Weekend Roundup: A Farewell to Summer 2025
• August 28, 2025

Happy Labor Day weekend! As summer ends, we hope you enjoy the last days of warmer weather and sunshine before the busy fall season arrives. Enjoy the three-day weekend and […]

Editorial: Putting Labor Back in Labor Day 
• August 13, 2025

This year, Labor Day falls on Sept. 1. The first Monday in September hasn’t been the first day of the month since 2014.  Among other things, this earliest-possible timing means […]

Weekend Roundup, August 29 through September 2
• August 28, 2024

Happy Labor Day weekend! There is so much to do this weekend, including the 20th anniversary of the DC JazzFest. The weekend roundup begins with five events, and at the […]

Mapping Georgetown: This Passion Project Has Many Humble Heroes
• September 7, 2021

With Labor Day on our minds, the Mapping Georgetown project wishes to thank all those who work so hard every day — often behind the scenes — to make our […]

Weekend Round Up August 29, 2019
• August 29, 2019

Justice Ginsburg, David McCullough and José Andrés will be at the National Book Festival on Saturday. And the portcullis will be hoisted this weekend of the Maryland Renaissance Festival.

Weekend Round Up August 30, 2018
• August 30, 2018

Labor Day weekend is also the weekend of the National Book Festival, taking place on Saturday. Feel like marching on Labor Day? Give your white clothes a wash and sign up for the Washington Revels’ parade.