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Weekend Roundup: June 18-22
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G.U. Will Finally Get Its Boathouse on the Potomac
G.U. Will Finally Get Its Boathouse on the Potomac
June 16, 2025
•Georgetown University announced last week “an agreement with the National Park Service and the District of Columbia that will provide Georgetown with land along the Potomac River where the university […]
Profs & Pints DC: The Lives and Minds of Potomac Dolphins
April 9, 2025
•Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Lives and Minds of Potomac Dolphins,” with Janet Mann, professor of biology and psychology at Georgetown University and author of Deep Thinkers: Inside the […]
Hundreds of Oyster Lovers Eat Up at Shuck It!
October 30, 2024
•More than 600 Georgetown residents and visitors moved eagerly between oyster and beer stations on the afternoon of Oct. 19, watching dozens of oystershuckers opening thousands of fresh oysters — […]
National Park Service Announces Plans for Georgetown’s C&O Canal Repairs
January 4, 2024
•At long last, the National Park Service (NPS) has formally announced plans to drain and restore Georgetown’s portion of the landmark C&O Canal with a $12.7 million “investment” to “preserve […]
Profs & Pints DC: Dolphins of the Potomac
January 24, 2023
•Profs and Pints DC presents: “Dolphins of the Potomac,” with Janet Mann, professor of biology and psychology at Georgetown University and author of Deep Thinkers: Inside the Minds of Whales, […]
Dare to Try a Ghost Tour of Georgetown?
October 12, 2022
•Do you believe in ghosts? Often asked around Halloween, this simple query tends to elicit responses ranging from contemptuous dismissal to wholehearted embrace, with stories in the mix. Whether or […]
Rehabilitating The Washington Canoe Club
August 15, 2022
•In a race against nature’s destructive forces, Georgetown’s most prominent architectural feature and historic landmark on the Potomac River – the now-dilapidated Washington Canoe Club (WCC) – is on a path […]
A Ride Aboard the ‘Georgetown Heritage’
August 11, 2022
•At Lock 3 in Georgetown, on a recent sunny Friday afternoon, lines form near the ticketing kiosk along the towpath near 30th and Thomas Jefferson Streets NW. Eager ticket-holders soon […]
Profs & Pints DC: A Guide to the Potomac’s Spring Life
May 3, 2022
•Profs and Pints DC presents: “A Guide to the Potomac’s Spring Life,” with T. Reid Nelson, assistant professor of fisheries ecology at George Mason University, and R. Christian Jones, professor […]
Park Service Salutes Friends of Georgetown Waterfront Park
October 18, 2021
•For those who longed to fix up the Georgetown waterfront with its parking lots, salt dome and other eyesores, it was decades in the making. After being a port and […]