Mosaic Theater’s Reginald Douglas Is October Breakfast Speaker

October 3, 2022

On Thursday, Oct. 20, from 8 to 9:30 a.m., The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series will welcome Reginald L. Douglas, artistic director of Mosaic Theater Company, to share his philosophy […]

Transformer at 20: Co-Founder of Visual Arts Nonprofit Tells All 

September 26, 2022

Speaking at The Georgetowner’s Sept. 22 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, Victoria Reis said being at the Tabard Inn felt like coming “full circle.” Reis recalled meeting in the very same room […]

Fall Arts Preview: Performing Arts

September 14, 2022

OPERA   The D.C. United stadium will become a square in Seville when Washington National Opera brings “Carmen” to Audi Field for this fall’s free Opera on the Field (Sept. 25). […]

Next Cultural Breakfast Speaker: Transformer’s Victoria Reis  

August 25, 2022

On Thursday, Sept. 22, from 8 to 9:30 a.m., The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series will welcome Victoria Reis, executive and artistic director of visual-arts nonprofit Transformer, to talk about […]

Sam Gilliam, D.C. Artist of Worldwide Acclaim 

June 30, 2022

Sam Gilliam, among the most important artists ever to commit to living and working in the nation’s capital — which he did for 60 years — died of kidney failure […]

Founder Shares Her Capital Fringe Philosophy 

June 21, 2022

When Julianne Brienza was 7, she visited Washington, D.C., with her family. Bored by the monuments, she was mesmerized by a puppet show at the National Zoo.   Some things never […]

Toni Morrison’s ‘Desdemona’ With a Nina Simone Score 

June 9, 2022

Under Artistic Director Timothy Nelson, In Series is marking its 40th anniversary year with “a season of resurgence, of defiant hope, of obstinate creativity, of radical love.”  Ambitiously and imaginatively […]

Addison, Ripley Host May 19 Collector’s View 

May 26, 2022

Georgetown gallery owners Christopher Addison and Sylvia Ripley welcomed supporters of Transformer, D.C.’s 20-year-old artist-centered nonprofit, to their Garfield Street home on May 19. The Thursday evening event was the […]

Smithsonian’s Anacostia Museum Director Headlines Cultural Breakfast 

May 23, 2022

A few months after Dr. Melanie A. Adams started as director of the Anacostia Community Museum, in August of 2019, the museum reopened following renovations — only to shut down, […]

Cultural Leadership Breakfast: Capital Fringe’s Julianne Brienza, June 16 

May 19, 2022

On Thursday, June 16, just five days before Capital Fringe Festival tickets go on sale, Founding Director Julianne Brienza will speak as part of The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series, […]