Q&A Cafe: Jack Evans Made One Thing Perfectly Clear
• April 6, 2023

The monthly Q&A Cafe lunch program at the George Town Club is produced and directed by, and features, longtime CBS News producer Carol Joynt, who interviews top newsmakers and those-in-the-know […]

Georgetown Village Celebrates Expansive New Digs
• April 3, 2023

“This is not only a stunningly beautiful expansive new headquarters for the Georgetown Village, but this is a game changer for our entire organization,” Georgetown Village founding Director Lynn Golub-Rofrano […]

Business Ins & Outs: Alkova, Streets Market, Intermix
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In: Alkova, Yoga Co-working Alkova opened at 1510 Wisconsin Ave. NW and offers yoga in a co-working setting — “We’ve created a place where you can peacefully work, practice yoga, […]

Cultural Power Breakfast: GWU’s Corcoran: ‘A Very Different School’ 
• March 27, 2023

Of the storied institution that was the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design, Dr. Lauren Onkey, director since 2021 of George Washington University’s Corcoran School of […]

Georgetown Main Street Boosts Small Businesses
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Georgetown Main Street — a non-profit that promotes and supports small businesses along the Wisconsin Avenue commercial corridor — met March 22 for its annual meeting at Fathom Gallery in […]

Crime: D.C. Shooting Deaths Mount While MPD Short-Staffed, GU Sex Assaults
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Carjackings, MPD Short-Staffing and Congressional Scrutiny As nationwide attention continues to focus on D.C.’s rising crime rates following the U.S. Senate’s recent overturning of the D.C. Council’s Revised Criminal Code […]

Mayor’s Reduced D.C. Budget Difficult to Label
• March 23, 2023

“Scant,” “Fair Shot,” “Comeback”?   District spokespeople, analysts and journalists are struggling with how to describe the new budget for Washington, D.C., that Mayor Muriel Bowser presented in her final $19.7 billion, […]

Downtowner News: March 2023
• March 20, 2023

New Head of 911 Call Center in D.C. Wants Complete Overhaul   Heather McGaffin, the new acting director of the Office of Unified Communications (the agency that operates D.C.’s 911 call […]

Investigation Forced Resignation of Deputy Mayor Falcicchio 
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Last Friday, Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio suddenly resigned his two positions in D.C. government.  He was arguably the second most powerful person in D.C.’s executive branch, serving as Chief of […]

Crime: New Second District Commander; Data Analysis, Local Crime
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New Commander in Town There’s a new police commander in town. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced March 13 that Commander John Branch of MPD’s Seventh District – a nearly […]