Weekend Round Up June 30, 2016
• July 5, 2016

Here comes the Fourth: fireworks by land and sea, plus the National Independence Day Parade and “A Capitol Fourth” (fireworks-free dress rehearsal on Sunday)…

July 7 Meeting Set for Georgetown-Rosslyn Gondola
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Attend a public meeting, just across Key Bridge, about the fantastical Georgetown-Rosslyn aerial gondola, if it ever comes to be.

Weekend Round Up June 9, 2016
• July 1, 2016

Events at the National Museum of American History, the National Gallery of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and the National Archives. Meanwhile, in Virginia, “The Rape of Lucretia” at Wolf Trap Opera and an adaptation of Richard Thompson’s “Cul de Sac” at Encore Stage.

D.C. Statehood Poll: What Should We Call Ourselves?
• June 30, 2016

Follow @TheGeorgetownr to vote on a new name for D.C.

The Shocks, and Aftershocks, of Brexit
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The referendum in Great Britain on whether to stay in the European Union kind of snuck up on Americans.

Happy 200th Birthday, Tudor Place
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Tudor Place — at 1644 31st Street with its magnificent south lawn rolling down to Q Street — marks its time with …

Hamburger Eating Contest Set for July 1 at Tenleytown Z-Burger
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Like Nathan’s hot dog eating contest, the Z-Burger championship has its champion eaters. The contest begins Friday at noon at the Tenleytown Z-Burger — free burgers, too.

Weekend Round Up June 30, 2016
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Here comes the Fourth: fireworks by land and sea, plus the National Independence Day Parade and “A Capitol Fourth” (fireworks-free dress rehearsal on Sunday)…

DCPS Chancellor Henderson to Step Down
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Kaya Henderson, former top aide to her predecessor, Michelle Rhee, will leave at the end of September.

D.C. Public Schools Chancellor to Leave in September
• June 29, 2016

In a joint announcement on June 29, two days before Kaya Henderson’s 46th birthday, she and Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that Henderson’s last day as chancellor of the District of […]