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Happy 100th Birthday, President Carter!
Weekend Round Up March 23, 2017
March 27, 2017
•The NSO Pops will celebrate Ella Fitzgerald’s centennial this weekend, as the Environmental Film Festival winds down and Artomatic takes off. For intriguing, family-friendly dance, check out the Move Me Festival, EL Squad and “Stories from a Life.”
Coach John Thompson III Fired
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After losing in the Big East tourney and failing to make the NCAA Tournament, basketball coach John Thompson III was told by Georgetown University not to return next season.
House of Sweden Opens Exhibitions on Migration, Refugees
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The embassy’s timely theme for 2017 is “Safe & Sound,” highlighting the Sweden-U.S. agreement on cooperation in science and technology for homeland security matters.
March Madness: We’re All In — Or Not
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College basketball is a different sort of game now, and so is the tournament.
Weekend Round Up March 16, 2017
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Though the parade was last Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day — tomorrow by the calendar — will be celebrated at many D.C. hostelries, including Georgetown’s own Rí Rá. Also this weekend: a Lincoln symposium at Ford’s, the 20th anniversary of the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage and, in full swing, the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital.
Four Seasons Condo Plans Welcomed
March 16, 2017
•There were oohs and aahs last Thursday night when architect David Adjaye presented his renovation plans for the West Heating Plant.
New Dean at Georgetown College
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Christopher Celenza will succeed Chester Gillis as dean of Georgetown University’s oldest undergraduate school July 1.
Weekend Round Up March 9, 2017
March 13, 2017
•Three art openings in a row: tonight in the former Georgetown Theater space, tomorrow in Bethesda and Saturday at Glen Echo Park. Sunday brings (along with Daylight Saving Time) Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion,” a Bosch tribute concert and a theater piece, “From the Mouths of Monsters.”
Mayor: Hotel Hive ‘Gets’ D.C.
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Mayor Bowser got behind the bar at the March 6 launch of the District’s first “micro-lifestyle” hotel in Foggy Bottom.
Michael Kahn Muses on Shakespeare and Power
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The American theater legend was the featured guest at this morning’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast at the George Town Club.