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Valentine’s Day Food & Drink Specials
February 8, 2024
•Valentine’s Day is here. Here are five local food and drink specials perfect for making romantic memories. Book the ‘Couples in the City: Monuments by Moonlight Experience’ at the Four […]
Downtowner: ‘The Stage at Union Station’
September 13, 2023
•Amid plans for a massive redevelopment of Union Station, the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation (USRC) announced a new free concert series in partnership with Sing for Hope, a non-profit that […]
Mayor Announces Build Back Better Infrastructure Task Force
March 24, 2022
•Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the creation of the DC Build Back Better Infrastructure Task Force on Thursday. It will advise on priority projects to be funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan […]
Downtowner News Briefs, Jan. 31
January 31, 2022
•Offensive Graffiti at Union Station A 34-year-old man was arrested in late January for defacing private and public property at Union Station and three other buildings in the city. The […]
Columbus Day Ceremony in D.C. (photos)
October 12, 2021
•“We are made by history.” (The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) The 109th annual Columbus Day wreath laying ceremony took place on Monday, Oct. 11, at the Christopher Columbus […]
Half Virtual Arts Round Up, August 27, 2020
August 27, 2020
•Tomorrow is the last day to view the Ida B. Wells mural. Live and in person: a Haggadah program at the Museum of the Bible, storytelling and cemetery tours at Lincoln’s Cottage and comedy at the Birchmere.
Weekend Round Up August 1, 2019: Let Them Eat Oysters!
August 1, 2019
•More than 80 restaurants in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. — including Martin’s Tavern and Tony and Joe’s — are supporting the Oyster Recovery Partnership this weekend.
Weekend Round Up November 29, 2018
November 29, 2018
•“Brewlights at Zoolights” is tonight and “Demystifying Amaro” is tomorrow. Come out for the Swedish Christmas Bazaar on Saturday and the National Menorah Lighting on Sunday.