Arts
Jazz Icon Monty Alexander Ushers in the New Year at Blues Alley
Rents Too High? Get Creative.
• July 26, 2017
Georgetown is more than 260 years old and internationally recognized. No matter where you travel, when you say you live in Georgetown, everyone recognizes the name — and wants to […]
Solar Co-op First Phase Ends
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“The first phase is done,” said Gregory Miller, former director of the solar energy co-op that met several times in Georgetown’s library to interest home owners in installing solar energy […]
Overheard at Lunch: D.C. Gossip Girls
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Female House Dems Defy Sleeve Rule Using a play on words, Democratic congresswomen donned sleeveless dresses and pantsuits in support of what Rep. Jackie Speier (D-California) tweeted as “the right […]
Virginia Burton: An Eye for Detail
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Virginia Burton, owner of Burton Optician, knows how to take care of a pair of glasses. She can tell when a pair of glasses looks crooked, needs new nose pads […]
Donald Sultan’s “Disaster Paintings” at SAAM
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In the 1980s, the painter Donald Sultan began a series of industrial landscapes that he called “Disaster Paintings,” transforming images from newspapers into large-scale, heavily wrought monuments to industrial devastation […]
Suicide of Beloved Robot Shakes Community
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Tragedy struck the hearts of those who witnessed the death of Georgetown’s very own Robot Steve. His purpose was to patrol the streets in order to keep people safe. But, […]
A Loss in the Family: Jim Vance
• July 24, 2017
The longest serving broadcaster in the D.C. area succumbed to cancer last Saturday.
Speed Cameras Catch Nearly 1 Million
• July 20, 2017
Are they speed traps or money traps, meant to raise funds for the District government?
GBA Touts Georgetown Main Street Proposal
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Attendees at the Georgetown Business Association’s July 19 networking reception rallied around the neighborhood’s pitch for a Main Street program.
Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company at National Portrait Gallery
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Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company performed the world premiere of “After 1001 Nights” in the Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery on July 8, 2017. Burgess is […]
