Chief Lanier Going to NFL

September 21, 2016

The rise of Cathy Lanier, popular with all but the union, was a Great American Dream story.

Weekend Round Up September 22, 2016


The weekend starts with jazz and ends with Bach. In between, there are three festivals — the National Book Festival, the Alexandria Symphony Family Fall Festival and a harvest festival at the Glover Park & Burleith Farmers Market — plus walking tours of assassinations and Gilded Age mansions.

Cocktail Of The Month: The Hangovertini Cocktail Of The Month: The Hangovertini

September 14, 2016

The scene opens with gangster Leslie Chow singing “If I Could Save Time in a Bottle” as the elevator rises …

Cocktail Of The Month: The Hangovertini


The scene opens with gangster Leslie Chow singing “If I Could Save Time in a Bottle” as the elevator rises …

Weekend Round Up September 15, 2016


Washington goes Germanic and Viennese this weekend, with at least Oktoberfests, Mozart at Harman Hall and Beethoven at Strathmore. If that’s not your style, how about the Book Hill Art Walk, classical guitar and ice cream?

The Latest Issue of The Georgetowner

September 13, 2016

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1789 Reopens and Unveils Tasting Menu

September 8, 2016

After three months of renovation, Georgetown’s classy and classic 1789 Restaurant reopened its doors Sept. 6 with a new …

Weekend Round Up September 8, 2016


This weekend: the NextNOW Fest at the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Center, jazz in Rosslyn, an open house at the Kreeger Museum and, on Sunday, polo, opera and “Weird Al.”

Two Jobs: Chief and Chancellor

September 7, 2016

The District of Columbia is in the process of losing two very high-profile, charismatic and effective leaders.

That would be …

Page-to-Stage Festival This Weekend

September 1, 2016

It’s time for the 15th annual explosion of free readings, open rehearsals and near-full performances.