in musicals, recently creating the role of Mechelle in *The Window King*.

Chloe has also appeared on television’s *Crime Nation* with The CW and is currently filming a horror movie. Her diverse performance background and teaching experience have led her to give private music lessons, sharing the joy of performing with the next generation