Weekend Round Up September 1, 2016
• September 1, 2016

A music festival at the Lincoln Theatre, a National Symphony rehearsal and concert on the West Lawn, Spanish animation at the National Gallery. On Labor Day itself: watch Irish dance, root for the Nats and get wet…

Overheard at Lunch: D.C. Gossip Girl
• August 31, 2016

There once was a man from Nantucket … well, we know how that goes. Now, it’s women …

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 …

The ANC Shakeup Continues
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The Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, praised by Mayor Vincent Gray in 2012 as the best in the city, will …

The Latest Issue of The Georgetowner
• August 30, 2016

Gene Wilder, 1933–2016
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The star and screenwriter of “Young Frankenstein” was known to say, “I’m not very funny.”

Glorious Games, Despite Lochte
• August 29, 2016

The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro ended up an exercise in good cheer, in spite of baleful predictions and a few snafus.

Four Gone: McLaughlin, Barry, Finkel, Hiller
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We were touched by the deaths earlier this week of four individuals, two of whom were Washington residents.

Weekend Round Up: August 25, 2016
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Friday is the Goethe-Institut’s Sommerfest, Saturday is the America’s Front Yard Family Festival and Sunday is Jewish Community Day at Nationals Park. And if you want to see “The Lonesome West” at the Keegan, Saturday is your last chance…

$100M Lawsuit Hits Peeping-Tom Rabbi and Institutions
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A class-action suit has been leveled against Rabbi Freundel, National Capital Mikvah, Kesher Israel, the Rabbinical Council of America and Beth Din of America.