Previewed at Mount Zion: ‘DC Emancipation & The Right to Vote’  
• April 10, 2024

A preview of an original work-in-development, the opera “DC Emancipation & The Right to Vote,” was staged in Georgetown at Mount Zion United Methodist Church on March 14. “DC Emancipation […]

‘Hair Force One’: Intimate Yet Respectful  
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Eivind Bjerke — a Norwegian immigrant who became the hairdresser of first ladies, royalty and Georgetown “who’s-whos” — tells his remarkable life story in “Hair Force One.” The new paperback […]

Filmmaker Gets Foot in the Door With ‘Step Back, Doors Closing’  
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By Hailey Wharram   “Step Back, Doors Closing,” the first project from Arden Pictures, the production company founded by Carter Ward in 2021, follows Julisa (Carmen Berkeley) and Ryan (Reilly […]

The Georgetowner’s Spring 2024 Theater Guide 
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 ONGOING …  At Arena Stage, Trip Cullman directs “Unknown Soldier,” the last musical by “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” composer Michael Friedman, with lyrics by Friedman and Daniel Goldstein, who wrote […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: You Can Rest in Peace in Georgetown, If You Can Afford It   
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If you live in Georgetown, you can sin and be saved in the same zip code. Bars and bistros border the 12 square blocks of this historic area, which also […]

Richie Moriarty of CBS’s ‘Ghosts’ Previews Appearance at Library of Congress
• April 7, 2024

On Tuesday, April 9, the Library of Congress is hosting a panel and episode screening featuring cast members from the CBS show “Ghosts.” From 5 to 6 p.m., the library […]

Tasty ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Ford’s
• April 4, 2024

The main human characters in the current Ford’s Theatre production of the musical “Little Shop of Horrors” — the real star being a flesh-and-blood-eating plant — are not the four-eyed […]

Evermay to Host Cultural Breakfast with Ana Harvey
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Ana Harvey, CEO of Dupont Underground, the nonprofit arts organization in the defunct streetcar station under Dupont Circle, will be the featured speaker at The Georgetowner’s April 25 cultural breakfast. […]

Remembering Esther Coopersmith
• March 28, 2024

Esther Coopersmith lived well into her 90s, and during her eight-plus decades of life, she collected an impressive group of friends and memorabilia too. Her home was full of treasures, […]

Book Goes to the Dogs — and Vet’s Admirers
• March 27, 2024

More than 200 Georgetowners gathered at Georgetown Veterinary Hospital on M Street to celebrate the release of Dr. Lee Morgan’s new book, “Four Thousand Paws—Caring for the Dogs of the […]