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Happy 100th Birthday, President Carter!
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge Closures Begin Monday
March 13, 2017
•Temporary off-peak lane closures will begin March 13 on Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 26th and 28th Streets NW. The bridge rehabilitation work will last 14 months.
This Thursday: Shakespeare Theatre’s Michael Kahn at the George Town Club
March 9, 2017
•Last chance to RSVP for Georgetown Media Group’s next Cultural Leadership Breakfast, March 9 at 8 a.m.
Hyde-Addison Parents to Start New School
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The planned Mysa School (Swedish for ‘to cosy up’) would accommodate about 50 elementary-age students.
GU Activists Push for ‘Sanctuary Campus’
March 8, 2017
•Ever since President Donald Trump was elected and the deportation of illegal immigrants was expedited, some students at Georgetown University have become involved in the “sanctuary campus” movement. “Everyone is […]
Weekend Round Up March 2, 2017
March 6, 2017
•It’s the final weekend for the Atlas Intersections Festival and “As You Like It” at the Folger. Performances of the Washington Ballet’s “Giselle” continue through Sunday, when there is a klezmer brunch at the Jewish Community Center (reserve by noon tomorrow) and Compline at St. John’s.
White Nationalist Moves In Over Chocolate Shop
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Protesters “welcomed” Richard Spencer to Alexandria, where the chocolate shop downstairs is benefiting from anti-Spencer business.
Not the Usual Presidential Address to Congress
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No one in the press gallery knew what to expect Feb. 28, and there were surprises from the start.
FBI Arrests D.C. Kidnapping Suspect in Seattle Suburb
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The Jan. 26 kidnapping of a Georgetown University student, who was released unharmed the same day, remains quite an odd story.
Major Gift Underwrites Arena’s ‘Power Plays’
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A matching donation of $2.5 million from Curtis T. Bell has launched the theater’s 10-year project to develop new plays.
A Night at the Oscars
March 2, 2017
•Hollywood gets it wrong doing the right thing, and other highlights of this year’s Academy Awards.