Arts
Arena Stage’s Death on the Nile Is Sumptuous, “Fusty” Fun
November 2024 Downtowner
November 11, 2024
•&pizza in Hot Water Over ‘Berry Knots’ When Marion Berry Knots appeared on the menu of &pizza, all heck broke loose. The marketing campaign for the knots, coated with powdered […]
Mapping Georgetown: Thanksgiving Tribute to the Fallen
November 21, 2022
•How bittersweet a holiday is Thanksgiving? We love those around us while mourning those we’ve lost. The love in our hearts is a reflection of the appreciation we feel from […]
Jack Evans Files to Run in Both June Elections for His Old Seat
January 28, 2020
•He’s baaaack … already. Just ten days after leaving his Ward 2 District Council seat that he held for almost 29 years, Jack Evans filed papers with the Board of […]
Sterling Tucker: A Founding Father of Modern D.C.
July 22, 2019
•It often seems that life is unfair when public figures pass away at the end of a long life removed at a distance and their important achievements, and the impact […]
Ward 2 Council Member Jack Evans Reprimanded
March 21, 2019
•A Council reprimand is not without precedent; the late longtime mayor and Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry and Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham were both reprimanded.
Muriel Bowser Re-Inaugurated as D.C. Mayor
January 3, 2019
•In getting reelected, Bowser followed in the big footsteps of Marion Barry and Anthony Williams, the only D.C. mayors to win reelection, a feat that not even her mentor Adrian Fenty was able to pull off.
Investing in D.C.’s Future Workforce
July 12, 2018
•Almost 39 years ago, then-Mayor Marion Barry decided to create opportunities that would support young people transitioning from academia to the workforce. The programs have expanded under Muriel Bowser.
Statue of Former Mayor Marion Barry Unveiled (photos)
March 5, 2018
•One of three African Americans with a full-body statue erected and standing in Washington, D.C., Barry is the first local elected official to be honored with a statue.
Weekend Round Up March 1, 2018
March 1, 2018
•Dorrance Dance is at Strathmore and Bowen McCauley Dance is at the Kennedy Center. Also this weekend: a showcase of Oscar-nominated short films at the National Archives.
Carol Schwartz’s ‘Quite a Life!’
December 11, 2017
•If there are people that don’t know Schwartz, that omission has been taken care of with the coming of her book “Quite a Life! From Defeat to Defeat … and Back.”