Arts
Arena Stage’s Death on the Nile Is Sumptuous, “Fusty” Fun
Georgetown House Tours: Our Top-9 Past Stories
April 10, 2023
•In honor of The Georgetown House Tour’s 90th anniversary this year — coming up April 22 — here are nine of our best stories about our neighborhood’s decades-old tradition and the […]
At 66, Getting More Online All the Time
October 14, 2020
•This newspaper just turned 66 years old — but is not ready to apply for Social Security. On Oct. 7, 1954, The Georgetowner was founded, appropriately enough on Wisconsin Avenue, […]
Memorial Day Reflections — From The Georgetowner Archives
May 25, 2020
•Here is a account of Memorial Day 2013 by our late colleague and writer Gary Tischler — Right Time, Right Place, Memorial Day Reflections.
An Appreciation: Gary Tischler Was Our Best
April 9, 2020
•Gary Tischler never wrote an inauthentic word in his life, says colleague Ari Post, who adds: “He wrote about Bryce Harper the same way he wrote about Puccini.”
Gary Tischler, 1941-2020
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The Georgetowner’s longest-serving and most prolific writer died on April 8 at the age of 78. Well known throughout the arts community, Gary Tischler joined the newspaper in 1980.
Always on Deadline: For The Georgetowner, the Future Is Now
October 7, 2019
•As The Georgetowner celebrates its 65th birthday, we look to our past, present and future …
One Swell Head
October 10, 2018
•This tribute to a Georgetowner staffer will be on the short side, because he didn’t write it. It’s not that he has a swelled head. Or maybe he does. The […]
The Music Man Behind ‘Ain’t Too Proud’
July 10, 2018
•One thing you can say about Harold Wheeler: he plays the piano. That’s a singular thing about a very singular man. But what Wheeler — who at various times is […]