News & Politics
The Man Behind the Bridge: Francis Scott Key
Living
Helping Out Our Dear Friend & Colleague
Arts
Remembering Esther Coopersmith
Arts & Society
Book Goes to the Dogs — and Vet’s Admirers
Performance
Onstage, Georgetown: Plays Are Blooming
Joey Filosa (1956-2021)
September 16, 2021
•When we first sought out a standard obituary on Joey Filosa, it could not be found. Turns out, the longtime Georgetowner was far more worthy of something beyond your standard newspaper obit. After a battle […]
RIP Brenna
August 22, 2018
•Clothier Louis Everard’s beloved cocker spaniel, Brenna, often seen greeting guests and passersby outside his shop at 1802 Wisconsin Ave. NW, passed away after 12 loving years on earth. “I […]
Powell Allen Moore, 1938-2018
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Powell Allen Moore, 80, one of the most influential Georgia Republicans in Washington, D.C., and husband of Citizens Association of Georgetown President Pamla Moore, died Aug. 13 in the nation’s […]
In Memoriam: Portrait Gallery Displays Barbara Bush Photo (Video)
April 19, 2018
•The portrait, which shows the former first lady on the White House grounds with her springer spaniel, Millie, by her side, was installed April 18, the day after her death. It will remain on view in the museum’s In Memoriam space through April 29.
Jerry Lewis Goes Silent at 91
August 21, 2017
•The manic comedian and filmmaker, who became a star paired with laid-back Dean Martin, died Aug. 20 in Las Vegas.
Singers Glen Campbell and Barbara Cook Pass On
August 10, 2017
•Both Campbell and Cook had second acts after career and personal setbacks.
Sam Shepard, Cool ‘Disco’ Dan: Unique American Identifiers
July 31, 2017
•They were American types, not because of race or color, not as artists in terms of stature or genre, but as American identifiers.
Mandy Ourisman — 1926-2017
July 28, 2017
•Two great American literary lions and rivals got together once, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, who chronicled the doings of the aristocratic, wealthy class of the 1920s in “The Great Gatsby” […]
A Loss in the Family: Jim Vance
July 24, 2017
•The longest serving broadcaster in the D.C. area succumbed to cancer last Saturday.
Our Loss: 2 Who Will Scare Us No More
July 17, 2017
•In movies, and their small-screen counterparts, lines crisscross all the time. After six seasons of warnings, it appears that winter has come to Westeros on “Game of Thrones,” the much anticipated […]