Weekend Roundup: Jan. 16-20
• January 16, 2025

Stay safe this weekend as you take part in any (or all!) of these events. Note: Georgetown Lutheran steeple climb & tour postponed to Jan. 25, 26. Chefs Unite for a […]

The Georgetowner’s 2024 Holiday Theater Guide  
• November 13, 2024

 LAST CHANCE THIS MONTH …  It’s still Spooky Season at The Keegan Theatre, where “The Woman in Black” haunts Eel Marsh House on Nine Lives Causeway in Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation […]

Weekend Roundup: November 14-17
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With Thanksgiving just two weeks away, it’s time to start thinking holiday fun. Here are some options for your weekend, including a seasonal market at Strathmore, winter preparedness training with […]

Weekend Roundup, Oct. 24-27
• October 23, 2024

We round out October this week with Graham Nash at Wolf Trap, celebrating Dia de los Muertos at the National Museum of the American Indian and of course some Halloween-centric […]

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 […]

Russian Tango at French Embassy, Feb. 2
• February 1, 2024

For its next concert at the French Embassy, the Russian Chamber Art Society will present an “early Valentine’s Day” program of 20th-century tango music written by Russian and Ukrainian composers […]

World Premiere of ‘Grounded’ Opens WNO Season  
• November 2, 2023

It made sense for “Grounded,” a Metropolitan Opera commission, to have its world premiere in Pentagon-adjacent Washington, D.C. Opening in the Kennedy Center Opera House on Oct. 28, the show […]

Fall Performing Arts Preview
• September 13, 2023

DANCE   Partnering with Dupont Underground, The Washington Ballet will pop down for four pop-up performances (Sept. 28, 29 and 30). TWB’s main fall event, “Such Sweet Thunder: An Evening Inspired […]

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 […]

Calvin Cafritz (1931-2023) 
• January 17, 2023

Calvin Cafritz, the eldest son of real estate developer Morris Cafritz, died last week at the age of 91. Cafritz’s passing was confirmed by the charitable organization named after Morris […]