Downtowner News Briefs: June 6, 2022

June 6, 2022

“Shaming Renaming” Gets D.C. Council Member Banned from Russia  D.C. Council member Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), helped name a block outside the Russian Embassy after a dissident the Russians are […]

Downtowner DC March 25, 2020

March 25, 2020

UPTOWN THEATER CLOSES The historic Cleveland Park movie joint the Uptown Theater has closed. Built by Warner Bros. in the 1930s during Hollywood’s Golden Age, the theater, on Connecticut Avenue, […]

Downtowner DC January 15, 2019

January 15, 2020

FRIEDMAN TO BID FOR TRUMP HOTEL Investor and developer Brian Friedman is planning to bid for the lease of the Trump International Hotel in the Old Post Office building near […]

Activists Rally at White House to Protest U.S. Actions Against Iran (photos)

January 6, 2020

On Saturday, January 4, several hundred anti-war demonstrators marched from the White House to the Trump International Hotel to protest against a new war with Iran and calling for the […]

The Latest Dish

February 22, 2017

Chef and GM Update: Chad Medina is kitchen manager at Steelfire Kitchen & Bar in the Maple Lawn development in Howard County. He comes from Bluestone seafood restaurant in Timonium (North of Baltimore). […]