Downtowner News Briefs, Aug. 7
• August 7, 2023

Beyoncé Concert Delayed, Her Tour Funds Metro Post-Close  After a lightning delay caused Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour to start later than expected, 60,000 concertgoers spent hours in the concourse and ramp […]

Downtown Renewal: We Spoke with Gerren Price, CEO of DowntownDC BID 
• June 12, 2023

Life’s been a whirlwind for Gerren Price the last few years. He joined the DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) as director of public space operations in 2018. Two years later, […]

Downtowner News: Metrorail, Tourism Numbers, Porch Piracy
• September 12, 2022

D.C.-Based Pastry Chef on “Selena + Chef”   Washingtonians may notice that Paola Velez, a D.C.-based pastry chef and co-founder of “Bakers Against Racism” made an appearance on actor and singer […]

D.C. Students’ Pandemic Learning Loss Higher Than U.S. Average
• September 6, 2022

Just released scores from the national academic report on elementary and high school academic achievement known as PARCC, show that school children in Washington, D.C., public and charter schools experienced […]

Monkeypox: 5 Things You Need to Know
• July 25, 2022

With Covid still lingering in the news and new variants appearing seemingly every other day, it’s hard to grasp yet another virus appearing in our vernacular. But this time, it’s […]

Honoring Fallen Officers on Police Week in Washington, D.C. (photos)
• May 18, 2022

Law enforcement officers from around the world assembled in Washington, D.C., during mid-May for Police Week, accompanied by the families and friends of fellow officers who made the ultimate sacrifice […]

Over Breakfast, Tim Nelson Talks In Series and Opera
• April 25, 2022

How did In Series, D.C.’s 40-year-old presenter of small-scale, opera-related productions, get its name? From all the “in” words — intimate, independent, innovative, inexpensive — used to describe it, according […]

Editorial: Sound and Fury 
• April 13, 2022

Forget the calendar. It may say Spring, but we seem to be stuck in a “winter of discontent” that plays on and on in an endless loop.   From Ukraine, where […]

Mask Mandates Dropped for D.C. Schools Starting Wednesday
• March 14, 2022

On Wednesday, March 16, the District’s public school system will no longer require students and staff to wear masks indoors, DC Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee announced over the weekend. […]

Australian Comedian Jim Jefferies Comes to DAR, Friday Evening
• February 24, 2022

[Sponsored content] Australian stand-up comedian Jim Jefferies will be at DAR Constitution Hall tomorrow as part of his “The Moist Tour.”  Jefferies created and starred in the FX sitcom “Legit” […]