Last Chance: Osgemeos at the Hirshhorn
• July 31, 2025

Though South Jamaica, Queens, has a rival claim, the majority opinion holds that hip hop began in the Bronx. Its birthplace has even been pinpointed: the community room of an […]

Blues Alley at 60
• July 16, 2025

“In this world of overrated pleasures, of underrated treasures, I’m glad there is you.”   So go the lyrics to “I’m Glad There Is You,” recorded in 1941 by Jimmy Dorsey […]

GALA Theatre’s Gustavo Ott: ‘We Are Ready’
• June 23, 2025

“I left everything in Texas and I came here,” GALA Hispanic Theatre Artistic Director Gustavo Ott told attendees at The Georgetowner’s June 19 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, held at 1310 Kitchen […]

Jewish Museum Puts the J in LGBTQ
• June 18, 2025

Pride Month Pop Quiz: Name three LGBTQ historical figures (a) with a connection to Washington, D.C., and (b) who were or are Jewish. Larry Kramer, Wilson High ’53 — author […]

‘Delighting Krishna’ at the National Museum of Asian Art
• June 12, 2025

In 2011, I happened upon a Brooklyn Museum exhibition called “Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior.” One of the showstoppers: a large painted textile of eight milkmaids in a line — four […]

The Washington Ballet Announces 2nd Season Under Liang
• June 9, 2025

“Dense with moments for the cast to shine in everything from solos to groups sections, if you were to offer up just one ballet to exemplify the breadth and beauty […]

For Ryan Brown’s ‘Swan Song’: An Opera Lafayette Highlight Reel
• May 8, 2025

Wrapping up a 30-year run, Ryan Brown, founder and artistic director of Opera Lafayette, conducted his “swan song” on April 30 in the magnificent sanctuary of St. Bartholomew’s Church on […]

Boat Show Docks at National Harbor, May 2-4
• April 24, 2025

Not to be confused with the Washington Harbour, National Harbor omits the definite article ‘the’ and the British ‘u.’ Georgetown’s postmodern mixed-use waterfront complex, designed by Arthur Cotton Moore in […]

In Old Town: A Garden Tour and 2 Reborn Hotels
• April 10, 2025

Can’t wait for this year’s Georgetown Garden Tour on May 10? Across the river in Alexandria, you can start your spring horticultural sightseeing two weeks sooner. During the Garden Club […]

‘Setting Sail’ at Hillwood
• March 27, 2025

In 1959, Dina Merrill appeared as Ensign Benson in the Jerry Lewis comedy “Don’t Give Up the Ship,” then as Tony Curtis’s love interest, 2nd Lt. Barbara Duran — evacuated […]