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Business Ins & Outs: Google Store Opens; Happy 25th to Bacchus Wine Cellar!
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Seeing Double: Santa at Volta Park, Rose Park on Saturday
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Tawny Chatmon’s Portraits Take Center Stage at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
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Festive Fun Takes Center Stage at This Year’s Georgetown Jingle
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Downtowner News, Nov. 7, 2022
• November 7, 2022
Robert Horan, Teen DC Sniper Prosecutor, Dead at 90 Robert F. Horan, Jr. who served 40 years as top prosecutor in Fairfax County, died last month at home in Clifton, […]
Gay is Good: Frank Kameny and the Fight for LGBTQ Rights
• April 16, 2021
Thursday, April 22 at 7:30 pm Frank Kameny spent five decades in DC as a civil rights activist and politician, including serving on Mayor Walter Washington’s inaugural Commission on Human […]
Weekly Arts Round Up, April 15, 2021
• April 15, 2021
Ford’s is presenting a radio play and GALA will reopen with a show about radio plays. This Saturday: a streamed performance by the Thalea String Quartet.
Gay is Good: Frank Kameny and the Fight for LGBTQ Rights
• March 26, 2021
Thursday, April 22 at 7:30 pm Frank Kameny spent five decades in DC as a civil rights activist and politician, including serving on Mayor Walter Washington’s inaugural Commission on Human […]
Forever Wachintonian Salvadorean: Community, Culture & Representation
• March 12, 2021
Professor Ana Patricia Rodríguez and historian José Centeno-Meléndez discuss identity and representation in DC’s Salvadoran community. About this Event Salvadoran Americans are the fourth largest Latino group in the US, […]
Documenting DC: Street Photography Workshop at the DC History Center
• February 20, 2021
Architecture-focused street photography has long been key to documenting our city’s history in real time. With photography more accessible than ever, anyone can participate in capturing our ever-changing city for […]
Weekly Arts Round Up, November 5, 2020
• November 5, 2020
Want to draw dinosaurs or make street art? Have we got a stream for you! Among other options: string duets at the Kennedy Center’s Reach campus and a Beltway-themed audio play.
Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, August 20, 2020
• August 20, 2020
In-town suggestion: the weekend wine garden at the Kennedy Center’s River Pavilion. Out-of-town suggestion: George Mason’s Gunston Hall, south of Alexandria, Virginia.
Mostly Virtual Arts Round Up, June 25, 2020
• June 25, 2020
Despite the varied options, Zoom fatigue is a thing. This week’s Round Up suggests venturing out to sites in Rock Creek Park, Potomac, Maryland, and Hillsboro, Virginia.
