Weekend Round Up September 8, 2016
• 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.”

Sun Sets on Hugh O’Brian, 1950s Wyatt Earp
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Hugh O’Brian, the Hollywood actor who died Sept. 5 at the age of 91, was not one of the biggest stars ever in the movie firmament. But he was proof […]

Glover Park Gets D.C.’s 10th Kimpton Hotel
• September 7, 2016

The boutique property’s 25 “signature city view guest rooms” come with a telescope.

Newsham to Sub as Chief When Lanier Goes to NFL
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Peter Newsham, a 27-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, will take over temporarily, when Police Chief Cathy Lanier departs in mid-September.

ANC Monday Meeting: Campus Plan, Key Bridge Rehab, NPS Boathouse Zone
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The Georgetown-Burleith ANC will meet Monday, Aug. 29, to discuss Georgetown University Hospital site work, Key Bridge rehab and impact of any new boathouses on the Potomac.

College Students Begin Arriving Friday
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Georgetown University students start arriving over the weekend as do George Washington University students. Classes begin next week.

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

Man Robbed in Arlington, Forced to Swim to D.C.
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It sounds likes an Olympic swimming team joke, but the victim told U.S. Park Police he was told at gunpoint to jump into the Potomac and swim.

Georgetown University to Apologize for Slavery Past, Give Slave Descendants Admission Priority
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Georgetown University President John DeGioia announced on Sept. 1 the actions that the university will take to engage its history with slavery and engage with descendants in new ways.

Duke Ellington School of the Arts Update
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Duke Ellington School of the Arts students are going to school in two temporary locations this year while the school is modernized. The $177.3-million project is expected to be complete […]