Arts & Society
Kennedy Center Adds ‘Trump’ to Its Title
Fashion
The Georgetowner’s Best Boutique Gifts for the Holidays
Downtown Observer
A Conversation with the Chief Retail Officer for the White House Historical Association Luci Shanahan
Arts
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Guys and Dolls’
Arts
Georgetown Resident Exhibits Art by Her Students, D.C. Inmates
Friends of Volta Park Celebrates 30th Anniversary
• June 12, 2025
The festivities took all day on June 7. After all, it was the 30th anniversary of the Friends of Volta Park. So, FOVP hosted two events — a Field Day […]
Sunny CAG Concert Celebrates Georgetown
• May 19, 2025
This season’s Concert in the Park by the Citizens Association of Georgetown returned to Rose Park on late Sunday afternoon, May 18. An estimated crowd of 400 people — children, […]
‘Final’ Jelleff Renovation Plans Revealed by DPR
• May 6, 2024
In the last three years there have been about a half dozen town hall, stakeholder or outreach meetings with D.C.’s Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) regarding the dynamic ever-changing […]
Volta Park Baseball Diamond Renovation Set for 2024
• December 4, 2023
A very lively, civil and informed meeting between DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) officials and Volta Park users on Nov. 26 at the Georgetown Public Library answered many […]
‘It Won’t Work’ Says Jelleff’s Stowers About New Plan
• November 13, 2023
“It won’t work!” announced Bob Stowers, the longtime coach-director of the Jelleff Recreation Center to a panel of D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation officials on Wednesday evening, Nov. 8, […]
Jelleff Rec Center Schedule Sees New Complex in 2025
• November 14, 2022
It’s taken years, but the process to upgrade the Jelleff Recreation Center at 3265 S St. NW has definitely seen much progress. The procedure to bring it into compliance with […]
Rose Park’s 100th Birthday Celebrated in Style
• September 26, 2022
Rose Park in Georgetown — from P and 26th Streets NW all the way south along Rock Creek Park parkway to M and 27th Streets NW — is an active, […]
Ellington Field Renovation Plans Include New Amenities
• December 6, 2021
Plans to upgrade the neighborhood Ellington track and field park and add community amenities under an approved $3.5 million city parks budget, were presented by DC Department of Parks and […]
ANC Meeting Heats Up Over Jelleff
• July 3, 2019
Chairman Rick Murphy said he had just heard at 4 p.m. about decision by DC Public Schools to transfer to DPR its administrative oversight of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts playing field.
