Gift of the Greeks: Democratic Values
While the Greek gods of wind, the Anemoi, were all working together to wreak havoc on Washington, D.C., it did not stop the Greek American humans from honoring four of their outstanding community...
View ArticleDana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company at National Portrait Gallery
Celebrating its 25th year, the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company presents a series of free salons in the new international gallery at the National Portrait Gallery, where Burgess is the Smithsonian’s...
View ArticleDog of the Week: Olive
No bunny rabbits here. While there are indeed doggie Easter egg hunts from New Jersey to Oklahoma, dogs in Georgetown prefer to assist their human friends in finding anything of value in that Easter...
View ArticleMary Jo Kopechne Portrayed in ‘Chappaquiddick’
“Chappaquiddick,” the political drama starring House of Cards actress Kate Mara, opened this weekend, and I was one of the many riveted spectators at Georgetown’s AMC Loews on Sunday, April 8. The film...
View ArticleANC Monday: DDOT, BID Gateway, Coolidge, Halcyon
The Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, June 4, at 6:30 p.m. at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, 35th Street and...
View ArticleCultural Leadership & Cocktails: Meet Chris Whittle, June 14
Join The Georgetowner on Thursday, June 14, at 6 p.m. at the George Town Club, 1530 Wisconsin Ave. NW, for a cocktail reception and presentation by education visionary Chris Whittle on the new Whittle...
View ArticleDyllan’s Raw Bar Grill Opens
Dyllan’s Raw Bar Grill opened Aug. 15, replacing Sea Catch, a seafood favorite of many years, in Canal Square at the C&O Canal. But there’s plenty fruit of the sea to be enjoyed at this new eatery,...
View ArticleComing Up: ANC Elections
District of Columbia residents who are political and election junkies can be excused forfeeling a bit frustrated every two years at this time of the year. “Crucial” primary elections for governors,...
View ArticleHappy New Year — We Made It!
As we write—or try to write—about the future and things to look forward to in 2019 as well as things to look back to what is really an unfinished year, it’s hard to get going. We mean, folks, this...
View Article9/11: The Day of the Fallen and Heroes, No One Else
Every year, we remember the day: September 11. Every year, it arrives, less and less with large and loud ceremony, more and more in the closets of memory, distanced a little, and seen differently,...
View Article4th Women’s March in D.C. Brings Out Many Faithful (photos)
Rain, snow and freezing temperatures could not keep the faithful from gathering at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 18, for the fourth annual Women’s March. The size of the crowd...
View ArticleJack Evans Files to Run in Both June Elections for His Old Seat
He’s baaaack … already. Just ten days after leaving his Ward 2 District Council seat that he held for almost 29 years, Jack Evans filed papers with the Board of Elections on Jan. 27 to run for it again...
View ArticleWard 2 Is Underestimating Trump’s Authoritarianism Threat
OPINION Our greatest intellectual Achilles heel is that we tend not to believe something that hasn’t happened to us. Most people reading this have never lived under authoritarianism. We just can’t...
View ArticleD.C. Statehood in Congress: a Possibility or a Ploy?
On March 22, Mayor Muriel Bowser and others testified at a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing concerning the Washington, D.C. Admission Act. The post D.C. Statehood in Congress: a...
View Article‘Georgetown,’ a Film About Murder. Or Is It?
It happened in Georgetown. In August of 2011. A murder and investigation that verged on the “you can’t make this stuff up” category. Now a fictionalized movie about the bizarre […] The post...
View ArticleAuction Insiders: Specialists from Doyle Discuss Current Trends
Sponsored Content Founded in 1962, Doyle is one of the world’s foremost auctioneers and appraisers of jewelry, fine art, furniture, decorations, Asian works of art, coins, stamps and rare books, […]...
View ArticleThousands March for Reproductive Rights in D.C. (photos)
In what was promoted as a “Rally for Abortion Justice,” and concurrently as the “Fifth Women’s March,” supporters of reproductive rights demonstrated in over 600 cities throughout the country on […]...
View ArticleHappy Hanukkah: National Menorah Lighting Ceremony (photos)
On Sunday, Nov. 28, the first night of the eight-day Jewish holiday, thousands attended the 2021 National Hanukkah Menorah lighting ceremony on the Ellipse, just across from the White House […] The...
View ArticleNational Cherry Blossom Festival Returns ‘Live’ with Grand Opening Ceremony...
The 2022 National Cherry Blossom Festival kicked off in splendid fashion with its traditional opening ceremony before a full house at the Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. on Sunday, March […] The post...
View ArticleSmithsonian National Museum of the American Indian April & May 2022 Events
Public Events Calendar April – May 2022 New in New York City Dakota Modern: The Art of Oscar Howe Open through Sept. 11 View this major retrospective of the Yanktonai […] The post Smithsonian National...
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