Georgetown Jingle “Sleighs” with Musical Holiday Delights

December 12, 2024

By Lucy Cullen The Georgetown BID hosted its first holiday music event—Georgetown Jingle on Dec. 7. Throughout the afternoon, there were 10 live music performances spanning across Georgetown, from Patisserie […]

Weekend Roundup, Dec. 12-15


With Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa all about two weeks away, holiday events and performances have ramped up. There’s festive events at Tudor Place and Santa himself comes to Volta Park […]

Legends Talk at the Phillips Collection   

December 11, 2024

As long as I’ve lived in Washington, I’ve been in love with the Phillips Collection. For as historic, influential and mighty a museum as it is, it’s a funny little […]

Notes from The Underground—Dupont, That Is


“We are both architects,” says Lucrecia Laudi, who co-founded Dupont Underground in 2005 with her husband, Julian Hunt. “But we come from different worlds.”  Laudi grew up in the Argentine […]

Artful Rx: Annemarie Ryan’s ‘Shining Through’ at MedStar GUH

December 9, 2024

Artist Annemarie Ryan has donated 16 paintings of the series entitled “Shining Through” to the Verstandig Pavillon at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. A Dec. 5 reception for the exhibit brought together […]

Jew:CE The Jewish Comics Experience 

December 5, 2024

By Sheila Wickouski Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman—these are some of the stars in the exhibit Jew:CE The Jewish Comics Experience at the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, which […]

William Gropper at the Phillips Collection


Only two visual artists were blacklisted for their alleged Communist sympathies during the Red Scare of the 1950s: Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) and William Gropper (1897-1977). Subpoenaed by Republican Sen. Joseph […]

Weekend Roundup, Dec. 5-8


We’re in full-on, Buddy the Elf level holiday fun this weekend. Celebrate the season with Georgetown Jingle on Saturday, The Wharf is hosting its annual holiday boat parade, Folger introduces […]

Weekend Roundup, Nov. 28-Dec. 1

November 26, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving weekend! No matter how or where you choose to celebrate, we hope you have a wonderful time. Here are some of the many activities happening this holiday weekend. […]

MOSAICO: A Timeless Art

November 21, 2024

By Lucy Cullen “MOSAICO: Italian code of a timeless art” is currently on display at Dupont Underground. Developed in partnership with the Embassy of Italy, the exhibit displays art from […]