Spring Performing Arts  Preview

February 14, 2024

Duke Ellington 125   Born and raised in Washington, D.C., orchestra leader and composer Edward Kennedy Ellington was nicknamed “Duke” early on for his sense of style. These events celebrate the […]

Georgetown’s Hyde-Addison Elementary School Evacuated for Bomb Threat 

February 12, 2024

Children from kindergarten to fifth grade at Hyde-Addison Elementary School at 3219 O St. NW were evacuated for approximately two hours on Thursday afternoon Feb. 1 after the school received […]

Georgetown Christ Church Pilgrimage Ensnared in War Outbreak

November 6, 2023

Imagine!  You finally made it — a devout Christian, you’re on your life-time bucket-list dream trip to the Holy Land — part of a group of 11 fellow parishioners from Christ […]

Mapping Georgetown: Cherishing St. John’s

June 20, 2023

What do Francis Scott Key, Reverand Gini Gerbasi, Ann Laporta and Katie Remedios all have in common? Their cherishing of  Georgetown’s historic St. John’s Episcopal Church at 3240 O St. […]

Earth Day Weekend Roundup, April 20 – 23

April 20, 2023

Earth Day weekend is upon us, spring weather continues to delight, and so many great activities await: Join Citizens Association of Georgetown and Friends of Rose Park for an Earth […]

2023 Spring Performing Arts Preview

February 8, 2023

OPERA   The Kennedy Center Opera House curtain will rise next month on Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s “Blue,” about a police officer — a “Black man in blue” — whose […]

Mapping Georgetown: Touched by Angels at Georgetown Senior Center

December 12, 2022

It is often said that “a society is measured by how it cares for its elderly citizens.” And Georgetown certainly measures up in how much we care for our cherished […]

Mapping Georgetown: A ‘Keeper of the Keys’ at St. John’s Episcopal

November 7, 2022

One of the “keepers of the keys” at St. John’s Episcopal Church at 3240 O Street NW in Georgetown is Al La Porta. He’s not only a treasure trove of […]

Weekend Round Up, April 21 – 24

April 21, 2022

This weekend is full of lots of things to do, including Saturday’s Georgetown House Tour, FilmFestDC and a celebration of Atlas Performing Arts Center’s anniversary. We also have a special […]

Mapping Georgetown: A Story of Love Stretching Back to The Mayflower

February 28, 2022

“This sweet story is made doubly so because it threads together more than several centuries of connections back to those married at Plymouth Rock.”  “Drinking from the pasture spring, she […]