New Folger Director: ‘Theater Is Political’
• December 16, 2024

In 2015, Sunny Sumter of the DC Jazz Festival sang “Better Than Anything” for Cultural Leadership Breakfast attendees. Three years later, Chamber Dance Project’s Diane Coburn Bruning demonstrated choreography on […]

New Folger Library Director Will Speak at Dupont Underground, Dec. 12
• November 26, 2024

Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper, who became the eighth director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in October, will be the featured speaker at The Georgetowner’s next Cultural Leadership Breakfast, on Thursday, Dec. […]

On the Move: Choreographer Diana Movius
• November 25, 2024

“It’s just a matter of having two loves,” explained Diana Movius, speaking at The Georgetowner’s Nov. 21 Cultural Leadership Breakfast at the President Woodrow Wilson House in Kalorama. The two: […]

Founder Prepares to Bid Opera Lafayette ‘Adieu’
• October 28, 2024

Speaking at The Georgetowner’s Oct. 24 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, Ryan Brown, artistic director of Opera Lafayette, commented on the coincidental link between the event’s venue, the President Woodrow Wilson House […]

Choreographer Diana Movius Is Nov. 21 Breakfast Speaker
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On Thursday, Nov. 21, The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series will present a talk by Diana Movius, recently appointed choreographer-in-residence at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. Admission to the event, […]

Opera Lafayette’s Ryan Brown to Speak at Oct. 24 Breakfast
• September 30, 2024

Ryan Brown, founder and artistic director of Opera Lafayette — the highly regarded presenter of baroque and classical operas with a chamber orchestra of period instruments — will speak at […]

Signature Theatre’s Hallmarks: Intimacy and Sondheim
• September 23, 2024

In 2006, his Carnegie Mellon BFA in hand, Matthew Gardiner went to work for Signature Theatre — a 150-seat space in what had been a bumper-plating factory (“The Garage”) on […]

Last Chance for Tickets: Our Thursday Breakfast & Friday Party!
• September 16, 2024

Mark your calendars! It’s a busy week for us here at The Georgetowner, and we want you to join us. First, our next Cultural Leadership Breakfast is this Thursday, September […]

Sept. 19 Cultural Breakfast to Feature Signature’s Matthew Gardiner
• August 15, 2024

Signature Theatre Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner will be the featured speaker at The Georgetowner’s Sept. 19 Cultural Leadership Breakfast. Admission to the event, at the President Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 […]

Mr. Liang Comes to Washington
• May 20, 2024

In 2017, Edwaard* Liang was invited to co-choreograph a ballet to open the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the following January. “They like to start their forum with art,” […]