Duke Ellington School of the Arts

Museum of Failure at Georgetown Park: A Success

Oct. 21 Breakfast Speaker: Glen Echo’s Katey Boerner

Cleveland Park’s Little Blackbird Is a Playful Delight

Diplomats of Dance Society’s Annual Soireé

Sitar on the Piazza Enchants at i Ricchi

Chamber Dance Project’s ‘Slam!’ Festival

Richard Selden • June 29, 2023

On June 22-25, Diane Coburn Bruning’s Chamber Dance Project presented “Slam! A Festival of Ballets” at American University’s 300-seat Greenberg Theatre on Wisconsin Avenue in Tenleytown. In the corridor, 10 […]

Celebrating “Be-You-Tiful” Acceptance, Kids and Families March for Pride in Georgetown

Christopher Jones • June 5, 2023

A beautiful morning to “Be-You-Tiful.” On a gorgeous sunshiny June 3 morning, neighborhood kids and families, many adorned with celebratory rainbows and pride-themed colorful, sparkly attire, held a celebratory Pride […]

Citizens Honor Ukraine, Georgetown Leaders at Annual Meeting

Robert Devaney • May 15, 2023

The Citizens Association of Georgetown continued its support and love of besieged Ukraine by presenting Ambassador Oksana Markarova with its Diplomacy Award at its annual meeting, held at the Duke […]

Duke Ellington School Fight for Autonomy Heats Up

Peggy Sands • December 19, 2022

Ever since the old Western High School at 35th and R Streets NW was transformed physically and curriculum-wise two decades ago into the current palatial $178.5 million Duke Ellington School […]

Georgetown’s Art All Night: A Brilliant Evening

Christopher Jones • September 26, 2022

Georgetown’s second annual Art All Night festivities wowed attendees and crackled with celebratory community energy last Friday, Sept. 23 from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. along the upper Wisconsin Ave. NW […]

Georgetown’s ‘Art All Night’ Set for Friday, Sept. 23

Christopher Jones • September 8, 2022

Georgetown’s Art All Night will return for its second year along the Wisconsin Avenue business corridor on Friday, September 23 from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and the festival’s organizers […]

Sam Gilliam, D.C. Artist of Worldwide Acclaim

Richard Selden • June 30, 2022

Sam Gilliam, among the most important artists ever to commit to living and working in the nation’s capital — which he did for 60 years — died of kidney failure […]

Toni Morrison’s ‘Desdemona’ With a Nina Simone Score

Richard Selden • June 9, 2022

Under Artistic Director Timothy Nelson, In Series is marking its 40th anniversary year with “a season of resurgence, of defiant hope, of obstinate creativity, of radical love.” Ambitiously and imaginatively […]